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Root from Paul didn't come with one, and seeing as we can't get full system access (from what i understand) im curious as to if we can actually get busybox?
The 'busybox on rooted desire' on MoDaCo didn't help at all.
I've installed bb via Titanium, yet Metamorph didn't recognise it anywhere.
Cheers in advance for help
It comes with A2SD - but you can push the busybox binary to /system while the phone is in recovery.
If you pushed bb yourself, use its absolute path (like /data/somewhere/busybox) or put its path in your $PATH to get it going. I personally, without root, put busybox in the free-to-write-to /sqlite* directory (I put * because I don't recall the full name) and it runs fine from there.
do you have a link to apps2sd & does it come with a guide as to how to install it so noobs can understand?
A2SD was taken down "temporarily".
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...ide-now-with-new-improved-easier-root-method/
Sorry
Although this still seems to work:
http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desire-desire-modaco-com/307398/apps2sd-miniguide/
LeszekSwirski said:
Although this still seems to work:
http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desire-desire-modaco-com/307398/apps2sd-miniguide/
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Bare in mind I think it was taken down as (for some) it 'removed root' and also got some phones stuck in a reboot loop. Bad times.
GANJDROID said:
Root from Paul didn't come with one, and seeing as we can't get full system access (from what i understand) im curious as to if we can actually get busybox?
The 'busybox on rooted desire' on MoDaCo didn't help at all.
I've installed bb via Titanium, yet Metamorph didn't recognise it anywhere.
Cheers in advance for help
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You didn't read to the end of that thread
* install Titanium
* run Titanium
* click the "problems" button and install Busybox
* boot into recovery
* adb shell from my Mac
* mount /system
* cp /data/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/files/busybox /system/bin
* cd /system/bin
* ./busybox --install -s .
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By what I've read, though, Metamorph dies on its arse because of the lack of system rw access.
Loccy said:
You didn't read to the end of that thread
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Aye, I read that, but no Mac, and I can't get to the folder where Titanium saved bb to (assuming that because it's not on the sd card in any data or the titanium folders) the phone system(?)
jayshah said:
Bare in mind I think it was taken down as (for some) it 'removed root' and also got some phones stuck in a reboot loop. Bad times.
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Had heard about that, but I think he may be working for a solution?
From what I can remember from the rooting guide he said it was 'currently unavailable'
GANJDROID said:
Had heard about that, but I think he may be working for a solution?
From what I can remember from the rooting guide he said it was 'currently unavailable'
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Yeah, hence it's hopefully only temporary.
GANJDROID said:
Aye, I read that, but no Mac, and I can't get to the folder where Titanium saved bb to (assuming that because it's not on the sd card in any data or the titanium folders) the phone system(?)
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Install Titanium. Then get your phone into recovery using Paul's Linux ISO. In the Linux console (i.e. where you'll have typed ./step2.sh to get the recovery up), you should be able to do adb shell from there. Then follow my instructions from mount /system onwards.
I didn't follow Pauls guide as I only have access to Windows, so I used the lanarchy guide, which I think might have been taken from The Unlockr.
Maybe fill me in w/ bb according to that?
i am a bit ashamed to ask this but:
....
* boot into recovery
* adb shell from my Mac
* mount /system
....
boot into recovery -> ok
adb shell from mac.. ok? hm, i have macos as a seperate installation and i used it for rooting, so there is a pushfiles folder with recovery-mac.sh.. sudo ./recovery-mac.sh?
How do i mount /system then? Don't know where to navigate to find access to the sdcard . @volumes there are only my harddrive partitions, can't see the sdcard?
No idea, sorry, first time (ok, second time after root) i get in touch with adb, mac, sudo wtf?
Ok, all you need is some kind of environment where adb actually works.
Get your phone into recovery (the green menu screen) using whatever means or method you have.
Then, if you have Windows, you'll need the Android SDK. Ditto on a Mac. Anything with adb so that you can plug your device into your computer, do adb shell, and get a shell window up. Then
mount /system
onwards.
The key is that your phone needs to be in recovery before you do adb shell, otherwise you have no r/w access to /system.
ah! ok, perfect. The android sdk is on my windows computer, the push-files on my mac, that's the problem
thanks for your help!
the recovery is not the problem, but mount /system did nothing because there is no android sdk on my mac.. got it now i think.
mount system -> ok
copy busybok -> ok
when i try to install i get dozens of lines with "no such file or directory".
reboot -> phone not booting, hangs when displaying the HTC Logo omg
flash rom again?
same problem as watercool. Loads of "No such file or directory" messages.
But, I rebooted and it went through as normal, booted the OS fine.
hm, dont want to wipe again, pff..
flashed AhmgskMod mod again without wiping, everything ok now
watercool said:
mount system -> ok
copy busybok -> ok
when i try to install i get dozens of lines with "no such file or directory".
reboot -> phone not booting, hangs when displaying the HTC Logo omg
flash rom again?
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Sounds like you missed the . off of the end of the
./busybox --install -s .
command.
You need that . if you're following my instructions.
ok, i did it with and without the "."
With the dot there was no response (so probably it installed correctly?).
Anyway it didn't boot afterwards. i will try it again
edit: ok, tried again and my phone stucks @ htc screen
i think busybox is installed but for some reason it doesn't boot (using the ahmgsk mod)
anyway, thanks for your kind help!
I have followed a few different guides regarding this and RUU will not find my phone. I have ran the program about 10 times and it just wont seem to find it. Also, it takes about 15 minutes for the program to tell me it can not find my phone. I have no idea why it takes so log to NOT find anything, LOL. is there another way to restore it or am i out of luck?
PS. I have rooted with unrevoked3. I need to return my phone so i need to completely stock.
EVOvillain said:
I have followed a few different guides regarding this and RUU will not find my phone. I have ran the program about 10 times and it just wont seem to find it. Also, it takes about 15 minutes for the program to tell me it can not find my phone. I have no idea why it takes so log to NOT find anything, LOL. is there another way to restore it or am i out of luck?
PS. I have rooted with unrevoked3. I need to return my phone so i need to completely stock.
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In order to get back to Stock you need do this first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701835 Step 2 and 3.
(Be sure you mark usb debugging) After finish it, turn off the phone press volume down and power to Bootloader screen
wait until load hboot, then in fastboot plug the usb and press power botton and will change to fastboot USB, Then run the RUU. http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Supersonic/
Good Luck!!
Ps: I got same issue when i began root and unroot but after practice is a piece of cake.
thanks a lot m8. ill give it a shot. hopefully it works because i need to turn my phone in soon.
EDIT: how and where do I enter this code? sorry, im a noob.
Code:
adb shell
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img
EVOvillain said:
thanks a lot m8. ill give it a shot. hopefully it works because i need to turn my phone in soon.
EDIT: how and where do I enter this code? sorry, im a noob.
Code:
adb shell
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img
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First you need put in you sd card the flash-image and mtd-eng.img .Be sure you mark usb debugging . Then you need use the adb shell. I recommend download evo-recovery http://link.geekfor.me/evorecovery decompress and put in you c: drive then open Command Prompt - and type first
cd c:\evo-recovery
will show up c:\evo-recovery next to this type adb-windows shell
will show up a # sign (if you got $ you unrooted)
after # singn type : (line by line)
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img
Put the PC36IMG in you Sd card and follow the intruction to step 3
Good luck!!
I did what you say but my phone does not recognize the PC36IMG file.
did you make sure the PC36IMG file DOES NOT have .zip on the end...the name of the file should be just PC36IMG.
If it is named PC36IMG.zip and you hide file extensions on your computer, the file is actually named PC36IMG.zip.zip
EVOvillain said:
I did what you say but my phone does not recognize the PC36IMG file.
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When you did step 2 and type line by line , last line doesnt give you error?
If you continue with same issue with PC36IMG.ZIP, and because you got unrevoked3 , try flash first 147.651.1 stock root.zip here:http://www.mediafire.com/?n2zrnymmdmn Then try again step 2 and 3 in the top of this thread. That's work for me when i tested before unrevoked3
Good Luck
cocobongo77 said:
In order to get back to Stock you need do this first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701835 Step 2 and 3.
(Be sure you mark usb debugging) After finish it, turn off the phone press volume down and power to Bootloader screen
wait until load hboot, then in fastboot plug the usb and press power botton and will change to fastboot USB, Then run the RUU. http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Supersonic/
Good Luck!!
Ps: I got same issue when i began root and unroot but after practice is a piece of cake.
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Thanks nice piece of info to have just in case
EVOvillain said:
I did what you say but my phone does not recognize the PC36IMG file.
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yea thats not a problem at all you probably just have the file named PC36IMG.zip.zip. remove one ".zip", your computer is probably just hiding the extension.
If anyone is advanced enough to root their phone and flash ROMS< kernels, etc, then they should be advanced enough to go to Folder Options and uncheck Hide File Extensions on their computer....
Pretty easy did it 6 times for lots of people u can find the latest ru build pc36img on xda just look for it then get unrevoked forever son from there site when u get that flash it turns s on then get and place the latest ruu build on SD card go into boot loader and let it do its thing bingo stock pm me man if you need more help. Don't forget to delete the unrevoked file from SD card or the pc36img when your done.
Ps don't try those auto programs they can be a hassle.
EVOvillain said:
I have followed a few different guides regarding this and RUU will not find my phone. I have ran the program about 10 times and it just wont seem to find it. Also, it takes about 15 minutes for the program to tell me it can not find my phone. I have no idea why it takes so log to NOT find anything, LOL. is there another way to restore it or am i out of luck?
PS. I have rooted with unrevoked3. I need to return my phone so i need to completely stock.
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HERE you go man get unrevoked forever son from there site and download this Ruu the one at the bottom is the latest build.
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Supersonic
hope this helps.
Fastest and easiest trouble free way man done it alot.
Easiest way to Unroot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
Scroll down a little.
Hello all,
I've had a DZ for nearly 2 weeks now, and have been holding off on installing roms, overclocking etc until there were clear, reversible guidlines available.
A few days ago I was being curious and ended up doing this the UBERROOT guide.
Essentially I temprooted using Visionary then executed the gfree script on my PC:
adb push gfree /data/local
adb shell
su
cd /data/local
chmod 777 gfree
./gfree
sync
This went well, and when I got to the bootloader I could see indeed that my S was OFF.
However, before I go any further I want to know how to reverse what I've done. This is mentioned at the bottom of the UBERROOT guide:
'run gfree, which will create a new backup of partition 7 in its unlocked state.
this will disable wp on the emmc, as well as remove the brq filter from the kernel.
at this point, you can dd if=/wherever/your/partition7-relock.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7
sync; reboot'
I found the backup, although it was a .bin file not .img
I entered in the command above, but my phone rebooted before I could enter the 'sync' command. My S is still off, it would seem.
So my question to you fine people, having typed all this is:
How can I use the gfree backup to return my phone back to stock?
nofixio said:
How can I use the gfree backup to return my phone back to stock?
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You can use the "dd" command to copy back the image of that original partition, as you mention.
However, the latest version of gfree now includes some new options to un-do that stuff, e.g. you can switch S-ON back on and change your SID via options. See the Wiki on this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...Phone.2C_Set_SuperCID.2C_and_Turn_Radio_S-OFF
nofixio said:
Hello all,
I've had a DZ for nearly 2 weeks now, and have been holding off on installing roms, overclocking etc until there were clear, reversible guidlines available.
A few days ago I was being curious and ended up doing this the UBERROOT guide.
Essentially I temprooted using Visionary then executed the gfree script on my PC:
adb push gfree /data/local
adb shell
su
cd /data/local
chmod 777 gfree
./gfree
sync
This went well, and when I got to the bootloader I could see indeed that my S was OFF.
However, before I go any further I want to know how to reverse what I've done. This is mentioned at the bottom of the UBERROOT guide:
'run gfree, which will create a new backup of partition 7 in its unlocked state.
this will disable wp on the emmc, as well as remove the brq filter from the kernel.
at this point, you can dd if=/wherever/your/partition7-relock.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7
sync; reboot'
I found the backup, although it was a .bin file not .img
I entered in the command above, but my phone rebooted before I could enter the 'sync' command. My S is still off, it would seem.
So my question to you fine people, having typed all this is:
How can I use the gfree backup to return my phone back to stock?
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When you run gfree, it creates a bin file in your sd card. That bin file you shall rename it to "whatever".img, to be more specific rename it to partiiton7-relock.img.
Now once you did this, just run gfree again:
adb push gfree /data/local
adb shell
su
cd /data/local
chmod 777 gfree
./gfree
sync
Once done the above, just download terminal emulator and from there run:
su
dd if=/sdcard/partition7-relock.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7
sync
exit
And reebot the phone, Now you can go and see you are S-ON.
This method above works without a problem as myself have tried several times, however as steviewevie mentioned, the new version of gfree does this easier.
buzmay said:
When you run gfree, it creates a bin file in your sd card. That bin file you shall rename it to "whatever".img, to be more specific rename it to partiiton7-relock.img.
Now once you did this, just run gfree again:
adb push gfree /data/local
adb shell
su
cd /data/local
chmod 777 gfree
./gfree
sync
Once done the above, just download terminal emulator and from there run:
su
dd if=/sdcard/partition7-relock.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7
sync
exit
And reebot the phone, Now you can go and see you are S-ON.
This method above works without a problem as myself have tried several times, however as steviewevie mentioned, the new version of gfree does this easier.
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How to get that file (partition7-relock.img)? Because I formated the card after g-free method and I runned the official Ruu, so now I have that stupid S-Off, I need it S-On...
Niiceg said:
How to get that file (partition7-relock.img)? Because I formated the card after g-free method and I runned the official Ruu, so now I have that stupid S-Off, I need it S-On...
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You don't need the backup for that. Just check the Wiki to find the options for gfree that will set it back to S-ON
Sent from my HTC Desire Z
steviewevie said:
You don't need the backup for that. Just check the Wiki to find the options for gfree that will set it back to S-ON
Sent from my HTC Desire Z
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I don't find anything more than this guide:
Turning S-On
If you are returning your Vision to stock, you will want to flash your stock ROM and Recovery image before starting this, as root permissions and S-Off are required for both of those processes.
Remove Gfree (turn back S-On):
When you first ran Gfree, it automatically backed up your stock partition 7 (with S-On) and placed it on your microSD card as a file named part7-(something).bin and you will need to rename this file to: partition7-relock.img
Open up your ADB command prompt on your computer (with your phone plugged in) and type the following exactly as shown:
Code:
adb shell
su
cd /data/local
chmod 777 gfree
./gfree
dd if=/sdcard/partition7-relock.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7
sync
reboot bootloader
Your phone will reboot into bootloader. Look at the first line. The end should now say "S-On".
steviewevie said:
You don't need the backup for that. Just check the Wiki to find the options for gfree that will set it back to S-ON
Sent from my HTC Desire Z
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I think they removed the automatic option for some reason, I beleive it was in version v.3 and now v.2 is back up. I was looking for that option for someone else early yesterday and noticed its not on the Wiki anymore, unless I missed it, but Im prettty sure I didn't. So I think were back to using the "dd if=/sdcard/partition7-relock.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7" command.
Update: On fattire's thread they said they took down v3 because people were having problems with it and are now advising using v2 and the old restore method.
joemm said:
I think they removed the automatic option for some reason, I beleive it was in version v.3 and now v.2 is back up. I was looking for that option for someone else early yesterday and noticed its not on the Wiki anymore, unless I missed it, but Im prettty sure I didn't. So I think were back to using the "dd if=/sdcard/partition7-relock.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7" command.
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Where to get that file if i already formated the card?!
Niiceg said:
Where to get that file if i already formated the card?!
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There is no where to get the file if you erased/formatted your sdcard without saving it somewhere else, the instructons on gfree tell you to do this:
"gfree created a backup of your original partition 7 at /sdcard/part7backup-<time>.bin you might consider copying this to a safe location on your computer."
So if you didnt do this I really dont know what you can do. I have my part7backup but I dont know if its specific to my device or if anyone can use it.
joemm said:
There is no where to get the file if you erased/formatted your sdcard without saving it somewhere else, the instructons on gfree tell you to do this:
"gfree created a backup of your original partition 7 at /sdcard/part7backup-<time>.bin you might consider copying this to a safe location on your computer."
So if you didnt do this I really dont know what you can do. I have my part7backup but I dont know if its specific to my device or if anyone can use it.
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Well, What device you have? Z or G2? I think that it's not specific, because all phones are the same ;D
Niiceg said:
I don't find anything more than this guide:
Turning S-On
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Look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...Phone.2C_Set_SuperCID.2C_and_Turn_Radio_S-OFF
Scroll down to the bit that shows you the usage message for gfree and check out the "-s" option
joemm said:
I think they removed the automatic option for some reason, I beleive it was in version v.3 and now v.2 is back up. I was looking for that option for someone else early yesterday and noticed its not on the Wiki anymore, unless I missed it, but Im prettty sure I didn't. So I think were back to using the "dd if=/sdcard/partition7-relock.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7" command.
Update: On fattire's thread they said they took down v3 because people were having problems with it and are now advising using v2 and the old restore method.
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The latest gfree 0.03 had problems, yes, so they went back to 0.02 in the Wiki. But as my previous post shows, you can still un-do things with gfree 0.02.
The only reason to use the backup of partition 7 that I can think of is if you don't know what your original CID was to reset to, or if you want to SIM Lock your phone again (there doesn't seem to be an undo option for the SIM Unlock).
steviewevie said:
The latest gfree 0.03 had problems, yes, so they went back to 0.02 in the Wiki. But as my previous post shows, you can still un-do things with gfree 0.02.
The only reason to use the backup of partition 7 that I can think of is if you don't know what your original CID was to reset to, or if you want to SIM Lock your phone again (there doesn't seem to be an undo option for the SIM Unlock).
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Ok, I see the option for sec-flag on/off but does that also restore the sim lock?
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App
joemm said:
Ok, I see the option for sec-flag on/off but does that also restore the sim lock?
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No it doesn't as far as I know, but that's why I said restoring SIM lock was the only real use for that part7 backup that I could think of.
steviewevie said:
No it doesn't as far as I know, but that's why I said restoring SIM lock was the only real use for that part7 backup that I could think of.
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I wasn't sure myself, thanks.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App
steviewevie said:
No it doesn't as far as I know, but that's why I said restoring SIM lock was the only real use for that part7 backup that I could think of.
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Okey, can you tell how to do everything? Because I don't know anything with that gfree... And there is no instruction... Please, help me get the S-On
I have PM'd the author of gfree about an option for SIM re-lock, because that would be useful. I guess you will still need some sort of carrier string which it needs re-locking to though ? Would be handy if perhaps gfree told you what that was before you unlocked it.
Im in the same boat as niiceg, I cannot find my backup and have had no luck in my searchs. Any Idea's what I can do from here?
Thanks in advance..
ps I'm guess my next step is to re root and do
su
cd /data/local
chmod 777 gfree
./gfree -s on
sync
???
bildo said:
Im in the same boat as niiceg, I cannot find my backup and have had no luck in my searchs. Any Idea's what I can do from here?
Thanks in advance..
ps I'm guess my next step is to re root and do
su
cd /data/local
chmod 777 gfree
./gfree -s on
sync
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Yes, you just need to run "gfree -s on" as root to go from radio S-OFF to S-ON, no need to find/restore that backup.
Hello guys.
Once again I need your help.
Following my last thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=847320
(AKA "Help! no SD recognition, USB link doesn't work and no signal!")
After taking martijn_bakker's and ianmufc's advice regarding how to issue the correct command from fastboot:
- My phone regained sd functionality.
- My phone had proper signal again.
- BUT I still have USB issues, AND more:
I am currently running Cyanogenmod 6.1.1 for HTC Desire, and I have the following issues:
- When I try to go back to the stock Froyo, or anything that resembles it really (LeeDroid for example), my signal goes bananas: When I try to call anyone, it rings the person, then "ends" the call, only to bring it back again after a few seconds and then disconnect again.
I've also tried different radios (including the one LeeDroid recommended) to no avail.
So basically I cannot make calls with the original ROM.
- USB: When I connect my phone to my PC it charges it, BUT my PC doesn't recognize it, and I cannot transfer files between the SD card and the PC, or sync etc.
- I've got no Bluetooth! (Not sure if this is a Cyanogenmod issue or not though)
- Phone turns off when released from electricity charging (Doesn't happen with PC USB charging though).
The thing is I really didn't mind the original Froyo 2.2 ROM, infact I like it very much. I really like the HTC Sense features and the weather+clock widget with the animations.
The only reason I ever rooted my phone was to get apps2sd on it, so I don't keep running out of space when installing new apps. But I never even got that to work...
My question to you guys is how can I fix my current problems and have a properly working HTC Desire with a stock/custom Froyo ROM (that can make phone calls ) with apps2sd on it?
Thanks in advance!
Liran
First how have you been getting stock on your phone? Have you tried the ruu? If you are zip flashing have you wiped everything? Go to recovery wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, advanced then wipe dalvik cache, back button, mounts then wipe everything except sd-card. Make sure you wipe sdext. Then try to flash.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
Well as you still don't have usb-connectivity, it sounds like you need to continue on the usb-brick fix. You have issued the command, which let you use the sd-card again. Now you just need to write a new misc partition as described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691639
Doing this should make your phone work like it used to, as this is the only thing that is not fixable by flashing another rom if you need some help on it, i might be able to help, but in short terms, you need to flash a misc image, which have the right values, as the one on your phone have been changed in some way. The image is provided in the thread.
edit: and for god's sake do not try to run a ruu, as flashing the misc image might require root, and you may not be able to regain root without usb-connectivity. Also an ruu does not overwrite the misc partition, so it won't help your problem.
edit2: also you should try flashing a new radio that is known to work like 5.09.05.30_2 just to make sure this isn't also causing problems. It should be possible from a zip file using recovery.
_Dennis_ said:
First how have you been getting stock on your phone? Have you tried the ruu? If you are zip flashing have you wiped everything? Go to recovery wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, advanced then wipe dalvik cache, back button, mounts then wipe everything except sd-card. Make sure you wipe sdext. Then try to flash.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
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TBH I don't exactly know what RUU is. I've heard it before but I'm not sure exactly what it means.
When I said I flashed the stock Froyo I meant this: Official_FroYo_2.10.405.2
and I also tried LeeDrOiD_v2.2f_A2SD.
Regarding the wipes I've done everything you wrote above to no avail.
mortenmhp said:
Well as you still don't have usb-connectivity, it sounds like you need to continue on the usb-brick fix. You have issued the command, which let you use the sd-card again. Now you just need to write a new misc partition as described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691639
Doing this should make your phone work like it used to, as this is the only thing that is not fixable by flashing another rom if you need some help on it, i might be able to help, but in short terms, you need to flash a misc image, which have the right values, as the one on your phone have been changed in some way. The image is provided in the thread.
edit: and for god's sake do not try to run a ruu, as flashing the misc image might require root, and you may not be able to regain root without usb-connectivity. Also an ruu does not overwrite the misc partition, so it won't help your problem.
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Thanks mate I will try that.
One thing I forgot to mention though - My phone is S-ON.
I'm not sure if it used to be S-OFF or not though.
Does that make any difference or does it not matter?
Hum. I appologize I never had a USB brick (knock in wood) so I assumed his problem would be in the rom possibly something he did while fixing the USB brick.
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It does make a difference yes, but you doesn't need s-off for this. It would just make it a whole lot easier. But just get your CID like described in the thread and change the misc image to this. Then flash it like described
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dennis: np something else is wrong as well, but fixing the usb is very urgent, and the other problem should be fixable by running a ruu or simply flashing a new radio+rom afterwards.
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It does make a difference yes, but you doesn't need s-off for this. It would just make it a whole lot easier. But just get your CID like described in the thread and change the misc image to this. Then flash it like described
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Will do!
I'll update when I'm done
liranh said:
Will do!
I'll update when I'm done
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A bit stuck... Here is what I've done:
1. Got the CID.
2. Got a hex editor. wrote the new CID instead of the one in the img file. Saved it.
3. I put the new img file and flash_image.zip in the /data on my sd card.
I Put the card in my phone, started my phone, opened Terminal Emulator and typed in "/data/flash_image misc /data/mtd0.img" (without the quotes of course). the phone said: "/data/flash_image: not found".
What am I doing wrong?
Well you should not have a /data folder on your sd card it is a partition on the phone. In order to put it there, save the 2 files in the root of the sd-card and issue those commands in a terminal emulator:
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/mtd0.img > /data/mtd0.img
As written in the thread, you might have to do 'chmod u+x /data/flash_image' before you run the commands (or chmod 755 /data/flash_image) but try to do it without those
Then you should be able to run the command you specified in the previous post
Edit: and the reason you got the error before was of course, that your files was in /sdcard/data and not in /data
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A bit stuck... Here is what I've done:
1. Got the CID.
2. Got a hex editor. wrote the new CID instead of the one in the img file. Saved it.
3. I put the new img file and flash_image.zip in the /data on my sd card.
I Put the card in my phone, started my phone, opened Terminal Emulator and typed in "/data/flash_image misc /data/mtd0.img" (without the quotes of course). the phone said: "/data/flash_image: not found".
What am I doing wrong?
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Actually, should it not be like this:
su
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/mtd0.img > /data/mtd0.img
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image misc /data/mtd0.img
Reboot.
Masdroid: Yes exactly apart from that he apparently didn't have the files on the sdcard root
MasDroid said:
Actually, should it not be like this:
su
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/mtd0.img > /data/mtd0.img
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image misc /data/mtd0.img
Reboot.
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mortenmhp said:
Well you should not have a /data folder on your sd card it is a partition on the phone. In order to put it there, save the 2 files in the root of the sd-card and issue those commands in a terminal emulator:
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/mtd0.img > /data/mtd0.img
As written in the thread, you might have to do 'chmod u+x /data/flash_image' before you run the commands (or chmod 755 /data/flash_image) but try to do it without those
Then you should be able to run the command you specified in the previous post
Edit: and the reason you got the error before was of course, that your files was in /sdcard/data and not in /data
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Using a file manager on my phone, I put both files on the root of my SD card.
I then issued the following commands using Terminal Emulator:
su
(granted)
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
Phone says: /sdcard/flash_image: No such file or directory
I should mention that I took out the card and connected it to my PC again to confirm the files have actually gone onto the root of the SD card (and they have), put the SD card back in my phone, issued the same commands in Terminal Emulator and got the same message...
Any ideas?
Sounds strange, just to make sure. You have unzipped the flash_image, so that it is not the flash_image.zip you have on you sd-card.
Also run "ls /sdcard" in terminal emulator to see a list of the files in the root and check, that it's there, and do not have a file extension. If it's there and the name is "flash_image" then it should work.
mortenmhp said:
Sounds strange, just to make sure. You have unzipped the flash_image, so that it is not the flash_image.zip you have on you sd-card.
Also run "ls /sdcard" in terminal emulator to see a list of the files in the root and check, that it's there, and do not have a file extension. If it's there and the name is "flash_image" then it should work.
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Mate you are spot on with your first sentence. Give me a minute
Haha nice one thought i could've made the same mistake
mortenmhp said:
Haha nice one thought i could've made the same mistake
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Yeah cause you know how when you put files on your phone to flash them you usually keep them in their zip format - that's what tricked me...
Haha yea let us know if you get it sorted
mortenmhp said:
Haha nice one thought i could've made the same mistake
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Well spotted
mortenmhp and MasDroid thank you both so much!
Everything is working perfectly now!
I thought I would never get my phone to work properly again!
If any of you is ever in London - drinks are on me!
Hello!
I flashed CM9 nightly on my GSM Galaxy Nexus a few days ago, and it has worked like a charm ever since. Until a few hours ago, that is...
I dug around in the CM-specific settings and (unfortunately!) ended up finding the Advanced settings, more specifically the CPU frequency setting. Just to see how it would handle things, I tried setting the max. frequency to 350 MHz (aka the default min. frequency). I was very surprised to see that the game Road Trip worked perfectly, and so I chose to keep it this way to save energy; I ticked "restore on boot". Later on, the phone rebooted during a phone call, but I thought, "oh, it's a nightly, this is to be expected."
What I noticed a few seconds thereafter (what is my real problem) is that the boot animation froze a few cycles in (after running at full fps for about one cycle), and the phone rebooted again, running into the same problem.
I still have this issue, even after factory resetting and reflashing the nightly (which I thought would remove the freq. "lock", but didn't).
Does anyone know how I can fix this? Is it as easy (or hard, because I can't access the actual system) as flashing some CPU-fixing ROM, or do I need to do something more, even send it to repair?
Thank you guys!
Go to revovry.
Go to Mounts and storage.
Format /system.
Format /cache.
Format /data.
Flash rom.
Flash Gapps.
Wipe data/factory reset.
Reboot.
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Go to revovry.
Go to Mounts and storage.
Format /system.
Format /cache.
Format /data.
Flash rom.
Flash Gapps.
Wipe data/factory reset.
Reboot.
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Did that, but the problem persists.
Anything else I can try?
swefse said:
Did that, but the problem persists.
Anything else I can try?
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You have to wipe the init.d file.. in there is the script that is locking your boot settings...
zapford said:
You have to wipe the init.d file.. in there is the script that is locking your boot settings...
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How exactly do I do that? From some advanced menu in CWM or somewhere else?
Now I got some help over on Google+:
Adb remount
Adb shell
rm /system/etc/Init.d
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but the last command gives me a no such file or directory...
Where in the system structure is init.d?
swefse said:
Now I got some help over on Google+:
but the last command gives me a no such file or directory...
Where in the system structure is init.d?
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'adb shell'
'su'
'rm -rf /system/etc/init.d/' - folder/file names in android (as in Linux) are case-sensitive.
if it still gives you "file or folder not found"
'ls /system/etc/i*'
do you see /system/etc/init.d/ or not? if not, either your current rom hasn't created that folder yet (case of AOPK comes to mind, user had to create dir manually), or it doesn't support init.d scripts at all.
bk201doesntexist said:
'adb shell'
'su'
'rm -rf /system/etc/init.d/' - folder/file names in android (as in Linux) are case-sensitive.
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'su' might have worked (it said
su
/sbin/sh: su: not found
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'rm -rf /system/etc/init.d/' returned
rm -rf /system/etc/init.d/
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Does this mean it worked, and that it is safe to reboot?
EDIT: Rebooted, problem persists...
Can I check to see if init.d is removed from adb?
Should be, give it a try.
BTW, booting a device is cpu intensive, hence the boot loops at low frequency
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EDIT: Rebooted, problem persists...
Can I check to see if init.d is removed from adb?
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@ Tubes6al4v:
Nope, didn't work.
Btw, 'ls /system' returns
bin
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Is that normal?
My failsafe is to use fastboot to push a stock image over. Just keep in mind it will wipe your sd card.
Tubes6al4v said:
My failsafe is to use fastboot to push a stock image over. Just keep in mind it will wipe your sd card.
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So I'll follow this guide?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366806
Just one more n00b question: Can I pick whichever image I want, even though my phone came with 4.0.1?
If not, how do I know if it's ITL4D or ITL4F?
swefse said:
'su' might have worked (it said
'rm -rf /system/etc/init.d/' returned
Does this mean it worked, and that it is safe to reboot?
EDIT: Rebooted, problem persists...
Can I check to see if init.d is removed from adb?
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if 'su' errors, then you don't have su binary installed. you wouldn't be able to delete /system/etc/init.d even if it was there. you should see a lot more stuff inside /system/ though.
swefse said:
So I'll follow this guide?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366806
Just one more n00b question: Can I pick whichever image I want, even though my phone came with 4.0.1?
If not, how do I know if it's ITL4D or ITL4F?
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before you go restoring to stock, go in bootloader and try:
'./fastboot erase cache'
'./fastboot erase userdata'
see if it boots.
'adb logcat >> logcat.txt' would help debugging as to why the device is bootlooping as well.
Or is it easier to use this, and not have to worry about what version it is/was?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
swefse said:
Or is it easier to use this, and not have to worry about what version it is/was?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
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that's your choice. if you do use that toolkit (or any toolkit, for that matter), read instructions well.
I was redirected to this guide to get the fastboot drivers (and fastboot): http://android.modaco.com/topic/348161-01-feb-r4-superboot-rooting-the-gsm-lte-galaxy-nexus/
When I open "install-superboot-windows.bat", though, it says "waiting for device", and stops there.
Should I just have downloaded it and continued with the first guide (linked a few posts above), or should I have clicked "install-superboot-windows.bat"?
Edit: Now when I tried "install-superboot-windows" a second time, it rebooted the phone, but into Android (resulting in the usual freeze-reboot). I'm stuck, please help me!
Now I tried flashing MCR Ir9, which I had laying around on the internal memory, but it screwed up even worse: Now I don't even get past the first "Google" + unlocked boot loader icon screen.
Should I maybe just send it to Samsung, and foot the bill, before I brick it forever (if I haven't already, that is), or do you guys know what to do?
swefse said:
Now I tried flashing MCR Ir9, which I had laying around on the internal memory, but it screwed up even worse: Now I don't even get past the first "Google" + unlocked boot loader icon screen.
Should I maybe just send it to Samsung, and foot the bill, before I brick it forever (if I haven't already, that is), or do you guys know what to do?
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Pull batery, VOLUP+VOLDOWN+POWER into fastboot/bootloader. Reflash stock with fastboot.
bk201doesntexist said:
Pull batery, VOLUP+VOLDOWN+POWER into fastboot/bootloader. Reflash stock with fastboot.
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I'll try that, and let you know how it works. Thank you!
Now it was successfully recovered and works again, thanks to fastboot and the wonderful convincing of you, bk201doesntexist!
Thank you!