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Clockwork recovery after UnrEVOked. Help!

I rooted my Evo last night with no problem and then decided to risk taking chances modding. I ended up replacing the HTC lockscreen with the vanilla one! However, I ended up trying to do a clockwork mod (the one that has the battery number on the top) and now my phone is in bootloop. I can't get my computer to recognize the phone now to download something on it. Anyone know of a way around this?

You should be able to pull the battery and be able to boot right back to recovery. Did you try that? Loops are POST recovery override so I would guess you haven't tried this yet?

edufur said:
You should be able to pull the battery and be able to boot right back to recovery. Did you try that? Loops are POST recovery override so I would guess you haven't tried this yet?
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Yes i'm in recovery but everytime I try to recover it goes into clockwork recovery and bootloops again. My laptop doesn't recognize the phone either.

Have you tried "fastboot?"

edufur said:
Have you tried "fastboot?"
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Yeah I did and I keep getting the error message "Connection failed" on my laptop. I'm on Windows 7

Thanks for taking the time to help me btw

Have you tried a different USB port? Strangely, sometimes Windows gets picky with a particular port / phone combo... and then choosing a different port often fixes connection failures.
Also, did you try factory resetting the phone as well? Like... clear storage... followed by full wipe?

edufur said:
Have you tried a different USB port? Strangely, sometimes Windows gets picky with a particular port / phone combo... and then choosing a different port often fixes connection failures.
Also, did you try factory resetting the phone as well? Like... clear storage... followed by full wipe?
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Yeah I tried to reset factory but it resets it right into "Clockwork recovery." Trying to change ports now.

Yeah my main problem is I downloaded that mod and I need to get the phone back to how it was when I first used the Unrevoked 3.2

try booting to fastboot... then reboot your PC... then use a previously unused USB port... switch things around if you have to.

Actually... I have another idea...
IF you have unrevoked forever on there, I am guessing this should work...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=764062&highlight=amon_RA
that thread shows how to easily get switched to amon_RA from clockwork essentially in one easy step... but it requires that you push the img file.. which you are mentioning you cannot do... BUT... if you have a card reader/writer, you can pop your micro SD card out of the phone and into a reader/writer and put the img file in its root... along with a ROM of choice. then boot to the phone and it will automatically ask you if you want to restore the image file. say yes and you will be loaded up with amon!! amon is better. once you have that on there, pull the pcimg36 file off and flash the ROM that you picked from your amon recovery.
does this make sense? if not i can try to give better detail.

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Did you forget something?

What if I can only flash "update.zip?"

edufur said:
Actually... I have another idea...
IF you have unrevoked forever on there, I am guessing this should work...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=764062&highlight=amon_RA
that thread shows how to easily get switched to amon_RA from clockwork essentially in one easy step... but it requires that you push the img file.. which you are mentioning you cannot do... BUT... if you have a card reader/writer, you can pop your micro SD card out of the phone and into a reader/writer and put the img file in its root... along with a ROM of choice. then boot to the phone and it will automatically ask you if you want to restore the image file. say yes and you will be loaded up with amon!! amon is better. once you have that on there, pull the pcimg36 file off and flash the ROM that you picked from your amon recovery.
does this make sense? if not i can try to give better detail.
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Okay this worked! What rom should I download? I would like one that has the Vanilla lock screen and then i'll look into Nan unlocking after that. Thank you so much again. I haven't gotten anywhere until that post

Roms, oh the many choices
imwillzillla said:
Okay this worked! What rom should I download? I would like one that has the Vanilla lock screen and then i'll look into Nan unlocking after that. Thank you so much again. I haven't gotten anywhere until that post
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Cyanogenmod6 is simply the best, but it is VERY buggy at best and needs and unlock, which you don't have. I like Ava v7 because of it's simplicity and stability. A lot of people like evio and baked snack though. I don't know why. I don't personally.
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[Q] HELP PLEASE! Change CWM 3.0.1.4? Epic freaking out.

Hello.
I am a new owner of an epic 4g, which i have rooted.
As i am currently looking to install a custom ROM, I realized that the CWM on my phone is different from the one listed in the ROM that i want. (SyndicateROM Frozen is the one im looking at).
I currently have 3.0.1.4 (the one thats on ROM Manager) but it says on the page that i need 3.0.0.6 ... so i don't know how to do that.
On another note... which it is related to....
Right now, when i use Rom Manager and click "reboot into recovery" it brings me to a screen with orange script... and only my power button works. it works as something to select. but there is nothing that works in order to push enter...
This most recent time, i pulled out the battery.. and after replacing it and holding power to turn it on, it booted into a screen with green script this time. This time the buttons worked and i was able to go to reboot.
So i think something is wrong. Obviously i want a different CWM (unless you guys have a better suggestion) but i don't know how to do it.
any help would be greatly appreciated.. or links.
PS. like i said before, I want to do this in preparation for doing the syndicaterom frozen... so if you guys could give me any help, that would be greatly appreciated.
SORRY IF THIS IS SOMEWHERE ELSE. i looked but couldn't find anything with this exact problem so I thought i'd ask here. Much thanks

If you ran the one click root with cwm3.0.0.6 then just turn your phone off and hold volume down+camera+power and it should take you to cwm3.0.0.6 and that is what you need. Don't use rom manager for the epic. It doesn't work. Boot into recovery manually. If it doesn't take you to that version. Then you need to run the one click root.
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so.. should i get rid of rom manager? and back to my original question how do i revert to the cwm 3.0.0.6? rom manager installed the other one.. so any way to get rid of it?
thanks

oops! that comment by okeynwachie is by me lol. i didnt realize he was signed into my computer
but once again. so HOW do i get rid of the current one? and go back to 3.0.0.6? do i just flash them over each other? or is there a proper way to delete them? any help would be greatly appreciated!
thanks

Here's the link for u buddy make sure u read before u go any further good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897612
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s 0n

Having a hell of a time getting my evo 4g to change to s on. I have successfully unrooted it but the s off remains there. I need to take it back to sprint for repairs.
I have tried several with the recent unrevoked 3. But my results are after flashing "waiting 5 seconds because windows hates" message and the other says waiting to reboot" (both freezes forever). Any direction would be appreciated.
Thanks you.

Newsflash. I've never heard one story of Spring checking a bootloader to make sure a phone is S-On.
Flash A stock ROM and you;ll be good, although there have been posts that say Sprint will work on Rooted phones now.

rosario04 said:
Having a hell of a time getting my evo 4g to change to s on. I have successfully unrooted it but the s off remains there. I need to take it back to sprint for repairs.
I have tried several with the recent unrevoked 3. But my results are after flashing "waiting 5 seconds because windows hates" message and the other says waiting to reboot" (both freezes forever). Any direction would be appreciated.
Thanks you.
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Ignore this, double post. Next post.

rosario04 said:
Having a hell of a time getting my evo 4g to change to s on. I have successfully unrooted it but the s off remains there. I need to take it back to sprint for repairs.
I have tried several with the recent unrevoked 3. But my results are after flashing "waiting 5 seconds because windows hates" message and the other says waiting to reboot" (both freezes forever). Any direction would be appreciated.
Thanks you.
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You have to have a custom recovery to do that (Amon-RA or Clockwork). You need to reinstall Amon-Ra Recovery by putting this in the root of your SDCard and rename it "PC36IMG.zip": http://files.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=amon_ra/RECOVERY/&file=PC36IMG.zip
Then flash this: http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/current/unrevoked-forever-son.zip
After that just run an RUU from here: http://goo-inside.me/supersonic/ruu
In case the RUU won't work from your computer, download one of the ZIP ones, put it in the root of your SDCard and rename it "PC36IMG.zip". That always works.

I am not sure what you mean by "Spring checking but I have flashed the stock rom PC36IMG.zip onto the root of the sd. My understanding that once your successful doing this you basically revert to the original rom. I have done that thanks to this site. But, I cannot for the life of me get the s on back on. Rooting my phone with three different custom roms were easier. Not all Spring stores like rooted phones. Id rather revert to original with the s on to be sure. product F thanks for the reply I will try that..perhaps I missed something. Thank You.

HipKat said:
Newsflash. I've never heard one story of Spring checking a bootloader to make sure a phone is S-On.
Flash A stock ROM and you;ll be good, although there have been posts that say Sprint will work on Rooted phones now.
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That plus the leaked document from the sprint employee forums that said that sprint supports rooted devices means we don't have to fret over s-on for service just make sure that your phone is running a sense rom when it is taken in otherwise they can't use the diagnostic commands from the dialer to fully support the device.
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Well I think my biggest problem is that i unrooted my phone because Clocwork will not work for me to flash forever s on because it is unrooted. Is this correct? Thanks

rosario04 said:
Well I think my biggest problem is that i unrooted my phone because Clocwork will not work for me to flash forever s on because it is unrooted. Is this correct? Thanks
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If you're using Clockwork, you have to disable Signature Verification.

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Product F(RED) said:
You have to have a custom recovery to do that (Amon-RA or Clockwork). You need to reinstall Amon-Ra Recovery by putting this in the root of your SDCard and rename it "PC36IMG.zip": http://files.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=amon_ra/RECOVERY/&file=PC36IMG.zip
Then flash this: http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/current/unrevoked-forever-son.zip
After that just run an RUU from here: http://goo-inside.me/supersonic/ruu
In case the RUU won't work from your computer, download one of the ZIP ones, put it in the root of your SDCard and rename it "PC36IMG.zip". That always works.
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But to get clockwork to work you have to be rooted...correct?
Thank you

Yes but you're still s-off so follow those instructions.
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Thanks for staying with me. Appreciate it.
Here is how I wasable to get to recovery to get to the root directory for choosing zip from sd.
STEP 9: TURN OFF DEVICE
Power down the device by holding the Power Button for 2 seconds. Allow it to shutdown completely. Wait about 10 seconds before next step.
STEP 10: RECOVERY MODE
Hold down VOL DOWN + POWER until device boots into a White Screen.
Move to RECOVERY by using the VOL DOWN toggle and select by using POWER button.
STEP 11: TRANSFER PC36IMG.zip TO SDCARD
Connect the MICRO USB Cord. There is an option for this in both the Amon RA and Clockwork recovery.
Transfer the PC36IMG.zip to the ROOT of your SDCard.[/SIZE][/SIZE]
It was the connection and discnnection of th usb cable. Everything was in green. Is that normal.
So, my next step was to flash the forever s on zip. The results were unsupported radio version. Update failed. The current version I have is 2.15.00.05.02. on the new update on my evo. I tried it first by removing the pc36img.zip nd then tried it with it on...same results.
So I found this radio version (EVO_Radio_2.15.00.05.02_WiMAX_27243_PRI_NV_2.15_003), but I am not sure if this is what version is needed. Anyways, I apologize for this long everyone, but I am trying to provide as much info and hopefully I can minimize your time. Thanks alot.

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So, my next step was to flash the forever s on zip. The results were unsupported radio version. Update failed. The current version I have is 2.15.00.05.02. on the new update on my evo. I tried it first by removing the pc36img.zip nd then tried it with it on...same results.
So I found this radio version (EVO_Radio_2.15.00.05.02_WiMAX_27243_PRI_NV_2.15_003), but I am not sure if this is what version is needed. Anyways, I apologize for this long everyone, but I am trying to provide as much info and hopefully I can minimize your time. Thanks alot.
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The radio package you mention is the same radio you already have, so you'll want an older version. I'm not exactly sure of the version number, but I do know that is not the correct one.
Remember when you flash radios to not pull the battery. It'll flash, then upon rebooting it'll finish. You'll see a screen that you probably haven't seen before, it'll most likely be an arrow pointing down to a phone or an Android in a box... or something like that. Regardless of what you see after the flash, don't freak out and pull the battery - you'll end up bricking your phone. It's one of the few ways to guarantee a real brick, the phone will never turn on again. You may already know this, or it may be in whatever guide you're using, but it's good to know.
Anyway, I'll see if I can find the correct radio for you, and good luck!
Edit: I read somewhere that someone used this one to get s-on: http://www.mediafire.com/?v0ymbhaa0ltcvyy
However, you may need to do some trial and error. It should work, but here's a link to all of them: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
These are from Calkulin, so if they're PC36IMG files you'll be fine, but I'm pretty sure you flash them in recovery. Sorry, it's late & I'm lazy. Anyway, I think Calkulin still uses amend scripting, which will render them incompatible with ClockworkMod. You'll either need to switch to Amon Ra to flash them or find a different flashable zip. I think you'll only need to flash the radio, not all of them, but I could be wrong.
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You don't need S-OFF to have sprint work on your phone for repair. My cousin just got an insurance replacement Evo 4g because he washed his phone with his clothes. He brought it over to me to be rooted and the phone he got was already S-OFF and that is an Insurance REFERB. also with the leaked forum of how Sprint will infact work on Rooted phones gives it away that you dont need S-OFF

Plainjane. Thanks for the info. I downloaded the zip from the first site you showed here and it ran well with the exception that it got stuck on formatting cache. So, I rebooted. s off still on. I will try the next one here in a few. Thanks everyone.

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well. While I continue to try and solve this puzzle I will attempt to attach this link on how to flash a radio to evo. i take no credit.

well i am happy to say i have finally go the s on back on. I believe the problem was that i left the recovery supersonic ra image on the root directory of the sd. i deleted that and flashed the supersonic s on image and voila!!! Everythin crumbled under the rosario wrath and s on is on. Thats Boricua power. My next problem is flashing sense back on. Khilbron, I wasnt ignoring your post on sense, it was just I was trying to get the other things done. So can you please expand on the sense. Thanks to everyone who took out the time even you kipkat with your kind of unfriendly comments. Dueces.

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rosario04 said:
well i am happy to say i have finally go the s on back on. I believe the problem was that i left the recovery supersonic ra image on the root directory of the sd. i deleted that and flashed the supersonic s on image and voila!!! Everythin crumbled under the rosario wrath and s on is on. Thats Boricua power. My next problem is flashing sense back on. Khilbron, I wasnt ignoring your post on sense, it was just I was trying to get the other things done. So can you please expand on the sense. Thanks to everyone who took out the time even you kipkat with your kind of unfriendly comments. Dueces.
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i took my phone back to sprint and they replaced both speakers. now to root again.
Again. Want to thank everyone for their help.

[Q]Is there a "true" factory restore for T-Mobile Galaxy S II?

We received our Samsung Galaxy II phones a few days ago.
My wife had a Swiftkey and Swiftkey X keyboard apps in her Amazon appstore account. She installed Swiftkey X, and she was presented with an "update" that showed Swiftkey (not the X; apparently this is an issue with Amazon appstore based on Swiftkey site). Thinking that it was an update to the Swiftkey X, she apparently applied it, and immediately there were number of FC notices (she remembers seeing TWLauncher among them) and a spontaneous reboot of the phone. Then, she couldn't get online either through WiFi or 4G. At that point she gave the phone to me to fix it
Comparing her phone side by side with mine it is very clear that there's an issue with network connectivity. While mine flies through the pages, market downloads, etc. either on WiFi or 4G, hers get stock for 3-5 seconds before opening pages or sometimes just displays a "webpage cannot be found" or "connection error".
I went ahead and did a factory restore, but that seems to only delete user account, personal files, etc. if I understand it correctly. Moreover, the issue is still there after the restore. So, is there a way to restore the system files to stock as well? Can it be done without rooting, or does it require loading a fresh ROM?
Sorry for the lengthy message and thanks in advance!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27322
that's a full factory reset.
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mikeyinid said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27322
that's a full factory reset.
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Thanks for your reply. Could you double check the link? I get "No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator".
Thanks again!

tenderidol said:
Thanks for your reply. Could you double check the link? I get "No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator".
Thanks again!
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if you look at the sticky threads at the top of this forum there is one called index by AllGamer. Its at the bottom of the first post. Make sure you grab the Tmobile one and not the telus one
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Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1323878
Everything goes back to stock.
You need to either:
1. Root
2. Install CWM through ROM Manager
3. Flash this
Or:
1. ODIN flash CWM
2. Flash this

513263337 said:
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1323878
Everything goes back to stock.
You need to either:
1. Root
2. Install CWM through ROM Manager
3. Flash this
Or:
1. ODIN flash CWM
2. Flash this
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Dude. That's a half ass way, it doesn't take you to stock. First of all its deodexed.. Just a sec
This is the only proper way to go back to stock THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE
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Thanks again for the replies. So, I'm going to have to root it and put a stock image back I gues... I was hoping that SII had a fail safe similar to Nook Color where you can easily go back to stock if something was not right.

tenderidol said:
Thanks again for the replies. So, I'm going to have to root it and put a stock image back I gues... I was hoping that SII had a fail safe similar to Nook Color where you can easily go back to stock if something was not right.
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you dont have to root it to run the odin package

mikeyinid said:
you dont have to root it to run the odin package
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Oh, sorry about that. I'm a newbie for the SII rooting/modding (did quite a bit with Nook Color), and I need to do some reading first.

Smart man!
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voidthedroid said:
Smart man!
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Alright, I'm halfway through. The rooting process for the SII is little different than NC, but the principles are the same.
By the way, is it safe to assume that some conflict between SwiftKey and SwiftKey X caused the problem on her phone? The reason I ask is because I'd like to put SwiftKey X on my SII (it has multi-language support) and I dont want to deal with the same issue if it was the culprit.

I believe I did enough reading at this point
Since this doesn't involve rooting (now I understand it), I'd like to get an "OK" from the guru before proceeding with the following "as newbie as it gets" steps:
1. Install Odin (v1.85)
2. Install Kies for the recent GSII drivers
3. Make sure Windows recognizes the phone in ODIN (seeing <ID:0/004> Added!! in the message box)
4. Turn off the phone
5. Turn on the phone by holding both the Vol-up and Vol-down buttons and plug the USB cable in while still holding both buttons
6. Select volume up button to proceed to download mode
7. Start Odin
8. Check the PDA button in Odin and browse to “T989UVKID_HOME_SGH-T989user_CL594724_REV00.tar.md5” file
9. Click Start in Odin and let it flash
10. Once it completes and reboots…..
Is that it? At Step 10, it should boot into a 100% T-Mo stock, right? Just to be sure, I’ll perform a factory reset after that point and start all over with the user files, apps, etc.
Thanks in advance!

Sounds good. But if you look in the stickied threads top of this forum the drivers for our phone are posted. No need to install kies but that does work also
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tenderidol said:
Thanks again for the replies. So, I'm going to have to root it and put a stock image back I gues... I was hoping that SII had a fail safe similar to Nook Color where you can easily go back to stock if something was not right.
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The "factory reset" you used IS the fail safe. The parts that "factory reset" doesn't remove is the part that won't be messed up unless you are rooted. So I don't even know how you touched /system etc without rooting...

mikeyinid said:
Sounds good. But if you look in the stickied threads top of this forum the drivers for our phone are posted. No need to install kies but that does work also
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Thanks a lot!
Just finished flashing the stock image and everything worked as expected. This was also a good practice to learn how to restore it to stock in case something goes bad.

513263337 said:
The "factory reset" you used IS the fail safe. The parts that "factory reset" doesn't remove is the part that won't be messed up unless you are rooted. So I don't even know how you touched /system etc without rooting...
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The issue was created after installing a 3rd party keyboard and -by accident- applying an update that was supposed to be for a slightly different version, which resulted in numerous force closes and random reboots immediately. I might be wrong here, but that indicates that more than just the user files were affected, since deleting just user files via factory reset didn't help the network problem. However, flashing the stock image -without rooting- took care of the problem.

[Q] Help - no display, deice works, need contacts

Hi guys. So my GF has this Samsung Galaxy S (Sprint Epic SPH-D700) ... I think I've got the right section. (EDIT: nope. ty kennyglass123. sorry about that :/)
She drops her phone, display stops functioning. However, the device still works - touchscreen is responsive, boots well, etc. The only thing she needs from it is her contacts. "Easy, Google has it, right babe?" ... "No, when it asked me if I wanted to sync with Google I said 'no'" ...
So, I'm wondering if there's a way to grab the contacts that are theoretically stored on internal memory without seeing the screen. Can't connect to PC because device requires input on it, which I can't see. Cell stores can't help because their transfer machines require the same input. Basically I'm wondering if it's possible to do 1 of 2 things before going ahead with an LCD replacement (which I'm comfortable with doing, just a question of money given that she has a different device she can use and she's off-contract now).
Is there a way to extract using something like ODIN or some command-line tool that forgoes the need for too much device-screen input?
Can anyone possibly provide screenshots of the usb-plugin process as it looks on the device? (once USB cable is plugged in and my PC makes the connected ding, if I could see the relative location of the necessary selections I could just hit it blind). My device is a SGS3 and the process is very different, I just have no clue what parts of her screen to touch. This is only helpful if I can use something (Like KIES) on the PC-end to extract something from the device.
Any other ideas would be phenomenal

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Got an idea. Suppose you have USB debugging already on. Connect to PC (make sure driver's installed) and use ADB to copy the contact database out for use on other Android devices (maybe it'll work, maybe it won't)
I'll get you some detailed commands and operations if you need more help.
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Export to SD card
Well, simple way would be to work off of screenshots from a stock Epic, then export the contacts to the SD card. This way you could work blindly on the touchscreen itself, but orient your finger via the screenshots.
I used stock FC09 multiboot, since I'm on AOKP M6.
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you guys rock ty so much for replying.
USB debugging is apparently not enabled . this is probably the most ideal way to go though.
Very awesome of you to provide screenshots. i've tried this a number of times and i have a feeling she doesn't actually know where here contacts icon is. and no touch feedback. any chance you would be so kind as to provide screenshots for enabling USB debugging? assuming menu key from homescreen allows for settings, you can start from there. I would then be able to use the ADB method. if i'm asking for too much please don't feel obligated or anything.

Got an idea. You're on stock ROM? Then flash CWM via Odin download mode, reboot into recovery. CWM has ADB enabled by default. Try it. I may not be able to provide further details but I think this will work if you're familiar with the steps of Odin
Oh yeah, and you may have to manually mount /system and /data to access files... If you need to know how to use CWM in the blind I could flash back to CM7 (recovery's almost the same) and tell ya how you should navigate to the correct items with the directional keys on the QWERTY keyboard.
Would like to be of help
Sent from Nokia N900 w/ Android 2.3.7

Stock roms have keyboard short cuts and I'm pretty sure one of them is to open contacts. If someone can tell u what that shortcut is then u can use it along with the screenshots to export them to ur sd card.
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:highfive: ooh that's perfect! i'm still with you guys, really appreciate the advice. going through some other heavy stuff atm, don't want you guys to think i'm abandoning this thread. will update this post when the madness ends

AndyYan said:
Got an idea. You're on stock ROM? Then flash CWM via Odin download mode, reboot into recovery. CWM has ADB enabled by default. Try it. I may not be able to provide further details but I think this will work if you're familiar with the steps of Odin
Oh yeah, and you may have to manually mount /system and /data to access files... If you need to know how to use CWM in the blind I could flash back to CM7 (recovery's almost the same) and tell ya how you should navigate to the correct items with the directional keys on the QWERTY keyboard.
Would like to be of help
Sent from Nokia N900 w/ Android 2.3.7
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Hey, I have a similar situation to the OP as my Epic 4G also has a broken display. If I follow your advice, then would I be able to somehow get the phone into diag/modem mode without seeing the dialer on the screen?

KillerFurby said:
Hey, I have a similar situation to the OP as my Epic 4G also has a broken display. If I follow your advice, then would I be able to somehow get the phone into diag/modem mode without seeing the dialer on the screen?
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Huh? My suggestion is for times when you want your system files backed up without display... And you maybe trying to use it normally as a phone? Rethink.
However if you know what your ROM looks like after boot (requires you to be VERY familiar with the phone) you should be able to blind operate well. Best of luck to ya.
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AndyYan said:
Huh? My suggestion is for times when you want your system files backed up without display... And you maybe trying to use it normally as a phone? Rethink.
However if you know what your ROM looks like after boot (requires you to be VERY familiar with the phone) you should be able to blind operate well. Best of luck to ya.
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No, actually I am trying to read the profile information in CDMA Workshop.

KillerFurby said:
No, actually I am trying to read the profile information in CDMA Workshop.
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Tough then... From what I understand you're trying to grab modem-related info for use on other phones? No good idea, but anyway it's possible if you post your ROM, version, we flash it and give ya screenshots. See for yaself and good luck
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