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[Q] Ubuntu USB Fastboot help

so im trying to flash manually a stock w/root romon my phone trying to see if that remedies my lack of root for the last week.... but i saw @fastludeh22 post this command "fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img" but i can already tell its not gonna help me since im on ubuntu?? anyone out there know the correct command to do this in ubuntu??? i have S-OFF so i kno im there!!!
so i typed this in...
./fastboot flash recovery ~/recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-vision.img
and i get a message saying "< waiting for device >" and nothing happens..... any ideas???

your command is correct, however you need the drivers for ubuntu, you will need to do some googleing to find the right setup, but i believe you will need a file called 50-android-rules.d or something like that(don't hold me to it) and it will need to proper stuff inside and be placed in the right spot. can you do a "./fastboot devices" and see if the terminal can see the phone? does adb work properly? and is the phone booted in fastboot mode(you would have had to select fastboot from the bootloader)?

g_grey said:
your command is correct, however you need the drivers for ubuntu, you will need to do some googleing to find the right setup, but i believe you will need a file called 50-android-rules.d or something like that(don't hold me to it) and it will need to proper stuff inside and be placed in the right spot. can you do a "./fastboot devices" and see if the terminal can see the phone? does adb work properly? and is the phone booted in fastboot mode(you would have had to select fastboot from the bootloader)?
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Yea adb is working and to get into fastboot u have to turn off the phone and hold vol dwn and power, and when the menu shows up jus press power while fastboot is highlighted right?
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yes, there might be another driver needed for fastboot, but i know my other androids all worked in fastboot on my ubuntu box once i had adb working. a little later i will boot into my box and see if i can get fastboot to see my phone. in the mean time look around in the other android forums here on xda and see what they have to say, do some searches for fastboot ubuntu driver(probably want to include your version as well)

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yes, there might be another driver needed for fastboot, but i know my other androids all worked in fastboot on my ubuntu box once i had adb working. a little later i will boot into my box and see if i can get fastboot to see my phone. in the mean time look around in the other android forums here on xda and see what they have to say, do some searches for fastboot ubuntu driver(probably want to include your version as well)
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Yea im runnin 10.04 and ill keep looking
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[Q] fastboot cmd not recognized

Trying to flash a custom splash screen. When I get to sdk tools in cmd and type the fastboot cmds it says does not recognize fastboot. I know nothing bout using the cmd screen and would really like to get a new splash screen. Can anyone help with instructions for dummies, lol? TY

squick said:
Trying to flash a custom splash screen. When I get to sdk tools in cmd and type the fastboot cmds it says does not recognize fastboot. I know nothing bout using the cmd screen and would really like to get a new splash screen. Can anyone help with instructions for dummies, lol? TY
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Probably try to put the fastboot from your sdk folder in copy, paste it into system32 or SysWOW64, I never got fastboot to set properly right but that should make work, unless not, get the usb drivers to sync then try fastboot method again

Do us a favor, open up your SDK\Tools folder, and just make sure there's a "fastboot.exe" there.

[Q] Unrevoked3 on Puppy Linux: "waiting for device"

Hi all,
I'm not one to usually post simple questions but I'm a little stuck and I've tried searching both this forum and on Google for days but cannot seem to get an answer.
After the whole Desire GB fiasco, I've decided to take the plunge and root my Desire. I'm running unrevoked3 on Puppy Linux, I am able to run the reflash file, turn on USB Debugging, Charge only and Unknown sources but nothing runs. The program just sits there informing me that it is "waiting for device".
I'm guessing it's a driver issue in Puppy but can anyone shed any light in getting the OS to recognise the phone? (I've also tried searching on the Puppy Linux forums to no avail).
Many thanks for your help and keep up the good work devs.

Unrevoked needs drivers in windows but shouldnt in Linux. So you're on Froyo?
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That's what I thought re: drivers and yes I'm running stock 2.2 Froyo. I'm sure it'll be a straightforward fix for someone in the know.

If you mount as disk drive, you can see the drive? What if you re run unrevoked then?

Puppy Linux is your problem, they must have done something to USB when they were trimming things down because I've never been able to get adb working on it...believe me, I tried.
Try with another live-cd.
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Thanks mercianary, that's the definitive answer i was looking for.

if you're going to flash a custom ROM anyway, I'd just S-OFF and flash recovery.
Once you've S-OFF'd follow:
bortak said:
[2] Repairing recovery, booting phone:
#METHOD 1#
Method One uses Android Flasher to flash the recovery image.
[STEP1]- Battery pull. Hold the BACK button and the POWER button to boot into FASTBOOT mode.
[STEP2]- Download Android Flasher
[STEP3]- Download the recovery image. Put it in a place you can remember.
[STEP4]- Run android flasher, tick "Recovery", and press "Begin"
[STEP5]- Browse to where you downloaded the recovery image, select it, and press "open"
[STEP6]- repeat [1] from [STEP4] onwards
#METHOD 2#
Method two uses cmd and requires Android SDK to be set up.
[STEP1]- Battery pull. Hold the BACK button and the POWER button to boot into FASTBOOT mode.
[STEP2]- Download the recovery image. Rename it to "recovery.img" for simplicity, and place it in the following directory:
Code:
C:\
[STEP3]- then in cmd type the following commands
Code:
cd c:\android-sdk\tools
fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img
fastboot oem gencheckpt [COLOR="Silver"](this command boots you into recovery, ignore the feedback from cmd)[/COLOR]
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This will allow you to flash any ROM you want.

[Q]How to flash RUU

How to flash Ruu ?? I have S-off rooted using infra ROM an overclocked I want to update my radio firmware. Bcoz getting poor battery can any one give me a guide plss..
thanks in advance
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Just run the exe file.............connect you phone and follow the instructions.......
Is it that hard that you had to ask???

It's not that simple. Here's what you need to do:
Charge the battery above 50%.
Relock the bootloader using the following command:
Code:
fastboot oem lock
Then boot the phone into bootloader and select Fastboot using the volume rocker and pressing power. Then connect the USB cable. You should see FASTBOOT USB.
Run the RUU from Windows and follow the wizard. You may have to extract and re-flash the stock recovery from the RUU for it to work, I don't remember.
Once the install is done you'll have unlock the bootloader again using the token you already have from the first time, reflash cwm recovery and re-root. All this will be 10x easier than the first time.

No its not the thing of hard I'm a bit scared to try the attempt.bcoz my one friends phone got bricked while trying this I don knw wat wrong step he did so I don WAN my phone to get brick like tat simple.
Q. I jus WAN a proper guide guys could any one help
Thanks for reply friends
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Thanks dude
But one doubt mine is already unlocked bootloader. Aft flashing it ill get locked r wat ??
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I'm not sure what you are saying. If you unlocked the bootloader with HTC dev then you must relock it before flashing. Either way it will be locked after.

how do I relock the boot loader, I've gone to terminal emulater typed in fastboot oem lock but it comes up with fastboot not found.
thanks.
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Boot the phone into HBOOT, select FASTBOOT with the volume rocker and press the power button. It will turn red. Then plug it into your computer with the USB cable and it will say FASTBOOT USB.
Open a command prompt and type in the command.

CafeKampuchia said:
Boot the phone into HBOOT, select FASTBOOT with the volume rocker and press the power button. It will turn red. Then plug it into your computer with the USB cable and it will say FASTBOOT USB.
Open a command prompt and type in the command.
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where am i opening command prompt ? and whats the full path ? CMD in windows 7 ? or am i missing something ?

CMD in Windows 7 and navigate to the folder you have install Android SDK tools. Then enter the command.

CafeKampuchia said:
CMD in Windows 7 and navigate to the folder you have install Android SDK tools. Then enter the command.
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OK i did that and it now says RELOCKED Yay!
But when i try to install the RUU update it gets halfway through and says failed
is this because i have CWM and root still going ?
Do i need to clear Root, Remove CWM as well as relocking the bootloader ?
im sorry to keep mithering you

OK, you have to revert to the stock recovery. While the RUU wizard is open, find the temporary folder it created. (Open Explorer in windows and type %temp% in the navigation bar.) There will be two folders with long encrypted names. In one of them you will find ROM.zip. Open it with 7zip and extract recovery.img. Flash it from FASTBOOT USB (like before) using the command
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then re-run the RUU and it should finish.

CafeKampuchia said:
OK, you have to revert to the stock recovery. While the RUU wizard is open, find the temporary folder it created. (Open Explorer in windows and type %temp% in the navigation bar.) There will be two folders with long encrypted names. In one of them you will find ROM.zip. Open it with 7zip and extract recovery.img. Flash it from FASTBOOT USB (like before) using the command
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then re-run the RUU and it should finish.
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Thanks for those great directions.. worked PERFECT!

Reverting the bootup logo to HTC logo

Hi,
I previously rooted, flashed a custom recovery and flashed CM 7.2 ROM on a HTC Desire GSM. It's been a long time so I don't remember the exact steps of rooting and flashing the custom recovery, but I get a "Why so serious" bootup logo every time. I wish to revert to the stock HTC logo. Are there steps to achieve this?
Thanks.

Alpharev.nl there is an instruction there. You basically have to flash the splash image via fastboot
via xda app

1. Download the WVGA splashscreen img file from alpharev.nl
2. Put device in fastboot mode
3. Check fastboot device connectivity from PC by issuing from terminal:-
Code:
fastboot devices
4. Flash with command:-
Code:
fastboot flash splash1 yourdownloadedfile.img

Thanks. I've downloaded the spash image but I'm not sure how to boot into fastboot.
I tried issuing fastboot command in my host PC's terminal as well as an adb shell but there's no such command. I've looked at the reboot menu and there's no fastboot option either, only reboot, recovery and bootloader.

"bootloader" will get u there, just select fastboot n press power to select.
turn off ur phone then hold back + power, that gets u straight into fastboot. Android Flasher is good for changing splash screens if ur not comfortable using fastboot commands. google it
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In my signature the guide will give you links for installing fastboot.
Sent from my HTC Desire

jmcclue said:
"bootloader" will get u there, just select fastboot n press power to select.
turn off ur phone then hold back + power, that gets u straight into fastboot. Android Flasher is good for changing splash screens if ur not comfortable using fastboot commands. google it
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It will take him to bootloader, then he can choose fastboot from menu. "Reboot to bootloader" from multiple roms restart menu takes phone directly to fastboot
handy5876 said:
In my signature the guide will give you links for installing fastboot.
Sent from my HTC Desire
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He doesn't need to install fastboot, but restart phone to fastboot.

goister said:
I tried issuing fastboot command in my host PC's terminal as well as an adb shell but there's no such command.
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nlooooo said:
He doesn't need to install fastboot, but restart phone to fastboot.
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Yes he does.

Thanks, I figured it out. Back+Power to boot into fastboot, and fastboot command was installed in android-sdk/tools. Got back my HTC logo, thanks again!