Hello everyone,
I'm running MIUI Ganii-Mod on my device at the moment. It runs like a charm but I don't get GPS to lock. I tried every method mentioned here in the forum (gps.vision, changing Servers, those partition commands) but it still won't lock. So I guess my only opportunity is to flash another radio.
I am a bit frightened of flashing those because I once tried and my device ended into a complete brick - had to send it to support, luckily got it repaired on warranty. I flashed the radio with the method of renaming the *.zip file and think I got a corrupted file so everything broke.
Now i've read that flashing via fastboot is safe because the radio fileis checked before flashing. Only problem is: I don't know hoe to do that. It's not the commands but I have a few questions.
1. I've read that I need an ENG HBOOT for that method. How to get one?
2. Semms like you have to check some MD5 sums. Where do I find them and what exactly is to check?
I searched the forum already with no success. So I hope somebody can help me on that one.
Thanks
TobiS
Errr, Nobody?
you can do fastboot if you have fastboot, if you dont you can do the PC10img method via bootloader,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970809
Yep, I know that but do I have to check something before? Does every radio match the phone?
Read the thread, it says he has test all radios on his G2 and they all work fine, if you get a error then you might need to set your CID to 111111, i used this method on my g2 without any issues
PC10IMGS are for bootlaoder(hboot)
.img files are for fastboot which you need the ENG-Hboot to do(s-off)
If the PC10IMG not what you wanted to do then you can do the Fastboot way
you will need to flash the ENG-HBOOT to your phone, this is a lot more risky if commands done wrong you can fully brick the phone and let with nothing,
aslo you gotta clarify what phone you have the desire Z or a g2
i think the g2 can use any radio so far, its the Desire Z that has issue with radios and flashing, im not too sure on that though
you will also need to setup ADB/Fastboot on your computer
once you have all that download the radio.img you want and go to your fastboot shell
and type the commands to flash radio
Fastboot is the safest way to flash anything
Yeah, I've read that thread already a few times. I own a Desire Z and as I said I already broke my phone once while flashing the Zip file. So you say that the Desire Z has problems with flashing. How do I check if the radio is compatible to my phone?
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Are there ways to root using fastboot? Have usb brick but working fastboot, and guide using android emulatro doesnt work. Have latest RUU with 0.93 hboot
Have you tried running an RUU from HTC? They completely restore your phone to how it was, and your device only needs to be turned on on the bootloader screen for it to work. (power up with volume down pressed)
Note that this wil completely wipe the phone's internal memory. (though not the sd card)
You can find the RUUs here. If you have an unbranded device (meaning it wasn't customized by the carrier), this is probably the one you're looking for.
Remember: if the device powers on, it isn't bricked!
That post of RUUs is VERY old, here's the site which has them all...
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo
It was rooted originally with oxygen. When brick, I used downgrade tool, pimg.img zip from sdcard in hope for it to fix itself. Installed upgrades from htc to froyo. No luck
but if possible to push ruu using fastboot I will try it. Strange thing, it will only charge if rebooting via fastboot, and its then detected as in need of qualcomm drivers.. no luck finding working drivers to that.. Haven't found similar case in any forums. ideas?
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It was rooted originally with oxygen. When brick, I used downgrade tool, pimg.img zip from sdcard in hope for it to fix itself. Installed upgrades from htc to froyo. No luck
but if possible to push ruu using fastboot I will try it. Strange thing, it will only charge if rebooting via fastboot, and its then detected as in need of qualcomm drivers.. no luck finding working drivers to that.. Haven't found similar case in any forums. ideas?
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For drivers you should install htc sync.
I know, but it doesn't take.. Thanks for hint though
Update. When I tried to run RUU in windows I only get 170 connection error, also in fastboot mode. Found it as PB99IMG file and ran it through SDcard, but it didnt fix usb problem.. Is there a difference between those two methods when i comes to degree of restoring? Dont think so, anyway..
I'm not entirely sure, but you can try this: when the device's powered on and connected in bootloader mode, go into the Device Manager, and find your phone in the list. Right click and choose the option to install a new driver (I don't know the exact function name in English, my system's locale is Dutch). Then, go to the screen where you can select a driver. Select HTC in the vendor list and install the driver. That should fix your 170 error.
If that doesn't work, try this, and optionally the above again.
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...com/309939/usb-brick-rickrolled-b0rked-fixed/ download zip from here and flash from recovery after renaming it update.zip
Blubba10 said:
Update. When I tried to run RUU in windows I only get 170 connection error, also in fastboot mode. Found it as PB99IMG file and ran it through SDcard, but it didnt fix usb problem.. Is there a difference between those two methods when i comes to degree of restoring? Dont think so, anyway..
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Big thanks, but I´ve sent it in for repair. Hope to get in on garantee, but if not, I will just get it returned and try it out..
You need root for that though which he (and me) probably has not.
No, you don't. You can flash update.zip through the stock recovery.
Do you have access to that?
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I've never had to do a usb-brick fix, but from what I understand, you should have root to flash that particular "update.zip", because otherwise you'll end up with a sig ver error or some sort of that.
As said in the first step "1. Follow this r5 rooting guide to do Step 1 of the rooting.That will give you a basic ROM to work with, with root capability."
The reason I think you need to flash it as an "update.zip" file is because the r5 method in itself does not flash a custom recovery (from which you can flash files without regard to the name).
3722 said:
I've never had to do a usb-brick fix, but from what I understand, you should have root to flash that particular "update.zip", because otherwise you'll end up with a sig ver error or some sort of that.
As said in the first step "1. Follow this r5 rooting guide to do Step 1 of the rooting.That will give you a basic ROM to work with, with root capability."
The reason I think you need to flash it as an "update.zip" file is because the r5 method in itself does not flash a custom recovery (from which you can flash files without regard to the name).
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Yup...And now we need 10chars.
I eneed up using rageagainstthecage method to apply usb fix.. Only way wich worked..
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*Been rooted, have Clockwork Recovery mod installed and have a Nandroid backup.*
Hey guys, finally decided to go ahead and flash my radio.
Thing is, I have a few concerns regarding the process. After thorough searching of these forums I was unable to find an answer.
I've found 2 guides on how to flash a new radio, but both have seemingly different instructions.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Desire_(GSM):_Full_Update_Guide#Flashing_Radio
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6580270&postcount=18
Does it matter which I use? Only the first method seems a lot more straightforward.
I'm on a contracted Orange phone and currently inside the contract period. I read here somewhere, that if I flash the radio, this will simlock me. Am I correct in thinking, that I can use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943726 to reverse any potential simlock? Or should I do this before the radio flashing, as my understanding is, a contract phone is already sim-locked?
Also, does it matter that the radio update zip, isn't labelled 'radio update' as the first guide would imply?
Well, thanks in advance for any answers to these questions
i dont know about contract, i have htc desire, i got radio from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687464
and flash exactly like flashing any rom, withing few mins its done..
I've already got all the files I need. Got them before I made this thread from that post. Also I've never flashed any roms before, so...
Newer radios don't simlock orange desires anymore.
Fastboot is the safest method to flash a radio.
Well, I've had a bit of a Google around and a search of these forums and can't find much on fast-boot flashing at all... Any chance you could provide me a link please? Or explain the process here.
Thanks!
So noone knows how to fastboot flash or can point me to a tutorial? Searching these forums turned up nothing concrete, Google was even less useful...
Are you S-OFF? If not, all you have to do is get the ZIP and flash it in recovery as you would a new ROM
If you are, then you can do it using the fastboot commands that are part of adb
fastboot flash radio radio.img (where radio.img is the name of the radio file)
I'm S-ON at the moment. PVT-4. So I just boot into Clockwork Recovery and use the following?
ht tp://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Desire_%28GSM%29:_Full_Update_Guide#Flashing_Radio
Ok I went ahead and flashed my radio, with no problems whatsoever. Seems I was being overly paranoid. You'll have to forgive me, for all the (to you experts at least) dumb questions I ask. I'm just extremely cautious of these sorta things.
Jeez is it so hard to flash a radio these days? Just boot into recovery and select the zip file from there, let it flash and reboot, kind of like a rom. As if no one has really said anything.
Do you have to do anything else when downgrading a radio, or is it the same way as upgrading it?
I tried to flash the 26.06.04.14_M radio yesterday but when I reboot the phone it stil says i have the 26.08.04.07_M3 radio?
Read somewhere that some radios could'nt be downgraded but that sounds weird
It's the same way either way round. Have a look in the dev section in "The HTC Desire HD Radio Thread", that should give you a hand.
Use ENG S-OFF and then you can use fastboot to flash any radios you want.
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Use ENG S-OFF and then you can use fastboot to flash any radios you want.
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I have ENG S-OFF and radio-off aswell.
I use fastboot too, no idea why it's not working.
PeterDer said:
I have ENG S-OFF and radio-off aswell.
I use fastboot too, no idea why it's not working.
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adb works all the time... but if ur unable to use it.. google "android flasher 1.6.1" run it. tick radio then begin browse to the radio.img and let the tool do the rest.. make sure usb debugin is enabled and usb connection is to charge only... good luck
Not sure if I really need to change my radio though. I did a battery reset in cwm and after that my battery seams much better.
Down to 67% now after using the phone all day.
Can't complain about that
So I'll stick with this radio for awhile longer now.
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you just install which ever radio you want. theres a bunch of tutorials here on how to do it.
I feel kinda stupid now.....
Figured out why it did'nt work for me. I did'nt unzip the new radio so I flashed the same as I already had again
Think you can ignore this post now I'll go crawl back under a stone or something now
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I have ENG S-OFF and radio-off aswell.
I use fastboot too, no idea why it's not working.
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Have you changed the radio.img file?You must change the file in your fastboot folder
If your fastboot folder is in C:/
you can run cmd ,input cd c:/fastboot
then you can see c:/fastboot>
then you can input fastboot flash radio radio.img
Wait it finish..
Okay, I'm literally at my wit's end. I have spent, and I kid you not, 3 hours trying to fix a friend's HTC Desire, UK T-Mobile.
I'm wanting to get it back to straight factory stock. No more ROMs, no partitioning this or that, nothing. He just wants his phone to be normal again.
I have tried different RUUs, tried command prompt, searched until my head was wanting to explode, I'm still having difficulties. There may be countless threads regarding this, some may say that I haven't searched right, but honestly, as of right now, I'm completely knackered and tearing my hair out after doing so much searching, reading the FAQ, reading other threads and Google search results. Now, all I want is just a simple answer or two, because having 15 tabs open in Firefox is making me dizzy.
Before heading to bed, this is the only info I have now:
HBOOT 6.93
Radio 5.11.05.27
We've gotten Error 110's before when trying RUUs, and he doesn't want to try anymore RUUs, since trying to find the right one was testing his patience (especially having a phone that would not get past that HTC splash screen with the four triangles). We've gotten other issues as well, and it's just been one problem after another, with no accomplishments in sight as of this writing.
Having the radio info, would this RUU be the correct one to use?
http://www.filefactory.com/file/b4a...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe
Please tell me it is. I can't test on the phone because he has it with him, we were doing all of this via Skype.
Now, also, do I have to downgrade the HBOOT (from Alpharev) before I use that RUU to get the phone back to stock? I really hope not, because doing any sort of HBOOT change with the Alpharev stuff honestly gives me fits, it never goes right and ends up me being bald.
If I DO have to use the downgrader HBOOT off of Alpharev's site, would all I have to do is just rename it to "PB99IMG.img"? Yes, I'm sure this has been asked and answered countless times but I'm blitzed out. I just need a simple, straight-forward, dumbed down answer. And, I need it before my friend destroys his phone (literally).
I can give you a direct link to a Flashable Stock froyo 2.2 rom if you like.. Is it CDMA or GSM?
You have to flash downgrade... Reboot to fastboot flash stock then run RUU
If the phone is branded by cidnum you need to use goldcard to flash WWE RUU.
To flash hboot use fastboot and download proper IMG files from alpharev... Check md5 and flash...
PB99IMG.zip method is good way too
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Belswick - GSM, the UK doesn't use CDMA.
kotag - I can't tell if it's branded by cidnum or not.
Is all I have to do is get the downgrader img file and rename it to PB99IMG.zip and flash it as such in FASTBOOT menu? I remember trying to do the whole reflash thing before and it never worked properly. Everyone else seems to always never have problems but when I try, something always fails.
to get cid:
fastboot oem gencheckpt
there will be a reboot to recovery but on the screen look for cid number
You can't mix 2 methods together... if you download img file flash it via fastboot, if zip use pb99img.zip method... check md5 all the time
Finally got it to work but with other methods not listed here.
That fastboot command prints phone info where you can find cidnum which will tell you if branded
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i have done research and i basically nail down the problem. i did search around and found options to resolve this.
one of it is using RUU options, i tried several times, but due to slow booting, the operation fail.
i try to use OTA, to update to 2.50.707.4, however, when it reboot, it stuck in the HTC black screen instead of white.
My problem problem is same as the one is found:
" powering up takes about 30 minutes - 20 minutes just black screen(so I thought phone completely broken), then HTC logo with approx 10 mins vibro, approx 5 mins silent, boot to android and then - working fast as usual. USB connection not recognizes, reboot to bootloader takes eternity and locks up in menu(maybe its just makes a move onse an hour, I dont tested so long)
Any advises?"
my problem came when i did the "one click eng s-off" as i wanna flash a new radio. after i have done the "one click eng s-ff", my device reboot and i am having the above super slow boot. i assume the hboot screw up or conflict with what i have done.
please please advice...
edit: however, i am able to go into bootloader and recovery using adb command (which take ages). my recovery is 4ext or something like that. i have a backup of my previous downgrade version before i flash the smartdroid. what should i do?
my backup after downgrade version is 2.37.707.3. what else i need to do?
edit: SOLVED
i revert back my hboot and everything done, very risky to have eng s-off.
from what i read, you probably have a device shipped with 3.x, and downgrading hboot causes that super slow booting. its a known problem...
actually, the problem is not caused by downgrading. this is what is did : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855403 "one click ENG S-OFF"
i just revert back hboot settings using the terminal and code provided from the thread, and problem gone. yet, i don't know what's go wrong. i think this problem is very rare as it is NOT due to downgrading process, as before i do the ENG S-OFF thing, i already downgrade the device and even flash smartdroid ROM in it with no issues.
actually i am helping my friend to root his phone. well, i own a samsung galaxy s2. i don't have to go through all the pain to root.
The issue happened when you flash the older Eng bootloader on a device that came with gingerbread.
Since the Eng bootloader is older(from froyo) it is as above hosted. Downgrading your bootloader. Its not as rare as might think. A lot of people have been in this spot
marsdta said:
The issue happened when you flash the older Eng bootloader on a device that came with gingerbread.
Since the Eng bootloader is older(from froyo) it is as above hosted. Downgrading your bootloader. Its not as rare as might think. A lot of people have been in this spot
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there might be a lot, but trying to search for this solution is as rare as i can describe. or should i say, i couldn't even search for it? i have to click one by one to search for it.
can you enlighten me with a link or steps to get eng s-off? coz all the search topic i found is actually quite technical, as i am sgs2 users, it is actually very hard to understand the term used in htc.
i might as well quit helping my friends with more rooting/hacking on htc as it is too risky and almost different from sgs2, and i don't wanna pay for any damages.
mattcfk said:
there might be a lot, but trying to search for this solution is as rare as i can describe. or should i say, i couldn't even search for it? i have to click one by one to search for it.
can you enlighten me with a link or steps to get eng s-off? coz all the search topic i found is actually quite technical, as i am sgs2 users, it is actually very hard to understand the term used in htc.
i might as well quit helping my friends with more rooting/hacking on htc as it is too risky and almost different from sgs2, and i don't wanna pay for any damages.
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Their is no need to have Eng soff. It only causes issues for newer devices. Regualr soff is more than enough to flash a custom recovery,custom roms,radios,bootsplashes.
For example with engineering bootloader many people will use.the fastboot command to flash a radio(you guys might use modem). With soff to flash a radio it needs to be packed in a flashable BOOTLOADER zip file. We call them PD98IMG.zip. that's essentially the difference. Eng one can use a PC and fastboot to flash radios, while regular soff we pack it in a zip and flash in bootloader
marsdta said:
Their is no need to have Eng soff. It only causes issues for newer devices. Regualr soff is more than enough to flash a custom recovery,custom roms,radios,bootsplashes.
For example with engineering bootloader many people will use.the fastboot command to flash a radio(you guys might use modem). With soff to flash a radio it needs to be packed in a flashable BOOTLOADER zip file. We call them PD98IMG.zip. that's essentially the difference. Eng one can use a PC and fastboot to flash radios, while regular soff we pack it in a zip and flash in bootloader
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so confusing >.<" anyway, my fren came back to me, he sent his phone for warranty. seems like the bootloader is giving him trouble again (back to very long boot up thing). i don't think i wanna touch HTC device ever.