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So I perm rooted and it says S-Off in fastboot and I have superuser access I believe.
I got rom manager and downloaded clockwork through rm. I try to install rom from SD card, select the baconbits rom, it asks to backup or clear, I have tried both.
The phone boots to htc screen, then shows a black screen with a phone and a red symbol over it. I waited 20 minutes on that screen and nothing happened.
I was able to push vol up and power to get a console but I can't load anything there. It will reboot just fine after that but I have no changes and still cannot overclock.
Does this have something to do with the user keys or whatever?
Thanks in advance for reading this and any help that gets offered. I hate to have my first post on a forum being a "help me" post.
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Go into Rom Manager and try to flash Clockwork recovery again. This has happened to a lot of people... Flash it a second time, and it should be good.
Dan
Did you download the "g2-recovery-test-keys.img" from the 3rd post quoted below?
Place that file in the C:/android/tools or whatever your cd line is, which should in the tools folder. Now go the 6th step. FYI the sixth step I tried from fastboot and recovery, none worked until I reinstalled the drivers my computer kept prompting me for and immedatly got the OKAY's from the 7th step.
Edit: The code "fastboot flash recovery g2-recovery-test-keys.img" should be copied pasted onto your cmd.
ciwrl said:
Noob walkthrough:
1.Setup Android SDK and install drivers/udev rules as needed
2. S-Off your g2 http://goo.gl/Sc134
4. Copy vision-baconbits-0.3.zip to your sdcard, rename it update.zip (you can do this via adb using: adb push vision-baconbits-0.3.zip /sdcard/update.zip)
5. Reboot to fastboot mode (adb reboot bootloader)
6. Flash the recovery http://n0rp.chemlab.org/android/vision/g2-recovery-test-keys.img : fastboot flash recovery g2-recovery-test-keys.img (if you get 'waiting for device' your phone either isnt in fastboot mode, or you will need to fix your sdk drivers)
7. You should get two 'OKAY's once recovery flash is complete
8. Press the power button once; then the vol down button to highlight 'recovery'; then the power button again to select the 'recovery' option
9. The phone will reboot to recovery
10. Press volume up+power to show the recovery menu
11. Select the 'Apply:update.zip' option, using volume keys to navigate, and power button as [enter]
12. Once the zip applies, reboot
If you get signature verification errors on the zip, it means your fastboot flash of recovery failed to apply, redo it
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Bingo, That worked. Glad it was that simple. I actually had to flash clockwork a third time to get it to go all the way.
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Starting from a new stock Desire HD, I have attempted gaining root access using Visionary (r14). Temproot worked, but permroot apparently failed. My device rebooted, but didn't come back up - I get the phone-with-red-triangle screen.
If I pull the battery and then boot into the bootloader, using the Image CRC menu option I can see that my system partition has been modified (but all other partitions are unchanged):
<redacted>
Do I have any options available to me now, or am I screwed?
My phone is a stock Desire HD A9191 (stock HBOOT S-ON, stock recovery, stock radio S-ON):
Code:
Branded (Vodafone Australia)
<redacted>
Is there magic process that can be done to re-flash the faulty system partition?
Any help would be hugely appreciated. Sorry to make this my first post to the forums, but I'm well and truely stuck... hopefully not permanently, but I have that sinking feeling
What happens when on the red triangle screen, you HOLD the volume up, and then press power button? I think this will take you to stock recovery. Reboot if you have the option, or Wipe data & factory reset.
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Thanks UpInTheAir.
At the red-triangle screen I press vol-up and power, and it displays the Android system recovery screen. It shows the options:
1 Reboot system now
2 Apply sdcard:update.zip
3 Wipe data/factory reset
4 Wipe cache partition
I've tried (3) and (4) and then rebooted, but it does not help - the phone continues to boot into the red-triangle screen.
It looks to me like the system partition was incorrectly modified / corrupted by visionary, and somehow flashing it back to a known-good condition seems like the only way forward...
Is it possible to use option (2) to flash a new rom if I package it up and put it on the SD card somehow? My phone is branded vodafone-australia, and they have not published any RUU update files yet. I gather that using a WWE rom update from HTC will not be possible?
Try DL think stock 1.32 RUU
Rename to PD98IMG.zip (not .zip.zip, do not extract)
Put PD98IMG.zip onto sdcard
HOLD volume down, and power on -> this will boot into Bootloader
Start update and follow the prompts
I hope this helps, but as always, please don't hold me responsible if anything goes pear-shaped.
Thanks again. Downloading now, and will update this post when I've tried it out. Cheers.
You'll need to make a Goldcard to flash this ROM (if your phone is branded).
http://android.modaco.com/content/general-discussion/305672/creating-a-goldcard/
Also for more help follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035027 (follow the bit about flashing the PD98IMG.zip)
a33a said:
You'll need to make a Goldcard to flash this ROM (if your phone is branded).
http://android.modaco.com/content/general-discussion/305672/creating-a-goldcard/
Also for more help follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035027 (follow the bit about flashing the PD98IMG.zip)
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Won't the Gold Card be useless if the system partition is already corrupted?
This was to be done before using visionary?
Thanks a33a.
My phone doesn't boot (I can only get to the bootloader menu, or the red-triangle screen). I tried talking to it with ADB, but it says "device offline".
The instructions for making a gold-card appear to require you using adb to talk to the phone to get it to tell you some long id number... I don't think it's possible for me to do this.
Is there a work around or some other way?
Did the PD98IMG.zip work?
Did u update the HTC drivers for the usb before. The adb needs the latest drivers for Windows to communicate.
If u can't create a goldcard than u should try and borrow 1 from a friend that already rooted his dhd. It might work that way. If not than u have to bring it to HTC and have it reflash.
When you tried ADB;
1. Make sure your phone is in FASTBOOT USB (HOLD volume down + power on -> Bootloader)
2. Connect to PC
3. CMD (Command Prompt) cd\............android\android-sdk-windows\tools\ (or whewrever the adb.exe & fastboot.exe is)
4. Type fastboot devices
5. You should get pyour device serial number HT............
But as I said, if the partition is screwed up, it is pointless with the goldcard?........
Edit: Memory coming back......You only need the Gold Card if you flash a stock ROM and require OTA updates? Without this you can't get the updates. So not having it shouldn't stop the flash?
Unfortunately the PD98IMG.zip did not work.
As suspected, the bootloader found it, loaded it, checked it, then displayed:
Code:
CID incorrect!
Update Fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot.
I haven't tried creating the gold card yet. I'm not holding out much hope, because with the device not booting into the OS, I don't think you can get adb to connect.
When the phone was working, I was able to use ADB to install apps and run commands from the shell, so I'm pretty sure the USB drivers are OK (I've installed the latest HTC Sync, which included the usb drivers and adb.exe).
I don't know anyone with another Desire HD, let alone anyone who has created a gold card... maybe someone on here with one can zip up the files and send them to me?
Did you try through fastboot? Sorry I don't have one as wasn't carrier branded. I never had intention to keep the stock, so never bothered. I will keep an eye open for ideas though.
I suppose you would get the same if you rename it to update.zip & try flash through the recovery / update. My guess is yes, but doesn't hurt to try?
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I'm just trying the fastboot method now (downloading and installing the SDK as I type).
I'll let you know how it goes.
Thanks for sticking around to help out.
If no good, look on the bright side. There will be no evidence on your phone about the attempted root, still s-on etc. With the system partition corrupt, you could send it back and claim ignorance, not sure what happened. I would think you would have a very goof chance of repair (htc flash) or replacement.
Well hope you have some luck first though.
Edit: meant s-on
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Yeah, I was considering that -- all partitions except system are unmodified and stock, and both S-flags are S-ON. Using the bootloader to wipe cache and data, should erase any evidence that I was attempting to root the phone.
Fingers crossed they will replace / repair under warranty -- if it comes to that!
Okay, as per the earlier post, I've put the phone into FASTBOOT USB mode, and used the Android SDK fastboot.exe program, which gave me back a 12 digit number beginning with "HTxxxxxxxxxx".
However, the linked gold-card creation guide says to run "adb shell cat /sys/... " which does not work -- adb returns "error: device not found". Presumably this is because you can't talk to the phone when it's in the bootloader.
What should I do with the "HTxxxxxxxxxx" value? The goldcard guide doesn't mention it as far as I can tell...
That's your device serial number, meaning you can ay least talk with it via fastboot. Try substituting 'fastboot' instead of 'adb'. Your connected in Fastboot, ADB command is when your phone is powered up and connected in charge only, usb debugging enabled.
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Okay, I've tried a couple more things:
Renaming PD98IMG.zip to update.zip and selecting "Apply sdcard:update.zip" from the recovery menu. This failed, displaying "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command ---- invalid operation ----"
Then I tried issuing ADB commands using fastboot.exe, but fastboot doesn't support the shell parameter, so "fastboot shell cat /sys/...." doesn't work.
It does look like fastboot can be used to flash various parts of the device though... I wonder if this is worth looking into a bit more?
ie: fastboot's usage output says:
Code:
commands:
update <filename> reflash device from update.zip
flashall flash boot + recovery + system
flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition
erase <partition> erase a flash partition
getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable
boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel
flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it
devices list all connected devices
continue continue with autoboot
reboot reboot device normally
reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader
I tried "fastboot update update.zip" giving it the renamed PD98IMG.zip file, but it complained of:
Code:
Whoops: didn't find expected signature
read_central_directory_entry failed
error: failed to access zipdata in '....garbage characters...'
Does anyone know how and what to feed to fastboot to get to force-flash the system partition?
UPDATE: yeah I thought this might have been too easy... This link suggests that you can't flash a production device with fastboot unless you already have ENG S-OFF (which I don't).
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Fastboot
okay, well i've done my share of research on these forums and others, and attempted recovery of this phone a few different ways, and nothing is working. i'll tell you everything i know and have tried, and unless i forget something, i'm at a loss for what else to try.
booting the phone regularly, it sticks on the HTC Incredible boot screen.
pressing power and volume down, i can get to hboot. hboot says:
incrediblec xd ship s-on
hboot-0.92.0000
microp-0417
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-2.15.10.07.07
Jul 23, 2010, 10:06:51
HBOOT
<VOLUME UP> to previous item
<Volume down> to next item
<power> to select item
Fastboot
recovery
clear storage
simlock
factory reset
all options but fastboot/simlock vibrate once on reboot and return to HTC Incredible screen
simlock, well i'm not needing i reckon
fastboot brongs up the fastboot menu
bootloader
reboot
reboot bootloader
power down
bootloader returns to hboot
reboot reboots phone
reboot bootloader turns screen black and returns to fastboot
power down (obvious)
fastboot can be booted directly with joystick and power as normal.
i have flashed a PB31IMG with the stock gingerbread on it from hbbot, that goes through the upgrade procedure, and asks me to reboot when its done, but it still sticks at the white screen.
ive tried installing CWM's and the stock recovery from pvillecomp*com
phone reads zip, then returns to hboot menu with no action taken
card is formatted fat 32, yes.
Well you wont be able to flash CWM because of it being S-On. If you were stuck at the HTC screen prior to you trying all of this, it may be a hardware related issue.
U havto reroot (s-off) in order to flash a rom. Try rerooting.
Inc
You would need to downgrade to Froyo to be able to root your phone....
jackbtha1 said:
You would need to downgrade to Froyo to be able to root your phone....
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i'll try the froyo image from pvillecomp and post back my results
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Do you want to reboot device?
<vol up> Yes
<vol down> No
cablemirc said:
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Do you want to reboot device?
<vol up> Yes
<vol down> No
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Unfortunately in order to downgrade your phone needs to be bootable I believe.
jackbtha1 said:
Unfortunately in order to downgrade your phone needs to be bootable I believe.
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expensive brick, if so.
cablemirc said:
expensive brick, if so.
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Yup. I've seen a few Inc that randomly started rebooting and then it stays stuck at the HTC screen. They all turned out to have hardware issues and they are were AMOLED Inc as well. I hope this isn't the case with yours.
cablemirc said:
okay, well i've done my share of research on these forums and others, and attempted recovery of this phone a few different ways, and nothing is working. i'll tell you everything i know and have tried, and unless i forget something, i'm at a loss for what else to try.
booting the phone regularly, it sticks on the HTC Incredible boot screen.
pressing power and volume down, i can get to hboot. hboot says:
incrediblec xd ship s-on
hboot-0.92.0000
microp-0417
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-2.15.10.07.07
Jul 23, 2010, 10:06:51
HBOOT
<VOLUME UP> to previous item
<Volume down> to next item
<power> to select item
Fastboot
recovery
clear storage
simlock
factory reset
all options but fastboot/simlock vibrate once on reboot and return to HTC Incredible screen
simlock, well i'm not needing i reckon
fastboot brongs up the fastboot menu
bootloader
reboot
reboot bootloader
power down
bootloader returns to hboot
reboot reboots phone
reboot bootloader turns screen black and returns to fastboot
power down (obvious)
fastboot can be booted directly with joystick and power as normal.
i have flashed a PB31IMG with the stock gingerbread on it from hbbot, that goes through the upgrade procedure, and asks me to reboot when its done, but it still sticks at the white screen.
ive tried installing CWM's and the stock recovery from pvillecomp*com
phone reads zip, then returns to hboot menu with no action taken
card is formatted fat 32, yes.
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sounds like the partitions are mess up. try flashing hboot again to get them to set right. then RUU.exe to get the stock GB back on then try to boot. you will loose any data on the phone with RUU.exe but it might get you a working phone again.
jackbtha1 said:
Yup. I've seen a few Inc that randomly started rebooting
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mine's never done any random reboots.
synisterwolf said:
sounds like the partitions are mess up. try flashing hboot again to get them to set right. then RUU.exe to get the stock GB back on then try to boot. you will loose any data on the phone with RUU.exe but it might get you a working phone again.
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the hboot reflash reads the PB31IMG.zip and returns to hboot screen without offer to reflash. the hboot is .92, as is the version i'm trying to flash. and again, sd card IS fat32.
i used the ruu sucessfully, got all excited to see the new HTC screen in black with the loading bar, but when the flash finished, rebooted the phone, it's still stuck at the white screen. major downer.
no other ideas? paperweight? parts?
Hmmm I am having the exact same issues you are describing and nothing has worked on my phone so far. My phone is currently s-off though. This all started to occur after I did a backup through Rom manager and then also a backup through MIUI rom. A few hours later while it was charging it randomly started the reboot cycle flashing the htc incredible screen. I'll let you know if I am able to fix mine but at the moment it seems were both SOL.
Did you ever find a solution to this problem?
This is a guide I posted in androidforums about a month ago after i went though a bunch of crap to root my phone, hopefully it can be helpful
So, This is the second time I’ve tried to make this post and I feel like I should have known better than to make a giant post like this and then hit submit before copying it to word or something but anyway…..
I thought that I have been through so much to finally get this rooted and have my ROM installed that I thought I am certainly not the only person to have had this problem and I would organize a full instruction guide to Downgrade, root and flash when you have troubles with unrevoked for people who have had similar troubles.
NOTE: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE YOU CAUSE TO YOUR DEVICE, THIS GUIDE IS DESIGNED TO HELP DROID INCREDIBLE USERS WHO ARE HAVING TROUBLE ROOTING THEIR PHONES AND I DO NOT KNOW THE EFFECTS A SIMILAR PROCEEDURE WOULD CAUSE TO OTHER PHONES.
First things first, I want to give credit where credit is due. Scotty85 of these forums wrote a large portion of what I am about to tell you and I am simply copying it and I will give you links to his original posts so he gets credit.
Step 1: Downgrade your phone
If your phone already has Android 2.2 on it then you can skip to Step 2
The HTC Incredible cannot be rooted unless it is running android 2.2 froyo, so the first thing you must do is downgrade your phone: I will copy the instructions to here so they are all in one place but here is a link to the original post by Scotty85
http://androidforums.com/incredible...ot-2-3-4-downgrade-get-s-off.html#post3308718
I will provide you with new links because a lot of the ones on Scotty85’s post are dead
First Download These Files:
Hboot Drivers for The droid incredible – from unrevoked
Mini-adb_inc.zip from mediafire
PB31IMG.zip from mediafire
Now, follow the following instructions:
Scotty85 said:
3)prepare to downgrade
-extract the mini-adb_inc .zip. place the extracted folder on the root of your c\ drive. it comtains mtd0,flash_image,and some adb tools.
-extract zergRush.zip. take the image inside,and either copy/paste or drag it into your mini-adb_inc folder
-place the PB31IMG of 2.2 on the root of your sd card. rename PB31IMG. now is a good time to verify that your SD card is formatted "FAT32" by right clicking on the drive that is your phones sd card,then click "properties". if you find your card is formated anything else,youll have to re-format it. start by backing up all files to your PC as reformatting WILL wipe it clean. using your PC,do a full format to FAT32. you can then transfer the files back. *this is important-as your phone will not find the downgrade PB31IMG unless your card is formatted to FAT 32,and the file is correctly named.
4)downgrade with adb. make sure your phone is charged to 100% before starting.
-on windows 7,click the start bubble and type "command" in the search box. this should open a small black command window. from this point forward,all code will be in bold so you know what lines to copy and paste(or type,if you really want to type them all in). additional comments will be blue,and should not be copy/pasted. please note that each line is one command. copy/paste it into the prompt in your command window,and push enter. one line at a time.
at the end of the post,is a copy of my session,to show what the outputs of the entered lines should look like. hopefully,its a little less scary when you know that youre getting the right responses to the things you enter.
-make sure phone is plugged in and usb debugging checked on in charge only mode
-at the promt in your command window:
cd c:\mini-adb_inc this should change your command promt to "mini-adb_inc",indicating youre using that directory.
adb devices this should output your phones serial number,indicating its recognized
md5sums mtd0.img it should output a few things.at the end you should see this number 34307be744275f1db1dd16af04c37839
md5sums flash_image again,it will output some things,then you should see this number: 0098a7dd6600b55fac34fc6645be5d7a
md5sums zergRush again,output stuff, then this number:4a32187446c284c2b975845f3ab9ffc4
*all those numbers must match exactly. if they do then you can procede.
adb push zergRush /data/local/
adb shell this will change your promt to a $
chmod 755 /data/local/zergRush
/data/local/zergRush
this will cause zergRush to start,and it shoudl say "found a gingerbread!" followed by a bunch of other funny stuff.
last thing it says will be: Killing ADB and restarting as root... enjoy!
you should then be returned to your "mini-adb_inc>" prompt
adb push flash_image /data/local/
adb push mtd0.img /sdcard/
adb shell your prompt should change to a #
cd /data/local
chmod 0755 /data/local/flash_image
cd /data/local
./flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd0.img
you can now downgrade back to 2.2,so you can run "unrevoked forever" to regain s-off
exit to get out of your adb shell,and back to the "mini-adb_inc" prompt
adb reboot bootloader this will boot your phone to "fastboot" select "bootloader" with the power button.
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Now what you need to do is place PB31IMG.zip onto the root of your sd card and run hboot by when turning on your phone holding down the power and volume-down buttons at the same time. It should automatically find the file and ask if you wish to update and you just need to select “yes”.
Step 2: Flash Clockwork Recovery to your phone
You now need to download a few more files and place them somewhere that will be easy to find.
Unrevoked 3.22 from Mediafire – NOTE: if this link ever becomes broken, you must use version 3.22, 3.32 will NOT work.
Clockwork 5.0.2.0 from PvilleComp.com – make sure you use clockwork 5.0.2.0 with md5: e8ac35ddc1c37000bb0852d1f380b5bb
Next, run unrevoked 3.22, as an administrator if you can. And click file>Custom Recovery… and select the .img file which is inside the Clockwork 5.0.2.0 .zip that you downloaded, you may need to extract the folder first.
Next you can plug in your phone and select charge only and then go to Settings>Applications>development> and enable debugging.
Unrevoked should now recognize your phone and bring up a warning dialogue. Click ok and Unrevoked will run and flash Clockwork 5.0.2.0 to your phone. Do not touch your phone until you see a terminal-like screen on your phone in all blue text on a black background.
At this point just click “reboot system now”- you can navigate clockwork using the up and down volume keys and use the power button for “enter” or you can use the scroll button at the bottom of your droid incredible to navigate and center-click for “enter”.
Step 3: Rooting your phone
You will now need to download a few more files and place them on the root of your sd-card
Superuser.zip – found on androidsu.com – simply select the version of superuser.zip that matches your OS, 2.2 Froyo.
Unrevoked forever – from unrevoked.com – look for the unrevokedforever.zip file download
Like I said, place these files on to the root of your SD card at this time using the mass storage feature of your phone when it is booted into android.
Now, boot your phone into clockwork recovery mode. Simply turn off your phone and hold power + volume-down and it will start the hboot and then select “recovery” using the volume keys to navigate and the power button for “enter”
When booted into clockwork navigate to the “install zip from sd card” option and then find the superuser.zip file that you put onto your sd card. Select yes to install and clockwork will install superuser and root your phone.
At this time your phone is rooted, and if this is all you wanted then congratulations, you’re done! Simply click on “reboot system now” and enjoy your superuser powers responsibly
However, if you want to someday in the future flash a ROM to your phone go ahead and use the same procedure you used to install superuser.zip to install unrevokedforever.zip, this is simple to switch the phone from s-on to s-off, which means that the security is off and it will allow you to install unsigned ROMs to the phone (one’s not signed by HTC)
You may now click “reboot system now” to reboot into android.
Step 4: Installing a ROM
Find a ROM from Cyanogenmod or your favorite developer such as and put it onto the root of your sd card.
At this time you have two options for installing a ROM to your phone: you can either manually go into clockworkmod recovery and wipe the cache, data, and system of your phone and then use the “install zip from sd card” and install the ROM
OR you can install ROM manager to your phone (can be found on Google Play, formally Android Market) and install from there. All you need to do is use the app to reflash Clockwork and then select “Install ROM from SD card” and it will do all of the work for you. You can choose to backup your old ROM or to wipe the cache, but after this runs and completes you will boot into your new ROM.
Note: if you format your sd card before this process and have only the ROM on the card it will run much faster.
You’re done! Congratulations! You may have a ROM that does not have google apps pre-installed but there are many guides online for installing the android market and google apps. For example, for cyanogenmod you can just flash a gapps.zip specific for your version using clockwork and it will push all of the apps for you.
Enjoy your now rooted and flashed phone, and as always, root responsibly.
jackbtha1 said:
You would need to downgrade to Froyo to be able to root your phone....
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That is incorrect. Using unrevoked 2.3 you can root 2.3.4. And you do not need s-off to flash roms! I can flash roms left and right with no problem,and i can even flash kernels. S-off protects flashing radios.
As far as the stuck in hboot and splash screen,you may be stuck with the bootmode stuck to bootloader.
Google is your friend.
Sent from my VTAB1008 using XDA
First thing you need to know is that no matter what happens, even if your phone is abducted by rabid kittens, I am not responsible for your actions. Second is that you just voided your warranty, no doubt about it. HTC has your serial number with record that you unlocked your bootloader. Thanks to JAS_21 for the idea for making this guide. So, the next things you are going to want to do are to flash clockworkmod recovery, and then su. Then you can flash a ROM. Let's start with clockworkmod.
You want to get the android-sdk working, which you can find a guide to here.. Then you want to go to this thread. Download the file attached to the post. Use winzip if you have windows or just click on it on mac to unzip the file. Plug your phone into your computer and select "charge only" mode. Copy the cwm img file to the tools folder of the android SDK. Now, it's time to open up ADB. Open up a command prompt on windows or a terminal window on Mac/Linux. Follow these commands.
Code:
cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/platform-tools
adb reboot bootloader
You should now see Fastboot USB on your phone. Open a new command or terminal window. Type the following:
Code:
cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/tools
fastboot flash recovery cwm-recovery-vivow.img
fastboot reboot
Congrats, you have now flashed clockworkmod recovery. Now, onto installing root access. Next, grab the su zip attached to the OP of this thread. Plug your phone into your computer and select "disk drive" mode. Copy the su zip file to the root of your sd card. Unmount your sd card and select "charge only" mode on your computer. Reboot into recovery. The easiest way is probably to open up a command window and type:
Code:
cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/platform-tools
adb reboot recovery
When your phone is in recovery, click "install zip from sd card," then "choose zip from sd card," then the su zip file. Hit the back button once. Then select reboot system now. When your phone reboots, download superuser from the market. Now you are ready to use root apps! If you want to flash a ROM, continue on.
Download the ROM of your choice. If you want to, use my guide for choosing a ROM found here. Download the ROM zip file. Plug your phone into your computer and select "disk drive" mode. Copy the rom zip file to the root of your sd card. Don't unmount your sd card yet.Next, make a copy and put it on your desktop. Use winzip on windows or just click on mac/linux to unzip the rom file. In the root of the ROM, you should see a boot.img file. Copy that to your tools folder of your android-sdk folder. Now, unmount your sd card and select "charge only" mode on your computer. Next, follow the following steps.
Before installing the ROM...
1. Download Titanium Backup from the market, allow superuser permissions, then click menu>batch>backup all user apps.
2. Make sure fastboot is off in settings>power.
3. Put the ROM zip on the root of your SD Card
4. Download SMS Backup and Restore, and backup your SMS.
5. Back up your contacts by checking "back up my data" or something like that under settings/privacy.
How to install the ROM...
1. Turn off phone, and hold power and volume down until you get a white screen that says Hboot.
2.Volume down/up is for scrolling; power is for selecting.
3. Scroll down and select RECOVERY.
4. Scroll down and selected BACKUP AND RESTORE.
5. Select BACKUP and wait for it to finish.
6. Hit the back button to go back to the main menu.
7. Scroll down and select WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET.
8. Scroll down and select WIPE CACHE PARTITION.
9.Hit the back button to go back to the main menu.
10. Scroll down and select ADVANCED, then WIPE DALVIK CACHE.
11. Hit the back button to go back to the main menu.
12. Scroll down and select INSTALL ZIP FROM SD CARD, then CHOOSE ZIP FROM SD CARD, then whatever the ROM zip is.
13. Let it do its thing. This may take 5-10 minutes. DON'T PULL THE BATTERY.
Next, it is time to flash your boot image. Follow these commands.
Code:
cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/platform-tools
adb reboot bootloader
You should now see Fastboot USB on your phone. Open a new command or terminal window. Type the following:
Code:
cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/tools
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
You are done with flashing the ROM now, congrats. To get your data back, follow the steps!
1. Run the initial setup. When you're setting up your google account, make sure the "keep data backed up" or whatever box is checked. This will make sure to restore your/keep your contacts backed up.
2. Redownload Titanium Backup. Hit menu/batch/restore missing apps with data.
3. Redownload SMS B+R. Restore your SMS.
4. Enjoy your new ROM!
I hope this guide clears things up for some people. If you have ideas or suggestions for this guide or others, feel free to comment. If I helped you, please hit the thanks button. I would really appreciate it!
Excellent guide!!!
i keep getting an error when trying to flash the recovery. when i type in fastboot flash recovery cwm-recovery-vivow.img it comes up saying cannot load cwm-recovery-vivow.img
also im s-on with hboot .98. could that be the problem?
reaper540 said:
i keep getting an error when trying to flash the recovery. when i type in fastboot flash recovery cwm-recovery-vivow.img it comes up saying cannot load cwm-recovery-vivow.img
also im s-on with hboot .98. could that be the problem?
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Had the same issue but solved after looking over the instructions for doing this if you were downgrading. Instead of placing the image file on the root of your sd card, place it in the folder that contains fastboot in your android sdk. Do that and you will be able to flash it and continue with the instructions.
Oh wow. You guys are right. That's a typo. I'll fix that.
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Excellent post! Easy to follow, worked...what more could you ask for?
Yeh I thought that might have been the problem. But I ended up relocking the bootloader, downgraded using attn1s tool and after that it was all smooth sailing. Running mikrunny v1.01. But this is an excellent guide
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Excellent guide! Thanks!
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no boot.img?
When I try to flash the boot.img at the last step, it says error: Cannot load 'boot.img'. I tried to start the phone and it sticks as the htc splash screen ... any ideas?
Did you put it in the sdk tools folder?
just wondering...am i going to have to flash the su zip everytime i flash a new rom? Just flashed miui and when I superuser was not on the list of apps. I downloaded it, but have this feeling its not going to work until a flash su.zip
Nope, cuz most roms are already rooted.
I was having trouble getting my ADB to function correctly, so I went with the manual "update.zip" method to flash Clockwork. However, when HBOOT recognizes the PG32IMG.zip file, it just says its "Checking.." forever, and I don't know whether it's working or frozen up. How long is that part supposed to take? I'm so close!
Thanks for this post. Helpful and easy to follow!
frick frack and frick. Now my phone isn't recognized by my computer. Had zero issues with this before. I'm running the latest version of miui and cant get the phone recognized.
Noob question. Is it still possible to flash kernels on HTC sec unlock? Will the boot.img flash need to be done each time from now on? Great guide by the way.
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Every time you want to flash a Rom or kernel you need to flash the boot.img.
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Everytime I reboot the phone it gets stuck on the HTC logo. I have to rerun "flashboot boot boot.img" to get it to boot.
Please help.
ph1nn said:
Everytime I reboot the phone it gets stuck on the HTC logo. I have to rerun "flashboot boot boot.img" to get it to boot.
Please help.
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That's an issue with the unlock I'm assuming.
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It's unlocked via HTC's unlock tool.
Should i relock the phone, forget this guide, and use attn1's guide?
I already installed ClockworkMod 5.5 and CM7.2 nightlies, everything works unless i have to reboot then it loses the boot image. Any thoughts?
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edit: It was because of S-ON. I relocked my phone and used attn1's guide to bring the phone back to hboot 0.97 and then s-off. This guide is not useful it seems if you want to go AOSP.
I've been trying to re-root my phone since late last night, and have had nothing but problems. I've searched all over the internet, and tried anything that I thought would apply to my situation in the slightest.
I originally downgraded from 2.3.4 to 2.3.3 and rooted my phone using the method in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1298990
I ran Revolutionary, ClockworkMod, and SuperUser. Everything worked perfect the first time around. Installed the Cyanogenmod 7.2 ROM and Tiamat v1.1.5 kernel. Then I started having issues with my battery, and Cyanogenmod seemed to be increasing the issues. At that time HTC announced they'd be releasing ICS, yada yada yada. I found a stock ROM online, and installed it, and updated as they were released OTA. Having finally gotten a new extended battery, I'd like to re-root & ROM my phone, but I've hit some road blocks.
I currently have the Android Version of 2.3.4 & Software Number of 5.10.605.9
I tried to re-do the entire process that had previously worked for me, but once I used the command hack-vivow.cmd, the phone would boot to the Revolutionary (of HBOOT ?) screen. Command line shows this, and just hangs:
c:\vwhk-12102011-c>fastboot oem rebootRUU
< waiting for device >
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Phone shows this:
-Revolutionary-
VIVO_W XB SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT -6.13.1002
RADIO -1.09.01.1111
eMMC -boot
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Phone gives me the options of "BOOTLOADER", "REBOOT", "REBOOT BOOTLOADER", & "POWER DOWN". "REBOOT BOOTLOADER" changes "FASTBOOT" briefly to "FASTBOOT USB", but changes back in about 15-20 seconds. When I select "BOOTLOADER", the screen freezes for a few seconds, and it won't let me select any options, "FASTBOOT" changes to "HBOOT", and I get this in green text:
SD Checking
Loading...[PG32DIAG.zip]
No image!
Loading...[PG32DIAG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
Loading...[PG32IMG.zip]
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The next screen of green text says "Parsing...[SD ZIP]" followed by 9 things, and I'm only given an option to Update or No/Reboot. No/Reboot reboots my phone into an endless bootloop, until I remove the battery and power back on with Volume Down + Power Button. Update does a reset of my phone, and puts me right back to where I am now. While it is updating there is an error message at the bottom that says "Can not roll back hboot version".
I've tried multiple things to attempt to fix this... I ran the TacoRoot method from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751796
When the 8th line was completed
adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --setup
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, the phone rebooted, it got stuck in a bootloop.
So that's where I am now. I'm stuck with S-Off, the PG32DIAG/PG32IMG errors, an HBOOT that seems to be far too new of a version, and I haven't found a way to get back to 2.3.3. As you can see I'm a noob. I'm really not sure where I went wrong (other than going back to a stock ROM and allowing it to update). Unfortunately a lot of things are just way over my head, without seeing a step by step process. But I'm just stuck at the moment. If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this, or any ideas of things to try I GREATLY appreciate it.
Still looking for an answer, but I've done some more digging.
Would I be correct is assuming that I have to find a way to downgrade hboot (which Revolutionary won't allow) and get S-On, in order to do what I need to do? If so, does anyone know of an accurate way to accomplish this? All I've found are old threads that apparently are no longer relevant for newer Software & hboot updates.
Cleanincubus said:
Still looking for an answer, but I've done some more digging.
Would I be correct is assuming that I have to find a way to downgrade hboot (which Revolutionary won't allow) and get S-On, in order to do what I need to do? If so, does anyone know of an accurate way to accomplish this? All I've found are old threads that apparently are no longer relevant for newer Software & hboot updates.
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I am by no means an expert, but my limited understanding would suggest this: try flashing a new recovery like clockworkmod with fastboot. If that is successful you can flash a superuser zip in clockwork. I don't recall the steps to flash the recovery, but I think since you are s-off you should be able to do it fairly easily.
gtdtm said:
I am by no means an expert, but my limited understanding would suggest this: try flashing a new recovery like clockworkmod with fastboot. If that is successful you can flash a superuser zip in clockwork. I don't recall the steps to flash the recovery, but I think since you are s-off you should be able to do it fairly easily.
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Sorry for my ignorance, I'm trying to understand exactly what you mean. From my very limited knowledge, there might be 2 ways of doing what you're saying.
First, rebooting the phone with Volume Down + Power button, with the the ClockworkMod file placed on the root of my SD card, and renamed PG32IMG.zip. Then selecting Bootloader, and allowing it to Update.
Second would be rebooting the phone (Volume Down + Power), and then "force" the flashboot via command, with the phone connected to the USB cable.
The 1st option I would love to try, if that has a chance of working. The 2nd option though, won't work, because the phone won't respond to any commands via command lines.
The reason I'm not immediately jumping on option #1 for a try, is that I might be on track to get things straightened out, with a possibility of critical failure. I found this thread:
rootzwiki.c om/topic/1579-how-to-restore-to-stock-from-alpharevx-incredible-2-vivow-only/
I'm currently using Revolutionary, but apparently Alpharevx is a previous incarnation of that, and some users in that thread claim that it worked for their Revolutionary S-Off phones. So far, I have gotten to the point where I now have Android Froyo/ Android version 2.2.1 (from the same way of doing things as Option #1 above). The rest of that thread is messing with the Bootloader, which I'd rather not risk if I don't have to (I do realize how serious the consequences are). If there's any other way to do it, I'll gladly give it a try, as long as it doesn't put me in a place much worse than I'm at now (bricking my phone by messing with the bootloader certainly would be.)
I apologize for being a pain in the ass, I just want to make sure I understand any recommendations fully before I do something wrong. Clearly I should have done a lot more research before "un-rooting" my phone. Had my original issues not been my battery, I'd still be out of warranty for having S-Off. :laugh: Thank you very much for the response, it is truly appreciated.
Cleanincubus said:
Sorry for my ignorance, I'm trying to understand exactly what you mean. From my very limited knowledge, there might be 2 ways of doing what you're saying.
First, rebooting the phone with Volume Down + Power button, with the the ClockworkMod file placed on the root of my SD card, and renamed PG32IMG.zip. Then selecting Bootloader, and allowing it to Update.
Second would be rebooting the phone (Volume Down + Power), and then "force" the flashboot via command, with the phone connected to the USB cable.
The 1st option I would love to try, if that has a chance of working. The 2nd option though, won't work, because the phone won't respond to any commands via command lines.
The reason I'm not immediately jumping on option #1 for a try, is that I might be on track to get things straightened out, with a possibility of critical failure. I found this thread:
rootzwiki.c om/topic/1579-how-to-restore-to-stock-from-alpharevx-incredible-2-vivow-only/
I'm currently using Revolutionary, but apparently Alpharevx is a previous incarnation of that, and some users in that thread claim that it worked for their Revolutionary S-Off phones. So far, I have gotten to the point where I now have Android Froyo/ Android version 2.2.1 (from the same way of doing things as Option #1 above). The rest of that thread is messing with the Bootloader, which I'd rather not risk if I don't have to (I do realize how serious the consequences are). If there's any other way to do it, I'll gladly give it a try, as long as it doesn't put me in a place much worse than I'm at now (bricking my phone by messing with the bootloader certainly would be.)
I apologize for being a pain in the ass, I just want to make sure I understand any recommendations fully before I do something wrong. Clearly I should have done a lot more research before "un-rooting" my phone. Had my original issues not been my battery, I'd still be out of warranty for having S-Off. :laugh: Thank you very much for the response, it is truly appreciated.
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So with Froyo on there can you get to the stock recovery?
Oh wow, yes I can. I just tried the fastboot clockworkmod flash, but it doesn't seem to be working, or even more likely, I don't know what I'm doing.
I booted the phone with Volume Down + Power, selected "Fastboot", which changed HBOOT to FASTBOOT USB. I used the command prompt and typed "fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-vivow.img". The command prompt stalls at "< waiting for device >" and FASTBOOT USB changed to FASTBOOT. Maybe I just don't know what to do after than. I tried "Recovery", which I thought would have booted ClockworkMod, had it been installed properly.
Cleanincubus said:
Oh wow, yes I can. I just tried the fastboot clockworkmod flash, but it doesn't seem to be working, or even more likely, I don't know what I'm doing.
I booted the phone with Volume Down + Power, selected "Fastboot", which changed HBOOT to FASTBOOT USB. I used the command prompt and typed "fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-vivow.img". The command prompt stalls at "< waiting for device >" and FASTBOOT USB changed to FASTBOOT. Maybe I just don't know what to do after than. I tried "Recovery", which I thought would have booted ClockworkMod, had it been installed properly.
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I think you should be able to do 1B at this little how-to site:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/ClockworkMod_Recovery
Cleanincubus said:
Oh wow, yes I can. I just tried the fastboot clockworkmod flash, but it doesn't seem to be working, or even more likely, I don't know what I'm doing.
I booted the phone with Volume Down + Power, selected "Fastboot", which changed HBOOT to FASTBOOT USB. I used the command prompt and typed "fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-vivow.img". The command prompt stalls at "< waiting for device >" and FASTBOOT USB changed to FASTBOOT. Maybe I just don't know what to do after than. I tried "Recovery", which I thought would have booted ClockworkMod, had it been installed properly.
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I also just noticed...did you do "fastboot devices" first to make sure it actually recognized your phone? I'm really guessing, but I figured it was worth asking.
Yes it does recognize my phone. I think you're exactly right, in the direction you're showing me. I think flashing CWM is the key to getting this all to work.
But I'm getting some strange stuff happening. When I was finally able to select the Fastboot section, I had CWM saved as PG32IMG.zip. I started getting an error (black screen with a little center image of my phone, with a red "!" on it), after rebooting. I had to press Volume Up + Power, which brought me to some kind of Android settings (Wipe Cache, & something about clearing or wiping partition). I selected to just reboot, and the phone rebooted fine. I changed the PG32IMG.zip file back to the Froyo, and I can no longer get past the "Recovery" and forcing to do the Update or Bootloop from declining.
So now I don't know what to do, when it comes to the PG32IMG.zip file. I even just changed the Froyo PG32IMG.zip to a 2.3.3 Gingerbread PG32IMG.zip, so now I'm at the correct ROM for rooting. I changed it because I wasn't sure if being at Froyo was preventing me from doing all of this from the beginning, similar to how the most up to date update did as well.
But back to the PG32IMG.zip, what would be the best thing to do with this situation? Should I change it back to the CWM, and deal with the Android error, while still allowing me to get into FASTBOOT. Or should I just keep it as the GB 2.3.3, as it is now? Can I just delete the PG32IMG.zip file altogether, or is it absolutely necessary? It just keeps trying to update to what the file already is, and prevents me from doing anything else.
I think I'm going to try the CWM.zip renamed to PG32IMG.zip and see if I can get it to work.
Cleanincubus said:
Yes it does recognize my phone. I think you're exactly right, in the direction you're showing me. I think flashing CWM is the key to getting this all to work.
But I'm getting some strange stuff happening. When I was finally able to select the Fastboot section, I had CWM saved as PG32IMG.zip. I started getting an error (black screen with a little center image of my phone, with a red "!" on it), after rebooting. I had to press Volume Up + Power, which brought me to some kind of Android settings (Wipe Cache, & something about clearing or wiping partition). I selected to just reboot, and the phone rebooted fine. I changed the PG32IMG.zip file back to the Froyo, and I can no longer get past the "Recovery" and forcing to do the Update or Bootloop from declining.
So now I don't know what to do, when it comes to the PG32IMG.zip file. I even just changed the Froyo PG32IMG.zip to a 2.3.3 Gingerbread PG32IMG.zip, so now I'm at the correct ROM for rooting. I changed it because I wasn't sure if being at Froyo was preventing me from doing all of this from the beginning, similar to how the most up to date update did as well.
But back to the PG32IMG.zip, what would be the best thing to do with this situation? Should I change it back to the CWM, and deal with the Android error, while still allowing me to get into FASTBOOT. Or should I just keep it as the GB 2.3.3, as it is now? Can I just delete the PG32IMG.zip file altogether, or is it absolutely necessary? It just keeps trying to update to what the file already is, and prevents me from doing anything else.
I think I'm going to try the CWM.zip renamed to PG32IMG.zip and see if I can get it to work.
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You shouldn't be flashing romantic zips as PG32IMG. That's what clockwork is for. If get it back to froyo, then go to the HTC recovery and follow the clockwork instructions I linked to. But maybe someone more knowledgeable than I can answer better.
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After you go onto bootloader and it flashes your IMG you either rename the file on your SD card or delete it from your SD card. You will be able to proceed after that has been done
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Your s-off so the hard part is done.
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You're right. The PG32IMG.zip was a problem. I removed them from the SD card's root, and it's working as it should.
Now the issue is the instructions in that link. I can't find any update.zip for the phone anywhere. I also can't find any options in the Recovery for "re-install package". I go to "BOOTLOADER" and then "RECOVERY". The Phone then boots to a small image of my phone with a red "!". I press Volume Up + Power button, and it loads the "Android system recovery <3e>". I have a Yellow error at the bottom stating"
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
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You need to flash a new recovery. Do you adb setup on your pc? If not, google it and get it setup.
Here is a link to CWM
http://goo.im/devs/aeroevan/cwm/recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.5-vivow.img
Save it to your adroid-tools folder
You will need to navigate to your anroid tools folder in cmd before issuing the commands below
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.5-vivow.img
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FYI cmd needs to be run as administrator.
sjpritch25 said:
You need to flash a new recovery. Do you adb setup on your pc? If not, google it and get it setup.
Here is a link to CWM
http://goo.im/devs/aeroevan/cwm/recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.5-vivow.img
Save it to your adroid-tools folder
You will need to navigate to your anroid tools folder in cmd before issuing the commands below
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.5-vivow.img
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FYI cmd needs to be run as administrator.
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screenshot for you
The version I have has the correct files in the "platform-tools" folder.
I get an error with the "adb remount" command, saying "remount failed: Operation not permitted"
When I use the command "fastboot devices", my phone doesn't show up, and it just skips to the next command line, showing nothing. My phone does say "FASTBOOT" though.
Then when I type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.5-vivow.img" it just hangs at "< waiting for device >"
Maybe I didn't set it up the sdk stuff properly? I'll look more stuff up when I get home later tonight. But I figured, I'd at least post this up now, in case this is showing another issue.
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The version I have has the correct files in the "platform-tools" folder.
I get an error with the "adb remount" command, saying "remount failed: Operation not permitted"
When I use the command "fastboot devices", my phone doesn't show up, and it just skips to the next command line, showing nothing. My phone does say "FASTBOOT" though.
Then when I type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.5-vivow.img" it just hangs at "< waiting for device >"
Maybe I didn't set it up the sdk stuff properly? I'll look more stuff up when I get home later tonight. But I figured, I'd at least post this up now, in case this is showing another issue.
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I don't think it's going to work until you get fastboot devices and adb devices to recognize your phone. I wish I could point you in the right direction, but I'm not very experienced with it.
I'm assuming you have the drivers for our phone installed? Some people have to reboot the pc to get those to recognize the device...
Yeah, I'm going to have to do some more digging. ADB device does recognize my phone, at the 6th line on the screen cap I posted. I've restarted the pc multiple times since first trying to get all of this to work.
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Yeah, I'm going to have to do some more digging. ADB device does recognize my phone, at the 6th line on the screen cap I posted. I've restarted the pc multiple times since first trying to get all of this to work.
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First of all make sure you have fastboot.exe in your tools folder
Code:
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery recovery***.img
Make sure you have the drivers and that you delete HTC sync from your computer. If you can get it to boot up into the phone make sure you have android debugging turned on.
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sjpritch25 said:
First of all make sure you have fastboot.exe in your tools folder
Code:
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery recovery***.img
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Yup, it's there.
Did those commands, and it ended in the same result. No errors or "waiting" messages at the flashboot devices command, but it didn't show my device either.
Jasonp0 said:
Make sure you have the drivers and that you delete HTC sync from your computer. If you can get it to boot up into the phone make sure you have android debugging turned on.
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Definitely installed driver. I originally tried to install the driver I previously used with my original s-off/root/rom, but it didn't work with Windows 8 (previous PC was WinXP), so I found the correct one for my OS. The "adb devices" command never found my phone, before installing the current driver.
I never installed HTC Sync. Just double checked the "Uninstall or change program" in the Win8 control panel (previously "Add/Remove Programs") to make sure it didn't get installed with out my knowledge, and it's not in there.
If you mean on the phone: "Settings" > "Applications" > "Development" > check box for "USB debugging", then yes. If it's a command of some sort, then no & I don't know how to do it.
I'm also making sure to run these commands by right-clicking the Command Prompt and selecting "Run as administrator", before doing these commands.