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Hi.
I have a rooted s-off desire using alpha rev 1.8.
I'm currently trying to resize the nand partitions using the method on the alpharev.nl site, without a pc. I'm running cm6.1 rom, so I downloaded the n1table zip ready to flash. Its renamed to pb99img.zip on root of sdcard. I've reboot into hboot using volume+down and I'm not quite sure where to go from here. I tried going into recovery and installing zip from SD but it doesnt seem to have worked as when I reboot into rom and check SD storage, it remains the same as before.
I know I must be missing something basic. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Cheers.
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Do NOT continue with what you're doing. Have you even read the instructions on the AlphaRev site? You flash a new MTD table using the fastboot commands of adb:
1) Nandroid backup in recovery.
2) Verify the MD5SUM of the file you downloaded against the one in the table.
3) Flash HBOOT with your phone in fastboot mode (Back+POWER) -> 'fastboot flash hboot bravo_alphaspl.img' (change into the correct filename for the HBOOT you downloaded)
4) 'Fastboot reboot-bootloader'
5) 'Fastboot erase cache'
6) Boot recovery, wipe everything and restore
It´s also working with HBOOT...but I think you have to rename it to PB99IMG.zip (case Sensitiv)
If you have it in your / Filesystem on your SD Card, you will be asked after booting to Bootloader if you want to update.
Answer with "Volume up" or "down"
YOU DO NOT RENAME AN ALPHAREV HBOOT MOD TO PB99IMG
That is for Zip versions of the RUUs and NOTHING to do with AlphaRev
Seriously, read up before you brick your phone
From the Aplha Rev HP:
You can also download the corresponding PB99IMG zipfile, put it on your sdcard, and rename it to PB99IMG.zip. Then start the phone in HBOOT mode (VolDown+POWER) to flash the HBOOT without a PC.
Sorry, if I don´t understand this right...but that´s a fact from his Page
I´m sure Fastboot is the better way...but I tried it like this and it worked
I stand corrected, didn't see they had that option now. My apologies
In which case, you'd download the relevent ZIP file, rename it PB99IMG.zip (not PB99IMG.zip.zip) and put it on the root of our SD card (root - not in any folders)
Then, when you boot into HBOOT it should just pick it up and ask if you want to flash it - you don't go into recovery
no Probs
I never got asked if i wanted to flash the hBOOT
I'm running a rooted HTC desire and i'm trying to load flash the hboot to the oxygen variety
I haven't s-off my phone yet but wanted to use the no PC method outlined above
When i go into hBoot the phone picks up the PB99IMG.zip (saying "checking PB99IMG.zip......") but doen't give me the option to flash the hboot
Am i missing something? Do i have to s-off it the long way first?
Any help would be really appreciated
=]
Yes, you have to S-OFF first before you can change the MTD. It does say on the website:
"If you are already S-OFF, you can get our newest patched HBOOTs from here. (without going through the entire procedure again).
Please read the entire table and pick the partition table with the correct sizes for your ROM. One easy way to switch partition tables, is to nandroid backup,
and verify that the sizes of your backup are indeed the ones listed in the table (or smaller), and restore after flashing hboot."
Any idea if i can choose the Oxygen variation when i use the AlphaRev 1.8 HBOOT reflash utility or will i need to do it again with a PB99IMG.zip after?
the.draconian said:
Any idea if i can choose the Oxygen variation when i use the AlphaRev 1.8 HBOOT reflash utility or will i need to do it again with a PB99IMG.zip after?
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Do the Alpharev 1.8 Flash first.
Then connect your phone, boot into Fastboot mode, and run the foll:
1) Nandroid backup in recovery.
2) Verify the MD5SUM of the file you downloaded against the one in the table.
3) Flash HBOOT with your phone in fastboot mode (Back+POWER) -> 'fastboot flash hboot bravo_alphaspl.img' (change into the correct filename for the HBOOT you downloaded)
4) 'Fastboot reboot-bootloader'
5) 'Fastboot erase cache'
6) Boot recovery, wipe everything and restore.
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Again a quote from their site
Edit: Alpharev seems to have taken down the Pb99img method
EddyOS said:
Do NOT continue with what you're doing. Have you even read the instructions on the AlphaRev site? You flash a new MTD table using the fastboot commands of adb:
1) Nandroid backup in recovery.
2) Verify the MD5SUM of the file you downloaded against the one in the table.
3) Flash HBOOT with your phone in fastboot mode (Back+POWER) -> 'fastboot flash hboot bravo_alphaspl.img' (change into the correct filename for the HBOOT you downloaded)
4) 'Fastboot reboot-bootloader'
5) 'Fastboot erase cache'
6) Boot recovery, wipe everything and restore
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Of course I have read the instructions thoroughly. I would never do anything without reading several times over. As another member pointed out, you can in fact flash from .zip
However it would not work for me, probably a lot of others too, as another member mentioned it has been removed from site.
I have now switched to miui and am not encountering any storage space issues as yet, so I think ill leave it alone for awhile. Thanks for everyone's input and help.
Cheers.
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Anyone got this to work? Ive tried following the instructions (I have s-off and have repartitioned my HBOOT previously with ADB) and it just says no image found when I load into fastboot
When I try to do it from the SD card on mine, it finds the PB99IMG.zip file but then says "Model ID invalid. Update Fail!" then asks if I want to reboot or not. Rebooting just performs a normal reboot with no changes.
jordan.harris01 said:
When I try to do it from the SD card on mine, it finds the PB99IMG.zip file but then says "Model ID invalid. Update Fail!" then asks if I want to reboot or not. Rebooting just performs a normal reboot with no changes.
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Obviously, you're trying to install a file meant for another device! That's a very dangerous thing to do!
It's the PB99IMG.zip for the Oxygen HBOOT. How can it be for the wrong device? I'm s-off, running Oxygen RC7.
jordan.harris01 said:
It's the PB99IMG.zip for the Oxygen HBOOT. How can it be for the wrong device? I'm s-off, running Oxygen RC7.
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At least that's what the error code means anyway..Is there a reason why you cant fastboot flash the img?
Yea, I assumed that. I can't seem to get fastboot working again on my machine. It was working but I haven't had much time to look into what happened. ADB devices brings up the serial number but fastboot won't detect the phone. I was just trying to do this while I was at work and I don't have access to fastboot here.
jordan.harris01 said:
Yea, I assumed that. I can't seem to get fastboot working again on my machine. It was working but I haven't had much time to look into what happened. ADB devices brings up the serial number but fastboot won't detect the phone. I was just trying to do this while I was at work and I don't have access to fastboot here.
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Adb and fastboot detect the phone at different phases. If one detects, at that point, the other wouldnt.
Are u sure you're trying out fastboot in fastboot mode (poweroff, Back key+Power On)? At that point fastboot should work..Even most severely damaged phones are detected in fastboot
Yes, the phone is in fastboot when I'm trying this. I'm wondering if something happened to the fastboot driver or something. Either way, I'll look into it at some point.
I am a noob when it comes to this stuff. Recently got the T-Mobile G2 and was afraid to get into rooting and custom roms for a while but ended up trying it yesterday.
I wanted to get the Virtuous Unity v1.26.0. I rooted the phone following the directions here ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Returning_to_Stock.....
Then I read that I had to put the Desire Z hboot on my G2 before I can install that rom so I went here and followed the instructions to install Desire Z hboot
http://www.virtuousrom.com/2011/06/t-mobile-g2-users-migrating-to-desirez.html
Everything went well, until I tried to flash the rom. Downloaded the rom, put it in the SD card and then tried to use rommanager to install. It was installing and then all of a sudden an error came up and the phone rebooted into clockworkmod recovery. Then I did a factory reset/data wipe on clockworkmod recovery. Then install zip from SD card. The rom installed and I rebooted the phone but the Rom won't boot. It was on a bootloop.
I used clockworkmod recovery to restore my stock rom. Then I tried to install the rom once again using clockworkmod recovery, again it was on a bootloop. So I tried restoring my stock rom again and this time it wasn't restoring. It said "error formatting /system". I tried formatting /system /data /cache manually and it still says the same thing.
Did you do a back up? If so restore it and try flashing it again.
yea I backed up, and tired to restore using cwm but it says error while formatting /system /data /cache.
I believe there's a Virtuous Rom channel on freenode (channel name is probably on the Virtuous homepage) those guys might be able to help you out.
Good luck!
You can try formating your phone using fastboot . (I am assuming you have adb and fastboot setup and also eng hboot) put your phone on fastboot mode connect it to your computer and type this command . "Fastboot erase system -w"
Hopefuly it will fix your problem.
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bahmanxda said:
You can try formating your phone using fastboot . (I am assuming you have adb and fastboot setup and also eng hboot) put your phone on fastboot mode connect it to your computer and type this command . "Fastboot erase system -w"
Hopefuly it will fix your problem.
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OMG!! Thank you so much!! That worked. I was working on this all day yesterday and nothing helped. I even tried formatting /system and /data from fastboot manually but it didn't work. The erase system -w command worked perfectly and now clockworkmod recovery lets me restore my backups. Thank you so much again!!
Hello,
I've been rooted for over a year now. Have flashed back and forth roms around hundreds of times now. Unfortunately an hour after flashing synergy godmode and some of the godmode tweaks, my phone rebooted while idling and bootloops.
Now i am stuck in hboot and can not enter recovery. I am using hboot 0.76.2000 (pc3610000) and s-off. I have tried flashing seperate clockwork and amon-ra embedded pc36img.zip, these say that they will complete updating but then will bootloop after i try to enter recovery. I have tried these updates with a different sd card (as my current sd card w/godmode may be an ext2 partition?) but that has not changed anything either.
As i understand, I can only push files with adb through recovery; which i can not get into.
If anyone can please help it would be very much appreciated.
Thank you in advance
try this way? its how i flash my recoveries when im switching or testing...
remove any pc36img.zip files from your sd and boot to your bootloader...
when you bootloader boots up let it scan for the pc36img whatever thing and let it say not found...
now highlight fastboot and click the power button and wait for FASTBOOT USB to show up...
then type in these codes...
Code:
fastboot devices
it should output some info, if you get some serial number then your good
then type in...
Code:
fastboot flash recovery *whatever the name of the recovery your using is*
so like for amon_ra 2.3 (which is what i use is)
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img
just make sure that the recovery img file is in the same directory as the fastboot.exe file on your comp (its should be with all your other sdk stuff like adb.exe and such)
if all goes well then itll say
pushing recovery OKAY
writing recovery OKAY
and the amount of time it took...
then click back into your bootloader and go to the newly written recovery
(i apologize in advance if you already tried this with no avail)
I've set up fastboot usb and done this. Everything wrote ok and finished, however i still bootloop when trying to access recovery. I have tried multiple recoveries including clockwork 3, recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img, and doing entire nandroid restores using nandroid recovery batch script. In both cases everything passes and nothing seems to be functional afterwards.
Any other ideas?
dunno man.. im just trying to visualize how it bootloops going to recovery.. it should be the white htc screen (or any other splash you may have set on there) and then boink recovery... does it like just sit there on the splash and thats it?
try letting it boot normal and then when it goes to the rom loading screen type in
Code:
adb reboot recovery
other than that something is totally askew bro
When booting, i'll get the white htc screen for 4-5 seconds, then it'll power off and reboot, unless i boot to hboot. When i hit recovery, it goes black for a second, then reboots to htc screen and repeats.
I've also tried complete wiping recovery and reloading using fastboot commander, and doing full pc36img.zip that include hboot, radio wiimax updates etc http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830153&highlight=wimax
I may just go into a sprint store today. Was trying to avoid it as I really don't want to be stock again.
This may be a little progress....
I updated to hboot 0.93.0000
Now when i try to flash recoveries by hboot they pass and bootloop still, but when i try to flash recoveries by fastboot via pc -
"writing recovery..
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
does this provide any insight? going to try downgrading hboot again
the only hboot that allows fastboot commands is 0.76 unfortunately
try running an ruu maybe? other than that i havent the slightest idea
I used this RUU - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7529500
It passed every step, but still bootloops when booting to ROM and Recovery.
I'm out of ideas....
I'm going to go with hardware problem.
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bad sector on the internal flash memory ?
My brother has the same problem and i have been trying to fix it with no luck. When i boot the phone up its beeps/vibrate 5 times, then sits on a black screen. I can get into hboot and load pc.....whatever files, it says they work but still reboot, 5 beep, ect. I was going to try an RUU next i see that didnt work for op.
i just ran into this problem today. I was at work when it randomly rebooted and now is stuck in a bootloop. i have tried everything even using the latest RUU. it finished but still bootloops. I am also not able to get into recovery. Sucks because im out of warranty.
So let me get this straight...you can't go into recovery because there's no recovery? You've installed drivers and ran RUU and still nothing? That seems weird because i had the same issue when i first rooted my phone with unrevoked, all i did was run the RUU and it restored my phone back to "stock" and i re-rooted again but this time using z4 root. You might just have to take the phone back to Sprint
Same issue but worse
I'm having the same issue as the OP except that my buttons (power and volume up/down) will not respond. I have scoured these and other forums for a situation like mine and have found none.
I have tried flashing recoveries, RUU's and jsut about anything someone says.
First screen says:
supersonic evt3 ship s-off
hboot-2.10.0001
touch panel atmelc03_16ac
oct 15 2010 12:01:00
hboot
fastboot
recovery
clear storage
simlock
hboot usb
then it scans the sd card for the pc36img zip. It will load but will freeze on the next screen:
parsing...... [sd zip]
1. boot loader
2. radio
3. boot
4. recovery
5. system
6. user data
7. splash
8. wimax
it will stick here and I am completely lost. My old Palm Pre will only suffice for a day.... max.
If anyone has come across a situation like this that might help me, would you please point me in the right direction. Thanks!
kdbrown5 said:
This may be a little progress....
I updated to hboot 0.93.0000
Now when i try to flash recoveries by hboot they pass and bootloop still, but when i try to flash recoveries by fastboot via pc -
"writing recovery..
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
does this provide any insight? going to try downgrading hboot again
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If you look in autoroot thread in my sig the "tools" zip has something that will let you flash different partitions from fastboot. If you use that to flash the PC36IMG from here it will give you the eng hboot back and possibly reflash whatever got corrupted.
Keep in mind, that will only work properly if you are not using one of the 2.xx hboots. Only phones with a 0.9x hboot will let you use it.
Hello, i just messed up with my Htc One X, I want to flash the ARHD 10.6 but i got bootloop, then i tried to restore from my back up but i don;t know why everything is fone in my sd card. I tried to go back to stock with RUU. My cid is HTC__203, so i tried to flash with the
Europe 2.17.401.2 HTC - but it keeps show signature error 132.
I don't know what to do, then my brother change my hboot to 1.28
Does someone has an idea please? I am really desperate. It is forever bricked? thank you
get into fastboot and check are you locked or unlocked ?
I already unlock it and to flash ruu i relock it
- Unlock it
- Flash the latest recovery "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
- Extract boot.img from the Rom.zip you want to flash (preferably a jellybean rom)
- "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
- "fastboot erase cache"
- Boot into recovery and flash the ROM.zip
edit: you might try flashing the boot.img from ARHD 10.6 and fastboot erase cache and see if it boots
The problem is i can't get access to my phone. It get stuck to the screen with htc logo and there is nothing on my sd card right now. I tried to push file via adb but it also show no result
turn it off (long press the power button) then turn it on to fastboot, flash the boot.img and erase cache
I tried, i keep havin the bootloop(
Just hold the power button and volume down until it goes to bootloader.
Yes, I did go to bootloader, erase cache and flash the boot.img, but I'm havin the sam issue
Reflash recovery in fastboot, boot up recovery, usb mount, put firmware on and flash it. Then flash boot.img again in fastboot. That works, and if not, YOU are doing something wrong.
anthach said:
Yes, I did go to bootloader, erase cache and flash the boot.img, but I'm havin the sam issue
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Thank you,with your instruction I can finally flash a rom. I did flash viper 2.6. It goes to the lockscreen but when I unlock, it shows : "venom tweaks stop working", and show blank screen with green htc logo. I'm downloading the ARHD jelly bean rom and give it a try. Thank you
Now, i am having the issue with my phone who doesn't recognise my internal sd card. I did a factory reset and went to the recovery to make sure that the sdcard is mounted, but still hain the same problem
matthiazzz said:
Reflash recovery in fastboot, boot up recovery, usb mount, put firmware on and flash it. Then flash boot.img again in fastboot. That works, and if not, YOU are doing something wrong.
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Hello guys, a friend of mine has a galaxy nexus with some problems.
When I turn on the phone, it starts booting normally, but a few seconds after getting into "desktop" it starts popping up errors saying that the process as stopped.
I've already tried a few things, but without success. I'm running out of ideas and here I'm asking for your help.
Things I've tried:
-Boot into recovery mode and wipe all data.
The phone says that the operation completed successfully, but after rebooting the phone remains the same. All apps, wallpaper, lock screen, etc. It seems that nothing was changed by this process.
-Flash a original google ROM
Following the tutorials, the first step is to unlock the bootloader with fastboot oem unlock. The phone shows a confirmation asking if I want to unlock it, I say yes, and it shows "status: unlocked". But after rebooting the phone it is locked again!!!
I tried to flash the room without rebooting the phone after unlocking it,
Code:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primela03.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
fastboot flash radio radio-maguro-i9250xxla02.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
fastboot -w update image-takju-imm76i.zip
The first command to flash the bootloader also says that completes successfully, but when I'm flashing the radio it will complain saying that the phone has the wrong bootloader version installed.
-Flashing via Odin
It fails when is flashing system.img to the phone
-Flash custom recovery - fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
The process completes "successfully" but when I boot into recovery mode, there is the original one and not the one I just flashed.
-emmc brickbug - partition scanner
I found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1823918 and tried to run the partition scanner. As I can't have the phone on enough time to use adb shell, I tried to use this scanner via adb sideload but the phones returns an error when running it. (probably because it doesn't have busybox installed, not sure)
After trying all of steps above, the phone is still the same... nothing changed. Once, I managed to connect it to the pc as an usb storage device, and was able to copy some photos from the phone and deleted them. But after rebooting they were all there again. It seems that all write changes are not persistent.
I'm out of ideas now... Do you have any idea of what is the problem? Or any suggestion for me to try?
Thanks in advance
I believe that there is a script in the android SDK tools called flashall.bat which will reflash the kernel, bootloader, recovery, ROM ect. I'm not sure how to use it, but you could potentially try that
Hi, thanks for you suggestion, but unfortunately it didn't work.
I had a look at the flashall.bat script and it runs the same commands I run manually.
I think that the phone might have some hardware problem... Normally I would buy a new phone, but I'm trying to fix it because it is important for my friend and for me because it is challenging.
I guess that the next thing I will try, will be trying to run emmc_find_brick script by @hg42 via sideload
Try formatting /system and reinstall android. Power your device into bootloader mode. Make sure your device is unlocked. Also, make sure you have the factory image downloaded. After your device is plugged in into your computer, use this fastboot command: fastboot erase system. This will delete everything from /system. Also format /data and /cache: fastboot erase data and fastboot erase cache. After that, try installing the factory image again.