I too upgraded to the official Gingerbread release. Consequently, I lost root and cannot access recovery anymore.
When I turn on my phone pressing down the volume button, it shows the following info:
---Alpharev---
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL - SYNW0101
RADIO-5.17.05.23
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18
I am getting confusing information through the numerous threads here whether I should be able to have root access again or not. Can someone please shed some light on this?
I have tried flashing clockwork recovery using fastboot but have not been successful. I am willing to try anything else.
Many thanks in advance!
Yet another thread on the same topic
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It's getting silly now.
If u have s-off u can use fastboot to flash recovery..search
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Silly is an understatement, it's ridiculous now. Search.
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apology and clarification
I apologize for creating yet another thread which deals with the same issue. But it is not because I did not search... In fact, I am closely following several related threads and know exactly what information is out there.
I posted a new thread because of two reasons:
1. I just realized that my phone still has S-OFF and an HBoot version 6.93... I followed all the instructions I could find on flashing a new clockwork recovery, tried two different versions of the same (2.5.0.7 and 3.0.0.5) and go the same error: "FAILED... <status malformed<1 bytes>>". There is no discussion anywhere about interpreting this error or how to proceed.
2. I found that the other threads in this topic had gotten very long and the only people posting there were people with questions, not the ones with answers. Since I had new information, I thought it would be justifiable to highlight the issue amongst the more knowledgeable...
Again, I am new to this forum and trying to abide by its rules to the best of my understanding. I appreciate you patience.
you can also download PB99IMG.zip recovery and put in root of sd-card.
when you hold volume down and power it will automaticly flash custom rom.
i would suggest 4ext recovery
kumar_s said:
I apologize for creating yet another thread which deals with the same issue. But it is not because I did not search... In fact, I am closely following several related threads and know exactly what information is out there.
I posted a new thread because of two reasons:
1. I just realized that my phone still has S-OFF and an HBoot version 6.93... I followed all the instructions I could find on flashing a new clockwork recovery, tried two different versions of the same (2.5.0.7 and 3.0.0.5) and go the same error: "FAILED... <status malformed<1 bytes>>". There is no discussion anywhere about interpreting this error or how to proceed.
2. I found that the other threads in this topic had gotten very long and the only people posting there were people with questions, not the ones with answers. Since I had new information, I thought it would be justifiable to highlight the issue amongst the more knowledgeable...
Again, I am new to this forum and trying to abide by its rules to the best of my understanding. I appreciate you patience.
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DUDE SEARCH! This problem has been discussed many times , not sure if in gingerbread threads , but in xda overall.
You need to use VOLUME DOWN+POWER and on the menu select FASTBOOT. If you just boot to bootloader there will be <status malformed<1 bytes> If you open FASTBOOT on your phone , recovery will be successful.
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My G2 is bricked, and I'd like to know if its possible to fix. I have an sdcard reader and a Mac computer.
My G2 can boot into HBoot. When I select recovery, it takes me to the latest clockworkmod. I've tried every single option IN cwm to try and fix it, but it won't work. The recovery still allows me tl flash roms... but no matter WHAT rom I try it just boot loops.
My info:
Vision PVT Ship S-ON
HBOOT-0.82.000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.02.01.15_M2
eMMC-boot
Sep 2 2010, 17:59:38
Someone PLEASE help me ):
wrong section
Sorry but I really need this fixed and ima noob to xda as well. My bad. Do you know what I can try?
Am guessing try to flash the new G2 2.3 update by football. You will lose being able to root though.
Also needs to moved to question section
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Instead of freaking out, try to do some reading and gain a better understanding of what happened and what you can do to fix it. No one here is going to hold your hand. Sorry your phone got messed up, but it happens from time to time.
Search for a guide on how to root to S-OFF in HBoot. That's probably your only way of fixing your phone. You made the mistake trying to use root features while your phone is still S-ON. The reason why it boot loops when you're flashing roms is because you're not rooted, flashing roms is only for rooted phones with S-OFF.
1) Get your phone rooted with S-OFF by searching for a guide that roots the phone using HBoot. (Most likely you'll be using ADB on your Mac to root from HBoot. Look at the ADB for dummys guide stickied in the G2 Android Development section.)
2) After your phone shows S-OFF, flash a rom in recovery and reboot.
3) Your phone should work after that. If it doesn't, bring it to work for paper weight.
I think you can do this:
Download the rom from this thread, rename it to PC10IMG.zip and place it on the root of your SD card, reboot into bootloader, follow on screen instruction.
After this process is complete, you should boot into the latest leaked TMOUS rom.
Be aware that the rom above is not rooted, and I'm not sure if you can get s-off with the bootloader from that rom.
Or you can read the second sticky thread:
[REF] G2/Vision/DZ Links | Guides | Stickies | Recovery | Roms | Read before posting
You will find a lot of useful things there.
And I believe that your problem is already described and solved in the Q&A section.
Good luck!
Try this thread. You should do a search or read a little before posting in the wrong section. Good luck with your phone.
So I tried a number of different times with different ROMS, and the only successful one was upgrading to CyanogenMod 7.0.3 just to see if flashing works at all on this phone. In the past, I had followed the wiki's instructions to root and then downgrade my phone. So now I have the following on my HTC Vision/Desire Z:
VISION PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.84.2000 (PC1011000)
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Sep 8 2010,15:56:38
So, following the Droidzone website has been difficult because I cannot seem to find any of the specific versions of custom recovery mods they recommend. I suppose this is an issue. I have never successfully flashed Amon-Ra; I am not sure what the right version to use would be and the recovery-RA-desire-v2.0.0.img just hangs after successfully flashing with the fastboot method (I am surprised to see it works at all since it appears old Amon-Ra ROMs had their own special flash_image utility, but I could be mistaken). So, downgrading several different CWM roms (3.0.2.4->3.0.0.5->2.5.1.3) because the website says 3.0.0.0+ is buggy, I got the same problem every time as this guy, where I fail to write /tmp/boot.img to boot. This happened after numerous times taking a clean phone and resetting all /data and /cache manually and through the CWM wizard prompts, so I assume I am doing something very wrong if it does not work.
Now, it appears that I *do* need the Amon-Ra recovery to make this happen, if this thread is correct. So, my questions:
Am I missing something trivial?
Is the Amon-Ra recovery *required*?
If so, what is the best version for my Desire Z/Vision given the current customizations?
If not the Amon-Ra issue described (since the plain Desire could be a different issue, what is the best course of action?
Also I will be traveling after a few hours so I might not get back to you guys in a while, but thanks so much in advance for taking the time. I am sure I did not RTFM as I should, but I have spent days on and off outside of work attempting to figure this out. It is driving me fscking nuts!
Um, bump? Does anyone have any experience with the ROM at all? The Droidzone dev did not mention a specific thread on his website for support. All of them are in the Desire Development forum, and stickies explicitly this type of install question did not belong in those types of threads.
Turns out I am a moron: this ROM is meant specifically for the Desire, not any other phone (it is a modded ROM specifically of an official Desire ROM). If it were not for failsafes, I would have bricked my phone. Lesson learned, do not be a moron like me.
I'm looking at different ROM's and some say you need this HBOOT or that HBOOT but to be honest I haven't got a clue about HBOOT's so I'm worried about messing up/bricking my phone.
I successfully S-Off'd a couple of days ago and on the recovery screen I noticed that my HBOOT had changed (see sig). Many of the ROM's I like state CM7 HBOOT but how do I know if I have the CM7 HBOOT or not? Also, if I do have it, or later flash it (if that's what you do with it), can I use other ROM's that don't need the CM7 HBOOT or will I have to "downgrade"?
Wrong section dude. This is dev section. Try in Q&A.
I have a feeling that this is the sort of thing that is meant to be posted in the questions and answers section of the forum.
You can see the HBOOT you have by booting into the bootloader by pressing the down volume key and the power button on your phone. It will say up the top in that menu. Always go with which HBOOT the developer of the ROM I want to use suggests, in my opinion.
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Doh! Apologies for posting in the wrong forum. I was reading a thread in this forum and just forgot.
I'll repost.
lathanub said:
I have a feeling that this is the sort of thing that is meant to be posted in the questions and answers section of the forum.
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This made my day!
Hi - first of all, to make it clear, I'm kind of noob.
So .. I got my HTC Desire (GSM) with Leedroid ROM atm. I want to change to Cyangenmod, but I'm a little confused now.
I have tried to get help at the wiki, but I'm not completely sure what to do.
I've followed step 1's advice "Before you do anything - make a backup", of course, and this should be fine.
However, I am not sure about step 2: "Gaining S-OFF & Installing a Custom Recovery Image". My phone is rooted with unrevoked, like half a year ago. I don't know anything about S-OFF and custom recovery image. I've tried to search Google, but it didn't really help.
I dunno if I have to just follow step 2 anyways, even though my phone is rooted, or I just have to proceed to step 3?
I actually tried to follow step 3 "Method via ROM Manager", but it didn't help at all. ROM Manager downloaded Cyangenmod 7.1 and installed it (well, it looked that way), but then I ended up at a black screen with green letters. I just pressed "press to reboot" since I thought the Cyangenmod was installed on my phone, but nothing have happened. Same Leedroid ROM when the phone rebooted.
I hope you're able to help me. Please tell me if you need more info from somewhere!
Some info from recovery mode:
Bravo PVT3 ship s-on
HBOOT-0.93.0001
Microp-051d
Touch panel-synt0101
Radio-5.09.05.30_2
Best regards
/Hamduden
AND btw, I'm sorry if I could have figured out by searching the forum, but I think it's a bit confusing with all the links, threads, abbreviations etc.
You're already rooted, so no need to re-root.
Download this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957344
And then read post four of this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814381
Hope it helps.
ps: Cyanogenmod wiki makes life hard. Don't bother with it. There's good guides here in the dev section you should read.
Searching for info with Google when you have it literally under yor nose... That's new.
zedmarcus said:
You're already rooted, so no need to re-root.
Download this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957344
And then read post four of this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814381
Hope it helps.
ps: Cyanogenmod wiki makes life hard. Don't bother with it. There's good guides here in the dev section you should read.
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Thank you zedmarcus!
So I'll just have to:
1: flash the CM7 ROM you linked to, from recovery mode (Volume down + power off/on button)
2: download and flash the new Radio afterwards
Right?
@Terepin:
Your "Thanks Meter" is not going to rise from that useless comment!
Full wipe before the flash.
Don't worry too much about the radio. If the phone works well after CM7 is installed, then just leave as it is.
zedmarcus said:
Full wipe before the flash.
Don't worry too much about the radio. If the phone works well after CM7 is installed, then just leave as it is.
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I followed the guide, and the phone seems to work perfectly! Thank you so much.
However, I can't seem to get my 3G to work. Do you know anything about this?
And concerning the radio. When would I want to flash the new radio? When the ROM someday starts to get laggy/anoying/something?
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@Terepin:
Your "Thanks Meter" is not going to rise from that useless comment!
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Do I look like the kind of person who gives crap about "Thanks meter"?
EDIT: rootSU, you naughty boy!
Terepin said:
Do I look like the kind of person who gives crap about "Thanks meter"?
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Nah, you're just a tough guy, apparently.
Cut the crap next time, and I don't care if you're V.I.P.
Truth hurts, doesn't it?
I wanted to root and flash my VM Wildfire S, now the only thing I can get after executing HBOOT Recovery or Factory Reset is white screen with HTC logo. How can I proceed.
Before I started the process, I had a LOCKED.
*** LOCKED ***
MARVEL C PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT- 1.10.0001
And, I have/had (?) Android 2.3.4
I successfully unlocked the bootloader using HTC Dev site/process. I validated that I had (and still have) "UNLOCKED" on HBOOT screen.
Being a noob, I was really happy with this result. In fact, I was so happy, I wanted to continue on to Root the phone. Upon hours of search in xda, I found "One Root for WFS 1.5", read the thread, and even watched the youtube vid- man, it looked easy!
Unfortunately, all did not go well. See attachment to get idea of what happened..
I am now at a softbrick (I think that is what it is called). I can get the HBOOT Menu, but when I try fastboot, I see things like:
PG76DIA.zip
no image or wrong file
PG76DIA.nbh
no image or wrong file
And, if I try HBOOT Recovery or Factory Reset, I get green HTC logo on white screen (I tried waiting 20min to see if it goes away, but didn't work). Did I mention being a noob?
I have spent many hours looking through this forum and others on how to fix. It seems sometimes they say RUU (this didn't work at all- I can turn phone on, but only see HBOOT screen). Others say, just flash another ROM. I don't think I flashed one, so it doesn't make sense.
Others say Recovery. I did not actually do a backup, but I think I understand that you can use a Recovery file to flash. That kind of makes sense.
And, frankly, now I am really confused. Seems some threads that look like they might work have dead links, or updated in Jan 2012 (I don't know if it is still valid).
Please help so my daughter stops laughing at me. Any help will be greatly appreciated (and thanked!)
Back from the dead, but...
Only 2 additional hours of searching and trying... and I got the phone to come back from the White Screen with green HTC. (Yes, my daughter stopped laughing)
I tried a couple of things, but this one worked (flashed Alquez's Unoffical 5.0.2.6 ClockworkMod recovery):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436501
I installed Rom Manager as suggested, but it wouldn't work ("an error occurred while trying to run privileged commands"). I am guessing that I am actually not rooted??
I am happy for now, but back to searching for next step, unless I can get a hint or two from this forum? please.
It would be best if you ask in the Wildfire S section. They might know more.
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Good suggestion
Thanks for suggestion. I moved it to wildfire s q&a ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27435254#post27435254