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Evening all,
unrevoked, Clockwork mod 2.5.0.7, currently on auraxtsense 7.5.2
Trying to update to latest version of this rom 7.8.1, or Supervillain or any other rom and it doesn't work?
Get in to recovery, select required rom, it flashes very quickly but then cancels with an I/O error?
Any advice please?
Cheers
Done my friends fine, but can't do my own?!
got a similar problem - but I can't flash 7.9 ... can flash 7.8.1
any other roms - I can't ...
P.S. Trying to unroot and root again...
kinhopeless said:
Evening all,
unrevoked, Clockwork mod 2.5.0.7, currently on auraxtsense 7.5.2
Trying to update to latest version of this rom 7.8.1, or Supervillain or any other rom and it doesn't work?
Get in to recovery, select required rom, it flashes very quickly but then cancels with an I/O error?
Any advice please?
Cheers
Done my friends fine, but can't do my own?!
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Did you wipe data and cache?
Try downloading that ROM again, maybe .zip is corrupted or something.
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Did you wipe data and cache?
Try downloading that ROM again, maybe .zip is corrupted or something.
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Exactly what I was going to recommend do wipe data and cache before.
I dont know the ROM you use but usually custom roms have their own app where you can flash updates without needing to go to recovery mod, I do not know if that is the case of your ROM but you better check it.
Before any changes, Nandroid and Titanium Backup, then full wipe of data, cache, dalvik.
Have downloaded roms from both Swedish and US servers for AuraxT, and have taken Supervillan 4 times now?
Could the sd card be causing the problem? It's a Sandisk 8GB class 6.
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Could the sd card be causing the problem? It's a Sandisk 8GB class 6.
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Well, it could... I have "noname" 32 GB Class4 card which used to give me erorr when flashing... I don't remember what erorr it was but it might be the same...
That mine sdcard is defective. I can't even copy image correctly on it... Will burn it soon
So, try flashing with another sdcard
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I am trying to make a backup with CWM but it keeps hanging around 40-60% and than I have to pull the battery, because it wont do anything.
What I've done:
-S-OFF with ALFArevX beta
- installed CWM by having PC49.zip on sdcard and then go in HBOOT so it would ask to update
-ive rooted my phone with another .zip through CWM
and what should I have done with al the drivers i have downloaded on my pc to make it S-OFF, because i just left them in seperate folders
So... what do i have to do, to be able to make a backup with CWM and what did I do wrong>
EDIT: BTW what are the chances of making a full brick?
thankyou
it is when you are trying to make a nandroid backup, are you? if it is , make sure you have free space in your sd card (around 250-300mb)
yes it is when im trying to do a nandroid backup. i still have 960mb free space, so that couldnt be the problem, right?
Reflash different version of recovery and try again. And if your memory card can be formattable from connection in disk mode from PC, then there are no memory card read/write errors.
BTW, chances of brick are when flashing hboot and radio.
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i have already tried with 3.0.0.6 and i used the one that is downloadable with rom manager, both didnt work. i havent tried to format sd, ill try that later maybe.
is CWM 4 fine to use or something experimental? if its fine, i will try to use that one
darrie1 said:
i have already tried with 3.0.0.6 and i used the one that is downloadable with rom manager, both didnt work. i havent tried to format sd, ill try that later maybe.
is CWM 4 fine to use or something experimental? if its fine, i will try to use that one
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Using the latest 4.x recovery. And haven't had any issues. Of course I haven't had any issues with recoveries I used. But I haven't used the 3.0.0.6 one.
You can also use the 3.2.x recovery which fixes the offline charging (if you feel the 4.x recovery is experimental).
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Hi,
I am having some real problems with my Desire. I was using T-Mod (Leedroid) but thought I'd try out the RCMix ROM this arvo so I did all my backups and a Nandroid backup. I was using CWM 2.5.0.7 and this was fine before but I tried to flash RCMix on and it didn't work. I then tried to upgrade CWM to 3.2.0.8 unsuccessfully. I even tried upgrading from ext3 to ext4 and I formatted my 16GB SD card but that didn't help either.
I have not been able to upgrade anything yet and my phone will not even boot up stock. It is not letting me do any installs of zips, it says no files found and it won't let me do any Nandroid restores either.
So I am stuck with a useless phone that I can't even temporarily use because it won't boot past the Telstra boot screen. I can only get into bootloader and recovery. I have wiped everything but can't get anything to work. I am S-ON.
Can anybody help me? I'm at a loss and have been googling and trying things for hours upon hours tonight. It would be great just to even get back to stock....
Format your SD card (copy content to PC first!), go to fastboot and then try RUU from Telstra...
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The Telstra RUU didn't work because it's too old. I'm downloading the downgrade from 2.2 to 2.1 right now, so I'll try that and see what happens.
Any ideas why CWM can't see the zip files on my sd card?
Corrupted data perhaps...? Try formating your sd (all partitions - if any ext3/4) and rebuild your partitions... It should work...by your intel, it must be an sd card problem, have you tried another one...?
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I tried formatting it a few times. I tried both ext3 and also ext4 but it still couldn't see the zip files. I also formatted the FAT32 part. I used Gparted to do it with the FAT32 partition at the left and ext3/4 on the right. I tried it at 2GB but it didn't like it so I tried 1.8GB and then it recognised the ext3/4 part but still can't see the zip files.
Just finished downloading the downgrade so will try that now.
Perhaps something is wrong with my sdcard..?
The downgrade failed but I've managed to flash RCMix on with a different 2GB sdcard. I have tried to use the other card again but CWM still can't find any files on it for some reason. Gparted is also not loading it anymore so perhaps that 16GB sdcard is dead. Looks like I'm going to need to buy a new 16GB sdcard so I can store my music on there again as 1GB is being used for the ext3 partition.
Does this sound about right, that the sdcard is dead?
I can still use and access it in windows, it just won't work on the phone.
I found that if the cards file system is on the way out cwm nicely wipes it for me. If after several formats its the same, it may well be a dead card
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yeah ok, I've formatted it numerous times and it still won't read any zips. I wasted so much time when all I had to do was use another sdcard....sucks so much.
Also how do I permanently upgrade CWM from 2.5.0.7? I have to keep fake flashing 3.2.0.8 at the moment.
I was thinking when I get my new sdcard that I'll try and do S-OFF. Is it worth it? Should I bother?
Oh god yeah. Fake flash has so many flaws. S-off and fastboot flash recovery.img. see fastboot faq in my signature
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ok thanks, I'll try S-OFF and flash a new recovery.img when I get a new sdcard.
Which version of CWM is best to use? I was going to use 3.2.0.8 because that's what was said to use with RCMix.
I use 5.0.2.0 for some time now and I haven't had any problems at all.
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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Avilis said:
I use 5.0.2.0 for some time now and I haven't had any problems at all.
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/
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ok thanks, I'll try that version then.
Do I need to download recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-bravo.zip or recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-bravo.img ??
.img to fastboot flash it. I prefer 2.5.0.7 myself
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Cool thanks. I can't use 2.5.0.7 though as apparently it won't work well with the ROM I'm using.
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Cool thanks. I can't use 2.5.0.7 though as apparently it won't work well with the ROM I'm using.
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And why not? You get errors?
I did have some issues but never mind all that now. I bought a new 16gb card today and am now S-OFF thanks to the revolutionary method and have flashed cwm 5.0.2.0, a new splash img and boot animation. Now to set up the rest of my phone. I'm a happy chappy!
Ive always been running CM roms since I got the phone nearly two years ago, but recently have been reading too many good things about ICS roms. My phone has been laggy as of late, and honestly after nearly 2 years, I wanna see and try something new. I've been reading some stuff about updating 4EXT or something like that. Can someone link me or explain in great details how i do this? What is it? And if I do that, will i still be able to run my old CM rom if i decide the ICS roms arent for me? I dont want to be unable to roll back.
Whats the best ICS roms out there right now?
Many thanks!
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mapheG2 said:
Ive always been running CM roms since I got the phone nearly two years ago, but recently have been reading too many good things about ICS roms. My phone has been laggy as of late, and honestly after nearly 2 years, I wanna see and try something new. I've been reading some stuff about updating 4EXT or something like that. Can someone link me or explain in great details how i do this? What is it? And if I do that, will i still be able to run my old CM rom if i decide the ICS roms arent for me? I dont want to be unable to roll back.
Whats the best ICS roms out there right now?
Many thanks!
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Depends on your definition of best, personally I like EliteMod ICS (in my signature) but you may want to try out Andromadus Mimicry 1.3.0, it's pretty nice out of the box and has a graphical installer (aroma).
Just be aware that due to the fact that the Desire-Z/G2 does not have an official ICS release, that some things such as hardware drivers have their limits.
1) Camera drivers are not fully available, so the camera won't function as well as it would have on a GB rom.
2) No Wireless-N, also due to drivers, but Wifi-B/G are available.
and a number of other smaller issues which are mentioned varying on the roms, but the two above are the most common complaints, something to keep in mind before you start updating the thread about lack of it.
4EXT Recovery is just another recovery, like ClockworkMod is another recovery.
I personally prefer 4EXT Touch Recovery ( http://www.4ext.net/ has the app to install it ), but both ClockworkMod (what you may have now) and 4EXT can create backups, and restore your backups to the phone (just make sure you do a factory-reset/wipe cache, when you're flashing a brand new rom on, and when you wish to restore a backup.)
So i can flash ics roms with clock work mod and not use 4ext?
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So i can flash ics roms with clock work mod and not use 4ext?
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You can, they're both recoveries and will both apply a rom zip. I just find 4EXT to have quite a bit more features that pertain to ICS (i.e.: the ability to convert some of your partitions from the older ext3 filesystem to the ext4 filesystem which is better, but not all roms support it, most ICS roms do though), as well as the ability to do tar-based backups (compresses, smaller backup size), and the paid version of the app lets you configure a number of settings in 4EXT (much like the paid version of Rom Manager).
Just don't flash roms via the app, always do that from the actual recovery, or you risk causing problems.
Generally speaking: Reboot into recovery (you can do this from the power menu in CM7.2)
1) Perform a backup of your currently installed Rom to the SD card
2) (toggle USB storage and copy over the rom zip if you haven't already done so)
3) Perform a Factory Reset/Wipe and wipe cache
4) Goto Apply zip from SD Card and select the new ROM
5) Flash any additional zips you want on top, google apps, wifi calling, etc (note the thread for any specifics, for example Mimicry doesn't come with Google Apps so need to flash the ICS google apps if you want them, where as EliteMod includes a custom set of google apps already)
6) reboot and enjoy.
If you decide you don't like it, just repeat the above steps, just do a restore at #4 and reboot.
Both of the ones I mentioned (mimicry, elitemod) by no means require a swap partition or sd-ext partition, but you can partition the card via either clockworkmod or 4EXT, just skip the sd-ext2 option (since elitemod doesn't support a secondary one [and not much point either). And don't set a sd-ext size less than 1.5GB (no sense in making it smaller than your /data partition).
For both though, skipping an SD swap is advised, I only have SD swap on mine cuz no other rom I know of supports dataswap and I'd rather have my SD Card partitioned already to test out other roms than to re-do the SD Card each time (since you gota make sure to back up the content of the SD Card to the PC). 4EXT though will let you repartition the SD card without erasing the FAT32 partition, where as clockworkmod will always wipe the whole card before repartitioning (it's just easier to partition from scratch though).
Yeah the whole partition and swapping was the confusing part. But good to hear I don't have to do any of that. I did see the gapps zip included in the mimicry thread, but where can I find a wifi calling apk to install? Also +1 thanks to u for the detailed reply! Thanks!
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mapheG2 said:
Yeah the whole partition and swapping was the confusing part. But good to hear I don't have to do any of that. I did see the gapps zip included in the mimicry thread, but where can I find a wifi calling apk to install? Also +1 thanks to u for the detailed reply! Thanks!
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In Mimicry the Aroma installer will actually let you pick that option during the graphical install. It's one of those roms that presents you with a nice installation menu after you select the zip to be applied. Just bear in mind though you need the 26.13.04.19 radio in order to use the T-Mobile Wifi calling app (and course be on T-Mobile). EDIT If you're one of those people who end up getting no WIFI at all after flashing the Wifi calling app from the aroma installer and have the 26.13.04.19 radio, in the first post of the mimicry thread there's a mention of a Wifi-Fix app you can install that might be able to fix that.
For EliteMod ICS, you would apply it by downloading the zip in my signature (for the wifi calling) and flashing that after flashing the rom. But again, needs the 26.13.04.19 radio, as the app won't work with an old radio (26.03.*)
The thread on applying the radio is also linked from my signature , if you're on a T-Mobile G2, you can just grab the first 26.13.04.19 zip file, rename it PC10IMG.zip just like the instructions say there, put it on the SD Card, reboot into the boot loader and apply the radio. Also if you're planning on flashing either mimicry or Elitemod immediately after flashing the new radio, both roms already Clean your EFS partition for you when you install them in recovery, so you don't have to run the EFS wipe zip (something you normally need to flash in recovery after changing a radio).
KB suggested EliteMOD to me a few days ago,...... Gota say it is running vnice at the moment, highly recommend it. w/ SD EXT, no swap.
I downloaded the zip file from the Andromadus thread, and proceeded to flash the ROM. It says the flash was successful, however upon rebooting, I would see the HTC screen but it would never make it to the boot animation. I would just get a black screen. I tried flashing through ClockWorldMod v5. I cleared all data and caches, and then flashed the ROM.. still not working?
mapheG2 said:
I downloaded the zip file from the Andromadus thread, and proceeded to flash the ROM. It says the flash was successful, however upon rebooting, I would see the HTC screen but it would never make it to the boot animation. I would just get a black screen. I tried flashing through ClockWorldMod v5. I cleared all data and caches, and then flashed the ROM.. still not working?
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What's the exact details of your phone, i.e.: hboot information and radio version.
I flashed the radio from your signature. Hboot information: 0.82.0000
blkjack said I needed to do a superwipe. If that is the case, how would I perform one?
mapheG2 said:
I flashed the radio from your signature. Hboot information: 0.82.0000
blkjack said I needed to do a superwipe. If that is the case, how would I perform one?
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hboot in my signature is a 0.84.2000 which is a desire-z engineering hboot.
0.82.000 would be an S-ON hboot which you wouldn't be able to change much at all. (which would be odd if you managed to get the 26.13.04.19 radio flashed, while S-On since it wouldn't normally allow you to).
May want to reboot into the boot loader mode and verify all your hboot information.
kbeezie said:
hboot in my signature is a 0.84.2000 which is a desire-z engineering hboot.
0.82.000 would be an S-ON hboot which you wouldn't be able to change much at all. (which would be odd if you managed to get the 26.13.04.19 radio flashed, while S-On since it wouldn't normally allow you to).
May want to reboot into the boot loader mode and verify all your hboot information.
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I flashed a radio in the past. And it clearly says I have S-OFF on the top. I had the (26.03.02.26) radio before. And it did successfully flash the radio linked from your signature. HBoot says 0.82.0000. Where to go now?
EDIT: I found this link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044992) but dunno if this is outdated or not. If not, which of the three files do I want?
mapheG2 said:
I flashed a radio in the past. And it clearly says I have S-OFF on the top. I had the (26.03.02.26) radio before. And it did successfully flash the radio linked from your signature. HBoot says 0.82.0000. Where to go now?
EDIT: I found this link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044992) but dunno if this is outdated or not. If not, which of the three files do I want?
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I think, the -=SuperWipeG2+=-.zip should be the right one, but as I'm not sure, I did a quick Google search for you and found this:
EdKeys said:
I recently flashed the new 4EXT Mod of ClockworkMod Recovery. The 4EXT Recovery is based off of Koush's CWM Recovery but offers additional power options, one of which is the ability to show the file system format your partitions are formatted in. To my surprise my system was formatted in the Ext 4 format and my data and cache partitions were formatted in Ext 3. The new 4EXT Recovery offers the option to convert the format without deleting any of the data. Your ROM will stay intact after the conversion. I selected that option and changed my data and cache partitions to ext 4 to match my system, rebooted, and notice quite an improvement in speed and smoothness in my current CM7 Nightly. After looking into it further I found out that the SuperwipeG2 that many of us have been flashing is formatting our partitions in the Ext 3 format. The reason only my system was formatted in ext 4 is because I used ClockworkMod Recovery the last time I did a full wipe to first flash the Superwipe, and then I immediately formatted system again with ClockworkMod Recovery. If you've used SuperwipeG2 to do a wipe, more than likely your system, data, and cache partitions are now Ext 3. You might want to check with your ROM developer to see if your ROM will run on the Ext 4 format. If its a CM7 based ROM, it will.
You can find more information about the Ext 4 format here.
Tsubus has since modified SuperwipeG2 so that it now formats the partitions into ext 4 when you flash it. I've used it and it also includes the EFS wipe. You can find it here. As I said, if there is no reason to wipe right now the new 4EXT Recovery can convert your partitions if you choose if they are in currently Ext 3. At the very least you can see what format they're currently in with 4EXT. I highly recommend it. You can always flash back to CWM Recovery if and when you choose. The partitions will remain Ext 4 once you choose to convert.
UPDATE: Several users have reported that checking partition information with Terminal Emulator is not reliable.
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This one should definitely be the right one.
Besides that, the problem might also be a bad download, as your symptom fits a known issue in blk_jack's thread:
blk_jack said:
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Q) After flashing I'm stuck at the HTC logo screen!
A) This is likely the result of a bad download. Check your downloaded md5sum hash against the one listed next to the download link above....
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I thought it was a bad download too, so I downloaded from one of the mirrors. Still the same problem.
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I thought it was a bad download too, so I downloaded from one of the mirrors. Still the same problem.
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So you did not check the MD5 hash?
Im a bit of a noob and all of this wasnt around when I was flashing CM roms ages ago. How do I do that? Would that fix my issue??
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mapheG2 said:
Im a bit of a noob and all of this wasnt around when I was flashing CM roms ages ago. How do I do that? Would that fix my issue??
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An MD5 hash is something like a fingerprint of a file and it was definitely there when you first flashed CyanogenMod ROMs. The MD5 hash/sum is used to compare two files because it is possible that a downloaded file is slightly different from the original file due to mistakes that could have happened during transfer. So "checking the MD5 hash" means using a program to calculate that "fingerprint" of your downloaded file and comparing it with the "fingerprint" mentioned in blk_jack's thread. If the file you have downloaded is slightly different, its MD5 hash will be different from the MD5 hash that it should have and thus will be unusable and lead to a phone being stuck at HTC boot logo.
By the way, downloading a file from two different mirrors doesn't exclude the risk of getting a corrupt file.
I ran "md5 update.zip" from my Mac's desktop where the file is located. I was returned MD5 (update.zip) = 2a314e5f1361825c83a354aea38c6c4b .. which matches the md5sum of what was given. What next?
And I noticed you have the same H-Boot information that KB was talking about earlier, so I guess that can't be the problem either. Should I just try to Superwipe?
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Ok, so if it is a bad download, how do you remedy it? Because there are only so many options to download the ROM right. And what program are you referring to
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There are actually lots of programs to calculate an MD5 hash. If you are on Linux it usally is as easy as typing md5sum <path to file> in a shell and reading the output. If you are on Windows, I'd recommend a Google search for "md5 generator" or something like this. Maybe even your recovery is able to calculate a file's MD5 hash - I'm using 4EXT and it definitely is, though I don't know if ClockwordMod is.
You can't remedy a bad download except trying to download it again, hoping that the file will be transferred right.
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I ran "md5 update.zip" from my Mac's desktop where the file is located. I was returned MD5 (update.zip) = 2a314e5f1361825c83a354aea38c6c4b .. which matches the md5sum of what was given. What next?
And I noticed you have the same H-Boot information that KB was talking about earlier, so I guess that can't be the problem either. Should I just try to Superwipe?
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Oh, sorry - didn't update the thread's page before submitting my reply.
Just try it, there should be nothing wrong with it.
Okay, I read that I should manually clear all the data and cache first and THEN run the superwipe, followed by installing the ROM right? And I will be downloaded from the thread I listed because I still have ext3 I guess and don't want to deal with a ext4 change right now.
I've been searching for a solution before writing my own post, for I'm aware there are probably many, many topics of people dealing with the same issue.
Well, here's is my problem.
I've got two wildfires A3333. Flashed CM 7.2.0 on both of them, successfully. GPS does work on only one of them. I've tried the GPS test on the other one. The compass is working, the localization is not.
So, as said before, I've googled for some solution for the other one, and here comes the temporary downgrading of CWM to 2.5.0.7 and then installing one of the following: buzz.radio-3.35.15.31-signed.zip, buzz.radio-3.35.20.10-signed.zip or buzz.radio-3.35.19.25-signed.zip that will be put on the SD.
Ok, everything is set up, let's reboot to recovery.
Now, the recovery screen is showing version 3.0.0.6 and I don't know if that's normal, since I've set it to 2.5.0.7 before rebooting. Won't mind for now.
Let's flash the zips. And all I get is this message, with all of the radios:
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
Uhm, let's try by setting the option toggle signature verification to disabled.
Here's a different message:
Amend scripting (update-script) is no longer supported. Amend scripting was deprecated by Google in Android 1.5. It was necessary to remove it when upgrading to the Clockworkmod 3.0 Gingerbread based recovery.
Please switch to Edify scripting (updater-script and update-binary) to create working update zip packages.
Installation aborted.
It seems that the 3.0.0.6 version shown on the main menu is kind of relevant... Should it show 2.5.0.7 instead of that? What now?
Thanks in advance.
After flashing the temporary CWM,it'll automatically boot into that CWM version. Now flash the radio with that.
And if you reboot you'll return to the CWM version you had before.
To fix GPS you could also use this method,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2354499
lakshan_456 said:
After flashing the temporary CWM,it'll automatically boot into that CWM version. Now flash the radio with that.
And if you reboot you'll return to the CWM version you had before.
To fix GPS you could also use this method,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2354499
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Yes, if by "flashing the temporary CWM" you mean entering the ROM manager, tapping on All ClockwordMod Recoveries, download the 2.5.0.7 version, let it install and tap Reboot into recovery, well that's exactly what I did. And the recovery screen is showing me this 3.0.0.6 version anyway, which is kind of suspicious to me.
I've already read the topic you linked, some days ago, but that means having to wipe the CM 7.2.0 and reinstall it later and I'm not sure whether I can backup the apps that are in the EXT partition since I'm using Link2SD. And honestly, I'm not even sure I'm able to make a good backup.
Snakebar said:
Yes, if by "flashing the temporary CWM" you mean entering the ROM manager, tapping on All ClockwordMod Recoveries, download the 2.5.0.7 version, let it install and tap Reboot into recovery, well that's exactly what I did. And the recovery screen is showing me this 3.0.0.6 version anyway, which is kind of suspicious to me.
I've already read the topic you linked, some days ago, but that means having to wipe the CM 7.2.0 and reinstall it later and I'm not sure whether I can backup the apps that are in the EXT partition since I'm using Link2SD. And honestly, I'm not even sure I'm able to make a good backup.
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I wouldn't really recommend using ROM Manager, and what I meant by flashing was to flash the CWM zip with your current Clockworkmod recovery.
And also consider upgrading your recovery.
And about the guide, just make a nandroid backup with CWM, and restore it instead of flashing a new rom.
Hope this helps
I shall give a try to it all and let you know.
One last question before I proceed. In order to upgrade my recovery I'd have to download the latest CWM available for Buzz and install it the same way I'll do with v2.5.0.7 (of course, after that step), am I right?
Thanks!
Ok, I've installed the v2.5.0.7 via the install from .zip option and got to install the radios. Woo!!
No, hold back.
Now the GPS icon is showing up but GPStest doesn't detect any activity.
I've installed 13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10 first, then 13.45.55.24H_3.35.15.31 and then 13.53.55.24H_3.35.19.25. Same result.
Now should I rely on plan B?
I've read of someone who got it working by installing the 3 radios in crescent order. Is it worth a try?
Snakebar said:
I shall give a try to it all and let you know.
One last question before I proceed. In order to upgrade my recovery I'd have to download the latest CWM available for Buzz and install it the same way I'll do with v2.5.0.7 (of course, after that step), am I right?
Thanks!
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No, that'll only be temporary, as with 2.5.
Get the PC49IMG.zip file for that recovery, put it on the root of the SD, reboot to bootloader, it'll scan and will ask to install, select yes, you're done.
First GPS fix will take some time, maybe from 2-10 mins.
I've only flashed the .20.10 Radio. It worked for me...
Or if you have a sense rom or the backup of your stock rom, give the guide a try...
Try this radio file. link, worked for me under cwm 2.5.0.7
lakshan_456 said:
No, that'll only be temporary, as with 2.5.
Get the PC49IMG.zip file for that recovery, put it on the root of the SD, reboot to bootloader, it'll scan and will ask to install, select yes, you're done.
First GPS fix will take some time, maybe from 2-10 mins.
I've only flashed the .20.10 Radio. It worked for me...
Or if you have a sense rom or the backup of your stock rom, give the guide a try...
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My fault, there's something I should make clear.
The radios I've been talking about before have been installed on the first Wildfire, the one I said the GPS was working (and in the meanwhile it proved to be untrue as I discovered the GPS icon has never showed up before flashing the radio). This one Wildfire has CWM 2.5.0.1, installed with Unrevoked. The second Wildfire (which I'd like to use as my usual phone) was rooted with PC49IMG as Unrevoked wouldn't work with it and is running CWM 3.0.0.6, which I've reported in the first post.
For now, let's discard the CWM 3.0.0.6 phone.
It is on the CWM 2.5.0.1 phone where I've temporarily installed 2.5.0.7 and flashed the radios. Could it be relevant?
(maybe I'd better update the CWM anyway)
ChristianPe said:
Try this radio file. link, worked for me under cwm 2.5.0.7
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Uhm, link is broken. My CWM 2.5.0.7 looks to be working properly anyway.
stick with 2.5.0.7 recovery and 20.10 radios, that worked for me using Navitel, as for file here.
Flashed Froyo 2.2.1 shipped ROM... and GPS didn't work on it either. Great.
I've restored my CM backup and found out all my link2SD linked apps to be screwed in return. Vanished. Link2SD says there's soooo much free space in that second partition... can't imagine when it's been formatted, but nevermind.
ChristianPe said:
stick with 2.5.0.7 recovery and 20.10 radios, that worked for me using Navitel, as for file here.
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I've already got that radio version but tried to flash the one you've gently provided me, well, same as the other radios. Icon showing but no activity at all.
I give up.
Snakebar said:
Flashed Froyo 2.2.1 shipped ROM... and GPS didn't work on it either. Great.
I've restored my CM backup and found out all my link2SD linked apps to be screwed in return. Vanished. Link2SD says there's soooo much free space in that second partition... can't imagine when it's been formatted, but nevermind.
I've already got that radio version but tried to flash the one you've gently provided me, well, same as the other radios. Icon showing but no activity at all.
I give up.
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where you at?, i might be a weather-related issue?
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where you at?, i might be a weather-related issue?
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Unlikely, it's been some days I'm testing the GPS on the phone. But I shall test it away from home to be sure.
I'm from Naples, (IT) by the way.
Snakebar said:
It is on the CWM 2.5.0.1 phone where I've temporarily installed 2.5.0.7 and flashed the radios. Could it be relevant?
(maybe I'd better update the CWM anyway)
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Not really sure if CWM matters or not, we use 2.5 to flash radios because the flashing script is different from currently used ones.
Ty upgrading anyway,
Are you sure it isn't a hardware fault. If GPS doesnt work in stock rom, it could possibly be a hardware issue...
lakshan_456 said:
Not really sure if CWM matters or not, we use 2.5 to flash radios because the flashing script is different from currently used ones.
Ty upgrading anyway,
Are you sure it isn't a hardware fault. If GPS doesnt work in stock rom, it could possibly be a hardware issue...
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Too weird it happens on both devices, even if... well them both have had a nice dive in the sea but GPS used to work before flashing the new ROMs on each phone.
Sure there's something not correct in my procedure but can't find it out.
Snakebar said:
Too weird it happens on both devices, even if... well them both have had a nice dive in the sea but GPS used to work before flashing the new ROMs on each phone.
Sure there's something not correct in my procedure but can't find it out.
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Well, I'm sorry mate. unless its a hardware fault or something I'm not in the know of, there are no more solutions I can think of.
Behold! He's thinking back.
It just looks like it's not able to track many satellites. Well, at least that's a relief.
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Behold! He's thinking back.
It just looks like it's not able to track many satellites. Well, at least that's a relief.
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Indeed it is, atleast it wasn't a hardware issue
Well done mate...
P.S. :- I'd recommend using 'GPS status and Toolbox' app which is much better than GPStest.
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P.S. :- I'd recommend using 'GPS status and Toolbox' app which is much better than GPStest.
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Done!
~400s for first GPS lock... yeesh...
Snakebar said:
Done!
~400s for first GPS lock... yeesh...
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Mission accomplished.
Cheers
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