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[Q] Need Help Bootloading

Hello, I've been trying to bootload my XPlay but I'm having problems with it. I've followed the directions from both mills and ashergray and got the unlock key from them as well (btw, thanks to the both of you for all the help). When I get to Step 10, where you have to run/open fastboot, it closes instantly (the cmd prompt) and I can't finish doing the unlocking of the bootload. I've tried the ubuntu boot and that didn't either. Can someone help or guide me with the problem that I'm having, Thank you for your time and have a great day.

xavy82 said:
Hello, I've been trying to bootload my XPlay but I'm having problems with it. I've followed the directions from both mills and ashergray and got the unlock key from them as well (btw, thanks to the both of you for all the help). When I get to Step 10, where you have to run/open fastboot, it closes instantly (the cmd prompt) and I can't finish doing the unlocking of the bootload. I've tried the ubuntu boot and that didn't either. Can someone help or guide me with the problem that I'm having, Thank you for your time and have a great day.
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You have to open a windows command promt not the one inside the fastboot folder.
1. Open windows cmd promt.
2. Open fastboot folder and copy the path.
3. Go to your new cmd window and type *cd* and press space once and paste your path and hit enter (type cd is without *)
4. Connect your phone in fastbootmode, when you see a blue light on the power button type this in the cmd window:
fastboot devices (enter)
Then you should get a *list of devices* and under that a number. If there's a number your phone is detected and you can proceed with unlocking. If not you might need to setup some drivers.
5. Unlock your phone if 4 was a yes.
Hopes this helps you
Regards Dousan...

Just a few extra tips on top of dousans excellent advice.
If your using Windows Vista/7, you can hold shift, and right click on an empty space in the same folder as fastboot.exe. Choose open command prompt here. This will open a command prompt straight to the right folder.
Also you can open a command window and just drag and drop fastboot.exe into it.

Thank you guys, I will try this in the morning, I really appreciate the help and if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask

AndroHero said:
Just a few extra tips on top of dousans excellent advice.
If your using Windows Vista/7, you can hold shift, and right click on an empty space in the same folder as fastboot.exe. This will open a command prompt straight to the right folder.
Also you can open a command window and just drag and drop fastboot.exe into it.
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Didn't know about the drag and drop, nice one. Ohh and I'm using the old, before the wall fell, windows xp
Regards Dousan...

Dousan said:
Didn't know about the drag and drop, nice one. Ohh and I'm using the old, before the wall fell, windows xp
Regards Dousan...
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I don't think you can do it on XP

[Q] Please Help!!

I recently purchased a nexus and i am new to this, i have tried everything to root this on a mac and had no success. Has any one else rooted this on a mac? If so could you walk me through it. Thanks in advance!

Are you sure you have ADB and fastboot setup correctly?
What part are you getting stuck at?

I dont think so, i downloaded some things called superboot and i keep messing up in terminal i think...did you use superboot?

Yes sir I did, also on a mac. Here, you might want to checkout this link to make sure you have everything set up properly before you start the superboot process:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9842005
The guide will talk about fastboot towards the bottom, you can download a fastboot file from this page:
http://blog.wapnet.nl/2011/05/setup-adb-and-fastboot-with-android-sdk-on-mac-osx/

Okay, thank you very much, i will try it out and let you know if it wprks

Sounds good, let me know

on the (export PATH=${PATH}: part when your are supposed to drag the folder into text edit im getting just the folder icon instead of (export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/siedkins/android-sdk-mac_86/platform-tools) like the guy said his looked, is that okay, or do I need to start over?

Nevermind, I got it!

Sorry! I was asleep haha if you need more help I'll be checking in
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Thats fine lol, okay on the Fastboot part when you find SDK/platform-tools in terminal , i type in ls> desktop> SDK > platform-tools and it says its not there and its on my desktop. Am i skipping anything in terminal?

I actually can't get the ls part to work.. I just ignore that part haha but the fastboot file should be in your tools folder of platform-tools I believe

im on the superboot part now...is this a good method? http://www.helloandroid.com/content/root-galaxy-nexus-superboot

Yessir, that is the method I used but I found the instructions in the development forum of the galaxy nexus section.. should be the same method though
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Okay , last question and ill leave you alone lol, where it says (MAC - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x install-superboot-mac.sh' followed by './install-superboot-mac.sh')
I have the sdk located on my desktop, how would i type that in terminal to find it so i can do this step?

Haha, no worries
To get to that folder in terminal, you want to type "cd ~" without the quotation marks, and then you can drag the folder into the terminal window and it the path to that folder should pop up in the terminal, then just hit enter

Okay, thanks alot man, i really appreciate your help

Anytime! Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions!

[Q] flashed ICS

ok so i got the leaked ICS flashed on my device and I really like it!
so my question to you all is "what is next?" I am going to want to use cyanogen roms for this when he gets it out so what can I do to get ready to further prepare for that. Like I said all i did was flash ICS and lost root like supposed to. I have not gone in and added bootloader or nothing like that as I am not sure what to do first.
thanks in advance!
sv7007

sv7007 said:
ok so i got the leaked ICS flashed on my device and I really like it!
so my question to you all is "what is next?" I am going to want to use cyanogen roms for this when he gets it out so what can I do to get ready to further prepare for that. Like I said all i did was flash ICS and lost root like supposed to. I have not gone in and added bootloader or nothing like that as I am not sure what to do first.
thanks in advance!
sv7007
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Factory reset your device, then:
- Root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531646
- Unlock the bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557445
- Install CWM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558595.

thanks friend for the info! I will get started now. I love doing things like this, I just got my tablet yesterday haha

sv7007 said:
thanks friend for the info! I will get started now. I love doing things like this, I just got my tablet yesterday haha
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Make sure you read through and understand what you are doing before you do it .

Theonew said:
Factory reset your device, then:
- Root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531646
- Unlock the bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557445
- Install CWM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558595.
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when i go to root the device using method i got it to work but now trying to update Superuser it says it cannot find currently installed su binary.
EDIT:nvm I know what I did....I am going to reflash ICS and then factory reset again and I should be good to go to fully get root

sv7007 said:
when i go to root the device using method i got it to work but now trying to update Superuser it says it cannot find currently installed su binary. what did i do wrong?
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Install root explorer and try placing the attached file in the /system/bin/ folder (remove the ".c" file extension), then try updating it again.

Theonew said:
Install root explorer and try placing the attached file in the /system/bin/ folder (remove the ".c" file extension), then try updating it again.
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after the factory reset should i let the device recover everything from my google account app wise before I root?

sv7007 said:
after the factory reset should i let the device recover everything from my google account app wise before I root?
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Yes.

ok i got root and unlocked bootloader. I am now here
This is where it gets tricky download "url it wont let me post yet" for your OS and extract recovery_thor17_403.img to the root of your platform-tools folder for instance mine is C:\android-sdk\platform-tools
Once completed on your PC open a command prompt as an administrator and navigate to your platform-tools folder from cmd prompt e.g. cd c:\android-sdk\platform-tools and hit enter.
i followed the site dl what i needed but I dont have the c:\android-sdk\platform-tools on my pc anywhere. what do i need for it or is it on my tab.

sv7007 said:
ok i got root and unlocked bootloader. I am now here
This is where it gets tricky download "url it wont let me post yet" for your OS and extract recovery_thor17_403.img to the root of your platform-tools folder for instance mine is C:\android-sdk\platform-tools
Once completed on your PC open a command prompt as an administrator and navigate to your platform-tools folder from cmd prompt e.g. cd c:\android-sdk\platform-tools and hit enter.
i followed the site dl what i needed but I dont have the c:\android-sdk\platform-tools on my pc anywhere. what do i need for it or is it on my tab.
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This is for your PC. You do not necessarily need the android sdk for it to work. Just place the recovery image in a folder with adb.exe and fastboot.exe, open up a command prompt, then navigate to that folder.

Theonew said:
This is for your PC. You do not necessarily need the android sdk for it to work. Just place the recovery image in a folder with adb.exe and fastboot.exe, open up a command prompt, then navigate to that folder.
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got it thanks a lot for the help!!!

[Q] cmd fastboot access denied

I am trying to unlock the bootloader through HTCdev but my problem is when I open up cmd and type in the command all I get is fastboot access is denied!
I have searched and read for days but cannot find anything to help me out so I have joined up with xda in the hopes someone else out there has had a similar issue or can atleast suggest something.

mrrflagg said:
I am trying to unlock the bootloader through HTCdev but my problem is when I open up cmd and type in the command all I get is fastboot access is denied!
I have searched and read for days but cannot find anything to help me out so I have joined up with xda in the hopes someone else out there has had a similar issue or can atleast suggest something.
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Try creating a new fastboot folders and updating your HTC drivers. If the need arise, I can share with you my fastboot files

mrrflagg said:
I am trying to unlock the bootloader through HTCdev but my problem is when I open up cmd and type in the command all I get is fastboot access is denied!
I have searched and read for days but cannot find anything to help me out so I have joined up with xda in the hopes someone else out there has had a similar issue or can atleast suggest something.
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It's probably that the folder is under admin previlage protection.
Try moving fastboot folder.
Didn't work:
-Try extracting fastboot to a new directory again.
Didn't work:
-Run cmd as admin, then use cd command to navigate into fastboot folder
ex: cd c:\fastboot\

convict_moody said:
It's probably that the folder is under admin previlage protection.
Try moving fastboot folder.
Didn't work:
-Try extracting fastboot to a new directory again.
Didn't work:
-Run cmd as admin, then use cd command to navigate into fastboot folder
ex: cd c:\fastboot\
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Hi convict_moody, I have tried all that you suggested and went as far as removing all traces of my HTC drivers and
fastboot folders from my computer and tried it all from scratch and still no luck.
I recently did a HTC update to 4.2.2 and the Hboot is 1.73 with S on just if that info is of help?

Are the drivers properly installed, you see MYHTC in the windows device manager. If so that's fine.
Maybe download the android sdk bundle and open the command window in the platform tools folder.
Then put there the unlock code.bin file too and flash it
Fastboot flash unlocktoken unlock_code.bin

Mr Hofs said:
Are the drivers properly installed, you see MYHTC in the windows device manager. If so that's fine.
Maybe download the android sdk bundle and open the command window in the platform tools folder.
Then put there the unlock code.bin file too and flash it
Fastboot flash unlocktoken unlock_code.bin
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Drivers are up to date and I have tried with the sdk bundle, it seems to be so simple and not getting it to work is rather frustrating.
Starting to wonder if it's worth the hassle

mrrflagg said:
Drivers are up to date and I have tried with the sdk bundle, it seems to be so simple and not getting it to work is rather frustrating.
Starting to wonder if it's worth the hassle
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Sure you logged in as admin on the pc ?

I'm the only user of this computer, got me stumped.

Yeah but when it's not setup as admin you can have trouble

Just want to thank you all for your advice, I tried the process on a different PC and it worked perfectly. Was my laptop the whole time.
Again a big thanks to you all

[Q] Urgent I am stuck unlock boothloader

Dear Exprts
Kindly check this how to fix this problem
when i give a command in CMD (c:\fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command, oparebale program or batch file)
please give me the procedure as soon as possible ...
i cant unlock the boothloader
Thnks
Deep

I dont get your question. What command u typed? Check if your cmd console working directory is the same as fastboot localization.
Just ctrl rght click in folder where fastboot is and click open command window.
Sent from my One V using xda app-developers app

dipusmart said:
Dear Exprts
Kindly check this how to fix this problem
when i give a command in CMD (c:\fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command, oparebale program or batch file)
please give me the procedure as soon as possible ...
i cant unlock the boothloader
Thnks
Deep
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You must have fastboot.exe and the 2 dlls at the same directori, where you are at the moment at console (e.g. you wrote c:\fatsboot, so you need to have fastboot.exe and the 2 dlls at c:\ root to run them.)
I recommend to run fastboot and/or adb from a subdirectory from root, e.g. c:\htc\

I havehave fastboot.exe and the 2 dlls at the same directori (I rote c:\fastboot....but the same result ...
I don't have any root file in c drive

i am attaching the file ...
Ken-Shi_Kun said:
You must have fastboot.exe and the 2 dlls at the same directori, where you are at the moment at console (e.g. you wrote c:\fatsboot, so you need to have fastboot.exe and the 2 dlls at c:\ root to run them.)
I recommend to run fastboot and/or adb from a subdirectory from root, e.g. c:\htc\
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Check this command in attach file
& told me , whats the problem in command

dipusmart said:
Check this command in attach file
& told me , whats the problem in command
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don't know what the problem here, but I had errors like this on windows 8.1 and win8, which based on the poor command-line support...
try to move to the folder itself first with cd command, then fastboot as command.

dipusmart said:
Check this command in attach file
& told me , whats the problem in command
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First, do not place files in the root (system could have some restrictions to run files from here). Place them in any folder and run from there (e.g. c:\fb\fastboot.exe)
Second, usualy you must be in the folder where the running file is. So do this:
cd c:\fb
fastboot ...
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Btw, are you really sure you want to take the risk with unlocking/rooting/flashing? If you are not quite familiar with a simple computer tasks there is a big chance you will go wrong and the phone will become unuseful. Unless you have many of them and just playing around. =)

Have you tried using the windows AIO tool?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1676686
you may find it easier, but please do read all the instructions carefully especially about making a backup.

thnks guys....
now i don't have warranty ...so i want to upgrade my phone

urgents.....!!!!!
i am already done unlocking/rooting
but i have to install titanium kiss kernal i just stuck in command prompt ..its just waiting for device
what can i do ,,,

dipusmart said:
urgents.....!!!!!
i am already done unlocking/rooting
but i have to install titanium kiss kernal i just stuck in command prompt ..its just waiting for device
what can i do ,,,
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What exactly the command prompt says?
You have to start your phone in the fastboot mode to accept external commands. So I guess the command prompt is waiting until the phone will get to that mode.

kvestas said:
What exactly the command prompt says?
You have to start your phone in the fastboot mode to accept external commands. So I guess the command prompt is waiting until the phone will get to that mode.
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In command prompt with your phone connected, and USB debugging turned on in your developer options, and in the folder with your boot.img (you'll need to rename the hellboy kernel file to just boot.img)
type
<adb devices>
you should see a reply showing your phones ID if you get this go for
<adb reboot bootloader>
wait for the phone to reboot to your white bootloader screen then go for
<fastboot flash boot boot.img>
then once the kernel is in
<fastboot reboot>
Again I strongly recommend using an AIO program to make sure you haven't missed a step. Its great to learn all the ways to work with your phone, but its primary use is a phone, if it breaks it won't be able to do that.