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[GUIDE] HowTo Downgrade From OTA (INC RADIO)

Ok here is a little guide on how to downgrade your tmobile G2 firmwhere and Radio version. Its been tested and varified to work
This will wipe your phone
Although tested and really shouldn’t cause any damage I accept no responsibility for any damage caused by this. By doing this you are accepting all responsibility ​
What you will need
HeX editor
G2 Temp Rooted
ADB set up and working
And this ROM || [MIRROR]
1) Download ROM and rename to PC10IMG.zip
2) Place on root of SD card //make shure to unmount usb storage after//
3) open up "ADB shell" and type SU to get # symbol
4) run
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 of=/sdcard/misc.img
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5) copy misc.img from the root of the sdcard to your computer //Copy So as to preserv a backup of misc.img on the SD card//
6) open the misc.img in the HeX editor
7) now edit the version line from somthing like
1.22.531.8
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This will be whatever the version you are on currently
to
1.19.531.1
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This can/will be whatever the version of the rom you are trying to downgrade too
8) now save as miscnew.img
Here is what your miscnew.img should look like in HeX editor
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9) copy miscnew.img to sdcard
10) unmount usb storage
11) in ADB shell run command
dd if=/sdcard/miscnew.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17
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12) power off phone
11) boot into hboot by holding down vol-dwn + power
13) the phone should then scan the .zip file and ask to flash
14) after flash you will be downgraded SW and Radio
To make this future proof just add the vesion that you want to downgrade too where we are putting "1.19.531.1".
This Can't in any way be used to gain permanant root

I was the guinea pig .

We should attempt something similar to root the device (unless I read it wrong and now I sound like a noob)

Flippy125 said:
We should attempt something similar to root the device (unless I read it wrong and now I sound like a noob)
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Go for it! Tell us how it turns out.

I wonder if we can use the Desire Z rom?

This in no way will help to perma root. It will alow you to downgrade if htc ads more security or fix an exploit in the future.

eViL D: said:
I wonder if we can use the Desire Z rom?
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Dunno ..... whats the error when trying to flash the desire Z rom to the G2 while using a goldcard ?

We should attempt something similar to root the device (unless I read it wrong and now I sound like a noob)
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Already have "root". No it won't "unlock" device that requires turning S-Off which people are already working on.

eViL D: said:
I wonder if we can use the Desire Z rom?
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I'm with this glad to see you here evil, love your roms on my nexus

What's bad with the OTA update that would make you want to reverse it?
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eViL D: said:
I wonder if we can use the Desire Z rom?
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Saids data is to large when I try to load a signed Desire Z img.

This is so any exploits found with the older radio or ROM, can be used. So the OTA is "safe" essentially.

touchpro247 said:
Saids data is to large when I try to load a signed Desire Z img.
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Need a bigger SPL file? Does this even have an SPL?

Thank you very much for this. Now I can finally have wifi calling without worrying about screwing my chances for perm root! Cheers!

Can we install pc10img 1.12? Or is that not sign?
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xile6 said:
Can we install pc10img 1.12? Or is that not sign?
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That is not the point for this, the point is we want to downgrade from the new version.

~~Tito~~ said:
That is not the point for this, the point is we want to downgrade from the new version.
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Yea no crap i know that i was just asking if its possible to downgrade pass that

xile6 said:
Yea no crap i know that i was just asking if its possible to downgrade pass that
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Hmmm, most likely we could since the process would stay the same. From what I've been reading, and listening, the misc partition has to be read/writable. Which means this will still work.

Indeed, if this could be used to flash an early test build that didn't have the copy-protection, you'd be off to the races...

cmstlist said:
Indeed, if this could be used to flash an early test build that didn't have the copy-protection, you'd be off to the races...
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Yea that was my idea but the 1.12 isnt sign/ made with test keys. So thats a no go but at lest with this we can always revert to stock
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[Q] Clockworkmod Touch?

Hey guys,
Great job all the dev's are doing, just wondered if there is/will be Clockworkmod Touch for our phone?
Thanks
Jamie

right now...no. there is only one developer who made cwm availible for out device and that person is busy making a well known rom; cyanogenmod9. there might be in the future but...probably not. depends. who knows. unless the devs of cwm make an official version of cwm for our device then we might get a better cwm touch then a replica from a random dev.
Sent From The Phone Of Gamers

Okay thanks

download at http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/1XJJFPOR/
Extract .zip file to SDCARD
open terminal emulator/ shell then type this:
adb remount
adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13
reboot recovery
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gmaster1 said:
right now...no. there is only one developer who made cwm availible for out device and that person is busy making a well known rom; cyanogenmod9. there might be in the future but...probably not. depends. who knows. unless the devs of cwm make an official version of cwm for our device then we might get a better cwm touch then a replica from a random dev.
Sent From The Phone Of Gamers
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Actually, yes.

willypt said:
download at http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/1XJJFPOR/
Extract .zip file to SDCARD
open terminal emulator/ shell then type this:
adb remount
adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13
reboot recovery
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Actually, yes.
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No modding needed? O.O

mkcy said:
No modding needed? O.O
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Just do as I stated above
http://www.kaskus.us/showpost.php?p=655248189&postcount=4181
Here, lemme translate it
scmsystm @ kaskus said:
Hello,
Anyone here interested on trying CWM Recovery with Touch enabled feature?
Download Here
Code:
Extract .zip file to SDCARD
open cmd/terminal then type:
adb remount
adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13
reboot recovery
Here's a video showing you how to operate it.
http://youtu.be/kAKcv4uJ1xQ
-swipeup, down to choose menu
-swipe right to go to the next menu
-swipe left to go to previous menu
-Or you can use virtual button below
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Source: sk8erwitskil github based on CWM Recovery v5.5.0.4.
Kernel and device settings by arco.
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I can say that this successfully works
just follow willypt's instructions

how can this work on our device???
Sent From The Phone Of Gamers

gmaster1 said:
how can this work on our device???
Sent From The Phone Of Gamers
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Err, I don't get what you mean?
I believe it's called porting.
AFAIK, CWM 5 touch and CWM 5 shares the same setting and kernel.
Anyway... You can fully use it

willypt said:
Err, I don't get what you mean?
I believe it's called porting.
AFAIK, CWM 5 touch and CWM 5 shares the same setting and kernel.
Anyway... You can fully use it
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i guess so...
Sent From The Phone Of Gamers

and how do we remove this CWM from our phone?

nezt94 said:
and how do we remove this CWM from our phone?
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Why you wanna do that ?
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works fine for me
thank you very much

nezt94 said:
and how do we remove this CWM from our phone?
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Just install another one using the same command. It will be overwritten.

1haumann1 said:
works fine for me
thank you very much
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You're most welcomed
Should I put this in the Development section Anyway?

willypt said:
You're most welcomed
Should I put this in the Development section Anyway?
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I think you should It's not going to get the attention it deserves here in General.
And make it a visually-nice post, with colors and everythign - I noticed people get attracted by those stupid little things

Anyone who tried this cwm touch to flash CM9 for our phone?

acelim23 said:
Anyone who tried this cwm touch to flash CM9 for our phone?
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If it helps you: I have 2 backups on my SD card (CM9 and Rio's Black Notes) and switch back and forth more times. It works perfectly every time. I think to flash CM9 should not be a problem.

acelim23 said:
Anyone who tried this cwm touch to flash CM9 for our phone?
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I have cm9 and f.a.w back up in my sd card too, using this cwmtouch to restore for 2 times on both roms without any problem...
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA

Arco told us to flash cm9 through clockworkmod 5, or we may brick our phone. but if we flash clockworkmod touch, would we brick it with the touch version?

[help] resize system and data partition

HI DEVELOPERS,
I want to resize data and system partition. But, I don't know how it's done.
Waiting for your help. Thank you in advance.

Well, for one you would need S-OFF to do that.
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How do I make S-OFF
jmitr said:
Well, for one you would need S-OFF to do that.
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How do I make S-OFF
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Tell me how to please someone to do the S-OFF
(and Sorry for my english is bad)

odenizhan said:
Tell me how to please someone to do the S-OFF
(and Sorry for my english is bad)
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You can't, unless you can edit the cid to 11111111. It can be found in the following file:
/system/dev/mmcblk0p7
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soham_sss said:
You can't, unless you can edit the cid to 11111111. It can be found in the following file:
/system/dev/mmcblk0p7
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I could not find such a file: >>>> /system/dev/mmcblk0p7
I could not find though I use root explorer

R: [help] resize system and data partition
odenizhan said:
I could not find such a file: >>>> /system/dev/mmcblk0p7
I could not find though I use root explorer
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Dude we know how to Soff but nobody could do it because it's write protected.. So even if you find it, unless you are an hacker or something you can't modify it

odenizhan said:
I could not find such a file: >>>> /system/dev/mmcblk0p7
I could not find though I use root explorer
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For One V no S-OFF exploit has been made till now, so if you haven't got one s-off by factory default phone (which is quite unlikeley) you cannot do that.

odenizhan said:
I could not find such a file: >>>> /system/dev/mmcblk0p7
I could not find though I use root explorer
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Dammit my bad, I meant to say /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
When you open it using a text viewer you'll see your cid. If you can edit that you could easily become s off
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I want to try, but still hesitant. this is a bit like the work of a Professional.
this file is also empty

I changed the contents of the file as you said. but nothing did not help. is still S-ON

odenizhan said:
I changed the contents of the file as you said. but nothing did not help. is still S-ON
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Wtf you could change it?? Type this command fastboot getvar cid and tell me, if your original cid comes up then everything is normal. But if 11111111 comes up then you extremely lucky.!
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my one v cid is that

See, its write protected... you can't so easily edit those files... if you open mmcblk0p7 again you'll see that it'll be now the same as before.
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Say it is not happening.
Is there someone who knows this remedy

[MultiROM][14.04][4.4.2 base] Ubuntu Touch on Nexus 5 testing builds [LINK UP]

Hi! I just want to share here my work on the Ubuntu Touch OS based on Android 4.4.2.
The original build is from Ricardo Salveti and i thank him for all his work...
My goal is to fix everything and get a stable build of Ubuntu touch working on our device!!
"How to install" inside post 2
Changelog:
27/01/2014
Fixed sidestage problem
Fixed tablet-ish UI
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Download:
Follow this link (Sorry i know this is in italian...). At the end of the page u can find all the 2 download links
DOWNLOAD LINK
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Here's some pics:
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Video:
Tutorial
Old video...video of the newest version soon
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Installation:
Install MultiROM | link
Download both the zips above
Put the zips on your internal storage
Reboot into MultiROM recovery
Advanced > MultiROM > add ROM > Ubuntu Touch
Select the right files helped by the recovery
Wait and enjoy
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First boot may take long time!! Just wait and don't complain here or on the MultiROM thread!!

First here ! Will try it as soon as download link is available and give some feedback here. Thank you for your work !
Sent from my OmniROMed and ElementalX-kerneled Nexus 5 =D

Yeah, cant wait to test that

hehe..waiting for testing it

Are you going to upload patches or are you making your own build?

KingDani1997 said:
Are you going to upload patches or are you making your own build?
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i'm patching the original package for now...but i'll upload the whole package already patched ready to install

thanks！did the sound working?

weihan1102 said:
thanks！did the sound working?
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not yet...i just fixed the sidestage bug for now...pls before asking read the changelog

Both links are the same file!

Links up

two links if for this same file ubuntu-touch-4.4.2-mir.rootfs-armhf.zip
,so please fix this

Im new with the nexus five, can you add a link to the original thread?
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rickvrolings said:
Im new with the nexus five, can you add a link to the original thread?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2594874

plmaniek said:
two links if for this same file ubuntu-touch-4.4.2-mir.rootfs-armhf.zip
,so please fix this
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fixed sorry
pwrmedia said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2594874
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not the same ROM...mine is the booting version from Ricardo Salveti bugfixed

nello92 said:
fixed sorry
not the same ROM...mine is the booting version from Ricardo Salveti bugfixed
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Completely understood. The poster's request for original thread was somewhat unclear, so I directed him elsewhere to research before cluttering up YOUR thread.

Okay i flashed both zips but its showing up in multiboot like its two separate roms and when i boot into one it says error avoid data corruption or something and press power to reboot?
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casonswag said:
Okay i flashed both zips but its showing up in multiboot like its two separate roms and when i boot into one it says error avoid data corruption or something and press power to reboot?
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When you go to "add rom" make sure you choose "Ubuntu Touch" as the ROM type. When you press next it'll prompt you for the 2 files.
You don't install them separately.

sofakingwhat said:
When you go to "add rom" make sure you choose "Ubuntu Touch" as the ROM type. When you press next it'll prompt you for the 2 files.
You don't install them separately.
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Ohh okay i got cha im gonna try again thanks
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Install went well. Keyboard goes away after one key press so I can't input my WiFi password
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Second boot this did not happen.
This version seems the same as the first with the line down the screen. I opened terminal and it slid out from the right and the line is in every app

[SPLASH] Powered by Android (2014 logo) [SPLASH]

Sense (HTC):
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GPE (GOOGLE):
Downloads Below...
Code:
HOW TO FLASH:
PRE-REQUISITE: S-OFF
1. Pick your poison, (GPE/HTC) .zip file
2. Move it to your adb/fastboot directory
3. Boot into fastbooot
4. type [CODE]fastboot oem rebootRUU
4b. Press enter
5. When you see the silver HTC logo type
Code:
fastboot flash zip (name of zip you chose).zip
5b. Press enter
6. Type
Code:
fastboot reboot
6b. Press enter
[/CODE]
Code:
Changelog (Yes, a changelog for a splash screen... -_-)
7/7/14: Initial Release
7/8/14: Fixed colouring around the "Powered by" on the GPE version
7/8/14: Switched GPE fix to Maik268 fixed version

How would you install this? Can someone please make a flashable zip?
Thanks in advance.

ANDR01DN00B said:
How would you install this? Can someone please make a flashable zip?
Thanks in advance.
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Fastboot flashable zips uploaded and instructions added.

Look at the Google Edition again
There are two different black tones.

Maik268 said:
Look at the Google Edition again
There are two different black tones.
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Im not seeing it, where is it different from the main black?

Whoareyou said:
Im not seeing it, where is it different from the main black?
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There is a square with the color 040504 around the "powered by android".

Maik268 said:
There is a square with the color 040504 around the "powered by android".
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would this be what your talking about?

Whoareyou said:
would this be what your talking about?
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Yep
On my screen I saw it directly...

Maik268 said:
Yep
On my screen I saw it directly...
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tell me how this looks on your screen

Whoareyou said:
tell me how this looks on your screen
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Now you see the grey parts even more.
I removed the grey parts, now it's 100% black
You can use it if you want.
I don't know, why I can see that so cleary

Maik268 said:
Now you see the grey parts even more.
I removed the grey parts, now it's 100% black
You can use it if you want.
I don't know, why I can see that so cleary
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Weird, well, its not noticable or even remotely visible on the phone, so im gonna leave it as is unless others complain ...

I actually see the grey boxes as well... You must be colorblind.

gamer765 said:
I actually see the grey boxes as well... You must be colorblind.
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Hmmm, I'll use the one he uploaded but I still don't see it, I'm near sighted in one eye and far sighted in the other but not colour blind. ?
Edit: it must have been my laptops display because I see it now on my phone when I zoom....
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Can i Use http://tibook.jb.b4m.com:81/bootsplash-one to make my own Splash screens and flash if from recovery? (not a GPE phone)
Specs are in my signature

Rachirod12 said:
Can i Use http://tibook.jb.b4m.com:81/bootsplash-one to make my own Splash screens and flash if from recovery? (not a GPE phone)
Specs are in my signature
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Not quite sure, looks like it might work, I used ffmpeg to make these
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Whoareyou said:
Not quite sure, looks like it might work, I used ffmpeg to make these
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oh ok, because before that firmware update i created mine on that site and flashed it with recovery, but now there is that "powered by Android" so im not sure if it wud work or not

Rachirod12 said:
oh ok, because before that firmware update i created mine on that site and flashed it with recovery, but now there is that "powered by Android" so im not sure if it wud work or not
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if it worked then itll work now, as long as you have s-off