Ok guys I would be eternally greatful if someone could please help me on this issue asap...I was in the process of rooting/unlocking/installing CWM on my brother's A100, and I ran into a somewhat serious issue.
Everything was going great - I rooted it, unlocked the bootloader, and started to install CWM. Unfortunately, I totally screwed up and didn't rename /etc/install-recovery.sh. I got all the way through flashing the recovery.img before I realized...I realize this is completely my fault.
After trying to reboot into CWM using the volume down key on power up, it simply shows a picture of an android with a spinning blue orb in it's stomach. After this finishes, it briefly say "Start Updating EBT" then "Finished Updating EBT". It then reboots once more back to the standard android OS. Additionally, during bootup it no longer displays the message about the bootloader being in "UNLOCKMODE".
Is there anything I can do from here? I realize I've totally screwed up, but if anyone could provide step-by-step ideas of what I need to do I would be very thankful. i.e. is the bootloader re-locked, and if so do I need to re-unlock it? and how could I successfully get CWM working? Thanks in advance!
ohlin5 said:
Ok guys I would be eternally greatful if someone could please help me on this issue asap...I was in the process of rooting/unlocking/installing CWM on my brother's A100, and I ran into a somewhat serious issue.
Everything was going great - I rooted it, unlocked the bootloader, and started to install CWM. Unfortunately, I totally screwed up and didn't rename /etc/install-recovery.sh. I got all the way through flashing the recovery.img before I realized...I realize this is completely my fault.
After trying to reboot into CWM using the volume down key on power up, it simply shows a picture of an android with a spinning blue orb in it's stomach. After this finishes, it briefly say "Start Updating EBT" then "Finished Updating EBT". It then reboots once more back to the standard android OS. Additionally, during bootup it no longer displays the message about the bootloader being in "UNLOCKMODE".
Is there anything I can do from here? I realize I've totally screwed up, but if anyone could provide step-by-step ideas of what I need to do I would be very thankful. i.e. is the bootloader re-locked, and if so do I need to re-unlock it? and how could I successfully get CWM working? Thanks in advance!
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First off, slow down, take a breath, relax, and realize the world didn't just end, everything is fine, it just went awry at one point where alot of people miss the step of install-recovery.sh.
Start from the beginning, check if you have root.
If you have root, then use any root file manager (I use ES File Manager, in settings check "Up to root" then further down, check "Root Explorer", grant it permission, then check "Mount system Writable") and navigate to /system/etc.
Rename or move or delete install-recovery.sh. I would just rename it install-recovery.bak.
Go ahead and reboot, and verify the green acer screen does NOT say (unlocked mode) in the upper right corner. If it does in fact NOT say that (it should still be unlocked) then proceed with the previous steps starting at unlocking the bootloader.
Once the bootloader is again unlocked (remember to be quick on those volume keys) proceed with flashing CWM or TWRP or whatever you choose.
Now when you reboot into android, your custom recovery will remain intact.
Now that you have a custom recovery, boot into it, and first thing, mount either internal or external SD (I use external) and make a full backup. Do it NOW. After that is done, it takes a few minutes, you can either keep the stock ROM, flash a new one, whatever, it's up to you, but you will now have a backup to fall on if anything goes wrong.
In the guide in my sig is a ton of information, I would suggest browsing it to become familiar with some things about these devices.
pio_masaki said:
First off, slow down, take a breath, relax, and realize the world didn't just end, everything is fine, it just went awry at one point where alot of people miss the step of install-recovery.sh.
Start from the beginning, check if you have root.
If you have root, then use any root file manager (I use ES File Manager, in settings check "Up to root" then further down, check "Root Explorer", grant it permission, then check "Mount system Writable") and navigate to /system/etc.
Rename or move or delete install-recovery.sh. I would just rename it install-recovery.bak.
Go ahead and reboot, and verify the green acer screen does NOT say (unlocked mode) in the upper right corner. If it does in fact NOT say that (it should still be unlocked) then proceed with the previous steps starting at unlocking the bootloader.
Once the bootloader is again unlocked (remember to be quick on those volume keys) proceed with flashing CWM or TWRP or whatever you choose.
Now when you reboot into android, your custom recovery will remain intact.
Now that you have a custom recovery, boot into it, and first thing, mount either internal or external SD (I use external) and make a full backup. Do it NOW. After that is done, it takes a few minutes, you can either keep the stock ROM, flash a new one, whatever, it's up to you, but you will now have a backup to fall on if anything goes wrong.
In the guide in my sig is a ton of information, I would suggest browsing it to become familiar with some things about these devices.
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Thank you very, very much! I went through everything again, and finally got CWM up and a backup taken. I was thinking those steps were what I needed to do, but didn't want to proceed without a confirmation. Thanks again for your great advice!
ohlin5 said:
Thank you very, very much! I went through everything again, and finally got CWM up and a backup taken. I was thinking those steps were what I needed to do, but didn't want to proceed without a confirmation. Thanks again for your great advice!
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No problem, just be sure to take your time before diving into anything, and make sure everything has been read twice before starting.
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No problem, just be sure to take your time before diving into anything, and make sure everything has been read twice before starting.
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I know lol, that why I felt like such a doofus admitting I did it, because I literally read that part about renaming twice before I even started...I guess it was one of those in-one-ear-out-the-other-cause-I'm-tired type of deals
Anyways thanks again, I'll definitely have to do this when I'm a little more awake next time...wait, here's to hoping there's not a next time :laugh: Thanks!
I used twrp because the instructions sounded so much easier, even though I've worked with cwm for over a year.
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Hello,
I was trying to flash a new Rom onto my phone (Superfly) and installed the .zip file from clockwork, however, when I try to boot the phone, it sticks at the Mytouch slide screen.
I cant load into the card nor the phone.
Is there any way to reverse this?
Thanks in advance!
Hopefully you made a backup. You should still be able to boot into recovery and restore your backup or even flash a new rom.
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Hopefully you made a backup. You should still be able to boot into recovery and restore your backup or even flash a new rom.
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The problem the OP and myself are having is that we cant load Clockwork recovery, and I think its cause when we flashed the new rom, it did away with USB debugging mode, and now we cant get back into the OS to select it again. I too am stuck in this loop, and I might just have to bite the bullet and bring it in to tmo and tell em it just stopped working for no reason...
dion20 said:
The problem the OP and myself are having is that we cant load Clockwork recovery, and I think its cause when we flashed the new rom, it did away with USB debugging mode, and now we cant get back into the OS to select it again. I too am stuck in this loop, and I might just have to bite the bullet and bring it in to tmo and tell em it just stopped working for no reason...
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The USB debugging option means nothing while booted in to recovery. If you haven't flashed the engineering rom before you will need to redo the loop/ota.zip/update.zip spoof to get back in to clockwork.
I did do a nandroid backup, but the phone magically can not find it now. And It took forever to get to work, but I was finally able to get back into clockwork and tried to install another a different rom (Kanged CM6 ROM) but ended with the same results of sticking on the mytouch slide startup screen. Frustrating, because it probably took about 3 hours to get back into clockwork!
Any other suggestions???
wipe everything on the phone, find the thread that walks you through that
cursexcore said:
I did do a nandroid backup, but the phone magically can not find it now. And It took forever to get to work, but I was finally able to get back into clockwork and tried to install another a different rom (Kanged CM6 ROM) but ended with the same results of sticking on the mytouch slide startup screen. Frustrating, because it probably took about 3 hours to get back into clockwork!
Any other suggestions???
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As was noted previously, if you haven't flashed the ESPRIMG rom, you're basically looking at re-rooting your phone every time you want to install a different rom. This means going through the whole process again and again and again.
falken98 said:
The USB debugging option means nothing while booted in to recovery. If you haven't flashed the engineering rom before you will need to redo the loop/ota.zip/update.zip spoof to get back in to clockwork.
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thats weird, cause before I could get into clockwork after 2 tries max, not I tried repeatedly for 10 mins and it didnt work, so I should just keep tryin to get into clock work then?
Yes, keep trying. And when you do, please flash the engineering rom and keep the proper update.zip on your card! It will save you a lot of trouble in the long run.
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Yes, keep trying. And when you do, please flash the engineering rom and keep the proper update.zip on your card! It will save you a lot of trouble in the long run.
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will do, theres alot of assumptions around here tho, and newbs to android are kinda expected to know things without them being stated in the threads..
Now I know theres something that makes it so I dont have to go thru the pain of rooting to get into clockwork I'm def gna use it..
what method should I use? Ive been doing the following and no luck so far
1 - cd to android sdk tools folder
2 - vol down + power for recovery
3 - highlight recovery
4 - run loop in cmd
5 - plug usb into phone
6 - plug usb into pc, and before it changes to HBOOT from USB i hit power to select recovery
7 - adb devices sees it as an offline device for a few cycles, then it disappears.
after step 7 I've tried running update.zip
unplugging and plugging back in
ctrl+c to stop the script when its offline
unplug when its noticed as an offline device
whats the best way to get into it now?
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EDIT - finally got it into recovery, i loaded up htc's recover with it plugged it to the pc so it loaded up HBOOT from USB
normally your are not bricked if:
1. you can boot into recovery
2. you can not boot into recovery yet you can boot into bootloader [HOLD (power + volume down) to boot]
Don't worry I got a black/blank screen of death the other day for flashing the wrong boot.img fortunately I was able to boot into bootloader and start from scratch using the ESPRIMG.zip
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will do, theres alot of assumptions around here tho, and newbs to android are kinda expected to know things without them being stated in the threads..
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I agree to an extent, but if you take the time to read through things thoroughly (as in every post in the How To Root or Engineering Build or even Rom Bible thread), you'll be okay. This is my first Android device as well. I put off rooting for a solid couple of weeks while I read through everything I could. I was completely paranoid about bricking my phone. Eventually, I went for it. Even then I had a couple hiccups along the way (including have to re-root two more times), but all the information is here.
So an update:
I went to a Tmobile retail store to see if I could do a direct swap and am having a new phone sent out to me. I will definately take all the replies into consideration when starting the root process on my new one! My final question is, since I am afraid Tmobile will not find my phone valid to be replaced under warranty due to it being rooted, is there any way to unroot and go back to stock? I have googled it, but cannot find anything specific for the slide...
Thanks!
cursexcore said:
[blah blah blah....] My final question is, since I am afraid Tmobile will not find my phone valid to be replaced under warranty due to it being rooted, is there any way to unroot and go back to stock? I have googled it, but cannot find anything specific for the slide...
Thanks!
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My question: did u search here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=660
And found items about the champion build and this little file named ESPRIMG.zip?
U can also check out the ROM BIBLE stickie post.
u can try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=713507
or you can try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=713507
now if you really searched you would of found your own question:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=744709&highlight=unroot
cursexcore said:
So an update:
I went to a Tmobile retail store to see if I could do a direct swap and am having a new phone sent out to me. I will definately take all the replies into consideration when starting the root process on my new one! My final question is, since I am afraid Tmobile will not find my phone valid to be replaced under warranty due to it being rooted, is there any way to unroot and go back to stock? I have googled it, but cannot find anything specific for the slide...
Thanks!
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I had the same problem you did, and fixed my phone, so its possible. refer to my post on the first page and then refer to this post and use the mirror that Wes himself posted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7001053&postcount=7
I'm a bit of a NOOB, so bear with my terminology. My phone was rooted and Nand unlocked (S=off), running Fresh 3.4. It will not accept calls so I have to take it to Sprint. I ran the latest RUU to get it unrooted, but I could not use Titanium Backup to restore my apps. I ran Universal AutoRoot.zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448 and went through what seemed to be the complete process. At the end I was left with the bootloader menu to boot into the recovery but my EVO will not go into recovery. When I try I get I get Recovery the screen shows a phone with a red triangle. I have tried everything I know (I'm a bit of a NOOB), and I cannot get to recovery or Nandroid. I did a Nandroid Backup but can't get to it. My phone no longer communicates with my computer. I have just moved and need my phone to set up appointments. Please help, I'm desperate.
posted in the wrong section. however
does your bootloader show S-OFF now?
all you may need to do is flash a custom recovery to it.
If you unrooted your phone you'll no longer have a recovery, unless I'm misunderstanding you...
tonwarr.the.incredible said:
If you unrooted your phone you'll no longer have a recovery, unless I'm misunderstanding you...
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from my understanding, he unrooted & then tried to root again. but i may be wrong lol
If you can get into bootloader, you can fix your phone.
get to the bootloader with the usb plugged in so it says fastboot usb in RED at the top. On your pc download the android sdk, goto the tools folder, copy over a custom recovery.img (ra or cm) to the tools folder, type cmd in the address bar, in the command prompt type:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img
and press enter (you can replace recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img with the img of your choice). select bootloader again from the menu, select recovery, enjoy!
jminor4326 said:
I'm a bit of a NOOB, so bear with my terminology. My phone was rooted and Nand unlocked (S=off), running Fresh 3.4. It will not accept calls so I have to take it to Sprint. I ran the latest RUU to get it unrooted, but I could not use Titanium Backup to restore my apps. I ran Universal AutoRoot.zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448 and went through what seemed to be the complete process. At the end I was left with the bootloader menu to boot into the recovery but my EVO will not go into recovery. When I try I get I get Recovery the screen shows a phone with a red triangle. I have tried everything I know (I'm a bit of a NOOB), and I cannot get to recovery or Nandroid. I did a Nandroid Backup but can't get to it. My phone no longer communicates with my computer. I have just moved and need my phone to set up appointments. Please help, I'm desperate.
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DUDE. think man. in order to get into recovery, YOU HAVE TO FLASH A RECOVERY IMAGE. DUH!
Hope you don't ever get a job working with people... How about a helpful answer instead of belittleing him? He already admits to being a novice. He came here for help, not to have someone dish him a steam pile of #$% instead.
oshizzle1991 said:
DUDE. think man. in order to get into recovery, YOU HAVE TO FLASH A RECOVERY IMAGE. DUH!
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Definitely another situation where saying nothing would've been much more productive!
Sengfeng said:
Hope you don't ever get a job working with people... How about a helpful answer instead of belittleing him? He already admits to being a novice. He came here for help, not to have someone dish him a steam pile of #$% instead.
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he should expect to get these types of responses if he posts in wrong sections and doesnt search for his answer first. its called tough love. if you have a problem with it, why dont you post a productive answer? i posted a productive answer, just in a way that belittled him to get my point across.
oshizzle1991 said:
he should expect to get these types of responses if he posts in wrong sections and doesnt search for his answer first. its called tough love. if you have a problem with it, why dont you post a productive answer? i posted a productive answer, just in a way that belittled him to get my point across.
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how bout saiying . "posted in the wrong section " then point the guy in the right direction.
no need to beat anyone up.. Grow up
tim
Alright. For starters, xda has been VERY VERY helpful to me over the past few months and I thank everyone who has ever contributed to a question or a discussion I have read. That being said, this is my first post. I watched the newb video, read many forums (both xda and others), google searched, read some more threads, kept reading threads, tried some methods described in some threads, bookmarked some interesting threads for if my phone ever works again, and read some more threads.
I am not saying the answer is not already out there, I am saying I have reached my resourcefulness cap.
Anyway, to the root of the problem: I'm not entirely new to rooting, and am comfortable using recovery and hboot to flash roms. I also had a nandroid backup! for SOME SILLY reason, while in my clockworkmod recovery this morning (maybe slightly due to being half asleep which is why I now recommend being fully awake before entering hboot or recovery or rom manager....etc) I formatted the system on my phone. I THINK.
My phone will now load up to display the bootloader, and go into recovery mode, and flash roms, but when I flash a rom, nothing changes. If I boot my phone up, it will show a notification bar at the top like usual, a stock wallpaper, and that is IT! it will show a message notification and missed call icon since I have them, but the touch screen will not work. The rosie buttons at the bottom do not show up (i.e. phone button or all aps button) no apps appear, no clocks except for in the notification bar... hardkeys have no effect (home button search button menu or back) and volume keys will not work. The lock button will only lock and unlock the screen, not power off or reboot or anything. If plugged in at this point, it is charger only.
So, I can take the micro sd card out and put files on it from my PC via a microsd-usb converter thing...
I have tried putting new roms on the sd and flashing them from recovery, no effect. Tried the RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.1_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_release_171253.exe program, it always says that my phone has below 30% battery and will not continue (this is not the case as I have two batteries both have been fully charged because the phone will still charge them...)
And I have tried putting PC36IMG.zip files on my sd card to no avail.
I am thinking that the system was wiped because it seems like there is no boot image on the phones internal memory itself. I am currently looking for a way to place a boot image on the sd card to possibly flash it or some sort of update.zip so that my bootloader will ask me to update upon reading it.
Sorry for the long post, and ask any questions I will answer as best I can.
I am posting preemptively to the boot image adventure so that if it does not work, maybe I can have some help finding a solution by then.
I was going to take my evo to the sprint store since it is under warranty but if they go into recovery they will see clockworkmod recovery.
Thanks to all for any form of guidance!
I did just notice in my Bootloader menu (HBOOT-2.10.0001) that it says Supersonice evt2-3 **** S-ON
I don't know how because I thought it was a requirement that it says S-OFF to be rooted and flash roms, but I have definitely flashed roms before and gained su access to applications and such. BUT since it says S-ON would it then be covered by the warranty if it is not rooted?
Thanks again.
I you want to flash a boot image, you can take the boot.img from an RUU for the firmware you are, place it in your adb tools folder, then flash it using the commands:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
I'm not sure how to identify what firmware I am. Unless your talking about the Hboot version? and also, I can't place anything in any folder except onto my sd card. I have no access other than that to the phone. On the sd card there are no files except for what I put on there.
...aaand not to mention I don't know what adb is exactly...
Does your phone still go to clockwork when you go to recovery?
Am going to try it right now, but will that work if I cannot tell my phone to allow usb debugging? i remember something about unrevoked needing that to root the phone in the first place. will update as soon as I try it. May not have time right now as I have to leave in about 15 mins. If no reply by 9:45, then I will be back online tomorrow morning. and thanks!
Timeconsumer10 said:
Am going to try it right now, but will that work if I cannot tell my phone to allow usb debugging? i remember something about unrevoked needing that to root the phone in the first place. will update as soon as I try it. May not have time right now as I have to leave in about 15 mins. If no reply by 9:45, then I will be back online tomorrow morning. and thanks!
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Welcome, but yes, you do need to have had usb debugging enabled, so we'll see how that goes.
SUPER THANKS! S-OFF tool worked perfectly just flashed a rom and now so far so good. Will post tomorrow to let you know if everything works well. So much appreciated =) I would thanks a million times if i could don't know what to do without my evo.
Timeconsumer10 said:
SUPER THANKS! S-OFF tool worked perfectly just flashed a rom and now so far so good. Will post tomorrow to let you know if everything works well. So much appreciated =) I would thanks a million times if i could don't know what to do without my evo.
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Lol, it'd take you 200,000 days since you can only thank 5 times a day Though glad you're rooted now.
shortydoggg said:
Does your phone still go to clockwork when you go to recovery?
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Yes it still goes to clockwork because its rooted.. now my screen legitimately does not work in certain areas of the screen (not responding to touch) so I'm going to try and get it stock stock stock unrooted and go for warranty replacement. Any ideas please let me know. Currently trying RUU Supersonic...
So, I got an ERROR [110] message from the RUU package its a file open error... :/ now i dont know what is up. Says I need a complete RUU package. Looking for another one or another option now.
If i boot phone normally now it just goes to a black screen with "htc" in the middle and "!" in a triangle in all four corners. Can't do anything from that screen.
If I boot into bootloader once where it says SHIP S-OFF at the top and instead of recovery and all those options it just says RUU but you cant do anything there... :/ I now, however cannot even get to the bootloader screen.
Could they tell it is rooted?
Maybe I could say I finally decided to do sprints OTA update that I've been denying for a while and this is the result.
Anyone agree disagree?
COCLUSION!
So. Since it has just the HTC logo and four error icons one in each corner... I took it into a sprint repair store. It would not boot into bootloader as a hard reset, so the guys at the store were stumped. They had actually never seen this before =). They asked me if I rooted it and all so I just played dumb. I told em I didn't know what that really was. They kinna explained it and I told em I didn't even have a computer (not a lie actually I sold mine and now use my dads or gfs lol). The logo on the screen was an oooold htc logo from like hero or so. So they just put it in the system as a wont even turn on type of thing and gave me a new phone since I was under warranty =) gonna see if I can live without root juuust for a little bit because work and school are gonna keep me busy for a while. I am certain to return though!
Can't wait to see what the devs can do by then!
Thanks to all for the help!
I would be so greatful if someone could help me, I think I have really messed up.
Coles Notes: I flashed the 4.0.4 image to my System partition which I am pretty sure should have gone to the boot partition now... Holy **** I'm dumb.
Anyways now my phone is just stuck saying Google. Anyone who can point me in the right direction of even a System image I can flash over top I would be so greatful.
Ok. I'm a dumb newbie, but what happens if you pull the battery, put it back in, then hold down the Up/Down buttons and turn the phone on?
Moleculor said:
Ok. I'm a dumb newbie, but what happens if you pull the battery, put it back in, then hold down the Up/Down buttons and turn the phone on?
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Not a dumb newbie, checking if bootloader still works is a good idea
@OP: If you can get in the bootloader, your best bet would be unlocking, installing CWM and then flash a ROM through it.
You can also flash the stock ROM via the GNex toolkit.
Just read the guides and information here in the forums, it seems confusing at first but is really simple once you get used to it.
Good luck!
Thank-you for your quick response. I have CWM installed and can get into the bootloader. the problem now seems to be I cant get the device to show up in windows I always get <waiting for device> when going to flash it. Any ideas? I have been searching the forums trying to find an answer but nothing so far seems to have worked.
Another dumb newbie thing, but when you plug the phone in to the USB port on your computer, does your computer show the phone as having connected (ala the ADB driver in your Device Manager in Windows)?
If not, double check to make sure your ADB drivers are installed. I doubt they aren't, seeing as how you were flashing stuff earlier (from your computer, right?), but it's a wild guess anyway.
Thanks to everyone for the advise. Yes I could see the drivers and they were working perfectly according to device manager. However I guess it was stuck outside of debug mode?
Anyways from the boot menu the program was able to detect it, flash 4.0.4 to the phone, and then I was able to install the canadian radio without issue (hence the reason why I did this in the first place, we are stuck on yakjuux with 4.0.1).
Thanks again to everyone, great learning experience.
Sure thing!
Glad it worked
As a future reference, the "Boot Menu" is actually where you need to be for flashing via PC. The commands won't come through if you're in recovery.
Make sure to make an Android right now!
You enter CWM Recovery, go to backup and restore and then hit backup.
In case your phone ever messes up while you're not close to a computer, you can just boot into CWM and hit "restore", it's as easy as that.
I always have 2 recoveries on my phone just in case.
So I am new here and want to root my EVO. Ive spent a few hours now reading and have hit a roadblock (I think.) I went to the READ FIRST thread and found out that since my hboot version is 2.18 I need to unlock the bootloader via HTC. that is done. the next step appears to be following a link to another site to get my phone to S-off. However the first readme section of that post says I dont need s-off just to get sprints bloatware off of my phone, which is a big reason I'm here in the first place. I went back to the origional thread here and the next step appears to be a nandroid backup - but my phone wont run it. I get a red triangle, which google claims is because the phone isnt s-off...
3 questions
1) do i need a backup of the stock setup before I go forward, and if so how do I get it to work?
2) do I need s-off. All I want is to flash a ROM without sprints software. At least for now.
3) If i skip the stock backup, what happens when I need to take the phone back to sprint?
I'm sure this has been asked a gazillion times, and I'm sorry. Just seem to be in a loop of need backup first, but need to flash a rom to be able to backup...
The phone is already unlocked, and the HTC unlock wipes it, so im not concerned about data - its already gone.
Sounds like u need to flash a recovery first. I recommend smelkusmod amonra. Just look for it in the dev section. If u want to flash it being unlocked s on, u will need to download flash image GUI from the play store.
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So I am new here and want to root my EVO. Ive spent a few hours now reading and have hit a roadblock (I think.) I went to the READ FIRST thread and found out that since my hboot version is 2.18 I need to unlock the bootloader via HTC. that is done. the next step appears to be following a link to another site to get my phone to S-off. However the first readme section of that post says I dont need s-off just to get sprints bloatware off of my phone, which is a big reason I'm here in the first place. I went back to the origional thread here and the next step appears to be a nandroid backup - but my phone wont run it. I get a red triangle, which google claims is because the phone isnt s-off...
3 questions
1) do i need a backup of the stock setup before I go forward, and if so how do I get it to work?
2) do I need s-off. All I want is to flash a ROM without sprints software. At least for now.
3) If i skip the stock backup, what happens when I need to take the phone back to sprint?
I'm sure this has been asked a gazillion times, and I'm sorry. Just seem to be in a loop of need backup first, but need to flash a rom to be able to backup...
The phone is already unlocked, and the HTC unlock wipes it, so im not concerned about data - its already gone.
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You don't need S-OFF, but what you do need is a custom recovery. That's how you flash Superuser and get root user access.
That thread you speak of gives you a couple of methods for flashing a custom recovery. Try those, or search around for a few guides that give you the specifics.
If you need any additional help, feel free to ask.
How do I know if I am rooted?
Go into Bootloader. If you see S-OFF at the top, you are fully rooted.
I am rooted now. What can I do?
FIRST MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP! ALWAYS DO THIS BEFORE YOU FLASH SOMETHING. THESE ARE BIG FILES SO TRANSFER THEM TO YOUR COMPUTER TO SAVE SPACE ON YOUR SD!
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Thats from the read first thread. Thats where I'm stuck. According to what I've read I am rooted and should now make a backup. But the backup wont run. So if I skip the stock backup (or run it later and I'm just not understanding) can I still get the phone back to where it is now? I read a couple years ago about rooting that you needed a backup of YOUR phone to revert to stock and take in the phone, not just a backup of any phone.
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Thats from the read first thread. Thats where I'm stuck. According to what I've read I am rooted and should now make a backup. But the backup wont run. So if I skip the stock backup (or run it later and I'm just not understanding) can I still get the phone back to where it is now? I read a couple years ago about rooting that you needed a backup of YOUR phone to revert to stock and take in the phone, not just a backup of any phone.
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Are you trying to back up from recovery?
Yes, but without flashing anything yet.
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Yes, but without flashing anything yet.
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Then I don't understand why you wouldn't be able to make a nandroid. You have an SD card in the device, correct? What error message are you getting?
Yes, there is an SD card in. It shows a phone with a green sync and then after a few seconds that changes to a phone with a red triangle and an explanation point. If i hit power, vol up, and vol down at the same time twice it goes into recovery but says it could not create some e drive folder and backup is not listed as an option. I can get the exact directory its upset about, but ill obviously have to reboot a few times, I'm not at home right now.
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Yes, there is an SD card in. It shows a phone with a green sync and then after a few seconds that changes to a phone with a red triangle and an explanation point. If i hit power, vol up, and vol down at the same time twice it goes into recovery but says it could not create some e drive folder and backup is not listed as an option. I can get the exact directory its upset about, but ill obviously have to reboot a few times, I'm not at home right now.
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That is the stock recovery. Again, as was said earlier, you need to flash a custom recovery in order to perform the next step in your process.
So i went and downloaded Amand ra's custom recovery. No dice. bootloader says
Main version is older
Update Failed
Do you want to reboot device?
Try reopening the command prompt from the folder where you unlocked the bootloader from on your computer. Download and place the attachment inside that folder. Connect your phone to your computer. Boot into your bootloader, then click on FASTBOOT, not RECOVERY. The bootloader should now read FASTBOOT USB in red. Then type the command:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
then reboot the phone and see if you can get into RECOVERY.
That appears to have done the trick. doing the much talked about nandroid backup now. I'll be back when i have 20 questions about the eventual ROM install
Thanks for the help guys. I successfully backed up my phone, flashed nitrous, repartitioned my SD card, flashed it again, and am having a fun time fooling around. And then realized much later that the backup was only on the SD card. The SD card I wiped so I could partition it...oops
Looks like there are stock Roms anyway so I'm not too worried about future Sprint support.
Thanks again.
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