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Hey folks, just got my epic 4g two days ago. been trying to root it since then. the battery life is terrible on the stock ROM and i want something that allows me to use my phone without worry about draining all the power. I cant seem to root it though. i tried this one click root;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897612
but it says the phone is not connected. so installed drivers, tried a different cable and nothing has helped. what can i do? also, if someone could just lay out how you flash a new ROM and such. i havent seen a FAQ or anything that clearly outlines the process and im very confused.
thank you!!
You need:
1. A USB cable other than the stock one, it's a POS
2. Switch USB ports if one doesn't work, use one in the back if it's a desktop
3. Restart Computer/Epic if it still doesn't work
tried all of that, and ever port on my computer. no luck.
jamERs said:
tried all of that, and ever port on my computer. no luck.
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Easiest thing rather than struggling with one click is to Odin in a prerooted ROM like here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853209
And more info on Odin is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
Once you get rooted, find the ROM you like, read the OP thoroughly. The instructions for each ROM are similiar but not the same.
Check out these how to videos in the general section....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009997
Everything you ever wanted or needed to know about your epic and don't thank me, thank qbking77.
kennyglass123 said:
Easiest thing rather than struggling with one click is to Odin in a prerooted ROM like here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853209
And more info on Odin is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
Once you get rooted, find the ROM you like, read the OP thoroughly. The instructions for each ROM are similiar but not the same.
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looks perfect for me! just cant make it work. i downloaded the file and it came across as a .rar which i cant open. it says look for the odin.exe file. where can i find the download for that?
so close, yet still struggling.
jamERs said:
looks perfect for me! just cant make it work. i downloaded the file and it came across as a .rar which i cant open. it says look for the odin.exe file. where can i find the download for that?
so close, yet still struggling.
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The Odin file was in the second post. Winrar will extract a rar file. There are many free programs out there for extracting rar files. Here is the Odin file:
kennyglass123 said:
The Odin file was in the second post. Winrar will extract a rar file. There are many free programs out there for extracting rar files. Here is the Odin file:
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thanks for that, guess i just missed it.
holy **** though, am i just tech tarded? cause this seems like way to much stuff. All because samsung couldnt give me decent battery life. just had avg block a virus from the winrar reader i tried to install to open to .rar file so i could get the .tar file for odin.
goodness
jamERs said:
thanks for that, guess i just missed it.
holy **** though, am i just tech tarded? cause this seems like way to much stuff. All because samsung couldnt give me decent battery life. just had avg block a virus from the winrar reader i tried to install to open to .rar file so i could get the .tar file for odin.
goodness
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Sorry, should have warned you to turn off your anti-virus. Several files are detected as trojans. Once you get rooted you will be free of the hassles. Good bunch of people here always willing to help out.
okay, got odin installed, loaded up the things the best i could as per the instructions and download links. plugged my phone in and hit start, nothing happened.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
is all that shows up.
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damnit, this is maddening
here is what i used:
in pit i put;
victory_8G_100528.pit
in pds i put;
EB13-Extended-3.tar
now my buddy who is a dev for an android app told me my OS might already have been upgraded by some of the previous fiddling it was doing. i currently have Froyo.EC5
kennyglass123 said:
Sorry, should have warned you to turn off your anti-virus. Several files are detected as trojans. Once you get rooted you will be free of the hassles. Good bunch of people here always willing to help out.
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free of hassles. yes please. ive read up on a few ROMs and it seems like that would certainly help me enjoy this phone and not be tooo hard to use. just this first step keeps tripping me up.
jamERs said:
free of hassles. yes please. ive read up on a few ROMs and it seems like that would certainly help me enjoy this phone and not be tooo hard to use. just this first step keeps tripping me up.
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Someone made a bunch of videos to help also here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009997
kennyglass123 said:
Someone made a bunch of videos to help also here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009997
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okay, finally got odin on there. now is this a ROM that will improve my battery life or was this just a step to allow me to flash new ROMs on?
jamERs said:
okay, finally got odin on there. now is this a ROM that will improve my battery life or was this just a step to allow me to flash new ROMs on?
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If you've finally successfully rooted, then you've done the hardest part. From here on out please make an effort to browse and search the forum, or GOOGLE search your question with "XDA" in the search bar. Everything you have asked up until now I can easily find answered 10 times on this forum.
There are many of us here that are happy to take the time to help you get the most out of your Epic and try and answer your questions, but we get very tired of constantly answering the same questions.
It's time to wean you.
To put you on the right path though, I will answer you. This is a rooted STOCK rom you have now. No adjustments except the freedom to adjust it yourself. You want a custom rom to flash over that, such as Bonsai, Midnight, or Syndicate Rom Frozen, which I will not link you to .
RandomKing said:
If you've finally successfully rooted, then you've done the hardest part. From here on out please make an effort to browse and search the forum, or GOOGLE search your question with "XDA" in the search bar. Everything you have asked up until now I can easily find answered 10 times on this forum.
There are many of us here that are happy to take the time to help you get the most out of your Epic and try and answer your questions, but we get very tired of constantly answering the same questions.
It's time to wean you.
To put you on the right path though, I will answer you. This is a rooted STOCK rom you have now. No adjustments except the freedom to adjust it yourself. You want a custom rom to flash over that, such as Bonsai, Midnight, or Syndicate Rom Frozen, which I will not link you to .
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alright, time to jump from the nest i suppose. thanks!
jamERs said:
okay, finally got odin on there. now is this a ROM that will improve my battery life or was this just a step to allow me to flash new ROMs on?
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If u mean that EB13 prerooted, no. You will need one of the better ROMs like Bonsai, Syndicate, Midnight or others. Read the OPs in development of each ROM so you like what you are getting before you grab it.
Do you BONSAI?
guys ive had this problem before and it gets me so upset cause i have no clue as to what to do when this happens .i downloaded infected rom and i transfered it to my sdcard mind you it took about a good hour to load .so when i go to flash it reads system /date/gapps .but dont know why.now if i download a rom that has .zip or i guess is zipped i can just transfer it to my sd card and flash it and boom i got the dam rom .but have no clue how to fix this i mean i really want to try this rom out please help guys
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guys ive had this problem before and it gets me so upset cause i have no clue as to what to do when this happens .i downloaded infected rom and i transfered it to my sdcard mind you it took about a good hour to load .so when i go to flash it reads system /date/gapps .but dont know why.now if i download a rom that has .zip or i guess is zipped i can just transfer it to my sd card and flash it and boom i got the dam rom .but have no clue how to fix this i mean i really want to try this rom out please help guys
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when do you see this error? after the phone reboots from flashing or right before the reboot? i've never encountered that particular error before so i might not be much help but i'll try
btw.....you might wanna duck and cover.....you posted in the wrong section so you might see some flaming. just ask a mod to move this to the Q&A section
g35slammed said:
guys ive had this problem before and it gets me so upset cause i have no clue as to what to do when this happens .i downloaded infected rom and i transfered it to my sdcard mind you it took about a good hour to load .so when i go to flash it reads system /date/gapps .but dont know why.now if i download a rom that has .zip or i guess is zipped i can just transfer it to my sd card and flash it and boom i got the dam rom .but have no clue how to fix this i mean i really want to try this rom out please help guys
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First off, this is in the wrong forum. You should be posting this in the section for the rom you are trying to flash. Second off, infected rom is not a rom that I am aware of, that is a website that has quite a few roms on it though. Please elaborate what rom you are trying to flash exactly and I will try to help you out.
sorry for posting in the wrong section .i will post from now on in the question and answer portion of this forum and again im sorry about this ,however, the rom i am trying to use is the infected rom / eternity and what im trying to say is i downloaded the rom to my computer i connected my phone and downloaded the rom to my sd card so when i go to flash the rom i see it but i guesss its not zipped ? i click the rom and it tells me data.system meta.inf
g35slammed said:
guys ive had this problem before and it gets me so upset cause i have no clue as to what to do when this happens .i downloaded infected rom and i transfered it to my sdcard mind you it took about a good hour to load .so when i go to flash it reads system /date/gapps .but dont know why.now if i download a rom that has .zip or i guess is zipped i can just transfer it to my sd card and flash it and boom i got the dam rom .but have no clue how to fix this i mean i really want to try this rom out please help guys
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Is this the ROM you are referring to? If so you will want to get the ROM from here try re-downloading and try the install again. Also are you using a Mac?
bmxrider4444 said:
Is this the ROM you are referring to? If so you will want to get the ROM from here try re-downloading and try the install again. Also are you using a Mac?
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Also, you could always check the md5 sum. Otherwise, I would also suggest redownloading the rom. Are you using amon ra recovery or cwm?
yes that is the rom i am trying to download .i downloaded from the same site and it said decompressing failed twice .and yes i am on a mac
and im using amon recovery thanks for the fast replys
g35slammed said:
yes that is the rom i am trying to download .i downloaded from the same site and it said decompressing failed twice .and yes i am on a mac
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You are most likely using Safari which automatically unzips stuff, you will need to disable that for it to be fixed, open Safari then go to Preferences>General tab>uncheck Open "safe" files after download... And re-download the ROM. The ROMs are supposed to be zipped, happened to me all the time with my Hero back in the day lol.
i just unchecked it and will download it again .i will let you know if this worked wow you guys are great man
That's interesting, and kinda dumb. Does it do it with all types of zip files including apk's?
Boo
g35slammed said:
i just unchecked it and will download it again .i will let you know if this worked wow you guys are great man
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Should fix it, like I said, Safari automatically unzipping ROMs is bad as they are supposed to be zipped, and the unzipping breaks the files signature.
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LyndenP said:
That's interesting, and kinda dumb. Does it do it with all types of zip files including apk's?
Boo
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Nope just files with the .zip extension.
i really hope unchecking this box fixes this ,however,is strange because ive been able to download roms from my mac to my phone so does this make any sense ?
g35slammed said:
i really hope unchecking this box fixes this ,however,is strange because ive been able to download roms from my mac to my phone so does this make any sense ?
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Do you always use Safari? If so I have no answer, lol, all I know is everything should be fine now.
g35slammed said:
i really hope unchecking this box fixes this ,however,is strange because ive been able to download roms from my mac to my phone so does this make any sense ?
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If that doesn't work for you, you could always try downloading directly from your phone and see if that makes the difference. I would have never had that answer though cause I always download from my windows laptop or directly from my phone. Although, I have found RCmix3d to run better on my phone that eternity anyway. I do love virus' work, but he never really finished eternity and is now mostly working on other phones. R46 was just released though, and nobody knows what was changed, so hopefully the issues are fixed. My problem with eternity was that I kept missing text messages, which can't happen for me. Let us know how this goes and I might even try eternity again if the issues are fixed. Good Luck! If not, I suggest either RCmix3d or PrimeXL3d, they are both basically the same as eternity and have both worked better for me at this point
yes i use safari all the time lol ill keep you posted haha .i hope this works
it worked wow lol however it was stuck on the boot for quite sometime my god i thought i messed it up lol thanks guys amd ill let you know how this rom works
g35slammed said:
it worked wow lol however it was stuck on the boot for quite sometime my god i thought i messed it up lol thanks guys amd ill let you know how this rom works
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Anytime glad it worked for you.
g35slammed said:
it worked wow lol however it was stuck on the boot for quite sometime my god i thought i messed it up lol thanks guys amd ill let you know how this rom works
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Great, I'm glad bmxrider helped you out on this one. Please do let me know what happens with the new eternity, mainly if your text messages all come through. I know you can use go sms or whatever, but I am not a fan of adding unneccesary apps to my phone really. I like to stay mainly stock with a few games and root apps as needed.
i will let you know .it looks delicious my god this virus dude is sick man wow great and very smooth .it took some time to load but hey its really nice
Hi guys,
I know most of you will say I'm a noob who hasn't searched and everyone and their mom knows this but im new to the custom roms, I have a US T mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-T989. I have rooted it and flashed the latest clockwork but when i try to install the custom rom it says im missing the update.zip file. and i cant find that damn thing anywhere online. I have harassed the search on Google, YouTube, xda and every other site i can think of but i cant find anything..... please......help?
Don't select update from zip.
Choose install/update from custom zip. It's a separate option.
RE
i do select the install custom but i dont have the actual update.zip file in my sdcard. i dont know where to get it
cityinbetween said:
i do select the install custom but i dont have the actual update.zip file in my sdcard. i dont know where to get it
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How were you able to install clockworkmod and root, but you can't find a rom? That's ass-backwards if you ask me.
Check the development forum. Plenty of roms in there. Most of them zipped.
i did find a rom but when i try to install it, i get a message that update.zip is missing
cityinbetween said:
i did find a rom but when i try to install it, i get a message that update.zip is missing
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Select 'install zip from sdcard', then select 'choose zip from sdcard'. If it's on the internal, not an actual microsd card, select 'choose zip from internal sdcard'.
I'd start from scratch. Sounds like you did something wrong...
Start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
Then here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481141
Then flash whatever ROM you want...
Thank you very much for replying but i think i just bricked it, i tried installing villain and now it wont turn on.... go ahead, laugh. i know. im a f'in idiot
cityinbetween said:
Thank you very much for replying but i think i just bricked it, i tried installing villain and now it wont turn on.... go ahead, laugh. i know. im a f'in idiot
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First off what the F is villain...
2nd... take the battery out, plug in your usb cable to the PC. Hold vol UP + vol DOWN and plug in your USB cable to the phone while holding the volume buttons. Does it go into Download mode?
**EDIT** If your talking about this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198334
Then yes you are an idiot. I'm sorry Thats for the UK version and I believe you are bricked. You could try a USB jig...
I'm afraid now (if even possible) your new friends will be Download Mode and ODIN..
Isn't the VillainROM a ROM for the i9100? If so, that is a completely different phone and you probably are f-ed.
sorry to say it bro but...
Have fun with your new paper weight.
If the phone is new, you can probably get a warranty exchange.
villain was supposedly a rom,
I did as you said but the screen does not light up or show anything, i hear the noise on the computer as if it recognizes it
Rod3 said:
Isn't the VillainROM a ROM for the i9100? If so, that is a completely different phone and you probably are f-ed.
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Yea it is. I edited my post with the link to where he probably got it.. suckes when we can't help people :/
The question is where did you get the ROM from? There is not a VillainROM in the T989 dev section. VillainROM is in the i9100 (international Galaxy S 2) dev section.
cityinbetween said:
villain was supposedly a rom,
I did as you said but the screen does not light up or show anything, i hear the noise on the computer as if it recognizes it
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If thats the case and it makes a noise you can "try" starting ODIN and see if it recognizes it on a COM port. if so you might be fixable...
just wanted to say thank you for your guys help and patience with us noobs. I know im an idiot and didnt do enough research. I was trying different roms and non worked, thery kept saying no update.zip file
can you please tell me how to try it with odin since the PC recognized it
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just wanted to say thank you for your guys help and patience with us noobs. I know im an idiot and didnt do enough research. I was trying different roms and non worked, thery kept saying no update.zip file
can you please tell me how to try it with odin since the PC recognized it
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I gave you the links to recover from a bad flash.... Here it is again..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
If you did flash a rom from the international version sorry to say you are hard brick nothing you do will fix it.. Only option you have is to do a warranty exchange and play dumb or see this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562758 the op seems to have found a way to fix hard bricked devices for a price so get a hold of him and see what he can do
Thank you
I just wanted to say thank you to all of you guys, especially Sharpie603. you guys are awesome, you have helped me before when i had my vibrant and i should've waited for a response instead of being a button happy fool. I screwed myself this time. But you guys are awesom
cityinbetween said:
I just wanted to say thank you to all of you guys, especially Sharpie603. you guys are awesome, you have helped me before when i had my vibrant and i should've waited for a response instead of being a button happy fool. I screwed myself this time. But you guys are awesom
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You might be in luck if odin still recognizes it.
If not, you can try warranty or an unbricking service. There's one floating around for 40 USD or so.
So, I was just told that I was -actually- posting my error that I was getting from my Captivate Glide in the wrong area, I was actually posting it in the Captivate area... so... I'm just gonna quote myself here:
Hazarath said:
Ok, so, first off, yes, as I keep being told by the forums I read, I am a noob. I understand, and respect that. That's not the issue.
So, I have followed the guide that's found here, and I have the Clockwork mod installed, as when I turn on my phone, and press down, it says I have it.
I -had- my phone rooted in the past, and then -finally- the official 4.0.4 update came out. I upgraded from my old rooted image to the new image, and figured I'd wait to see if someone would post instructions on how to update this version, unless I am doing something wrong.
I am sure that I am, or I missed something somewhere. Again, I have -no- idea what I am talking about. I don't claim I do.
So... I try to install Superuser-3.2-RC2 -and- RC3-ARM-signed.zip, as I was advised that may work via pressing power+down, I get this:
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed!
I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I copied the file over to the root of the SD card, and all that jazz.
So, is someone ready to point out the error in my method, or more likely, tell me I am an idiot?
-Haz
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The only solutions offered on that forum was to try SuperOneclick, and I simply get a pop-up after clicking 'Root', a dialog letting me know I have missing drivers. It asks to allow me to install them, and it just goes 'No data Found'. ..amusing error if I ever saw one! Oh, it's better... it repeats the same thing, and I get no further. The application just locks up, all done.
So, as stated as I quote myself... am I an idiot, or is something borked?
-Haz
Try to flash ur phone with proper cwm image file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2007198
Else, try to install some different ROM, stock is boring
The file signature error generally means a bad download. Try redownloading it. If you don't mind potentially hosing your installed ROM and having to reflash, you could try disabling the signature check.
You did install CWM first, right? IIRC the official ICS update clobbers recovery so you have to reinstall it.
Just a thought, why not flash straight to CM10.1? It comes already rooted.
roothorick said:
The file signature error generally means a bad download. Try redownloading it. If you don't mind potentially hosing your installed ROM and having to reflash, you could try disabling the signature check.
You did install CWM first, right? IIRC the official ICS update clobbers recovery so you have to reinstall it.
Just a thought, why not flash straight to CM10.1? It comes already rooted.
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What's CM10.1? Forgive me, a newb here. I already did the who re-download thing, from a few sources, no good.
szulco said:
Try to flash ur phone with proper cwm image file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2007198
Else, try to install some different ROM, stock is boring
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I followed those steps; it seems that, looking upon my working directory, I already used the recover image provided in the link. So, I already have this tool installed. So, that's that. >.>
I am not against installing a custom ROM, as long as someone here can actually attest to it working! I am a stickler when it comes to operating systems. I don't just go, 'Hey, that looks cool!' *install...* '..wait... it does THAT? Screw that!' *restores stock*
-Haz
Dude I got errors because when I downloaded cm10 I downloaded it 11 times because all ten of the downloads where (bad)
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda app-developers app
Erm... I just wanted to kinda bump my own thread here... and just FYI:
dude52 said:
Dude I got errors because when I downloaded cm10 I downloaded it 11 times because all ten of the downloads where (bad)
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda app-developers app
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If the file I had was damaged, it likely would not have took the first time I flashed the file when I had a different version of 'droid on it. So, that's likely not it.
Any other ideas?
-Haz
Currently my phone cannot boot up, get's stuck at the HTC white screen. I am trying to follow the directions here but I'm having some trouble. I can get into the recovery screen and by doing so it automatically starts loading the PG32IMG.zip file but does not do anything after that and I am unsure how to proceed. So far I have tried installing the .zip using the ClockworkMod Recovery but when I attempt to do so it says it can't open and just says (bad), installation aborted. Currently it is S-ON and I do not know if I can change it to S-OFF if I cannot boot it up. Right now I am waiting for the download to finish for this guide and I will hopefully be able to switch it but in the meantime if anyone has any ideas I would certainly like to hear from you.
Zook024 said:
Currently my phone cannot boot up, get's stuck at the HTC white screen. I am trying to follow the directions here but I'm having some trouble. I can get into the recovery screen and by doing so it automatically starts loading the PG32IMG.zip file but does not do anything after that and I am unsure how to proceed. So far I have tried installing the .zip using the ClockworkMod Recovery but when I attempt to do so it says it can't open and just says (bad), installation aborted. Currently it is S-ON and I do not know if I can change it to S-OFF if I cannot boot it up. Right now I am waiting for the download to finish for this guide and I will hopefully be able to switch it but in the meantime if anyone has any ideas I would certainly like to hear from you.
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What happened before it got stuck at the white screen? Were you trying to flash a rom?
gtdtm said:
What happened before it got stuck at the white screen? Were you trying to flash a rom?
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yes. I managed to root it last night and was attempting to add this rom this morning. I don't remember what steps I took exactly (I knew I should have written it down!) and now it refuses to boot up. I am able to get into the recovery mode and access the SD card by mounting it to my PC but that's it.
Zook024 said:
yes. I managed to root it last night and was attempting to add this rom this morning. I don't remember what steps I took exactly (I knew I should have written it down!) and now it refuses to boot up. I am able to get into the recovery mode and access the SD card by mounting it to my PC but that's it.
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So you are HTC dev unlocked but not s-off if I'm understanding correctly. The flashing steps are a little different. You need to look around for flashing instructions for dev unlocked phones. I believe the Viper rom thread has the instructions, and they work for any rom.
gtdtm said:
So you are HTC dev unlocked but not s-off if I'm understanding correctly. The flashing steps are a little different. You need to look around for flashing instructions for dev unlocked phones. I believe the Viper rom thread has the instructions, and they work for any rom.
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yes you would be correct in that understanding, is this the one you are talking about?
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yes you would be correct in that understanding, is this the one you are talking about?
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Yes, his install instructions from that OP are:
Be s-off (or dev unlock)
Install a custom recovery (twrp/4ext)
Download the ROM and place it on your external SD card.
Do a nandroid backup!
Start rom install process and make sure you select to wipe data in aroma
Select your desired setup in aroma, and finish
Reboot the device and enjoy!
If you are dev unlock, you need to pull the boot.img from the rom zip and fastboot it in hboot
I'm not dev unlock, so I've never actually done this, which is why I'm not being more specific. The boot.img is already in the zip you downloaded for the rom.
If you look in this thread, the phone is different, but the flash steps should be identical according to my understanding:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28301167&postcount=1
gtdtm said:
Yes, his install instructions from that OP are:
Be s-off (or dev unlock)
Install a custom recovery (twrp/4ext)
Download the ROM and place it on your external SD card.
Do a nandroid backup!
Start rom install process and make sure you select to wipe data in aroma
Select your desired setup in aroma, and finish
Reboot the device and enjoy!
If you are dev unlock, you need to pull the boot.img from the rom zip and fastboot it in hboot
I'm not dev unlock, so I've never actually done this, which is why I'm not being more specific. The boot.img is already in the zip you downloaded for the rom.
If you look in this thread, the phone is different, but the flash steps should be identical according to my understanding:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28301167&postcount=1
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well I managed to install the ROM successfully but it still refuses to boot up, I've run out of ideas at this point, no idea why it refuses to boot up.
Zook024 said:
well I managed to install the ROM successfully but it still refuses to boot up, I've run out of ideas at this point, no idea why it refuses to boot up.
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More details will be very helpful to any of us that might be able to help you.
What rom are you trying to install?
What do you mean by won't boot up. Are you getting past the HTC screen now?
gtdtm said:
More details will be very helpful to any of us that might be able to help you.
What rom are you trying to install?
What do you mean by won't boot up. Are you getting past the HTC screen now?
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my apologies, I had originally attempted to install this ROM. I thought I had followed the directions to the letter, obviously I screwed up somewhere. I then attempted to perform a factory reset from the ClockworkMod Recovery which yielded no results. I then attempted the Viper ROM, again wiping the data and that said installation was successful. Still it refused to boot. I then tried this return to stock and with that, the .zip folder is automatically loaded but then does nothing. As of right now I cannot get past the HTC screen.
Zook024 said:
my apologies, I had originally attempted to install this ROM. I thought I had followed the directions to the letter, obviously I screwed up somewhere. I then attempted to perform a factory reset from the ClockworkMod Recovery which yielded no results. I then attempted the Viper ROM, again wiping the data and that said installation was successful. Still it refused to boot. I then tried this return to stock and with that, the .zip folder is automatically loaded but then does nothing. As of right now I cannot get past the HTC screen.
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Well don't panic first of all. It's not super easy for me to figure out what's going on because your setup is quite different from mine, but I'm willing to offer any knowledge I have gleaned from reading these forums (a lot).
When you tried to go to stock, you went to the bootloader and it found the PG32IMG? Or it just stayed on the options screen of reboot, recovery, factory reset, etc?
If it found the PG32IMG did it give you any messages? Did you check the md5 sum before trying to load it?
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Well don't panic first of all. It's not super easy for me to figure out what's going on because your setup is quite different from mine, but I'm willing to offer any knowledge I have gleaned from reading these forums (a lot).
When you tried to go to stock, you went to the bootloader and it found the PG32IMG? Or it just stayed on the options screen of reboot, recovery, factory reset, etc?
If it found the PG32IMG did it give you any messages? Did you check the md5 sum before trying to load it?
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haha too late for that, I'm already freaking out. It does find the PG32IMG automatically as I said and proceeds to load it. I was able to catch the message it flashes before it goes back to the default list, "wrong zipped image!" That doesn't sound good. I had not checked the md5sum prior to this, just did so now, says the codes do not match. Pardon my utter cluelessness but what on earth does that mean?
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haha too late for that, I'm already freaking out. It does find the PG32IMG automatically as I said and proceeds to load it. I was able to catch the message it flashes before it goes back to the default list, "wrong zipped image!" That doesn't sound good. I had not checked the md5sum prior to this, just did so now, says the codes do not match. Pardon my utter cluelessness but what on earth does that mean?
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You need to post the md5 sum from the return to stock thread, it is right below the download. If it doesn't match after that, you have a bad download and need to download it again on a good connection. I can't see the md5 very well in your screenshot, but it looks like it is correct. Then the other thing to check is that windows didn't add an extra .zip to the file name. You'll have to go into folder options and make it show known file types then see if it says it is PG32IMG.zip.zip or something. I'll keep looking around to help, but I'd suggest reading through a lot or all of that return to stock thread.
Is the file in the root of your microsd or in a different folder like downloads?
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You need to post the md5 sum from the return to stock thread, it is right below the download. If it doesn't match after that, you have a bad download and need to download it again on a good connection. I can't see the md5 very well in your screenshot, but it looks like it is correct. Then the other thing to check is that windows didn't add an extra .zip to the file name. You'll have to go into folder options and make it show known file types then see if it says it is PG32IMG.zip.zip or something. I'll keep looking around to help, but I'd suggest reading through a lot or all of that return to stock thread.
Is the file in the root of your microsd or in a different folder like downloads?
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Ok I corrected myself with the md5sum checker and now it confirms the codes match. I then doubled checked the file extension and it looks good as far as I can tell, I did not see a double .zip.zip anywhere, even after I selected "show file extensions of known files". I just tried again and got the same message,
"Checking....[PG32IMG.zip]
Wrong zipped image!
Loading...[PG32IMG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!"
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Ok I corrected myself with the md5sum checker and now it confirms the codes match. I then doubled checked the file extension and it looks good as far as I can tell, I did not see a double .zip.zip anywhere, even after I selected "show file extensions of known files". I just tried again and got the same message,
"Checking....[PG32IMG.zip]
Wrong zipped image!
Loading...[PG32IMG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!"
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Well, I'm running out of ideas. Hopefully someone else can chime in. I'd try downloading again and make sure the md5 is good, put it on the root of the microsd, and try one more time. Other than that my knowledge is spent.
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Well, I'm running out of ideas. Hopefully someone else can chime in. I'd try downloading again and make sure the md5 is good, put it on the root of the microsd, and try one more time. Other than that my knowledge is spent.
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well I certainly appreciate you trying to help anyways. just on a hunch I tried running through the steps of the HTCdev bootloader which I had originally done and after doing so, it now says the following,
"Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot."
that is interesting, should I try the VIPER ROM again and see what happens now?
Well I am happy to report now I have figured it out! I managed to find this video and by following his steps, I was immediately able to get the Viper ROM up and running. So I guess that is what I was doing wrong, trying to follow the S-Off Method when I had already gone halfway with the HTCDev method. Very glad I was able to get it done tonight, another case of "if I can break it, I can fix it!" case closed.
Zook024 said:
Well I am happy to report now I have figured it out! I managed to find this video and by following his steps, I was immediately able to get the Viper ROM up and running. So I guess that is what I was doing wrong, trying to follow the S-Off Method when I had already gone halfway with the HTCDev method. Very glad I was able to get it done tonight, another case of "if I can break it, I can fix it!" case closed.
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Awesome. I'm glad you figured it out.
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