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Hello, I've been using this website til this past december and I love it but stopped messing around with my phone because of graduate school. So the last thing I did was just update to stock dk28 modem without rooting it. Now I'm trying to catch up and need help to refresh lol.
Anyways, so yeah i'm on 2.2 (not rooted) currently and trying to update to the new syndicate rom. As the installation instruction says, I need to use odin to install the TAR and PIT and I know that is after rooting my epic. So is the rooting method the same as it was for 2.1?
Last question for now to get started, I really dont understand this part of the installation instructions in their thread properly "Then, use the CWM 3.0.0.6 One Click to install Clockwork and convert to EXT4.", so if anyone can please help me I will be more than grateful. to break down the questions, how do I install that new clockwork after updating to EB13? and how do I convert to EXT4? what is EXT4?
Sorry for all the questions andn using such a long thread just for help. Thanks.
y2bangali said:
Hello, I've been using this website til this past december and I love it but stopped messing around with my phone because of graduate school. So the last thing I did was just update to stock dk28 modem without rooting it. Now I'm trying to catch up and need help to refresh lol.
Anyways, so yeah i'm on 2.2 (not rooted) currently and trying to update to the new syndicate rom. As the installation instruction says, I need to use odin to install the TAR and PIT and I know that is after rooting my epic. So is the rooting method the same as it was for 2.1?
Last question for now to get started, I really dont understand this part of the installation instructions in their thread properly "Then, use the CWM 3.0.0.6 One Click to install Clockwork and convert to EXT4.", so if anyone can please help me I will be more than grateful. to break down the questions, how do I install that new clockwork after updating to EB13? and how do I convert to EXT4? what is EXT4?
Sorry for all the questions andn using such a long thread just for help. Thanks.
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1) odin to full eb13
2) run the cwm3.0.0.6 one click
3) reboot into recovery using 3 finger monkey grip. It well auto convert to ext4
4) flash the rom. (wipe data, cache, dalvik 3xs)
5) boot the phone (start up animation may look word)
6) boot into recovery again
7) flash the rom again (wipe data, cache 3xs)
8) your good to go
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CWM One Click is a multi-purpose package. It: a) roots your phone, b) installs a flashing/backup/recovery package and c) converts your filesystem to ext4.
Do a search on how to install CWM. It's a matter of hooking your phone to a PC in USB debugging mode and then running a "run.bat" script. Now your phone is rooted and reboots, but you won't notice much different at that point (other than the Superuser App). If all you want is root, you're done.
If you want to flash a ROM then you boot into the recovery software (using the 3-finger technique).
This is where the gotchas start: The first time you do this, your file system will be automatically converted to a new filesystem: ext4 (it takes about 5 to 10 minutes). At this point, you need to be prepared: once it's converted to ext4, make sure you have an ext4-compatible ROM on your SD card that you can flash right then and there. At that point, I don't know if you can even reboot back into your stock ROM (I've always flashed a new ROM immediately, so I don't know).
Learn about the backup and restore mechanism in CWM, it's your friend.
abonet said:
At that point, I don't know if you can even reboot back into your stock ROM (I've always flashed a new ROM immediately, so I don't know).
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You can run on stock eb13 with ext4 but you must flash at the minimum a ext4 compatible kernel.
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THANKS ALOT for all the help guys.. even in it is a multipurpose package, i do have to root first before i can use odin correct?
y2bangali said:
THANKS ALOT for all the help guys.. even in it is a multipurpose package, i do have to root first before i can use odin correct?
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No
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Guide and tutorial Moved
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074700
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Ohh interesting!
hope so ive got a few more to do just taking me time makin sure i get thing write first time
it looks a bit shabby but ill play around with it later
Thank you very very much !
Might wanna change it to guide, not quide
thanks very much, this helped me 100%
EddyOS said:
Might wanna change it to guide, not quide
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lol good point lol thought it look weird lol
i really have gota rescale the pics there massive
Hi, used the first guide now I'm stuck at recovery. Every time I reboot it goes straight to recovery. Any ideas?
lepszy said:
Hi, used the first guide now I'm stuck at recovery. Every time I reboot it goes straight to recovery. Any ideas?
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if ur stuck at recovery and cant get the device to boot
u need to flash the a new rom the cm7 version the stock version will not work
ok will try that. Thanks!
Edit. It worked. Thanks again.
nice guide!!!!!!
Thanks, your guide is helped me, after stuck with bootloop I have instaled RCMixS_v1.0_A2SD+_BravoHboot.zip.
My favorite ROM
Thanks it was to help releave Robo with over welving question
I'll keep updating the guide to make it simpler for every one
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Hey,
I flashed the CM7 with fastboot.
But after wiping and reflashing the v.1.0 ++ version, I am still suffering from the constant boot loop, because the dalvikvm cannot start.
I've searched the original thread, but I can't find any solution for my problem.
Edit:
I just tried again, and logged into a shell. Looking into the sd-ext folder, it shows me the content of my fat32 partition.
So this is my problem, but I don't understand why this occured?
RA Recovery finds my ext3 partion without problems.
I have the following layout:
Fat32 13gb
Ext3 2,3gb
Wen u flash cm7 hboot u need to flash the cm7 Rom version of rcmix
Buddy that's y ur boot looping
Cm7 hboot want work with ++version hope this helps
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daddyspud said:
Wen u flash cm7 hboot u need to flash the cm7 Rom version of rcmix
Buddy that's y ur boot looping
Cm7 hboot want work with ++version hope this helps
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Okay, I did flash the following version of the rom:
RCMixS_v1.0_++_CM7Hboot.zip
I thought that was the actual CM7 rom version?
Yes it is hmmm ok
Can u provide as much info on wat u done etc n ill do the best to point u in the right way
The Best Things Come To Those Who Wait
I always get stuck on the why so serious screen and adb shows that the dalvikvm is unable to start up.
I use Amon Ra 2.0.1 and tried alpharev cm7 with ++ version and alpharev bravo stock with a2sd version.
Bot version show the same result.
Flash works without errors.
I did everytime a FULL wipe.
I have tried CWM 2.5 aswell. Same result.
Even tried to repartition the sd card.
sd-ext is at 2,3 GB at the moment, so that should be much more than needed.
ok i now ur issue know
try this recovery
go into ur current recovery and look for update zip and flash the update zip i gave u it will give cwm 3.*** it works a charm for me
I got my Xperia Play R800x yesterday. Since then I have rooted, unlocked the bootloader, and installed crash team racing. I have been reading through the forms before and after getting my phone. But Im still confused on the whole flashing process. From what I could gather if I want to flash either a kernel or rom I must use fastboot. Which is a program you run on your computer while the phone is in fastboot mode (black screen, blue led). My problems are I have yet to find a DETAILED process on how to do this. I also am wondering if I were to install clockwork recovery if I could just flash roms and kernels through it. I know everyone on the form says they you cant but they all have locked bootloaders. The final thing Im confused about is flashtool. What is it used for? In one form is sounded like someone used it to unbrick there phone but Im still unsure. Any help that can straiten this up for me would be GREATLY appreciated.
Edit: If this helps you help me I have recently come from a droid X and HTC Eris. Both devices I know my way around them.
Oh and thanks for the people who posted in my last thread. THIS PHONE IS SICK!!!!!!!!
Dont have any answers for you since most of them are in the forum ; but a thing to point out is that since you have a r800x the amount of roms you can flash are limited.
Nabeel_Nabs said:
Dont have any answers for you since most of them are in the forum ; but a thing to point out is that since you have a r800x the amount of roms you can flash are limited.
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Could I at least get some links. I have been digging around for a weak and still haven't found anything. Like I said I have an idea about everything I just need some help clearing it all up.
Ok, I finally found a form that explains flashtool and how to use it. But I still would like to know about the clockwork recovery.
BrownEye02 said:
Ok, I finally found a form that explains flashtool and how to use it. But I still would like to know about the clockwork recovery.
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You can flash roms through clockwork mod. But you can not flash kernels, the reason for this is both the kernel and recovery are held on the same partition /boot/, obviously flashing a kernel overwrites /boot/ partition so CWM cannot write to the same partition is it running from.
You can flash nandroid backups from CWM recovery
Your selection is limited tho because this phone has limited people working on it lol.
Yeah I know the CDMA rom department hasnt developed yet, but it will.
But you two are saying two different things. Can I only flash nand backups with the clockwork recovery or can I flash a rom. Thanks for clearing up the kernel part though.
BrownEye02 said:
Yeah I know the CDMA rom department hasnt developed yet, but it will.
But you two are saying two different things. Can I only flash nand backups with the clockwork recovery or can I flash a rom. Thanks for clearing up the kernel part though.
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You can flash standard rom.zip's from recovery too, Not trying to show off but i created one of the first roms flashable from recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250873
AndroHero said:
You can flash standard rom.zip's from recovery too, Not trying to show off but i created one of the first roms flashable from recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250873
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Nice!!
Now when you say you were the first to make a rom that was flashable in clockwork recovery. Does this mean that the rom has to be specially made to be flashed with the clockwork recovery or is this just because everyone uses flashtool to flash roms?
BrownEye02 said:
Nice!!
Now when you say you were the first to make a rom that was flashable in clockwork recovery. Does this mean that the rom has to be specially made to be flashed with the clockwork recovery or is this just because everyone uses flashtool to flash roms?
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To be flashed from recovery, a rom has to be in a certain format, and contain an update script and binarys that tell recovery when to mount and unmount partitions, what partitions and directories to copy the files to and what permissions need to be given to certain files/folders
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To be flashed from recovery, a rom has to be in a certain format, and contain an update script and binarys that tell recovery when to mount and unmount partitions, what partitions and directories to copy the files to and what permissions need to be given to certain files/folders
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Alright, thanks for clearing all this up for me!
Hello,
Today I attempted to root my HTC Desire. I used this site ( youtube.com/watch?v=kvg0i8in96M ) to do so.
I installed several programs that required SU access to check if the rooting was succesful.
I downloaded SystemAppRemover to remove some of the originally installed pieces of software. Unfortunately that didn’t work out too well: some of the buttons on the Phone aren’t responding anymore. So I figured, let’s turn off the Phone and turn it back on.
Then the next program revealed itself: the Phone wont boot, its trapped in the booting proces. I read elsewhere online that I should try to revert to the original firmware, but I have no idea how to do that.
Can anybody advice on this please? I used android 2.3 before.
Thanks in advance,
Veldscholte
Recovery working? Have you done any back up before you tried that app?
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First backup is for saving a lot of troubles, like this one... Was it not worth to make it? You can flash any custom ROM or you can flash ruu-see bortak guide from stickies I'm on the phone limitation of resources ATM
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I see that you're running Runnymede 5.0.3. Looking through the ROM's thread, i've found that it requires that you have an EXT partition on the SD card and that your phone is S-OFF, both of which, i believe, your phone lacks. That might be the reason why it's stuck at the bootscreen.
Runny 5.0.3 ROM's thread said:
REQUIREMENTS:
- CM7r2 or stock HBOOT (from Alpharev)
- Must be S-OFF! (see S-OFF guide).
- A 1GB ext4 partition (see partition guide for 4EXT Recovery).
- A recovery with touch drivers: I recommend 4EXT Recovery. Optional but recommended.
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Before installing ANY ROM, please read its thread carefully. Some ROMs require various types and sizes of EXT partitions, others require different HBOOTS etc. If you don't follow the instructions properly, you will get bootloops.
From my understanding, you are now running the stock HBOOT (250 MB of /system space). If your phone is network-free (unbranded), you should download the latest 2.2 stock RUU from HTC, install it on your phone and that'll solve all of your problems (use Search). You can root/S-OFF afterwards and install any ROM that your heart desires (making sure you follow instructions, this time).
If you read his first post and watched video, he is s-off with stock hboot as he used revolutionary to get root... i think he is missing only ext4 partition and touch recovery
First off. ALways do a Nandroid backup from within recovery. This would have given you the option to restore your original rom,"with S-Off".
Head over to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200261
download and install from recovery,"Wipe data/factory reset & dalvik cache first"
please read Bortaks Guide before messing to much wth your phone.
Go to http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
download Install Gparted Live either on CD or USB
Read instructions from site.
Do not use recovery to format ext3 or ext4. This will only lead to errors.
Veldscholte said:
Hello guys. Thanks for all the reply's. I'm sorry to say it, but I'm a beginner in this area. What is the best thing I can do now? How do I format all my partitions into ext4?
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Why do you want to format ALL of your partitions to EXT4? You phone needs a FAT32-partition as well.
So if the ROM you flashed or you want to flash needs an EXT4-partition, backup all important data on your SD card, boot into recovery and partition your SD card with FAT32-partition plus an EXT4-partition with 1 GB (I recommend 1 GB because it will be compatible with nearly every ROM you find here) and copy all data back on FAT32-partition.
You can do this operation either in recovery (worked always well for me) or with GParted. Just do not use software like MiniTool Partition Wizard or any other Windows software which "deals" with EXT-partitions, because these types are Linux-partition-types and I would not trust Windows there if you want to have the rewards of your SD card.
In Q&A you can and will find a very good noob guide which will help you a lot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
If you still have questions / problems, use the search. And if there is still something that bothers you, ask your question here in Q&A.
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bored_stupid said:
Go to http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
download Install Gparted Live either on CD or USB
Read instructions from site.
Do not use recovery to format ext3 or ext4. This will only lead to errors.
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This is just not true. Recovery is an easy and very good way to partition your SD card and will work well nearly every time. I cannot remember any partitioning errors (can you name at least one anyway?) or rather problems caused by partition with recovery. As far as I remember, the causes were always crap software like Rom Manager or MiniTool Partition Wizard or something like that.
MatDrOiD said:
Why do you want to format ALL of your partitions to EXT4? You phone needs a FAT32-partition as well.
So if the ROM you flashed or you want to flash needs an EXT4-partition, backup all important data on your SD card, boot into recovery and partition your SD card with FAT32-partition plus an EXT4-partition with 1 GB (I recommend 1 GB because it will be compatible with nearly every ROM you find here) and copy all data back on FAT32-partition.
You can do this operation either in recovery (worked always well for me) or with GParted. Just do not use software like MiniTool Partition Wizard or any other Windows software which "deals" with EXT-partitions, because these types are Linux-partition-types and I would not trust Windows there if you want to have the rewards of your SD card.
In Q&A you can and will find a very good noob guide which will help you a lot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
If you still have questions / problems, use the search. And if there is still something that bothers you, ask your question here in Q&A.
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This is just not true. Recovery is an easy and very good way to partition your SD card and will work well nearly every time. I cannot remember any partitioning errors (can you name at least one anyway?) or rather problems caused by partition with recovery. As far as I remember, the causes were always crap software like Rom Manager or MiniTool Partition Wizard or something like that.
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Apologies, what i should have said was," could possibly cause problems ". I have occasionally had problems with some fussy roms boot-looping after installation, but after reformatting in Gparted, they have worked," this could be coincidence though ". I fully agree with you on the likes of Rom Manager and MiniTools.
Veldscholte said:
***This method only works for users with hboot 0.93 and lower. Sorry 1.06 users, but until unrevoked updates, your stuck on stock htc***
I have hboot 6.93.1002..
Edit: Now I have an ext4 partition on my sd card. How can I install any custom rom on that partition? Windows can't read it.
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Please do some research about installing ROMs etc. You clearly did not even understand the basics.
What hboot do you have? Still the same as first post? Post info from hboot/fastboot, why did you run RUU?
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Ok, flash recovery via fastboot
Fastboot flash recovery "name of recovery IMG file"
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Veldscholte said:
What image file do I need to flash?
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The recovery.img-file.
for rmd recovery see my signature as you have no system yet... flash it then you can flash custom rom
Does RMD backup and restore .android_secure properly now?
Personally I wouldn't recommend anything other than cwm 2.5.0.7 or amonRA 2.0.1 depending on erase size to a newbie
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It should have... i remember there was conversation between you and rastaman if im right... but since new version came out 1.0.3.5, i was using 1.0.3.4 without any problem then I changed over to 4ext... I can't be 100% it was fixed... Can you have a look please?
yes i know cwm or amon ra but these have usb brick function i dont want to have him back if it will happen
Just in case 4EXT recovery
MD5 2D75F6EE7626D98F84E148C2BD8C0855
boot phone to fastboot, connect to pc and run in cmd:
fastboot devices
if you get any HTxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx number you can proceed to flashing recovery
kotag82 said:
It should have... i remember there was conversation between you and rastaman if im right... but since new version came out 1.0.3.5, i was using 1.0.3.4 without any problem then I changed over to 4ext... I can't be 100% it was fixed... Can you have a look please?
yes i know cwm or amon ra but these have usb brick function i dont want to have him back if it will happen
Just in case 4EXT recovery
MD5 2D75F6EE7626D98F84E148C2BD8C0855
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I haven't recommended 4ext to anyone yet, Ive still been recommending what I mentioned, but Ive been using it solidly for a good few weeks now and I think I am about ready to start recommending it...
Veldscholte said:
How can I use fastboot if I can't get an adb connection?
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adb and fastboot are 2 totally different things. It just happens that they both are command line and used to communicate with your android phone. The similarity ends there.
Do what Kotag said.
If you click the link to my guides in my signature, I have an adb and fastboot faq that may be of use to you.
Is it boot loop or stuck on splash screen?
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That splash, that means booting process did not started
What hboot you have, I presume you flashed seb15 Runny, what version? Sd ext done properly?
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Hello
Before i start, just like to say that I spent almost two days to read almost all posts related to my phone, but still feel I need your help.
Ok then:
I own an HTC Desire and recently asked an informatic friend to root my phone, mainly for two reasons:
- In order to install more applications, since it was always with the notification of "low memory space" and still had lots of applications to install and,
- To be able to customize, since I see many colleagues with images and icons very beautiful and I'd like to have that
After the root done, my friend installed the ROM CyanogenMod 7.0.1
I was very happy the phone came to my hands, but even before i start to install the applications i noticed that only had about 70MB free space, and then after installing some, quickly came to 30Mb, even using the App2SD. Frankly it seems to me that this program is working exactly the same way it was before the root. One part goes to the SD but another part is the internal memory. I thought with the root, the entire application would go to the SD.
I also noticed that either the cache or system applications were also in the internal memory and not in SD. So i suspect that something is lacking because something is not right.
Another question I have, and probably can be related, is that applications that came in were the Rom Manager and Superuser. However, if you open the Superuser does not appear nothing, not on the page of the application or the registration page. Do not know if it's normal.
As for the rom manager, any action that I want to do such as Install Rom from SD card, or Download Rom or Check for Rom Updates, or Partition SD Card always shows me the message "You must have ClockworkMod Recovery installed before continuing. Install the Recovery Manager through Rom first " followed by the option Install or Cancel. Has im not an expert, i decided not to install and listen to your help first. What is wrong? what should I do?
I hope you understand me (sorry for my English but im from Portugal) and i wait you can help me.
Thanks
FDinis
1. Search for SD partition guide, a2sd/a2sd+/data2ext guide, Hboot flashing guide, recovery flashing guide, rom flashing guide (in no particular order, get them all), learn and figure out what these are. So before you take a step, you know the risk.
2. Maybe your Desire got RMD Recovery on the recovery partition after rooted. So with your finishing "1." , you should know how to get a ClockworkMod Recovery.
Bad english, hope you know what I try to tell. Learn those and you'll know how to get more ram.
Thank you, but can anyone be more especific?
The rooting process installs Superuser on your phone system partition. Superuser is the app that grants root permissions to other apps. Opening it will just show you which apps have been granted root priveledges which I am guessing are none so far.
Do not use ROM manager with the desire it will cause all kinds of problems. You should already have a custom recovery installed when it was rooted.
To get more space for apps you need to install a ROM that supports A2SD+ (not the same as Froyo A2SD) and partition your sd card. ROMs available here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328 There is a guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084 Follow steps 5 to 7 (you have done 1 to 4 already). There is another good (perhaps better) guide here http://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/220627-faq-apps2sd-updated-17-02-11-a.html and some more general information about rooting here http://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/503471-desire-all-things-root-guide.html
Alternatively you could change the phone internal partitions in conjunction with an appropriate ROM but that is more complicated.
I hope this helps.
Nick
nicka3200 said:
You should already have a custom recovery installed when it was rooted.
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How can i know that?!
Shut down phone, then hold vol down and press power - this will take you to bootloader screen. Navigate using vol up/down to Recovery and press power to select - this should take you into custom recovery.
Edit: do you know how your mate rooted your phone? Post the details shown on bootloader screen, and what your original hboot version and software version is if you know.
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Edit: do you know how your mate rooted your phone? Post the details shown on bootloader screen, and what your original hboot version and software version is if you know.
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How do i do that?
Sorry but i dont have experience in Android
beachcomber said:
Shut down phone, then hold vol down and press power - this will take you to bootloader screen. Navigate using vol up/down to Recovery and press power to select - this should take you into custom recovery.
Edit: do you know how your mate rooted your phone? Post the details shown on bootloader screen, and what your original hboot version and software version is if you know.
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Revolutionary
Bravo PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICRO-031d
TOUCH PANEL - SYNW0101
RADIO-5.17.05.23
aUG 10 2010,17:52:18
And now?
fdinis said:
Revolutionary
Bravo PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICRO-031d
TOUCH PANEL - SYNW0101
RADIO-5.17.05.23
aUG 10 2010,17:52:18
And now?
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And now you take 15 minutes of your oh so important life which matters to everyone here and actually READ instead of asking to be spoon fed, before I strangle somebody.
And since it was your "friend" that put your phone in that state, it wouldn't be bad to ask him first for help and explain to you what he did.
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bortak said:
And now you take 15 minutes of your oh so important life which matters to everyone here and actually READ instead of asking to be spoon fed, before I strangle somebody.
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Bortak, why that attitud?
If you read my 1st sentence i already told that i spent a lot of time reading this forum, but unfortunatly i dont have technical knowledge so im affraid of doing something wrong.
You are not obliged to help but if you spent some of your precious time posting here, wasnt it better if you helped instead of criticizing? Isn't that the objective of forums?
Fortunatly there are some guys that do that.
Hold that fury for something more important
stankyou said:
And since it was your "friend" that put your phone in that state, it wouldn't be bad to ask him first for help and explain to you what he did.
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Stankyou
As i didnt like what he has done, im not asking him to do other things
Oh dear, I'll help you move on from this forum.
You have now S-OFF'd your device, meaning you can now manipulate any data that is saved onto your nand (layman's terms: built in) memory.
If you want to do further change, such as changing the operating system on your device, you need to flash a custom recovery. There is a tutorial on my guide on how to do so. Do not ask me which one to flash, remember a recovery is a recovery is a recovery is a recovery - they ALL do the same thing, some may have different features than others.
Once you have flashed recovery backup your ROM.
There are a few different variations of Android, here are A FEW you can choose from, I just picked the first one that picked the criteria.
Sense 2.0/2.1
Sense 3.0/3.5
Stock AOSP Gingerbread
Customised AOSP Gingerbread
MIUI AOSP Gingerbread
AOSP ICS (UNSTABLE)
Once you've decided what ROM you would like to choose, read the forum thread, and find out what HBOOT you need from www.alpharev.io (make sure to check the md5 before flashing, there's a tool that does this for you in resources on my guide). And flash the hboot (tutorial on my guide).
A lot of ROMs also support A2SD. For this you need to have a EXT3 or 4 partition on your sd-card. Use Gparted to make a 1024mb EXT3 or 4 partition on your sd-card. Make sure to back it up beforehand as it will be wiped.
Put the ROM on your sd-card, boot into recovery.
In recovery do a full wipe of boot, system, data, cache and dalvik cache.
Flash the ROM you wanted to use.
reboot.
That's as much help as you'll get from anyone here.
Bortak
Thanks
I'll try to do that, but i'm affraid of doing something wrong due to my (lack of) knowledge.
Well, best way to gain some knowledge is a) to read and b) to try out different things. So please, stop complaining and just do it! Most of us learned how to do things by doing them. And that's also the reason why most newbies get some troll posts when asking things.
This post is not meant to insult you, but just to give some advice. There are very few states where your phone will be totally unusable, so just give it a try.
fdinis said:
Bortak
Thanks
I'll try to do that, but i'm affraid of doing something wrong due to my (lack of) knowledge.
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Replied to your Pm, so check your messages
fdinis said:
As for the rom manager, any action that I want to do such as Install Rom from SD card, or Download Rom or Check for Rom Updates, or Partition SD Card always shows me the message "You must have ClockworkMod Recovery installed before continuing. Install the Recovery Manager through Rom first " followed by the option Install or Cancel. Has im not an expert, i decided not to install and listen to your help first.
Thanks
FDinis
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Looks like you haven't got a custom recovery flashed. If you are going to use ClockWorkRecovery then next time when it asks you to flash CMW recovery say Yes and follow the instructions. Personally, I prefer 4EXT recovery (you can search for it in Google play store). But you need a custom recovery on your rooted phone before you can start tinkering with it.
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SANCAH said:
Looks like you haven't got a custom recovery flashed. If you are going to use ClockWorkRecovery then next time when it asks you to flash CMW recovery say Yes and follow the instructions. Personally, I prefer 4EXT recovery (you can search for it in Google play store). But you need a custom recovery on your rooted phone before you can start tinkering with it.
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you're rocketing your way to 10 posts very quickly...spreading a little bad advice along the way
- you need to be s-off before you can start tinkering with recovery
- also, he has already been advised correctly not to use ROM manager at all...
1.Just install 4ext app from Google Play
2.Flash with it 4ext recovery, boot into recovery and do a backup of your current rom
4.download the customrom zip of your choice.
3.download the required hboot and flash it.
5.boot from the 4ext app into recovery do a full wipe
6. go to install zip from sd ( if needes toggle veryfication off before)
7.Reboot
8. finish
7.Have fun
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eddiehk6 said:
- you need to be s-off before you can start tinkering with recovery
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If i recall correctly, the timeline i followed was
stock rom
got my self root and custom recovery (clockwork) ( unrevoked.com)
custom rom, on stock hboot
s-off, custom hboot, custom rom with more space for data (alpharev.nl)
so a custom recovery without s-off is possible