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Desire broken?

Hi,
I flashed a modified framework-res.apk I got from the emulator (using the new Gingerbread) and flashed it to Oxygen 1.0. I have a GSM, AMOLED Desire.
Now my sdcard doesn't get recognized anymore and the device isn't able to connect to O2 Germany. When I try to connect the phone to my PC (Windows) I get a message that Windows wants to install a "Qualcomm CDMA technologies MSM" driver.
I still can boot the phone up, I can get into recovery (AmonRa 2.0.0) and fastboot.
Can anyone help me?

Flash a stock ROM - ignore the Windows driver thing, that's to do with a modem if you Google it. Why you'd take something from Gingerbread and try it on FroYo is beyond me - super rookie mistake right there!!

EddyOS said:
Flash a stock ROM - ignore the Windows driver thing, that's to do with a modem if you Google it. Why you'd take something from Gingerbread and try it on FroYo is beyond me - super rookie mistake right there!!
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1. It only was the framework-res.apk and I only took the images from it.
2. I don't have access to my sdcard. Is it still possible to flash a stock ROM?

Try flashing a rom via fastboot.
http://www.firstdroid.com/tutorials...pphire-guias/how-to-load-a-rom-with-fastboot/
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

KBanause said:
1. It only was the framework-res.apk and I only took the images from it.
2. I don't have access to my sdcard. Is it still possible to flash a stock ROM?
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As you are on o2 Germany, grab this RUU:
http://www.o2online.de/nw/support/downloads/software/htc/htcdesire/htc-desire.html
and reroot via unrevoked, gonna delete everything on your device but should work, you might want to take your sd card out of the phone before doing this just in case anything weird happens ;-)
best regards

That's the same as the o2 UK RUU on shipped-roms.com, would also mean no gold card needed to flash it

How can I get the ROM image as zip file? Is it the OTA update.zip?

Edit: Read the next post, some genius information, learned sth new there : >
If you're talkin bout my solution there is no way to get the zip, simply install HTC sync (yes, you have to -.-), fire up the executable and follow the on screen instructions.

It's the full RUU. To get the PB99IMG.zip from it do the following:
1. Run the RUU
2. Once you get to the first screen of the RUU, move it to the bottom of your screen and go to Start>Run and type
%temp%
And click OK
3. Browse to the newest folder created in the Temp folder
4. In the folder will be a ZIP file called Rom - copy this to your Desktop
5. Rename thr ZIP file to PB99IMG.zip (not PB99IMG.zip.zip) and copy it to the root of your SD card
6. Turn your phone on whilst holding volume down and follow the instructions

I think you don't have to flash a RUU rom. Flashing for example oxygen via fastboot again should do the trick.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Better to flash stock again to get everything working again then root again

d0msen said:
Edit: Read the next post, some genius information, learned sth new there : >
If you're talkin bout my solution there is no way to get the zip, simply install HTC sync (yes, you have to -.-), fire up the executable and follow the on screen instructions.
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Unfortunately I don't have a SENSE ROM installed. Oxygen is an AOSP ROM
EddyOS said:
It's the full RUU. To get the PB99IMG.zip from it do the following:
1. Run the RUU
2. Once you get to the first screen of the RUU, move it to the bottom of your screen and go to Start>Run and type
%temp%
And click OK
3. Browse to the newest folder created in the Temp folder
4. In the folder will be a ZIP file called Rom - copy this to your Desktop
5. Rename thr ZIP file to PB99IMG.zip (not PB99IMG.zip.zip) and copy it to the root of your SD card
6. Turn your phone on whilst holding volume down and follow the instructions
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I think I have to use the fastboot method as the phone can't find the sdcard anymore
rikmer said:
I think you don't have to flash a RUU rom. Flashing for example oxygen via fastboot again should do the trick.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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I have the nandroid .img files of my system before I got those problems. Would it be possible to flash those somehow via fastboot?

For that method I said you do NOT need FASTBOOT. So long as you can connect you SD card to your PC to copy the ZIP file to it and turn your phone on into HBOOT then you'll be fine. If, and it's a big if, it doesn't read the card then yes you'll have to use FASTBOOT and an RUU - you don't need HTC Sync for that

EddyOS said:
For that method I said you do NOT need FASTBOOT. So long as you can connect you SD card to your PC to copy the ZIP file to it and turn your phone on into HBOOT then you'll be fine. If, and it's a big if, it doesn't read the card then yes you'll have to use FASTBOOT and an RUU - you don't need HTC Sync for that
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It's now updating. I hope it doesn't matter that I have removed the hboot- and splash-image from the zip-file.

EddyOS said:
For that method I said you do NOT need FASTBOOT. So long as you can connect you SD card to your PC to copy the ZIP file to it and turn your phone on into HBOOT then you'll be fine. If, and it's a big if, it doesn't read the card then yes you'll have to use FASTBOOT and an RUU - you don't need HTC Sync for that
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This method sounds very clean. Second that.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Removed them from what? The PB99IMG.zip? Why on earth would you do that?!?!?! It's going to brick your phone!!
Just flash back to stock and start again

EddyOS said:
Removed them from what? The PB99IMG.zip? Why on earth would you do that?!?!?! It's going to brick your phone!!
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Currently it's just a piece of hardware that is only capable of using WiFi. I can't damage it more. But maybe you're right. I will install the unchange zip file.
But it would be interesting to know what went wrong. Why does using images from the Gingerbread emulator framework-res.apk for a FroYo ROM leads to such an result?

Because the rest of the ROM isn't Gingerbread. It's completely different. It's like me taking a customised framework file and trying to use it on a stock ROM. It doesn't work
Just go back to stock and start again. That way you know you've got a clean base to start from

EddyOS said:
Because the rest of the ROM isn't Gingerbread. It's completely different. It's like me taking a customised framework file and trying to use it on a stock ROM. It doesn't work
Just go back to stock and start again. That way you know you've got a clean base to start from
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OK. I now have installed the zip but it still can't find the sdcard. And it can't connect to the mobile network (2G/3G) too

KBanause said:
OK. I now have installed the zip but it still can't find the sdcard. And it can't connect to the mobile network (2G/3G) too
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Wipe everything(everything! even system and boot), reflash radio and oxygen, see if the error persists

Root Gone Wrong

Hi,
I have been trying to root my phone to install ARHD. I installed the boot.img file from the downloads section, installed ClockworkMOD, copied the ROM to the SD Card and unlocked the phone using HTCDEV.com.
However, now when the phone tries to boot, the lock screen appears, freezes then the phone reboots. Ican get into CWM Recovery but I can only see an Android folder, Lost.DIR folder and My Documents folder. I cannot see the ROM.
What can I do to get out of this Bootloop?

fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot erase cache
boot into recovery
install zip from sd card
choose your rom
install
viola
any of these steps that you not make? If you can follow through all these steps you should be good to go
good luck

shadehh said:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot erase cache
boot into recovery
install zip from sd card
choose your rom
install
viola
any of these steps that you not make? If you can follow through all these steps you should be good to go
good luck
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Thanks for the quick Reply shadehh!
I can follow the instructions up to Install Zip from SDCard. When I choose that option I can only see the following directories:
Android/
LOST.DIR/
My Documents/
I've searched through all 3 directories and no sign of the ROM. I had originally copied it to a new folder call ROMS on the root of the SD-Card.

Pootsy said:
Thanks for the quick Reply shadehh!
I can follow the instructions up to Install Zip from SDCard. When I choose that option I can only see the following directories:
Android/
LOST.DIR/
My Documents/
I've searched through all 3 directories and no sign of the ROM. I had originally copied it to a new folder call ROMS on the root of the SD-Card.
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Ah this looks crappy, your phone i think is not in big **** just yet. Looks like you've got to find a way to push your rom into your phone and i think i just recalled something...
I know this is written in the One S section but i see no reason why this shouldn't work with the HoX
What this basically does is it lets you put a rom on your sdcard through CWM, this i hope helps you get back on track : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929

try putting across again go in to recovery and mount the storage and drag and drop it over again see if that helps

adb will not detect the device as I cannot get into the operating system to turn on USB debugging
when I mount the SDCard, my PC still cannot see the drive so I cannot copy anything across.
Any other ideas?

Pootsy said:
adb will not detect the device as I cannot get into the operating system to turn on USB debugging
when I mount the SDCard, my PC still cannot see the drive so I cannot copy anything across.
Any other ideas?
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http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html <-- you have that installed?
install following packages:
Android SDK Tools
Android SDK Platform Tools
Google USB Driver Package
uhhh, then check if your device gets detected?
Also have you got HTC Sync installed?
EDIT: If this doesn't help then i'm clueless. Hope someone else can help you

Phone wont even charge now. Think my next stop is the nice man at the Vodafone shop.

If you have latest cwm 5.8.4.0 then you can charge in recovery. You can also mount your sdcard to put the ROM back on there in cwm
Go on mounts menu then choose mount USB storage then plug to PC.
It should appear in computer and you can copy back over
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

Thankseveryone for your assistance.
What I had to in the end was to flash stock recovery . This allowed me to then factory reset which got the phone up and running, albeit, in stock, but unlocked.
Now, do I bite the bullet and load a ROM on or be thankful that I dodged a bullet?:laugh::laugh:
Again, thank you all sooooooo much!!!!!

htc one x bootloop after flash

i'm not really into all of that stuff.. but i just tried and failed miserably, haha.
so this is my problem:
i got a htc one x, rooted it and everything was alright. after that i tried to flash cyanogenmod 10 on it. i followed these stepps in this video: /watch?v=elDvcVot7qo (i would enter the full link.. but i'm not allowed to, because this is my first post here)
so i downloaded the cm10_endeavoru-ota-eng.noeri-007.zip and ripndroidgapps-jb-20120805.zip .. but instead of putting both of them onto my sd card, i put all the datas which were IN the files onto my device. now my handy is stuck on the bootloop and i have no access to my sd card anymore.. i just need the access to fix it, does anyone know a solution for it?

Beeeck said:
i'm not really into all of that stuff.. but i just tried and failed miserably, haha.
so this is my problem:
i got a htc one x, rooted it and everything was alright. after that i tried to flash cyanogenmod 10 on it. i followed these stepps in this video: /watch?v=elDvcVot7qo (i would enter the full link.. but i'm not allowed to, because this is my first post here)
so i downloaded the cm10_endeavoru-ota-eng.noeri-007.zip and ripndroidgapps-jb-20120805.zip .. but instead of putting both of them onto my sd card, i put all the datas which were IN the files onto my device. now my handy is stuck on the bootloop and i have no access to my sd card anymore.. i just need the access to fix it, does someone can help me please?
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Have you tried just holding volume down as it bootloops to see if it will go into cwm?

McBeaker said:
Have you tried just holding volume down as it bootloops to see if it will go into cwm?
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that works well, i can get into fastboot and cwm

Beeeck said:
that works well, i can get into fastboot and cwm
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If you did a backup in cwm you can restore it or try and flash the rom again just make sure you read through the whole process a couple of times, mistakes are very easy to make, also look for threads about the rom you are flashing and try and cross reference the procedure, this sometimes helps ...good luck!

McBeaker said:
If you did a backup in cwm you can restore it or try and flash the rom again just make sure you read through the whole process a couple of times, mistakes are very easy to make, also look for threads about the rom you are flashing and try and cross reference the procedure, this sometimes helps ...good luck!
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i did not put the zip files onto my sd card.. so i can't flash them again, i also did not make a backup the files which i need to complete it, are not on my sd card. all i need is getting access to my sd card, so that i can put the files on it.

Beeeck said:
i did not put the zip files onto my sd card.. so i can't flash them again, i also did not make a backup the files which i need to complete it, are not on my sd card. all i need is getting access to my sd card, so that i can put the files on it.
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Plug your phone into you pc, boot into recovery, then in cwm go to "mounts and sorage" - "mount USB storage" and the sd card should pop up on your screen

McBeaker said:
Plug your phone into you pc, boot into recovery, then in cwm go to "mounts and sorage" - "mount USB storage" and the sd card should pop up on your screen
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i tried it, but it doesn't work.. i get an error:
"clockworkmord recovery v5.8.2.7
E: unable to open ums lunfile (no such file or directory) couldn't open directory."

Beeeck said:
i tried it, but it doesn't work.. i get an error:
"clockworkmord recovery v5.8.2.7
E: unable to open ums lunfile (no such file or directory) couldn't open directory."
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Damn, sorry to say that's where my knowledge ends, I've never seen that error but I would suggest googling the error and see if you can find anything info on it while you wait on here for more help...

McBeaker said:
Damn, sorry to say that's where my knowledge ends, I've never seen that error but I would suggest googling the error and see if you can find anything info on it while you wait on here for more help...
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could it work,if i update the cwm to the latest one?

Update to cwm 5.8.4.0 it allows mounting USB storage in recovery
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

bogfather said:
Update to cwm 5.8.4.0 it allows mounting USB storage in recovery
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
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thank you very much, it worked

Beeeck said:
do i just have to flash the new version, without deleting anything?
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I think you can flash straight over the top of it

htc one x boot loop
McBeaker said:
Plug your phone into you pc, boot into recovery, then in cwm go to "mounts and sorage" - "mount USB storage" and the sd card should pop up on your screen
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I've been looking around a lot and I'm seriously to the point where I'm totally confused, I have my friend's HTC ONE X (international one) where we followed Hsasoon2000's tool kit (which also uses htcdev website) to unlock the boot loader and it apparently it did and everything was good but when we tried to install the CM10 rom for jellybean using his toolkit the phone got into this "boot loop" and we can't figure how to fix it.. we can get to the bootloader.. where if we select recovery it takes us to this "team win recovery project" thing and gives us several options but .. we are pretty new to this and we don't want to screw this even more. I got to the USB storage mount and I'm able to get into the files through the computer.. can any of you guys help please?? WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT

You need to flash the boot.img.

BenPope said:
You need to flash the boot.img.
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I truly appreciate your response .. do you recommend any video we could follow.. like I said we are new to this and learning as we go. THANKS

The command is
fastboot flash boot boot.img
You can search how to get and use fastboot, I have no link. It is requirement for pretty much any ROM, though.

BenPope said:
The command is
fastboot flash boot boot.img
You can search how to get and use fastboot, I have no link. It is requirement for pretty much any ROM, though.
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I got it working thanks alot for all your help!!!!

what i did
i use CC rom and updated to latest rom, it corrupted sommehow i guess
it was locked into HTC bootloop and i could not reach recovery with volume button.
i did all guides , they did not work for me...
THEN I found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604439
Kit and it alowed me to enter the recovery with a ADB command Problem solved, i installed latest backup and it started again.

[Q] Root on my HTC Desire

Hello!
I have my desire for more than a year, some time ago I attempted to root my phone but when using the revo ... there was no effect. I have to admit that I have no knowledge on this topic. I want someone to explain step by step what I need to do (preferably with pictures) and one by one said what happens (bootload and everything means nothing for me). I should add that I did not want to upload a new system just to get access to system files. I care about my android play in the substitution of system files. (I hope that after all this root can do).

Ur phone is s-off so to gain root all u have to do is flash superuser zip from recovery
Sent from my HTC Desire
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http://androidforums.com/desire-all...ff-root-htc-desire-revolutionary-updated.html
Go here and download superuser 3.0.7 zip and put it on ur sdcard then with ur phone off hold volume down + power. Once in bootloader press volume buttons to navigate down to recovery and press power button to select, then in recovery choose install zip from sdcard and flash superuser.zip, once complete just reboot and u will have root
Sent from my HTC Desire

sorry to hijack thread...
my info in signature, is there an option to download Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper from the Playstore and back up your root access before updating with 2.3.6? and then root back?

kmetek said:
sorry to hijack thread...
my info in signature, is there an option to download Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper from the Playstore and back up your root access before updating with 2.3.6? and then root back?
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?!?
You're able to do a OTA 2.3.6 update? What magic do you use, or what weed are you smoking?

Can I back to stock after root? (unroot). I also want to get more space on my phone. I read about making sth on SD card but i dont know what have to do. Every tutorial is other and i dont know now how to make.
When i press power button on recovery it shows htc logo and then phone icon with green then turns into a red with an exclamation mark

nlooo: i was asking if it's an option

Any solutions to my problem? Can some one reply me please.

You have to flash a new recovery. Try running revolutionary again, and let it install ClockworkMod.
To "make your internal memory larger", you will need an ext partition on your sdcard, then install a a2sd script.
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abaaaabbbb63 said:
You have to flash a new recovery. Try running revolutionary again, and let it install ClockworkMod.
To "make your internal memory larger", you will need an ext partition on your sdcard, then install a a2sd script.
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So there is next problem when you run volume - and power button and then connect to pc it say Android 1.0 ( on revo you need to update drivers but but when i try to do it, it says not found (in that folder)). I got windows 7. Also i read that revo dont allow to root phones with hboot 6.93 or i'm wrong. Sorry for bad english

//thnx for correcting me.
Another way would be through fastboot. If you search the forums, you will find a "fastboot" tool. As I am posting from my phone, and because I suffer from a severe case of laziness, you will have to find it yourself.
Another thing you need is Android Usb Drivers. Google it, download the drivers, then plug the phone in the PC. Go to Device Manager, right click the Android 1.0, then click update , then select update drivers manually. Then browse to the folder you have the android usb drivers content in.
Try using this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
Sent from my toaster.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Revolutionary would have s-offed you, and would have installed clockworkmod recovery. As you are already s-off, and have their custom hboot, revolutionary will only flash clockworkmod. It's an easy way to do it.
Another way would be through fastboot. If you search the forums, you will find a "fastboot" tool. As I am posting from my phone, and because I suffer from a severe case of laziness, you will have to find it yourself.
Another thing you need is Android Usb Drivers. Google it, download the drivers, then plug the phone in the PC. Go to Device Manager, right click the Android 1.0, then click update , then select update drivers manually. Then browse to the folder you have the android usb drivers content in.
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And if u run revolutionary it will tell u that u are already s-off u idiot. Or something like that haha.
Flash new recovery via fastboot commands. Click adb & fastboot in my sig for a guide. then click PB99IMG 4ext recovery in my sig and download PB99IMG.zip and extract "recovery.img" (its the latest 4ext) and flash it using fastboot commands.
Or just do it the PB99IMG method, instructions r there too
Sent from my HTC Desire

jmcclue said:
And if u run revolutionary it will tell u that u are already s-off u idiot. Or something like that haha.
Flash new recovery via fastboot commands. Click adb & fastboot in my sig for a guide. then click PB99IMG 4ext recovery in my sig and download PB99IMG.zip and extract "recovery.img" (its the latest 4ext) and flash it using fastboot commands.
Or just do it the PB99IMG method, instructions r there too
Sent from my HTC Desire
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already used that revolutionary and now on recovery shown:
picture attached
I need now to run that superuser file (flash form sd) and i get full root?
Could you tell me about gold card, backup and every thing (most wanted on begin of rooting)

jmcclue said:
And if u run revolutionary it will tell u that u are already s-off u idiot.
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Revolutionary flashed the clockworkmod. What a surprise...
Moving on. Backing up from recovery does a full backup of the current state of the phone. If you do something wrong, this will restore your phone to the exact state that it was when the backup was made. Don't forget to make one before making major changes to your phone (rom flashing).
And yes, flashing that superuser.zip will give you root.
Before flashing a rom, after you did a backup, make a factory data reset, and delete cache and dalvik. This will make a clean installation of the rom.
To move your apps from one rom to another, i recommend using Titanium Backup, and restore your apps on the new rom.
Most roms require an ext partition on your sdcard. To partition sdcard, you must flash 4ext recovery. Do this by searching the play store for "4ext recovery control" the app will flash it for you. Then, backup your sd contents to your pc ( the partition proccess will format your sd), Then reboot into recovery, select tools, partition sd-card. Make an ext4 partition of 1gb, and for the rest select 0. Then, congratz, you have an ext partition. To use it, you must flash an a2sd script. I use "mounts2sd". Google it. This script will have to be flashed to any rom you install, every time, unless the rom already has a script built in.
Then you're ready to flash any rom your heard "desires". Hehe... get it... "desires".
P.S. Gold card information:
What a Gold Card does is letting you install ROMs on your Android device that aren’t intended for your carrier. For example,if you have a T-Mobile USA HTC Desire, you can install an official ROM intended for the O2 UK HTC Desire, or even a generic ROM that isn’t locked to a carrier.It does so by disabling the CID (Carrier ID)check that the device does when installing a ROM.
If you have an unlocked desire, then you won't need a gold card.
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As you can see im total newbie. Step by step.
If i make back up where will save backup file? Do i have to copy it any where.
Ex. If i add widget to system files can i back to my old one? And every file on forum is in zip. How to install it to my system (ex. that widget)

hightrancer said:
As you can see im total newbie. Step by step.
If i make back up where will save backup file? Do i have to copy it any where.
Ex. If i add widget to system files can i back to my old one? And every file on forum is in zip. How to install it to my system (ex. that widget)
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If you backup from recovery, that backup will be saved on sdcard in the clockworkmod/backup folder.
To install a zip, go to recovery and select "install zip from sdcard" , then find and select the zip. Remember to backup first.
Usually widgets, apps in general come in .apk format. If you want to install one, just install it with root explorer. No need for recovery install.
Anyways, i'm kinda tired. If you have any more questions, ask jmcclue.
Sent from my toaster.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Revolutionary flashed the clockworkmod. What a surprise...
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Ok.. i wasnt calling u an idiot, i was just trying to be funny! And the instructions i gave is the best way to flash recovery, from fastboot. Not just run revolutionary and he wont need to "buy" 4ext recovery control coz my guide is the latest recovery.
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Make an ext4 partition of 1gb, and for the rest select 0.
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Actually its "skip" not 0
Sent from my HTC Desire

I'm not sure why people don't read tutorials, there aro so many of them on this topic.

nlooooo said:
I'm not sure why people don't read tutorials, there aro so many of them on this topic.
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Yh i know, i already suggested the 1 in my sig earlier,... Probably the best 1 around. But like u said, people dont read tutorials and would rather just write problems
Sent from my HTC Desire

abaaaabbbb63 said:
If you backup from recovery, that backup will be saved on sdcard in the clockworkmod/backup folder.
To install a zip, go to recovery and select "install zip from sdcard" , then find and select the zip. Remember to backup first.
Usually widgets, apps in general come in .apk format. If you want to install one, just install it with root explorer. No need for recovery install.
Anyways, i'm kinda tired. If you have any more questions, ask jmcclue.
Sent from my toaster.
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Thanks for your help now everything is easier.

jmcclue said:
Ur phone is s-off so to gain root all u have to do is flash superuser zip from recovery
Sent from my HTC Desire
---------- Post added at 08:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:56 PM ----------
http://androidforums.com/desire-all...ff-root-htc-desire-revolutionary-updated.html
Go here and download superuser 3.0.7 zip and put it on ur sdcard then with ur phone off hold volume down + power. Once in bootloader press volume buttons to navigate down to recovery and press power button to select, then in recovery choose install zip from sdcard and flash superuser.zip, once complete just reboot and u will have root
Sent from my HTC Desire
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My phone is S-OFF however I am unable to push recovery. I have SU signed package on the SD card though CWM is not there in my phone. I have tried numerous time with both, Unrevoked and Evolution's method but they just won't give me any result but keep me waiting.
I have even tried to flash recovery via fastboot but it returns with an error says "Failed".
Can some one through light on what am I missing?

[Q] Using TWRP on Mac - How do I mount to load a ZIP and install (when fully wiped)??

Made the mistake of wiping all data on my SGS3 (AT&T), rooted, etc.
I'm in TWRP (2.3.3.1) and I want to load a new ROM .zip file via USB cable from my Macbook (OSX).
How can I do this?? Tried mounting internal storage, but nothing happened. I'm basically bricked until I can get another Zip on the phone! Help please!!

You dont have a backup on the phone you can restore or a rom you downloaded that you can flash?
If you have odin (if available for mac) you can use that to put an odin flashable rom onto the phone.
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Odin isn't available for Mac.
I have ROMs to install, but they're on the Mac, and not on the phone..... it is wiped (except for the TWRP recovery).

Hog Milanese said:
Odin isn't available for Mac.
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ODIN is not available for MacOS X, but you can use another software called Heimdall (http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/) to flash a stock ROM into your phone.
Another way to make a (custom) ROM available to flash in TWRP would be to use a microSD card. Use a microSD card reader connected to your computer, and copy your desired ROM into the microSD card. Then, place the microSD card into your phone. TWRP should be able to read the content of your microSD card, and flash the ROM.
Finally, a third way -- I never used that, though -- would be to use ADB sideload capability to sideload a ROM into your phone using ADB. More info about this in the TWRP site (http://teamw.in/ADBSideload).
I don't think you can USB mount your phone into your computer and manage the internal and external storages from your computer while in TWRP.

Or... Get adb for Mac and just do adb push <zip> /sdcard/<zip>
Then navigate to it in TWRP and install.
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BAM1789 said:
Android File Transfer. You're Welcome. :good:
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That's not useful at all. That is one of the worst pieces of software ever.
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d3athsd00r said:
Or... Get adb for Mac and just do adb push <zip> /sdcard/<zip>
Then navigate to it in TWRP and install.
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Android File Transfer. You're Welcome. :good:
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But these two solutions need a running ROM, right? Or can you connect to your phone through ADB or through MTP while you are in TWRP?
Because Hog Milanese's problem is he wiped his ROM and does not have a ROM in his phone right now. Taking a quick look at TWRP's options, I did not find a way to MTP-connect the phone to a computer nor enable ADB (except for the ADB sideload command) while in TWRP... They work when in ROM, but not when in recovery.

Hog Milanese said:
Made the mistake of wiping all data on my SGS3 (AT&T), rooted, etc.
I'm in TWRP (2.3.3.1) and I want to load a new ROM .zip file via USB cable from my Macbook (OSX).
How can I do this?? Tried mounting internal storage, but nothing happened. I'm basically bricked until I can get another Zip on the phone! Help please!!
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Grab an SD card, out pop it out of your phone, copy zip, plug back in, reboot recovery do it mounts your SD and flash away.
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ADB is on by default in TWRP. I've pushed many files to it while in recovery.
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BAM1789 said:
Android File Transfer. You're Welcome. :good:
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Does not work in TWRP.

theineffablebob said:
Does not work in TWRP.
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Did this problem ever get solved? I have a few roms on my Mac, but can't get them onto my device because I don't have a ROM installed but I am in TRWP recovery
I don't know the commands to push a zip to my computer through sideload
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Drakeskakes said:
Did this problem ever get solved? I have a few roms on my Mac, but can't get them onto my device because I don't have a ROM installed but I am in TRWP recovery
I don't know the commands to push a zip to my computer through sideload
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Oh yeah, I can't use a microsd because I am using an HTC one, but I feel like sideload process should be the same

Same situation-MAC without microSD on an original kindle fire
Drakeskakes said:
Did this problem ever get solved? I have a few roms on my Mac, but can't get them onto my device because I don't have a ROM installed but I am in TRWP recovery
I don't know the commands to push a zip to my computer through sideload
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Oh yeah, I can't use a microsd because I am using an HTC one, but I feel like sideload process should be the same
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I can't figure a way to get this to work. I'm on a macpro I have TWRP on an original Kindle fire. (TWRP was rooted with a crappy windows 7 desktop that I got rid of.) No roms are currently loaded on the kindle. I can't get the MAC to recognize the Kindle.
I have tried "Android File Transfer" <- worthless... I have also tried my wife's Win10 laptop. <-less worthless but no hope. It seems like the old ways of forcing the driver wont work on Win10.
I'm a little bummed out about how software is forcing hardware to be obsolete.

If the device has TWRP, there is an option to mount data partition?

audit13 said:
If the device has TWRP, there is an option to mount data partition?
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It has a data partition, but there is no way to access the hard drive on the kindle. I am in the process of making a fastboot usb cable to test and see if I can access it on a Mac. I'll let you know how it goes.

FWIW - the following worked for me - downloading and running AndroidFileTransfer.app on macOS Sierra with my Nexus6 connected via USB booted into TWRP v3.1.0 - file transfer worked without issue. Not sure if newer versions fixed past problems reported by others, but this was working without any work - very grateful to the person who mentioned the androidfiletransfer app!

I was facing same issue... What I found ---
> adb doesn't work while in recovery mode
I was able to copy ROM from Mac to phone by following below steps:
1) Go to fastboot mode
2) fastboot boot recovery.img (any twrp image) -- android file transfer should be able to detect device now as twrp has adb enabled and phone is not in recovery mode
3) Copy your Rom to your phone
4) Fom TWRP : reboot>recovery
5) Install custom ROM and reboot to system
Hope this helps out.