Hello,
My HTC Desire (Original) was showing insufficient memory and after installing an app. and restarting, it just keeps cycling through a boot loop even after replacing the battery numerous times.
I have tried accessing the recovery menu and clearing the cache, however, it still says there is no space free on the internal memory.
The Clockwork Mod zip file would not install from the microSD card either?
I also attempted to use the Windows GUI version of ADB so that I could delete some apps/data off the phone memory. However, the phone (device) doesn't appear in the list on Windows ADB. It does however show an additional blank entry in the devices list on ADB when I select Recovery mode on the phone.
I have tried using Revolutionary on two separate computers however, it just remains on the 'waiting for phone to connect' message. This is with the phone in Fastboot mode and Recovery.
I can't remember if the phone has USB debug enabled or not as I cannot boot into Android to check?
I don't want to wipe all the data off the phone memory and reset back to factory settings as there are some important text messages which I require.
Thanks.
Post the details from your bootloader. You have clockworkmod recovery installed?
Chromium_ said:
Post the details from your bootloader. You have clockworkmod recovery installed?
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Hi Chromium, I haven't managed to install any third-party bootloader. The current one is HBOOT-0.93.0001
&r01d said:
Hi Chromium, I haven't managed to install any third-party bootloader. The current one is HBOOT-0.93.0001
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Ok, thats not really what i was asking for, but anyways...have you unlocked the bootloader? And do you have a custom recovery installed?
Custom bootloader
Chromium_ said:
Ok, thats not really what i was asking for, but anyways...have you unlocked the bootloader? And do you have a custom recovery installed?
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No, unfortunately I haven't been able to successfully load a custom recovery. How do I unlock the bootloader?
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Ok, thats not really what i was asking for, but anyways...have you unlocked the bootloader? And do you have a custom recovery installed?
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It seems you had spent too much time in the Nexus forums
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&r01d said:
No, unfortunately I haven't been able to successfully load a custom recovery. How do I unlock the bootloader?
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You can't. You have to boot into Android for revolutionary to work.
The most straightforward solution is a RUU, but that will wipe all your internal data.
abaaaabbbb63 said:
You can't. You have to boot into Android for revolutionary to work.
The most straightforward solution is a RUU, but that will wipe all your internal data.
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Is there no way I can delete some apps from the internal memory without wiping the entire phone? Can I not upgrade HBOOT or use ADB some other way?
Is it not possible to install a custom bootloader such as Revolutionary or CWM without losing all data?
When you say I need to boot into Android, do you mean the operating system itself with a GUI or just the phone's recovery mode (Volume Down + Power buttons)? I can do the latter.
abaaaabbbb63 said:
It seems you had spent too much time in the Nexus forums
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&r01d said:
Is there no way I can delete some apps from the internal memory without wiping the entire phone? Can I not upgrade HBOOT or use ADB some other way?
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No not really. Since you are s-on its quite difficult to do anything. Like andu said, you will need to run an ruu to get the phone up and working again. This will wipe everything off the phone.
&r01d said:
Is there no way I can delete some apps from the internal memory without wiping the entire phone? Can I not upgrade HBOOT or use ADB some other way?
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Well, you could have done that if you were s-off. To be s-off, you must boot in Android. To boot in Android, you must delete some apps. To delete some apps, you must be s-off.
And here we have an infinite loop.
Unless... Try this:
When your phone is bootlooping, try connecting it to your PC. Does adb work?
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Well, you could have done that if you were s-off. To be s-off, you must boot in Android. To boot in Android, you must delete some apps. To delete some apps, you must be s-off.
And here we have an infinite loop.
Unless... Try this:
When your phone is bootlooping, try connecting it to your PC. Does adb work?
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I've just been reading on the HTCdev site - could I not unlock the bootloader the official way? This would unlock the NAND memory even though S-On is still displayed and allow apps to be deleted? It says I need to update HBOOT first for the HTC Desire though?
Do I need to have USB debugging enabled in Android for ADB to work? I can't remember if I enabled it or not?
&r01d said:
I've just been reading on the HTCdev site - could I not unlock the bootloader the official way? This would unlock the NAND memory even though S-On is still displayed and allow apps to be deleted? It says I need to update HBOOT first for the HTC Desire though?
Do I need to have USB debugging enabled in Android for ADB to work? I can't remember if I enabled it or not?
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You have to update your bootloader to 1.03.0001, which implies using a RUU anyways, to unlock your bootloader with HTCdev.
Yes, you have to have usb debugging enabled.
sorry for jumping in on this thread seemingly late, OP sent me a PM
&r01d, not sure what else to suggest apart from those already.
I want to clarify that you can't enter recovery at all? What happens when you try?
Wonder if it's possible to install your current ROM.zip through fastboot somehow without wiping anything.
Else RUU is the last resort, but I know you don't want to wipe anything
Recovery
eddiehk6 said:
sorry for jumping in on this thread seemingly late, OP sent me a PM
&r01d, not sure what else to suggest apart from those already.
I want to clarify that you can't enter recovery at all? What happens when you try?
Wonder if it's possible to install your current ROM.zip through fastboot somehow without wiping anything.
Else RUU is the last resort, but I know you don't want to wipe anything
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I can access the standard HTC HBOOT recovery with the option of Fastboot or Bootloader?
When I select Recovery, the phone reboots and then I see a red triangle and exclamation mark on the screen.
Where would I get the current ROM.zip
Thanks.
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I can access the standard HTC HBOOT recovery with the option of Fastboot or Bootloader?
When I select Recovery, the phone reboots and then I see a red triangle and exclamation mark on the screen.
Where would I get the current ROM.zip
Thanks.
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Ah I'm afraid you may be stuck. RUU is the only way I can think of to get it booting.
Ignore what I was talking about the ROM.zip. I was trying to think of a way to flash your current ROM.zip over the top without going into recovery (seen it done somewhere I believe). However this method requires careful modding of the zip, and you also need to be s-off to even attempt it
HTC Unlock Bootloader
I just downloaded the HTC Unlock Bootloader. After placing the phone in Fastboot, the Unlock Bootloader software found the phone but then a message came up stating that I have to upgrade to the 2.33 ROM first.
If I choose to upgrade, is there a way to force a backup of the internal memory before the upgrade?
Otherwise, are there any custom ROMs which allow for the internal memory to be backed up first?
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Hey guys so I have been messing with my Evo trying to get S-off and trying to get it to start with clockwork recovery but I have had no luck after at least 6 hours of trying. So I have decided to seek some expert advice so anything will help.
About my evo
Purchased day it came out and rooted it the following night with a tedious method I don't remember at all.
HBOOT- 0.79.0000
Radio - 1.39.00.04.26
Rom Installed - Cyanogen 7.0.3.1
My initial problem
I was trying to get my phone to boot to recovery (latest clockwork recovery and Amon RA 2.3) but every time I tried I would see the red triangle with the exclamation mark. So to fix this I tried running the latest unrevoked and that would get hung up at rooting... so then I wiped my phone and tried again and still nothing. I would get stuck at either rooting... or firmware too new then I tried using an older version of unrevoked (3.21) and it seemed to get further. It ended up getting stuck at reboot.
New problem
Now I cant enter recovery at all. Whenever I try entering through rom manager it takes me to FASTBOOT and even if I try entering recovery through bootloader it does the same. Any suggestions will help! And if you need any more information I will be glad to help.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19699565/PC36IMG.zip
Place that on the root of your sd card. Turn your phone off, boot into the bootloader while holding vol+down as you turn the power on. Let it scan, apply update, reboot, reboot into recovery, from the bootloader, and you'll be on amon_ra 2.3 recovery.
Jeez, please stop using ROM Manager to boot to recovery, or to do anything else and explain how you can be using CWM AND AR??
Okay it booted and recognized the file PC36IMG. As for the update, how do I apply it? I click recovery and it still takes me to FASTBOOT.
@HipKat and I tried both recoveries at different times. First clockwork, the amon ra.
Kingcoke said:
Place that on the root of your sd card. Turn your phone off, boot into the bootloader while holding vol+down as you turn the power on. Let it scan, apply update, reboot, reboot into recovery, from the bootloader, and you'll be on amon_ra 2.3 recovery
Okay it booted and recognized the file PC36IMG. As for the update, how do I apply it? I click recovery and it still takes me to FASTBOOT.
@HipKat and I tried both recoveries at different times. First clockwork, the amon ra.
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It should have asked you to apply update, which you would have used the volume keys to navigate to yes, then pressed the power button to make the selection. If ya didn't get it, do the process again.
It doesnt ask me that and I have tried 5 times already. All it does is return to the bootloader screen.
The script in my sig should be able to recover it, just flash cm7 again once it's done and you should be good to go. You will be able to get to the recovery afterward by holding down power and selecting reboot
So I have been trying to use AutoRoot and was following the video on the thread but I keep getting hung up at "ERROR Could not access the SD card!" Also I was trying to use flashzip as suggested in this thread with your response. And I noticed that it was notifying me my nand was locked. Does that matter at all?
Kingcoke said:
So I have been trying to use AutoRoot and was following the video on the thread but I keep getting hung up at "ERROR Could not access the SD card!" Also I was trying to use flashzip as suggested in this thread with your response. And I noticed that it was notifying me my nand was locked. Does that matter at all?
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It sounds like you never got fully rooted if your nand is locked (s-on) and the sd card not being recognized could be caused by unrevoked not undoing something. Flashing the 3.29 PC36IMG will most likely fix the sd card error, but if not you'll need to use the OpenShell script from the autoroot folder and type the following:
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adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem enableqxdm 0
fastboot reboot
If you could attach the autorootlog.txt file to a post that will also give some more information about the condition of your phone.
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It sounds like you never got fully rooted if your nand is locked (s-on) and the sd card not being recognized could be caused by unrevoked not undoing something. Flashing the 3.29 PC36IMG will most likely fix the sd card error, but if not you'll need to use the OpenShell script from the autoroot folder and type the following:
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adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem enableqxdm 0
fastboot reboot
If you could attach the autorootlog.txt file to a post that will also give some more information about the condition of your phone.
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Yeah im pretty sure my phone doesn't have a full root and okay im currently downloading 3.29.651.5_PC36IMG.zip. (by the way how do I install it with flashzip? do I just move it in the res folder or what?
attached is my autorootlog
thanks for all your help thus far I hope we get this figured out soon.
edit: I flashed as you suggested, ill see if it solved sd card error.
Kingcoke said:
Yeah im pretty sure my phone doesn't have a full root and okay im currently downloading 3.29.651.5_PC36IMG.zip. (by the way how do I install it with flashzip? do I just move it in the res folder or what?
attached is my autorootlog
thanks for all your help thus far I hope we get this figured out soon.
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Anywhere in the autoroot folder will be ok. It can't get your firmware version either so there is definitely something weird going on there, but you should be good once 3.29 is flashed.
Its currently flashing my firmware. Everything seems good so far! I will keep you updated.
edit: It says
congratulations! Your phone is now rooted with a customer recovery capable of flashing ROMs!
Unrevoked Forever was not required to root your phone but you must flash it if you plan on using a production hBoot. The ENG hBoot that is currently installed is unlocked by design and has extra features that can not be used on newer version.
WOW! Amazing, thanks so much! S-off, I can enter a custom recovery, and installing cyanogen as we speak. Finally a full root. I have been trying to achieve this forever. Any suggestions on roms? I have been using cyanogen forever.
Kingcoke said:
WOW! Amazing, thanks so much! S-off, I can enter a custom recovery, and installing cyanogen as we speak. Finally a full root. I have been trying to achieve this forever. Any suggestions on roms? I have been using cyanogen forever.
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Glad to hear that, you'll want to remember not to use any RUUs or upgrade your hboot though. Unrevoked forever can be used to permanently unlock it but as is flashing a RUU will completely unroot your phone and flashing anything newer than 3.29 will prevent you from downgrading your hboot again.
I'm currently using aamikam's sense 2.1 rom from here but have been looking for another, I can't lower brightness with any of the GB sense ROMs so my battery gets murdered when the screen is on. I'm digging the new sense though.
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Glad to hear that, you'll want to remember not to use any RUUs or upgrade your hboot though. Unrevoked forever can be used to permanently unlock it but as is flashing a RUU will completely unroot your phone and flashing anything newer than 3.29 will prevent you from downgrading your hboot again.
I'm currently using aamikam's sense 2.1 rom from here but have been looking for another, I can't lower brightness with any of the GB sense ROMs so my battery gets murdered when the screen is on. I'm digging the new sense though.
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What exactly is hboot? I want to make sure I don't foolishly upgrade it.
Kingcoke said:
What exactly is hboot? I want to make sure I don't foolishly upgrade it.
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hBoot stands for hardware boot, it's just another name for the bootloader. Flashing a RUU is guaranteed to upgrade it but aside from that you shouldn't really have to worry about it.
Hi guys!
Some short questions, is it still necessary to use htvdev.com to unlock the bootloader? And is it already possible to flash the radio.img directly via fastboot?
Dr. MaRV said:
Hi guys!
Some short questions, is it still necessary to use htvdev.com to unlock the bootloader? And is it already possible to flash the radio.img directly via fastboot?
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I have the same question. My HTC ONE X is stuck on flight mode, it's stuck on : "Turning off". This happened after i updated the official phone software a couple of days ago. I have tried everything, even factory reset. But it's still doing the same thing. Do you think flashing the radio fixes this? Is it possible without unlocking the bootloader? Because if this doesn't work, i am going to send the phone back for warrantee. I have only got this phone for 5 days.
Dr. MaRV said:
Hi guys!
Some short questions, is it still necessary to use htvdev.com to unlock the bootloader? And is it already possible to flash the radio.img directly via fastboot?
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Yes, unlocking via htcdev is the only method at the moment if your device isn't already s-off.
And you can flash radio.zip files via a custom recovery.
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I have the same question. My HTC ONE X is stuck on flight mode, it's stuck on : "Turning off". This happened after i updated the official phone software a couple of days ago. I have tried everything, even factory reset. But it's still doing the same thing. Do you think flashing the radio fixes this? Is it possible without unlocking the bootloader? Because if this doesn't work, i am going to send the phone back for warrantee. I have only got this phone for 5 days.
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I know it's a pain but, you should try a factory reset, if that doesn't work I'm afraid you don't really have much choice either root and try flashing a new rom and/radio or send it out for HTC to have q look at.
Sent from my HTC One X
I had a similar problem recently on my stock One X - I had no service and my radio wouldn't turn on. I resolved it by turning off Fast boot (Settings - Power)
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Yes, unlocking via htcdev is the only method at the moment if your device isn't already s-off.
And you can flash radio.zip files via a custom recovery.
I know it's a pain but, you should try a factory reset, if that doesn't work I'm afraid you don't really have much choice either root and try flashing a new rom and/radio or send it out for HTC to have q look at.
Sent from my HTC One X
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I'm wondering a similar thing; can a radio be flashed via Fastboot like you used to on older HTCs?
I have an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery but my SDcard doesn't want to mount in TWRP.
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I'm wondering a similar thing; can a radio be flashed via Fastboot like you used to on older HTCs?
I have an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery but my SDcard doesn't want to mount in TWRP.
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No. What problem are you trying to solve with a new radio?
TWRP and CWM 5.8.4.0 should both be able to mount SD card, are you unable to find the option? Is there an error?
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No. What problem are you trying to solve with a new radio?
TWRP and CWM 5.8.4.0 should both be able to mount SD card, are you unable to find the option? Is there an error?
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Thought it was a bad flash. After a fresh radio + ROM via TWRP my phone wouldn't boot. Waited 30 or so minutes before performing a hard reset. After rebooting into recovery my SDcard refused to mount no matter what I tried with no way to fix it (wouldn't even wipe).
Kind of a long story but after numerous failed attempts to format it after mounting the SDcard via USB storage on different Windows and Linux machines, I used ADB to push the ROM to the data partition, mounted it as the SDcard and installed it that way. Worked like a charm and after the first boot I was able to format the corrupted SDcard and all was solved.
Hi, after attempting to flash a custom ROM to my phone I'm experiencing a big problem, the phone will not boot past the HTC screen. This is obviously very frustrating as the phone is pretty much rendered useless.
I am able to get into the HBOOT menu by holding the Power button and Volume Down and from there am able to select Recovery and enter the ClockWork Mod recovery screens. As you can tell I'm a 100% noob and I really just want to revert my phone to a working state. My network is Vodafone UK. I can't find an RUU above version 3.13 which is apparently what I have (so it tries updating 3.13 to 3.13 and obviously fails).
Any help on getting my phone to work again would be very very appreciated, thanks.
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Hi, after attempting to flash a custom ROM to my phone I'm experiencing a big problem, the phone will not boot past the HTC screen. This is obviously very frustrating as the phone is pretty much rendered useless.
I am able to get into the HBOOT menu by holding the Power button and Volume Down and from there am able to select Recovery and enter the ClockWork Mod recovery screens. As you can tell I'm a 100% noob and I really just want to revert my phone to a working state. My network is Vodafone UK. I can't find an RUU above version 3.13 which is apparently what I have (so it tries updating 3.13 to 3.13 and obviously fails).
Any help on getting my phone to work again would be very very appreciated, thanks.
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Download a ROM onto your computer, connect to your phone in recovery, mount the sdcard, move the ROM from your computer onto your phone's sdcard, and flash from recovery. No need for RUU.
Dont forget to wipe.
wipe data/factory reset and format all partitions (except sd card) from recovery.
Go to bananagranolas link in her signature, you'll find everything you need there.
Thanks a lot for your help! I was attempting to flash the JellyTime ROM which I understand must have failed to result in my phone not booting properly. Should I flash a stock ROM or will any ROM suffice?
VBQ24 said:
Thanks a lot for your help! I was attempting to flash the JellyTime ROM which I understand must have failed to result in my phone not booting properly. Should I flash a stock ROM or will any ROM suffice?
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As long as you are S-OFF and have a custom recovery (CMW or 4EXT) you are able to flash any custom rom you like. Just make sure that you make a full wipe before the flashing (wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, format system or in 4ext recovery just choose format all partitions except sdcard).
That should leave you up and running again.
Okay great!
I used the HTCDev tools to unlock my boot loader which I understand is different to S-OFF? Could that be while the ROM flashing failed originally?
EDIT: Upon trying to flash the JellyTime AKOP Rom I get a message saying install from SD card complete but it's still stuck at the HTC screen...
VBQ24 said:
Okay great!
I used the HTCDev tools to unlock my boot loader which I understand is different to S-OFF? Could that be while the ROM flashing failed originally?
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If you have an unlocked bootloder, then you have to flash the rom (previous full wipe of course) then reboot bootloader (from advanced options in CWM) and then in fastboot (you should see fastboot usb in red in the phone when plugged to the pc) you have to flash the boot.img inside the rom zip folder.
Extract that file only (not the whole rom) and from a cmd session or terminal as root (located where the boot.img file is) type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Once that is done (you will get OKAY. finished near the bottom) you can reboot normally by typing in cmd fastboot reboot or choosing reboot from hboot.
My bootloader now says RELOCKED, how can I unlock it again? (I'm really sorry about this)
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My bootloader now says RELOCKED, how can I unlock it again? (I'm really sorry about this)
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Use the token HTC sent you when u unlocked it. and typing in cmd the fastboot unlock command.
Okay done that, thanks a lot!
I'm now looking in the advanced options of CWM, I can see the option "Reboot Recovery" but no "Reboot Bootloader"?
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Okay done that, thanks a lot!
I'm now looking in the advanced options of CWM, I can see the option "Reboot Recovery" but no "Reboot Bootloader"?
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then just turn the phone off (power off option) and then boot with power + volume down
glevitan said:
then just turn the phone off (power off option) and then boot with power + volume down
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Okay, I wiped all partitions, installed JellyTime AOKP, restarted, went into fastboot, extracted/flash boot file and the rebooted phone.
The phone will now progress from the HTC screen but is now stuck on a black screen, Windows tried to install drivers but failed....
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Okay, I wiped all partitions, installed JellyTime AOKP, restarted, went into fastboot, extracted/flash boot file and the rebooted phone.
The phone will now progress from the HTC screen but is now stuck on a black screen, Windows tried to install drivers but failed....
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Was the boot.img file flashed successfully?
Yes it said so...
EDIT: Not sure if this is an issue with the ROM of if I'm doing something wrong? I went to the "mounts and storage" section of CWM and clicked all the format options accept sdcard. I then installed ROM, went into fastboot and flashed boot.img, it said OKAY twice then finished. Still stuck at black, backlit screen after HTC screen. ROM is JellyTime by randomblame.
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Yes it said so...
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that is weird. Try flashing a different rom then and see what happens. flash the boot image first and then the the rom in recovery.
glevitan said:
that is weird. Try flashing a different rom then and see what happens. flash the boot image first and then the the rom in recovery.
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I've just tried flashing the boot image first and then installing JellyTime AOKP, same black screen. Maybe I should try a Gingerbread ROM? That's the Operating system I had before, is there a known working ROM?
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I've just tried flashing the boot image first and then installing JellyTime AOKP, same black screen. Maybe I should try a Gingerbread ROM? That's the Operating system I had before, is there a known working ROM?
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Sorry, have You checked the md5sum of the file? Maybe You have a bad download...if that it Is ok, then try flashing a totally different rom and see what happens.
glevitan said:
Sorry, have You checked the md5sum of the file? Maybe You have a bad download...if that it Is ok, then try flashing a totally different rom and see what happens.
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No I haven't checked the md5sum of the file, how should I go about doing that?
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No I haven't checked the md5sum of the file, how should I go about doing that?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fab.md5
EDIT: well, don't I feel stupid. I knew full well from reading that your phone wasn't working, but posted a link to an app. Just not paying attention. Sorry about that.
VBQ24,
You can go back to stock by flashing a stock RUU from your PC.
(Edit: You should relock your bootloader first. you can do so from Hboot. There's an option that says relock bootloader or something like that)
The version of the RUU should be equal or greater to the version that came with your phone. Try this v3.13
However, if you want to flash a custom ROM:
You need to downgrade your device first, get s-off and root, then flash a custom ROM
You need to use the Advanced Ace Hack Kit (AAHK), get it from here.
Make sure to read the manual (called 'effin manual) word by word. There are instructions on how to downgrade.
Follow the instructions, and if you have any questions, ask here.
EDIT: After running this "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" the phone now boots up. The downloaded apps are still there but the userdata partition seems to have been wiped. I'm not sure how flashing a recovery partition wipes the userdata partition but I'm not looking for a way to get the phone to present itself as a Mass Storage Device so I can at least try and use recovery software retrieve as much of the lost data as I can.
Hey guys, long term reader of XDA, first time poster.
I have a friend's HTC One X which just stopped booting up past the HTC Quietly Brilliant logo screen. I am able to get into Recovery mode and doing a "fastboot devices" lists my device. However my friend has many photos on this phone, some of which are of a deceased relative and I'd really like to retrieve the photos if I can.
It's S-ON as I believe there isn't an exploit to go S-OFF yet so my options are likely limited. I've downloaded the most recent RUU file (RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_JB_45_S_HTC_Europe_3.14.401.27_Radio_5.1204.162.29_release_298897_signed) but I'm pretty sure this will repartition the phone and delete the photos.
Is there any way I can retrieve the photos? Will the RUU wipe the photos? Is there any other way to get the phone to boot up again?
It would mean so much to me and my friend if there is a solution.
Many thanks,
Rob
Robula said:
Hey guys, long term reader of XDA, first time poster.
I have a friend's HTC One X which just stopped booting up past the HTC Quietly Brilliant logo screen. I am able to get into Recovery mode and doing a "fastboot devices" lists my device. However my friend has many photos on this phone, some of which are of a deceased relative and I'd really like to retrieve the photos if I can.
It's S-ON as I believe there isn't an exploit to go S-OFF yet so my options are likely limited. I've downloaded the most recent RUU file (RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_JB_45_S_HTC_Europe_3.14.401.27_Radio_5.1204.162.29_release_298897_signed) but I'm pretty sure this will repartition the phone and delete the photos.
Is there any way I can retrieve the photos? Will the RUU wipe the photos? Is there any other way to get the phone to boot up again?
It would mean so much to me and my friend if there is a solution.
Many thanks,
Rob
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I dont know about ruu that it will wipe or not. But you can mount sd from the recovery and go to folder DCIM where you can find all photos.
manikdhir said:
I dont know about ruu that it will wipe or not. But you can mount sd from the recovery and go to folder DCIM where you can find all photos.
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Thank you for the suggestion. However, I can not find the option to mount SD card storage... Could you please elaborate?
My options in recovery made are:
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET (I assume this will wipe photos too?)
SIMLOCK
SHOW BARCODE
IMAGE CRC
Robula said:
Thank you for the suggestion. However, I can not find the option to mount SD card storage... Could you please elaborate?
My options in recovery made are:
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET (I assume this will wipe photos too?)
SIMLOCK
SHOW BARCODE
IMAGE CRC
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Can you plz tell me which recovery are you using.
manikdhir said:
Can you plz tell me which recovery are you using.
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HBOOT... Though just tried TWRP as suggested by this guy on another forum... I then went to Recovery and then moments later it just booted straight back into Android! I only intsalled TWRP and it's completely fixed the issue!
Download the TWRP recovery instead of clockworkmod one.
This recovery will let you mount the SD card to copy the ROM file to the phone.
Boot the phone into the Hboot, then go to fastboot.
If you downloaded the ARHD flash file, you have pretty much all you need when you unpack this. There should be a "Flash windows.bat" or something like that, simply run it, and it'll put the boot.img on your phone.
It just uses the command: "fastboot flash boot <filename>.img"
Now to put the TWRP recovery on your phone, use the following:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
(Obviously with whatever your version of the twrp.img file is called.)
Reboot the phone into recovery, and you should now be able to mount the SD card, copy the rom across, wipe the caches, and system, install the rom, wipe the caches again, and reboot into ARHD 9.7.2
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EDIT: The photos are gone... Gallery is completely empty... #%^£$$34!
Robula said:
HBOOT... Though just tried TWRP as suggested by this guy on another forum... I then went to Recovery and then moments later it just booted straight back into Android! I only intsalled TWRP and it's completely fixed the issue!
EDIT: The photos are gone... Gallery is completely empty... #%^£$$34!
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Did you check the DCIM folder?
manikdhir said:
Did you check the DCIM folder?
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I did. I have a feeling that my friend may have tried a Factory Reset from HBOOT herself. Although strangely, all her apps are installed. I guess there's no recovery method on this phone? Is there anything I can do?
Robula said:
I did. I have a feeling that my friend may have tried a Factory Reset from HBOOT herself. Although strangely, all her apps are installed. I guess there's no recovery method on this phone? Is there anything I can do?
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Is there mp3 files in the music player?
manikdhir said:
Is there mp3 files in the music player?
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No. If I go into the MTP device in Windows Explorer I have Internal Storage saying "25.2GB free of 25.2GB" which is really not a good sign. I'm just wondering how I would at least run a recovery program on this such as Recuva in hope to retrieve the lost data.
EDIT: If I could just work out how to get the USB mode to Mass Storage then I'd be able to do a scan... Any idea how to do this?
Robula said:
No. If I go into the MTP device in Windows Explorer I have Internal Storage saying "25.2GB free of 25.2GB" which is really not a good sign. I'm just wondering how I would at least run a recovery program on this such as Recuva in hope to retrieve the lost data.
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I think that your frnd has done the factory reset.
manikdhir said:
I think that your frnd has done the factory reset.
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Well. Thanks for all your help. Too bad I have to be the bearer of bad news!
If anyone knows how to ADB to a One X or knows how to expose the internal storage as a Mass Storage Device then please reply! At least then I can try a recovery program. Thanks.
Was the phone already unlocked ? Or did you unlock the bootloader at the time you wanted to use a recovery to be able to retrieve the photos ?
A first time unlock of the bootloader will delete indeed everything, also sdcard. A factory reset does not delete the sdcard. Tried it myself a couple of weeks ago !
Robula said:
No. If I go into the MTP device in Windows Explorer I have Internal Storage saying "25.2GB free of 25.2GB" which is really not a good sign. I'm just wondering how I would at least run a recovery program on this such as Recuva in hope to retrieve the lost data.
EDIT: If I could just work out how to get the USB mode to Mass Storage then I'd be able to do a scan... Any idea how to do this?
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You will have to install a custom rom if you want UMS... If you want it on stock rom, then you need to have root access... There's a thread here on XDA but I don't know the link of it... tried searching but can't find it anywhere... strange!
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Was the phone already unlocked ? Or did you unlock the bootloader at the time you wanted to use a recovery to be able to retrieve the photos ?
A first time unlock of the bootloader will delete indeed everything, also sdcard. A factory reset does not delete the sdcard. Tried it myself a couple of weeks ago !
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No. This was a complete stock phone. Nothing was ever done to with to modify it.
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You will have to install a custom rom if you want UMS... If you want it on stock rom, then you need to have root access... There's a thread here on XDA but I don't know the link of it... tried searching but can't find it anywhere... strange!
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I can use fastboot to flash a custom firmware without S-OFF right? Is there even a method of enabling S-OFF and gaining root access on stock ROM? The UMS support would be what I need.
So you unlocked it and then tried to retrieve the pictures, am i right ?
Then its lost because unlocking the bootloader wipes everything including sdcard.
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So you unlocked it and then tried to retrieve the pictures, am i right ?
Then its lost because unlocking the bootloader wipes everything including sdcard.
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Please excuse me for my lack of knowledge of HTC phones. When you say "unlock", I assume that means to root the phone; to root the phone you need to have S-OFF before you can even flash a new bootloader.
The only this I did was was "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" from http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/95. This didn't actually change my recovery from HBOOT, it still boots to HBOOT when holding Power+Volume Down (I realise why now because it says on that page "You must be S-OFF or have taken HTC's unlock to use a recovery on your device!"). The phone is S-ON so techinally it didn't really do anything...?
You can unlock the bootloader (not to s-off, not possible as if now) but in unlocked state you can flash recoverys and flashing a recovery with a locked bootloader will also fail.
Did you unlock the bootloader via the htcdev website ? And then flash a custom recovery ?
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You can unlock the bootloader (not to s-off, not possible as if now) but in unlocked state you can flash recoverys and flashing a recovery with a locked bootloader will also fail.
Did you unlock the bootloader via the htcdev website ? And then flash a custom recovery ?
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I was actually going to do this so in hope that I could flash CWM and then mount the SD card via USB through the CWM recovery, but I got as far as typing "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" which failed with an error so I stopped there.
I think I've missed something here. I still have my CMD prompt open and looked up to see exactly what happened:
C:\Users\Rob\Downloads\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>fas
tboot.exe flash recovery "..\..\..\openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-endeavoru.img"
sending 'recovery' (6788 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.955s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.161s
So it actually failed the flash (because the phone is S-ON I guess). Yet this somehow kickstarted the phone and it now boots up flawlessly.
Flashing fail is not due to s-off but because the bootloader is probably still locked. You can check that on the bootloader screen.
But unlocking wipes the whole phone so you lose the pictures at that point anyway
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Flashing fail is not due to s-off but because the bootloader is probably still locked. You can check that on the bootloader screen.
But unlocking wipes the whole phone so you lose the pictures at that point anyway
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I took a picture to show the details (see attached).
So I'm not able to mount the SD as UMS to run recovery software without unlocking the bootloader, flashing a new recovery and then flashing a custom ROM?
I just got an HTC Desire A8181, and it is my very first time using an Android Device. The thing is that I already know that you can do a lot of things with Android devices (thats why I swapped from iOS to Android). Now here is my point, I basically need to know:
Basics about software and OS customizing for Android.
Basic things to know before do anything to my phone.
Tutorials for root the device (HTC Desire A8181)
Want to know if it is possible to make the phone work faster in terms of Manage the Processor and Ram Usage, how to do it, and understand the process.
And any other information that could be useful in order to make my phone work a lot better (take into consideration that I'm new with the OS and the phone, so there are a lot of things that I dont know about this theme.)
I also want to know if it is possible to install the latest Android Version on my HTC Desire and make it work fast.
Thanks in advance for your help!!!
The desire comes with sense 2.3 gingerbread. Sense is HTC's skin that they overlay ontop of the android operating system. Although it may look nice (doesnt really look that good to me), it is heavy and causes decreases in performance. When you s-off your device, and install a custom recovery you will be able to flash an aosp based custom rom. Aosp = android open source project, and basically means stock pure android...nothing running on top. As you can probably predict, this will result in faster speeds, less ram usage, and better battery. I think that answers the first few questions.
Next Ill move on to how to root it (make your phone good). I honestly think the term "root" is deceiving to most new users. I see people asking "how do i root my phone", but i think what they really want is to install a custom recovery and flash a custom rom. Being rooted on stock rom is pointless to me. Custom roms are where the good stuff is at.
Post your bootloader details here and ill walk you through the process. To get these details turn the phone off, then hold power + volume down until the phone boots into the bootloader. It should look similar to this. Post all of the first couple of lines at the top. The whole process summarized is this: s-off, install custom recovery, flash custom rom
There are also some other things that i would recommend doing so that you can have extra space for apps (you probably noticed you barely have any space at the moment), but ill get to that later when i give you more instructions.
Thanks for response so fast!
Chromium_ said:
The desire comes with sense 2.3 gingerbread. Sense is HTC's skin that they overlay ontop of the android operating system. Although it may look nice (doesnt really look that good to me), it is heavy and causes decreases in performance. When you s-off your device, and install a custom recovery you will be able to flash an aosp based custom rom. Aosp = android open source project, and basically means stock pure android...nothing running on top. As you can probably predict, this will result in faster speeds, less ram usage, and better battery. I think that answers the first few questions.
Next Ill move on to how to root it (make your phone good). I honestly think the term "root" is deceiving to most new users. I see people asking "how do i root my phone", but i think what they really want is to install a custom recovery and flash a custom rom. Being rooted on stock rom is pointless to me. Custom roms are where the good stuff is at.
Post your bootloader details here and ill walk you through the process. To get these details turn the phone off, then hold power + volume down until the phone boots into the bootloader. It should look similar to this. Post all of the first couple of lines at the top. The whole process summarized is this: s-off, install custom recovery, flash custom rom
There are also some other things that i would recommend doing so that you can have extra space for apps (you probably noticed you barely have any space at the moment), but ill get to that later when i give you more instructions.
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Really thanks for all the information, I'll post the information you are asking me for when I go back to my house since now I'm working
But thanks for offer me your help with this, is my first Android and I would like to have fun with it, and you are right I barely have space for my apps now... Will be some other information needed in this process that I can post later on?
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Really thanks for all the information, I'll post the information you are asking me for when I go back to my house since now I'm working
But thanks for offer me your help with this, is my first Android and I would like to have fun with it, and you are right I barely have space for my apps now... Will be some other information needed in this process that I can post later on?
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Nope, just your bootloader details for now.
Please tell me that I did not ****ed my phone
Ok so here is my problem now on, I tried to flash the CyanogenMod, but I dont know if i ****ed my phone or im just missing something...
Here is what I did:
1- I followed the instructions on another thread about the HTC_Unlock_Bootloader_Tool in order to unlock the bootloader.
2- I copied the CM-7.2.0.1-bravo.zip file into the sd card manually and also by using the "adb push" command.
But now my phone turns on, but every time that I try to access the Recovery option from the Fastboot menu just gives me an icon of the phone with a red advertise sign and then I press "Volume Up + Power" and got access to some sort of recovery options... But cannot go further than that... What can I do? Please tell me that I did not ****ed my phone?
When u unlock the bootloader u must then flash recovery via fastboot commands. In my sig ul see 4ext recovery as PB99IMG, download and extract the recovery.img and flash via fastboot. U can find a fastboot guide in bortaks troubleshooting guide (in my sig also)
Thanks for your response.
jmcclue said:
When u unlock the bootloader u must then flash recovery via fastboot commands. In my sig ul see 4ext recovery as PB99IMG, download and extract the recovery.img and flash via fastboot. U can find a fastboot guide in bortaks troubleshooting guide (in my sig also)
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Ok so here is my new actual situation, cause I went to sleep at 3.00am just to keep working with the phone...
After check within some forums and stuff I realized that there was an app called ROM Manager that can flash the Recovery and also the ROM (Cyanogenmod is the one I want to install), I started researching for another way to do it since every single time that I tried to start in FastBoot and use the recovery option in order to flash anything I just got a black screen with an icon that seems to be the same phone with a red alert sign on its corner (icon which i really did not like at all!!!), so I started checking for another way to work with this and found ROM Manager, but when the app was installed and I tried to flash the ClockworkMod Recovery but ROM Manager was giving an error related with permissions, I thought that my HTC Desire was already Rooted since it said "*** Unlocked ***" on the Fastboot menu (My fault!) but I realized that it is not Rooted after download the Root Checker app from the Store... So basically here is the case resumed: Fastboot "Unlocked" (Via easy unlocker tool), ROM Manager App (Installed but no permissions to Flash the ClockworkMod Recovery nor CyanogenMod ROM), Root Checker App (Installed and seems that my phone is not rooted)... How do I need to proceed now on???
Thanks in advance for all your help! I never thought that Android were this complicated, but I like it ****ing so much!!! So I think that it is most likely a beginner issue
StheveO said:
Ok so here is my new actual situation, cause I went to sleep at 3.00am just to keep working with the phone...
After check within some forums and stuff I realized that there was an app called ROM Manager that can flash the Recovery and also the ROM (Cyanogenmod is the one I want to install), I started researching for another way to do it since every single time that I tried to start in FastBoot and use the recovery option in order to flash anything I just got a black screen with an icon that seems to be the same phone with a red alert sign on its corner (icon which i really did not like at all!!!), so I started checking for another way to work with this and found ROM Manager, but when the app was installed and I tried to flash the ClockworkMod Recovery but ROM Manager was giving an error related with permissions, I thought that my HTC Desire was already Rooted since it said "*** Unlocked ***" on the Fastboot menu (My fault!) but I realized that it is not Rooted after download the Root Checker app from the Store... So basically here is the case resumed: Fastboot "Unlocked" (Via easy unlocker tool), ROM Manager App (Installed but no permissions to Flash the ClockworkMod Recovery nor CyanogenMod ROM), Root Checker App (Installed and seems that my phone is not rooted)... How do I need to proceed now on???
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Well, to root it, you need to flash a Superuser zip from recovery. To flash it, you need a custom recovery. To get a custom recovery, you do what @jmcclue said 2 posts above.
StheveO said:
but I like it ****ing so much!!!
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I think it's " but I like it so ****ing much!!!".
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abaaaabbbb63 said:
Well, to root it, you need to flash a Superuser zip from recovery. To flash it, you need a custom recovery. To get a custom recovery, you do what @jmcclue said 2 posts above.
I think it's " but I like it so ****ing much!!!".
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Hahahahaha yeah sorry about that but I'm working so it is difficult to be on the phone talking about Hard Drives and troubleshoot them, while trying to figure out whats going on with my phone hahahahaha
So Basically and if I'm not mistaken (hopefully not, let me know if I am) I need to do the following:
-Download and Flash the 4eXT Recovery as PB99IMG from the previous response: After download the file can I go to CMD and use "adb reboot bootloader" then "adb fastboot flash recovery PB99IMG.zip" (that must flash the recovery right?)
-Then I need to Flash the Superuser from a Zip file: By accessing the new Recovery Interface installed previously, wipe chache / install from sd card / install from zip (that must root my device right?)
-After that I should be able to turn on my phone as normal and use the ROM Manager in order to Flash the CyanogenMod 7.2 right?
Sorry that I bother all of you in this way with so many question and ****, but I really want not only to flash my drive but also to learn about the process and what I'm doing to my phone... Thanks for everything.
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Hahahahaha yeah sorry about that but I'm working so it is difficult to be on the phone talking about Hard Drives and troubleshoot them, while trying to figure out whats going on with my phone hahahahaha
So Basically and if I'm not mistaken (hopefully not, let me know if I am) I need to do the following:
-Download and Flash the 4eXT Recovery as PB99IMG from the previous response: After download the file can I go to CMD and use "adb reboot bootloader" then "adb fastboot flash recovery PB99IMG.zip" (that must flash the recovery right?)
-Then I need to Flash the Superuser from a Zip file: By accessing the new Recovery Interface installed previously, wipe chache / install from sd card / install from zip (that must root my device right?)
-After that I should be able to turn on my phone as normal and use the ROM Manager in order to Flash the CyanogenMod 7.2 right?
Sorry that I bother all of you in this way with so many question and ****, but I really want not only to flash my drive but also to learn about the process and what I'm doing to my phone... Thanks for everything.
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In my sig, you'll find a link "The PB99IMG method" under the "How to flash the 2.3 RUU" link. Use it to flash the recovery. Ignore the parts about the 2.3 RUU.
Another question...
abaaaabbbb63 said:
In my sig, you'll find a link "The PB99IMG method" under the "How to flash the 2.3 RUU" link. Use it to flash the recovery. Ignore the parts about the 2.3 RUU.
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Ok, so after check the other post with the PB99IMG method the phone should ask meto install something after put the zip file into the sd card and start the bootloader??? The thing is, if that doesn't happen what can I do? Because if I try to go to the Recovery option the phone gives me the Black screen with the Icon of the phone and a red alert sign... :S
StheveO said:
Ok, so after check the other post with the PB99IMG method the phone should ask meto install something after put the zip file into the sd card and start the bootloader??? The thing is, if that doesn't happen what can I do? Because if I try to go to the Recovery option the phone gives me the Black screen with the Icon of the phone and a red alert sign... :S
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You don't need to go to recovery for the PB99IMG method. Only bootloader.
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Ok, so after check the other post with the PB99IMG method the phone should ask meto install something after put the zip file into the sd card and start the bootloader??? The thing is, if that doesn't happen what can I do? Because if I try to go to the Recovery option the phone gives me the Black screen with the Icon of the phone and a red alert sign... :S
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Yes thats what you should do. If that doesnt work you would try flashing the recovery via fastboot.
When you go into recovery right now and see the red warning thing, that is normal. It is the stock recovery, which makes sense because you havent installed a custom recovery yet. Once 4ext is installed you will no longer see that screen.
Another problem
Chromium_ said:
Yes thats what you should do. If that doesnt work you would try flashing the recovery via fastboot.
When you go into recovery right now and see the red warning thing, that is normal. It is the stock recovery, which makes sense because you havent installed a custom recovery yet. Once 4ext is installed you will no longer see that screen.
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Ok, now here is the thing, I just used the BP99IMG method... But at the moment of go to the bootloader I just got an error message:
Main version is older!
Update Fail!
What Can I do!?
StheveO said:
Ok, now here is the thing, I just used the BP99IMG method... But at the moment of go to the bootloader I just got an error message:
Main version is older!
Update Fail!
What Can I do!?
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I forgot you weren't S-off. Pardon me.
Do this:
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-set-up-android-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows-tutorial/
Then extract the .img file from the PB99IMG zip, and put it on your C drive, do the path would be C://recovery.img.
Then, open CMD, connect your phone in fastboot mode, and use this command:
fastboot flash recovery C://recovery.img
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When u unlock the bootloader u must then flash recovery via fastboot commands. In my sig ul see 4ext recovery as PB99IMG, download and extract the recovery.img and flash via fastboot. U can find a fastboot guide in bortaks troubleshooting guide (in my sig also)
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:thumbup:
Here I go again!
abaaaabbbb63 said:
I forgot you weren't S-off. Pardon me.
Do this:
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-set-up-android-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows-tutorial/
Then extract the .img file from the PB99IMG zip, and put it on your C drive, do the path would be C://recovery.img.
Then, open CMD, connect your phone in fastboot mode, and use this command:
fastboot flash recovery C://recovery.img
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Ok so If I understood it is necessary to have the phone S-Off which means that the bootloader is unlocked, right??
Because my bootloader says "Unlocked" on the top of the menu... What I'm not doing right?
StheveO said:
Ok so If I understood it is necessary to have the phone S-Off which means that the bootloader is unlocked, right??
Because my bootloader says "Unlocked" on the top of the menu... What I'm not doing right?
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Unlocked does not mean s-off. You are Unlocked, but S-on. Just flash the recovery through fastboot, like jmcclue originally said.
Some good news
Sello I'm glad to let you know that finally I got my phone.cpletely flashed with the CM7 and this works just great... the only thing that I were not able to do is to partition my 4Gb SD card to assign 1Gb as phone extension and the rest as external storage...
Can you help me with this last thing, I just used a previous post...
With the 4ext recovery y created a first partition of 1024Mb as the ext of the system but my phone does not sees it, it keeps saying that only have 140Mb total as internal
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Sello I'm glad to let you know that finally I got my phone.cpletely flashed with the CM7 and this works just great... the only thing that I were not able to do is to partition my 4Gb SD card to assign 1Gb as phone extension and the rest as external storage...
Can you help me with this last thing, I just used a previous post...
With the 4ext recovery y created a first partition of 1024Mb as the ext of the system but my phone does not sees it, it keeps saying that only have 140Mb total as internal
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Yes thats normal. Ur partition is there doing its job, dont worry.