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For anyone who wants it, here's the STOCK PRE & Post-OTA recovery images. (I just added PRE-OTA if for some reason it's needed down the road.)
If you plan on flashing it back over the ClockWork recovery image, make sure S=OFF otherwise the flash won't complete successfully.
You can turn S=ON back after the flash.
THIS IS NOT A FLASHABLE ZIP - I only zipped it to get it to upload as an attachment! You will need to do a Fastboot Flash to install (there may be other methods but Fastboot is what I used).
Below are instructions I am borrowing from the Amen-Ra recovery installation from the N1 - they will apply the same here!
via fastboot
Code:
Copy recovery.img to a location where fastboot can find it.
Boot your phone into fastboot mode (power on while holding volume down, then select fastboot)
Connect your phone via usb to your pc/mac/...
fastboot devices (to make sure that fastboot "sees" your phone)
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
via terminal app
Code:
Copy recovery.img to the root of your sdcard
start the terminal app
su(press enter)
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img(press enter)
reboot recovery(press enter)
I hope this proves to be useful to at least 1 person!
Thanks a lot!
MYT4G (Glacier)
sounds like a good way to restore...now all we need are some roms
The reason I dug this up was that I am very curious as to whether after having rooted, if you have stock recovery and S=ON whether or not further OTAs will come to you.
Back in my N1 days if the stock recovery was not present an OTA couldn't install.
Sweet! Was looking for the stock recovery before exchanging my mytouch. Where/how did you get this?
Great contribution
c_licious said:
Sweet! Was looking for the stock recovery before exchanging my mytouch. Where/how did you get this?
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Actually I merely extracted them from the stock Rom here on xda and from the ota update file someone posted but nobody has figured out how to apply. Both have been tested on my phone.
I figured I would make it easier on everyone who simply wants to download the recovery as opposed to the entire rom or update.
Does this then solve the problem people have of not being able to root because they downgraded? If so, we may not need that OTA update link anymore.
kitsunisan said:
Does this then solve the problem people have of not being able to root because they downgraded? If so, we may not need that OTA update link anymore.
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Check this thread out - I was just reading it, should help out!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843428
Nevermind, wasn't paying attention when I posted, thought it was something else. Still, will come in very handy for me, I just got my replacement today, and replacing clockwork recovery was the last thing I needed to do.
JWhipple said:
The reason I dug this up was that I am very curious as to whether after having rooted, if you have stock recovery and S=ON whether or not further OTAs will come to you.
Back in my N1 days if the stock recovery was not present an OTA couldn't install.
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Thanks for making these available. I also wanted to get the recovery to hopefully let me get OTA's again (got the first one).
I was hoping I could do so with everything stock (unroot with visionary) but also being able to leave s=off - does that absolutely have to be set back =on?
You got the first one after reverting back from being rooted?
gaww said:
Thanks for making these available. I also wanted to get the recovery to hopefully let me get OTA's again (got the first one).
I was hoping I could do so with everything stock (unroot with visionary) but also being able to leave s=off - does that absolutely have to be set back =on?
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gaww said:
Thanks for making these available. I also wanted to get the recovery to hopefully let me get OTA's again (got the first one).
I was hoping I could do so with everything stock (unroot with visionary) but also being able to leave s=off - does that absolutely have to be set back =on?
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Not sure - but if you want to "appear" to be 100% stock w/ OTA update, probably best to set it to S=ON.
The thing is though, my understanding is that if even if you use the unroot, you still will have persistent root unless HTC or Google somehow patches the exploit that was used to get root in the first place. So, you'll have root but won't be able to change anything on the ROM unless you turn S=OFF again. I ran the unroot and S=ON and still have the ability to do everything (other than mess with the ROM) that your standard Rooted phone would be able to.
jjlean said:
You got the first one after reverting back from being rooted?
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
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You can force install the first OTA, but without forcing it I don't believe it's going to happen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843428 shows how to do it.
JWhipple said:
You can force install the first OTA, but without forcing it I don't believe it's going to happen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843428 shows how to do it.
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I got the first OTA before doing s=off (needed the OTA to make it work at the time - did it first day).
I am trying to find out about the second OTA, about which there is practically no information available. I would I assume I have to have the first one installed to get the second (but what is it?).
Again - thanks for posting the original stock recoveries - have a feeling I may need one down the road (like when 2.3 finally comes out and I have a reason to go back to stock).
I've yet to see anyone say that they have actually received a 2nd OTA... Go figure?
Would I be able to use this recovery image to get my phone back up an running again?
I was messing around trying to apply the custom animations and somehow ended up getting my phone stuck in a constant reboot mode.
I have done some research and think that I am on the right track, but can someone verify this for me?
I have permroot with S-OFF, factory reset from the bootloader menu does not get me anywhere, but the phone is recognized through the "fastboot" prompt.
Would I just place the recovery image in the root of the sd card and run these commands?:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery.img
Thanks in advance for any help
From terminal im getting image not found? Do I have to mount or something?
Also... From pc ....Put .img in a place where fast boot can see it, where is thay
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Ok guys, the absolute easiest way to do this... This is dependent upon you having S=OFF.
1) Install the android SDK....
2) In my case, fastboot is in C:\sdk\tools as I installed the SDK to C:\SDK. For fastboot to see the image file, I placed the image file (after extracted from the .ZIP) into the C:\sdk\tools folder.
3) Shut down the phone. Turn it back on while holding down the VOL-DOWN button.
4) On the bottom of the screen you'll see:
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
5) FASTBOOT should already be highlighted. Press the POWER button.
6) If your USB isn't already plugged in, do it now.
7) Give the PC max of 30 seconds to recognize the bootloader mode.
8) From a DOS prompt, navagate into the C:\SDK\TOOLS folder.
9) Type "FASTBOOT DEVICES" (less the quotes) and press ENTER. If your phone is recognized it should show the serial info of your phone.
10) Type "FASTBOOT FLASH RECOVERY RECOVERY.IMG" (again, less the quotes) and press ENTER .
11) You should see the send and receive. If you do, SUCCESS.
I was able to do all of the steps listed, but I keep getting stuck at a boot loop.
Fastboot recognized my phone, flash recovery from fastboot says that it is successful, but still no luck.
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I already got S-OFF using revolutionary
I am trying to follow the steps posted here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160745) and I dont understand how to do anything via CWM... I already flashed it succesfully following these instructions (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134520) but I cant figure out how to enter recovery, nothing in ROM manager will work because ""an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!"" Thanks!
Jay_Zaq said:
I already got S-OFF using revolutionary
I am trying to follow the steps posted here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160745) and I dont understand how to do anything via CWM... I already flashed it succesfully following these instructions (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134520) but I cant figure out how to enter recovery, nothing in ROM manager will work because ""an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!"" Thanks!
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Yes Rom Manager will not run without root privilege. You need to go into settings and make sure Fastboot is disabled. Then you should be able to boot into the boot loader by holding the Volume Down key and pressing the power button. From the boot padre menu select Recovery
flashed an older version of CWM and then typed adb reboot recovery while it was pointed at folder fastroot was in, now in recovery mode what do I do now? apply update from sdcard?
do the proper wipe procedures then install your rom of choice.
Do you still need help. its pretty straight forward but i could walk you through it
Hi there,
I have been battling (and learning) for now over 4 days with a mate that has succeeded installing Android 4.0 on his HD. We are having difficulties on a few points. I have some part of answers I found here and there, however there are still a few dark areas in my research at this stage. I have looked up the sticky one and have not found any answer that suits my issues.
I am at the point where I'm trying to S-OFF the phone, I wish to make a system recovery first. I have tried to reboot to recovery with the help 4ext and Rom Manager and getting a red triangle everytime.
My set is an Autralian HTC Desire from Telstra.
Thanks in advance if you wish to help us.
z:/
zipstor said:
I am at the point where I'm trying to S-OFF the phone, I wish to make a system recovery first. I have tried to reboot to recovery with the help 4ext and Rom Manager and getting a red triangle everytime.
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You can´t install 4Ext recovery if you aren´t s-off...
Go to revolutionary.io
This will S-OFF and if I recall right also install a recovery.
Okay I've used the revolutionary tool, I am s-offed, thanks for that, now how can I make sure recovery went okay
Well... try it?
Press volume down + power to get into bootloader, then launch recovery.
You navigate the menu with volume up and down.
FYI this is the desire not desire HD forum.
Thanks to the s-off I was able to install original HTC rom of froyo, this way I got rid of this evil Tesltra rom thing, that was possibly being the spanner in the works.
Thing is, revolutionnary was supposed to create a recovery file, and I'm still getting red triangle when launching recovery from bootloader.
zipstor said:
Thanks to the s-off I was able to install original HTC rom of froyo, this way I got rid of this evil Tesltra "sense" thing, that was possibly being the spanner in the works.
Thing is, revolutionnary was supposed to create a recovery file, and I'm still getting red triangle when launching recovery from bootloader.
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If you can now boot into android I would recommend the 4ext recovery (see my sig). Download the app from the market and use this to install the latest Touch recovery.
yep 4ext is good can also solve usb bricks although i solved mine with a simple adb command
sure... but why sould I use 4ext since revolutionary was doing the job in the first place?
anyway I ordered 4ext 4hrs ago and i'm still w8ting for notification and still got nothing
Message from Maximilian Riedel:
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Feb 6
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Feb 6
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Order Date: February 6, 2012 12:39:42 AM UTC+11
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Item
Price
4EXT Recovery Control
€1.98
Tax:
€0.00
Total:
€1.98
Even if I try to get the free version it says that the content is not supported on the phone...and its a .apk..
why not just flash clock work mod touch recovery esentially the same thing all your paying for really is the touch recovery and a few extras
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.0.2-bravo.img
I can give it a go... sure..
Any instruction sheet anywhere?
first of all download fastboot commander and the img file i linked boot into bootloader by hold power +vol down for 5 second once in boot loader choose fastboot by using volume to scroll and power to select then your in fastboot conect usb run fastboot commander choose recovery image and press flash on pc you can also flash hboot radio and other stuff but a failed radio can lead to perm brick
WAIT!
You mention Desire HD in first post. Please confirm yours is NOT HD.
not hd dude
seanpr92 said:
first of all download fastboot commander and the img file i linked boot into bootloader by hold power +vol down for 5 second once in boot loader choose fastboot by using volume to scroll and power to select then your in fastboot conect usb run fastboot commander choose recovery image and press flash on pc you can also flash hboot radio and other stuff but a failed radio can lead to perm brick
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Your syntax makes it difficult to understand. I will try this but in the future it would be good if you could improve it.
Shall I extract the img files with an ISO reader or shall I open them with my phone system?
hi,
use 7zip to extract the img file but don t touch the file img... this is the one to flash into your device by the command
Code:
fastboot flash recovery c:\wherethe.imgfile.isonyourcomp
i would advice to do first a
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
in a cleaner way but not mandatory.
have a look in this following link everything to know to install and use adb/fastboot
look to my signature there is a link to the 4ext dev's thread. he s really aware and give a best support for his work. what i ve seen, i advice to have a look and post your experience. once u got the app 4ext running on your device it becomes really easy to flash recovery (and his is really rockin')
hope this help
zipstor said:
sure... but why sould I use 4ext since revolutionary was doing the job in the first place?
anyway I ordered 4ext 4hrs ago and i'm still w8ting for notification and still got nothing
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Hi,
My understanding was that you could not get into recovery.
My suggestion of 4ext was due to the fact that is is (IMHO):
- the easiest to install as it can be done directly from within an app
- the best currently available
I was not suggesting that you needed the paid version (which has more bells and whistles). The free version should so the job just as well.
Okay so thats an attempt to use your tips, the phone is connected via usb in charge only mode and here is what I get on CMD
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot erase recovery
< waiting for device >
Are you suggesting me to post on the EXT4 post as well?
ascot17 said:
Hi,
My understanding was that you could not get into recovery.
My suggestion of 4ext was due to the fact that is is (IMHO):
- the easiest to install as it can be done directly from within an app
- the best currently available
I was not suggesting that you needed the paid version (which has more bells and whistles). The free version should so the job just as well.
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That's okay mate, thanks for your concern.
What do you suggest if 4EXT is not getting me anywhere and I get the red triangle no matter what..?
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?
StheveO said:
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!!!".
More questions
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.
StheveO said:
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.
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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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
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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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
StheveO said:
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.
So I admit I screwed up and started the whole root process without reading and studying about adb. What happened was I enabled developer mode and disabled fast boot on my HTCone. I then tried to use the rumrunner root method. It was successful and gave me S-off, unlock and SUser. Where I failed at was just coming over from an iPhone and having a HTC Evo in the past I was not familiar with adb or have I done any development. So I didn't even have adb set up and it left me with my custom recovery. I let a friend look at it that had some linux experience and he deleted my stock recovery and tried to push the TeamWin Recovery Project recovery to my phone. This failed and left me with no recovery at all. I then still not knowing what was going on got frustrated and tried to remove root and just run everything stock till I studied up more. Well I removed root access but I still have s-off, fastboot and unlocked. Since I had no recovery I can not do anything but run what I have on my phone now. I did however do a backup of everything before this using titanium backup. But my understanding you have to have root to use it.
Since my screw up I have studied up on adb and installed everything needed. I have played around with it just without making changes just to get familiar and test if it was working. I tried to use rumrunner again but it fails at the end but does connect to adb now.
What I need to know is can I push my stock recovery back to my phone via adb then try to use rumrunner again for root? Or what can I do since S-off and unlocked?
I admit I pulled an idiot move and will study and learn the whole process before doing anything new.
Thanks in advance for all help.
I have the 1.10.605.8 software version and I'm on Android 4.2.2
You didnt really do anything to your device honestly.. Its pretty much untouched, for root, simply download superuser from playstore, rumrunner is manily for the s off , bootloader. Also head over to original android development section and install twrp recovery.
Use flashify from playstore to flash recovery if you like aswell instead of adb.
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First, take a deep breath! Everything will be OK. As digitalbot mentioned, you phone should be fine.
Some clarification first. You do not use adb to flash a recovery, kernel, or anything else. That's fastboot and you'll be doing that from the bootloader, not while booted in the OS. Fastboot does not work while in the OS, adb does not work while in the bootloader. Since you were able to use rumrunner, adb and fastboot should already be installed on your computer and working. Now, understand that the fast boot that you disabled to use rumrunner is not the same as the fastboot that you use to to communicate between your computer and phone. Similar term, but completely and unrelated things.
Sounds like you are still s-off so no need to use rumrunner again. You mention having a custom recovery. Did you install it? Rumrunner does not install a custom recovery so unless you did, you still have stock recovery. To verify, plug in your phone to your computer and open a command prompt and type "adb reboot recovery." Phone your reboot to recovery. What recovery does it boot? If it's not TWRP or CWM, find a custom recovery in the forum (I use TWRP) and follow the instructions there to flash it to your phone from the bootloader. You'll do that with fastboot not adb.
Now for root, verify that you do not have root. Install a root checker from the playstore and check. If you don't have root, you'll have to flash SuperSU from recovery so go to http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu and download SuperSU to your phone. Reboot your phone to recovery and install the zip. You should now be rooted, double check with root checker. Now go to the playstore and install SuperSU to stay up to date.
Not sure if I covered all your questions, so post back if you still need clarification. Good luck!
Thanks guys!
I was able to install TWRP and also Superuser the same way.
Here are the instructions I used. Maybe they will help someone else like me.
Power off your device, then press and hold Power and Volume Down until you're in the bootloader menu. Highlight FASTBOOT and press Power. You should see Fastboot USB highlighted in red.
Open a command prompt on your computer and navigate to your SDK directory. Type "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" and hit Enter.
Then I backed up my stock rom using TWRP
In TWRP's main menu, tap Reboot. It will tell you that you're not rooted and ask you to install SuperSU, so swipe to confirm. When you reboot your phone, you should see a notification that you need to install the SuperSU app. Open the notification and select TWRP, since the app from Google Play only works with S-OFF.
Worked flawlessly.
I installed NuSenseONE max and I love it so far. :good:
Oh of course I downloaded the latest TWRP build and renamed it before I copied it over.
Good work, yeah not really that tough, now accidently wipe your internal storage and flash a RUU, fun all over again haha :beer:
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