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Help! I installed Android Rev 3.0 with no problems at all...worked great! Today I noticed Android Rev 4.0. I saw in the instructions that you needed to WIPE to install. Being a noob, I thought that meant that you had to format the sd card...which I did using rom manager. Then in rom manager I went to install the new Android Rev 4.0 off of my newly formatted sd card...and i've been stuck in a HBOOT loop ever since. I can't even get the phone to be recognized by my computer to try to flash RUU. I do have S-off. I do have the clockworkmod backup recovery.img, system.img and boot.img...but I can't get past this HBOOT loop. I tried everything to get into recovery...but nothing works...even tried system restore...nothing. I think the sd card might have lost its goldcard status because it no longer says "goldcard". Could that be the problem? Any suggestions? I need help before my 30 day return status is gone!
gallogj said:
Help! I installed Android Rev 3.0 with no problems at all...worked great! Today I noticed Android Rev 4.0. I saw in the instructions that you needed to WIPE to install. Being a noob, I thought that meant that you had to format the sd card...which I did using rom manager. Then in rom manager I went to install the new Android Rev 4.0 off of my newly formatted sd card...and i've been stuck in a HBOOT loop ever since. I can't even get the phone to be recognized by my computer to try to flash RUU. I do have S-off. I do have the clockworkmod backup recovery.img, system.img and boot.img...but I can't get past this HBOOT loop. I tried everything to get into recovery...but nothing works...even tried system restore...nothing. I think the sd card might have lost its goldcard status because it no longer says "goldcard". Could that be the problem? Any suggestions? I need help before my 30 day return status is gone!
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Read this post, it might be able to help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11880142&postcount=1744
Thanks! I'll give that a try and post the results. I've tried a similar file earlier...and still couldn't get to recovery.
gallogj said:
Thanks! I'll give that a try and post the results. I've tried a similar file earlier...and still couldn't get to recovery.
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It's not suppose to help getting into recovery. Quick question tho: when you get into bootloader, does any option that you choose send you back to bootloader?
Can you get into fastboot?
If you can this might help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983452
sent from my HTC Inspired Desire HD 4G
dooyoo222 said:
It's not suppose to help getting into recovery. Quick question tho: when you get into bootloader, does any option that you choose send you back to bootloader?
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When the phone starts...it goes into fastboot...then goes to HBOOT...then runs the PD98IMG...updates....goes back to HBOOT screen. When I select recovery...it shows the HTC logo...fades to black...then nothing. No button pressing in the world gets it out of that black screen. I take the battery out...put it back in...and back to the fastboot screen I go. I'm going to try the new updated PD98IMG file mentioned...fingers crossed! I wonder if it would be as simple as getting a SD card file dump from someone who just installed AR 3.0 and putting the same files on my card? I dunno...gonna try the PD98IMG again first!
You might have to run the RUU and then re root
sent from my HTC Inspired Desire HD 4G
Eureka!
dooyoo222 said:
Read this post, it might be able to help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11880142&postcount=1744
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The PD98IMG.zip that I downloaded from this thread worked! I can't believe it! It's a miracle!
If only I didn't snap my sd card cover in half trying to remove it numerous times...I would be completely unfazed...but now I have to scour ebay to find a replacement!
Thanks to everyone who helped! I hope this will help some other lost soul! Now to reroot and get that AR 4.0 installed!
Hboot stuck too
I have the same problem, if u can restore can u please show
Me how. My email is [email protected] thanks
Please help
camau68 said:
I have the same problem, if u can restore can u please show
Me how. My email is [email protected] thanks
Please help
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I don't know how you found this old thread before the sticky at the top of the forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396229
Wow...
They dug up a thread from my newbie days! I was SO skerd that I bricked my phone. Here it is a year and 50 roms later and it's still ticking!
I'm new to inspire... And I Know to be rooted one must make a gold card my question is if I get a new sd card will I loose root... Currently I have a 8gb sdcard but want to Upgrade to a 16gb card
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Nope, the only way to lose root is to flash a non-rooted rom. I upgraded to a 32GB card last week and everything is working great.
Jake33108 said:
Nope, the only way to lose root is to flash a non-rooted rom. I upgraded to a 32GB card last week and everything is working great.
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Thanks
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA App
Just remember if you get a new SD Card then all your CWM backups are stored on the old one unless you transfer them over.
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Just remember if you get a new SD Card then all your CWM backups are stored on the old one unless you transfer them over.
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Yeah I'm gonna transfer everything
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Nope, the only way to lose root is to flash a non-rooted rom. I upgraded to a 32GB card last week and everything is working great.
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So I get it that the only way to lose Root is to flash a non rooted phone, my question is if I was to replace the SD card but save the gold card, flash a non rooted Rom and want to go back and reroot the phone would all I have to do is reinstall the first gold card and run the root process or do I have to recreate the gold card once again?
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So I get it that the only way to lose Root is to flash a non rooted phone, my question is if I was to replace the SD card but save the gold card, flash a non rooted Rom and want to go back and reroot the phone would all I have to do is reinstall the first gold card and run the root process or do I have to recreate the gold card once again?
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Actually, on the Inspire, S-OFF is rather hard to revert. Just flashing a stock ROM or running a stock RUU won't do it. You need to go through most of the rooting steps, then run "gfree -s on", then run the RUU or install stock update.
Gene Poole said:
Actually, on the Inspire, S-OFF is rather hard to revert. Just flashing a stock ROM or running a stock RUU won't do it. You need to go through most of the rooting steps, then run "gfree -s on", then run the RUU or install stock update.
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OK Gene so really the only time I would need a gold card is for S-OFF and or returning to factory stock S-ON correct me if I'm wrong here. I just want to be clear as to pertaining to the security of the Gold Card. and when we would need or not need it. The captivate was so easy to root and or unroot to factory stock, The inspire is a bit different.
Thanks and didn't mean to highjack this thread but I do think these are valid qestions that need good answers.
Cheers
dpmurphy81 said:
OK Gene so really the only time I would need a gold card is for S-OFF and or returning to factory stock S-ON correct me if I'm wrong here. I just want to be clear as to pertaining to the security of the Gold Card. and when we would need or not need it. The captivate was so easy to root and or unroot to factory stock, The inspire is a bit different.
Thanks and didn't mean to highjack this thread but I do think these are valid qestions that need good answers.
Cheers
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A gold card has but one purpose: installing an official update on a device that is not the same model as the update was intended, period. For instance, installing the downgrade ROM (which is for DesireHD--model PD9810000) on an Inspire (model PD9812000).
If you're S-OFF, then no such restriction exists so you don't need a gold card to revert. You don't need it to install the official Inspire RUU either since it has the correct model ID.
Hi guys, I was flashing some ROMS, and as I was running out of space on my SDCard, i decided to format it. I went ahead and backed it up on my pc, then formatted (mounted as disk drive on CWM on the phone). After that, I transferred my next ROM to the SD Card, ejected and unmounted it from my PC, and tried to install it on the phone. When I hit install from SDCard on the phone, it threw me the error (E) can't mount sdcard. So i thought, well, maybe the format was done wrong. So I formatted it again, this time out of the phone. Put it back in, same error. Looked for another SDCard, same error. So, I panicked. I looked for the PG58IMG.zip to reinstall recovery, and transferred it to the SD. Powered on my phone to bootloader, nothing happens, it just "scans" my SD but finds nothing. So I panic even more, and I'm now downloading the official TMO Ruu to flash to my phone, although i have a feeling it won't work. :'(
Any ideas?
BTW mounting the sdcard as a disk drive in Recovery works.
BTW#2 I have no working ROM right now on my phone, because i was experimenting with the new leaked 2.3.4 before this happened. I just wanted to try out Leedroid, but since I didn't have much space on my SD, i formatted it.
What happens when you try to format the SD card in recovery? Can you even access recovery??
supercobaltss said:
What happens when you try to format the SD card in recovery? Can you even access recovery??
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I can access recovery and format the SDCard. I tried to flash the ROM via fastboot but it didn't work. I'm so nervous I'm just gonna try to flash Stock.
Any other ideas are welcome though.
So when you format the card in clockwork can you mount it and copy a file to it then read the zip file from the phone? or not. You may brick it trying to flash it to stock if you can access clockwork its most likely not bricked
Ok so the phone booted up after flashing stock, but it still can't read any SD Cards. Seems the Sd card port got fuxd up.
Can you flash ANY other roms?
EDIT: I hate when I think I'm responding to something only to find I'm behind everything...haha
Derek0228 said:
Ok so the phone booted up after flashing stock, but it still can't read any SD Cards. Seems the Sd card port got fuxd up.
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Well if you can read the SD Card with the usb cable in clockwork mod it isnt fuxxed up, Do you happen to have any other sd cards or another phone that can read that sd card? can you format the sd card in the android os? read it with astro or a similiar file explorer?
Go to the setting > Mounts and storage then unmount the sdcard or mount whatever is available then unmount/mount again and do this 2 times. Then when the card is mounted, connect the phone to the computer using the normal USB cable and select 'Disk drive' on the phone and then probably if your computer shows the 'scan and fix' option for the sdcard then you're safe! I think It's your SDCard which got screwed not the port, cuz you played with it bit too much! If this doesn't work, no problem, go to HTC's service center and tell them that the card is faulty, they'll replace it!
Stupid Derek
byrdman164 said:
Can you flash ANY other roms?
EDIT: I hate when I think I'm responding to something only to find I'm behind everything...haha
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nope. The Sensation doesn't recognize my SD Card AT ALL. :/ I've tried with three sdcards. Maybe the port got fried or something?
Derek0228 said:
nope. The Sensation doesn't recognize my SD Card AT ALL. :/ I've tried with three sdcards. Maybe the port got fried or something?
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It could have, didnt you say that you could read the sd card with the usb cable connected when you were in recovery? Check the pins make sure none of them are bent or anything.
arzbhatia said:
Go to the setting > Mounts and storage then unmount the sdcard or mount whatever is available then unmount/mount again and do this 2 times. Then when the card is mounted, connect the phone to the computer using the normal USB cable and select 'Disk drive' on the phone and then probably if your computer shows the 'scan and fix' option for the sdcard then you're safe! I think It's your SDCard which got screwed not the port, cuz you played with it bit too much! If this doesn't work, no problem, go to HTC's service center and tell them that the card is faulty, they'll replace it!
Stupid Derek
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Hi arz, I wish it were that easy, but I've tried three different SDCards
I'm now returning everything to stock, already flashed the stock ROM, now working on S-ON and contacting HTC. I can't believe this just happened.
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Hi arz, I wish it were that easy, but I've tried three different SDCards
I'm now returning everything to stock, already flashed the stock ROM, now working on S-ON and contacting HTC. I can't believe this just happened.
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Oh ****! Then it could be that only! Sad.. Best of luck!
Now I'm more ****ed up :/
I tried to get S-ON back on my phone to send it back to HTC, and now I am stuck on the Security Warning Message. I am S-ON though. But, whenever I try to rerun the RUU, it tells me there's a signature error. What should i do?
This is exactly what i had dude when i semi-bricked
Its the security message in purple at the top like this
***security warning***
Pyramid PVT Ship S-on RL
Did you use Super CID first?
what device is yours, Tmous, EU, voda or what?
Flash the same rom as you had using RUU.exe and be patient with it
Try a different pc, download it from the link in post 1 or here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1074559
If you have supercid
try this one RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.35.401.1
thats what restored it for me.
i know the feeling its crap. but atleast your S-on
dude it has to work
run it as administrator too
I have seen a similar error several times in past devices. Usually just doing a "fix permissions" takes care of it. If you still have root, go into rom manager and do "fix permissions".
SN: If you do contact HTC be honest about what happened to the phone. Don't try to lie your way into a replacement device. When you removed S-On and gained root, there are certain risks that you took on with your device. People who take on those risks, subsequently cause a problem to their devices, and then send the phone back to the manufacturer are the cause of having an encrypted bootloader to begin with (Since manufacturers are starting to feel like they have to protect themselves from these exact type of scenarios).
If your device is a T-mobile USA try that one.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/cb7...00P_10.11.9007.15_M_release_193714_signed.exe
one question.
Did you restore to stock
install clockwork recovery
then go to S-on?
Derek0228 said:
Now I'm more ****ed up :/
I tried to get S-ON back on my phone to send it back to HTC, and now I am stuck on the Security Warning Message. I am S-ON though. But, whenever I try to rerun the RUU, it tells me there's a signature error. What should i do?
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There's an alternative fastboot method for flashing the RUU if you're S-ON. I can't say for sure that it will work (so no responsibility taken) but the "fastboot oem rebootRUU" command does put the phone into the correct state. If you want to try, extract the rom.zip from the latest T-Mobile RUU and follow these instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=958968
You tried s on yet dazweeja?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
Ok, guys, thanks for all the help. I haven't tried anything else, but just wanted to give you guys some more info.
1) I do not have superCID.
2) I am not lying to HTC, because what happened to my phone has nothing to do with S-OFF or whatever. It is a hardware failure, when I formatted my SDCard while inside the phone, maybe it burned the port or something happened to it.
3) Yes, I am a little scared lol.
4) Yes, I am S-ON right now. Just with the warning message on the top in the bootloader.
5) No, the phone doesn't boot up, it just goes straight to the bootloader.
I am as good as a Noob, but ...I will pray for you... Good Luck....
so if I restored my phone...like an idiot to stock with the updated ruu to try and remedy so of the issues I have been having...can I re-root using the old gold card I have on my cpu?
cagle333 said:
so if I restored my phone...like an idiot to stock with the updated ruu to try and remedy so of the issues I have been having...can I re-root using the old gold card I have on my cpu?
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If you just used the RUU, then you should still be S-OFF. Just install a custom recovery then install whatever rooted ROM you want.
How do you have a gold card saved on your CPU? Guess you mean PC. The goldcard is your modified micro sd card. And yes the card can be used again and again.
thanks to all and it did work...after I woke up and tried again without the beers this time.
I thought I would change the title of my thread as the issue seems to have changed. I hope that isn't a problem. I am able to get into loader mode just fine and have loaded CWM twice through ODIN but am unable to get the internal SD Card to mount or USB mode to work. HAs anyone seen this before? I searched carefully and could not find any reference to my problem. I was careful to uncheck re-partition but there is a chance I may have not, I suppose. Would that cause my problem? Any input would be most appreciated....I'm stuck.
Well, the good news is as long as you have Odin mode nothing is broken that cant be fixed the bad news is, I've been following your progress, and I'm stumped and out of ideas :-/ the way I understand it, you have a working Clockwork Mod recovery, you can boot to recovery. Correct? When you try to mount USB mode in Mounts and Storage, it gives you an error? Do you have an external microSD that you could copy a ROM over to and try to flash from there?
Which version of CMW did you flash,I found issues with ver 6.XXX and went back to ver 5.XXX non touch. In the newer versions including touch USB and mounting the drives didn't work for me. I thought it was my phone because of everything I've done since rooting
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flyers00 said:
Which version of CMW did you flash,I found issues with ver 6.XXX and went back to ver 5.XXX non touch. In the newer versions including touch USB and mounting the drives didn't work for me. I thought it was my phone because of everything I've done since rooting
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i believe (based on the other thread he was in) that he's using the 5.xxx version from k0nane's thread (which is what I'm using)
jparnell8839 said:
i believe (based on the other thread he was in) that he's using the 5.xxx version from k0nane's thread (which is what I'm using)
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I wasn't sure either that's why I threw it out there. I'm using the same version from k0oane 5.XXX as well
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Interesting Thought
jparnell8839 said:
Well, the good news is as long as you have Odin mode nothing is broken that cant be fixed the bad news is, I've been following your progress, and I'm stumped and out of ideas :-/ the way I understand it, you have a working Clockwork Mod recovery, you can boot to recovery. Correct? When you try to mount USB mode in Mounts and Storage, it gives you an error? Do you have an external microSD that you could copy a ROM over to and try to flash from there?
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Sounds interesting, but wouldn't this explode needing to access the internal SD? i don't know if my PC has a SD Slot, but that is easy enough to fix. I'll try the solution below then this one.. One step at a time. Glad I've got a stumper even if it is a pain in my @ss.
Thanks again to all for the thoughts.
Mike in Houston
CWM 5.0.0.4
flyers00 said:
Which version of CMW did you flash,I found issues with ver 6.XXX and went back to ver 5.XXX non touch. In the newer versions including touch USB and mounting the drives didn't work for me. I thought it was my phone because of everything I've done since rooting
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I'm using CWM 5.5.0.4 Still stumped. IF I did something stupid I sure wish I knew what it is. Phone is one week old and of course store claims it is my fault..........rrrrgh. I bought a Galaxy Express to hold me over until I get this fixed. The store offered me a job if I could fix it and as I'm not working, I'm calling in all the troops to help me here if possible........Thanks a million. or a thousand. They don't pay much.I Just checked and the sd card ext will not mount either in CWM and gives errors. I'd like to mod the express I bought to replace this one but am a bit gun shy now. It seems this problem is buried pretty deep.
Stil grateful but in need of help..
Ready to send it off to a JTAG repair shop but as I can still boot into both download and recovery modes there must be something I can do myself to fix this. Anybody out there??????
mikesmccurdy said:
Ready to send it off to a JTAG repair shop but as I can still boot into both download and recovery modes there must be something I can do myself to fix this. Anybody out there??????
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All you've gotta do is Odin the ORIGINAL GB or ICS from Sammobile. Your soft bricked (no biggie). Your more than likely missing a few important files that GB or ICS could fix. I'd go with GB, IMO
Close but no cigar.
jbats said:
All you've gotta do is Odin the ORIGINAL GB or ICS from Sammobile. Your soft bricked (no biggie). Your more than likely missing a few important files that GB or ICS could fix. I'd go with GB, IMO
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I went to Sammobile and downloaded the firmware but it comes in Zip format and Odin does not recognize that rrgh. I can't get it onto a sd card because it won't mount in CWM. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll hold off for another response before I ship it out. Seems like I should be able to find something to flash on here somewhere, but i'm stumped.......
You need to unzip the file and extract the files there's a tar file inside. Use the instructions in konanes thread with the file you have. I can walk you through it better tommorow when I get off work, its very easy.
jbats said:
You need to unzip the file and extract the files there's a tar file inside. Use the instructions in konanes thread with the file you have. I can walk you through it better tommorow when I get off work, its very easy.
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I can't imagine someone would be so kind as to take their time to walk a stranger through a process. (Even if I would). I'm having a hard time finding konanes thread on this subject and would appreciate any direction to it so I won't be such a bother. Sorry for the delay in response, but I've been on a short vacation. Thanks to all.
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I can't imagine someone would be so kind as to take their time to walk a stranger through a process. (Even if I would). I'm having a hard time finding konanes thread on this subject and would appreciate any direction to it so I won't be such a bother. Sorry for the delay in response, but I've been on a short vacation. Thanks to all.
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Here is the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601 now just grab the GB zip from sammobile and extract the tar and follow the instructions in the thread.:good:
Progress but no prize......
jbats said:
Here is the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601 now just grab the GB zip from sammobile and extract the tar and follow the instructions in the thread.:good:
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Well I found it before you replied and low and behold I am able to boot my phone. Now it won't recognize the sim card. I made sure the SIM works in another phone. BTW this is a T-Mobile phone originally but I run on simple mobile. I tried the unlocking process but I did not pay for an unlock code because it won't boot to the unlock code screen. It just goes all the way through and then reports "no sim card Emergency calls only" Thanks for getting me this far. The phone worked fine before I started playing with it. Now I'm really stumped...rrgh.
Thanks
Mike in Houston with dead Blaze. And the store was going to offer me a job if I got it working....
Moving backwards
mikesmccurdy said:
Well I found it before you replied and low and behold I am able to boot my phone. Now it won't recognize the sim card. I made sure the SIM works in another phone. BTW this is a T-Mobile phone originally but I run on simple mobile. I tried the unlocking process but I did not pay for an unlock code because it won't boot to the unlock code screen. It just goes all the way through and then reports "no sim card Emergency calls only" Thanks for getting me this far. The phone worked fine before I started playing with it. Now I'm really stumped...rrgh.
Thanks
Mike in Houston with dead Blaze. And the store was going to offer me a job if I got it working....
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Also of note only flashing T769UMB1 from Sammobile will allow the phone to boot at all. Whet I try to flash the root kernel the phone locks up as always at the blue bar when it completes and when reflashing T769UMB1 I go into CWM and am still unable to mount the SD Cards or USB Storage. Appears my little bit of progress was in vain. When it does boot as mentioned above, I still have "no sim card" Any advice would be appreciated. Being a NOOB, I am unsure if I started out with GB or ICS in the first place it that offers any assistance.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
You need to buy an unlock code, than you can enter it through your dialer.
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You skipped the next step. You can't flash from GB to the latest. You have to do it in steps first GB than ICS uvlh5 than uvlmb1, uvlh5 was a prerequisette to the latest mb1. Start over...
Still grateful and lost.....
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You need to buy an unlock code, than you can enter it through your dialer.
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You skipped the next step. You can't flash from GB to the latest. You have to do it in steps first GB than ICS uvlh5 than uvlmb1, uvlh5 was a prerequisette to the latest mb1. Start over...
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I have done as you suggested and really appreciate all the time you have taken to help me out. When I loaded UVLH5 the phone said it was updating 62 apps as it booted and I was in the same predicament. The phone boots and recognizes the internal memory card but will not recoginze my SIM card. I thought it was supposed to ask for an unlock code when it saw the foreign sim as I have seen that on other sites. The phone just boots and says "No SIM card" whether or not one is installed. Would sending it off for a JTAG repair solve my problem? I think I may have screwed the pooch so to speak when I loaded uvimb1. I am determined to fix this phone. It shouldn't be so difficult, famous last words. I think there may be a way to force the dialer to allow me to enter an unlock code, but before I spend more money on the phone I want to make sure that is what I need to do. I also cannot seem to get back into CWM for some reason. Maybe the button sequence has changed with the update. Confirming that procedure would be quite helpful.
mikesmccurdy said:
I went to Sammobile and downloaded the firmware but it comes in Zip format and Odin does not recognize that rrgh. I can't get it onto a sd card because it won't mount in CWM. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll hold off for another response before I ship it out. Seems like I should be able to find something to flash on here somewhere, but i'm stumped.......
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You need an account with samfirmware and you should be downloading a .tar.md5 file. Shouldn't be a zip. Just curious, what's inside the zip?