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How to: CyanogenMod your G1 from scratch incl hardspl

for the t-mobile g1 with 1.6 firmware and some number stuff like drc92 and other G ones that won't cooperate..
to mod it from a stock (t-mobile nl) rom.
What u need :
1 sd-card (preferably more then 128mb)
1 pc running windows (i run win 7 ultimate)
1 usb cord
1 phone-internet connection (there is a wifi version too but since i find it not neccesary i wont link it. instead if you dont have phone internet : just download the packages on pc and put them in the G1)
1 app from market called : mybackup (you can use it for backing up contacts and stuff.. backup to sdcard and copy it to pc)
Backup
-download app MyBackup from the google marketplace and make a backup of programs and contacts (if you dont have phone-internet then get it from pc)
Preparing Gold Card:
- insert sd card into G1 and format it (whatever sd card and whatever format (there is only one on G1 hehe so go find it. also format is to be found in G1.)
- attach to pc and copy the RC7 image(DREAIMG.NBH) on the sd card in the G1 (do not detach from pc, i know you wanted to)
- goto appstore and download terminal emulator (as it says like that)
- open Terminal Emulator on G1
- type:
cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid
- write down the code somewhere, its ur CID thingy
- push backbutton
Reverse the CID:
Begin: 1c5356555344202010051cc3b7008cf4
1c 53 56 55 53 44 20 20 10 05 1c c3 b7 00 8c f4 (yes i copied it from you thnx - normal code... add the spaces so your CID looks like this (your own CID not this one )
f4 8c 00 b7 c3 1c 05 10 20 20 44 53 55 56 53 1c - reversed one (note the couples are reversed)
00 8c 00 b7 c3 1c 05 10 20 20 44 53 55 56 53 1c - now change the first two digit to 00
so you will have something looking like this: 008c00b7c31c0510202044535556531c (this is example CID so use ur own!)
- goto revskills and get a goldcard image with the code ur having now. revskills page
- now get the mail and save the attachement in a dir
Making your Goldcard:
- right-click and open as admin Hxd editor
- in HxD editor :
- goto extra menu and open disk > choose psysical disk > ur sd card
- goto extra menu and open disk image > choose the received file from mail called : goldcard.img and press ok on the popup saying some about 512
- now go to this tab goldcard and goto topmenu and edit>choose select all and then topmenu again and copy
- now go to first tab (ur sdcard) and select 00000000 to 00000170 with mouse (mark it)
- goto top menu and select edit> write
- now goto top menu and save
- pull the G1 out of pc
- yes you can
- ok now pull the battery out (or shutdown if u have the time)
- press camera button+power so it will give this rainbow 3 color shizzle
- you see a gray screen saying some words you probably wanna read.
- now press power to confirm overwrite the rom thing
- reboot by holding the two phone buttons (hangup and answer)and press menu or home and back (im not sure but one of these work and you see something saying it updates some stuff.
(if this dont work in ur G1 (specially latest versions) you can use a sdhc usb cardreader or a windows mobile phone or anything else with direct disk acces mode , probably nokia and sony ericsson too)
on the next boot you will have the old RC7
(if you have no internet on phone you can skip the next 2 lines and download the package and copy it to the G1 (dont know where so if anyone can tell me it would be nice to help people out )
- fill in your google account stuff
- Download Android "Telnet" application from the Market.
- Download recovery.img and copy it to your SD card. rename it to recovery.img
- Download the Hard SPL and copy the zip file to the SD card. (this is for G1 drea110 htc dream only so be carefull as this stuff can ruin your phone)
- All files must be on the root of your SD card.
- turn off the phone and detach from the pc
Rooting your G1- RC7 phone:
On RC7 Rom and lower, anything you type into your keyboard is also being run in a hidden console with root permissions.
To get root access, do the following:
- Restart your phone. Wait for your phone to start up fully and show the home screen.
- Unlock it by pressing menu after you typed code for sim and it fully started ( it will auto-lock itself)
- Hit the enter key twice,(Yes, it will start up a contact search, so you can see what you type . aint it cool) type "telnetd" and press enter.
- start telnet application you downloaded before on G1 and connect to localhost. (if you dont see localhost and connect window you have wrong app or need to reboot another time). If you connect successfully, you will have a root prompt "#".
Type the following into Telnet (these commands will give you root access for now):
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd sdcard
flash_image recovery recovery.img
cat recovery.img > /system/recovery.img
Power off your phone by pressing send/hangup&menu together when its done.
Now you have the modified recovery and root !
Now that you have root and stuff, you will want to apply "Hard SPL" to your phone. HardSPL includes engineer SPL and is what will allow you to apply any rom image from any other regions
(like UK on US phones, UK on dutch and vice versa), create full backups of your phone, install the latest build from the Android source, enable usb on recovery mode, usually resurrect your phone if it is "bricked" and give you allways root and ability to flash another rom. Allows fastboot. Fastbooting of images allows the flashing of 1:1 images of system, data, boot, cache, pretty much everything.
You have already downloaded the file to your SD card, so now you can apply it.
-Start up in recovery mode by holding home and pressing power.
-You will now enter recovery mode. You should see an exclamation.
-If you do not see a menu on screen, press Alt-L to show the menu. It is supposed to show the modified recovery menu.
-select update from zip to apply the update.zip (hardspl) from the SD card.
-After the update is complete, hold Home and press Back to restart.
ok your G1 europe 1.6 or whatever version is now unlocked.
Installing your modded rom:
now download this europe rom (or here: link ) and this cyanogen update mod
(here are more roms: android-roms make sure you READ what is needed for this roms as these all need different recovey and things which are all nicely written to you in the help and readme files that come with it.)
- copy both files to root of the sd-card
- detach G1 and shut it down
- press home and start to get into the menu
- wipe device
- wipe cache
- install from zip the europe rom and do not reboot or anything else
- install cyanogenMod
- after it finish press both talk&hangup button and tap menu
- its probably giving the recovery menu . take out the battery and put it in and start the phone normally
- wait a long while for the phone to setup and i donno what the heck it needs to do but let it.
enjoy...
THnx to this greatfull forum-members like myself, moneytoo, amon ra, cyanogen, mark_v, persiansown who do this coz few others can and they have a sort of happy feeling doing it.

hi.
this isnt working for me. i used the hex editor to copy sections 00000000 to 00000170 from goldcard.img to my sdcard, then shut down and turned on phone with HOME+POWER, it "hangs" on phone with exclamation mark image. if i press home+power again i'm presented with default android recovery. i did put DREAMIMG.NBH to the root of my sdcard.
that means no confirming anything... what am i doing wrong then?

Seriously, use 1Clickroot.

maxisma said:
Seriously, use 1Clickroot.
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1clickroot doesn't work with 1.6, does it?

greglord said:
1clickroot doesn't work with 1.6, does it?
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The new should work in theory.. idk..

greglord said:
hi.
this isnt working for me. i used the hex editor to copy sections 00000000 to 00000170 from goldcard.img to my sdcard, then shut down and turned on phone with HOME+POWER, it "hangs" on phone with exclamation mark image. if i press home+power again i'm presented with default android recovery. i did put DREAMIMG.NBH to the root of my sdcard.
that means no confirming anything... what am i doing wrong then?
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thats probably coz i mixed up buttons for starting the rainbowscreen updating mechanism.. sorry for that
i dont own or have a G1 so im not used to the button layout
edit: you can in that screen press Alt-L to get the menu , once u have the recovery.img installed it will change there to the menu of the modded recovery

maxisma said:
The new should work in theory.. idk..
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i have no idea
but it might be handy to put a link to the file you mentioned instead of shouting it without researching the fact whether it works or not in 1.6

can anyone quickly tell me what the advantages of having the hard spl are? all iv done is rooted, (via 1 click) and then flashed cyanogens latest. radio was already up-to-date. just wondered if flashing new spl changes anything? many thanks

Hard SPL enables you to install roms like Hero or others that have a large "update".zip

bbuchacher said:
Hard SPL enables you to install roms like Hero or others that have a large "update".zip
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Actually...The Haykuro SPL allows that...

Ace42 said:
Actually...The Haykuro SPL allows that...
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Right. HardSPL (and DangerSPL) are something that allow fastboot. Fastbooting of images allows the flashing of 1:1 images of system, data, boot, cache, pretty much everything.
You should always have HardSPL/DangerSPL installed so you can fastboot a nandroid image as a worstcase scenario.
Jesus, the amount of noobiness is this thread is astounding.

persiansown said:
Right. HardSPL (and DangerSPL) are something that allow fastboot. Fastbooting of images allows the flashing of 1:1 images of system, data, boot, cache, pretty much everything.
You should always have HardSPL/DangerSPL installed so you can fastboot a nandroid image as a worstcase scenario.
Jesus, the amount of noobiness is this thread is astounding.
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thnx for clearing that out
as i said i dont own a G1 i modded a friends one . so i dont know anything about this G1 but getting a new rom on it hehe.
i choose the hardspl as precaution and it seemed pretty stable from what i read.
i choose the 1.5 recovery as i thought it should have the same recovery image as the rom . dont know about that. it is the 1.4 recovery with some extras which are usefull, cant deny that.
i choose the rom as it seemed to be the most stable at the moment and allows thetering . this is why i needed to rom upgrade in the first place. second place that i just like modding and unlocking so that one can do everything with the device as it is yours anyway.

APEX.7 said:
can anyone quickly tell me what the advantages of having the hard spl are? all iv done is rooted, (via 1 click) and then flashed cyanogens latest. radio was already up-to-date. just wondered if flashing new spl changes anything? many thanks
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it is allready answered in the how to ..

I can vouch for the OP tutorial working on the Australian Optus(Singtel) HTC Dreams wtih DRD20 build. Just waiting on that final epic long load up now.

Anacche said:
I can vouch for the OP tutorial working on the Australian Optus(Singtel) HTC Dreams wtih DRD20 build. Just waiting on that final epic long load up now.
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I'm also G1 / 1.6 / DRD20 ... it's sounds good news for me ...

Hahahhahahh.....
this post should be named "The Most Difficult Way to Root your G1". How bout this.....downgrade to 1.5, DL one click root, and you're done.

Please help!!! Pleasee!
Do help me out on this one. I really can't seem to actually make my SD card into the gold card part. Whenever i plug it in the G1 or on a USB reader it tells me it's damage and needs to format.
i have two questions, Can i flash SPL first, then do a downgrade then flash recovery?
2nd : If i can't then can i flash recovery, flash spl then do a downgrade to RC7?
if so how do i flash my recovery?
DO HELP ME OUT PLEASEE! i've been on this for days!!!

I know that this is going to cause problems and fighting but, I cannot read this thread and not say anything in good conscious.
With the amount of errors and misinformation in this thread, perhaps the OP should leave the tutorials and how-to's to the people that actually HAVE a G1, have modified ROMs on their phone, and can support the questions that are asked in the thread.
Just my two cents, but I have a feeling that my words are supported judging from the general consensus of the previous posts.
~DM

DirectMatrix said:
I know that this is going to cause problems and fighting but, I cannot read this thread and not say anything in good conscious.
With the amount of errors and misinformation in this thread, perhaps the OP should leave the tutorials and how-to's to the people that actually HAVE a G1, have modified ROMs on their phone, and can support the questions that are asked in the thread.
Just my two cents, but I have a feeling that my words are supported judging from the general consensus of the previous posts.
~DM
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Id have to second that, while I may not have many posts here on XDA,I've rooted and rebuilt and replaced screens from 7 G1's using the how to's and wiki's here on XDA(thanks devs). My thought is if it the current guides work we should prob stick with them unless someone else figures a better faster way.(ie;one click root). By the way,just wanna say,I've never charged anyone to root their phone or fix one. The knowledge I've gained I learned here,it wasn't something I developed and I think its wrong for people to take open knowledge they didn't come up with and charge other people for it like I've seen at some of these cell phone repair shops and on craigslist. If your gonna charge for the knowledge then pay the people you gained the knowledge from. Sorry for going off topic,just had to vent.

How to Root Desire w/ HBoot 1.06

Have a US Cellular HTC Desire CDMA.
Android 2.2
HBoot - 1.06.0000
Radio - 2.15.00.11.16
Unrevoked method of Rooting fails.
Other thoughts?

Unfortunately, I do not have an answer. I am having the same issue. If I find anything I will pass it on.

Okay I've got temporary root at least. An app called visionary, not available on the market so google that to find a download, it is a one click solution. Temp Root option works but Permanent Root does not. It takes longer to boot and has to run every time you turn your phone on. Kinda a pain but its steps in the right direction.

So as I was searching the Cyanogen forums I got a suggestion. It ended up working great for me. I ran Z4root. I ran the app selected the permanent option and let it run for about 2 min. It will just stay "rooting". I shut the phone off and restarted it. Once the phone was loaded I ran SuperUser and it ran fine. I ran AdFree, Quickboot, and Titanium backup. the only issue is with Titanium back up and it only restored some apps before closing. Not a big deal because I only wanted a few. I think it would work if I backed up on 2.2 rather than bringing 2.1 saved app with data and try to restore on 2.2. All credit goes to dontbrickit on cyanogen forums. I used the quickboot and rebooted the phone and I still had root, so it does not seem to be temporary.

I tried z4root with no results. It says rooting, goes through the whole process then reboots. No root after. Temp root feature doesn't function either. Are you running the newly released uscell rom?

HBOOT 1.06 fail
Although I have never posted I have followed the works and efforts of the very skilled developers and pro-active user for some time now and I would like to say my hats off to you all, this is by far one of the most productive and progressive communities have seen yet, I digress. I’m having an issue with hboot 1.06 also, I was running CM6 (very happy with it I might add) but when uscc came with the OEM 2.2 I rolled back to 2.1 so that I could go forward with the provider update. This process went fine, I cleared tcash and sys cash wiped and installed OEM. Turns out uscc OEM sucks bad. I only did it for htc sense and it s NOT WORHT IT. HTC sense is cool but not worth the internal memory loss I have taken. CM6 had me at over 275mb free on fresh install, OEM 145ish….FAIL. not to mention its laggy as hell on the surface. So want to go to CM7 the issue is when did the OEM it broke my hboot, when go to recovery it takes me to some blue text I can choose but its update.zip CC, reboot and factory reset. I have used clockwork 15 ways, tried 3 htc syncs that all connect but the same thing happens,,,, when any of these apps get to the hboot it does the same thing BLUE TEXT, I have tried to port old backups as well and nothing can get past this broken hboot 1.06. any suggestions?

have a thread for this going here

rhoover said:
have a thread for this going here
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.......had

This is how I rooted mine
Guide to rooting Branded 2.2 Froyo Desire with 1.06 HBoot
My Software Information
Android Version - 2.2
Baseband Version - 2.15.00.11.16
Kernal Version - 2.6.32.21-g7a207a4 | [email protected] #1
Build Number - 2.11.573.5 CL325935 release-keys
Software Number - 2.11.573.5
Browser Version - Webkit 3.1
PRI Version - 1.70_027
PRL Version – 15106
My HBoot Information
Bravoc DVT2 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-1.06.0000
Microp-051e
Touch Panel-Synt0101
Radio-2.15.00.11.16
Dec 22 2010, 16:16:39
Info - I have a US Cellular Branded CDMA Desire. I have owned it for 3 months. Came with 2.1 Eclair, I was unhappy waiting for 2.2 so I rooted and flashed a couple different roms. I ended up with a Custom Froyo w/ Sense and a few Gingerbread features. I found out about update release for US Cellular so before updating I reset factory settings restoring phone to stock Eclair. Took phone to store, they upgraded to Froyo I played for a few days until I wanted to reroot my phone. Unsuccessful on at least 5 different tries with both Windows/Linux and many different options of unrevoked and settings. Found out that 1.06 HBoot was unsupported by unrevoked. So I studied what other people posted about their attempts and ideas. Found one person claiming to have rooted theirs. Unfortunately he did not give many details in his post about the exact process. Here are the steps I took to successfully root my phone.
Backup any data, media, programs you wish to your SD card.
Transfer your backup from your SD card to your PC.
Go to Settings>SD & Phone Storage
Click “Unmount SD Card”
Click “Format SD Card”
This will clear anything you may have saved to it, which might interfere with rooting/flashing
Once Formatting is complete
Click “Mount SD Card”
Now it is time to reset phone to stock 2.2
Go to Settings>SD & Phone Storage (You should already be there, unless you went back/home)
Click “Factory Data Reset”
Click “Reset Phone” in next menu
Phone should reset and reboot bringing you into a tutorial (US Cellular, unsure on other carriers)
Skip through all prompts
DO NOT edit/change/add anything
You should now be at the Home Screen
Go to Settings>Applications>Development - Enable (Green Check) “USB debugging”
Go to Settings>Applications - Enable (Green Check) “Unknown Sources”
Go to Settings>Connect to PC>Default Connection Type – Select (Green Circle) “Charge Only”
Go to Settings>Connect to PC – Disable (NO Green Check) “Ask Me”
Press Home Button
Put Phone Down
Leave Phone On (Do not power down) & Do Not Touch Phone until Told To
Your phone is ready to begin rooting.
You can attempt to use Windows if you really wish, but I find Linux to be a no-hassle idiot proof OS. Many people run across issues with either drivers, or sync, or possibly other factors.
Linux solves this issue by having an all-in-one OS. It already contains the drivers needed, and does not require installing or uninstalling of anything.
Evidently there’s a **** ton of options when it comes to Linux.
I used Ubuntu Desktop Edition 32-bit
I recommend using the same because my steps follow that.
Go to Ubuntu Dot Com *I can't post links yet"
Ensure Latest Version (10.10 when guide was made)
Ensure correct bit (32 or 64)
Click “Start Download”
If 10.10 32bit (693 MB)
If 10.10 64bit (695 MB)
Once download complete you will need to Burn the ISO as an “image” to a CD.
If unsure how to do this seek help elsewhere (it’s very simple)
You should now have a bootable trial Ubuntu CD
If your Internet is Wired you are set to continue if Internet is Wireless Router I recommend obtaining unrevoked because restart.
If Wireless
Go to Unrevoked Dot Com *I can't post links yet" and click “Download for Linux”
Save to Desktop
Once complete transfer “reflash.tar.gz” to USB Stick Drive
Remove Stick Drive
Insert Ubuntu into CD drive and close drive
Take steps needed to ensure Boot CD is activated upon restart
Once ready restart PC
CD should boot and “Welcome” screen displayed
Select “English”
Click “Try Ubuntu”
You should be brought to a “Desktop” containing two icons “Examples & Install Ubuntu 10.10”
If Wired
Click “Mozilla Icon” on the taskbar on the top of screen
Go to Unrevoked Dot Com and click “Download for Linux”
Open “Reflash.tar.gz” and Extract to Desktop
Close ALL open windows
Go to Applications>Accessories – Click “Terminal”
In the “Command Prompt Looking” Window type the following lines each follow by “Enter”
cd Desktop
chmod +x reflash
sudo ./reflash
Please Leave Terminal open
Unrevoked 3 should now be open
Connect USB Cable to Computer
With USB Cable connected
Connect Phone to USB (Yes you can now touch your Phone)
Unrevoked should recognize Phone and a “Prompt” should be displayed
Click “Ok/Yes” whatever it says I forgot I was so excited to not see another FAIL MSG
Sit Still DO NOT touch ANYTHING
Be patient phone will reboot multiple times
Should eventually see Phone Boot into the HBoot Menu
It will install clockworkmod
Phone will enter recovery menu
Unrevoked Window will hopefully eventually say something like
“Complete Safe to Disconnect and Reboot”
NOTE – Both my Terminal on Ubuntu & Recovery displayed multiple “Installation Aborted”, “Update Failed”, “ERROR”, and “Unsupported” lines in the log.
At this point you should be Successfully Rooted, and safe to reboot.
Superuser should be displayed in the app list
I’m not sure in what order I did what but I installed “Titanium Backup Free Edition” “Busy Box” and “Root Check” and played with each until Root Check displayed that I had both “Root Access and Busy Box Installed”
I do hope this works for you as it did for me. I refused to stay “unsupported by unrevoked” until a fix was available. I will try to help anyone with clarification in steps, or any questions/problems. I did find out that a version of Linux called “Slax” is available that has “root permissions” contained already. Which eliminates the entire “Terminal” step making it unneeded?

ethahes said:
Guide to rooting Branded 2.2 Froyo Desire with 1.06 HBoot
My Software Information
Android Version - 2.2
Baseband Version - 2.15.00.11.16
Kernal Version - 2.6.32.21-g7a207a4 | [email protected] #1
Build Number - 2.11.573.5 CL325935 release-keys
Software Number - 2.11.573.5
Browser Version - Webkit 3.1
PRI Version - 1.70_027
PRL Version – 15106
My HBoot Information
Bravoc DVT2 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-1.06.0000
Microp-051e
Touch Panel-Synt0101
Radio-2.15.00.11.16
Dec 22 2010, 16:16:39
Info - I have a US Cellular Branded CDMA Desire. I have owned it for 3 months. Came with 2.1 Eclair, I was unhappy waiting for 2.2 so I rooted and flashed a couple different roms. I ended up with a Custom Froyo w/ Sense and a few Gingerbread features. I found out about update release for US Cellular so before updating I reset factory settings restoring phone to stock Eclair. Took phone to store, they upgraded to Froyo I played for a few days until I wanted to reroot my phone. Unsuccessful on at least 5 different tries with both Windows/Linux and many different options of unrevoked and settings. Found out that 1.06 HBoot was unsupported by unrevoked. So I studied what other people posted about their attempts and ideas. Found one person claiming to have rooted theirs. Unfortunately he did not give many details in his post about the exact process. Here are the steps I took to successfully root my phone.
Backup any data, media, programs you wish to your SD card.
Transfer your backup from your SD card to your PC.
Go to Settings>SD & Phone Storage
Click “Unmount SD Card”
Click “Format SD Card”
This will clear anything you may have saved to it, which might interfere with rooting/flashing
Once Formatting is complete
Click “Mount SD Card”
Now it is time to reset phone to stock 2.2
Go to Settings>SD & Phone Storage (You should already be there, unless you went back/home)
Click “Factory Data Reset”
Click “Reset Phone” in next menu
Phone should reset and reboot bringing you into a tutorial (US Cellular, unsure on other carriers)
Skip through all prompts
DO NOT edit/change/add anything
You should now be at the Home Screen
Go to Settings>Applications>Development - Enable (Green Check) “USB debugging”
Go to Settings>Applications - Enable (Green Check) “Unknown Sources”
Go to Settings>Connect to PC>Default Connection Type – Select (Green Circle) “Charge Only”
Go to Settings>Connect to PC – Disable (NO Green Check) “Ask Me”
Press Home Button
Put Phone Down
Leave Phone On (Do not power down) & Do Not Touch Phone until Told To
Your phone is ready to begin rooting.
You can attempt to use Windows if you really wish, but I find Linux to be a no-hassle idiot proof OS. Many people run across issues with either drivers, or sync, or possibly other factors.
Linux solves this issue by having an all-in-one OS. It already contains the drivers needed, and does not require installing or uninstalling of anything.
Evidently there’s a **** ton of options when it comes to Linux.
I used Ubuntu Desktop Edition 32-bit
I recommend using the same because my steps follow that.
Go to Ubuntu Dot Com *I can't post links yet"
Ensure Latest Version (10.10 when guide was made)
Ensure correct bit (32 or 64)
Click “Start Download”
If 10.10 32bit (693 MB)
If 10.10 64bit (695 MB)
Once download complete you will need to Burn the ISO as an “image” to a CD.
If unsure how to do this seek help elsewhere (it’s very simple)
You should now have a bootable trial Ubuntu CD
If your Internet is Wired you are set to continue if Internet is Wireless Router I recommend obtaining unrevoked because restart.
If Wireless
Go to Unrevoked Dot Com *I can't post links yet" and click “Download for Linux”
Save to Desktop
Once complete transfer “reflash.tar.gz” to USB Stick Drive
Remove Stick Drive
Insert Ubuntu into CD drive and close drive
Take steps needed to ensure Boot CD is activated upon restart
Once ready restart PC
CD should boot and “Welcome” screen displayed
Select “English”
Click “Try Ubuntu”
You should be brought to a “Desktop” containing two icons “Examples & Install Ubuntu 10.10”
If Wired
Click “Mozilla Icon” on the taskbar on the top of screen
Go to Unrevoked Dot Com and click “Download for Linux”
Open “Reflash.tar.gz” and Extract to Desktop
Close ALL open windows
Go to Applications>Accessories – Click “Terminal”
In the “Command Prompt Looking” Window type the following lines each follow by “Enter”
cd Desktop
chmod +x reflash
sudo ./reflash
Please Leave Terminal open
Unrevoked 3 should now be open
Connect USB Cable to Computer
With USB Cable connected
Connect Phone to USB (Yes you can now touch your Phone)
Unrevoked should recognize Phone and a “Prompt” should be displayed
Click “Ok/Yes” whatever it says I forgot I was so excited to not see another FAIL MSG
Sit Still DO NOT touch ANYTHING
Be patient phone will reboot multiple times
Should eventually see Phone Boot into the HBoot Menu
It will install clockworkmod
Phone will enter recovery menu
Unrevoked Window will hopefully eventually say something like
“Complete Safe to Disconnect and Reboot”
NOTE – Both my Terminal on Ubuntu & Recovery displayed multiple “Installation Aborted”, “Update Failed”, “ERROR”, and “Unsupported” lines in the log.
At this point you should be Successfully Rooted, and safe to reboot.
Superuser should be displayed in the app list
I’m not sure in what order I did what but I installed “Titanium Backup Free Edition” “Busy Box” and “Root Check” and played with each until Root Check displayed that I had both “Root Access and Busy Box Installed”
I do hope this works for you as it did for me. I refused to stay “unsupported by unrevoked” until a fix was available. I will try to help anyone with clarification in steps, or any questions/problems. I did find out that a version of Linux called “Slax” is available that has “root permissions” contained already. Which eliminates the entire “Terminal” step making it unneeded?
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The reason that this worked for you was because you have previous used revoked and are now s-off. With s-off, you can reflash recovery and superuser without unrevoked being supported. Others will probably still have an issue.

ethahes said:
Guide to rooting Branded 2.2 Froyo Desire with 1.06 HBoot
My Software Information
Android Version - 2.2
Baseband Version - 2.15.00.11.16
Kernal Version - 2.6.32.21-g7a207a4 | [email protected] #1
Build Number - 2.11.573.5 CL325935 release-keys
Software Number - 2.11.573.5
Browser Version - Webkit 3.1
PRI Version - 1.70_027
PRL Version – 15106
My HBoot Information
Bravoc DVT2 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-1.06.0000
Microp-051e
Touch Panel-Synt0101
Radio-2.15.00.11.16
Dec 22 2010, 16:16:39
Info - I have a US Cellular Branded CDMA Desire. I have owned it for 3 months. Came with 2.1 Eclair, I was unhappy waiting for 2.2 so I rooted and flashed a couple different roms. I ended up with a Custom Froyo w/ Sense and a few Gingerbread features. I found out about update release for US Cellular so before updating I reset factory settings restoring phone to stock Eclair. Took phone to store, they upgraded to Froyo I played for a few days until I wanted to reroot my phone. Unsuccessful on at least 5 different tries with both Windows/Linux and many different options of unrevoked and settings. Found out that 1.06 HBoot was unsupported by unrevoked. So I studied what other people posted about their attempts and ideas. Found one person claiming to have rooted theirs. Unfortunately he did not give many details in his post about the exact process. Here are the steps I took to successfully root my phone.
Backup any data, media, programs you wish to your SD card.
Transfer your backup from your SD card to your PC.
Go to Settings>SD & Phone Storage
Click “Unmount SD Card”
Click “Format SD Card”
This will clear anything you may have saved to it, which might interfere with rooting/flashing
Once Formatting is complete
Click “Mount SD Card”
Now it is time to reset phone to stock 2.2
Go to Settings>SD & Phone Storage (You should already be there, unless you went back/home)
Click “Factory Data Reset”
Click “Reset Phone” in next menu
Phone should reset and reboot bringing you into a tutorial (US Cellular, unsure on other carriers)
Skip through all prompts
DO NOT edit/change/add anything
You should now be at the Home Screen
Go to Settings>Applications>Development - Enable (Green Check) “USB debugging”
Go to Settings>Applications - Enable (Green Check) “Unknown Sources”
Go to Settings>Connect to PC>Default Connection Type – Select (Green Circle) “Charge Only”
Go to Settings>Connect to PC – Disable (NO Green Check) “Ask Me”
Press Home Button
Put Phone Down
Leave Phone On (Do not power down) & Do Not Touch Phone until Told To
Your phone is ready to begin rooting.
You can attempt to use Windows if you really wish, but I find Linux to be a no-hassle idiot proof OS. Many people run across issues with either drivers, or sync, or possibly other factors.
Linux solves this issue by having an all-in-one OS. It already contains the drivers needed, and does not require installing or uninstalling of anything.
Evidently there’s a **** ton of options when it comes to Linux.
I used Ubuntu Desktop Edition 32-bit
I recommend using the same because my steps follow that.
Go to Ubuntu Dot Com *I can't post links yet"
Ensure Latest Version (10.10 when guide was made)
Ensure correct bit (32 or 64)
Click “Start Download”
If 10.10 32bit (693 MB)
If 10.10 64bit (695 MB)
Once download complete you will need to Burn the ISO as an “image” to a CD.
If unsure how to do this seek help elsewhere (it’s very simple)
You should now have a bootable trial Ubuntu CD
If your Internet is Wired you are set to continue if Internet is Wireless Router I recommend obtaining unrevoked because restart.
If Wireless
Go to Unrevoked Dot Com *I can't post links yet" and click “Download for Linux”
Save to Desktop
Once complete transfer “reflash.tar.gz” to USB Stick Drive
Remove Stick Drive
Insert Ubuntu into CD drive and close drive
Take steps needed to ensure Boot CD is activated upon restart
Once ready restart PC
CD should boot and “Welcome” screen displayed
Select “English”
Click “Try Ubuntu”
You should be brought to a “Desktop” containing two icons “Examples & Install Ubuntu 10.10”
If Wired
Click “Mozilla Icon” on the taskbar on the top of screen
Go to Unrevoked Dot Com and click “Download for Linux”
Open “Reflash.tar.gz” and Extract to Desktop
Close ALL open windows
Go to Applications>Accessories – Click “Terminal”
In the “Command Prompt Looking” Window type the following lines each follow by “Enter”
cd Desktop
chmod +x reflash
sudo ./reflash
Please Leave Terminal open
Unrevoked 3 should now be open
Connect USB Cable to Computer
With USB Cable connected
Connect Phone to USB (Yes you can now touch your Phone)
Unrevoked should recognize Phone and a “Prompt” should be displayed
Click “Ok/Yes” whatever it says I forgot I was so excited to not see another FAIL MSG
Sit Still DO NOT touch ANYTHING
Be patient phone will reboot multiple times
Should eventually see Phone Boot into the HBoot Menu
It will install clockworkmod
Phone will enter recovery menu
Unrevoked Window will hopefully eventually say something like
“Complete Safe to Disconnect and Reboot”
NOTE – Both my Terminal on Ubuntu & Recovery displayed multiple “Installation Aborted”, “Update Failed”, “ERROR”, and “Unsupported” lines in the log.
At this point you should be Successfully Rooted, and safe to reboot.
Superuser should be displayed in the app list
I’m not sure in what order I did what but I installed “Titanium Backup Free Edition” “Busy Box” and “Root Check” and played with each until Root Check displayed that I had both “Root Access and Busy Box Installed”
I do hope this works for you as it did for me. I refused to stay “unsupported by unrevoked” until a fix was available. I will try to help anyone with clarification in steps, or any questions/problems. I did find out that a version of Linux called “Slax” is available that has “root permissions” contained already. Which eliminates the entire “Terminal” step making it unneeded?
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Does not work on USCC HTC Desire CDMA with HBOOT 1.06 that are S-ON.
We need a way for those of us USCC HTC Desire users who have Froyo as a stock ROM with HBOOT 1.06 S-ON to get that set to S-OFF. Currently no product to do so exists and while I was pointed to the #bravoc IRC channel by the users at #unrevokedtest, there wasn't anyone home. Though I have been reading at AndroidForums that someone named Matt is currently working on one. I'm not going to hold my breath at this point...

I think unrevoked is working on it. However, it could be awhile till a new exploit is found.
Sent from my HTC Desire CDMA using XDA Premium App

I was able to gain temporary root with z4root.1.3.0.apk
BravoC DVT2 S-ON
HBOOT-1.06.0000
RADIO-2.15.00.11.16
permanent root didn't work out with this app.

Glad I found this thread. Add me to the list. Ran UnrEVOked and no go. I get a "Failed to Unlock NAND" message. Hope the UnrEVOked guys come up with something.
BRAVOC DVT2 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.06.0000
MICROP-051e
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-2.15.00.11.16

Stuck with STOCK Froyo 2.2 and HBOOT 1.06 + S-ON
Aaargh!!! This is so aggravating! I'm in the exact same position, guys. Need some help... Anybody...

I am as well, I use an EVO, but a lot of my friends are picking up Desires cause of a ZERO cost promo.
All ship 1.06
all have S-ON

Anyone with the 1.06 HBOOT should try out this exploit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
It says it may work on some Froyo builds and it is the first new exploit I've seen in awhile. I say give it a shot.
WARNING: CAN CAUSE SDCARD TO BE FORMATTED SO BACK UP FIRST AND READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS!
Post your results if you have any luck!

wont fix the s-on problem according to the first post, so even if you get root access it'll be removed once you reboot :/

grafton1046 said:
wont fix the s-on problem according to the first post, so even if you get root access it'll be removed once you reboot :/
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It is possible to have permanent root access without s-off. The goal of getting root is so a custom recovery can be installed.

ah, so what can be done with root access when you can't access the system folder to make changes? Or am I missing something about the whole process...
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

[HELP!] Velocity Cruz T301 Full Brick Recovery

Hi XDA,
so basically i bought a Velocity Cruz T301 recently and followed the known procedures for rooting, flashing ClockworkMod Recovery and custom rom (SJHill Rom v0.3).
before the full brick my device was at ClockworkMod 5 and rooted with SJHill Rom v0.3.
i installed CWM by flashing the zip in stock recovery, then succesfully rooted the device, finally wiped and flashed my custom rom
after major dissapointment in this tablets performance i decided i wanted to get rid of it.
So i downloaded the stock rom, wipe and flashed it onto the tablet...
the tablet turned off when it was finished (i think it was attempting to reboot) and never turned back on again...EVER! :good:
i cant even get to recovery
i tried flashing with adb and fastboot but the device is never even presents itselft to the computer.
i found out that you can boot the device into USB boot mode where you hold the "VOL -" (Volume Down) button and press the reset button and while connected to the computer (windows only) a "JZ4760 USB Boot Device" appears.
i did some googling and also found out that the T301 is based on similar tech to a bunch of tablets and they can all be modified by some software released by Ingenic called USBBootTool.exe
the tool is written in chinese and i cant decypher it all, though i found out how to use it based on its usage for other Ingenic based tablets
1.) you will need to disable driver signature verification (press F8 on boot of windows and toggle the setting, i hate rebooting too but it has to be done)
2.) boot your tablet into USB Boot Mode (hold down Vol - and press Reset button)
3.) install the driver for your device (included in the files below)
4.) with the tablet disconnected you would open the USBBootTool.exe
5.) select your tablet in the options and fill each box with the files needed to flash (files included below)
6.) reconnect the tablet while still in USB Boot Mode and the software will flash your device on detection
everything goes fine for me except when i get to the flashing part in the end.
when USBBootTool detects my tablet, it attempts to flash and gives me a stream of errors and never flashes my device.
i dont know what to do at this point. i have provided direct links to all the software im using and also links to where i got them.
any help would be appreciated, thank you to the XDA community in advance
>------------------- DOWNLOADS ------------------------<
USBBootTool.exe / Tablet Drivers (4725 / 4725B / 4740 / 4750 / 4755 / 4760 / 4770)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/79196608/burn_tools_3.0.16.rar
obtained from - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720621
Velocity Cruz T301 Update.zip (contains the system.img / data.img / mbr-xboot.bin files)
http://www.cruztablet.com/T301update.zip
obtained from - http://www.cruztablet.com/Article_861.php
SJHill Rom v0.3
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390362690511176486
obtained from - http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/27583-rom-t301-sjhill-rom-17-feb-2012-download-link-updated/
ClockworkMod 5
http://files.androtab.info/ingenic/cwm/20120514/T301-recovery-signed.zip
obtained from - http://androtab.info/mips/ingenic/clockworkmod/

I have the same situation. I have gone through every menu in the USB Boot tool and to no avail am I able to recover my T100.

gmick is redoing the software because the coding is set up wrong. Once he gets that figured out there should be a fool proof unbricking method that we can follow. He is posting information over on Slate Droid if you want to take a look.

feyerbrand said:
gmick is redoing the software because the coding is set up wrong. Once he gets that figured out there should be a fool proof unbricking method that we can follow. He is posting information over on Slate Droid if you want to take a look.
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ok post the link to the thread, and ill add it to the first post as a solution if its found to be a working one

JustSayTech said:
ok post the link to the thread, and ill add it to the first post as a solution if its found to be a working one
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*Cross Post from SlateDroid* (but I can't post the link because XDA won't allow it)
I found out why the USB boot isn't working. Well, more appropriately I know where it fails but not exactly "why".
The USB Boot tool works like this:
1) Send x00 command (Get CPU Info)
2) Device responds with "JZ4760V1"
3) Host sends two binaries, stage1 and stage2. Stage 1 sets up memory stuff, and Stage 2 sets up USB flashing functions.
4) Host checks that the binaries executed by issuing another x00 command (Which serves as an "Are you still there?" function)
5) If the response is good, the host will flash the images, if the response is bad, it will abort.
Our devices are failing at step 4. The linux usb boot tools (xburst-tools) fail in an identical fashion.
I know that the first stage binary transfers and executes fine because if it didn't the device would be limited to 16k. The second stage is 120K and is transferred successfully. Once the second stage "execute" command is sent, the device crashes.
The second stage is also unique to the CPU type. I've used all of the binaries for JZ4760 I could find on the net and when that failed I cross compiled my own binary from source and it still crashed.
At this point I highly doubt I'll ever be able to fix it, and this completely explains why no one could get any usb recovery tool to work while others using similar devices could. I guess our board is modified just enough for ingenic's stock binaries to fail. Without knowing what's changed (getting Velocity Micro's source) we're SOL.
I can open it up again and solder on the serial header but I'm betting it's going to give me some generic "couldn't execute" message that isn't going to help me. I'll probably do this anyway though because I've come this far so what's the loss.

wow, i learned alot from that post, seems like writing a usbboottool-like application that can send the commands but also log and possibly bypass security checks etc but that def would take sometime. thank you for your insight, seems youve come the closest to cracking the case, actually you found the fault, hopefully your methods can eventually bring about a fix

JZ 4770
gmick said:
*Cross Post from SlateDroid* (but I can't post the link because XDA won't allow it)
I found out why the USB boot isn't working. Well, more appropriately I know where it fails but not exactly "why".
The USB Boot tool works like this:
1) Send x00 command (Get CPU Info)
2) Device responds with "JZ4760V1"
3) Host sends two binaries, stage1 and stage2. Stage 1 sets up memory stuff, and Stage 2 sets up USB flashing functions.
4) Host checks that the binaries executed by issuing another x00 command (Which serves as an "Are you still there?" function)
5) If the response is good, the host will flash the images, if the response is bad, it will abort.
Our devices are failing at step 4. The linux usb boot tools (xburst-tools) fail in an identical fashion.
I know that the first stage binary transfers and executes fine because if it didn't the device would be limited to 16k. The second stage is 120K and is transferred successfully. Once the second stage "execute" command is sent, the device crashes.
The second stage is also unique to the CPU type. I've used all of the binaries for JZ4760 I could find on the net and when that failed I cross compiled my own binary from source and it still crashed.
At this point I highly doubt I'll ever be able to fix it, and this completely explains why no one could get any usb recovery tool to work while others using similar devices could. I guess our board is modified just enough for ingenic's stock binaries to fail. Without knowing what's changed (getting Velocity Micro's source) we're SOL.
I can open it up again and solder on the serial header but I'm betting it's going to give me some generic "couldn't execute" message that isn't going to help me. I'll probably do this anyway though because I've come this far so what's the loss.
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for my JZ4770 Earlier USB tool was flashing .img without any problem but for now it is saying "load cfg failed". "API downlaod failed' like dialogues and doesnt flash anything. Any idea? Thanks in advance!!

First restart your computer (actually restart it) then redownload the USB boot tool and save it in a completely new directory and use a different USB port
Sent from my Pokeball

Yes, I did
JustSayTech said:
First restart your computer (actually restart it) then redownload the USB boot tool and save it in a completely new directory and use a different USB port
Sent from my Pokeball
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Yes, I tried with this suggestion. Rather I reinstalled xp and the tried again. But the dialogues are same. The history is like this. Was having ICS on JZ 4770. Formatted with usb tool and put JB updates. It was not sensing touch so reflashed another JB updates. Now the tab boots, it reaches to boot logo for around 12 seconds and restarts in stock recovery. While it is in booting stage it get detected by windows and adb also. In stock recovery mode it get detected by windows and in turn by adb also. If I tried to install updates through SD card it shows it had installed and reboots after completion. But again the same way it goes to boot logo and then back to stock JB recovery. It also boots in ingenic boot device mode and gets detected by USB burn tools. But when try to flash any of the ROM it gives the same dialogues "check cfg failed" "api download failed" "boot. fw failed" and cant flash anything.
Is there any tool which can be flashed or a script which can be used from SD card for completely formatting flash memory so that USB burn tool can flash required ROM?

can you flash the stock rom in recovery?

Managed using USB BOOT TOOL for ingenic JZ 4770 board in English
JustSayTech said:
can you flash the stock rom in recovery?
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thanks man but I managed to boot the device. I used following USB BOOT TOOL for ingenic 4770 boards. The goodness with this tool, this is completely in English. You will know what you are doing. Even after opening the main window of the tool you can right click and then get another options(yes again in English). My problem with this device was bad blocks at 1024. In the options there is chance to force erase whole the nand partitions which I used and erased all the partitions thereby made all the partions available for flashing and readable by the tool. Then from File option selected stock rom files and flashed them. While flashing selected JZ4770 iNanad.ini file in manual configuration. This tool has really helped me to come out of the issue and will be useful for guys using JZ 4770 board.
http://www.4shared.com/rar/m1BUV5r2/USBBurnTool_20120401_for_relea.html

Got USBBootTool.exe kind of working.
1. Download the following file from Ingenic.
ftp * ingenic * cn/3sw/01linux/tmp/jz4770-20110610.rar
2. Download Applocale from Microsoft.
www * microsoft * com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13209
3. Extract the jz4770-20110610.rar and find the folder. (Using 7zip should keep the UTF encoding in Chinese)
20110610\04burn\20110524_4770_Programmer
4. Copy the folder 20110524_4770_Programmer to location you want to use it in.
5. Install Microsoft Applocale (Just in case, I don't think it is required)
Now Start Applocale and create a shortcut to USBbootTool.exe inside 20110524_4770_Programmer
中文(简体) is simplified Chinese option and should let you view the GUI correctly.
6. Now with the Applocale Shortcut created for USBbootTool.exe you can start the application with correct fonts.
Now this is where is breaks down.
TABLET-8 NAND FINAL BSP(S3 TEST) will allow you to read from it and write to it, but the CFG is off.
\tool_cfg\tablet-8-nand-final.ini is the configuration for it.
DO NOT CONNECT THE DEVICE WITH ANY OPTIONS CHECKED OR LOAD ANY FILES.
See Attached Images.
Next to the Read button is some Boot Option menu. I am not fulling aware of what this does.
What I need is a someone to help me fix/correct the ini/cfg files in
\20110524_4770_Programmer\tool_cfg\.ini
\20110524_4770_Programmer\4760\
to correctly match the files of the NAND.
Also if anyone has a copy (dd to img) or (cat to img) of the block devices.
That would help a ton.
# cat /proc/partitions
# cat /proc/mtd
I would also love another T10x Tablet for cheap.
I want to start building things like new bootloader, kernel, system image,
performance libraries to take full use of the Ingenic JZ4760 (www * ingenic * cn/product.aspx?CID=11)
I also bring Christmas gifts
2 APKS. You can place them in /system/app or /data/app.
Google Play will crash now and again, but it will load and work. (Vending.apk)
Secondly I bring the gift of performance increase, just by a slight bit.
edit the line of the heapsize in /system/build.prop dalvik.vm.heapsize=96m
Remember to make sure the permissions are set back to 666 or 644.
Original Vending.Apk before updates came from here: (Incase you are paranoid)
code * google * com/p/ics-nexus-s-4g/source/browse/trunk/system/app/Vending.apk?spec=svn20&r=18
ics-nexus-s-4g * googlecode * com/svn-history/r18/trunk/system/app/Vending.apk
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Stupid. how do you expect real people to help post Tech Docs? That is bad Moderating and Administrating.
Make sure to replace the Asterisk's with spaces to normal dots.

Requesting Block Images.
Does anyone have a copy of it they can send me for a T10x?

block images......
IceGryphon said:
Does anyone have a copy of it they can send me for a T10x?
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Which block images do you want?
...also is there a way to rip the stock images off the jz4760 in the t301.
Such as:
Can i usethe ingenic uboot tool?
Anybody find the jtag pins?
Is the 4 pin conn next 2 the batt for serial?
.......i guess ill try to take a look this weekend
Ics would be really nice, but probably slower than stock..... especially with the limited ram
I unpacked the stock rom. I also unpacked an ics rom for a jz4770, and repo sync'd the aosp and mips 3.0.8 android kernel.
I'm still trying to figure out specs for the processor though. I know that its mips32 - el- fp- r1, but i cannot figur out the dsp version ... if it has one?

Error in erasing nand
nanachitang420 said:
thanks man but I managed to boot the device. I used following USB BOOT TOOL for ingenic 4770 boards. The goodness with this tool, this is completely in English. You will know what you are doing. Even after opening the main window of the tool you can right click and then get another options(yes again in English). My problem with this device was bad blocks at 1024. In the options there is chance to force erase whole the nand partitions which I used and erased all the partitions thereby made all the partions available for flashing and readable by the tool. Then from File option selected stock rom files and flashed them. While flashing selected JZ4770 iNanad.ini file in manual configuration. This tool has really helped me to come out of the issue and will be useful for guys using JZ 4770 board.
http://www.4shared.com/rar/m1BUV5r2/USBBurnTool_20120401_for_relea.html
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I used english ingenic tool to erase bad blocks but m nt able erase bad blocks live suit is giving eror id=0x4848

The GooApple V5+ - Information thread

GooApple V5+ : iPhone 4/4S Replica
Everything you need to know about it !
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Review Videos
GooApple V5+ Review by AndroidSale
Official GooApple V5+ review
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDc1MzAwMTIw.html
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Specifications
System
Model: GooApple V5+
Processor: MTK MT6575, 1Ghz - ARMv7
Operating System: Android 2.3.6
Kernel: Linux v2.6.357 ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.4.3 (GCC) )
Ports: 3.5mm Earphone Jack and mini USB
Launcher: iLauncher modified
Partition: MTD
Display
Resolution: 960x640 pixels
Density: 1920x1280
DPI: 320.0
Screen size: 3.5"
Color support: 16 million colors
Functions: Touchscreen, Multi-Touch, Retina
Camera
Front Camera: 1.3 MP
Back Camera: 8 MP
Functions: Flashlight, Zoom, Auto Focus, Scene mode, ISO adjustment, Time Face Detection
Connectivity
Carrier: Unlocked
Network band: GSM 2G: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and WCDMA 3G: 2100MHz
Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSPA
Message: SMS, MMS, Email
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0
WLan: Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/a
USB: USB 2.0
GPS: GPS, built-in GPS chipset (EPO and AGPS)
SIM: Micro SIM card (Single)
Phone Book: More than 10000 contacts
Browser: HTML, Safari
Battery
Type: Built-in Li-on battery ; 1050mAh
Standby Time: 120-150 hours
Talking Time: 3-4 hours
Memory
Built-in Memory : 512 MB
External Memory : 8GB/16GB/32GB (optional : SDcard)
RAM: 512 MB
Phone Model
Replica: 1x1 iPhone 4/4S replica
Dimensions: 115h - 58.6w - 9.3d (mm)
Weight: 135g
Other Features
Button: Mute Button just like iPhone
Video Player: AVI, MP4, 3GP, MOV, MKV, FLV
Audio Player: MP3, FLAC, APE, OGG, AMR, AAC, WAV, AWB
Images: JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF
E-book Format: TXT, CHM, DOC, HTML
Ring Tones: Original iPhone 4 ringtones
Play Store: Google Play Store
Radio: FM Radio
Sensors: Gravity Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Lichtsensor, Accelerator Sensor
Recovery: Stock recovery is E3
Languages
English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Indonesian, Italian, Malaysian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese
Accesories
1x GooApple V5+ Phone
1x Travel Charger
1x USB Data Cable (I suggest buying a new one)
1x Headphone (if plugged in, both the phone & headphone give sound)
1x Screen Protector (optional)
1x iPhone Skin Case (optional)
- ALL ORIGINAL IPHONE 4/4S CASES, RECHARGERS, HOLDERS, ... ARE COMPATIBLE
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How to Root
This was a hard & long trial to get this phone rooted. Though, it's a very simple way found by me and yuweng, thanks bro!
Based on yuweng's tutorial : MT6577 CWMR Root Updated V2[/b]
Download these and follow the tutorial:
ADB.zip - http://www.mediafire.com/?11cbu388oqu8amw
All the Drivers I could find - http://www.mediafire.com/?wfr5fgkxkdau6w4
CWMR Recovery's.zip - http://www.mediafire.com/?2r30o428558h22q
MTK Rom Studio 1.1.77.146.zip - http://www.mediafire.com/?h22puc8kac6axv7
SP Flash Tool v2.1134.00.zip - http://www.mediafire.com/?ob5caeigzc1ga10
SP Flash Tool v3.1224.0.sn85.zip - http://www.mediafire.com/?5u29nf4fp4omw9n
Root_Superuser_3.1.3_Busybox_1.20.2-Update1-signed.zip - http://www.mediafire.com/?fee3e7cta5mg3fp
- Setting up the folders and phone (to make it easy)
1. Create a folder in C:\ called "GooApple"
2. Extract all the ZIP files EXCEPT "Root_Superuser_3.1.3_Busybox_1.20.2-Update1-signed.zip" to "C:\GooApple\" so you have 6 folders in GooApple.
3. And copy "Root_Superuser_3.1.3_Busybox_1.20.2-Update1-signed.zip" to "C:\GooApple\"
4. I prefer doing a factory reset before doing this.
* Factory reset can be found at Settings > General > Privacy > Factory data reset > Reset phone
5.Now enable Unknown sources, USB debugging and Stay Awake.
* Unknown sources can be found at Settings > Store.
* USB debugging and Stay Awake can be found at Settings > Store > Development.
6. Make sure all drivers are installed properly. Some might install when connecting the USB.
7. Turn off your phone and unplug your USB cable from the phone (Let the USB be in your computer/laptop)
- Backup your own recovery (not required but suggested)
8. Open "Flash_tool.exe" from version "3.1224.0.sn85".
9. Click on File > Open Scatter-loading file, then browse to "C:\GooApple\MTK Rom Studio 1.1.77.146" and open "MT6573_Android_scatter.txt".
10. Click on the Read back tab (top). (If there is anything in the list, please Remove it.)
11. Click on Add and double click on the ROM_1.
12. Now type recovery.img at Filename, then browse to "C:\GooApple\MTK Rom Studio 1.1.77.146\SPFT_UPLOAD" and click Save.
13. In the popup, select
* Type: Hex
* Read Method: Read Page Only
* Start Adress: 0x980000
* Length: 0x00500000
And click Ok
This info can be found when loading the Firmware.info in MTK Rom Studio
14. Click on Read back. Now hold the "Volume -" button and insert the USB in your phone. It should say OK at the end.
Now you have a backup of your original recovery.img in case you want to restore it.
- Installing CWM Recovery (REQUIRED FOR ROOTING!!)
14. Go to the CWMR Recovery's folder, then choose if you want the Standard CWM or the Touchscreen CWM and copy the recovery.img included to "C:\GooApple\MTK Rom Studio 1.1.77.146"
* Standard CWM is controlled by Volume up and down. Touchscreen CWM is controlled by both.
15. Open "Flash_tool.exe" from version "2.1134.00".
16. Click on Scatter-loading and browse to "MT6573_Android_scatter.txt" in MTK Rom Studio and open it. (Click OK on the popup)
17. Now make sure everything is unchecked EXCEPT "RECOVERY". (Don't forget that your phone should be turned off and unplugged.)
18. Now click on download and insert your USB cable. It should say OK at the end.
Now you have CWM Recovery installed.
- Rooting the phone
19. Start your phone and connect to USB Storage Mode.
20. Copy "Root_Superuser_3.1.3_Busybox_1.20.2-Update1-signed.zip" to the ROOT of your SDcard. And turn off USB Storage (but keep your USB in)
21. Now boot your phone into recovery mode. There are 2 methods, I prefer method #2 as it's more safe and works most often. (Someone's phone kept vibrating while doing method #1)
* Method #1:
- Shut off your phone (wait untill it vibrates to make sure it's completely off).
- Hold the "Volume +" button and the "Power" button.
- You now are in recovery or your phone keeps vibrating.
* Method #2:
- With your phone on, start "cmd.exe" as administrator on your PC.
- Type "cd C:\GooApple\ADB" (without the "") and press enter.
- Type "adb reboot recovery" (without the "") and press enter again.
- Your phone shall reboot in recovery.
22. In recovery, select "install zip from sdcard", then "choose zip from sdcard" and select "Root_Superuser_3.1.3_Busybox_1.20.2-Update1-signed.zip". Select "Yes - Install ..."
* Recovery Controls (Standard CWM)
Volume + = UP
Volume - = DOWN
Power = Select
Home = Go to +++++Go Back+++++
23. Once completed, select Go Back, and select wipe data/factory reset.
24. Now select "reboot system now".
And here we go... Your GooApple V5+ is Rooted !
Thanks again yuweng for the support !
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How to Increase Internal Memory - INT2EXT method (ROOT required)
"INT2EXT on MT6575 / 77 for the extreme gamers !" for GooApple V5+ thanks to yuweng !
- NOTE: THE PHONE TENDS TO BE SLOWER AS IT HAS TO LOAD FROM THE SDCARD
Based on yuweng's tutorial : http://www.mediafire.com/view/?7zjz4onhos826bk
Download and/or install and extract these:
MiniTool Partition Wizard (Home edition) - http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html
INT2EXT-mtd.7z (Includes install-recovery.sh) - http://www.mediafire.com/?16psto1xqw4b0s0
Notepad++ (To edit install-recovery.sh) - http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.2.3.html
ES File Explorer File Manager - https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS5lc3Ryb25ncy5hbmRyb2lkLnBvcCJd
BACKUP YOUR GOOAPPLE V5+ WITH CWMR
1. First I installed and opened MiniTool Partition Wizard and mounten my SD card (32gb & Class10) with going in USB Storage Mode.
2. In MiniTool Partition Wizard, I selected my drive and resized it from 29gb to 26gb (FAT32).
3. Then I selected the remaining 2.5-3gb and created a new partition : Primary , Ext4 , 4kb. Don't forget to click Apply at the top left.
4. Then I extracted INT2EXT-mtd.7z and installed Notepad++.
5. With Notepad++ , I opened install-recovery.sh and changed unbind to bind in lines 61, 66, 71 and 98. Then saved it.
6. Now I copied the EDITED install-recovery.sh to the root of my /sdcard/ (Location when you open your phone).
7. Having ES File Explorer File Manager (EFEFM) installed, give it Root acces via the Settings at the bottom (check everything at root settings).
8. Next, select install-recovery.sh in EFEFM and copy it to /system/etc/ and give it full read/write/execute acces.
9. After this is done reboot your phone. For me, after the first boot it just shutted off. So then I had to power it on again and I had 2.6gb internal memory.
Hooooorah ! :good:
Thanks again yuweng for the files, info, tutorials and time !
Proof
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Change BOOT logo to iPhone's Apple
So this will change the boot logo of your GooApple from an Android logo to Apple logo.
The things you need:
The boot images - http://www.mediafire.com/?363hvgcmw46wl6w
ES File Explorer File Manager or Root Explorer
1. Extract the iphoneboot.zip to your /sdcard/ so you have /sdcard/system/logo/...
2. Open the file manager, browse to /sdcard/ and copy the system folder.
3. Next go to the root of your phone and change the permissions to R/W.
4. Now paste the system folder here so it overwrites the system logo files.
5. Reboot your phone and voila, now you have the iphone boot !
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Tips&Info
- Make 3 backups of your phone through CWM Recovery because some might get corrupt.
- Use Titanium Backup Pro or a similar tool to remove unused/chinese system apps.
- The MTK6575 can be compared to the PowerVR processor. So the PowerVR games work on the GooApple V5+.
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Custom Recovery *.img
CWM Recovery v6.0.2.7 - Standard Version (MTD partition)
CWM Recovery v6.0.2.7 - Touchscreen Version (MTD partition)
TWRP Recovery - Touchscreen (MTD partition) : Make sure when doing a backup you choose "External".
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Change BUILD.PROP for more compatibility of Apps&Games
Your phone is being recognized as a Android Alps phone which a lot of apps don't even recognize.
So the best thing you can do is change your "build.prop" a little to increase the compatibility.
For example, yesterday I bought N.O.V.A. 2 which says it's not compatible (but it is).
1. Open Root Explorer or something similar.
2. Go into /system/ folder. Make sure the folder is R/W.
3. Press and hold on build.prop then select "Open in Text Editor".
4. Next, change the following.
- ro.product.model=GT-I9000
- ro.product.brand=samsung
- ro.product.name=GT-I9000
- ro.product.device=GT-I9000
- ro.product.board=GT-I9000
- ro.product.manufacturer=samsung
5. Then go back and it will ask you to save it. Save it.
6. Now reboot your phone and try again with more compatibility !
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Useful Downloads
Android
- ES File Explorer File Manager - Tool to browse your folders and copy/paste/delete - Free
- Older MobileUncle Tools - This version is better for changing the recovery via a tool. (name: m44tools.apk, it also includes the 2 recovery's for this phone) - Free
- MobileUncle Tools - Special tool for MTK Android Devices - Free
- MobileUncle Flashlight - App to switch on/off the flashlight - Free
- Pimp My Rom - Awesome tool which has settings to increase for example your phone's internet speed !
- Explorer (or Root Explorer) - Tool to browse your folders and copy/paste/delete - Free or $
- Titanium Backup (or Pro) - Tool to backup/uninstall apps (also for system apps) - Free or $
Computer
- Xmedia Recode - Tool to convert videos to compatible videos for GooApple V5+ (Use iPhone 4 preset)
CLICK TO BROWSE OFFICIAL ROMS
This is the original ROM that comes with the phone : https://dl.dropbox.com/u/76038325/Gooapple_V5_Plus_ROM_A116A_V1.0_P2MB3_20121110.rar
To check which ROM version you need, dial *#2170#*.
The number didn't work for me but they said it works at the official GooApple site. I used A116_4S to update my phone.
IF YOU FOUND SOMETHING OR JUST WANT TO ASK SOMETHING PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POST BELOW
I really want to thank the following people:
yuweng - Always helping me out with troubles.
bigrammy - Giving me the tip to use an older version for doing a Download in SPFT.
The phone can be bought at Android-Sale.com​

What I wish to do with this phone and might need help for:
ROM (standard and v5+4s_a116_ios_root_12.11.16_Launcher)
- Get GPS to work on my phone. (Still don't know if it's just me or the phone.)
- Change the USB Storage Mode image to something like the iPhone by editing Framework-res.apk.
- Increase Internal memory by taking System's memory.
ROM (v5+4s_a116_ios_root_12.11.16_Launcher only)
- Remove all the chinese icons in "Google Pinyin IME" keyboard and add AZERTY for Belgium and France.
GooApple V5+ Manual
Thanks to "Q" for looking up this valuable information !
How to take a screenshot:
Tap both the "Home"-button and "Power"-button simultaneous. If you have sounds activated, you'll hear a shutter sound.
How to force restart:
Deep at the bottom of the 3.5 headphone jack there is a restart-button. Use a small tool like a bent paperclip or toothpick to reach it.
You can use this restart-button if your phone freezes and can not be restarted using the normal power-button.
THIS IS A LIFESAVER !
Recovery-menu explained:
The Recovery-menu is a boot-menu that can be used to backup, restore, clean cache or change ROMs in your GooApple phone.
This menu can be either in English or Chinese and may vary slightly depending on what type of Recovery came pre-installed on your phone.
You can install a different Recovery-menu on your phone like CMWR / TWPR
To access the Recovery-menu:
- Turn off your phone.
- Press and hold the PLUS-button and POWER-button on your phone until you arrive at the recovery menu.
NOTE: Depending on ROM and Recovery-version, you may actually need to press MINUS-button and POWER-button to access the Recovery-menu
Factory-test-menu:
This can be used to test the hardware functionality of your phone.
To access the Factory-test-menu:
-Turn off your phone.
-Press and hold the PLUS-button and POWER-button on your phone then lose it and hold it again after the vibration.
NOTE: It doesn't always work so you really need the perfect timing.
Navigating the user-interface:
This menu you can close running apps on the background so pretty usefull sometimes.
- Double-tap the "Home"-button shows running/standby apps and possibility to close apps by long-pressing icons in deployed menu.
- Double-tap the "Home"-button at the unlock-screen will show you the music player and a button to quickly acces the camera.
- Hold the "Home"-button to acces Wallpaper and Settings faster.
- Pressing the "+"-button when using the camera will take a picture.
NOTE: Double tapping must have some kind of pace in pressing these 2. If you do it too fast, ut doesn't work.. but too slow, it doesnt work either, so it has to be right.
- "Long-pressing" an icon in the menu makes the icons jiggly so you can change the position of your icons by dragging them to a desired position or on another icon to create a folder.
- "Long-pressing" the MINUS-button can bring up a menu in some applications. - UNCONFIRMED
Trouble hanging up a phone-call?
- Holding the phone vertically during a call turns off the screen (if the light-sensor has been covered).
- Holding the phone horizontally for a few seconds, will turn the screen on again and display the "End call"-button.
NOTE: Make sure you never double-tap the "Home"-button during a call. It will minimize the calling session so you will still be calling in the background. So make sure you always press the "End call"-button.
Change user interface language
If you cleared user data when installing a new ROM, the phone is likely to boot up in Chinese. Follow these steps to change it back to English:
- Press the Settings-button (you can probably identify this by its icon).
- Select the 9th option (General)
- Select the 8th option (International)
- Select the 1st option (Select language)
- Select your language.
NOTE: If you want some influence of your native language, you can install MoreLocale2 from GooglePlayStore. Some apps will be in your native language.
How to change the IMEI-number:
To change the IMEI number, you most likely will have to use MTKdroidTools from MediaFire.com.
It has an option to change the IMEI number but for this, you will need:
- the ADB drivers to be installed.
- A new IMEI number with what you want to change the original one.
- Phone connected to your computer.
How to add more Ring, SMS, Notification - sounds on your GooApple:
- Connect the phone to a computer in USB Storage Mode.
- Create the following folders on your SD-card:
- Ringtones
- Alarms
- Notifications
- Move your own sounds into the appropriate folder.
- Adjust the sounds-settings on your phone here:
- Ring-tone: Settings>Audo profiles>General>Voice call ringtone
- SMS-tone: Settings>Auido profiles>General>Notification ringtone
- Alarm-tone: Enter your Clock-app and add a new alarm and you should be presented with ringtone-options.
How to remove the backcover and change the MicroSD:
You might want to remove the backcover to change the MicroSD card or maybe even to change the cover.
To remove the cover:
- Unscrew the 2 screws at the bottom of your phone. You need a special screwdriver for this.
- Slide the back cover up once the screws are removed.
To change the MicroSD:
- Having the cover removed, you will see the SD card to the left of the battery trapped in some aluminium cover.
- Slide the aluminium cover to the left and now you can remove the SD card.
To put the cover back on:
- Put the cover back in its place, then drag it down (instead of up to remove it).
- Put the 2 screws back

Thanks mate! Very helpfull

AShacks said:
Thanks mate! Very helpfull
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No problem !
And can anyone with a GooApple V5+ please try this to fix the GPS signal?
1. Charge your phone completely (100%)
2. Download and install Mobileuncle MTK Tools from Google Play.
3. Go to Settings > Location Services and turn off everything here. Also turn off WiFi.
4. Now turn off your phone. Then turn it back on and enable WiFi.
5. At Settings > Location Services
- Enable : Use wireless networks.
- Enable : Use GPS satellites
- Enable : GPS EPO assistance -> Go into EPO Settings and check the EPO file info if it's downloaded, if not, make sure you're connected to the internet and uncheck/recheck Auto Download.
- Enable : A-GPS
6. Open Start Mobileuncle MTK Tools and go to Information and click on Full , then Cold and go back to Satellites.
7. Go outside/window/balcony and after a while, the red dots should become green.
Source: peterssson
They say it works for MTK 657x models but it doesn't work for me. I keep getting red dots instead of green.

Drivers
Hi,
My Gooapple V5+ arrived.
I'm quite lost since no manual inside and this is my first android.
Regarding the rooting issue, I first decided install drivers. As I read, the process is connecting USB to PC and wait for Windows to ask something and then navigate to MT6575 USB VCOM drivers forder.
However, Win7 recognized V5+ as an Android device and installed some drivers, including "My HTC" (?)(!)
Now I can access SD card and maybe something else (I have no idea what) but I can't connect to internet through USB
The big quiestion now for me, in order to root the phone, is how to install drivers properly, bcos we have:
drivers preloader MT65xx
Android ADB Interface
MT6575 USB VCOM drivers
usb_driver
usb_driver_MT65xx_Android_ZTE_v821
I have a Win7 x64 laptop
About the GPS, I have just attempt fix my possition with "MAPS", but despite I downloaded some file, I can't fix possition bcos I'm indoors now.
Thanks for any comments

I'm not sure how the USB thetering works but I'll look into it.
About the drivers. I do it like this: plug it in, then choose the DRIVERS folder and let it choose automaticly.
Android device is correct, but I haven't seen the HTC one though, I'd recommend uninstalling that one.
But really , it can do a lot if you just plug it in, let it search the driver automaticly (don't select any specific folder, just DRIVERS if you really need to).
Also the VCOM driver is more for when you're about to flash your recovery through SPFT which it will install automaticly.
If you need any "personal" help on rooting it, feel free to ask, I'll support you via skype/facebook/teamviewer.
And I too am using Win7 64bit

It seems that Win7 installs a Google pack of USB drivers when detects Android devices.
Maybe this one I found:
softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Google/Google-USB-Driver-Revision4.
And bcos GooApple is not in the list, Win7 chooses HTC that has 6575 chip aswell.
I will try to uninstall "My HTC" but Windows prefer this to any in the DRIVERS folder, perhaps is more up-to-date.
Any way, automatic driver download/installing maybe problematic with this phone.
Thanks a lot for support. I will need some days to become familiar with the phone before the next level

Thank you, is a very useful guide ! :good:

"Q" said:
It seems that Win7 installs a Google pack of USB drivers when detects Android devices.
Maybe this one I found:
softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Google/Google-USB-Driver-Revision4.
And bcos GooApple is not in the list, Win7 chooses HTC that has 6575 chip aswell.
I will try to uninstall "My HTC" but Windows prefer this to any in the DRIVERS folder, perhaps is more up-to-date.
Any way, automatic driver download/installing maybe problematic with this phone.
Thanks a lot for support. I will need some days to become familiar with the phone before the next level
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Ehm it shouldn't say GooApple V5+ in device manager.
For me it says Android Phone > Android ADB Interface and when I turn on USB storage, I just get Portable Devices: G:\.
So yeah, strange it uses HTC. And sorry that I cannot explain properly how to install the drivers because I just installed a few drivers , uninstalled some and installed some other and it worked.
But the most important thing is that the VCOM driver is installed. Which will automaticly install once you try the *Read Back* method. OR this might work too:
Turn off your phone. Plugin the USB cable in your computer but not in the phone (yet).
Now hold the Volume + button and then insert the USB cable into your phone. I think now, it should install the VCOM drivers automaticly.
And no problem Anhuc ! I haven't had time to test some things as I'm in a period of getting a job for the rest of my life

Drivers Problem Fixed!!
Well, for some reason my V5+ only accept VCOM driver if press "+" when plug-in USB in phone OFF, as you suggested.
If connect USB to PC with phone "ON" it ONLY accepts Android ADB Composite Interface, as you said.
So thanks everybody for suggestions and comments. I thing the first challenge overcome :good:
PS:
About the HTC driver I had first, maybe it was bcos I had MOBILE-EDIT software, wich installs many drivers, so I had to remove it from ControlPanel/Pograms/Unistall
But after it, connected phone to PC and it installed automatically "My HTC" driver again
So removed driver from DeviceManager and also removed Google Android USB Package from PC execiting "pnputil.exe -e" in command prompt, to see the OEM# of package, then removed with "pnputil.exe -d Oem#.inf"
Seems extrange but works great. (see details here: technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730875.aspx)
I have taken some screen shots of this in case someone need.
Hope may help people with persistent drivers....

"Q" said:
Drivers Problem Fixed!!
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Good to hear that Q and thanks for sharing the information on what was causing it !
It can always help someone else out who has the same issue.
Anyways, I guess you can get to the part of flashing the phone with CMWR right?
I suggest jus reading the first part of the Rooting untill installing CMW and start there as thats the basic thing you need to do as the files I uploaded already include the patched recovery.img.
To see some pictures, check this out : http://www.mediafire.com/view/?8mxvy0ey5yfdu59 page 16 thats basicly how to Download recovery.img to your phone. But always follow my tutorial or ask me to do it for you

GPS without signal
Yes, I downloaded averything from v5+ tutorial and carefully read and understood this excellent work.
However, manage GPS to work is my priority now.
Is there any light in the dark?
I tried and tried, downloaded EPO files, used MTK Tools and even installed an iGo My Way version compatible with Retina screen.
One hour in the field and only saw a little signal bar of one satellite (if it was a satellite) but no points (red or green) at all in MTK Tools.
Have someone seen at least a single pretty point in the grid?
Thanks for any help.

"Q" said:
Yes, I downloaded averything from v5+ tutorial and carefully read and understood this excellent work.
However, manage GPS to work is my priority now.
Is there any light in the dark?
I tried and tried, downloaded EPO files, used MTK Tools and even installed an iGo My Way version compatible with Retina screen.
One hour in the field and only saw a little signal bar of one satellite (if it was a satellite) but no points (red or green) at all in MTK Tools.
Have someone seen at least a single pretty point in the grid?
Thanks for any help.
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Ooh thanks for helping out.
I do get red dots yeah but they don't turn green :/
Things you could try is
Download GPS Status & Toolbox : Launch GPS Status & Toolbox. You'll see a compass and some other stats. Hit the menu button for more options.
Make sure you have an active data connection and go to "Manage A-GPS State". Then, tap the "Download" button in the menu that pops up. When it's done, exit the app.
And another thing that made me come closer was changing the gps.conf but I dont remember what tool to use. You can do it manually though. (It's located in system/etc)
For Belgium
NTP_SERVER=be.pool.ntp.org
XTRA_SERVER_1=http://xtra1.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_2=http://xtra2.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_3=http://xtra3.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
# DEBUG LEVELS:
# 0 - none, 1 - Error,
# 2 - Warning, 3 - Info
# 4 - Debug, 5 - Verbose
DEBUG_LEVEL =0
ACCURACY_THRES=5
INTERMEDIATE_POS=0
ENABLE_WIPER=1
SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com
SUPL_PORT=7276
REPORT_POSITION_USE_SUPL_REFLOC=1
# blank
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bOyka8 said:
Ooh thanks for helping out.
I do get red dots yeah but they don't turn green :/
Things you could try is
Download GPS Status & Toolbox : Launch GPS Status & Toolbox. You'll see a compass and some other stats. Hit the menu button for more options.
Make sure you have an active data connection and go to "Manage A-GPS State". Then, tap the "Download" button in the menu that pops up. When it's done, exit the app.
And another thing that made me come closer was changing the gps.conf but I dont remember what tool to use. You can do it manually though. (It's located in system/etc)
For Belgium
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Okay!
At least I have the dots in grid.
8 satellites in red but no singnal bars :/ after 30 min with all assistance enabled and filter off.
It's very strange, all my GPSs (I have 4 more devices) can get possition from cold in less than 20 min,
Some firmware issue here, I pressume.
I will contunue with this...

bOyka8 said:
Anyways, I guess you can get to the part of flashing the phone with CMWR right?
I suggest jus reading the first part of the Rooting untill installing CMW and start there as thats the basic thing you need to do as the files I uploaded already include the patched recovery.img.
To see some pictures, check this out : http://www.mediafire.com/view/?8mxvy0ey5yfdu59 page 16 thats basicly how to Download recovery.img to your phone. But always follow my tutorial or ask me to do it for you
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Ok, I need the V5+ rooted to get access to system/etc....
After reading e/t in tutorial, just a stupid question: " I will loose all changes after flashing, and will need to begin again with configurations?"
I think I know the answer

"Q" said:
Ok, I need the V5+ rooted to get access to system/etc....
After reading e/t in tutorial, just a stupid question: " I will loose all changes after flashing, and will need to begin again with configurations?"
I think I know the answer
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I don't think so, you can still do it without losing everything.
Just flash the recovery.img, then install the rooting zip and you're good to go !
And if you need help rooting this baby, I can do it for you in 2 hours from now

bOyka8 said:
I don't think so, you can still do it without losing everything.
Just flash the recovery.img, then install the rooting zip and you're good to go !
And if you need help rooting this baby, I can do it for you in 2 hours from now
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I managed to do a recovery.img of my last configuration.
All ok, except that phone hangs after the OK green circle on PC screen.
Non responding at all, all black.
But reset from 3.5mm jack and all ok again.
Will do another backup from factory setings, just in case...
what happens after installing CWM Recovery?
can work as normal with phone?
Thanks for 2h supporting

problem!!
bOyka8 said:
I don't think so, you can still do it without losing everything.
Just flash the recovery.img, then install the rooting zip and you're good to go !
And if you need help rooting this baby, I can do it for you in 2 hours from now
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Well, something bad happened.
Afetr the backup opperation tha finished OK, it has a wrong behaviour with battery icon.
Sometimes show the pugged icon and others a ray inside.
When turn off, it finish ok and then vibrates, but a few seconds later the battery icon charging fills the scren (unplugged of course) and few seconds later disappears.
Not a big problem, but after it I tried a second backup after factory settings restore and this time when plug USB on phone while pressing "-" nothing happens. PC do nothing (not installing drivers as before) and flash_tool can't finish the last part of procedure.
I even used differnt cable but nothing. USB parameters are as suggested....
Please help!
Thanks

"Q" said:
Well, something bad happened.
Afetr the backup opperation tha finished OK, it has a wrong behaviour with battery icon.
Sometimes show the pugged icon and others a ray inside.
When turn off, it finish ok and then vibrates, but a few seconds later the battery icon charging fills the scren (unplugged of course) and few seconds later disappears.
Not a big problem, but after it I tried a second backup after factory settings restore and this time when plug USB on phone while pressing "-" nothing happens. PC do nothing (not installing drivers as before) and flash_tool can't finish the last part of procedure.
I even used differnt cable but nothing. USB parameters are as suggested....
Please help!
Thanks
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Are you using the correct version of SPFT?
For read back you need the v3... (use -) for download you need v2.... (dont use -)
And yeah with this recovery, and root everything works the same !

fixed
bOyka8 said:
Are you using the correct version of SPFT?
For read back you need the v3... for download you need v2....
And yeah with this recovery, and root everything works the same !
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Fixed!!
Nothing worked to make it responding to USB...
Cables ok, config of USB ok too....
Decided opening phone and release power from battery cables.
I have never did it before but succeed on it
Now repeated opperation and made a successful backup in factory settings
Again I had to reset from 3.5mm jack
All ok, no problems (perhaps battery icon, but not sure)
Will continue rooting later

Unbrick Honor 9 STF-L09 (NOT FREE, HCU and DC-Phoenix required)

Introduction
THIS METHOD IS NOT FREE. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DO THIS FOR FREE, EXCEPT MAYBE WITH THIS : https://forum.dc-unlocker.com/forum/modems-and-phones/huawei/162196-free-hcu-license-offer
Oh my god. I just come out of 3 days of trying to get this to work, non-stop. I feel the need to write this guide so people in the exact same configuration as me won't have to go through what I did.
Yes there are many tutorials about unbricking your Honor 9, but few are very detailed, and I couldn't make them to work for my european STF-L09. Plus, very few of them have a solution for updating to the very latest version (9.1.0 as the time of writing). So here we go.
The device I did this with, and the situation I was in.
There are so many variants of the Honor 9, and I've tried tutorials that weren't the same model as me, they just wouldn't work.
Honor 9 STF-L09, Europe version, Kirin960.
Previous installed ROM before brick was Oreo (the Pie update I tried to make bricked the phone), but I think you can do that on any previous version.
After the brick, I had a completely dead Honor 9 : no reaction at all, whether I plugged it in or tried any buttons combination.
What you need
- The correct Drivers
- A HCU Client Timed License, which is 19 EUR for 72h, and is going to give you access to the main software we need, DC-Phoenix.
- The correct .dgtks Repair File
- The correct ROM file to flash
- HiSuite
- Tools to open the back of your phone
- A metal object to connect the testpoints (anything will do : tweezers, copper cable, paperclip, sim-tool...)
- Read these two tutorials from www.dc-unlocker.com :
https://www.dc-unlocker.com/dc-phoenix-flash-repair-tutorial
https://www.dc-unlocker.com/flash-bricked-huawei-phones-in-huawei-1-mode
Step 1 - Connect the testpoints
Then open the back of your phone to reveal the testpoints that you can see on the image below (thanks to the user 4r44444 for the picture).
Then, open the Device Manager on Windows, and reveal the COM and LPT Ports (so you can see if you failed at connecting the testpoints or not).
You don't need to connect the two testpoints shown in the picture : you only need to connect the bottom one with anything else that's metal inside the phone.
It will take you some trial and error but eventually, your Device Manager should refresh and show you an unknown device called "SER".
Step 2 - Install the drivers
First, install the latest version of HiSuite to get the basic drivers. Make sure to close it completely (taskbar) and disable the fact that it opens itself when you plug your phone, or it might screw things up.
Then, install the two drivers that are on both dc-unlocker.com tutorials I've linked above.
https://files.dc-unlocker.com/share.html?v=share/984CE114852148B5B9A9CDD918BEC235
https://files.dc-unlocker.com/share.html?v=share/18B15B9D02C945A79B1967234CECB423
The first one "Huawei_Android_phone_drivers.rar" was not useful for me, but the second one, "Huawei drivers testpoint.rar", is to make your COM port recognizable instead of this unknown "SER" in device manager.
In Device Manager, right click on "SER", "Update driver", and locate the extracted folder on your computer.
This is all you need I think, but I installed so many random drivers (which I would not recommend) that I'm not even sure anymore.
Step 3 - Repair the phone with DC-Phoenix
Following "Method 3" from this link, but with some differences : https://www.dc-unlocker.com/dc-phoenix-flash-repair-tutorial
As I said, this method is not free. You can buy credits to make DC-Phoenix work for 72 hours (you need 15 of them for that I think), but since we need HCU, you're better off buying a timed license which gives access to DC-Phoenix.
Open DC-Phoenix, and click on the "Download files" button on top. There, search for the file "STF-Full-Repair-NV-included-Board-A051-7.0.0_r1.dgtks" and download it, it's the Repair File.
https://get-file.org/search#q|STF-Full-Repair-NV-included-Board-A051-7.0.0_r1|1
With your phone connected via testpoints (it has to appear in the Device Manager in the COM Ports, and I recommend changing the COM Port to 1 (right click, Port settings, advanced,...)), go to the "Update OEMINFO" tab, and check "Use BOOTLOADER". There, choose "Kirin960_T2_A7.0_V4" (maybe it's a different one for you, but for me only this one worked).
Then check "Update OEMINFO and unlock Huawei ID", and choose "STF-L09". Click Update, and this should run without errors. If it doesn't recognize your device, that means that it's not turned off and connected via testpoints.
Once that is done, your device may show a sign of life by booting into fastboot mode (or sometimes not). Anyway, you can go directly to the "Update Firmware" tab, and in the "Update file" field, choose the file "STF-Full-Repair-NV-included-Board-A051-7.0.0_r1", check "Rescue Revovery" and "Old slow algo", and click "Update".
After completion, your phone should be able to boot (after a very long press) into a chinese test ROM.
Step 4 - Repair the phone infos with DCU
Follow this tutorial : http://hcu-client.com/huawei-phone-repair-as-empty-board/
Don't forget to change your phone to Manufactured mode (as explained) so you can read your phone info.
In the Step 4, they let you choose between Repair UMTS or CDMA tab, I chose CDMA because I think the phone has a MEID.
Then, when they tell you that you just have to click on "Repair as empty board" to make everything fill in automatically, for me this was complete bs : only my IMEIs were added.
So what you have to do is fill your original SN, WiFi and BT MAC adresses, and so on. But since your phone is bricked and you probably dumped the box that states the SN, you're outta luck like me. It seems like it's illegal to change a MAC or SN number, so I can't recommend it, but I personally just chose random numbers (that have the same number of digits).
For model I entered "STF-L09", for vendor "hw", and for country "eu". Don't check "Erase restricted ver.", since it's only for Qualcomm CPUs. Click on Repair.
Once this is done, your phone should be resetting, and able to boot in the same ROM as before, except in english.
Step 5 - Upgrade to the latest Android 9.1.0
Normally you'd have to do this step with DC-Phoenix : just flash one of their Full Stock Roms they have on their file database (click Download Files on DC-Phoenix, and search for "STF-L09").
You can try that (don't forget that you have to be in fastboot mode (Vol down + plug USB) to install), but it really didn't work for me, and even if it did, I don't know how you'd update after it, because your phone probably won't receive OTAs.
So the solution I found was this one : https://www.reddit.com/r/Huawei/comments/az4bl7/finally_managed_to_update_my_mate10_pro_to_pie/
First, uninstall your latest version of HiSuite to be able to follow this tutorial and install the old version.
Then, the file I chose in Firmware Finder was this one :
STF-L09 9.0.1.175(C432E2R1P5)
STF-L09C432E2R1P5B175 (9.0.1.175)
STF-L09C432E2R1P5T8B175 (9.0.1.175)
I chose the "full" version, which gave me this link :
http://update.dbankcdn.com/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G3757/g1699/v260353/f1/full/update.zip
After following this tutorial, your phone should boot normally. You can then installs OTAs to update to 9.1.0. I'd recommend resetting the phone after this last step, to have a clean install.
If it doesn't work for you, you can also try this method : https://www.getdroidtips.com/full-guide-install-stock-firmware-huawei-smartphone/
I'll try to answer as many questions as fast as possible (since the Timed License is quite stressful), so feel free to ask !

Does the HCU Client unblock the network after doing the full repair?

Hello , Is this solution still works for honor 9 ?
I can't find stock rom on official website also.