**Added a few new things now that we have S-off. Check them out below.**
This thread was created simply for Noobs. Yes, if you don't know how to boot into the bootloader..than you should be reading this. We were all Noobs once. You can always check this more than once since i will be updating it with more issues and solutions fellow members post that i might have forgot to add.
If you dont have this recovery flashed already here is a Link to a WORKING CHARGING WHILE OFF RECOVERY PLEASE FLASH IT JUST TO BE SURE YOUR SAFE here. Will get removed when Rom Manager gives you the right recovery and not a broken one.
My Phone Died and i can't turn it back on!!! help!!
1. Download the recovery i have posted above. Once downloaded rename to remove the name of the recovery until its just named recovery.img.
2. Plug your device to a computer and run the command
adb reboot
or
adb reboot bootloader
if your device doesn't turn on, then simply pull the battery, put it back in, then redo the steps.
3. Once your phone does power on from one of those commands, reboot into android OS and put the recovery on the root of your sdcard.
4.Boot into bootloader while plugged into the computer and run the following command
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then the problem is fixed! I'm very sorry for the inconvenience, but thats the fix.
7/28/11 We now have s-off.
follow this guide here for a better in depth on how to do it. : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
How do i flash a ROM on my sensation?
1.place the rom on the ROOT of your sdcard.
2.boot into recovery using either the app rom manager and choosing boot to recovery, MORE THAN LIKELY your custom rom will have the advanced power menu so you can just hold the power key, go to restart, then choose recovery, or powering off and booting holding power+vol down, then scroll down to recovery, press power key.
3. WIPE your DATA/CACHE partitions, then scroll down to advanced and wipe your dalvik cache.
4. go to install zip from your SDCARD
5. Choose zip from sdcard.
6. Find the rom, press power button, and install it.
7. Reboot and enjoy!
Will i lose all my texts, apps,etc when i install a new rom?
Yes you will. You could make a titanium backup of everything though and restore it when your done flashing the roms so you can get everything back. Download titanium from the market.
What is the difference between a Nandroid Backup and using Titanium backup??
Well When you make a nandroid backup, your backing up the ENTIRE rom, not just things you want to restore onto your new rom. in other words, with a nandroid, if you want to go back to your previous rom if you don't like the new one, use a nandroid backup.
Nandroid sounds interesting and is something i would like to do!! How do i do it?!
You boot into recovery, go down to where it says backup and restore, and choose backup, name it, then go ahead and back it up. Thats obviously where you want to restore it as well. You *ALSO* can choose the app ROM Manager and do it from there.
My battery Life SUCKS after i flashed this New ROM!! IS MY BATTERY MESSED UP??
Nah its not don't worry about it. Your battery life usually is going to suck because your battery stats got wiped from android, and it has to recreate it. So let the battery die once probably, fully charge it, then let it die again. then Charge it then you should be ok. Give it a day or two you should see a change. If not, let the developer of the ROM know NICELY in his thread. If you see that someone already posted about the battery life, no need for you to post it as well.
How do i flash a kernel??
You flash it exactly how you do a ROM. No need to wipe anything just flash it and reboot.
How do i flash a RADIO?
That depends. if its in a format and the name starts with a P then has a bunch of different numbers after, then you do the following:
1. Place on the root of your sdcard.
2. Reboot into the bootloader.
3. Then it will find it, and ask you if you want to update.
4. Let it do the update. It will only replace the radio.
5. Reboot into recovery and wipe DALVIK cache.
6. Reboot and enjoy.
ALWAYS make sure you read the Original post of the person who is providing the radio to make sure he ripped everything out and its ready to flash.
My Phone is S-OFF and it fully died and now it won't turn back on and it doesn't look like its charging while its off WTF AM I BRICK?!?!
No its not. From what i learned its in "offline" charging mode since the battery is so low, and even though the light isn't showing, its still charging. To turn back on:
1. Either wait a few mins and let it charge for a little, then pull battery, put it back in and try to turn on.
2. Plug into computer, let it sit for a second, then use this command from terminal:
adb reboot
It will turn it on for you. i honestly don't know WHY its like this, but thats just how it is for right now. i personally had to use the second option. If i learn more about this, ill update you guys.
Does this Recovery update?! If so, how do i UPDATE IT?!
Since S-off and recovery JUST became available to us, its prolly not updated right now. But for future reference just download the App ROM Manager from the market. Once loaded, if there is ever an update or something for it, it will be in that app. then you can choose it from there and it will update it for you.
I hold the volume down+the power button but it doesn't boot into it!!!! help!!!
Pull the battery out before you do it. OR to make things ALOT easier, before turning your sensation off go into settings,power, and uncheck the Fastboot option. Now when you turn the device off, it will fully power down instead of just going into a "sleep" mode. Now do it.
My wifi is terrible! When i turn it sideways, i lose ALL MY BARS!! WTF?!?!
'Try moving your hand, you might be detuning the WiFi antenna'. If you know that the WiFi antenna is adjacent to the camera lens, you're more likely to be aware when you're covering it. But Your not alone either. i actually have this same problem as well. Yes i know it sucks. There are only three things you could do here though honestly since We haven't really brought it down to a conclusion of is it our hardware that's causing it or is it the software.
1.You could boot into bootloader and data wipe your sensation to see if it fixes it. BE WARNED IT WILL WIPE YOUR DEVICE, MEANING EVERYTHING WILL GET DELETED OFF IT! APPS, MESSAGES ETC.
2.If that doesn't fix it, go into Settings-Wifi & Networks-Wifi Settings. Once your in there press the menu button and go to the advanced option in the pop-up menu. Once in there choose Best Wifi Performance.
3. If that doesn't work, then you need to get a warranty replacement. we know it sucks, we promise.
My touchscreen stops being responsive! Whats going on!?
It seems to be happening to everyone after about a week of use, me as well. We think maybe an ota will fix it. But to do a quick fix of it just turn the screen off for a few seconds then turn it back on. it usually fixes it whenever it stops working.
My Data connection is horrible and extremely slow. Why?!
This also seems to have happened to everyone. To try to fix, call t-mobile and see if they have your phone in their database, and make sure on their database it has that you have a sensation and they have the right data package going for you. Also make sure your Sim card isn't old, which t-mobile can also fix for you. I Can personally say talking with t-mobile helps. i used to have poor connection. now i can use wifi hotspot for my laptop while being on the phone talking with someone still with full 4G bars.
You could also try this fix ( Thanks Mysterioustko):
-Go into the dialer and dial *#*#4636#*#*
-Select Phone Info
-Go to the "toggle cyphering" button and disable it
-For good measure turn off radio and then turn it back on
-Then reenable the "toggle cyphering" button
Just got my new sensation but its really hot!!! Is it defective?!
No it's not defective, its just hot. These batteries can heat up from time to time, ESPECIALLY on your first few charges, but it won't happen much anymore after. My battery was extremely hot from just charging it for the first time with the phone turned off, so i'm speaking from experience and from other users as well.
The voicemail notification won't leave the status bar even when i don't have a voicemail!!
Simple fix: Settings-Call-Clear Voicemail Notification.
Any more questions? Please Ask here. Ill try to answer them and add them to this post. Hope this helps people. Let's not keep asking the same questions over, and over, and over.. and over again.
Nice work!!!
But shouldnt this be posted in general?
Nice work!
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
Nice write up, bro!
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Nice work!!!
But shouldnt this be posted in general?
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Thanks guys. I appreciate the thanks
Yeah, i posted it in both sections since some people dont pay attention to some things you know?
Thanks. Nice work. Hope HTC releases the new update soo.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
NEEDS to be stickied, I'm always in the background checking this forum everyday and see the amount of people asking the same questions...kind of.gets annoying to see.
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o0o Wiggy o0o said:
NEEDS to be stickied, I'm always in the background checking this forum everyday and see the amount of people asking the same questions...kind of.gets annoying to see.
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How would i go by stickying it? I never cared to sticky any of my threads that i post. Ever lol.
Shaquiel Harris said:
How would i go by stickying it? I never cared to sticky any of my threads that i post. Ever lol.
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U cant. A mod can, u need to ask them.
I think one of the Mods have to do it,depends if they think its useful though...I recommend they do lol
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Alright. Thanks for the clarification fellas, i asked a MOD hopefully they do.
EDIT: OP Updated.
stickied per request
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Thank You Very much!
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Thank You Very much!
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anytime dude
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anytime dude
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Would've gave you a thanks, but I'm past the thanks limit i can give in a day.
excellent..really appreciate ur effort...gr8 work done..
Noob friendly environment ... excellent
So, questions regarding radio's ... what are they? ... who makes them? ... why are they more dangerous to flash than rom it self? ... why is there more than version of radio per rom, and how to know which one to use?
ok, I'll slow down now ...
It would just be nice to have all radio related Q&A on one noob friendly place
So when the sensation boot loader gets open, i, and all us other beginners will definitely be more ready and armed with knowledge.
Thank you ...
strahota said:
Noob friendly environment ... excellent
So, questions regarding radio's ... what are they? ... who makes them? ... why are they more dangerous to flash than rom it self? ... why is there more than version of radio per rom, and how to know which one to use?
ok, I'll slow down now ...
It would just be nice to have all radio related Q&A on one noob friendly place
So when the sensation boot loader gets open, i, and all us other beginners will definitely be more ready and armed with knowledge.
Thank you ...
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hahahahahahah.. dont push it... there is much too many threads on radios and their ddescriptions.. in a nut shell.. if you dont have a radio you cannot make a call or use the phone as a phone.. so a radio is a must,, and the phone cannot be used with it..
Basically, it is recommended to use the radio that came with the ROM.. but many of us keep trying the new radios as and when they hit the market.. radio can be independently flashed on the phone (using sdk or fastboot - many programs available)
One person may see significant improvement by flashing a new radio, the other may not or may even have poor results > the radio performance will depend on the location you are in and your service provider.
Generally with the updated ROM (custom mostly) the dev will put somewhere in the OP the recommended radio..
OK,?
Now search for more >>> http://tinyurl.com/6yphuzw
Thanks..Very useful..
Htc map pack
Hey I have a question I had the desire hd rom on my mytouch and it had the htc map pack where i can get different maps for different countries etc ... How will I be able to get it on the sensation thank you.
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I recently brought a htc desire s rooted with sense 3.0. Today when i was downloading an app the phone blocked on the start screen and i couldn t do anything. I got the battery out and reiserted it but after de load screen ..nothing..i could see the screen was lit but nothing.After repeteing the process for 5 times it finally worked and the phone started..What could be the problem? Please help me. And also superuser is not working. it says it failed application or something like that every time i use it or some program tries to use it..The same with programs that require root.They just fail.the rest of the programs work perfectly and the Sense ui is smooth. What could be the problem?
hey..may be the root was done badly..steps missed..try reformating ur fone..re-root and install a fresh rom..Htc runnymede sense3.5
works grt!
the good thing is that your phone is not bricked
i would check what eMMC phone has
and of course flash a new rom
reboot to recovery and check for error messages like: "E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log"
mixalakis32 said:
the good thing is that your phone is not bricked
i would check what eMMC phone has
and of course flash a new rom
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how do i check what emmc chip it has?And what do i need to look for?
Just be careful with pulling the battery... there is a known issue with the Desire S where that menrioned eMMC chip gets messed up when power is disrupted by pulling battery... apparently Power and Vol up Vol down all at the same time pressed do reset the Desire S when a freeze occurs... also.. update apps in market only one by one... and read the threads here in general section a but further down.. Greets
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Just be careful with pulling the battery... there is a known issue with the Desire S where that menrioned eMMC chip gets messed up when power is disrupted by pulling battery... apparently Power and Vol up Vol down all at the same time pressed do reset the Desire S when a freeze occurs... also.. update apps in market only one by one... and read the threads here in general section a but further down.. Greets
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium
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Thanks for the info...but how do i find out what emmmc chip i have and what is the best rom to flash? Mine says proxuser but i cant overclock or anythnig? Cyanogen for the desire s is good?
use esfile explorer start it up tap left upper corner the star select phone then follow this path /sys/devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/ tap name open as text tap the first choice.
Mine is m4g2de which is the crappy one i think not sure
Do an s-off and re-root the phone with this
Don t install su 3.0 ,it s terrible unstable on desire s.
Try to flash a custom rom( that is more powerful than Stock rom)
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kamei said:
use esfile explorer start it up tap left upper corner the star select phone then follow this path /sys/devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/ tap name open as text tap the first choice.
Mine is m4g2de which is the crappy one i think not sure
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the same here...so i have a crappy chip/?
cristiedward said:
the same here...so i have a crappy chip/?
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We all are in the same boat!
I was getting system freeze in the market too... but after proper system formating... and flashing fresh ROM it was OK!
so what is the best rom? i am really afraid now that i might broke it..should i sell it and biu a new one with stock rom? wait for the official 3.0?
cristiedward said:
Thanks for the info...but how do i find out what emmmc chip i have and what is the best rom to flash? Mine says proxuser but i cant overclock or anythnig? Cyanogen for the desire s is good?
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I used four the last few month the Virtuous Unity ROM which runs perfectly on my Desire S with excellent battery use...ATM however I am on MIUI ROM which I also really like as it is so cool with theming...just try them all out...at the end your own preference rules! ;-)
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i have entered recovery and it says saga pvt s off rl , hboot 6.98.1002 , radio is 3805 06 02 03 , emmc boot and i have clockwork recovery 5.0.2.0..is it all good? can i roor uin rom manager? thanks very much
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i have entered recovery and it says saga pvt s off rl , hboot 6.98.1002 , radio is 3805 06 02 03 , emmc boot and i have clockwork recovery 5.0.2.0..is it all good? can i roor uin rom manager? thanks very much
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Just copy the ROM in my signature to your sd card and boot into recovery, and use install from sd card option to flash it.
If you want a sense 3.0 ROM, this is the best out there. For Non-sense ROMs, you can try CyanogenMod or MIUI
However, i would first recommend that you download 4EXT recovery (link in my sig) and flash that instead of CWM (from inside recovery). Then use the format option to reformat your system, data and cache partitions to ext4 and then flash the ROM.
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Just copy the ROM in my signature to your sd card and boot into recovery, and use install from sd card option to flash it.
If you want a sense 3.0 ROM, this is the best out there. For Non-sense ROMs, you can try CyanogenMod or MIUI
However, i would first recommend that you download 4EXT recovery (link in my sig) and flash that instead of CWM (from inside recovery). Then use the format option to reformat your system, data and cache partitions to ext4 and then flash the ROM.
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i saw your post to late..i already installd cm7 for the desire s..it works great by now
cristiedward said:
i saw your post to late..i already installd cm7 for the desire s..it works great by now
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Glad to know youre up and running without problems. Just trying to help.
Might i suggest that you edit your first post and amend the topic by adding the prefix [SOLVED] to it, so its clear that you've found the answer you were looking for?
It will also attract the attention of those in a similar predicament as you were in when you started the thread.
Cheers.
enigmaamit said:
Glad to know youre up and running without problems. Just trying to help.
Might i suggest that you edit your first post and amend the topic by adding the prefix [SOLVED] to it, so its clear that you've found the answer you were looking for?
It will also attract the attention of those in a similar predicament as you were in when you started the thread.
Cheers.
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i have another question. if u have this chips my phone will fry eventualy no matter what?
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i have another question. if u have this chips my phone will fry eventualy no matter what?
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No. I have this "chip" too, and as long as you do not do a battery pullout when the phone is switched on, you are safe. There is no hard and fast rule that your phone will get fried just because you have this chip. Lots of people have it on their phones and most aren't even aware of it! So i wouldn't worry too much about it.
Even if by mistake, you do pull out the battery while the phone is powered up, DO NOT REINSERT IT IMMEDIATELY. Wait for around 30 sec to a minute, then reinsert it.
This is very important. You shouldn't be doing battery pulls, but if you HAVE to, wait for some time before putting it back in... i guess it'll give some time for the capacitors to discharge and not cause a spike of current when you reinsert after some time.
Seems to be working well for people who are doing frequent battery pulls, despite being on the same eMMC chip as us.
Hope this helps you.
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No. I have this "chip" too, and as long as you do not do a battery pullout when the phone is switched on, you are safe. There is no hard and fast rule that your phone will get fried just because you have this chip. Lots of people have it on their phones and most aren't even aware of it! So i wouldn't worry too much about it.
Even if by mistake, you do pull out the battery while the phone is powered up, DO NOT REINSERT IT IMMEDIATELY. Wait for around 30 sec to a minute, then reinsert it.
This is very important. You shouldn't be doing battery pulls, but if you HAVE to, wait for some time before putting it back in... i guess it'll give some time for the capacitors to discharge and not cause a spike of current when you reinsert after some time.
Seems to be working well for people who are doing frequent battery pulls, despite being on the same eMMC chip as us.
Hope this helps you.
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yes thank..and btw Cm7 runs flawlesly by now..and the battery life is..OMG almost double..i hope it reamins the same
Hi all. I have a vanilla HTC Sensation 4G (TMO) and i want to install CM7 and ICS theme. I havent even done s-off yet but i saw the directions on the ARHD DL page. So I am a noob to this though. Any tips/suggestions or things I should know or do before I do this. I dont want to brick my phone but it seems many people have done this so I feel kinda safe. Any input would be great. Thanks!
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Hi all. I have a vanilla HTC Sensation 4G (TMO) and i want to install CM7 and ICS theme. I havent even done s-off yet but i saw the directions on the ARHD DL page. So I am a noob to this though. Any tips/suggestions or things I should know or do before I do this. I dont want to brick my phone but it seems many people have done this so I feel kinda safe. Any input would be great. Thanks!
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Follow the steps in: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
It'll give you S-OFF and ClockworkMod (CWM).
You can access CWM by switching off and pulling the battery, then hold volume down and power on.
Then through CWM you the just install the CM7 (or any other ROM) zip file from the SDcard (assuming you've already copied it over).
I have not copied it over but i will do so. Thank you very much. Any other tips would be great but it sounds easy enough.
Sychodrama said:
I have not copied it over but i will do so. Thank you very much. Any other tips would be great but it sounds easy enough.
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pullin the battery isnt necesairy, if you go to menu,energy, and thik off the quik boot. you dont have to pull the battery (the less you open the device the better) just shut down the device, then hold volume down and power on.
install the htc drivers (on the revolution site) before installing, connect your device so it can fully install the drivers for fastboot usb an such.
then begin the install proces.
real187 said:
pullin the battery isnt necesairy, if you go to menu,energy, and thik off the quik boot. you dont have to pull the battery (the less you open the device the better) just shut down the device, then hold volume down and power on.
install the htc drivers (on the revolution site) before installing, connect your device so it can fully install the drivers for fastboot usb an such.
then begin the install proces.
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Cool thanks bro. Im s-off about to install recovery
Well i got to tho point where i installed cm7 from sd card and when it boots i get the blue android guy and the loading circle but then it just turns off. Gonna try some things
make sure you do a data/factory reset on recovery then flash desired rom, for CM specifically you need google apps to flash too
so flash CM7, after its done flash GAPPS
then reboot
I didnt have to flash gapps. But i did another wipe and reinstall and it worked. Seems to be good so far. What does gapps do?
it basically gives you google talk and the android market, but if it already came with that then no need to worry bout it, someone probably included Gapps in the CM7 build
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it basically gives you google talk and the android market, but if it already came with that then no need to worry bout it, someone probably included Gapps in the CM7 build
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No I dont have gapps
or market but i want it
OK i got it. thank you
So all OK and working fine now ?
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So all OK and working fine now ?
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Yes pretty much but is my 4g working in cm7? i see an H come up is that HSPA+? Im only dl between 2.5 and 3 and i usually get better
yea that is 4G, for some reason that the icon "H" for 4g(hspa+)
Ive been rooted and have been flashing different mods to tests them out to find whats best for me... Now Im stuck without a working phone. The only thing that I have done different since I last flashed a Rom was Do a factory reset with the PG58diag file to SIM Unlock. Phone worked fine when I restated and restored my backup... Thats when I decided to try the ARHD 667xe Rom. it Installed complete but never rebooted after that. Battery was at about 38% when I flashed. PLEASE HELP
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Ive been rooted and have been flashing different mods to tests them out to find whats best for me... Now Im stuck without a working phone. The only thing that I have done different since I last flashed a Rom was Do a factory reset with the PG58diag file to SIM Unlock. Phone worked fine when I restated and restored my backup... Thats when I decided to try the ARHD 667xe Rom. it Installed complete but never rebooted after that. Battery was at about 38% when I flashed. PLEASE HELP
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Do you have access to the bootloader or the recovery?
Do you see the LED when charging the phone?
That is a Negative to both Q's!...
I notice my computer locates it but will not load drivers nor charge,... device manager shows it as "QHSUSB_DLOAD" device.
Thats all I got so far!
Thx for REplying
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That is a Negative to both Q's!...
I notice my computer locates it but will not load drivers nor charge,... device manager shows it as "QHSUSB_DLOAD" device.
Thats all I got so far!
Thx for REplying
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Hi,
Try posting HERE
Happen to have finally found that post searching all dayand looking thru it now, but thank you for being there. let you know how it works out for me. thx again
Ive been trying the unbrick method all day with diff linux systems, on 1st script I get..."The bricked device is on" ...Use the above node to perform operations using the emmc_recover tool". with NO feedback....
1.Would flashing the ARHD6 XE on my Tmobile Sensation 4g be the cause of the brick?
2. Would I have to us the Sensation XE package to unbrick instead of Sensation 4g if that were the case.
unbrick guide is Great, just need to know where I may be going wrong!
thx
One possible reason is your battery you mention that youre battery was 38% charged when you flashed. It may haved dropped during flashing and you might didnt notice the flash method did not finish properly.
Lesson here is do not flash rom if youre battery is lower than 50% coz you wouldnt know what will happen. For safe flashing make sure you are fully charged.
Hope you recover phone coz it looks like it will be recovered using the method posted by malybru.
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Ive been trying the unbrick method all day with diff linux systems, on 1st script I get..."The bricked device is on" ...Use the above node to perform operations using the emmc_recover tool". with NO feedback....
1.Would flashing the ARHD6 XE on my Tmobile Sensation 4g be the cause of the brick?
2. Would I have to us the Sensation XE package to unbrick instead of Sensation 4g if that were the case.
unbrick guide is Great, just need to know where I may be going wrong!
thx
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Hi,
I do not know enough about this to comment.
Are you unable to post in that thread?
@darkmantra, Thx for the advice Ill keep that in mind from now on. But I did get to see the flash come to a complete finish and hit restart on 4ext, during the reboot is when things went dark. hope I do get it going tho, thx!
@Malybru, I found that thread hours after posting this thread, I can C&P to that thread if that's whats best... But the issue I have is as partially described here.
I have Tmobile Sensation 4G
1. Did factory reset with PG58DIAG file to SIM UNLOCK .1111111
2. Backup Recovery
3. decided to try new Rom, ARHD6 XE with beats (not sure if meant for TMO Sen 4G)
4.flash completed, went black on reboot
5. Computer now see it as QHSUSB_DLOAD
6.Used Ubunto8 & Knoppix to run script ./brickdetect.sh.... "No return" script reply
7. now the PHtoolz live CD, but "file not in Directory" when clearly in Home/Ubuntu folder
ANY ADVICE!!?
Elrickg80 said:
@darkmantra, Thx for the advice Ill keep that in mind from now on. But I did get to see the flash come to a complete finish and hit restart on 4ext, during the reboot is when things went dark. hope I do get it going tho, thx!
@Malybru, I found that thread hours after posting this thread, I can C&P to that thread if that's whats best... But the issue I have is as partially described here.
I have Tmobile Sensation 4G
1. Did factory reset with PG58DIAG file to SIM UNLOCK .1111111
2. Backup Recovery
3. decided to try new Rom, ARHD6 XE with beats (not sure if meant for TMO Sen 4G)
4.flash completed, went black on reboot
5. Computer now see it as QHSUSB_DLOAD
6.Used Ubunto8 & Knoppix to run script ./brickdetect.sh.... "No return" script reply
7. now the PHtoolz live CD, but "file not in Directory" when clearly in Home/Ubuntu folder
ANY ADVICE!!?
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Hi,
If you copy/paste your problem into that thread,you will increase your chances of someone being able to help you.
I tried, But since I dont have enough membership rating or comments its not letting me post to that threat.
Think I may be going for A TMOBILE warranty replacement...... Any doubts i may be out of warranty once they get it??
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I tried, But since I dont have enough membership rating or comments its not letting me post to that threat.
Think I may be going for A TMOBILE warranty replacement...... Any doubts i may be out of warranty once they get it??
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You have lost your boot.IMG that's why it won't boot and as for it not charging take look at your recovery if your not using 4ext as the recovery then you should be this will solve your charging problem
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So ive had my mytouch 4g slide for about 6 months. Recently i rooted it like 3 months ago, i had wildchilds rom, but then i changed to miks stock rom, everything was fine and dandy, but then my phone stopped sending msgs, receiving msgs, calls not coming in, and calls not going out. I restarted my phone several times, still the same problem. So i took it to T-Mobile, and i told the guy there what happend. He told me to factory reset my phone, and i did infront of him, everything worked fine and all, calls and texts back to normal, but then i looked through my phone, no Market, or play store. I askedhim wahts wrong and he said maybe its a glitch. He told me to restart it, i did, still not there, we factory reset again and nothing. So defeated i left and went home. I thought i could just reflash the rom, but since i dont have any apps and i dont have rom manager, it just ffreezes on me. So i am stuck with my phone without apps. What can i do to get play store on my phone again. been like this for 5 days so far. IT SUCKS!
Please help.:good:
robertog1994 said:
So ive had my mytouch 4g slide for about 6 months. Recently i rooted it like 3 months ago, i had wildchilds rom, but then i changed to miks stock rom, everything was fine and dandy, but then my phone stopped sending msgs, receiving msgs, calls not coming in, and calls not going out. I restarted my phone several times, still the same problem. So i took it to T-Mobile, and i told the guy there what happend. He told me to factory reset my phone, and i did infront of him, everything worked fine and all, calls and texts back to normal, but then i looked through my phone, no Market, or play store. I askedhim wahts wrong and he said maybe its a glitch. He told me to restart it, i did, still not there, we factory reset again and nothing. So defeated i left and went home. I thought i could just reflash the rom, but since i dont have any apps and i dont have rom manager, it just ffreezes on me. So i am stuck with my phone without apps. What can i do to get play store on my phone again. been like this for 5 days so far. IT SUCKS!
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If you are S-On Locked you can go here...... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1532809
If you are S-On Unlocked you can go here to see the most common mistake when flashing........ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508556
It's probably that simple. Good Luck
mine is S-Off. my rom manager wont work. i reboot and try to wipe data and cache but it will just show me the rom manager logo and sit there. It wont power off reboot or anything. Any option i choose it will get stuck. I click the options button, back or home and it will send me back to the menu with all the options.
robertog1994 said:
mine is S-Off. my rom manager wont work. i reboot and try to wipe data and cache but it will just show me the rom manager logo and sit there. It wont power off reboot or anything. Any option i choose it will get stuck. I click the options button, back or home and it will send me back to the menu with all the options.
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Sounds like maybe you are pushing the wrong button to activate the command. Try pushing the trackpad when you have the item selected.
Did you reflash the gapps? I'm not sure if that ROM has them, but that could be your problem.
HappyKhicken said:
Did you reflash the gapps? I'm not sure if that ROM has them, but that could be your problem.
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I cant flash anything at all on my phone since my rom manager isnt working, I dont know what to do. I am pressing the right button to command it because ive done it before pressing the on/off button. But it wont work ugh. What do i do?
Have you tried the trackpad button?
robertog1994 said:
I cant flash anything at all on my phone since my rom manager isnt working, I dont know what to do. I am pressing the right button to command it because ive done it before pressing the on/off button. But it wont work ugh. What do i do?
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You can flash from recovery without using Rom Manager. Just dl the file and use the choose zip option when installing. You'll be fine.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
Maybe we need a noob guide for how to use recovery! He's using power to select instead of Trackpad
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robertog1994 said:
I cant flash anything at all on my phone since my rom manager isnt working, I dont know what to do. I am pressing the right button to command it because ive done it before pressing the on/off button. But it wont work ugh. What do i do?
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to get into recovery turn off the phone take out the battery for 5 seconds, put the battery back in and hold vol down while holding the power button. It will take you to the hboot menu. Once there press vol down until recovery is highlighted and Press the power button and it will take you to recovery.
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Somebody (and I'm speaking more in general terms) should create a good noob guide for Android in general. But then there's a need for specific guides for the major manufacturers too. And of course, I'd really appreciate any guide including a good glossary.
From my experience, XDA and other developer forums are very steeped in detailed technical jargon with little explanation for the casual or new user. And I know that the focus is on development and not hand holding the noobs. But I'll counter with the fact that they do come here, looking for help. And it's infinitely harder to learn when there isn't a good resource.
Having said all that, I do appreciate Blue6IX's [REF] doubleshot Developers Reference.
GoPadge said:
Somebody (and I'm speaking more in general terms) should create a good noob guide for Android in general. But then there's a need for specific guides for the major manufacturers too. And of course, I'd really appreciate any guide including a good glossary.
From my experience, XDA and other developer forums are very steeped in detailed technical jargon with little explanation for the casual or new user. And I know that the focus is on development and not hand holding the noobs. But I'll counter with the fact that they do come here, looking for help. And it's infinitely harder to learn when there isn't a good resource.
Having said all that, I do appreciate Blue6IX's [REF] doubleshot Developers Reference.
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By all means feel free to make one. Your right new people come here and get lost in the hours of research needed to understand things but like you said this is a developers forum first and formost so everything is set for them
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Coug76 said:
You can flash from recovery without using Rom Manager. Just dl the file and use the choose zip option when installing. You'll be fine.
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You don't understand. I do go into the thing to flash. No matter what option I select it'll just show rom manager icon in the middle and freeze. No matter what I select I get the same result. I will record a video and show you what I mean once I get home. No matter what I do it won't clear cache, clear data, update, install from zip, nothing. I've done this before guys, I'm not completely mew at this, but this is the first time this has happend to me.
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You don't understand. I do go into the thing to flash. No matter what option I select it'll just show rom manager icon in the middle and freeze. No matter what I select I get the same result. I will record a video and show you what I mean once I get home. No matter what I do it won't clear cache, clear data, update, install from zip, nothing. I've done this before guys, I'm not completely mew at this, but this is the first time this has happend to me.
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So to verify, you're using the trackpad to select and not the power button right? Just making sure because it was never answered.
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As your not new to this then you should now how to fix it. Flash back to stock and start over. By following the directions of someone that has no idea what they are doing you ended up removing important files and without them you won't be able to do much at all.
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robertog1994 said:
You don't understand. I do go into the thing to flash. No matter what option I select it'll just show rom manager icon in the middle and freeze. No matter what I select I get the same result. I will record a video and show you what I mean once I get home. No matter what I do it won't clear cache, clear data, update, install from zip, nothing. I've done this before guys, I'm not completely mew at this, but this is the first time this has happend to me.
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You are right, I didn't understand what you were trying to communicate.
I was under the impression that when you were writing about ROM Manager that you meant ROM Manager and not CWM. ROM Manager is an application that communicates with CWM and directs it to do what the user directs, CWM is a developed recovery. They are not the same thing. Clarity is helpful if you are asking for assistance.
Here is a thread regarding getting back to stock but I don't know if it will help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15834402
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fastboot flash recovery path/to/recovery.img
Sent from Spaceball One.
Also, like the others have said, use the track pad to navigate in recovery. If you use the power button to select, that is why you get the logo, and frozen screen. I have done it, I know.
Is there such thing as a guide like this one but that is up to date and with working links? I want to flash a new ROM onto my phone, but the guides I've found here and elsewhere have broken links, or use language that I don't understand, or skip vital steps. I've been working on this for four hours straight and I haven't gotten a single guide to work, or get stuck, or something else that's really dumb. For someone who has worked on computers for the last 17 years this is extremely frustrating. I'm very new to the android modding scene and apparently it's not just a community, but an entirely different culture and I'm feeling a bit shocked and confused. I have like 30 tabs open with guides, info, different ROMs, different ways to do it, etc and the more I learn the less I understand how to do this :/ I just want to get my phone working with a ROM that's very similar to stock Sense but without the crappy bloatware and memory issues. Miktouch is the one I thought I wanted, but apparently hasn't been updated in almost a year, and bulletproof/doubleshot is confusing. I can't even figure out how to root and get S-Of... Gah!
Please help.
This guide is confusing and skips steps or lacks real explanations.
Thank you.
First thing you want to do is root your phone, this is done by unlocking you bootloader through the HTC dev website. There is a tutorial that is stickyed in the developer section called something like root from any bootloader. I suggest to read that a bit.
Once you followed those steps and unlocked your bootloader you can decide if you want to remove all security flags (highly recommend this, but some find it difficult) in the same guide it explains what radio s-off is and links you to the jbear site to do the wire trick (needs Linux) (or find weekendstoshort for a way to do it in windows)
Feel free to ask more questions but all answers should be found in these xda threads and jbear site, no need to Google anything for this
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I hope so...I'll give it another go tomorrow. I'm still quite frustrated at it. I wish I knew someone who had done it and could show me in person.
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I hope so...I'll give it another go tomorrow. I'm still quite frustrated at it. I wish I knew someone who had done it and could show me in person.
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MikTouch is optimized stock... So updating it farther would take it a direction we wasn't going with it.
Bulletproof is even older. We don't have much here... But what's here is solid
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First timer here as well (although long time computer user/programming familiar so I might have a better understanding of some things than you) and I was able to fully unlock, S-OFF, and load up a JB rom to my phone using the guide right on this site (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801106) and some help from some online friends that have done this kind of thing before. I found all links to be working, and pretty much all steps to be covered. The I guess hardest part was the permanent S-OFF using the wire trick. I had to burn an Ubuntu live cd and boot a laptop with it, but I was even able to get that step done. A little frustrating with the timing, I think it took me about 8 tries until it finally unlocked. The only thing I think I initially missed was wiping all 3 caches, so I did a dirty flash that got stuck on the boot screen. After I wiped and loaded again, no problems. If you'd like any additional help, I get pretty bored at work, so find me on aim or gchat, or just shoot me a PM here, I think I should get notified
Good luck, it's not as bad as I thought it would be
Also I haven't personally tried it, but feel free to peruse this thread as well: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1696373
Note you'll need to have already achieved HTCDev unlocked and be rooted to use this (covered in that first link)
Hope that helps!
PsychoPhreak said:
First timer here as well (although long time computer user/programming familiar so I might have a better understanding of some things than you) and I was able to fully unlock, S-OFF, and load up a JB rom to my phone using the guide right on this site (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801106) and some help from some online friends that have done this kind of thing before. I found all links to be working, and pretty much all steps to be covered. The I guess hardest part was the permanent S-OFF using the wire trick. I had to burn an Ubuntu live cd and boot a laptop with it, but I was even able to get that step done. A little frustrating with the timing, I think it took me about 8 tries until it finally unlocked. The only thing I think I initially missed was wiping all 3 caches, so I did a dirty flash that got stuck on the boot screen. After I wiped and loaded again, no problems. If you'd like any additional help, I get pretty bored at work, so find me on aim or gchat, or just shoot me a PM here, I think I should get notified
Good luck, it's not as bad as I thought it would be
Also I haven't personally tried it, but feel free to peruse this thread as well: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1696373
Note you'll need to have already achieved HTCDev unlocked and be rooted to use this (covered in that first link)
Hope that helps!
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I'm following the first guide you linked. So far it's working I just flashed CWmod on and I loaded it according to the instructions in the guide "After fastboot finishes, disconnect your MT4GS, go into bootloader, and go to “RECOVERY.” You should now be in ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.7. The first thing I would do in CWM Recovery is make a backup of your stock ROM for safe keeping. "
But I forgot to d/c my phone. It still loaded CWmod and I navigated to backup/restore and clicked it. Right now my phone has the clockwork logo in the middle but it didn't give me any prompts after selecting backup/restore. What's it doing? It's been doing this for like 5 minutes. Should I be worried that I forgot to d/c the cable and whatnot?
Thanks
GiftigDegen said:
I'm following the first guide you linked. So far it's working I just flashed CWmod on and I loaded it according to the instructions in the guide "After fastboot finishes, disconnect your MT4GS, go into bootloader, and go to “RECOVERY.” You should now be in ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.7. The first thing I would do in CWM Recovery is make a backup of your stock ROM for safe keeping. "
But I forgot to d/c my phone. It still loaded CWmod and I navigated to backup/restore and clicked it. Right now my phone has the clockwork logo in the middle but it didn't give me any prompts after selecting backup/restore. What's it doing? It's been doing this for like 5 minutes. Should I be worried that I forgot to d/c the cable and whatnot?
Thanks
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I wouldn't worry, and I'm not entirely sure what it's trying to do, perhaps the possibility of USB storage is throwing it off. At this point I'd say just try to disconnect it, pull the battery, and start back up into recovery, but without the USB attached this time. I imagine then you'll be fine and able to backup the stock image like they say for safe keeping.
One more dummy question (tech support for many years, always check the simple stuff first...) you do have SOME SD card in there right?
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I wouldn't worry, and I'm not entirely sure what it's trying to do, perhaps the possibility of USB storage is throwing it off. At this point I'd say just try to disconnect it, pull the battery, and start back up into recovery, but without the USB attached this time. I imagine then you'll be fine and able to backup the stock image like they say for safe keeping.
One more dummy question (tech support for many years, always check the simple stuff first...) you do have SOME SD card in there right?
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Yeah, 32gb =)
booted into recovery, clicked on bacup/restore...still just showing the logo in the middle.
(PS any mods out there listening, I'd love to have that 5 minute restriction removed =D )
Okay, so the select button changes from power to the scroll pad once in recovery...good to know.
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booted into recovery, clicked on bacup/restore...still just showing the logo in the middle.
(PS any mods out there listening, I'd love to have that 5 minute restriction removed =D )
Okay, so the select button changes from power to the scroll pad once in recovery...good to know.
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NVMD....You got it now.
strapped365 said:
MikTouch is optimized stock... So updating it farther would take it a direction we wasn't going with it.
Bulletproof is even older. We don't have much here... But what's here is solid
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Using CWM to flash Miktouch now. Hopefully it works... =D
Just remember, if you are "S-On" you're going to need to fastboot flash boot boot.img after your ROM is thru flashing or you will hang up at the boot animation.
strapped365 said:
MikTouch is optimized stock... So updating it farther would take it a direction we wasn't going with it.
Bulletproof is even older. We don't have much here... But what's here is solid
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K. First impressions:
When I restart the phone, the first thing it does is force stop Gmail and Youtube several times. Is this supposed to happen?
Also, I'm extremely impressed with the speed of the restart. It's at LEAST twice as fast as stock.
And, Genius button doesn't work even after installing the patch linked to on your website (universal.zip).
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Just remember, if you are "S-On" you're going to need to fastboot flash boot boot.img after your ROM is thru flashing or you will hang up at the boot animation.
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Thanks Weekends. I did that and it's installed, though I fastboot flash boot boot.img before I used CWM to flash the rom. Does that make a difference? Do you think doing it that way will fix the force close mentioned above?
If there's not a fix for the gmail/youtube force closes, is it possible to do bulletproof with s-on? Thoughts? I really want to stick as close to stock MT4GS but with as solid a system as possible.
Flashing boot image before ROM will overwrite kernel
Wipe all
Flash ROM
Flash boot
Reboot
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Flashing boot image before ROM will overwrite kernel
Wipe all
Flash ROM
Flash boot
Reboot
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Another noob question. How do I wipe all?
Also, when I use CWM to install Mikrom it atuo restarts and loads up. Then do I restart again and go fastboot the new kernal?
Thank you all for how much help you have given me.
At the end of the updater-script there must be a reboot command, but being this ROM is based of stock you may not need to flash the kernel anyway.
Best methods for wiping is one of bluex's superwipe scripts or with fastboot
fastboot erase system -w
But being you are s-on that command may fail.
But always do a wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, and wipe dalvik in recovery.
It also good practice to make a nandroid of current ROM before you flash anything
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demkantor said:
At the end of the updater-script there must be a reboot command, but being this ROM is based of stock you may not need to flash the kernel anyway.
Best methods for wiping is one of bluex's superwipe scripts or with fastboot
fastboot erase system -w
But being you are s-on that command may fail.
But always do a wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, and wipe dalvik in recovery.
It also good practice to make a nandroid of current ROM before you flash anything
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Mmkay, working doing this now.
Quick question, hopefully someone can give me a link, but I'd love the install the depaginated app drawer, genius fix and menu wake up mods for this, but the links are broken (dev-host times out). Any help?
See weekends mirror thread
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