Guys, I have a problem that is driving me mad. I have a Huawei u8100. I recently installed a custom rom that might not be adecuate for my mobile. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295844)
First, the ubication of the backward arrow doesn't fit with the "touchable zone". I have to press it a few cm left to make that butom work. Well, I try to recalibrate a few times and now I have a phone with no one of the buttoms working
The buttoms are not phisical at all, I mean, they are touchable but they are at the end of the screen. Well, the problem is that if I touch the buttoms, the phone thinks i want to touch the end of the screen (for example my launcher dock).
I wipe all things , and installed many rooms and try with thousand of backups, but nothing worked. And obviously i can't fix this with the calibration app.
I'm desperate, I need something to help me. I promise I will give you all the money that I have in my paypal account (Around 2 dollars, it's not much, i'm not gonna lie). Please, help me. Sorry for my english.
Any doubts: [email protected]
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jutopa said:
Guys, I have a problem that is driving me mad. I have a Huawei u8100. I recently installed a custom rom that might not be adecuate for my mobile. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295844)
First, the ubication of the backward arrow doesn't fit with the "touchable zone". I have to press it a few cm left to make that butom work. Well, I try to recalibrate a few times and now I have a phone with no one of the buttoms working
The buttoms are not phisical at all, I mean, they are touchable but they are at the end of the screen. Well, the problem is that if I touch the buttoms, the phone thinks i want to touch the end of the screen (for example my launcher dock).
I wipe all things , and installed many rooms and try with thousand of backups, but nothing worked. And obviously i can't fix this with the calibration app.
I'm desperate, I need something to help me. I promise I will give you all the money that I have in my paypal account (Around 2 dollars, it's not much, i'm not gonna lie). Please, help me. Sorry for my english.
Any doubts: [email protected]
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Happened to me twice before, it is a pain in the rear. To fix you need to change your lcd density. Many apps from the market can do this. Find out what your screen density is supposed to be. Now here is the tricky part. When it happened to me none of my buttons would work on the touchscreen because they where all out of frame. I managed to remember how to scroll down to change the screen density and I use my trackpad to scroll down and change the screen density. Now what you can do is download a rom that has the screen density setting for your device, do a hard reset and flash that rom. Or, if memory serves me correctly, you can use the update file for your firmware version. Create a folder called dload on your sd card, through using 91pcsuite and connecting phone to pc via usb, go into recovery mode and mount sd card to inable the cre3ation of this file on the root of your sd card. Next you must find the UPDATA.APP file with your phones original firmware. Place that inside the dload folder you just created on your phones sd card. Now, switch your device off. Now press end call button, volume up and power on key. Keep holding all these down until your screen says, Installing firmware update. Once that is done the phone will switch off. Switch your device back on and give it time to load. Everything should now be just as if you had recently bought your phone. Anyways, hope you come right dont worry about the money, Merry Christmas, and let me know if you still struggling. If this doesn't work then you better hope someone is going to buy you a new phone for Christmas. It took me 5 hours to get mine going again. Never play with screen density settings and whach what roms you flash as some have some hidden B.S. Good luck and God Bless.
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Happened to me twice before, it is a pain in the rear. To fix you need to change your lcd density. Many apps from the market can do this. Find out what your screen density is supposed to be. Now here is the tricky part. When it happened to me none of my buttons would work on the touchscreen because they where all out of frame. I managed to remember how to scroll down to change the screen density and I use my trackpad to scroll down and change the screen density. Now what you can do is download a rom that has the screen density setting for your device, do a hard reset and flash that rom. Or, if memory serves me correctly, you can use the update file for your firmware version. Create a folder called dload on your sd card, through using 91pcsuite and connecting phone to pc via usb, go into recovery mode and mount sd card to inable the cre3ation of this file on the root of your sd card. Next you must find the UPDATA.APP file with your phones original firmware. Place that inside the dload folder you just created on your phones sd card. Now, switch your device off. Now press end call button, volume up and power on key. Keep holding all these down until your screen says, Installing firmware update. Once that is done the phone will switch off. Switch your device back on and give it time to load. Everything should now be just as if you had recently bought your phone. Anyways, hope you come right dont worry about the money, Merry Christmas, and let me know if you still struggling. If this doesn't work then you better hope someone is going to buy you a new phone for Christmas. It took me 5 hours to get mine going again. Never play with screen density settings and whach what roms you flash as some have some hidden B.S. Good luck and God Bless.
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if you want to change your density you need to change ro.sf.lcd_density=
in the build.prop in your system files. (to maybe 160 or something)
Men, you are a genious. I managed to install the app, but i'm too scaried about changing this because i don't know what numbers i have to put. Can you please tell me that?
sureptitious said:
Happened to me twice before, it is a pain in the rear. To fix you need to change your lcd density. Many apps from the market can do this. Find out what your screen density is supposed to be. Now here is the tricky part. When it happened to me none of my buttons would work on the touchscreen because they where all out of frame. I managed to remember how to scroll down to change the screen density and I use my trackpad to scroll down and change the screen density. Now what you can do is download a rom that has the screen density setting for your device, do a hard reset and flash that rom. Or, if memory serves me correctly, you can use the update file for your firmware version. Create a folder called dload on your sd card, through using 91pcsuite and connecting phone to pc via usb, go into recovery mode and mount sd card to inable the cre3ation of this file on the root of your sd card. Next you must find the UPDATA.APP file with your phones original firmware. Place that inside the dload folder you just created on your phones sd card. Now, switch your device off. Now press end call button, volume up and power on key. Keep holding all these down until your screen says, Installing firmware update. Once that is done the phone will switch off. Switch your device back on and give it time to load. Everything should now be just as if you had recently bought your phone. Anyways, hope you come right dont worry about the money, Merry Christmas, and let me know if you still struggling. If this doesn't work then you better hope someone is going to buy you a new phone for Christmas. It took me 5 hours to get mine going again. Never play with screen density settings and whach what roms you flash as some have some hidden B.S. Good luck and God Bless.
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Man i tried to reduce the lcd densivity and the screen looked smaller, but i wasn't succed in reached a good calibration, the screen automatly goes hiper messed up and i spent a lot of time to reach the calibration acceptable like it was but with no buttoms ( and using zmooth lite app). I'm too terrified to touch something again, so i will wait for you to help me .
And the i didn't understand too much about the second method. Tawahaha told me to do something like that
With this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011527 but i don't know if it's the same you told me. and it didn't work of course.
Wating for you to save me ! .
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jutopa said:
Man i tried to reduce the lcd densivity and the screen looked smaller, but i wasn't succed in reached a good calibration, the screen automatly goes hiper messed up and i spent a lot of time to reach the calibration acceptable like it was but with no buttoms ( and using zmooth lite app). I'm too terrified to touch something again, so i will wait for you to help me .
And the i didn't understand too much about the second method. Tawahaha told me to do something like that
With this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011527 but i don't know if it's the same you told me. and it didn't work of course.
Wating for you to save me ! .
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Hey bro, if you have downloaded a custom rom.zip, open that zip file in windows with unzip etc. You will see a file called Build.prop, open that file in your windows with notepad etc, Now only go and change the part that says some thing like ro.ril.desity=250, This is just an example I am giving you so do not use these exact numbers. Once you find out the density for your phone screen then you can add your density into that line(i.e.=250). Once you have changed that, save the file and put it back into your rom.zip. Windows will ask you if you want to replace the existing file in build.prop, and you must say yes. Once that is waxed, wipe your phone clean, sd-card,battery stats, rotate settings, everything. Then plug ya phone up to pc via usb, open 91pcsuite and transfer your edited rom.zip file onto your sd card. Flash that to ya phone and reboot, bang, after waiting to reboot you should have the correct screen lcd density size etc. Follow these steps to the letter and make sure you have a rom.zip that relates to your phone. Otherwise, download original firmware for your device, put it on your sd card in a folder called dload. Then pull out battery and turn on by holding endcall(red button), volume up and power on. Hold these keys down in order and keep each one pressed while pressing the other. You will see your phone saying"installing and unpacking firmware update", once this is done reboot ya phone. Either of these methods will work for you and dont be scared to try these things out. Your phone is basically useless now so anything you do can only improve the situation, so go wild and have a ball. This is the only way we learn, do not stress, sooner or later you will wax it. Especially if you follow directions well and can do google searches well. Anyways bro God Bless, hope you wax it.
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What has most likely happened is you used an app like advanced settings/ toolbox pro, and you changed your lcd settings, which is what I did twice. It then tells you to reboot and then your screen is screwed. Now, what you have to remember is somewhere on your phone, these stupid settings have been stuck/glued in place, because it seems that you are unable to rectify by wiping. Make sure you install the correct recovery, try huwei ideos 3.0.0.5, this works well. Then try wiping again before installing/flashing a new rom. If you can wipe everything correctly then these settings will dissappear and installing a new rom will fix the lcd density prob. Wipe, wipe,wipe.
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Oh,and make sure you get the exact density for your screen, not smaller, not bigger, exact. Otherwise you sill not have the correct aspect ratio no matter what you do. Exact, exact, exact.
sureptitious said:
Hey bro, if you have downloaded a custom rom.zip, open that zip file in windows with unzip etc. You will see a file called Build.prop, open that file in your windows with notepad etc, Now only go and change the part that says some thing like ro.ril.desity=250, This is just an example I am giving you so do not use these exact numbers. Once you find out the density for your phone screen then you can add your density into that line(i.e.=250). Once you have changed that, save the file and put it back into your rom.zip. Windows will ask you if you want to replace the existing file in build.prop, and you must say yes. Once that is waxed, wipe your phone clean, sd-card,battery stats, rotate settings, everything. Then plug ya phone up to pc via usb, open 91pcsuite and transfer your edited rom.zip file onto your sd card. Flash that to ya phone and reboot, bang, after waiting to reboot you should have the correct screen lcd density size etc. Follow these steps to the letter and make sure you have a rom.zip that relates to your phone. Otherwise, download original firmware for your device, put it on your sd card in a folder called dload. Then pull out battery and turn on by holding endcall(red button), volume up and power on. Hold these keys down in order and keep each one pressed while pressing the other. You will see your phone saying"installing and unpacking firmware update", once this is done reboot ya phone. Either of these methods will work for you and dont be scared to try these things out. Your phone is basically useless now so anything you do can only improve the situation, so go wild and have a ball. This is the only way we learn, do not stress, sooner or later you will wax it. Especially if you follow directions well and can do google searches well. Anyways bro God Bless, hope you wax it.
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What has most likely happened is you used an app like advanced settings/ toolbox pro, and you changed your lcd settings, which is what I did twice. It then tells you to reboot and then your screen is screwed. Now, what you have to remember is somewhere on your phone, these stupid settings have been stuck/glued in place, because it seems that you are unable to rectify by wiping. Make sure you install the correct recovery, try huwei ideos 3.0.0.5, this works well. Then try wiping again before installing/flashing a new rom. If you can wipe everything correctly then these settings will dissappear and installing a new rom will fix the lcd density prob. Wipe, wipe,wipe.
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Oh,and make sure you get the exact density for your screen, not smaller, not bigger, exact. Otherwise you sill not have the correct aspect ratio no matter what you do. Exact, exact, exact.
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Mmmm. I opened all the roms that i' ve found for my phone and all says density=120 (included the wrong rom). And that's my actually rom density (and that's the correct density for my ´phone i guess, because it's the only one that gets the screen looks good and not strange)
And, I have never play with any other app apart from the calibration app (a very ****ing idiot app, because it only ask for two "press" and then it calibrates, diferrently from the calb ap from the stock room that ask for 4 points { and i hve problem with the ones in the bottom of the screen, near the real buttoms]
I have done the dload method, (with tawahahas help) like i said before and nothing happened.
I will try now to erase everything with clockwork (i can't install 3.05 beacuse i can only find the bat file for 3.04 , and i don't know how to intalled it with a different method) like you said, but I have done this before with amonra (which has more wipes options than the clockwork) and nothing happened. I don't know :S PLeeeeeeeeeease help. Thank you so much!.
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I have a device that used to belong to a MSFT employee. At Microsoft you can just hand in your device and they will put a new ROM on it for you. So first thing I did when I got it is to HardSPL (OliNex 1.90) it and load up a new ROM (the one on it was a couple of builds back, and GPS didn't work etc.).
The strange thing is that ROMS seem to be 'loosing' files (as far as I can tell - apps won't open etc.) after a few days of otherwise great operation. If the device is rebooted, it's almost like a hard-reset; although the installation takes next to no time: and it gets stuck on the splash. Hard resetting the device makes it work for a few days more. The device didn't have these problems with the MSFT ROM (which I stupidly didn't backup).
I have tried a few ROMs and they all seem to have the problem:
MagicROM_23541_Sense25_Mar01
TAELROM_v4.23541_SENSE_2.5_28FEB10_LD
Timolol_5100207TH (awesome ROM)
So my current plan:
Flash stock ROM.
Flash stock SPL.
Flash stock ROM (hoping it will clear anything funny MSFT put on it).
Hard SPL.
Flash Timolol Stock-Like (seems to have the problems the soonest - 2 days max).
Does anyone have any other ideas?
Thanks guys.
I assume since you posted in the Touch Pro2/Tilt 2 section, that you own one of those devices. The roms you have mentioned below are (I believe) for a touch pro/fuze device. That could be your problem. Although, I would assume that you have one as I'm sure a rom for a different device would even flash to the device period. If you have the right rom/device combo and its a touch pro, then you should post in the thread for the roms. More details such as network and device will help the most.
Ah crap - the dangers of having too many tabs open. Can I move the thread myself?
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Ah crap - the dangers of having too many tabs open. Can I move the thread myself?
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i moved it for you good luck at finding a solution
I don't think it's a hot idea to flash the stock spl. I'm not sure that it can be over-written with hard spl-you'll have to ask in the hard spl thread. If you do it, you might be stuck with the stock rom. Just try flashing the stock rom, then going to the custom one you want. That seems to work for a lot of people.
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...Just try flashing the stock rom, then going to the custom one you want. That seems to work for a lot of people.
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Thanks, that is significantly fewer steps . I will do that for now and report back in 2 or so days...
Small update - just flashed the latest stock Fuze ROM. Just before the customization app come up I saw that device.exe crashed... In any case, I will see what happens with the custom ROM.
You may need to reformat the memory of your phone. Having device.exe crash on a stock rom during bootup is kind of weird. I've never done it myself, but there are threads on it in the Leo forum. I wouldn't try the apps that they've put together, though. I guess you can search around for "Task 29" to find out how to do it properly.
Moved as not ROM Development.
@OP:
If the device was flashed on a regular basis, it's possible that the device flash memory is near end-of-life.
You could try running Raphael Diagnostics on it to see if that sorts it out.
HTH,
What is the lifespan (in terms of flashes) for a device like this?
Plus minus 2 days - it has been able to go as far as 5.
According to this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-514940.html
These are good options:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=435527
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=491554
This one in particular: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3446141&postcount=16 (it applies to Rhodium, but people have had success with it).
Apparently Task 2a (equivalent of 29) is disabled on the OliNex 1.90 SPL - so I can't do a NAND format without reflashing the stock SPL (not that I would attempt that myself in any case ).
I'll run RaphaelDiagnostics and see if that comes up with anything.
Thanks for the help so far guys, I first want to see if the stock flash I did works (I smell a Wiki page).
I tried out the raphdiag-it's pretty cool. I've been having a few weird issues lately on my fuze. In particular, all of a sudden my boot-up time seems to have gotten slow (millisecond to idle thread went from 65-70 sec to 90-95 sec, and I hadn't messed with start up programs). Also, I have been having an issue with files on the main memory becoming corrupted, which has just been weird. Anyway, I ran an 'info 8' with mtty a few weeks ago, and it came up with 7 bad blocks, which seems normal. So, I ran raphdiag this morning, and ran the format nand routine. I was a little surprised, because after running it, I soft reset and the phone booted up normally like after a hard reset. I thought that it was going to wipe the entire rom memory clean, leaving only the radio, bootloader and splash screen. It didn't seem much different from a hard reset. The good news is that my startup is faster. With a setup I was using beforehand, the millisecond-to-idle-thread speed was 76 seconds, and after the format it was down to 71 seconds. However, I ran an 'info 8', and the memory analysis hadn't changed at all (same 7 bad blocks). I'm not sure if the formatting (task 29 or this) is supposed to clear that up, though.
I put both the raphdiag.nbh and a raphimg.nbh on the root of my normal 16 gb card. When you go into bootloader, it does a quick image update (takes about 2 seconds), then the screen tells you to push power for a rom update or push the action button to go into diagnostics. From there, you have maybe 4 or 5 choices. Scroll up and down with the up/down buttons, then push action. The first is a set of hardware tests, the second is something like 'run in/on', which appears to be a test scheduler. The 3d is the NAND format option, and I think the 4th and 5th options are 'calculate rom checksum' and then 'skuid', or something like that. To exit, I just soft reset, or used soft reset/vol down to go back to bootloader. After the format, I tried to flash (I think it called it re-flash), but it said there was no image present. You may need to do this on a clean card to get it to work (that is, format and then flash off the same card without swapping things out).
The diag tests are kind of cool. There's an auto mode that runs through all of them, but you have to do things to get it to work. The first is an LED test. The screen turns red, you stare at it for 5 min wondering what the hell is going on, then push the action button for the hell of it. Then the screen turns green. Push it a bunch more times, and it goes through shaded and checkered screens and whatnot, then it tells you it passed the test. There's a test for the slider, and you need to slide the keyboard in and out. The qwerty test was weird. It's configured for a touch pro (not a fuze), so I didn't know what the hell to do at first. The screen just says 'QWERTY_KBD_1', or something like that. I tried hitting the '1' button, and fn-1, and it did nothing. Then I just hit the top left button, and it said OK and prompted to hit 2. So, you just push all the keyboard buttons from left to right, top to bottom. There are also tests for the other hardware buttons, except for the 4 main buttons on the d-pad (home, back, send, end), which was kind of weird. If you think your power button or vol down button is effed, this tool will confirm/deny it for you.
Right, so the RaphDiag didn't brick your device. It's a bit risky - so I will first resort to less extreme measures - at least I know there is one success story.
I seriously wouldn't worry about it, but you may want to have a card reader available in case you need to remove raphdiag from you sd card to get a flash to work. It's possible that I didn't get the nand format to work properly, but I think I did it right, because the device definitely needed to cold boot. I was just surprised that there was still an OS there.
I'll take your word for it - BUT - in terms of gaining knowledge I am going to try the steps in the posts I found. If the NAND does need a format there is no doubt that I will land up doing it - but I will have first-hand experience.
This really needs a Wiki page once I am done; so I want to squeeze as much info out of the device as I can.
Can anyone else think of any gotcha's before I potentially brick it?
I ran the format a second time. It's really fast; it takes maybe 5 seconds. I haven't figure out how to exit from that part of the diag other than soft resetting, which leads to a cold boot. I'm surprised it's so fast. A hard reset takes about 30 seconds. I guess that it's working properly.
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I ran the format a second time.
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You are either very brave or very rich . Right, so here is hoping I have to go the final resort route - nothing yet though.
Hello,
I am posting in this forum for a few reasons.
First of all, I rooted my phone the day I bought it and took it home. I originally rooted it with a simple one-click method from a webpage I randomly found online.
Unfortunately, I do not remember the name of the hack, and I'm beginning to think that it has permanently affected the boot for my phone. After installing the hack, I found the CynoagenMod (or however it is spelled) custom ROM. I took some time into researching more about custom ROMs and installing with advanced settings, etc.
After I did my research, I found it best to flash with the new ROM and have had trouble with my boot since.
I did everything step by step from the website, and ran everything to the best of my abilities. The problem I am having now is that I can not access the HBoot menu.
In fact, every time I restart or shut off my phone, the screen goes black and will not respond to me holding down the recovery mode buttons. It stays pitch black and even battery resetting does nothing.
It will randomly turn on, vibrating for about a minute or two straight with the HTC splash screen, and then boot into my phone with the current ROM.
It seems strange that this is going on, and I have been searching all over the internet for weeks now trying to figure out what's wrong. I have reinstalled the stock RUU for my Inspire multiple times to no avail. It still sits at a black screen and will randomly boot into the splash whenever it deems to do so.
Is there anyone with any suggestions or advanced technical knowledge that could lead me to a solution? It is most unfortunate because I can't access for viewing s-on, s-off. I'm really debating whether to take the phone back to the rep and replace it. I'm just afraid they will discover the security off and tell me to suck a ****.
Thanks.
Run this nice little tool to factory reset, s-on your device
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208507
Then reroot with the Hack Kit here. Read the "effen manual"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952352
Thanks for the reply.
But here's my problem:
I can't access the HBoot menu in order to flash or install any type of file.
I've been using the terminal on my Mac to do most of my editing, and now I've ran in to a new problem: whenever I try to move files to my sd root, it says that the card is read only and therefore no files can be transferred to it.
I use the command ./adb push PD98IMG.zip /sdcard/
This is where I get the error.
Also, it takes my phone literally 5 or 6 minutes to boot into the splash screen after I use the command ./adb reboot bootloader/recovery (both of which I have tried).
I'm beginning to get quite frustrated, as I'm sure you can understand. I've also attempted to rewrite all of the necessary root programs onto the device in hope that the bootloader and recovery options will be accessible.
Do you have a solution for the write problem I am getting from my device?
Thanks.
Also, is there a way to go about doing this procedure straight from the Terminal since I can't run HBoot and recovery directly from my phone?
I have sucessfully restored s-on on my previous inspire so I can rma it for a signal issue I was having.
So I consider myself savy enough on this task. I rooted that inspire using a method available on here and not some random site. Doing that, u accept the possiblility that you may not get support on xda for using a root method that was not posted here. However, I do remember reading somewhere on here that certain inspires will go to a black screen at somewhere during the rooting process. My advice is to search the inspire threads for this topic, using keywords black screen, and see if this can provide a solution for you.
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using XDA App
Thanks soldier, but I've already searched through every black screen forum topic on this site for the inspire, all of which require reboot to HBoot, which I can not access from my phone without terminal access.
It seems like my phone is permanently soft bricked or something, or maybe the key commands don't do as they are supposed to. I can never get into the HBoot menu or recovery by holding down vol. - and the power button.
All it does is boots into the splash screen after about five minutes or son, and once the splash screen comes up, the phone vibrates for about 2 minutes straight.
During this time, my phone is not recognized by adp until after the phone stops vibrating.
I can't seem to find any forums ANYWHERE that propose a solution to this problem, let alone anyone that has the same issue as me.
Yeah that sux man. Well I would say, if you are within your warranty exchange, I would go that route first. Worst thing they can say is no. Although I still have yet to find a story about how someone was denied a warranty exchange for a phone that does not have physical damage. The next route is to suck it up and pay the deductible if you have insurance on it. (I always recommend insurance on any modern touchscreen smartphone) If that is not an option, then start saving up for a new phone, and lesson learned.
Ya, that seems like the only available option at the moment since my phone can't access HBoot even though I rewrote the root files to the device.
I just bought the phone this weekend, so I'm thinking of hard bricking the phone in case they decide to do an on-the-spot check. Hopefully they'll believe some bull**** story I can come up with and just give me a replacement.
Would any of you still recommend rooting again with a new phone? And what would be the best way to do so without the consequence of a soft or hard brick?
I'm just thinking of rooting and keeping the original stock OS on the device instead of running a custom ROM. That's what seems to have effed my phone.
All I really wanted to do was cut all the crappy useless programs and services out of the original Google Apps package with a fresh install to get the most out of my hardware.
FYI...if you haven't figured it by now, xda is the BEST site there is for android hacking/modding. This website IS the centralized location for all android developers/modders. Sure there are plenty of other android community sites out there, but this is the direct centralized source for all android hacking/modding.
My suggestion is to go ahead and root the next inspire you get using the hack kit in the development section. That is a long time proven and supported rooting method for the inspire. As far as roms go, from what you are saying, i would recommend you install a custom rom that is based on stock. (ex. Android Revolution) It was not the custom rom that effed up your phone, it was the questionable rooting method that did. Custom roms, by default, are superior to true stock roms, because they are modded, tweaked, and optimized far beyond the stock rom.
Awesome, I appreciate the information.
I'll keep that in mind. So which exact ROM would you suggest for my Inspire that's completely like Gingerbread?
I wasn't too fond of the CyanogenMod ROM because the GUI was a little sketchy. I like having a professional looking GUI, and I love the Gingerbread screens and menus.
Oh, one more thing. I had some success a little while ago getting into the HBoot menu from the terminal. Now I'm having a new issue:
I get into the menu at which the phone freezes and I can not use the arrow keys or power button to make a selection. Any tips?
I also believe that it is in fastboot, since it says fastboot at the top and has the Androids on the bottom skateboarding. Is this an issue? And am I screwed because I can't access the OS to turn the option off?
When you see the fastboot at the top of the screen and the androids skating at the bottom, that is perfectly normal. That is the pre screen before actually going into the bootloader. If your keys work, u press the volume down button to select which option you want, which will highlight in blue. The first option is the bootloader, so if you press the power button, it will load into the bootloader. The bootloader looks exactly the same as this screen, but with different options. This screen will show hboot at the top and have the options of fastboot, recovery, factory reset, simlock, and image crc. I have never heard of the keys not working at this point, so i couldn't help you there. Search around the forums if you haven't already.
If you want to compare this to something more familiar, think of these two screens as your motherboard bios to your PC. (What you see when your pc boots up, before it loads the OS, windows, mac, etc) On a pc, you can install any OS you want, like on the inspire, you can install any custom rom you want. But the motherboard bios is the highest level of permanent software that is directly written to the motherboard itself, like the bootloader/hboot is on the inspire. When rooting, you are essentially altering the motherboard bios on the inspire. When you install a custom rom, you are just installing an OS on the inspire.
There are plenty of custom ROMS that are based off of stock in the development section. I use and like Android Revolution. But when choosing custom roms, its always a matter of preference, and what works best for you.
digitalism said:
Thanks for the reply.
But here's my problem:
I can't access the HBoot menu in order to flash or install any type of file.
I've been using the terminal on my Mac to do most of my editing, and now I've ran in to a new problem: whenever I try to move files to my sd root, it says that the card is read only and therefore no files can be transferred to it.
I use the command ./adb push PD98IMG.zip /sdcard/
This is where I get the error.
Also, it takes my phone literally 5 or 6 minutes to boot into the splash screen after I use the command ./adb reboot bootloader/recovery (both of which I have tried).
I'm beginning to get quite frustrated, as I'm sure you can understand. I've also attempted to rewrite all of the necessary root programs onto the device in hope that the bootloader and recovery options will be accessible.
Do you have a solution for the write problem I am getting from my device?
Thanks.
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It sounds like you may have the bad combination of a newer Inspire and the older ENG hboot. This is a problem dealt with commonly on the Aria/Inspire IRC channel. If you want to jump in, we can probably get you straightened out.
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#liberatedAria
Awesome.
I am a little upset that I can't choose an action from the boot menu with the keys on the phone.
It also seems that the only way I can completely get into the boot menu is through the terminal after which I run ./fastboot-mac
After I put in this action, the menu will begin looking for the PD98IMG.zip file, and only goes on to say that there is no file, when there actually is one.
I just wish I could do all of this straight from the phone since I'm not well versed on terminal and commands for running programs to their full ability.
I wish I could figure out a way to the write permission on my sdcard so I could reinstall the .zip file for the bootloader to find.
digitalism said:
Awesome.
I am a little upset that I can't choose an action from the boot menu with the keys on the phone.
It also seems that the only way I can completely get into the boot menu is through the terminal after which I run ./fastboot-mac
After I put in this action, the menu will begin looking for the PD98IMG.zip file, and only goes on to say that there is no file, when there actually is one.
I just wish I could do all of this straight from the phone since I'm not well versed on terminal and commands for running programs to their full ability.
I wish I could figure out a way to the write permission on my sdcard so I could reinstall the .zip file for the bootloader to find.
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You will not be able to use the volume rocker to select options if you have a PD98IMG.zip on your SD card.
Try booting into hboot with the SD card removed. That should let you move around the menu.
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Thanks for the heads up!
I can move the menus now.
Seems like all is going well now...
Just a matter of time.
digitalism said:
Thanks for the heads up!
I can move the menus now.
Seems like all is going well now...
Just a matter of time.
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It's good to hear you're moving forward. Let us know how it comes out.
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Hi all
Today I was trying to get my nexus s onto the official ota ICS update by flashing it manually, following guides other people had had success with.
I was on the cm9 ics beta, so I had to flash the full rom of 2.3.6.
This worked completely, however I think the ota update file I downloaded was corrupted, as flashing didn't work, it said something about signature verification failed. So I redownloaded it, from the same link, and the new one was bigger. I tried that, and the same error. I tried wiping data/factory reset etc, and I accidentally started to flash a cm7 rom I had on my phone.
I stupidly did a battery pull as it started to flash (the back cover was off already), and now my touchscreen doesn't work. I was able to successfully flash other roms including the 2.3.6 I downloaded, and I couldn't do the first setup procedure (touch the android to begin). I tried cleaning the screen very carefully with 90% isopropyl alcohol, the same stuff I use to replace thermal paste on cpus.
It still doesn't work. I am hoping it is a software issue that can be fixed otherwise I have to return it.
Someone please help
I have used the search function and none of the solutions I found worked.
(UPDATE) I rebooted again, and when the phone booted into cm7, the "internet" icon(the globe picture) on the bottom left of the dock was in the "pressed" state(orange). It was like the phone thought I was holding my finger on it, which suggested a hardware issue. I cleaned it again and nothing changed. Then I held the phone in the landscape position. When the screen rotated, the button stayed pressed. So the phone doesn't think "this part of the screen is being pressed" it thinks "this internet icon" is being pressed. Rotating the phone again and again didn't change anything, the icon was still pressed in.
Defiantly a software issue. I would try to unroot and reroot. Then if it is still not working, try to format the SD card. You may want to considering buying a USB to micro USB adapter to help you, considering then u could plug in a mouse. I have one just in case I need it.
Thank me if any of this helped
Also try and keep this updated with new info. If I can't help, maybe someone else can.
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Thanks techno-update, I will try that. I haven't "unrooted" before, Is that just typing fastboot oem lock or whatever it is instead of fastboot oem unlock?
Also, I found a youtube video with the EXACT same problem.
v=zpfE15Xw_os&feature=related
Skip to 3:15, and you will see when he opens the power menu, the phone thinks he is pressing on one of the options, but he isn't.
I will let you know how unrooting and rerooting goes.
Thanks
(UPDATE)
I tried unrooting and then rooting again. It still does the same thing.
Even in cwr I can't use the capacitive buttons to navigate menus, does that rule out software problems? I am really hoping its just a software problem :/
I need my phone for an outing tonight (im in australia, its 5pm now) and I would appreciate it if some genius could solve this
I am usually the "go to fix it IT guy" in my area, but I can't figure this one out. I have tried formatting the phone, reflashing the mod etc.
Is there some more aggressive COMPLETE wipe or something that fully wipes the phone?
UPDATE 2
Guys please help,
I just flashed zulugen mod, as it has the trinity kernel, I don't know much about android os, but I hoped that that might replace the touchscreen driver or something. The rom flashed correctly, but touchscreen and the capacitive buttons still don't work. Please help
Guys, is there some sort of system partition where the touchscreen drivers are kept or something? And when I pulled the battery as it was flashing cm7, it corrupted these?
Is there some way to fix this?
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bump. I need help with this urgently. Is it possible the connections for the screen came loose inside? I would crack it open but don't have screwdrivers for the 3 smaller screws on the last layer of plastic before the pc board.
I've got a rooted (Super SU, but the original root manager was Superuser) LG C800 that I was having problems with. To be specific, I installed some apps on to the system. Some of these apps would be Titanium Backup for root, Avast Mobile Security, ROM Tool Box Lite, Super SU, and a quite a few others. From day one they seem to be kicked right back to my S.D. card, but not all at the same time, and some would stay on the system. I read where I should move the apps back to my S.D. card and try to re-install them on the system minus the data. When I did, the phone went nuts. Now it stays in a restart mode but never fully boots up. Can I salvage it, and if so, please tell me how?! I have tried the hard reset/recovery boot where you hold down the power button, volume, and a few other keys, but it did not work. I'm a broke college student and can't really afford to buy a new phone. I used this one for everything including tethering it to get my assignments done at home and turned in on time. Please help! I'm open to suggestions....... My phone will be completely off. When I plug it into my computer, via U.S.B., it automatically turns it on whether I want it to be on or not. Then it starts off in "reboot recovery" mode, will boot all the way to the point to where the home screen would normally turn on, but then it starts in that "boot loop" all over again but never fully boots up before going back to the beginning of that "boot loop" yet again. I can't even get it to register on my laptop as being plugged in. The reason I took the apps I placed on the system off was because sometimes when I'd re-boot the system the apps would be on the system and sometimes back on my S.D. card without my involvement of any kind other than rebooting my phone. Is completing a Nandroid recovery or re-installation of my ROM even possible with my computer no longer recognizing it as even being plugged in? From what I can tell it won't be. Am I fighting a lost cause or is it salvageable?
Rooted myTouch Q 4G, a.k.a. LG C800
I believe it has a 2.3.4 GRJ22-perf, and then something like 2.6.35.7? I can't remember off the top of my head, and I can't pull it up on my phone anymore or else I'd double check.
Have you tried booting into recovery?
(More about my phone from the original post) Honestly.........I'm not what you may consider technologically inclined. I have however done about as much research online concerning this matter as any one person can do. I've looked it up on all major sites, and many smaller ones too, that post remedies for phone, or "human" if you'd rather, malfunctions. They all talk about still being able to reach a home screen or doing the whole holding the power and volume decrease buttons until I "reboot recovery" screen appears (if that's what you're referring to as doing a recovery reboot as). Don't forget the one where you hold hold the power and volume decrease buttons along with the "A" and "F" keys as well. I even tried one from here where you're supposed to push the genius button after the Android figure leaves the screen. My phone won't allow me to do either. Basically if it's online, I myself, or this girl that's been staying with me, have tried it without any results. On the initial boot the Android figure and the box with the arrow coming out of it show up and it boots until just about the point that it use to switch over to the home screen and it will start the whole "boot loop" over again. The thing is though that the Android figure and box aren't there any other time after the first boot, and with every boot loop it makes after that, the time is reduced from the beginning of the loop to the end when it starts all over again. The phone won't shut off unless I remove the battery and even though my laptop no longer recognizes the device, when I plug my phone into it or another power source and it's off, it automatically turns itself on and begins that boot loop all over again. there is one thing I have yet to try. I read on one site where I could download a custom ROM on my S.D. and then try reboot it, but it never makes it to the point in which the files on my S.D. card are ran, much less scanned. I am still 100% open to any and all suggestions in the diagnosis of this issue. I may record and place a video on one of the more popular "tube" sites to better show or further explain what's happening and then come back on here to post the link?! Feel free to reply back if it's possible you can help before I'm able to complete that later this evening. And thanks for any and all help in advance to everyone.
First of all, hello everybody on this community.
I'd been reading on internet how to fix this issue, but no clue at all.
My english is not so good so I'll try to be as clear as possible.
My mother gave me a HTC Inspired 4G, it has many apps and stuffs. It was working fine but it has a lot of apps that I wouldn't be using so (here comes the stupidest idea) I decided to reset it from insight (at that moment I didn't know about the power and volume shortcut).
After I did it, it reset itself then after everything seems normal, I unlocked the screen and then the whole screen turned to black. I could still see the time, date and also open the upper menu, but when I pressed Menu or any button, it just vibrate and nothing happens. Also I got a few errors like xxxx stopped working.
I can manage it to open Config menu, but I can't do much, I tryied to add my wifi connection but when I press the white space to put the password, then keyboard wont display. Also when it used to get stuck on Rethink Possible, but after plug in the cellphone to my laptop I could pass it. Now I removed the microsd and won't need to be plug it for that.
So right now, I can't download anything, I don't know how to fix it or return it the way it used to be.
I don't know anything about root and all those stuffs.
But I learn fast, so any link, tutorial, tips or guidance for these issues, I'll make good use of it.
What I have to do in order to make it work.
Thank you very much in advance.
Do you know what software version you are running, whether the phone is unlocked or rooted, or any other details?
It says 2.3.3 if that what you mean, also I don't know exactly what rooted means but if I'm not mistaken, my cellphone is rooted.
When I turned on by pressing volume and power buttons, I get some kind of options like fastboot and so on, also when I choose Recovery, I get something called Ace Hack Kit, I don't know what's for. I see many options but I can't figure it out which one would help me with this.
It's obvious something been done on this cellphone but I though since I reseted it, everything would be deleted.
Shaagan said:
It says 2.3.3 if that what you mean, also I don't know exactly what rooted means but if I'm not mistaken, my cellphone is rooted.
When I turned on by pressing volume and power buttons, I get some kind of options like fastboot and so on, also when I choose Recovery, I get something called Ace Hack Kit, I don't know what's for. I see many options but I can't figure it out which one would help me with this.
It's obvious something been done on this cellphone but I though since I reseted it, everything would be deleted.
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What do those options say exactly when you press power and volume?