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HOW-TO | Unroot From 1.47

Sorry guys if this was posted already. I had been searching for a way to unroot totally back to factory and the RUUs were giving me all sorts of errors... 171, 170 etc. So I finally found a way to actually make it work.
** If you are rooted and have the 1.47 update and cannot unroot with the RUU you were in my boat. Here's what I did:
1 - Download the ROOTED 1.32.651.1 from http ://geekfor.me/evo/rom/Supersonic_1.32.651.1_rooted .zip
(Remove the spaces from the url)
2 - Put that zip in the root of your SD card and then boot into recovery and flash it.
3 - Download the official 1.47 RUU and it should work on your device with no problems.
I am sorry if this guide was elsewhere but this is what I came up with on my own and I wanted to share it in case there wasn't a working unroot guide out.

bman789 said:
Sorry guys if this was posted already. I had been searching for a way to unroot totally back to factory and the RUUs were giving me all sorts of errors... 171, 170 etc. So I finally found a way to actually make it work.
** If you are rooted and have the 1.47 update and cannot unroot with the RUU you were in my boat. Here's what I did:
1 - Download the ROOTED 1.32.651.1 from http ://geekfor.me/evo/rom/Supersonic_1.32.651.1_rooted .zip
(Remove the spaces from the url)
2 - Put that zip in the root of your SD card and then boot into recovery and flash it.
3 - Download the official 1.47 RUU and it should work on your device with no problems.
I am sorry if this guide was elsewhere but this is what I came up with on my own and I wanted to share it in case there wasn't a working unroot guide out.
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Has the 1.47 RUU been released?

kpoz said:
Has the 1.47 RUU been released?
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Yes. http://www.shipped-roms.com/shipped/Supersonic/

the ruu does not restore the PRI to 1.40 if you have the engineering boot.
From what I can tell, there is no way to restore back to 1.40 pri.

Can someone post the stock 1.47.651.1 in a zipped image format for the bootloader??
My USB port broke, so Im trying to return to unrooted stock to send my phone back to sprint, but since the USB port is broken i can only do it through the SD card..
Thanks,

TurboX2 said:
Can someone post the stock 1.47.651.1 in a zipped image format for the bootloader??
My USB port broke, so Im trying to return to unrooted stock to send my phone back to sprint, but since the USB port is broken i can only do it through the SD card..
Thanks,
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There are adapters and you can also put the card in another phone.
I will look for the image
Download to root of sd and rename to PC36IMG
http://www.mattwhitlock.com/PC36IMG-1.47.651.1_eng-hboot_RA-1.7.0.1.zip
They do not check for root and to be honest its perfectly LEGAL now to root a phone so no WORRYS leave it as is

thanks again for the really quick response.. I have a mircoUSB adaptor that i use, and my roomate has the same phone as me so i can get my battery charged.
i may just do as you say and go with the sprint stock rooted rom.. kuz this is proving to be more of a hassle than i thought it would be.
thanks

It's still void the warranty even tho its legal so save yourself a potential hassle and unroot
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

spencelk said:
It's still void the warranty even tho its legal so save yourself a potential hassle and unroot
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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In the MOST EXTREME case but its highly doubtful and has been proven over and over. I for one agree you should unroot it as best you can so it doesnt allow the carrier or htc to figure out the root method etc but if you can't I wouldnt worry one single bit. Good luck let me know if I can be of anymore help

hmm.. okay.. so that zip file that was there.. i already had, and i already tried flashing that.. and it didnt work last time, nor did it work this time
i have hboot 0.79.000
i have radio 1.39.00.05.31
and i flashed to a rooted 1.32 rom like it said i had to do.
Im using clockworkmod recovery 2.5.0.1
When i go to install zip from sd card>choose zip> and select the file attached, it just tries to open it and within a few miliseconds its back to the screen i was just at.
if i were to rename it to PC36IMG.zip and let bootloader load it, it will say 'wrong or no image'
I think im going to give up..
i found this. i will give it a try i suppose:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701835
EDIT: NVM i forgot my USB doesnt work. lol.. oh well.. i dont think sprint will do anything.. its a sprint rom anyways.. Ive replaced hard-spl'd winmo phones throu att before
arrrg.. windows mobile made more sense to me.

TurboX2 said:
hmm.. okay.. so that zip file that was there.. i already had, and i already tried flashing that.. and it didnt work last time, nor did it work this time
i have hboot 0.79.000
i have radio 1.39.00.05.31
and i flashed to a rooted 1.32 rom like it said i had to do.
Im using clockworkmod recovery 2.5.0.1
When i go to install zip from sd card>choose zip> and select the file attached, it just tries to open it and within a few miliseconds its back to the screen i was just at.
if i were to rename it to PC36IMG.zip and let bootloader load it, it will say 'wrong or no image'
I think im going to give up..
i found this. i will give it a try i suppose:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701835
EDIT: NVM i forgot my USB doesnt work. lol.. oh well.. i dont think sprint will do anything.. its a sprint rom anyways.. Ive replaced hard-spl'd winmo phones throu att before
arrrg.. windows mobile made more sense to me.
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You arent nand unlocked just bring it back do a full system wipe
It also doesnt hurt to try again make sure that you download a fresh version of the file and wipe the sd card of any other files if possible if at least make sure there arent any other pcimg files there

rjmjr69 said:
In the MOST EXTREME case but its highly doubtful and has been proven over and over. I for one agree you should unroot it as best you can so it doesnt allow the carrier or htc to figure out the root method etc but if you can't I wouldnt worry one single bit. Good luck let me know if I can be of anymore help
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Cause HTC's employee's are incapable of finding public forums such as this.

topdnbass said:
Cause HTC's employee's are incapable of finding public forums such as this.
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And that means what? I dont understand?. we all know they are here some even post from time to time

rjmjr69 said:
You arent nand unlocked just bring it back do a full system wipe
It also doesnt hurt to try again make sure that you download a fresh version of the file and wipe the sd card of any other files if possible if at least make sure there arent any other pcimg files there
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No files found in the under the nandroid option..
nothing is really flashing except for custom rooted roms

rjmjr69 said:
And that means what? I dont understand?. we all know they are here some even post from time to time
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The person he was quoting was implying that we should unroot so that Sprint / HTC don't figure out how we were able to root.

devin.slick said:
The person he was quoting was implying that we should unroot so that Sprint / HTC don't figure out how we were able to root.
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OIC ok thank you

rjmjr69 said:
In the MOST EXTREME case but its highly doubtful and has been proven over and over. I for one agree you should unroot it as best you can so it doesnt allow the carrier or htc to figure out the root method etc but if you can't I wouldnt worry one single bit. Good luck let me know if I can be of anymore help
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Umm.. to find out the root method can't 'the carrier or htc' just use google and these forums?

Having trouble downgrading

I'm having the most difficult time downgrading so that I can root the phone I've tried the Ace Hack kit way and the one click way and neither seem to work. once im in the hboot menu it doesnt detect anything.

malicenfz said:
I'm having the most difficult time downgrading so that I can root the phone I've tried the Ace Hack kit way and the one click way and neither seem to work. once im in the hboot menu it doesnt detect anything.
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you need to install supporting software such as HTC sync.

malicenfz said:
I'm having the most difficult time downgrading so that I can root the phone I've tried the Ace Hack kit way and the one click way and neither seem to work. once im in the hboot menu it doesnt detect anything.
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Needless to say, you aren't following the instructions to a tee, or your goldcard was created improperly.
When you are in hboot, does it say "s-off" anywhere? I ask because I'm trying to ascertain what point in the process you have completed.
Please be as detailed as possible.

HTC Sync has been installed, the drivers installed then I uninstalled HTC Sync
The HBOOT is still S-ON and I'm pretty sure I made my goldcard correctly but I could be mistaken. I have rooted an Inspire before but this one isnt rooting for some reason maybe I'm missing something.

malicenfz said:
HTC Sync has been installed, the drivers installed then I uninstalled HTC Sync
The HBOOT is still S-ON and I'm pretty sure I made my goldcard correctly but I could be mistaken. I have rooted an Inspire before but this one isnt rooting for some reason maybe I'm missing something.
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Well, you're going to have to pick one method or the other and stick with it...
Hack kit I haven't used, bubby's I have.

Bubbys it is for me then.

malicenfz said:
Bubbys it is for me then.
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You most likely are missing something, as you had suggested yourself previously.
Have you tried restarting the process from scratch? Remaking your goldcard?
I'd suggest that before trying to dive further into specifics.
EDIT:
I see you've found bubby's thread, and decided to ask there. Good call.

is there a step by step noob guide to making a gold card i think thats where im messing it up

malicenfz said:
is there a step by step noob guide to making a gold card i think thats where im messing it up
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Well, the gold card maker integrated with bubbys tool is about ad step by step as you can get. However, this how I did it, using a class 4, 4gb patriot SD card I had sitting around...
With SD card in the phone, connect to pc so it pops up as a disk drive, choose the drive and do a full fat32 format with the smallest allocation size.
Then use the gold card maker. Also, whenever the the rooting process requires a change from disk drive to charge only, ALWAYS unmount the SD card (phone) from the OS first (safely remove hardware). They get corrupted of you don't, and the card will fail.
This rooting process is actually made clearer by following zonderion's video, linked in the op of bubbys thread.
If you replicate his every step, EXACTLY how you see him doing it, you'll succeed, assuming your SD card isn't corrupted from previous poor unmounting practices.

Is there any way to find out if I made the gold card correctly?

malicenfz said:
Is there any way to find out if I made the gold card correctly?
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install HTC sync for Inspire
use attn's latest hack kit,
its menu driven, runs smooth

Ive tried both methods for downgrading and neither work, then when i go to option 3 there it takes me to a black screen with a phone and a red triangle in it?

I don't know what I'm doing wrong I even followed the steps one by one from the video and it still doesnt detect any files in the HBOOT thing I'm giving up lol thanks for the help guys.

When you go into the bootloader does it say s-off or s-on
Sent through the power of Cthulhu.

S-on
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium App

[Fixed :D] Help please! As good as bricked? :(

Hi guys, I was flashing some ROMS, and as I was running out of space on my SDCard, i decided to format it. I went ahead and backed it up on my pc, then formatted (mounted as disk drive on CWM on the phone). After that, I transferred my next ROM to the SD Card, ejected and unmounted it from my PC, and tried to install it on the phone. When I hit install from SDCard on the phone, it threw me the error (E) can't mount sdcard. So i thought, well, maybe the format was done wrong. So I formatted it again, this time out of the phone. Put it back in, same error. Looked for another SDCard, same error. So, I panicked. I looked for the PG58IMG.zip to reinstall recovery, and transferred it to the SD. Powered on my phone to bootloader, nothing happens, it just "scans" my SD but finds nothing. So I panic even more, and I'm now downloading the official TMO Ruu to flash to my phone, although i have a feeling it won't work. :'(
Any ideas?
BTW mounting the sdcard as a disk drive in Recovery works.
BTW#2 I have no working ROM right now on my phone, because i was experimenting with the new leaked 2.3.4 before this happened. I just wanted to try out Leedroid, but since I didn't have much space on my SD, i formatted it.

What happens when you try to format the SD card in recovery? Can you even access recovery??

supercobaltss said:
What happens when you try to format the SD card in recovery? Can you even access recovery??
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I can access recovery and format the SDCard. I tried to flash the ROM via fastboot but it didn't work. I'm so nervous I'm just gonna try to flash Stock.
Any other ideas are welcome though.

So when you format the card in clockwork can you mount it and copy a file to it then read the zip file from the phone? or not. You may brick it trying to flash it to stock if you can access clockwork its most likely not bricked

Ok so the phone booted up after flashing stock, but it still can't read any SD Cards. Seems the Sd card port got fuxd up.

Can you flash ANY other roms?
EDIT: I hate when I think I'm responding to something only to find I'm behind everything...haha

Derek0228 said:
Ok so the phone booted up after flashing stock, but it still can't read any SD Cards. Seems the Sd card port got fuxd up.
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Well if you can read the SD Card with the usb cable in clockwork mod it isnt fuxxed up, Do you happen to have any other sd cards or another phone that can read that sd card? can you format the sd card in the android os? read it with astro or a similiar file explorer?

Go to the setting > Mounts and storage then unmount the sdcard or mount whatever is available then unmount/mount again and do this 2 times. Then when the card is mounted, connect the phone to the computer using the normal USB cable and select 'Disk drive' on the phone and then probably if your computer shows the 'scan and fix' option for the sdcard then you're safe! I think It's your SDCard which got screwed not the port, cuz you played with it bit too much! If this doesn't work, no problem, go to HTC's service center and tell them that the card is faulty, they'll replace it!
Stupid Derek

byrdman164 said:
Can you flash ANY other roms?
EDIT: I hate when I think I'm responding to something only to find I'm behind everything...haha
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nope. The Sensation doesn't recognize my SD Card AT ALL. :/ I've tried with three sdcards. Maybe the port got fried or something?

Derek0228 said:
nope. The Sensation doesn't recognize my SD Card AT ALL. :/ I've tried with three sdcards. Maybe the port got fried or something?
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It could have, didnt you say that you could read the sd card with the usb cable connected when you were in recovery? Check the pins make sure none of them are bent or anything.

arzbhatia said:
Go to the setting > Mounts and storage then unmount the sdcard or mount whatever is available then unmount/mount again and do this 2 times. Then when the card is mounted, connect the phone to the computer using the normal USB cable and select 'Disk drive' on the phone and then probably if your computer shows the 'scan and fix' option for the sdcard then you're safe! I think It's your SDCard which got screwed not the port, cuz you played with it bit too much! If this doesn't work, no problem, go to HTC's service center and tell them that the card is faulty, they'll replace it!
Stupid Derek
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Hi arz, I wish it were that easy, but I've tried three different SDCards
I'm now returning everything to stock, already flashed the stock ROM, now working on S-ON and contacting HTC. I can't believe this just happened.

Derek0228 said:
Hi arz, I wish it were that easy, but I've tried three different SDCards
I'm now returning everything to stock, already flashed the stock ROM, now working on S-ON and contacting HTC. I can't believe this just happened.
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Oh ****! Then it could be that only! Sad.. Best of luck!

Now I'm more ****ed up :/
I tried to get S-ON back on my phone to send it back to HTC, and now I am stuck on the Security Warning Message. I am S-ON though. But, whenever I try to rerun the RUU, it tells me there's a signature error. What should i do?

This is exactly what i had dude when i semi-bricked
Its the security message in purple at the top like this
***security warning***
Pyramid PVT Ship S-on RL
Did you use Super CID first?
what device is yours, Tmous, EU, voda or what?
Flash the same rom as you had using RUU.exe and be patient with it
Try a different pc, download it from the link in post 1 or here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1074559
If you have supercid
try this one RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.35.401.1
thats what restored it for me.
i know the feeling its crap. but atleast your S-on
dude it has to work
run it as administrator too

I have seen a similar error several times in past devices. Usually just doing a "fix permissions" takes care of it. If you still have root, go into rom manager and do "fix permissions".
SN: If you do contact HTC be honest about what happened to the phone. Don't try to lie your way into a replacement device. When you removed S-On and gained root, there are certain risks that you took on with your device. People who take on those risks, subsequently cause a problem to their devices, and then send the phone back to the manufacturer are the cause of having an encrypted bootloader to begin with (Since manufacturers are starting to feel like they have to protect themselves from these exact type of scenarios).

If your device is a T-mobile USA try that one.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/cb7...00P_10.11.9007.15_M_release_193714_signed.exe
one question.
Did you restore to stock
install clockwork recovery
then go to S-on?

Derek0228 said:
Now I'm more ****ed up :/
I tried to get S-ON back on my phone to send it back to HTC, and now I am stuck on the Security Warning Message. I am S-ON though. But, whenever I try to rerun the RUU, it tells me there's a signature error. What should i do?
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There's an alternative fastboot method for flashing the RUU if you're S-ON. I can't say for sure that it will work (so no responsibility taken) but the "fastboot oem rebootRUU" command does put the phone into the correct state. If you want to try, extract the rom.zip from the latest T-Mobile RUU and follow these instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=958968

You tried s on yet dazweeja?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

Ok, guys, thanks for all the help. I haven't tried anything else, but just wanted to give you guys some more info.
1) I do not have superCID.
2) I am not lying to HTC, because what happened to my phone has nothing to do with S-OFF or whatever. It is a hardware failure, when I formatted my SDCard while inside the phone, maybe it burned the port or something happened to it.
3) Yes, I am a little scared lol.
4) Yes, I am S-ON right now. Just with the warning message on the top in the bootloader.
5) No, the phone doesn't boot up, it just goes straight to the bootloader.

I am as good as a Noob, but ...I will pray for you... Good Luck....

flashing error

Okay so i am using a stock galaxy s 4g
i rooted it so that is done i changed my recover so i can get into cwm i got like version 3.something
i am trying to install valhalla black edition
i seen valhalla final says KJ6 kernal
so i am assuming i need to go into cwm and update file from sd card
so i do this but my phone wont mount my sd card
i even tired to update the file from the sd of the rom i downloaded
but when i went to mount my sd card it says cant mount error
when i seen the instructions its UMMU im assuming it means this
unmount
mount
mount
unmount
the last unmount is my system and it says i cant unmount that
what am i missing???
i need to get the kernal then the rom install can someone help i read the bible and all but it doesnt really cover this well not clearly anyways....
any am i right the kernal is flashed the same way as a rom?

what steps did you follow to get root & cwm installed? which version of android do you currently have installed?

Since you're using a stock sgs4g I'm gonna assume you're on froyo. You need to be on Gingerbread before you can flash a GB rom. If you were to flash a gb rom through cwm you wouldn't get the froyo bootloader which means you'd have a very unhappy phone. It would work in the sense that it would turn on and then do nothing.
If you follow my GB Starter Pack guide (there's a link in my signature) you'll get your phone ready for Valhala Black.
Remember to read all the instructions carefully once before you attempt anything, then re-read them following the steps.

FBis251 said:
Since you're using a stock sgs4g I'm gonna assume you're on froyo. You need to be on Gingerbread before you can flash a GB rom. If you were to flash a gb rom through cwm you wouldn't get the froyo bootloader which means you'd have a very unhappy phone. It would work in the sense that it would turn on and then do nothing.
If you follow my GB Starter Pack guide (there's a link in my signature) you'll get your phone ready for Valhala Black.
Remember to read all the instructions carefully once before you attempt anything, then re-read them following the steps.
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i read it before a few times
and i read it a couple more times right now im kinda scared of odin i think its gonna brick my phone but im trying ur method
its stuck on the Set Partition part for a couple mins
i read somewhere else its not suppose to be checked but u said dont touch anything even if odin changes it
is it normal to take really long?????? its been about 5 mins and nothing....

dawebmaster said:
i read it before a few times
and i read it a couple more times right now im kinda scared of odin i think its gonna brick my phone but im trying ur method
its stuck on the Set Partition part for a couple mins
i read somewhere else its not suppose to be checked but u said dont touch anything even if odin changes it
is it normal to take really long?????? its been about 5 mins and nothing....
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Did you reformat the sd card for Fat 32? Odin can take awhile. If your phone is recognized, and you loaded the right files without changing anything, then you should be fine. Just don't worry, get a magazine, and do battery pulls when instructed.

finch8423 said:
Did you reformat the sd card for Fat 32? Odin can take awhile. If your phone is recognized, and you loaded the right files without changing anything, then you should be fine. Just don't worry, get a magazine, and do battery pulls when instructed.
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okay yeah sorry dumb mistake on my part i didnt put the sd card back in the phone lol so i softbricked my phone but i used that unbrick program and it unbricked it
so after i unbricked my phone did everything u said and it all worked
but the only problem i have now is when i try to install valhalla it gives me an error saying its bad i made should all the mounts and unmounts where right and i cleared everything i was suppose to i tried the final and black edition same problem any idea?

dawebmaster said:
okay yeah sorry dumb mistake on my part i didnt put the sd card back in the phone lol so i softbricked my phone but i used that unbrick program and it unbricked it
so after i unbricked my phone did everything u said and it all worked
but the only problem i have now is when i try to install valhalla it gives me an error saying its bad i made should all the mounts and unmounts where right and i cleared everything i was suppose to i tried the final and black edition same problem any idea?
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Try re-downloading it to insure it's just not a bad download.

stephen_w said:
Try re-downloading it to insure it's just not a bad download.
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its not because even if i try to flash the kernal thats in beta thru cwm it says bad as well any file i try to flash it says error
it first says updating or whatever then opening then cant open error (bad) installation aborted. no matter what i try to open no matter what rom it is
its annoying me i have no idea what i have done wrong i tried to reinstall everything and still nothing
say i wanted to start from step one all over again even though my phone is pretty much blank since it wont load up so i do a factory wipe or something? so nothing is left behind to ensure i get a good install?
i am pretty much willing to try anything just to even get my phone back
thank you for the replys i really appreciate it
P.S. i cant do a restore because i was running froyo and since i did the GB starter stuff it says md5 mismatch so thats out the question

dawebmaster said:
its not because even if i try to flash the kernal thats in beta thru cwm it says bad as well any file i try to flash it says error
it first says updating or whatever then opening then cant open error (bad) installation aborted. no matter what i try to open no matter what rom it is
its annoying me i have no idea what i have done wrong i tried to reinstall everything and still nothing
say i wanted to start from step one all over again even though my phone is pretty much blank since it wont load up so i do a factory wipe or something? so nothing is left behind to ensure i get a good install?
i am pretty much willing to try anything just to even get my phone back
thank you for the replys i really appreciate it
P.S. i cant do a restore because i was running froyo and since i did the GB starter stuff it says md5 mismatch so thats out the question
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Let me read back through your thread to see what all you've done.

stephen_w said:
Let me read back through your thread to see what all you've done.
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thanx....
when i start my phone it stays on the first screen u see when u start ur stock phone
i did everything in the GB Starter pack up to the point where i load my own rom when it came to that i made sure all my mounting was right and stuff but no matter what it will not let me flash a rom
im running cwm voodoo lagfix recovery v3.0.2.8x
i did all the steps in the GB starter up til the rom like i said but I installed it twice
cause the first time it didnt work so i reinstalled in again no wipe or nothing basically it was having the error so i put it back in download and tried again
idk if that was bad since i know if i dont do a full wipe i can leave bad files idk
help i dont even care if u help me get back to stock 2.2 i just want my phone on
but i would really like to end my night with valhalla black edition
from the point im at now how i can i start all over again? factory wipe or what?

dawebmaster said:
thanx....
when i start my phone it stays on the first screen u see when u start ur stock phone
i did everything in the GB Starter pack up to the point where i load my own rom when it came to that i made sure all my mounting was right and stuff but no matter what it will not let me flash a rom
im running cwm voodoo lagfix recovery v3.0.2.8x
i did all the steps in the GB starter up til the rom like i said but I installed it twice
cause the first time it didnt work so i reinstalled in again no wipe or nothing basically it was having the error so i put it back in download and tried again
idk if that was bad since i know if i dont do a full wipe i can leave bad files idk
help i dont even care if u help me get back to stock 2.2 i just want my phone on
but i would really like to end my night with valhalla black edition
from the point im at now how i can i start all over again? factory wipe or what?
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I was reading back through FB's GB Starter Pack to re-familiarize myself with it. As much as I hate to say it, I'd go back through it one more time from the beginning; don't skip any steps. That way you know you're getting a clean install all the way around.
Out of curiosity, does the phone boot up? If so, what does it say in Settings --> About Phone:
Firmware version
Baseband version
Kernel version
?

stephen_w said:
I was reading back through FB's GB Starter Pack to re-familiarize myself with it. As much as I hate to say it, I'd go back through it one more time from the beginning; don't skip any steps. That way you know you're getting a clean install all the way around.
Out of curiosity, does the phone boot up? If so, what does it say in Settings --> About Phone:
Firmware version
Baseband version
Kernel version
?
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no it wont boot it just stays on the Galaxy S 4G EXCLUSIVELY FROM TMOBILE screen it just stays there
imma redo it but should i do a factory wipe or something to make sure i get all the bad stuff off? im more comfortable with odin now can u recommend a rom or something for me to flash back to to start over?
or should i just put it in download mode and take a crack at it again?

dawebmaster said:
no it wont boot it just stays on the Galaxy S 4G EXCLUSIVELY FROM TMOBILE screen it just stays there
imma redo it but should i do a factory wipe or something to make sure i get all the bad stuff off? im more comfortable with odin now can u recommend a rom or something for me to flash back to to start over?
or should i just put it in download mode and take a crack at it again?
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If it's sticking there, then there's a good chance you have either a Froyo ROM with GB boot loaders or vice versa. Yeah, if you can get into recovery do a factory reset then go back through the GB Starter Pack one more time. I'm sure you'll be successful. Just be patient as you go through the steps.

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If it's sticking there, then there's a good chance you have either a Froyo ROM with GB boot loaders or vice versa. Yeah, if you can get into recovery do a factory reset then go back through the GB Starter Pack one more time. I'm sure you'll be successful. Just be patient as you go through the steps.
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i figured out my problem i basically copied the SD card changed it to FAT32 and copied every single file back to the SD card
when i just put the rom and busybee it worked everything worked it installed my rom now Valhalla black edition and installed busybee after that
but now when it loads it keeps looping
Galaxy s 4g exclusively from tmobile sign over and over the first sign u see when ur phone starts

dawebmaster said:
i figured out my problem i basically copied the SD card changed it to FAT32 and copied every single file back to the SD card
when i just put the rom and busybee it worked everything worked it installed my rom now Valhalla black edition and installed busybee after that
but now when it loads it keeps looping
Galaxy s 4g exclusively from tmobile sign over and over the first sign u see when ur phone starts
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Yeah, you're boot looping. Are you sure you flashed the KJ6 files from FB's starter pack? It really sounds like the wrong boot loaders are in place.

stephen_w said:
Yeah, you're boot looping. Are you sure you flashed the KJ6 files from FB's starter pack? It really sounds like the wrong boot loaders are in place.
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i got it working... the whole system booted up and everything and yeah im sure i got the right bootloaders cuz i see the animation as it boots up
only problem i have is the blackedition rom doesnt have text messaging i am USA based and it forced closed if i try to message from the contact list and it doesnt even have a sms icon i assum a rom problem
u have been so much help thank u so much
my about info
fireware 2.3.6.
baseband t959vukj6
kernel 2.6.35.7-sms-kj6-v0.1.1-rc1+..............
imma downgrade to valhalla final cuz text messaging doesnt work i cant even see text in the black edition.......

dawebmaster said:
i got it working... the whole system booted up and everything and yeah im sure i got the right bootloaders cuz i see the animation as it boots up
only problem i have is the blackedition rom doesnt have text messaging i am USA based and it forced closed if i try to message from the contact list and it doesnt even have a sms icon i assum a rom problem
u have been so much help thank u so much
my about info
fireware 2.3.6.
baseband t959vukj6
kernel 2.6.35.7-sms-kj6-v0.1.1-rc1+..............
imma downgrade to valhalla final cuz text messaging doesnt work i cant even see text in the black edition.......
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Glad you got it working, at least for the most part. I've not messed with the Valhalla ROMs so I'm at a loss there. Best of luck

i got it working perfectly mms and everything thanks for all your help this rom is awesome

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okay so i managed to install valhalla black edition got all the settings and widgets i needed to make this rom the ishhhhhhhhhhh
but when i used the USB mode as a mass storage to drag all my music basically the cord many have unplugged during the transfer now my sd card wont work
when i plug it into the computer without the phone it ask me to format the sd card
some apps dont work due to sd card not working anymore
when i tried to format it that didnt work it said i had 259GB on it and its only 8GB
i have a 16GB that came with the phone i was wondering how far back do it need to start over? i already have a KJ6 kernel but since the sd card is done with voodoo is gone as well
can i start with the second ODIN rom from the GB starter pack???????
instead of doing the whole thing all over again...

dawebmaster said:
okay so i managed to install valhalla black edition got all the settings and widgets i needed to make this rom the ishhhhhhhhhhh
but when i used the USB mode as a mass storage to drag all my music basically the cord many have unplugged during the transfer now my sd card wont work
when i plug it into the computer without the phone it ask me to format the sd card
some apps dont work due to sd card not working anymore
when i tried to format it that didnt work it said i had 259GB on it and its only 8GB
i have a 16GB that came with the phone i was wondering how far back do it need to start over? i already have a KJ6 kernel but since the sd card is done with voodoo is gone as well
can i start with the second ODIN rom from the GB starter pack???????
instead of doing the whole thing all over again...
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No, don't start over. Check Google for FAT32 repair tools. Then put the SD card in a reader connected to the PC & run the tool. It'll probably recover OK.

Friend thought he bricked his infuse, I can get it in red CWM and in download mode!!!

My friend could not get his phone to turn on, or blink, or do anything at all... After a while of messing with it I got it to turn on and I figured out how to boot the red CWM and from there I can also send it into download mode. I have tried reformatting and wiping data and rebooting ect, ect, but nothing is working, OHH and BOTH my micro SD cards are write-protected for some RETARDED reason so I cant put the ROM on that and CWM it.... So can somebody help me out please!
AND BEFORE YOU START POINTING FINGERS!
I have read threads for the last 10-12 hours (straight, no joke) and have tried using Odin, and the HEINSCHEMIA or whatever its called, and I just dont seem to be getting it xD i think its just the instructions are too vague since I havent used these programs at all, both of them go NOWHERE (and I do have the drivers installed)
I am not new to this stuff and I have put ROMs on probably upwards of 20 devices but this one is really pissing me off =[ im dead tired and sick of just reading hundreds of threads that are taking me nowhere! SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP I WILL BE FOREVER IN YOUR DEBT! =]

ThreeWishes4Me said:
My friend could not get his phone to turn on, or blink, or do anything at all... After a while of messing with it I got it to turn on and I figured out how to boot the red CWM and from there I can also send it into download mode. I have tried reformatting and wiping data and rebooting ect, ect, but nothing is working, OHH and BOTH my micro SD cards are write-protected for some RETARDED reason so I cant put the ROM on that and CWM it.... So can somebody help me out please!
AND BEFORE YOU START POINTING FINGERS!
I have read threads for the last 10-12 hours (straight, no joke) and have tried using Odin, and the HEINSCHEMIA or whatever its called, and I just dont seem to be getting it xD i think its just the instructions are too vague since I havent used these programs at all, both of them go NOWHERE (and I do have the drivers installed)
I am not new to this stuff and I have put ROMs on probably upwards of 20 devices but this one is really pissing me off =[ im dead tired and sick of just reading hundreds of threads that are taking me nowhere! SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP I WILL BE FOREVER IN YOUR DEBT! =]
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No ideas??? or am i not being patient enough? lol! anyways INTERESTING UPDATE: I went out for a little bit and came back to an "important update" (just 1) and it was the SAMSUNG blah blah (exactly what i wanted to see) but of course when i try to update it, it downloads and then gives me error 800f020b which means "im trying to install a device that is not connected" (summerized) so what am i supposed to do?!?
Any help would be great =]

ThreeWishes4Me said:
No ideas??? or am i not being patient enough? lol! anyways INTERESTING UPDATE: I went out for a little bit and came back to an "important update" (just 1) and it was the SAMSUNG blah blah (exactly what i wanted to see) but of course when i try to update it, it downloads and then gives me error 800f020b which means "im trying to install a device that is not connected" (summerized) so what am i supposed to do?!?
Any help would be great =]
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Did you root and download a ROM? Not rooted? You didn't give a lot of details.
Read the following link and follow the Heimdall link in there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437548

psal217050 said:
Did you root and download a ROM? Not rooted? You didn't give a lot of details.
Read the following link and follow the Heimdall link in there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437548
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???? I said IT CANT BOOT and I CAN GET INTO RED CWM AND DOWNLOAD MODE.... how would i root it if it wont boot....
And that program wont work because you have to have the drivers installed and from what i can see its impossible without at some point having my phone connect (regularly, not in CWM or download mode) which is obviously not gonna happen... so thats useless as can be....
ALSO I FIGURED OUT HOW TO TAKE THE WRITE-PROTECTION OFF (NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THIS, I FOUND THE SETTING IN DEVICE MANAGER!) BUT IM DUMB AND CANT FLASH THE ROM BECAUSE ITS IN THE EXT SD NOT THE INTERNAL SD! ANY WAY AROUND THIS?
and while trying to follow a tutorial (which i think was BS now) all my drivers are gone from "Computer" except for C, D, and my disc drive 0.0 stupid KEY REGISTRY CRAP! so i need to figure this out and when im done i need to restore to before i screwed it up
EDIT: FORGOT TO MENTION THO THAT MY BROTHERS GF HAS AN INFUSE I THINK SO IM GONNA HAVE HER COME OVER AND ILL FINISH INSTALLING THE DRIVERS WITH HERS, THAT WOULD WORK RIGHT???

if your phone won't boot and you don't have a cwm back up or if you don't have a rom on your internal sdcard or don't have zen tool kit then your sol and you have no other options but to flash ur phone back to stock in download mode using odius or hymenthingy.

"odious hymenthingy" .... you are wise, o great and powerful mufmaker
(either that or I am flashing back to the years I spent in janitorial service at the all-girls Catholic high school)

Zen Arcade said:
"odious hymenthingy" .... you are wise, o great and powerful mufmaker
(either that or I am flashing back to the years I spent in janitorial service at the all-girls Catholic high school)
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I take offense to the title "mufmaker," Sir. I've re-flavored a MUF or two and might have even dyed a few MUFs. But make one, I did not.
btw..we had this discussion a while back...the OS that runs the phone may be more accurately call a firmware. So we have Unofficial Firmwares. And Modified UFs can be called MUFs

qkster said:
if your phone won't boot and you don't have a cwm back up or if you don't have a rom on your internal sdcard or don't have zen tool kit then your sol and you have no other options but to flash ur phone back to stock in download mode using odius or hymenthingy.
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what do you mean a cwm backup? a backup on the int from before? remember this wasnt my phone so that type of info i wouldnt know, but i do know CWM works perfectly fine and it goes into download mode just as easy, also stock is fine with me but how do i do that, how can i make hymenthingy (rofl) work??? would using any infuse work? my brothers girlfriend has one and i asked her to bring it later....
Cant i just get the drivers working and try that program and if not cant i just use CWM thing that mounts it to USB storage and put the rom on the internal? does that work... im confused xD

ThreeWishes4Me said:
what do you mean a cwm backup? a backup on the int from before? remember this wasnt my phone so that type of info i wouldnt know, but i do know CWM works perfectly fine and it goes into download mode just as easy, also stock is fine with me but how do i do that, how can i make hymenthingy (rofl) work??? would using any infuse work? my brothers girlfriend has one and i asked her to bring it later....
Cant i just get the drivers working and try that program and if not cant i just use CWM thing that mounts it to USB storage and put the rom on the internal? does that work... im confused xD
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ur only option is to get your phone to be recognize by a pc in download mode and flash a stock package

qkster said:
ur only option is to get your phone to be recognize by a pc in download mode and flash a stock package
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so whats Mount USB Storage mode or whatever its called, i thought that mounted the internal SD so you can explore it via PC

ThreeWishes4Me said:
so whats Mount USB Storage mode or whatever its called, i thought that mounted the internal SD so you can explore it via PC
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that was not part of the options i suggested

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