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Hi i was trying to flash my phone back to froyo, cause it came with the gingerbread update on it, i did all of the steps of the nvflash, but i dont know what happend that now my phone's stuck on a black screen with the light blinking over and over again.
I hope i didnt broke my phone =(
can someone help please
AND I TRY TO GO BACK TO GINGERBREAD AND NOTHING IT STAYS THE SAME =S

daworship said:
Hi i was trying to flash my phone back to froyo, cause it came with the gingerbread update on it, i did all of the steps of the nvflash, but i dont know what happend that now my phone's stuck on a black screen with the light blinking over and over again.
I hope i didnt broke my phone =(
can someone help please
AND I TRY TO GO BACK TO GINGERBREAD AND NOTHING IT STAYS THE SAME =S
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did you install all the drivers for nvidia and follow the guide

yeah i did when im going to the program and click on it, it works even now, i can go to clockworkmod if i want but i cant do nothing right now, i have downloaded two roms and two stock 2.2 recovery roms and nothing one of the roms says sm5 mixmatch something like that.

daworship said:
yeah i did when im going to the program and click on it, it works even now, i can go to clockworkmod if i want but i cant do nothing right now, i have downloaded two roms and two stock 2.2 recovery roms and nothing one of the roms says sm5 mixmatch something like that.
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are you saying you can boot into clockwork recovery??

yeah i can but as for now it doesnt let me install a rom or nothing. only via the nvflash soft.

daworship said:
yeah i can but as for now it doesnt let me install a rom or nothing. only via the nvflash soft.
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What does it say on your phone

If the phone boots to anything, your not bricked.
Sounds like your trying to flash it the wrong way or something? Download the ROM you want, put it on your SD, you can mount from CWM if you cant boot past recovery.
Wipe/factory data reset
Then install from zip
Select your ROM and your on your way

Well first the S/W updating screen, then unplug the phone put the battery and reboot to CWM and when im going to do a restore/backup it always says wrong image or no image file or no file or m5 something as for now i cant do nothing to restore my phone.

I have seen where that happens at times, where you cant restore someone else's backup. If you have access to a pc, just download a new ROM. BTW, Gingerbread is far more stable on my phone then any FROYO was

bls2633, Sorry, just looked at the times on the posts. Didnt realize it was kinda like a live help deal going on.

Ducter said:
bls2633, Sorry, just looked at the times on the posts. Didnt realize it was kinda like a live help deal going on.
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not a problem. the brother above is right, it sounds like you are trying to flash the nandroid restore instead of flashing a rom. I apologize for not making more clear when I sent you the post. You can actually restore that but you dont flash from zip you go to backup/restore and choose restore for that file in that post.

1. You must have ROM Manager installed and or ClockworkMod Recovery flashed and an external sdcard installed. Then have the directory and file contents of the "LG-P999-V10f.rar" file extracted to your external SDCard in the _ExternalSD/clockworkmod/backup/ directory.
2. Run ROM Manager and choose Reboot into Recovery or boot phone into clockworkmod recovery.
3. In recovery go down to backup and restore, choose restore.
4. Select LG-P999-V10f and choose Yes - Restore.
5. When the restore finishes do not reboot yet. Do a "wipe data/factory reset" from the recovery menu.
6. When it completes choose Reboot.
the file is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048274

Ok i did manage to put a rom now uffffffffffff that was close =) now its running without a problem, thanks guys, is there any rom you guys can tell me its a really good one?

daworship said:
Ok i did manage to put a rom now uffffffffffff that was close =) now its running without a problem, thanks guys, is there any rom you guys can tell me its a really good one?
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Glad you got it worked out. The x-boarders stock tweaked is really nice and very stable. Its probably the best IMO. I also like the AOSP by Faux combined with his OC kernel is really nice also. There is also another I have been hearing alot about that seems to be really nice with alot of custom options and tweaks and thats called Weapon. Happy Flashing

Thanks a lot im going to check them out!!!

One more question??
When i go to the sounds menu on the ringtones they appear three times all the sounds, why is that??

Sounds like you have an older SD you may have used in another device? You most likely have them on your SD a few times under Audio or something IIRC

Maybe who knows jeje, but i just flash a froyo rom and it fixed so no worries.

BIG problem

i was hacking my inspire with Ace hack kit, and it somehow froze and wouldnt continue so i unplugged it and it seems like it got bricked or something idk ? like i turned it off took the battery out and back in and when it looks like its loading the screeen fades into a black screen .......... i tryed recovering, reseting and nothing. can any one please help me ? thanks

Grab a rooted STOCK ROM online and rename it to the PG98IMG.zip.
Reboot into bootloader and update the phone with that file.
You're phone should be back to normal. Happened to me once and that's what I had to do!
ps I attached the stock rooted gingerbread. Should do the trick bro

nooooooo. i really think my phone is F***ed up because when i turn it on it goes to a black screen, and doesnt load up

Can you get into hboot/bootloader? If so, you can recover it, following ladiesgod instructions. Youll just need to get the PG98 file onto your sd somehow....using a card reader plugged to pc or laptop or friends phone.
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i did what you told me, im in bootloader but how do i load the ROM and install it?

I couldn't attach the file but google for "Stock GingerBread Rooted PD98IMG.zp". Download it. Rename it to "PD98IMG.zip" then place it on the root of your SD card. Go into HBoot. Your phone will scan your sd card then ask if you want to update it. Say yes!
Voila!

would you mind giving me a link for it? all it does is send me to some post here on XDA thanks, n btw i randomly tryed with a Custom ROm, it didnt work is it because of that?

Make sure it is named properly. Very important. I Dont know what the inspire is, ice seen both PG98 and PD98 typed here. I dunno cuz i have an evo. But as long as the file is named properly, hboot will detect it
Good luck
Edit: and MUST be on root of sd card, not in any folder.
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Yeah, i Dont believe a custom rom will work because of something in the meta-inf folder, or having to do with updater script/binary. Will need a rooted stock ROM, renamed exactly right.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=965634

sorry....
Man, I've been thru several pages of inspire forum, and can't find a stock rooted rom. In the evo forums, there's always several posted when there is official updated. Dont have time to keep looking for ya, gotta get daughter from school bus. Sorry. Good luck

i downloaded the rom from seggerman5926 link did everything you told me and nothing -_- named it both PG98 and Pd98 and still i really need my fone fixed by tomorrow morning too

Here's the link to the gb ruu in exe and pd98 format
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191959

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Here's the link to the gb ruu in exe and pd98 format
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191959
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tryed that too and nothing, i dont think ya understand my phone problem, when i turn it on and its loading, the HTC screen fades to black in a way that itll look when you drop it in water, something like that.........i think i really efffed my phone up -_____-

i think my problem would be solved if i can get my hands on a Legit Stock Rom thats Rooted or just regular, because when i tryed loaidng it on Hboot it said something about it not being the right image

What I linked to is the stock image

marsdta said:
What I linked to is the stock image
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no its not, its like a program that u need to connect your phone to the Computer, and my phone basicly doesnt work at alll only thign that works is the Hboot menu thats bout it, i need the acctual ROM , Sorry

Trust me it is. There is a link in the first post that says in pd98img format. Which is what you need at this point.
My suggestion is to reformat the SD card fat32. Full format not quick.
Download the pd98 I linked and place on SD card(not in a folder)
Boot into hboot and install it

marsdta said:
Trust me it is. There is a link in the first post that says in pd98img format. Which is what you need at this point.
My suggestion is to reformat the SD card fat32. Full format not quick.
Download the pd98 I linked and place on SD card(not in a folder)
Boot into hboot and install it
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ohhh my bad i saw it, ima download it now, i hope it works tho, this is what i get for trying to install another custom rom when i already had one -_- ill let you know if it worked or not.

taylorgang809 said:
i think my problem would be solved if i can get my hands on a Legit Stock Rom thats Rooted or just regular, because when i tryed loaidng it on Hboot it said something about it not being the right image
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I think I know what message you're talking about. What you have to do is format your SD card.
I've gotten the same message before about a 'bad' image. Formatting my sd card and puttin the ROM on a clean card worked. Good luck!

repartition / hard-brick?? (HELP ME)

ok... so i think I'm f***ed!
was trying to repartition & totally clean my phone out at work last night, and i think I made a wrong selection while selecting cache size and such... (i should pay more attention)
but yeah... i get boot-loops on the Samsung screen. It will stay there for 1-2 minutes, then reboot... never making it to the boot animation. I also cant get into recovery, for the fact that EVERYTHING was wiped.
I got into download mode, but Heimdall (i use ubuntu) wont detect it... I've tried unplugging and re-plugging several times, I also tried a battery pull then reloading everything... still nothing.
I'm out of ideas and ways to fix this... please dont tell me im totally bricked... cause i have zero money for a new phone.

Ph0z3 said:
please dont tell me im totally bricked... cause i have zero money for a new phone.
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If you can get into download mode you're not bricked completely. Heimdall was working for you in Ubuntu before you did this I take it? I am not a Linux guy so I can't help there but if you have access to a windows pc , you may want to try Odin and/or Heimdall on it.
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jvanlew said:
If you can get into download mode you're not bricked completely. Heimdall was working for you in Ubuntu before you did this I take it? I am not a Linux guy so I can't help there but if you have access to a windows pc , you may want to try Odin and/or Heimdall on it.
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Yeah ive used Heimdall a few times now... much better than driving 20 minutes to my tech buddies house to use his machine for use of Odin.
but yeah... been sitting in download mode for 20 minutes now, and still nothing.

You may need to reflash efs. You did make a back up right? If not, search the forums, i posted a flashable backup. Just use Odin to flash it.

Truckerglenn said:
You may need to reflash efs. You did make a back up right? If not, search the forums, i posted a flashable backup. Just use Odin to flash it.
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yeah i made a backup last night before i flashed Mitra 5.0... but wouldnt it be gone if i repartitoned everything? cause that would sweep my whole SD
:: UPDATE :: (again)
alright, made a big long post about everything i did and finally got into recovery and tried sweeping it and it said app2sd ext didnt exsist and all this other crap.. then tried went into my backups and it said "couldnt open directory" and "no files found"
then swept again, then rebooted & once it booted, it wasnt stock, but Mitra 5.0.... the very rom that started all my issues in the first place. (-_-)*
so yeah... phone is up and running... what do i need to do from here? i want to revert back to MitRa 4.7 or go to ZEUS-rom... do i need to repartiton and fix my efs or what?

No, don't repartition, either boot back into recovery and try to restore. Unless you formatted, it should still be there. Or just wipe and flash Zeus.
ignore: app2sd ext didnt exsist

Truckerglenn said:
No, don't repartition, either boot back into recovery and try to restore. Unless you formatted, it should still be there. Or just wipe and flash Zeus.
ignore: app2sd ext didnt exsist
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well i dont have root, so i have to try and get Heimdall to recognize my phone, so i can flash back before i swap out, cause it appears i did reformat, so yeah.. lost everything.
::update::
just connected my phone to my PC... yep... EVERYTHING is gone on my internal-SD
just a few folders... thats it.
android, DCIM, external_sd, LOST.DIR, VooDoo
thats it... everything is gone. FML

Reinstall drivers if u can get into download mode u r ok
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tupirujp said:
Reinstall drivers if u can get into download mode u r ok
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im not on windows, so i dont need the drivers or anything like that...
im assuming from this point, i just flash back to stock and start over? ...or do i need to load the /efs again?

GB to ICS, Bricked probably :(

I went from SAUROM, flashed ICS Build 17 twice, and after "SUCCESSFULL" message, it boots up but without any cell coverage network and it doesnt even recogonise Internal storage. It shows only 1.8Gb memory and not the internal files.
I CAN boot into recovery, and in that when i choose FLASH ZIP FROM SD CARD, i can see EVERYTHING!!! all my files,folders etc are there.... ive flashed the same ROM like 10 times now, same problem.
Also, i tried ODIN 1 click , but my phone doesnt get recogonised in Download Mode.
so im stuck with the this ROM without any cell coverage, without any memory, nothing.
WHAT TO DO..please help me out!!!
PS: i have tried ODIN 1 (phone doesnt get recogonised)
i have also wiped data,cache,dalvik etc etc. done everything!!!

neo_31591 said:
I went from SAUROM, flashed ICS Build 17 twice, and after "SUCCESSFULL" message, it boots up but without any cell coverage network and it doesnt even recogonise Internal storage. It shows only 1.8Gb memory and not the internal files.
I CAN boot into recovery, and in that when i choose FLASH ZIP FROM SD CARD, i can see EVERYTHING!!! all my files,folders etc are there.... ive flashed the same ROM like 10 times now, same problem.
Also, i tried ODIN 1 click , but my phone doesnt get recogonised in Download Mode.
so im stuck with the this ROM without any cell coverage, without any memory, nothing.
WHAT TO DO..please help me out!!!
PS: i have tried ODIN 1 (phone doesnt get recogonised)
i have also wiped data,cache,dalvik etc etc. done everything!!!
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Did you install the Nexus S drivers from the CM9 OP? that should get your phone recognized in odin.

Did you try going into CWM, factory reset, format system, wipe cache and dalvik cache and then flashing a new ROM?
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Sounds like you need to use Heimdall one click back to stock gingerbread. I usually use that when I mess up flashing ics ROMs and odin doesn't want to recognize my phone. Read more about Heimdall
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+1 Heimdall

Edit: forget what I said on this post. Just read about Heimdall
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That information is completly incorrect....

Oh. Apologies then.
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Hey thanks. .Il gve Heimdall a shot nd report back. .Thanks

panda_mode said:
Sounds like you need to use Heimdall one click back to stock gingerbread. I usually use that when I mess up flashing ics ROMs and odin doesn't want to recognize my phone. Read more about Heimdall
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Could you please point me in the right direction...which Heimdall r u talkin about exactly...am really sorry but i dont have access to a computer for much time and searching through my old nokia is a pain in the ....

Use Apex ROM Heimdall package. It has links to heimdall website. It's pretty good ROM too.
Or use SFX-style one-click Heimdall package for SauromKK4.

bravomail said:
Use Apex ROM Heimdall package. It has links to heimdall website. It's pretty good ROM too.
Or use SFX-style one-click Heimdall package for SauromKK4.
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hey im using Heimdall but still it shows up as unknown device in zadig...
what to do!!!
ive installed drivers from Odin 1 click, still its coming up as unknown device

Install zadig driver and reboot your computer. Make sure your USB cable and computer both funcitonal. I have second computer to test things out.

@Original Poster: I've sent you a Private Message in case you did something weird in installing the zadig driver.
Hope things will go well for you.

ok...so using an external micro sd i flashed icy glitch, and i also flashed the Dark Knight ROM..
same problem...Doesnt recogonise Storage and also no network...im Beginning to think this is a major F*** up....

Hey...could my problem also be the same as "Encryption Unsuccesfull" given here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447303&page=11
even though i never got the same message, but even I cant see the rest of the memory..only 1.8 is present....

Hmmm... Could be a hardware issue then. As for your network, you have to set your phone on the correct APN. It takes forever for my pc to recognize my internal storage or that its connected, but I think that's an issue with some people on ics. Try reinstalling the samsung drivers.
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Hey...I finally managed to get it recognised ...went back to stock 2.2 through Odin 1 click...then to 2.3.5 and then flashed docs ics.. ...everything's back to normal now...
Thanks a lot for your help guys...really...thanks

For those who have been following this thread, the moral is this:
You're only bricked if you literally have a dead phone that doesn't respond at all. Can't turn on, doesn't vibrate, doesn't show signs of charging, doesn't go to DL mode, etc. Even then, if you have the unbrickable mod then you are literally never going to be able to brick your phone, even under circumstances that would normally cause a brick.

Well it bricks, but you run a program that takes advantage of the hardware being wired to be able to load things into the RAM while the phone is off and execute an upgrade from there!

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

Sometimes you have to wonder why they ask for help...
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