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Dear community,
I sincerely apologize. I seriously did not think that would've happened. Honestly it was my first time and I thought it would work, as I had performed the update on my friend's Inspire 4G and it worked [Honeysense HD]. I didn't doublecheck the script in there, and that was my error. I really am sorry.
I am currently trying to redo it and this time, I will gather a bunch of my friends in order to test it out on several devices and several different roms. If it works again, I'll post it with caution in case anyone else seems to be having problems (when I first flashed CM7's fix, it sent the phone into a bootloop and stopped the phone from working).
Once again, I apologize for such a noob mistake. I honestly thought it would work and I will never, ever let that happen again. I'm only trying to learn more about the android system, and I wanted to help out, even though I didn't have a Inspire.
If anyone's phone was damaged, please PM me. >.<
jojojohnson7410 said:
I am currently trying to redo it and this time, I will gather a bunch of my friends in order to test it out on several devices and several different roms. If it works again, I'll post it with caution in case anyone else seems to be having problems (when I first flashed CM7's fix, it sent the phone into a bootloop and stopped the phone from working).
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I didn't flash your fix, but thanks for the apology.
Just so you know, you don't need to go to the trouble of testing it and posting it again. This fix isn't needed. All of the ROMs in the Inspire section either come with the fix already in place, or they've got a fix that is flashed separately, that has already been tested by the dev of that ROM. For a "universal" tinny fix, there is already a thread for this. So any additional tinny fixes are simply not needed.
Tough lesson, but great way to deal with it! Mistakes are only n00b the second time you make them!
Hi guys,
I've benn researching the forum for three days now, also on google, but I can't solve my problem. I'm not use to ask anything since I find the answer on the internet almost everytime, but not this time. So let me first apologize for wasting your time with my problem.
Ok, here's the thing. I have a Legend with Cyanogenmod 7.1, HBoot 1.00 and S-ON. I've tried EVERYTHING i read online to flash the radio from 7.05.35.26L, trying to do every step in all possible ways, but with no success and a big amount of frustration.
I haven't found that any of the characteristics I posted earlier are an issue. I might be wrong, I don't know, I don't really know what else to try.
Apart from the frustration, I feel like an ass for not being able to pull this off.
Anyway, I hope you guys can give me hand here, I really am out of ideas.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Will
Also stuck with the radio update.
doctormaligno said:
Hi guys,
I've benn researching the forum for three days now, also on google, but I can't solve my problem. I'm not use to ask anything since I find the answer on the internet almost everytime, but not this time. So let me first apologize for wasting your time with my problem.
Ok, here's the thing. I have a Legend with Cyanogenmod 7.1, HBoot 1.00 and S-ON. I've tried EVERYTHING i read online to flash the radio from 7.05.35.26L, trying to do every step in all possible ways, but with no success and a big amount of frustration.
I haven't found that any of the characteristics I posted earlier are an issue. I might be wrong, I don't know, I don't really know what else to try.
Apart from the frustration, I feel like an ass for not being able to pull this off.
Anyway, I hope you guys can give me hand here, I really am out of ideas.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Will
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To make it short, got almost same config as the above phone, and found a radio version Radio_47.54.35.20U_7.13.35.13_signed.zip
Problem is (i finally figured out) that this version uses Amend scripting and the new CM7.1.0 requires EDIFY Scripting.
As im a n00b in this area, i tried finding a tool, and amend2edify seemed as a answer.
Sadly no, as i get an error (something like missing the radio.img int the tmp)
Tryed to update using the radio.img directly but seems i cant as im not rooted with Radio S-off and Eng S-OFF..
Any suggestions would be appreciated, my GPS is still inactive, i can turn it on and off, but the GPS test says it never finds a sat.
Have a great weekend
Hello,
Been using Android for about a year now, and am looking for someone who wants to make some fast cash to get Cyanogen 7 on my phone. I'm currently running the myTouch 4G on T-Mo, and have Gingerbread 2.3.4 running.
I normally might attempt to do this myself, but knowing that I have to downgrade, and then Root, followed by the Cyanogen load... I'm too nervous that I'm going to achieve brick, not root.
Anyone interested in some [easy] money? Reply or PM me.
THx.
track40 said:
Hello,
Been using Android for about a year now, and am looking for someone who wants to make some fast cash to get Cyanogen 7 on my phone. I'm currently running the myTouch 4G on T-Mo, and have Gingerbread 2.3.4 running.
I normally might attempt to do this myself, but knowing that I have to downgrade, and then Root, followed by the Cyanogen load... I'm too nervous that I'm going to achieve brick, not root.
Anyone interested in some [easy] money? Reply or PM me.
THx.
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lol i'd love to but can't :\
track40 said:
Hello,
Been using Android for about a year now, and am looking for someone who wants to make some fast cash to get Cyanogen 7 on my phone. I'm currently running the myTouch 4G on T-Mo, and have Gingerbread 2.3.4 running.
I normally might attempt to do this myself, but knowing that I have to downgrade, and then Root, followed by the Cyanogen load... I'm too nervous that I'm going to achieve brick, not root.
Anyone interested in some [easy] money? Reply or PM me.
THx.
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How much? I'm in Oak Park and just curious.
I've rooted 4 MT4G's, 1 recently(old one didn't agree with the pool), 3 G1's, a Desire, and a Nook, so I'm pretty familiar with rooting.
If i were you, i wouldn't relay on someone else. If something goes south how are YOU going to fix YOUR phone?
I know. That is something I've been wrestling with. Not sure how to do it otherwise. Wish I knew someone that I could trust.
track40 said:
I know. That is something I've been wrestling with. Not sure how to do it otherwise. Wish I knew someone that I could trust.
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Everyone has to start somewhere. I'd take a look in my new comers thread. Link is in my signature.
That is a good starting point.
My biggest concern is undoing Gingerbread and rolling back to Froyo. Other than that... the tools along with everything I've read seem pretty solid.
Damn Gingerbread.
I'm have the same issue downgrading with no home internet I was asking the same for someone in N.Y.C area. After a downgrade is done I can easily root and put a rom with no home internet.
guys, take your time, READ THE DIRECTIONS, and you'll be fine. you can do it!!!
I think the ideal thing to do would be to snag a cheap MT4G on eBay, and mess with rooting that way.
Then if I mess it all up, no worries.
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Best thing to do is to read,read,and re-read.its not very difficult to figure it out.all the info is here.why pay me to read instructions,and usr a little deductive reasoni.g,when you can do the same.
Well,
Oh,ok.
$100 bucks.drop it off over here by the HIP mall.lol.
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Just kidding.dude,its not difficult.just search and think about it.you'll do it.
I didn't even know what a zip file was,and now I've rooted,hacked l kinds of stuff,using adb,etc...but I did spend a lot of time reading about Linux,cell phones,etc...
Then,I read some more,and paid attention to the problems others had,and figured what to do,and what not to do.
Other words,u can do it.don't pay someone.
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Thanks guys.
Will try it myself after a little more research.
The unlockr.com was a good place to start for me, real simple step by step tutorials and they have some good roms, ( linked to xda), to start with. I don't know if it has been updated recently but it couldn't hurt. Rooting took me like 10 min to figure out by the way, it really isn't that difficult of a process. Good luck!
The step by step wiki is SUPER easy to follow.
When I first did it I didn't know what half of the steps meant. But you just follow them in order, trust that the people who wrote them weren't playing some prank, and everything works fine.
It's more cutting and pasting from the wiki to your terminal screen than anything else. If you can cut and paste, you can root the MT4G
theunlockr.com seems to have very straightforward instructions on how to roll back to Froyo and then actually root the MT4G.
Once the phone is rooted and running a third party rom, if you ever have a problem with cell service, like not getting voicemails, or something like that, will Tmo even help you?
Do you have to reload the stock rom prior to ever making any service requests?
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Yea they won't help if you are having issues with whatever rom you are on. No rom Is perfect so you might have issues like that, if you do you just load a new rom. Trolling around the forums is a good way to see what roms have issues and what dont. Team Royal, Unity, Faux123, CM7, and evil D (unity idk if he does work by himse
lf), all make solid roms. Rooting voids your warranty (as if you didn't know that), so if by any chance you destroy you phone, un root it first then send it back. One thing I have found however is that it is almost impossible to brick you phone, ( unless you are messing with the radios so DONT!, unless you know what you a doing), that is because you can flash a backup so, if you already knew that stuff...well sorrys! If not...your welcome.
Dont worry you can do it! I was super worried my self and it took me weeks to finally jump in but now theres no turning back for me!
I gotta say this community sure is supportive. Thanks guys! I gotta read everything on "theunlockr.com" a few dozen times now.
Anyone know if I'm starting from Gingerbread, rolling back, then rooting, then flashing CM7... How much time this should all take... Ballpark, assuming no problems?
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If you're working straight through without putting the phone aside at each milestone like I did and don't get stuck with mildly confusing errors like I did twice (SD card file system mounting confusion and an untimely update to the Android Terminal Emulator app that screwed up the keyboard—developer has since fixed the issue) and failure to CTFM (comprehend, not read) what I was reading after midnight on the first night, I'd imagine you could get it all done within a couple of hours, including backing up the stock ROM and installing the engineering bootloader. However, I would just take it one step at a time and not rush through everything.
Make sure to back up your stock ROM. The CM wiki for this phone completely ignores that process as well as any information on how to unroot, and I think it's unwise to believe that you won't ever need to revert to factory settings once you switch to CM.
I took bits and pieces from four different guides to revert and then root. I did what was most logical between the guides because none of the four that I used were as comprehensive as I think they should be for a complete newbie. The one that came closest in my opinion was the root guide for the HTC Panache from the HTC Glacier XDA wiki entry. That said, I'm not new to shells nor phone modding, so I figured it all out eventually. Installing the new ROM was the easiest part for me, followed closely by rolling back to Froyo. The middle part—rooting—requires the most patience and understanding of what's happening.
I used the hack kit to try and root my htc inspire. Now all my phone will do is start to boot. It will display the htc logo and the a black fog animation will appear and my screen will turn black. I can still get into the bootloader but I can't seem to do anything else. I also went the IRC section and tried to get some help but all the guy would do is call me a liar and wouldn't help. If I need proof of this I took screen shots of the conversation to prove that I wasn't receiving any help. That is why I am posting this thread to hopefully get my phone working again. Thanks for any help in advanced.
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I used the hack kit to try and root my htc inspire. Now all my phone will do is start to boot. It will display the htc logo and the a black fog animation will appear and my screen will turn black. I can still get into the bootloader but I can't seem to do anything else. I also went the IRC section and tried to get some help but all the guy would do is call me a liar and wouldn't help. If I need proof of this I took screen shots of the conversation to prove that I wasn't receiving any help. That is why I am posting this thread to hopefully get my phone working again. Thanks for any help in advanced.
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You are probably having drivers problems. Try fixing that and rerun the hack kit from the black screen. If not the best is to make a livecd (ubuntu). All that is in the manual...
Ok. If you had read all of the effen manually carefully, you would know what to do.
But since your here. Run the hack kit again. And i dont know that you have driver problems. Same thing happened to me when j hacked my inspire on Ubuntu
Yea. Just plug your phone in, and re run the hack kit.
You should've educated yourself before you began messing with rooting and messing with the software on your phone. While its rare, bricking DOES happen and we can't help you after that. Educate yourself, and read the EFFING MANUAL. Good luck
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Yea. Just plug your phone in, and re run the hack kit.
You should've educated yourself before you began messing with rooting and messing with the software on your phone. While its rare, bricking DOES happen and we can't help you after that. Educate yourself, and read the EFFING MANUAL. Good luck
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Actually the phone is not bricked. If it was bricked he should thow it away. The Kit couldn´t finish due to drivers issues. He should sort that out and then rerun...He should have checked connectivity before starting..as you said it is all in the manual....
He never said it was bricked..
You could just send the phone to me jkjk rerun the kit it happened to me and it now works perfect <3
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He never said it was bricked..
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HTC sorry I read bull**** and that is what I answered!! I was at the office and made a quick reply...just one thing to add, the phones bricked that I have seen until now, were never consequence of the Hack Kit but their users...
Issue has been resolved.
I have already fixed my problem. After many of hours playing around with my phone I was able to get it back to factory settings. The reason that the root messed up is that I had a bad sd card to make a gold image. I used a new 1 gb sd card that I had laying around and was able to achieve root without any issues. Thanks for all the responses.
Goole Play no longer recognizes device after upgrade.
Upgraded Samsung Infuse 4G from GB 2.3.6 to JB 4.1.2 .
Any ideas on how to solve this?
dlw
What do you mean Google Play doesn't recognize device? And did you try to go from GB directly to JB without doing ICS first?
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Yes, I did. I understood there would be no problems.
So, I need to download ICS, then go to JB?
dlw
I would. You may want research more. JB is different partition format and you can't go backwards from JB to ICS or lower. Might need to Heimdall bac to stock. See this thread for proper flash guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31342159
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Thank you for replying.
I may do that.
However, Amazon works fine and I prefer A to Goodle anyway.
Thanks again.
dlw
Might be me but still not sure how you went from GB directly to JB. Did steps change?
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It clearly states in the OP that you must install ICS first. You also have to boot up with ICS at least once before installing JB. At least I did.
Thank you for replying.
I'll try to explain. First, I am a noob. This is my first smartphone -used- and any attempts to fool with it.
I've ran a Linux based OS since about 2000 but I am NOT A GEEK, I am a USER, but do understand root.
Running Ubuntu 12.10 on a PC and an old EEE Netbook. The netbook is only used as a GPS unit when I'm in the forest.
So, I wanted to root my Infuse 4g -2.2.1. Did that and all went well.
Last Thursday morning very early the electricity went out, when it came back on it flickered several times.
I usually charge it overnight but turn it off. I forgot to turn it off the night before and woke up to a bricked phone.
After 2 1/2 days of panic, I finally got it back to GB 2.3.6 by using a OneClick.jar. I must admit it was very easy once I found out how.
After reading in the 'Infuse' forum that it was possible to upgrade to 4.+, I decided to go for it.
I tried 'pa' -Paranoid Android- first and did not like it. Next I flashed
'cm' -cynagen mod ?'- and it did not turn out right. Then I flashed 'Cypher Android 4.1.2' -aokp_infuse4g_unofficial_Oct-25-12.
Cypher Android is what is on the phone now.
One problem is when I answer a phone call, the screen turns black; returns to normal once the call is over.
There may be other problems but I'm not aware of them right now.
I am downloading 'apk's' and installing via 'adb' now so not interested in using Google or Amazon.
I am considering starting from scratch but need to learm more before I try.
Any help appreciated. My apologies for the long winded reply.
dlw
dlw1146 said:
Thank you for replying.
I'll try to explain. First, I am a noob. This is my first smartphone -used- and any attempts to fool with it.
I've ran a Linux based OS since about 2000 but I am NOT A GEEK, I am a USER, but do understand root.
Running Ubuntu 12.10 on a PC and an old EEE Netbook. The netbook is only used as a GPS unit when I'm in the forest.
So, I wanted to root my Infuse 4g -2.2.1. Did that and all went well.
Last Thursday morning very early the electricity went out, when it came back on it flickered several times.
I usually charge it overnight but turn it off. I forgot to turn it off the night before and woke up to a bricked phone.
After 2 1/2 days of panic, I finally got it back to GB 2.3.6 by using a OneClick.jar. I must admit it was very easy once I found out how.
After reading in the 'Infuse' forum that it was possible to upgrade to 4.+, I decided to go for it.
I tried 'pa' -Paranoid Android- first and did not like it. Next I flashed
'cm' -cynagen mod ?'- and it did not turn out right. Then I flashed 'Cypher Android 4.1.2' -aokp_infuse4g_unofficial_Oct-25-12.
Cypher Android is what is on the phone now.
One problem is when I answer a phone call, the screen turns black; returns to normal once the call is over.
There may be other problems but I'm not aware of them right now.
I am downloading 'apk's' and installing via 'adb' now so not interested in using Google or Amazon.
I am considering starting from scratch but need to learm more before I try.
Any help appreciated. My apologies for the long winded reply.
dlw
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It seems easier to pop up what seems like a simple problem without explaining where the source of the problems came from.
It takes some time to explain yourself but it's worth it in the end.
This may explain where some of us are coming from when we choose to answer a question or not:
http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
When you have encountered any problems after a flash, assume that thing have gone wrong. If you fix it with a simple solution, other problems not seen initially may surface later.
I consider it better practice to start over.
Take out your microSD card. Factory reset the phone.
To get a decent base, use the uclb3 heimdall-1-click I put together. Flash it twice with boot loaders.
Flash ICS. Factory reset. Flash JB.
Review the instructions that have been laid out. It's there for a reason.
You can also click on my profile or profile of other users that have been taking time to answer questions. You will see a history of our posts. You can pick up quite a few answers.
(Nothing against you, dlw) But most of us enjoying sharing what we have discovered but it gets kinda old answering the same question over and over again. A little reading should be a requisite. I started out with a flip phone about 1.5 yrs ago. I knew nothing about root or android. I know a little more about root now. I'm a little more familiar with android. One of the things that I've been good at is the search function. (end rant)
Start over and have fun...
Happy New Year..
Thank you for your explanation.
I thought I was replying to psal217050 only who ask how I managed to update JB
dlw
I was trying to ascertain how you went from GB to JB and bypassed I've. I defer to qkster, andros11 and Pony Express on any complicated procedures. I can eff up my own phone (and have) but refuse to try and give advice on how to eff up someone else's phone. Simple procedures and clear instructions along with searching and their help have gotten me through many a day.
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