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OK, I've read a lot of comments about people having trouble installing MoDaCo clockworkmod, or even turning their devices S-off. But my guide is going to go step though step of how to turn your device into a lean, mean killing machine. It took me days to accomplish this when i first got my device, hopefully this will take you under 30 minutes! I'm a junior member, i know, so cut me some slack, PLEASE.
WARNING AND DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT RESPONIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOUR PHONE. FLASH AT YOUR OWN RISK, EVEN IF IT FALLS APART IN YOUR HAND, OR BECOMES GODLY FAST!
1. The first thing we need to do is turn S-OFF for your mytouch 4g slide. It is probably the easiest thing to do, other then installing a rom on your device.
a. You will need to download the usb drivers for your phone, DON'T SKIP THIS STEP, or you'll wonder why your phone isn't discovered by the software. You can find those drivers at this website right here:
http://www.htc.com/managed-assets/support/software/htc-sync/setup_3.0.5579.exe
After you have that software installed, plug in your phone, and give it a couple minutes to install all the correct drivers for your device, then make sure you go to the bottom right of the computer and exit out of that software, it can't be running when your trying to S-OFF your device. Now I dont think you have to have the fastboot drivers installed either, but why not, lets go ahead and download those files and get those installed too.
http://downloads.unrevoked.com/HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe
After you have those installed, its now time to move on.
b. Now thanks to unrevoked and AlphaRev and their team, you will go to their site at http://revolutionary.io/ and you will scroll down and click on Download for Windows (If you can take everything I'm saying and do the linux version, right on!) at that moment a download box will appear, but do not download those files, download the files from this website http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BP2E3ZQ3 .But you will need to enter some information in the box below after you click on windows download, just remember, you don't need those files. Your operating system, device, HBOOT version, and serial number. Your HBOOT version can be found by taking your device, going to apps, settings, power, and uncheck fast boot, then power it off, i always power it off and then pull the battery out, makes me feel safer...and soon as its off, holding the volume down button, camera button, and power button all at the same time. You'll then see a screen with the android bots on the bottom are rolling on skateboards. At the top should be your HBOOT version, and there is only one option on the site, so hopefully your in luck! For your serial number,take the battery out from this screen, don't push any buttons, and on the sticker under the battery, your serial number will be there starting with HT--- or power your device back on, then go to apps, settings, about phone, phone identity, and wala, your device serial number. After you enter all that information into the site, it will generate you a beta key, YOU NEED THAT IN ORDER TO S-OFF AND ROOT YOUR DEVICE!! So write it down somewhere, copy and paste in word, do what you do
c. Now we have everything downloaded, we have our beta key, its time to get to work!
d. The file you downloaded from megaupload, "MT4GS-ADB-WINDOWS" you need to extract that file into a folder on your desktop. Make sure you open the folder mt4gs-adb, and extract the files out of the folder, so you should have 12 items in your folder on the desktop, not just a folder in a folder! I created a folder called "root mt4gs". You want all the files in one location. After there all extracted, open your folder on the desktop. On your phone, go to apps, settings, applications, development, and click on usb debugging and make sure the check mark is blue on the right. Now plug your phone into the computer.
Now in your "root mt4gs" folder, double click on revolutionary. At that moment it should ask you for that beta key i told you to save. Go ahead and enter that now (its case sensitive). Let the software run for a couple minutes....
Now after it says S-Off, your halfway there!! Your HBOOT will now say 1.44.1107. That way you know its done! It will ask you to install clockwork recovery mod, say NOOOO, it has hella problems. It gave me problems when i said yes the first time, i'll show you another way.
e. At this moment, we're going to install clockwork recovery v4.0.0.9, thanks to Paul O'Brien/MoDaCo, the gods lol. First, turn your device off/pull the battery out, thats what i do. Then hold volume down button, camera button, and power button at the same time. It should show you the skateboarding androids, and at the top it should say -Revolutionary- in purple. If it doesn't, don't continue, retry all steps or message me. Then plug your phone into the computer, and using the power button as the selection button, push the power button as your highlighted over FASTBOOT. It should say FASTBOOT USB at the top in red now.
Now believe it or not you already have the file you need in your "root mt4gs" folder. Your now going highlight all the files in your "root mt4gs" folder to the root of your hard drive. Click on My computer, double click on your c: drive, and paste those files right on there, do not copy the folder, or put these files in a folder!! Now your going open a command prompt. {Hold the windows key and tap r}. Then type "cmd" without the parenthesis and it should open up a black box.
Now type cd\
Your command prompt should now just say c:\> thats what you want it to say
Now your going to type adb.exe
You should see a whole bunch of words flash on the command prompt, the last couple words should say "bug tags are printed." That means your right on track.
From here, you are going to type in fastboot devices
it should have the serial number of your device and the word fastboot right next to it!
Now, here comes the tricky part that i got stuck at, but i know you can do it! Now this will work if you put the files exactly where i told you to put them. you now will type fastboot flash recovery c:\clockworkmod.4.0.0.9.img
it should say " sending 'recovery'
okay
writing recovery'
okay
finished. total time: (mine is 10.400s)
Now to make sure it's intalled, on your phone, click power button and you should now see fastboot, recovery, factory reset, simlock, and imagecrc as options, use your volume button to go down to recovery, and click power button.
You should now see clockworkmod recovery 4.0.0.9.
f. Now lets put superuser on your device so you can be free!
click on this file and download it, DO NOT EXTRACT IT
http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip
Now after you have downoaded that file, on your phone, use your trackpad, and scroll down to "mounts and storage"
then scroll down to mount usb storage. now you should be able to put files on your sd card, make sure you put it on the root of your sd card, not in a folder, it doesn't matter, but i prefer it!.
Now unmount on your phone by clicking the option, click go back, and then scroll down to "install zip from sdcard" and click on it, then click "choose zip from sdcard". Find that file we just put on there "su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip", and click on it, then click yes. Now click on go back, and click reboot system now!
Now if you want to stay stock, your done, your rooted, so now just install root checker, and busybox, and your good to go, if you want to do some roms, keep on reading.
Now you cross your fingers, and grab a soda, because we're 75% done!
g. Now is the easy part, all you do now is download the roms from other developers, copy them to your sdcard, then turn off the phone, hold volume down, camera and power button, go into recovery with using vol up and down buttons as the selector, and the power button to confirm your option. As you enter clockwork mod, you can then go follow the directions of the developer as to wipe certain sections, and how to install there roms/patches. YOUR DONE
If you have any questions, please let me know, also I didn't make ANY of this software, this guide just has every link to get you everything you need at one spot. I also have the original file to make your phone completely stock, so if you need that, let me know and I'll upload that and send the link out.
If you want to donate to me, donate to all the other og's first!
Thanks to
jdmarko
unrevoked
alpharev
paulobrien
MoDaCo
and if I forgot you, let me know. thanks!
Now this is how you give a tutorial!!! If i had some extra cash i would totally donate bro! I was trying to install 4.0.0.9 for two days from the dude that made its site and his directions were not thorough enough. Thanks dude.
Oh dude no worries, a thanks is just as good. I appreciate it, it took me days, so I'm happy I could help brotha!
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Going to try! :-D fingercross tor me!
Thank you very much, very good write up.
Geko90 said:
Going to try! :-D fingercross tor me!
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Fingers are crossed, the tutorial has proven effective so far, so hope all goes well, tell me how it goes!
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Thank you very much, very good write up.
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Thanks! I'm assuming it worked then?!
Superuser wont install for me, Error in /sdcard/su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip
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I wiped cashe/ dalvic downloaded several times No good.
correct hboot, s=off
just wont flash SU ???
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Superuser wont install for me, Error in /sdcard/su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip
Status 0
I wiped cashe/ dalvic downloaded several times No good.
correct hboot, s=off
just wont flash SU ???
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Ok let's figure this out.. on step f, you did unmount your sd card, right? I haven't dealt with this problem before so if I ask a stupid question, I'm just trying to solve this. Also you don't need to wipe anything to install superuser, so that could be the problem also, so reboot ur fone, and let's try step f again! Keep me updated please!
phil0sophic said:
Superuser wont install for me, Error in /sdcard/su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip
Status 0
I wiped cashe/ dalvic downloaded several times No good.
correct hboot, s=off
just wont flash SU ???
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It took a lot of us several attempts to flash the superuser zip. The 4.0.0.8 recovery isn't the greatest. Keep trying until it installs and you get root. Then upgrade to the modaco 4.0.0.9 recovery right away. It's not perfect either but it fixes a LOT of the issues known with 4.0.0.8.
And a comment to the OP, this is an incredibly helpful walkthrough! If only people would actually search and find this before posting new threads like "how do i root" and all that crap.
Thank you.
Great job on this and thanks for your work. I wish I would have had this tutorial when I did mine.
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Techlvr said:
Great job on this and thanks for your work. I wish I would have had this tutorial when I did mine.
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Thanks, I had a lot of trouble doing mine the first time, and I went back to stock, typed this and gave my wife my phone and she went step by step and completed it. So it can't be that hard!
Does this add an app to reboot from as the standard cwm does?
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Does this add an app to reboot from as the standard cwm does?
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An app to reboot from? Not understanding the question throughly... In this cwm, it has the option to reboot system as every other cwm that I've used has. But an app... I do not have an app though...hope I answered your question!
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An app to reboot from? Not understanding the question throughly... In this cwm, it has the option to reboot system as every other cwm that I've used has. But an app... I do not have an app though...hope I answered your question!
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OK ill reexplain is there an icon in the apps drawer for CWM to select to reboot etc. because it didnt install one on the MT4Gslide as on my MT4G.
I know something is goofy as SU wouldnt flash, I had to install the new version from the market.
phil0sophic said:
OK ill reexplain is there an icon in the apps drawer for CWM to select to reboot etc. because it didnt install one on the MT4Gslide as on my MT4G.
I know something is goofy as SU wouldnt flash, I had to install the new version from the market.
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Oh, now i understand. No there isn't. I don't have one at all, as soon as I installed clockworkrecovery, and superuser, I flashed undeads rom on there. And I've been reading that superuser is being buggy when installing it on this phone through cwm...I'll look into that tonight, see if i can find the root cause.
Thanks...This is my wifes phone, she just upgraded from a CLIQ (one of the two people that loved blur)she likes my MT4G and wanted a KBD so here we are....
I want to change the lock ring so need root for the wonderful majic you dev's do....
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Thanks...This is my wifes phone, she just upgraded from a CLIQ (one of the two people that loved blur)she likes my MT4G and wanted a KBD so here we are....
I want to change the lock ring so need root for the wonderful majic you dev's do....
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Well your at the right forum to get you started. And thanks! This is my first post so I'm trying!
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phil0sophic said:
OK ill reexplain is there an icon in the apps drawer for CWM to select to reboot etc. because it didnt install one on the MT4Gslide as on my MT4G.
I know something is goofy as SU wouldnt flash, I had to install the new version from the market.
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You probably just have to download ROM Manager from the market, I think that's what you're referring to. There isn't a whole lot of support for our device in ROM manager right now, however, and I haven't checked to see if the "reboot into recovery" works. Go into settings > power > and uncheck fastboot. Then, shut down your phone, wait 10 seconds, hold down the volume down button and turn your phone back on. That'll get you into recovery. Did you get superuser to install? Are you rooted?
Mine won't switch from "revolutionary" in purple at the top to "fastboot" at the top.
It says fastboot USB about 6 lines down, but that's it.
When I type "fastboot devices" it errors and says:
'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
anyone know what's up?
So,
I'm a dumbass and accidentally flashed an "update package" rather than a full ROM. I can not get past the "HTC ONE" white screen now..I have full access to recovery and bootloader, but can't boot the phone to mount as "Disk Drive" so I have no way to put the .zip file I need on the SD Card. Is there a way to put the correct .zip...even a stock ROM onto the SD Card without the phone being able to boot? I looked around and couldn't find anything.
Thank you so much.
-Brian
Boot the phone into recovery, go to mounts and storage, mount system. In adb push the file to /sdcard/
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Sent you a PM. Thank you
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Hi, I'm working on exactly the same thing. I am only about 20 hours in and have learned quite a bit, but not having an SD card you can slip into a PC card slot is a major challenge. I have managed to get recovery back on the phone, and am successfully connected via fastboot. I can't figure out the ADB shell...I've installed SDK manager and have tried to enter the ADB shell, but cannot. Keep getting error messages. WHen I attempt to flash a rom via fastboot, the process starts, but then quits with the error that my media does not include android-info.txt or android-product.txt. I have tried every tmo ROM available, and the Nandroid back up. It is a paper weight? Thanks to anyone who can shed some light!
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Hi, I'm working on exactly the same thing. I am only about 20 hours in and have learned quite a bit, but not having an SD card you can slip into a PC card slot is a major challenge. I have managed to get recovery back on the phone, and am successfully connected via fastboot. I can't figure out the ADB shell...I've installed SDK manager and have tried to enter the ADB shell, but cannot. Keep getting error messages. WHen I attempt to flash a rom via fastboot, the process starts, but then quits with the error that my media does not include android-info.txt or android-product.txt. I have tried every tmo ROM available, and the Nandroid back up. It is a paper weight? Thanks to anyone who can shed some light!
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That's not how to flash roms, perhaps that's why. If you don't understand adb you really should not be rooting or unlocking anything until you have a better understanding of the tools you have available. Otherwise you end up in here asking if your phone is bricked when really you just have no idea what you're doing in the first place. Flash recovery in fastboot, then flash the rom from recovery.
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Yea I figured it out..I had a recovery working though.
With regards to rsvjoon,
As stoneyjonez said...you need to flash a recovery (Say CWM Touch) using fastboot...something along the lines of "fastboot flash recovery recoveryimagefilehere.img" and then reboot into recovery...etc etc.
I followed this this step-by-step process exactly and got it to work, I recommend the same.
Cheers
hello...i as well need a step by step about pushing the rom to /sdcard/ in adb....if you could pm me that i would be thankful!
Thanks...and you're right. But I have successfully flashed CWM recovery...I just can't get anything on the phone to flash. Fastboot starts the process but ultimately I get an error with each rom I try that it can't continue because I'm issing those two text files. So anyway, your point is well taken. In the past, once I had recovery, I'd just slip the micro SD card into my computer and pop a rom on it. totally different deal without that capability.
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brwetz said:
Yea I figured it out..I had a recovery working though.
With regards to rsvjoon,
As stoneyjonez said...you need to flash a recovery (Say CWM Touch) using fastboot...something along the lines of "fastboot flash recovery recoveryimagefilehere.img" and then reboot into recovery...etc etc.
I followed this this step-by-step process exactly and got it to work, I recommend the same.
Cheers
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Thanks brwetz. That is exactly the process I followed when I originally rooted my phone...and everything was swell. I fongooled things when I flashed a custom rom (which also worked just fine) and then decided to restore my Nandroid. for whatever reason, that process left me in recovery with nothing on the SD card to flash back.
Thanks again for the response.
rjsvoon said:
Thanks...and you're right. But I have successfully flashed CWM recovery...I just can't get anything on the phone to flash. Fastboot starts the process but ultimately I get an error with each rom I try that it can't continue because I'm issing those two text files. So anyway, your point is well taken. In the past, once I had recovery, I'd just slip the micro SD card into my computer and pop a rom on it. totally different deal without that capability.
Thanks brwetz. That is exactly the process I followed when I originally rooted my phone...and everything was swell. I fongooled things when I flashed a custom rom (which also worked just fine) and then decided to restore my Nandroid. for whatever reason, that process left me in recovery with nothing on the SD card to flash back.
Thanks again for the response.
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What *I did* to put a .zip file on my phone without being able to boot it up was this:
-Go into Recovery -> Mounts and Storage.
-Plug your phone into your computer using USB cable
-Make sure it says "Unmount /sdcard/" and "Unmount /system/". If they do not say that, just press them (they are toggles)
-Make sure the ROM.zip file is in the same directory as your AndroidSDK/adb (for example, mine is C:\AndroidASK\)
-Go into command prompt and type "cd c:\whereveryouradbislocated"
-Once you are in your AndroidSDK (adb) directory, type "adb push romname.zip /sdcard/romname.zip
-Unplug phone from computer, close command prompt
-Go back in Recovery to main menu and do a factory reset/wipe cache partition/wipe dalvik cache (I can explain those more if needbe)
-Again go back to Recovery Main Menu -> Install Zip from SD Card -> Choose file from SD Card -> Select the romname.zip file you just pushed from your computer and install that .zip
-Reboot phone, be patient as it will take a minute to completely boot up.
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If you need further instructions, please PM me.
All of this information deserves much thanks to strker45 and doktartaru for their endless help getting me through the process.
EDIT:
Should I make a walkthrough thread about this just incase anyone else has this problem?
brwetz said:
What *I did* to put a .zip file on my phone without being able to boot it up was this:
-Go into Recovery -> Mounts and Storage.
-Plug your phone into your computer using USB cable
-Make sure it says "Unmount /sdcard/" and "Unmount /system/". If they do not say that, just press them (they are toggles)
-Make sure the ROM.zip file is in the same directory as your AndroidSDK/adb (for example, mine is C:\AndroidASK\)
-Go into command prompt and type "cd c:\whereveryouradbislocated"
-Once you are in your AndroidSDK (adb) directory, type "adb push romname.zip /sdcard/romname.zip
-Unplug phone from computer, close command prompt
-Go back in Recovery to main menu and do a factory reset/wipe cache partition/wipe dalvik cache (I can explain those more if needbe)
-Again go back to Recovery Main Menu -> Install Zip from SD Card -> Choose file from SD Card -> Select the romname.zip file you just pushed from your computer and install that .zip
-Reboot phone, be patient as it will take a minute to completely boot up.
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If you need further instructions, please PM me.
All of this information deserves much thanks to strker45 and doktartaru for their endless help getting me through the process.
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Should I make a walkthrough thread about this just incase anyone else has this problem?
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Thanks very much! I'll do this when I get home tonight. I'll let you know how it goes...If i get it up and running I'll buy you a CASE of beer!
Not a problem.
I posted a more in-depth walkthrough here. Hope it helps possibly even better.
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Not a problem.
I posted a more in-depth walkthrough here. Hope it helps possibly even better.
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I am back in business! I was able to flash the CWM Rom 9.0.0 and then ultimately restored the stock Nandroid made available here. It's a beautiful thing. I bought you some beers! Thank you very much.
Anybody know how to flash the rom through fastboot instead of recovery by pushing the boot.img and system.img from the ruu? sd card isnt mounting in recovery for whatever reason so I don't have access to the .zip files on my sd card. more details in my post from brwetz's thread here.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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I am back in business! I was able to flash the CWM Rom 9.0.0 and then ultimately restored the stock Nandroid made available here. It's a beautiful thing. I bought you some beers! Thank you very much.
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How are those beers? hahaha
Beer music
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How are those beers? hahaha
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You're the one that should be drinking the beers! Did you not receive donation?
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You're the one that should be drinking the beers! Did you not receive donation?
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lol wow no I didn't..I didn't even know we could do that. I'll update my PayPal...
Hi, HTC Explorer: cannot pull the ring from the bottom of the screen to unlock it, I have a new HTC One but I cannot transfer the data as I cannot select HTC Transfer on the Explorer to transfer my data.
The phone was never connected to HTC Sync and the data on it is not backed up, there is an 8gb memory card in it but I'm not sure what is on it.
I have opened the phone up and reseated the screen connector and checked all other connectors, still no joy.
When I power it up it takes ages to boot up to the normal screen.
When the device is on the red light at the top right hand side of the screen is constantly on.
I also have to charge the battery on another HTC phone (Desire S) which the battery fits into - the Explorer takes forever to charge the battery.
I cannot connect it to my PC to Sync it as I would need to accept the connection.
I have diverted the phone to another handset and the Divert indication is visible on the top of the screen, so the phone seems to doing some of its function correctly but not all.
Also the touchscreen buttons at the bottom are not lighting up, so they may not be working either, the cable is properly connected.
please help, I only need to get the HTC Transfer turned on and I'll be able to transfer to the new phone.
I have tried the digitiser touch screen on anoter HTC device and it does respond, would its driver be the problem?
This is what I can think of for now> You need recovery, ESPECIALLY yannou's, for that you'll need to unlock the bootloader (in my sign is link to a tutorial), after installing recovery you can make a backup using volume and power buttons, after that you can use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044414 and from backup to get your stuff. You'll also need a card reader, firstly to get recovery on the sd card, secondly to get your backup from it.
And are you sure you didn't get your phone into some kind of liquid thingy, because proximity (red light thingy) sensor shouldn't flash like that
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This is what I can think of for now> You need recovery, ESPECIALLY yannou's, for that you'll need to unlock the bootloader (in my sign is link to a tutorial), after installing recovery you can make a backup using volume and power buttons, after that you can use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044414 and from backup to get your stuff. You'll also need a card reader, firstly to get recovery on the sd card, secondly to get your backup from it.
And are you sure you didn't get your phone into some kind of liquid thingy, because proximity (red light thingy) sensor shouldn't flash like that
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Thanks so much, but I cannot find yannou's recovery file and I don't know how to do the process, is there a dummies guide on how to carry out the recovery and the rest of the actions that I need to take?
I really appreciate your reply,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415223 In this tutorial is yannous recovery, you need this till step 3.
But if I was you, I would wait a little bit(at least one more day) maybe somebody will get here with better solution. Also I'm not 100% sure that this will work... so it's better to wait a bit.
Thanks
shortyoko said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415223 In this tutorial is yannous recovery, you need this till step 3.
But if I was you, I would wait a little bit(at least one more day) maybe somebody will get here with better solution. Also I'm not 100% sure that this will work... so it's better to wait a bit.
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Thanks so much, I really appreciate the help.:good:
question
when I am in the Unlock bootloader screen on the device it says the selecting 'yes' will delete all personal files yet jaggyjags tutorial says that it won't, which is correct as the reason that I am doing tihs is to recover the contacts etc from the device?
I am amazed that I have gotten this far, thanks for the help:good:
It shouldn't delete anything! That's why I recommended this.
I just figure out something wright now, If you used stock 2.3.5, Your Contacts should be here(if explicitly havne't stop that manually) www.google.com/contacts/ give it a try
didn't have them in Google
I am now at step 3 of the recovery process in the tutorial i have saved the A310E recovery.zip into the android folder on the c drive but when i run recovery.bat with the phone in fastboot and connected to the PC by usb i just get
sending 'recovery' (4728 KB).
OKAY [ 0.864s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: battery low)
finished. total time: 0.873s
what am I doing wrong?
ps: I really appreciate the help
I don't know how correct is that, but it's obvious that it is stating that battery is low, charge it a bit, or if it's battery from desire, put back battery from explorer. Or just try again
Everything looks as it should be.
another question
when I try to 'Place this Superuser.zip file somewhere in the microSD first' it says I can't because it is write protected, should I use another sd card or will in need to use the sd card that has always been in the phone?
What happened with recovery?
Screw the superuser.
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I got the superuser loaded and I have now completed a backup on the sd card.
how do I get the data off and how do I put it on the new phone?
Thanks so much
Now you can get your backup from you sd card, at the moment I don't remember what was the name of the backups, it should some zip file larger than 100mb just get that file on the other phone and use this app http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044414 , if your second phone is not rooted, I'll check out some other description on how to get those contacts
To get to your sd card, from recovery you can get to' mounts and storage menu' and press 'mount usb storage' it won't do nothing on the phone buu now you can brows your sd via pc
"Easyest" way to extract your contacts without root is this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370349
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I haven't set the new phone up yet so what do I do, I don't want to mess with the new phone as it would void the warranty,
can I set it up as a completely new phone and then transfer the content from the old phones backup?
Well for exactly this what you want to do...... Only thing that I can figure out at the moment is to find somebody with rooted phone, give him the backup to extract contacts from there, and then export them to file. This is not the easyest way, but it's the only way that I can get wright now.
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is there any PC programme that I can load the backup contents onto and then sync to my new phone?
No, or I don't know for one, the way is either this> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370349
Either to find somebody with rooted phone, then he can easily (with android manager) extract the contacts in a simple .vcf file, which later you can just load on your new phone, another is to root your new phone and make this by your self, but you stated that you want to keep your warranty(which is really normal thing) so that option is unacceptable. So you are! Find somebody with rooted phone.
Fellas!!! Somebody reading this? Give us some idea, because my ideas came to an end, surely here is somebody that knows more than me in this things, don't be shy, maybe I'm missing something somewhere.
I know 1 software which I used to have specifically for backing up contacts, sms, music n all files.
it is known as "wonder share mobile go for android"
http://www.wondershare.com/android-manager/
install it in pc and it connect ur fone..it will start reading ur mobile
@prabhat228 Damn man, where were you 2 days ago (no hard feelings intended, or something like that, saying it like that on the fun said). @connoga - Just mentioning you to check the thread
haha, thanks a ton mate
btw if u liked that software and anytime you need the full version, jst let me know. I will upload it.
Hi
I rooted my phone today. Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570.
It went quite well. I deleted all the bloatware that I didn't want etc.
After all that was gone I starting disabling things that I thought was extra. At one point the phone switched off and didn't come on again. I rebooted it and when it did come back on the only things I can access now are the notification panel at the top of my page, my volume control and the power key. The screen has gone black. I cant use anything else now. Its obvious I've disabled the home screen or something.
What can I do, if anything?
Really appreciate any help. Thank you.
speedy2014 said:
Hi
I rooted my phone today. Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570.
It went quite well. I deleted all the bloatware that I didn't want etc.
After all that was gone I starting disabling things that I thought was extra. At one point the phone switched off and didn't come on again. I rebooted it and when it did come back on the only things I can access now are the notification panel at the top of my page, my volume control and the power key. The screen has gone black. I cant use anything else now. Its obvious I've disabled the home screen or something.
What can I do, if anything?
Really appreciate any help. Thank you.
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You have removed the "homescreen" (Launcher)
Do you have usb debugging enabled?
If so then you can move a launcher apk to /data/app
(if you need a launcher apk and instructions to do this then ask me )
if not then go find a cwm launcher installer (if you have recovery installed)
and flash that.
It will give you a launcher to work with.
If you need help with modding or removing apps, etc.
Then you can pm me so we don't spam this thread.
Use Samsung PC suite it will fix all the errors in your phone then root it again.
Sent from my Xperia Neo L using xda app-developers app
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An apk is an application package for android.
The homescreen is the app that is run when you unlock the screen. (It is also known as the launcher)
You will need the drivers for your phone.
Which you can obtain from your manufacturers website. (Example: Samsung mesmerize > Support > downloads > driver.msi)
I have attached a zip file that needs to be extracted. (I put it together just for you )
Once extracted you must go inside the extracted folder and double click the start file.
Follow the instructions from there.
You will not need to connect wirelessly so just press enter.
It does almost all the work for you.
It's not a flash zip.
Its a script.
Go herehttp://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/GT-S5570EGAMET-downloads
Then install the kies from software tab
run that and plug your phone in with usb.
Then let it detect it and install whatever is necessary.
Make sure it has a connection then try my tool.
My tool is a Windows script.
For Windows.
Not Android.
Extract my zip and run the start file.
If it detects your device then let it fix your stuff.
It cant get any clearer than that. Really appreciate this. I just need to get onto the computer now. Will do it in the next 24 hours and let you know how I get on.
speedy2014 said:
It cant get any clearer than that. Really appreciate this. I just need to get onto the computer now. Will do it in the next 24 hours and let you know how I get on.
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I have a zip here as an attachment. (The Cwm veersion of my homescreen Repair)
Don't use it without a backup in recovery.
You might have to disable signature checking.
Make sure you put the zip on the sd card of the phone.
Goto mounts and storage in recovery and make sure that /data is MOUNTED!
I repeat, Mount /data FIRST.
Then go flash the zip from the sdcard or adb sideload(>Haven't tested sideloading)
Reboot. Enjoy.
Update!
It doesn't work for some reason.
Can I get a dev to help me?
Bump.
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Pressed the home button while using Snapchat, phone froze, had to hard reset it, phone got stuck in constant Google logo bootloop. Getting a replacement shipped out...but I have a video I recorded yesterday morning that never backed up on Photos, any possible way to save it? Someone mentioned an ADB method..? But with my little research I think you need to factory reset the phone for that, which would make this method a waste as I need to get this video off it.
I never rooted this phone, I didn't unlock the bootloader. I did turn on developer settings. That's all I know regarding that.
Other information regarding the fastboot screen: Boot-slot: a, Console: DISABLED, Secure Boot: PRODUCTION, Device is LOCKED.
I've turned it off and on multiple times, same thing. Rebooted it during loops, or at least tried to, same thing. Went into fastboot mode from loops, pressed start, same thing. Went into fastboot mode from phone off, same thing. I don't know what else to do. There is no way to clear a memory cache apparently. And I am sort of n00bish in this world.
Anyways, what could I possibly do to save this video, or to fix my phone out of this bootloop to take the video off the right way before my replacement comes in? Anyway to do either of that via 'ADB', some lowkey program I don't know about that can rip the entire phone's data onto some type of file I can decrypt, a program like Recuva that will find the file(s) for me and yank them out, etc? I know there has to be somebody out there with the skills or capabilities to do something like this... I hope. Please help out and let me know, thanks.
If you could do something like that with a locked bootloader / unrooted device then all security for Android would be a sham. I'd be very discouraged if someone could hack into a secure device and pull out information such as pictures, phone numbers, messages etc.
If it is locked, you are done. It's encrypted. If it were unlocked you could easily get it off the phone.
Well, I'm not feeling optimistic at all now. So there is 0, nada, nothing I can do to save this video/file or fix my phone? All because the device decided to randomly get stuck in this bootloop, I am absolutely screwed?
Unless you can get it to boot up then I do believe you are out of luck. You can't get into recovery menu?
Sent from my Pixel using XDA-Developers Legacy app
bobby janow said:
Unless you can get it to boot up then I do believe you are out of luck. You can't get into recovery menu?
Sent from my Pixel using XDA-Developers Legacy app
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Fastboot > Recovery mode > No command screen > Power button hold + Volume up tap > Android Recovery screen with Reboot system now, Reboot to bootloader, Apply update from ADB, etc?
If that's what you mean, I can get there, I'm there right now.
czbwoi said:
Fastboot > Recovery mode > No command screen > Power button hold + Volume up tap > Android Recovery screen with Reboot system now, Reboot to bootloader, Apply update from ADB, etc?
If that's what you mean, I can get there, I'm there right now.
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Sorry afk. Yes, that is exactly where you want to be. Try an adb sideload of the latest OTA or even the last full image. I do believe you can sideload that but if not then the OTA. You might be able to recover that way. If something got corrupt then the sideload might fix it. Or is there an option to clear cache? I think there is, you can try that first.
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Sorry afk. Yes, that is exactly where you want to be. Try an adb sideload of the latest OTA or even the last full image. I do believe you can sideload that but if not then the OTA. You might be able to recover that way. If something got corrupt then the sideload might fix it. Or is there an option to clear cache? I think there is, you can try that first.
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No option to clear cache, the rest of the options are: Apply update from SD card, Wipe data/factory reset, Mount /system, View recovery logs, Run graphics test, Power off.
I have no idea how to sideload an OTA or image to try to fix this...if you could point it out to me step by step, literally, I'd appreciate it.
czbwoi said:
No option to clear cache, the rest of the options are: Apply update from SD card, Wipe data/factory reset, Mount /system, View recovery logs, Run graphics test, Power off.
I have no idea how to sideload an OTA or image to try to fix this...if you could point it out to me step by step, literally, I'd appreciate it.
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Don't have directions atm for sideload online but the way it works is you download the OTA from here: https://developers.google.com/android/ota Scroll down to Pixel latest U build 7.1.1. Download it and place it in your fastboot android sdk folder, I put it in the platform-tools so it's easy. Then click apply update from sd card by highlighting it with the vol keys and then power key to select. It will tell you what to do. I forgot exactly but it's something like "adb sideload <ota.zip> whatever the name is and then let it go. It will take about 10 min and after it's all done, highlight the reboot option. Power key and reboot. Hopefully that should fix it. If not, sorry I'm all out of ideas. Well other that adb sideload the full image although someone will have to verify if that would work.
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Don't have directions atm for sideload online but the way it works is you download the OTA from here: https://developers.google.com/android/ota Scroll down to Pixel latest U build 7.1.1. Download it and place it in your fastboot android sdk folder, I put it in the platform-tools so it's easy. Then click apply update from sd card by highlighting it with the vol keys and then power key to select. It will tell you what to do. I forgot exactly but it's something like "adb sideload <ota.zip> whatever the name is and then let it go. It will take about 10 min and after it's all done, highlight the reboot option. Power key and reboot. Hopefully that should fix it. If not, sorry I'm all out of ideas. Well other that adb sideload the full image although someone will have to verify if that would work.
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Just sideloaded the latest OTA with the help of a friend, and no luck. Same old stuff. And I think sideloading an image would require the bootloader to be unlocked which would require a factory reset...
Here's another thing that crossed my mind, have any of you ever used EaseUS MobiSaver for Android? It's a tool that allows you to recover deleted files from your phone, similar to Recuva and hard drives. I used it before on my parents' Galaxies, this program is from circa 2014 though so I don't know if it would have much success on a new phone like this...but you never know?
For it to work you need to have your phone on (derp) and have it rooted. Here's the tricky part...if you erase your hard drive and use a tool like Recuva, even though you erased your drive the remnants are still "there" and files are recoverable with a tool like that. Do you think that the same concept would work with phones and EaseUS MobiSaver? Say that I factory reset the phone, set it up as a new device and don't transfer over any backup, I root it, and run said program to scan the deep contents of the phone's hard drive for old data. Do you think this will work in any way possible, like how regular hard drives that got erased work, or is the phone world completely different and incomparable?
EaseUS will not work on a factory reset. You can't recover anything.
bobby janow said:
EaseUS will not work on a factory reset. You can't recover anything.
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Well then what about programs like these: https://youtu.be/iPCoyRpMrqw?t=58s
http://www.jihosoft.com/recover-data/recover-data-after-factory-reset.html
http://androiddatarecovery.co/recover-data-after-factory-reset-from-android-mobile/
Some people say they have had some success with these...
Let us know. I'll wager you won't get anything back on the Pixel. Good luck.
czbwoi said:
Pressed the home button while using Snapchat, phone froze, had to hard reset it, phone got stuck in constant Google logo bootloop. Getting a replacement shipped out...but I have a video I recorded yesterday morning that never backed up on Photos, any possible way to save it? Someone mentioned an ADB method..? But with my little research I think you need to factory reset the phone for that, which would make this method a waste as I need to get this video off it.
I never rooted this phone, I didn't unlock the bootloader. I did turn on developer settings. That's all I know regarding that.
Other information regarding the fastboot screen: Boot-slot: a, Console: DISABLED, Secure Boot: PRODUCTION, Device is LOCKED.
I've turned it off and on multiple times, same thing. Rebooted it during loops, or at least tried to, same thing. Went into fastboot mode from loops, pressed start, same thing. Went into fastboot mode from phone off, same thing. I don't know what else to do. There is no way to clear a memory cache apparently. And I am sort of n00bish in this world.
Anyways, what could I possibly do to save this video, or to fix my phone out of this bootloop to take the video off the right way before my replacement comes in? Anyway to do either of that via 'ADB', some lowkey program I don't know about that can rip the entire phone's data onto some type of file I can decrypt, a program like Recuva that will find the file(s) for me and yank them out, etc? I know there has to be somebody out there with the skills or capabilities to do something like this... I hope. Please help out and let me know, thanks.
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You can often get ADB while it's booting. It just depends how far into the boy process is made it. I would power it up and see if you can ADB pull the file.
TCPDump said:
You can often get ADB while it's booting. It just depends how far into the boy process is made it. I would power it up and see if you can ADB pull the file.
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My friend was able to give it ADB commands on the fastboot/recovery menu, we sideloaded the latest OTA like that to see if it would fix it. What are you describing though, how would I be able to do that? Do you have any instructions or links on what to do? I don't know the file name for instance. The last video before that one was named VID_20170104_011325.mp4, I don't know how to find out the name of the next video file to even try to attempt what you're saying, unless you know of some way...
czbwoi said:
My friend was able to give it ADB commands on the fastboot/recovery menu, we sideloaded the latest OTA like that to see if it would fix it. What are you describing though, how would I be able to do that? Do you have any instructions or links on what to do? I don't know the file name for instance. The last video before that one was named VID_20170104_011325.mp4, I don't know how to find out the name of the next video file to even try to attempt what you're saying, unless you know of some way...
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Well, IF it had booted enough to mount storage and start the adb daemon then you would use adb shell to locate the file.
Example:
adb shell
cd /sdcard/DCIM/
ls -la
Assuming your filename is in there, it its name is VID_20170104_011325.mp4 then you could exit the shell and do this:
adb pull /sdcard/VID_20170104_011325.mp4
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Well, IF it had booted enough to mount storage and start the adb daemon then you would use adb shell to locate the file.
Example:
adb shell
cd /sdcard/DCIM/
ls -la
Assuming your filename is in there, it its name is VID_20170104_011325.mp4 then you could exit the shell and do this:
adb pull /sdcard/VID_20170104_011325.mp4
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Only place I can seem to enter adb commands is when I go to apply update from adb, and when I do so the only thing it responds to is adb devices and sideloading, presumably because that is all it allows me to do in that mode. When I enter adb shell I get error: closed