I tried asking this in the Droid 2 forum but no one knew how to help.
So i'm gonna try posting this here, sorry if this is against the rules.
I have a droid milestone 2 that is no longer getting service from anywhere. No calls, no text, data and (curiously) no ability to connect to wifi. Went to bed one night, woke up and almost called off work!!! The phone is not rooted and I still have full access to the phone so I backed up everything that is on it and factory wiped it with no luck. Called Verizon, they reset it to defaults a second time with no luck and said that it was a defect with the software.
My question is that if it’s a defect with the software, would upgrading the firmware to ICS help?
If the answer is yes, can I even do it without data on the phone?
I looked up how-to’s on how to flash the firm ware and found a wiki page that helped
wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/(deletethis)Motorola_Droid_2:_Full_Update_Guide
but this only worked when flashing to Cyanogenmod 7, the software downloadable from the page did not work with 9.
I know the apps I need is clockworkmod Recovery but I cannot install it from the app store because the phone isn’t getting any type of connection, and the version given from the wiki page can’t do Cyranogenmod 9. So I need an updated .apk file of clockworkmod recovery mod to upgrade the phone to ICS
Any help or guidance would e very very appreciated.
First off you never want to flash using Rom manager so u need to manually put clockwork on with a PC ... the version of clockwork will not matter you can still flash ics ..... flashing may help and it may not it depends on what the problem is ... also not to be a d*** but is the phone in airplane mode?
YouTube will show you how to do all this
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dude you cant flash roms or sth like unless you have a rooted phone. guess your phone is already rooted.
you did already backup why dont you make a full wipe and flash a proper rom. you can revert your phone back later if you want
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I have searched a bit and can't find what I am looking for. I have a rooted tbolt and not new to rooting but not familiar with the d2global(my son's phone). So I rooted via the 4z method and everything went smooth. Downloaded cw bootstrap and loaded liquid gingerbread 2.5. I am very upset as I forgot to make a backup prior. Anyway I did a factory reset, cache wipe, etc.. and loaded the rom. Now there is no service and I am stuck in aiplane mode. I am hoping there is a simple fix. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
Nevermind, figured it out Loaded CM7, must have been something within the liquid rom.
there is no liquid rom for the d2g, if you try installing a rom for the d2 (which i assume liquid is for) your radio wont work, which is why its always in airplane mode.
cm7, on the other hand, is made for the d2g.
onedrops said:
I have searched a bit and can't find what I am looking for. I have a rooted tbolt and not new to rooting but not familiar with the d2global(my son's phone). So I rooted via the 4z method and everything went smooth. Downloaded cw bootstrap and loaded liquid gingerbread 2.5. I am very upset as I forgot to make a backup prior. Anyway I did a factory reset, cache wipe, etc.. and loaded the rom. Now there is no service and I am stuck in aiplane mode. I am hoping there is a simple fix. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
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i did the same thing, and now i'm stuck, i tried to do a recovery and somehow it won't let me i tried holding the power and volume down to try to do a manual recovery, cause i did a backup so i can restore, unfortunately i can't get to that recovery...if i knew liquid 2.5 was bad i shouldn't have installed that POS...any help will be good, thanks
Your baseband is FUBAR, so you need to reflash an SBF.
Instructions here.
Finding the images and RSDLite with Google should be easy enough; if not (and only in that case), PM me.
JFYI: there is no way to get to CWM if you cannot boot the OS to at least a bootloop after the point where adb shell becomes available.
Thank you
Thanks, i will def give it a try...i can get to bootloader by holding power button and both volume button...i just didn't know what to do from there...
The problem i'm having is :
phone does boot up running liquid 2.5, problem no service stuck in airplane mode
all function of the phone works just can't make calls etc without service
i do see the backup files when i open file manager, just can't get it to open up, hopefully that bootloader thing works,
if rom manager was working that would help solv e everything cause i would be able to restore, but the app is not there when loaded liquid, usually when you ask to rebbot it would give you an option to reboot or recover...oh well
thanks so much hopefully i can try to resolve it later tonight...
by the way what is CWM, what does that mean
CWM is ClockworkMod Recovery, the “custom” recovery that lets you perform backup and restore of your phone's flash memory and install various custom ROMs and modifications. See http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/ClockworkMod_Recovery for a bit more information on it.
Question where would i find the images and what rev RSDLite do i use 4.9 or 5.0, sorry, just asking...
Google the file names, should net you some results.
4.9 or 5.0, doesn't really matter. 5.0 is reported to work better than 4.9 on Windows 7 systems.
thanks, i got it to work....thanks so much...
Hi, i've been a noob-lurker at this forum since joining the android community in december, but this is my first post so i'd like to start off by saying hello to everyone. As i mentioned before, my knowledge of this OS is fairly limited, so i may occasionally need for things to be a little dumbed down for me to understand.
That all being said, i recently decided to try flashing the Eagle Blood ROM (a T-Mobile based ROM) on my ATT skyrocket using CWM. The process was completed without my phone being connected to my computer, as i decided to flash a ROM available through CWM itself.
Before i flashed the ROM, the phone was rooted, had superuser, Titanium backup, etc. I believe CWM had a fairly recent backup of all my stuff as well. Once the phone booted into the new ROM, i noticed that i had none of my apps present, none of my data (contacts, messages, pictures, etc), was no longer rooted, and could no longer connect to the data network (my internet will not run without wifi). I do remember that at some point in the reboot process the log showed that it had not recognized my external SD card. I'm not sure but it might be that all my apps were on the card and none of the info loaded because of that. Additionally, because i am running on a mac and have not yet been able to reliably connect my phone to the computer, i do not have any of the more valuable data stored there either.
Essentially i'd like to know if i can recover any or all of the data (either through finding some backup buried in the system) or through pulling the contacts, etc. from the google cloud i assume they are in, and then lastly if someone could point to what exactly i did wrong in the process -- it would be nice to continue flashing ROMs and what not. If i left out any important pieces of information, please let me know.
Thank you so much!
Restore your backup. And ya, you either wiped data before flash or the rom did it for you. You can backup apps+data in tibu but you have to restore them after flash. That will restore app data. Not att data. Chances are your T-Mobile rom had T-Mobile apn's...ect. try the T-Mobile conversion zip. Its in the skyrocket dev section.
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I'm not sure where i would find those backups -- they were all on the apps themselves and (unless titanium or CWM automatically pushes the backups to another server). Both of those are not on the phone any more (or at least not in the application folder).
I will look into the T mobile conversion, that should be a good first step.
And, a quick update, all my pictures are still on the phone. Contacts, etc. are still missing.
Did youake a cwm backup before flashing?
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Yes and no. I downloaded CWM a while back and decided to make a backup right off the bat. Functionally speaking it would have all my stuff on it, but i also did not understand flashing recovery mode at that point, so i'm not sure it would have worked.
But no, not right before i flashed the ROM
Boot into recovery, go to backup and restore, go to restore. See if there is a file available. I'm kinda confused. Did you or didn't you make a cwm backup?
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am.rawr said:
Hi, i've been a noob-lurker at this forum since joining the android community in december, but this is my first post so i'd like to start off by saying hello to everyone. As i mentioned before, my knowledge of this OS is fairly limited, so i may occasionally need for things to be a little dumbed down for me to understand.
That all being said, i recently decided to try flashing the Eagle Blood ROM (a T-Mobile based ROM) on my ATT skyrocket using CWM. The process was completed without my phone being connected to my computer, as i decided to flash a ROM available through CWM itself.
Before i flashed the ROM, the phone was rooted, had superuser, Titanium backup, etc. I believe CWM had a fairly recent backup of all my stuff as well. Once the phone booted into the new ROM, i noticed that i had none of my apps present, none of my data (contacts, messages, pictures, etc), was no longer rooted, and could no longer connect to the data network (my internet will not run without wifi). I do remember that at some point in the reboot process the log showed that it had not recognized my external SD card. I'm not sure but it might be that all my apps were on the card and none of the info loaded because of that. Additionally, because i am running on a mac and have not yet been able to reliably connect my phone to the computer, i do not have any of the more valuable data stored there either.
Essentially i'd like to know if i can recover any or all of the data (either through finding some backup buried in the system) or through pulling the contacts, etc. from the google cloud i assume they are in, and then lastly if someone could point to what exactly i did wrong in the process -- it would be nice to continue flashing ROMs and what not. If i left out any important pieces of information, please let me know.
Thank you so much!
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When flashing any TMobile t989 ROM, you must also flash the conversion package as well. It contains the kernel and other files that are required. You can find that conversion package from the t989 dev thread. I strongly recommend performing a full wipe, flash the rom again, then flash conversion package BEFORE you reboot.
You may also need to manually input the correct APN settings.
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I just tried booting into recovery: the phone powers down and then just buzzes in 3 second intervals until i let go.
The only thing about performing a full wipe and working from there is that it would need a computer, which i am still currently unable to connect the phone with...
am.rawr said:
I just tried booting into recovery: the phone powers down and then just buzzes in 3 second intervals until i let go.
The only thing about performing a full wipe and working from there is that it would need a computer, which i am still currently unable to connect the phone with...
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With the Skyrocket, press and hold volume +&- and power, once you see the Samsung splash, then release the power button (continue holding volume) m, wait a few seconds and it should load recovery. You don't need a computer to perform a full wipe. Ypu can download Darkside Super Wipe Script. That will completly wipe your phone (won't wipe sd or emmc memory).
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Okay, i was able to boot into recovery (sorry about the confusion, for a second i forgot that it was possible to get into recovery outside of the app).
I found the backup i had made a while back (accidentally made another, current backup while doing this) and have tried loading it twice, but it throws up "Error while formatting /system!"
sorry, a closer yields the full text as...
"E:format_volume: no MTD partition "/dev/block/mmcblk0p24"
Error while formatting /systems!"
Just tried to boot back into the system and now i have a message saying
"warning
A custom OS can cause critical problems in phone and installed applications"
i can either boot into the custom anyways or "restart phone".
Restart? Or would that mean i would have to get it reactivated?
So I waited to register to this site till I ran into a road block. I have read and searched and search but to no avail have I come up with a answer. So I come to you fellow Samsung Infuse 4G owners for help. I have successfully rooted my phone with super one click, ran clockwork recovery and installed zeuss's build 6 and my phone runs great. Now here is my issue. My friend liked the way my phone was so he went and got a used one then handed it over to me to do the cool stuff. So I set the phone back to factory deleting everything including user data.... I now have installed the new version of one click and this new phone and it says it works and installed but when I run clockwork the superuser never pops up. Now I have checked The settings and its not the issue. I have since factory reset the phone again deleting user data and superuser was still on the phone. I've tried to remove it like 50 times to no avail until today when it finally went away after I tried again the unroot on superoneclick but after restart and I try to reinstall it, it says its already rooted, so I make it reroot and I still havve Tue same issue. I have tried to clear data and reinstall the packages via the Samsung recovery but it says there is a missing path on the internal SD. So now I'm stuck... its been like this back and forth for 3 days. So I ask for a bit of help as my first post. BTW I'm Dustin I'm 27 and I live in Washington state and I love my swet zeuses builded phone. Thanks in advance
Did you push the cwm recovery file to system/bin and fix the permissions
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Go to this post read thoroughly and you will want to download the third link from the top to give you a factory reset gb with too and recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25177681
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Dry with root and clockwork mod
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ThePinky said:
So I waited to register to this site till I ran into a road block. I have read and searched and search but to no avail have I come up with a answer. So I come to you fellow Samsung Infuse 4G owners for help. I have successfully rooted my phone with super one click, ran clockwork recovery and installed zeuss's build 6 and my phone runs great. Now here is my issue. My friend liked the way my phone was so he went and got a used one then handed it over to me to do the cool stuff. So I set the phone back to factory deleting everything including user data.... I now have installed the new version of one click and this new phone and it says it works and installed but when I run clockwork the superuser never pops up. Now I have checked The settings and its not the issue. I have since factory reset the phone again deleting user data and superuser was still on the phone. I've tried to remove it like 50 times to no avail until today when it finally went away after I tried again the unroot on superoneclick but after restart and I try to reinstall it, it says its already rooted, so I make it reroot and I still havve Tue same issue. I have tried to clear data and reinstall the packages via the Samsung recovery but it says there is a missing path on the internal SD. So now I'm stuck... its been like this back and forth for 3 days. So I ask for a bit of help as my first post. BTW I'm Dustin I'm 27 and I live in Washington state and I love my swet zeuses builded phone. Thanks in advance
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What can also do is....run these files in cwm install like a ROM no wipes, do this one 1st and install 2nd back to back:
http://db.tt/NUVg4mjr
Then install this one 2nd:
http://db.tt/fOv83rRY
{U.S.M.C.} "Fraternal Brotherhood of the Highest Order"
Odin it to the stock rooted with cwm 2.3.6 and install from from recovery there. What I do
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thanks all for the help, working on it right now
So a little follow up..... first I wanna say thanks again for the help things worked out well. Had some issues with the recovery but he doesn't need it but its rooted so I did some fine tuning and he loves it. Atleast I know I can get good help here from other techies like myself. Cheers
-Pinky-
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The basic deal is I got bored of the software and decided that I should root an install some custom ROMs on my Nexus S.
I used the One click method posted I believe in the general forum and everything went smoothly. I downloaded the latest AOKP and CM zips, put them onto my phones memory and went on with my day.
So today I began to put on the AOKP ROM and it got stuck at the initiating swagger screen. And was stuck there for a good 20minutes. I didn't know what to do, so I battery pulled.
I thought I had some backup saved from the day before, but that wasn't the case. So now I'm essentially stuck in thee boot menu for clockwork and my phone has been rendered useless. If any of you guys know what I should do, please tell, I'm extremely pissed off at myself for letting this happen.
I deleted the Cache partition and Dalvik thing when I was first getting ready to put on the ROM. I didn't to a factory wipe, so that might be an issue? I don't know. I've also tried plugging the phone into my computer, but because I cant turn on USB mass storage, I can't look through that either.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Hi,
If ur in the bootloader screen scroll down until u see recovery. Then press the power button.
From recovery scroll down to mounts and storage to connect to computer via USB.
From here u have a few options bjt i would just download another ROM and its gapps or a ROM that already contains them.
Just be careful to get the correct zips for ur type of phone
Good luck
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Wow. Thanks a lot. Do you think I should do a factory reset before I install a new rom?
EDIT: Hey vidaljs, thanks for the help! I got the CM10 ROM up and running, apparently I was running some really old version! That USB mount thing really helped!!
Chillingly Based said:
Wow. Thanks a lot. Do you think I should do a factory reset before I install a new rom?
EDIT: Hey vidaljs, thanks for the help! I got the CM10 ROM up and running, apparently I was running some really old version! That USB mount thing really helped!!
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No worries
Next thing u should do is make a backup of this working ROM so u can always go back to it in a pinch.
And always follow what the developers suggest in their thread since they created it.
But when I go to a new ROM, I always do a factory reset, wipe cache and wipe Dalvic.
If u haven't found it yet, use titanium backup for ur apps so its easier to apply them to ur newly flashed ROM. The free version is fine but I've heard that paid version has some extra useful benefits.
Good luck and happy flashing.
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vidaljs said:
No worries
Next thing u should do is make a backup of this working ROM so u can always go back to it in a pinch.
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Yeah I should have done it first
Hi guys,
Almost same stroy, I tried to Root & install Cyanomodgen 10 on my Nexus S, but boot isn't working quite well, and I'm stuck at a circling image preparing the launch.
Recovery isn't working I got stuck at the image with the robot and the back and the exclamation mark on top of it and like 5 minutes later it launch the cyanomodgen ring again - and can't get in download mode.
I pretty don't get what I should do.
Any idea?
I feel I lack some info on my problem, I'll create a fresh post for it
thanks
I just purchased a p509 as a backup phone and figured I could easily root it and flash a better ROM on it. I am not new to the whole flashing process. I've had no problems doing all this on three other phones (LG G2x, Galaxy Centura, and a Galaxy S 4G).
I rooted it using Gingerbreak. Seemed to go ok. My first problem was having error messages using Astro File Manager. I then got a little carried away with Titanium Backup and deleted the LG Home launcher and probably something else I shouldn't have. I of course then had no home screen. I used Gmail to send the APK to myself and install it. I then had my home screen, but I still got error messages every time I hit the home button.
I then installed ROM manager to try and get a recovery on the phone and wipe out all my issues with a new ROM. It gets to 100% installing CWM and then I get a Superuser error message. If I try and fix permissions I get the same thing.
Any advice? The only factory restore help i can find is the basic hard reset stuff.
Every time something needs Superuser, SU gives me a FC. I can't even install Busybox. Is there no way to return this phone to the way it came from the factory?
Ok so I seem to have SU working now. But Busybox still won't install...
Well even though no one cares to help (not surprised on XDA) I want to add some info. I have tried flashing a recovery two different ways through terminal emulator with no luck. My current status is using this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2003080
I'm trying to type in "flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img" and getting a not enough memory message. This is becoming the most pain in the ass thing i have ever tried to do. I would love to just have it back to the way I received it with all the stock apps and games and not having to email myself the LG Home launcher every time I reset it. Any insight would be appreciated.
the problem is that rom manager is not compatible anymore with O1(if you managed to install recovery do not boot into it from rommanager, use combo keys), so read this post to install recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827723 (to go in fastboot try to use quickboot from playstore), search forum for flashable recovery thread for O1,
or, to make it stock just flash an oldbb GB rom 2.2 and use LG support tool from LG site and update to latest version available, worked for me
Thank you very much. I actually just solved the problem with this guide:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318750 and running GingerDX.
Good to know how to get it back to stock though. I swear I searched and got nothing but "Hard reset" results.
Thank you very much. I actually just solved the problem with this guide:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318750 and running GingerDX.
Good to know how to get it back to stock though. I swear I searched and got nothing but "Hard reset" results.