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First of all thanks for this great forum !!!!
This will be my first post. I have to thank all developers to get the sensation s-off.
I made a stupid mistake with the eng hboot. I played a little round and typed
"fastboot oem fdisk erase_emmc.
Now Phone is completly dead and bricked. Can not power on and no charging.
But it must be possible to bring the sensation back to life. I downloades QPST an drivers and see, that the device is in download mode.
I tried cdma workshop and DFS CDMA Tool too.
Can somebody make a dump with QPST and backuo the nv file and firmware image to unbrick the sensation.
Please no commands why I have done this. I said it before. I have no second sensation to try it by myself.
Has anyone an idea ??? (without to send it back or jtag flash)
Thank you for any help.
Kindly regards Woody01
Sorry for bad English
Send me the commands and i do it for you!
No comment on what you have done
I'm sorry man, but we can't help you. Once you erase something like that, it's over for that device. If i'm reading correctly, the internal sd card is completely wiped, no recovery, no HBOOT, no / (original mount point). The thing that bothers me, if you didn't know what it did, why would you run that command? That is idiocy at it's finest. The only thing you could do is send it back for a warranty replacement, since it's bricked like that, they won't able to tell you ever rooted or flashed anything. If you do send it back, play dumb, say you woke up one day after charging it all night and it just wouldn't turn on any longer. Once you get your replacement, do not install the ENG HBOOT, it isn't for noobs for this exact reason.
Download mode could be a mode where it wait for flash ... keep it off until someone comes with ideas....
Thank you for your answers but I expectet such replies.
It must be possible to bring it back. In QPST you have the ability to flash back the Multi-Image file. But i am missing the the phon image hex and boot hex. I think if someone make a backup from the Multi-Backup and NV file we could unbrick it.
For the Galaxy S someone wrote at tool (One click unbrick). There will be everything restored. (partition, boot, etc).
Is someone interestet to help me trying this ????
Kindly regard Woody01
I say again tell me how i do it .... backing up should be no problem for a device
@xtcislove
First of all you must dwonload QPST (I found it by google). I have version 2.7 buil 355.
You need the QHSUSB Drivers. I found the drivers on google. I think the phone must be in diag mode. Use QPST Software download. There is an option backup. There you can backup the firmware. It will be restored as an qcn file.
To restore the NV File you can try DFS CDMA Tool. There is an option to read the NV file. At that point I could write the file from Wildfire. I could delete it too. I used the free version 3.2.0.0
For Diag mode you need the HTC Diag driver.
It is possible for me to upload these files here in forum and is it allowed ???.
Thank you
Be careful with the NV file. There is your imei and serial number. It would be nice if someone send the file with edited imei and serial.
I need the hex files for QPST. Some wrote in the www something about CDMA-Workshop to get the hex dump.
Kindly regards Woody01
Sry i cant edit my imei etc out ...
and with 3 posts i dont trust you really ... sry i think u should ifnd someone
@ xtcislove
I understand you and is absolutly O.K . I would not send the NV file with my emei and serial too. (only the file with editet imei and serial)
I hope someone is interestet and crazy to unbrick the device and help me.
Kindly regards Woody01
Get a warranty replacement and don't even S-Off your phone. You obviously can't handle it.
In curious, why were you doing what you were doing?
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In curious, why were you doing what you were doing?
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Haha i was wondering the exact same thing
I have similar situation. my phone won't boot, no LED anywhere.
what i stupidly did was, i tried to reinstall the stock ROM and between shuffling the screens around i skipped one step. that step was actually opening the stock ROM and running it and following the commands. so i tried to unroot and S-on without selecting a ROM to flash...... now i'm screwed.
i checked my SD card in my old phone and all the data is still there. will that make a difference. or am i helpless?
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I have similar situation. my phone won't boot, no LED anywhere.
what i stupidly did was, i tried to reinstall the stock ROM and between shuffling the screens around i skipped one step. that step was actually opening the stock ROM and running it and following the commands. so i tried to unroot and S-on without selecting a ROM to flash...... now i'm screwed.
i checked my SD card in my old phone and all the data is still there. will that make a difference. or am i helpless?
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I have my sensation bricked...it's dead with screen black...someone has a solution? Thanks to anyone
Bricked mine too (Yes, very stupid indeed)
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I have my sensation bricked...it's dead with screen black...someone has a solution? Thanks to anyone
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I was stupid enough to brick mine too by an S-OFF -> S-ON transition . No solution I guess? I e-mailed three different repair centers, but no response yet. I wonder if it is possible at all to flash the Sensation's bootloader without a functional USB connection.
For other phones it can be done by a JTAG interface, but this is very delicate job which I can't do myself.
For now I consider it bricked. I bought some Apple stocks (AEX ING Sprinters Long, Dutch stock market) and will let these pay (I'm already there after today) for the new Sensation that I bought already. If it is repairable after all I will sell one of them again. I'm not going for a warranty return. Beside the fact that it is possibly detectable that I voided the warranty by touching the bootloader, it is my own mistake that I have to pay for....
By the way I have been looking for more people who killed their HTC Sensation, but I could only find you two guys and a german who is mentioned in this thread as well.
Please keep in touch!
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I was stupid enough to brick mine too by an S-OFF -> S-ON transition . No solution I guess? I e-mailed three different repair centers, but no response yet. I wonder if it is possible at all to flash the Sensation's bootloader without a functional USB connection.
For other phones it can be done by a JTAG interface, but this is very delicate job which I can't do myself.
For now I consider it bricked. I bought some Apple stocks (AEX ING Sprinters Long, Dutch stock market) and will let these pay (I'm already there after today) for the new Sensation that I bought already. If it is repairable after all I will sell one of them again. I'm not going for a warranty return. Beside the fact that it is possibly detectable that I voided the warranty by touching the bootloader, it is my own mistake that I have to pay for....
By the way I have been looking for more people who killed their HTC Sensation, but I could only find you two guys and a german who is mentioned in this thread as well.
Please keep in touch!
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I'm actually doing the whole return process. Since mine is so badly inoperable, I'm hoping that after they inspect it they will be able to give me a new one. I was able to S-On the phone (as far as i know) during the process so if they are able to read it, it should be cool. If anything i'll either be turned down or have to pay for a new one.
Planning on blaming it on the over night charging + the 2.3.4 update they released the day i bricked it haha. It's all just a game of chance.
i did it too my friend , some mistake S-off ---> s=on transition , do you have any solutions
Hello everyone, I'm a noob and this my first post. I had been reading blogs for years now on all sort of advice and solutions, so yes this is my first reply or post on any blogs. I usually find the answer I'm looking for so posting anything was unnecessary. Now I really need help. I screwed up some how. I was attempting to turn S back to ON because my device was not taking the new update, and by doing so bricked my phone (wont power on. I'm guessing I had restored a rom and not original back up which xl VipeR lx had warned about in his instructions. I have SD with su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip on it. Can someone please help I really should had not rooted my phone because I dont have the knowledge. I can take instructions very well (was Soldier in the U.S Army for 8 years (2 years in Iraq). So if some one would please give me instruction on how to fix this, I would really appreciate it.
Is there any solution ?
Thanks !
Would this tool allow me to make a backup of my phone that can be restored if ever it is bricked? In other words, would it make my phone nearly unbrickable? I mean, there is very little chance of my phone being bricked, I make sure I know exactly what command does before I execute it. I realised I have spent most of my days in the last couple of weeks reading XDA and thinking about my soon to be gf in Hong Kong XD. I just worry that when flashing a firmware file I may be left with a brick, or even get one of those bricks people speak of that just happens randomly. I really don't want to lose my phone, it means so much to me lol. I just get so worried with these things....
What I'm trying to ask is, a partition backup created with this tool can be flashed to the phone with what functioning partitions? ie do you need a working radio partition or not? working hboot? Cause what I'm scared most about is flashing a bad radio and creating a phone that can not get into hboot... i'm also scared about getting a random brick which at the moment seems to be unfixable.
Mind you, it would make a pretty impressive paperweight....
EDIT: found this guide... can someone explain what NV items are? A small understanding of this may allow me to make a backup using this tool that could then be used to unbrick sensations... I couldn't find what NV items are... I also found this....
Hello, Extreme noobpost incoming
I’m planning on rooting my HTC Sensation and have never ever tried something like it before.
I thought I would use this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300) to do it but would like you experts to answer some questions I got before I do it. And they are probably extremely noobish for you folks, so please bare with me or just stop reading here
1. I live in Sweden and thereby have a Swedish unbranded HTC Sensation. Is there any difference in the phones in different countries that might be a problem if I use the guide above or are all HTC Sensations the same?
2. If I do the things in the guide above, (yeah I plan on doing everything I can do, why go half the way. Well I don’t know but I thought I follow the guide fully), will the warranty on my phone still apply?
3. What risks are there if I do these steps in the guide? Is there any risk of permanently damaging or totally destroy my phone to the point that I have to buy a new one?
4. The main reason I want to do this is because I’m curious to what I can do to the phone afterwards but also because of the game “Paradise Island” that I’m playing and can’t save or backup cause the game doesn’t offer those options. Can I root the phone even if I don’t reset the phone back to the state when I bought it? Total reset. Or is it better to first reset the phone before I start using the guide?
5. What is the reason to get S_ON back when you once got S-OFF. Is S-ON needed to do any specific things?
6. I don’t fully understand what SuperCID means but do I need it if I’m planning on keeping HTC Sense or use the following ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849)? And is this ROM better than the stock one in performance. I really want to use HTC Sense because I like it very much and from what I understood, the ROM I linked to is an improved HTC Sense stock ROM, right?
7. Is it hard to redo all this if I for some reason would change my mind? It’s not like I can just hit the “reset to manufactured state” and it’s all back to the beginning right?
8. What is KERNEL? -.-
9. What are Radios?
10. What app should I use to make a backup before I start all of this? Titanium backup? Or is this only working when the phone is rooted?
11. Is it possible to get 5-6 columns/rows instead of the standard 4 in HTC Sense when rooted or using the ROM posted above? And is it possible to get landscape mode?
12. I have read about overclocking the phone and is it worth it? Will it be that faster and whats the risk of damaging the phone?
13. What is the main things I got to do to be certain that I successfully beckup my paradise island game before I start wrecking my phone . Cause I think I will after reading all these questions to my self again
Maybe I got more questions later, until then…
Thanks for the help in advance and hope someone understands the dilemma I got.
I really want to try all of this but I’m really a bit scared of screwing up my game and my phone.
1: don't think so
2: nope, will be voided.
3: yeap, a new shiny expensive paper weight.
4: don't get you
5: warranty! You'll be able to get back your warranty ( but I'd say flash back your stock Rom )
6: cid is like a code that different types of sense uses. Here in Asia its HTC_04 thus if I tried flashing any other Rom that does not have that code, it'll come up with an error. Super cid allows you to flash ANY Rom you want
7: not really
8: kernel is the heart ( or brain ) of android and Linux distros. Basicly without it nothing would work
9: I have no.idea either xd
10: yeap and yeap
11: if on stock you'd have to mod yourself. Most custom roms have this already
12: I'd say stay away from it
13: wait whut?
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illuminarias said:
2: nope, will be voided.
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Thats not true if you read the same thread tells you how to get s-on back (restoring warranty)
Read on brother, I said if you s-on you get it back
Sent from my HTC Sensation using XDA Premium App
Just FYI for those wondering about warranty. I rooted my Nexus One and returned it to HTC for a replacement while it was still rooted with S-OFF and they sent me a new one with no questions asked. Then I exchanged two MyTouch 4G's, both with S=OFF, to two separate T-Mobile stores and both were replaced with no questions asked.
I'm sure that your warranty is technically voided once you S=OFF. However, I am now convinced that more times than not T-Mobile or HTC will still honor the warranty as long as there is no physical damage.
Just my $0.02.
Hi folks.
You'll have to excuse me, as I know next to nothing about putting roms and whatnot into my phone - but I am super excited about being able to learn how, etc.
I'm currently using a totally stock and normal HTC Sensation 4G and have been since roughly the time it came out with my carrier. The phone has started being... weird, so I'm looking to change things around with it.
Anyways - I've been looking around the site and trying to find what exactly is the best starting point for somebody with absolutely no experience.
I've seen some noob threads here and there, but I'm not sure if they're leading me to readying my phone to throw no a new rom. Is there just some sort of state to put my phone into and then be able to flash whatever rom is available for it?
This is what I started looking at but I'm not sure if this a good jump off or not to ready my phone for fun changes.
Thanks for being patient with me on this.
Read this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
Basically, you need to S-OFF your phone, and install a new recovery. Then you can flash new roms from your new recovery.
Use the Revolutionary method in the guide to unlock your phone. Install the Clockworkmod Recovery, and Super CID if you want. That just means that you'll be able to flash a rom meant for *any* carrier, not just your own.
That's it.
59seconds said:
Read this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
Basically, you need to S-OFF your phone, and install a new recovery. Then you can flash new roms from your new recovery.
Use the Revolutionary method in the guide to unlock your phone. Install the Clockworkmod Recovery, and Super CID if you want. That just means that you'll be able to flash a rom meant for *any* carrier, not just your own.
That's it.
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Thanks!
That's exactly what I needed. I plan on digging around when I get home.
Good luck. Just remember to read everything all the way through before you do anything, and make sure that you understand all of the steps. Most of the problems that people have is because they just don't read the information/guides.
59seconds said:
Good luck. Just remember to read everything all the way through before you do anything, and make sure that you understand all of the steps. Most of the problems that people have is because they just don't read the information/guides.
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Fair advice for nearly anything!
Question about doing all this...
Do I have to have my phone connected to my computer? Or is this done primarily through the phone?
You'll need to transfer over some files. Super CID requires you to run commands to your phone from your computer, but that's it. It's definitely worth it to have fastboot and adb running on your computer in case you need it.
59seconds said:
You'll need to transfer over some files. Super CID requires you to run commands to your phone from your computer, but that's it. It's definitely worth it to have fastboot and adb running on your computer in case you need it.
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Great! I will keep that in mind for when I'm there!
Is this generally a long winded process?
Nah The first time is a bit of work since you have to S-OFF your phone and install a recovery. But it's a breeze after that. So many people have done it and the xda forums are very helpful. I followed that guide the first time and had zero problems.
So, hopefully somebody will have a bit of an idea what to do here...
First things first. I'm doing this all through a bootcamp-esque program from my Macbook - and currently on Windows 7, as there's only Windows and Linux available for the Revolutionary method.
I've downloaded the program. Opened it into a folder, etc. Turned on USB debugging and done everything else the tutorial has mentioned.
Has anybody had similar issues before?
speps said:
Hi folks.
You'll have to excuse me, as I know next to nothing about putting roms and whatnot into my phone - but I am super excited about being able to learn how, etc.
I'm currently using a totally stock and normal HTC Sensation 4G and have been since roughly the time it came out with my carrier. The phone has started being... weird, so I'm looking to change things around with it.
Anyways - I've been looking around the site and trying to find what exactly is the best starting point for somebody with absolutely no experience.
I've seen some noob threads here and there, but I'm not sure if they're leading me to readying my phone to throw no a new rom. Is there just some sort of state to put my phone into and then be able to flash whatever rom is available for it?
This is what I started looking at but I'm not sure if this a good jump off or not to ready my phone for fun changes.
Thanks for being patient with me on this.
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You mentioned the phone being "weird", in what way is it weird? If this turns out to be a hardware issue or something that requires you to send the phone back to the manufacturer, rooting the phone can void your warranty (if you have any warranty left).
Please keep this in mind prior to rooting your phone. There is a way to flash your phone back to stock and return S-ON but from what I hear it is a little risky and there is a chance of bricking your phone while doing it (as with any part of the rooting process).
When following directions for rooting, I would advise you to read the whole instructions list first to ensure you have an understanding of the whole process, so you don't get stuck at any steps. Make sure you follow the guides exactly as well.
Never heard of anyone doing this through bootcamp on a MAC, but as with any compatability issues, if you have any strange issues with any of the steps it is best to use a native Windows or Linux machine to perform the rooting process.
I have never had any issues with any rooting process, for my SGS and Sensation XE using a Windows 7 64bit computer.
rickadlee said:
You mentioned the phone being "weird", in what way is it weird? If this turns out to be a hardware issue or something that requires you to send the phone back to the manufacturer, rooting the phone can void your warranty (if you have any warranty left).
Please keep this in mind prior to rooting your phone. There is a way to flash your phone back to stock and return S-ON but from what I hear it is a little risky and there is a chance of bricking your phone while doing it (as with any part of the rooting process).
When following directions for rooting, I would advise you to read the whole instructions list first to ensure you have an understanding of the whole process, so you don't get stuck at any steps. Make sure you follow the guides exactly as well.
Never heard of anyone doing this through bootcamp on a MAC, but as with any compatability issues, if you have any strange issues with any of the steps it is best to use a native Windows or Linux machine to perform the rooting process.
I have never had any issues with any rooting process, for my SGS and Sensation XE using a Windows 7 64bit computer.
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It's been doing a lot of the issues listed here - plus, the battery life is just absolute crap. I've ordered new batteries for it (the 1900mAh Anker ones people here discussed before) and taken a few other steps to try and make it work in my favour a bit more.
I was able to almost complete the S-Off process last night, although I hit a brick wall as it just continued on the "Zerging root" while using Revolutionary. Damn.
I may try again when I get home.
One thing NO ONE ever points you to do but is, in my mind, the most important thing is to try a make sure there is an RUU available for your current ROM.
An RUU (ROM Upgrade Utility) is a complete ROM from HTC which will restore your phone to stock should you need to send it back for a warranty claim.
To check for an RUU, you first need to know your current ROM version that your phone came with. Go to Settings>About phone>Software information and make a note of the 'Software version' e.g. 1.50.401.3
Once you have that, go here and try to find a file name matching the version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559
If you find one, download it and keep it safe
EddyOS said:
One thing NO ONE ever points you to do but is, in my mind, the most important thing is to try a make sure there is an RUU available for your current ROM.
An RUU (ROM Upgrade Utility) is a complete ROM from HTC which will restore your phone to stock should you need to send it back for a warranty claim.
To check for an RUU, you first need to know your current ROM version that your phone came with. Go to Settings>About phone>Software information and make a note of the 'Software version' e.g. 1.50.401.3
Once you have that, go here and try to find a file name matching the version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559
If you find one, download it and keep it safe
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I'll be sure to do that. Thanks!
Would anybody know why I keep getting stuck at the "zerging root.." portion?
Unless it usually takes a few minutes, it seems to just... hang.
As far as I can tell, everything else is set up correctly for this to work.
I was wondering how you would install a custom rom to my ds with the following:
Hboot 2.00.0002 unlocked bootloader with htvdev s on and not rooted.
Thanks in advance
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Install a custom recovery, i.e. clockworkmod, see here under section 1, step 2.
do I have to be rooted?
EDIT: I can't s-off my hboot version is there any way to downgrade?
The suggested guide will still work.
If you want to downgrade, there are two threads here (look for them) already for that. Get shell root, then change the misc version then install the RUU.
can you please give me the link to the thread? and what are chances of bricking if I downgrade? And do I need a goldcard and what is one? Thanks
anyone know what to do?
If you cant use search then you are 100% likely to brick your done....
Go the general section.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1031 ....... Then at the topish right it says search this forum....... type in "downgrade" and make sure show threads is selected (noting worse than a million posts from the same thread)...... then its the the two top ones.
Fear not though I have the link here to the search results.
I understand this is all some sort of crazy back water town language and customs, I really do, so take a week and read read read and read, NOBODY is unable to understand it, crazy I know, but is possible.
And if you did some research you'd see that your questions have been asked (and answered) several times.
Good luck for the week ahead.
thanks a lot so if my phone is branded (which it is to vodafone) i download the vodafone ruu? I am following this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399331&highlight=downgrade
does anyone know what to do?
Any help appreciated
As far as i know downgrading works with both branded and unbranded ruus, but i would recommened to use the branded one. Afterwards i would flash the eng hboot (0.98.200) which simplifys further customization.
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i don't understand the bit about the eng hboot what does that mean? and do i need a goldcard? and what is one?
anyone know what to do?
Decide are you going to use HTCdev unlock or are you going to downgrade. If you are sticking with HTCdev then ignore the ENG hboot.
And just make the goldcard already, and no you don't need root, I have two goldcards in drawer, just to be safe, so make the card. I've already told you what to do, you refuse to listen.
I also told you to take a week and read cause you don't know your elbow from you foot currently, and stop bumping your post every few hours.
I won't help any more cause you can't help yourself.
I am trying to attempt messing with this type of thing for the first time so noob handling will be required. My reason is simply my phone is a nice wallpaper display three days after the ota from tmobile 1.63.531.2 710rd.
I began by trying to follow:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1505999
To no avail. Of course I noticed afterwards that for some reason it says to turn s-on in the header... exactly the opposite what what I need to flash the phone back to (PG59IMG_Doubleshot_TMOUS_1.28.531.9_Radio_10.48.9007.00U_10.12.9007.07_M2_release_201815_signed.zip) I have had problems with the phone ever since its first ota a year or so ago. With this latest ota the phone is more or less bricked as of the phone using power saver when I went to sleep last night... Wont call or check into the network...no dial tone. Took me 3-4 restarts for it to even show the antenna symbol and the 4g icon in the taskbar.
My phone is set as S-on for now. The only instructions I have found through the search tool relay how to do it to the sensation... I believe that is the mytouch 4g not slide. However I have the slide which is doubleshot. So my question is, is this instruction on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300 safe to use with the doubleshot since the (T-Mobile branded HTC myTouch 4g Slide ( doubleshot ) Developers Reference) page links to it indirectly. Using the link at the top of the how to S-on after s-off... again the opposite of what I need so I tried following the link at the top of that page " Guide to Installing S-off, Unlocking, ClockWork, Root, SuperCID & S-on " which takes you to the s-off instruction page for the sensation (Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300 )...I am guessing that it will work and sensation refers to HTC sense, but I don't care to make the mistake of doing it wrong and bricking my phone due to being derp.
I know there is a bit of overdone explanation and redundancy in the addresses I have left here. I am just trying to cover all my bases thanks for the help in advance.
The short and sweet is I need a link by link list with instructions on how to step my phone back for multiple reasons. First the recent OTA more or less broke my phone and I don't want a refurb phone with inferior parts from Assurion...(They were in class action lawsuits for this in the past.) nor do I want to pay 130$ for said replacement. Next from what I just read the 1.63 update has some serious security compromises that are awaiting response from HTC for an update. Basically it gives full accesses to all your data to include your sim and SD card contents to all apps. Regardless of user specified/agreed permissions.
Following ANY routine or procedure for another phone is just too dangerous & will never work anyway. The bad part being you may very well create a brick in the process. If you have the MT4G SLIDE, this is where you will get all that you need so don't even consider other threads.
Since you've done the OTA & are sitting at Hboot 1.63.XXX now you will HAVE to get S-Off before you can go back to your previous Hboot. To DO that you will have to follow the instructions HERE.
If all you are wanting to do is start flashing ROMs, then the instructions you need are HERE.
Keep us informed & we'll try to help if you need it. Good Luck!
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Following ANY routine or procedure for another phone is just too dangerous & will never work anyway. The bad part being you may very well create a brick in the process. If you have the MT4G SLIDE, this is where you will get all that you need so don't even consider other threads.
Since you've done the OTA & are sitting at Hboot 1.63.XXX now you will HAVE to get S-Off before you can go back to your previous Hboot. To DO that you will have to follow the instructions HERE.
If all you are wanting to do is start flashing ROMs, then the instructions you need are HERE.
Keep us informed & we'll try to help if you need it. Good Luck!
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Thanks for the hasty post reply any other suggestions...I have win7ult 64bit. Or will will juopunutbutter work even though they have the below disclaimer?
"Supported Operating Systems:
We only support Windows 7 32bit or Ubuntu 12.04 (and newer) 32bit, you may use a LiveCD if you have the wrong OS installed natively. Win XP 32bit might work for you but we do not support it as we did not test on it."
Also, this, "Be on the Stock RUU and be rooted (have superuser flashed). No other ROMs are supported, Fresh ROM will not work regardless of what you have read elsewhere."
-I am not rooted. Which is something else I want to accomplish so I can set up firewalls that block certain things.
Oh btw provided I can get this phone working again I am also going to attempt to reflash my older mytouch 3g... back to original as well that thing worked better than any of the current phones for my purposes before it got the update prior to the 2.2.1... the original update didn't work with adobe which is fine with me, people need to move on from adobe's garbage anyway. Specifically with the old mytough 3g though that really did add functionality at the sacrifice of sanity since it slowed the phone down so much. On that note though I may just put on a custom if I can get comfortable with this stuff. The last time I looked at a pc this hard was back in win98se when you had to know how to do tricks to make it faster like modifying available rame to twice as much above and below physical ram and a few other tweeks I have long forgotten.
That brings me to another question. If I go custom rom and unlocked this looming threat of brick is weighing in on me. If a phone is bricked is it possible to recover using some of the same tools that bricked it in the first place... flash install original rom as a fix? Just trying to see how much margin of error I have to work with.
Thanks again.
PS who do we talk to about backing off all the java on the site since it is so compromised right now? This sight has more java permissions than most sights of ill reput... though I have been reading these forums off and on for a while so I trust it more than most with this much tracking. I doubt patch 11 actually fixed the issue...since the day before they said it would take two years or more to actually resolve the java zero day exploit.
You should be fine with your pc, I used a 64bit win7 too. If you're worried dual boot linux.
Your my touch 3g is rooted diferentley, go to that forum for details, its not true radio soff but its close enough.
If you brick it its dead, depending how it was bricked jtag could bring it back to life or this phone is part of the unbricking project which will fix some other bricks. Problem is people use brick as a term that means a whole lot of things so its hard to answer. Usually a brick is forever dead, most people don't actually brick their phone though and usually have to be neglecting things to do it.
As for java... just read up on a bunch of trustworthy places for more info and understanding
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I'm afraid I just don't know about Win 7 64bit and how it will react but I'm sure there has to be a person or two around with experience concerning that OS. It may very well work fine. I CAN tell you that the "wire trick" (junoptobear?) will work fine on MikTouch because that's what I used. It's a stripped down GB stock ROM which is all you're really looking for. Why....I don't know.
As far as bricking goes, there's not a GREAT deal to worry about as long as you follow all instructions to a tee. You REALLY don't have to even have S-Off to flash ROMs as you read in that link. You just need to flash the kernel after you flash the ROM. It WILL limit a few things you can do but not ROM flashing.
When it comes to rescueing a bricked device though, there are only a very few instances that can be done as far as I know. But I'm no developer either. But if you can make it to your bootloader and/or recovery you not bricked. It may be a hardware of software issue but most of the time you can come back from those.
As far as the Java issue you spoke of goes, you may be able to get an answer to that one by PM'ing one of our moderators or admins.
I want to step it back to previous versions because they worked better...primarily the first version... Also, I am not seeing a guide that refers to doing it to the 1.63 patch. keyboard hasn't swyped right since the first ota update. Also my intent is to root an older version so I can remove crapware like dt sync, friend stream, kidzone, tmobile mall, tmobile tv, tmobile setup, telenav gps, and zinio reader.
X-Lander said:
I want to step it back to previous versions because they worked better...primarily the first version... Also, I am not seeing a guide that refers to doing it to the 1.63 patch. keyboard hasn't swyped right since the first ota update. Also my intent is to root an older version so I can remove crapware like dt sync, friend stream, kidzone, tmobile mall, tmobile tv, tmobile setup, telenav gps, and zinio reader.
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It's a simple flashing process but you HAVE to achieve S-Off first with the "Wire Trick". You can flash it forward without S-Off but not backwards. Does it work at all or is it just frozen to some point in the boot process? Can you access your SDcard? Can you boot to Hboot & recovery? These are a couple of things you will have to be able to do to go forward if I understand you correctly.