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I got my Sensation back from repairs with 1.18 and pressed on and rooted. I now run rooted stock 2.3 with S-On but unlocked using HTC method (Revolutionary didn't work for some reason) and ClockWorkMod with SuperCID
This is where the problems started
I can't get S-Off
I have tried everything I can find (literally been on this for hours). I've tried:
Revolutionary 0.4pre4 (which fails to gain root - possibly because I've already got root)
HTCSuperTool (v3 of which appears to be broken, btw)
Downloading various firmwares and flashing them (using the PG58img.zip/bootloader method)
I've even tried running the RUU exe and pulling the rom.zip, renaming that and dropping that in the SD card
Running the RUU (both the latest T-Mobile UK and the latest ICS version)
The weird thing is that it reads the PG58img.zip files, loads them, starts to parse them then goes back to bootloader and doesn't read them again unless I reboot the bootloader
Update: Re-locked the bootloader and still can't run the RUU for ICS
Any ideas?
Anyone? Please help!
I've just been through all this after getting my phone back from repair. Mine came back with t-mobile branded rom version 1.50.110.2 and wouldnt s-off with revolutionary. Luckily the phone still had supercid so i flashed RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.50.401.1_R_Radio_10.58.9035.00U_10.15.9035.02_2_release_228602_signed.exe and revolutionary finally worked. You can read my thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538324
Thank you, I'll try that (if I can ever get a slot on the FileFactory download server...)
I've got a 1.17 hboot.img from Kohr-Ar (used in one of the PG58IMG.zips), could I use fastboot flash hboot hboot.img to flash that or would i be left with a brick?
Ok, got the ROM and tried to flash but I forgot that I put the CID back to the T-Mobile CID. Now, I can't change the CID, I always get:
>fastbooot oem writecid 11111111
...
(bootloader) vreg_set: request is duplicated id 14
(bootloader) pyramid_init_sd, SD card power on ok
(bootloader) sdcc_init_memory_device done
(bootloader) [FAT_ERROR] fat_open_file: can not find SMART_IO.CRD
(bootloader) [JAVACARD_ERR] SMART_IO.CRD cann't find
OKAY [ 1.079s]
finished. total time: 1.080s
Any ideas now?
pnlrogue1 said:
Ok, got the ROM and tried to flash but I forgot that I put the CID back to the T-Mobile CID. Now, I can't change the CID, I always get:
>fastbooot oem writecid 11111111
...
(bootloader) vreg_set: request is duplicated id 14
(bootloader) pyramid_init_sd, SD card power on ok
(bootloader) sdcc_init_memory_device done
(bootloader) [FAT_ERROR] fat_open_file: can not find SMART_IO.CRD
(bootloader) [JAVACARD_ERR] SMART_IO.CRD cann't find
OKAY [ 1.079s]
finished. total time: 1.080s
Any ideas now?
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did u find any solution , i am exactly in same situation i also did exactly same thing now stuck
Try to run ruu ???
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Afraid not. I tried all sorts of things - best I can say is do NOT try to flash your bootloader using the fastboot method - found that out the hard way...
I think flashing an alternative ROM may help but I'm not sure. Maybe contact the devs of Revolutionary - it just wants a way of skipping the Zerging Root stage in V0.5...
Find my post and do it step by step run ruu then change cid
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So my Sensation XE is not Rooted neither S-off ed... I unlocked the boot loader by htc Dev. I installed ClockWorkMod and did a backup. I tyied to installe a fireware and now when i press the power button, the screen gets stuck at the white screen with the HTC text. I restored from CWM, but still the same...And when i try to install a ROM it's say aborted.
I tried to flashboot with the boot.img of the ROM, doesn't work. I try to install a RUU ROM for my phone, it's gives me ERROR. Finally i tried to supercid my HTC with "fastboot oem writecid 11111111 " but looks like my bootloader wont let me supercid because it's gives me
"C:\Android>fastboot oem writecid 11111111
...
(bootloader) vreg_set: request is duplicated id 14
(bootloader) pyramid_init_sd, SD card power on ok
(bootloader) sdcc_init_memory_device done
(bootloader) [FAT_ERROR] fat_open_file: can not find SMART_IO.CRD
(bootloader) [JAVACARD_ERR] SMART_IO.CRD cann't find
OKAY [ 1.121s]
finished. total time: 1.121s"
Anyone knows what i can do??Do i have to find RUU for my cid (HTC_203) so I can flash anything??
Were you on gingerbread? If so you will need to flash an ICS rom and then flash the boot. IMG or install 4ext recovery and use smart flash. I'm on my phone so I can't link you to the firmware thread but you should be able to find it if you go to the reference thread in the Android development section.
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Yes you need the correct firmware for the Rom, example: ics or 4.0.3 roms run on firmware 3.32,or 3.33 ( the newest version) anything Gingerbread runs on a different firmware. So if you flashed a ICS firmware you need a ICS Rom. Also read the guide to flashing roms with S On. You can find it here I'll include link for you. This guide will help you out. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
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I tried to flashboot with the boot.img of the ROM, doesn't work
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what do you mean by that ?
what error you got ?
when you flash a rom while being SON ..you need to flash the boot.img separately if you are using CWM recovery
to flash the boot.img pf the rom separately
first connect your phone to pc from bootloader (phone should read fastboot usb after this)
then copy the boot.img to the adb/fastboot folder (the folder where you have adb.exe and fastboot.exe)
then open command window there (if windows hold shift + right click ->open command window here)
then type this command
fastboot flash boot boot.img
then reboot using
fastboot reboot
it should boot
also check the guide linked by realisis
Thanks a lot guys i followed the instructions of the thread u given to me and it did works I thinks my CMW Recovery wasn't working properly.
thanks for thi this thread itry
I have a HTC sensation which I am trying to fix.
It was working fine and then did an OTA update and it would not boot again and would lock up on the HTC logo with a white background.
I did manage to unlock the phone, but it is still S-ON because I am unable to get into the phone normally to get revolutionary to detect the phone correctly because it cant find the phone in recovery mode.
I managed to get EXT4 recovery image installed which helped me flash the rom to cyanogenmod 10.1 but it will reboot every 5 seconds after it loads into the menu.
I did a super wipe and installed ARHD but it only gets to the beats audio logo before restarting.
I was unable to find the correct stock rom or the RUU because the CID is TELNZ which doesn't seem to have many stock rom files around.
I believe that if I can find the RUU_PYRAMID_TELNZ then it will help me fix the device, but I can't find it on the net.
I tried to write a super CID so I could flash any rom to it but it doesn't work:
C:\AndroidSDK\sdk\tools>fastboot oem writecid 11111111
...
(bootloader) vreg_set: request is duplicated id 14
(bootloader) pyramid_init_sd, SD card power on ok
(bootloader) sdcc_init_memory_device done
(bootloader) [FAT_ERROR] fat_open_file: can not find SMART_IO.CRD
(bootloader) [JAVACARD_ERR] SMART_IO.CRD cann't find
I tried to manually update the phone with (I had to edit the file and add TELNZ*** to it):
C:\AndroidSDK\sdk\tools>fastboot flash zip PG58IMG.zip
sending 'zip' (14242 KB)...
OKAY [ 3.087s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
I also tried to put PG58IMG.zip on the SD card but the phone fails to update from the image with no error after it finishes "checking" the file.
Here is the info that I have gathered from the device:
Model: HTC sensation z710a
version: 0.5
version-bootloader: 1.18.0000
version-baseband: 10.14.9035.02_2
version-cpld: None
version-microp: None
version-main: 1.50.781.1
product: pyramid
platform: HBOOT-8260
modelid: PG5811000
cidnum: TELNZ001
battery-status: good
battery-voltage: 3912mV
partition-layout: Generic
security: on
build-mode: SHIP
boot-mode: FASTBOOT
commitno-bootloader: 9d24123f
hbootpreupdate: 11
gencheckpt: 0
What I am hoping to do is to get the device S-OFF and install ARHD Sensation 7.3 or a working install of cyanogenmod 10.1.
If anyone could offer me any help, that would be greatly appreciated.
**update 1**
I have found the reason that the roms are restarting constantly.
Basically the 1.18 HBOOT version I have is too low and causing issues.
I need to update to 3.33 but the revolution tool cant get root, so I am trying to use the Tacoroot method to try and get revolution to work.
The issue I am now facing is that I cant get past the first step because of this error: "failed to copy 'tacoroot.bin' to '/data/local/tacoroot.bin': Permission denied"
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ahsan64 said:
use this guide to update firmware ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1472298 )... If you already have 4ext recovery installed than move to flashing 3.33 firmware section..
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I am unable to follow this guide because I am still S-ON, I'm trying to get S-OFF but revolutionary is not working and neither will the tacoroot method.
McBOeric said:
I am unable to follow this guide because I am still S-ON, I'm trying to get S-OFF but revolutionary is not working and neither will the tacoroot method.
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Yeah i forgot that device you mention your device is still S-ON and that's why i removed my abov post but you can still flash GB RUU.. let me find..
You're s-on... Then you must flash boot.img of the ROM you're trying to flash, using fastboot commands:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then immediately reboot.
Revelation™ ushered in a revolution... Right on, SebastianFM!
ashkan-khatar said:
You're s-on... Then you must flash boot.img of the ROM you're trying to flash, using fastboot commands:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then immediately reboot.
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Thanks.
To go into greater detail, does this mean that I need to download hTC-Stock-FirmWare-3.33.401.6 (HBOOT-1.29.0000+boot.img+Radio+Recovery+etc.) and manually flash the boot.img via CMD?
What I have managed to do so far is run superwipe and install SENSEaY_XE35_v2.1.0 which is a modified GB rom.
I tried to then run the revolutionary method to get S-OFF but it always just corrupted the rom.
I also tried the tacoroot method but that corrupted the rom as well.
So for now I'm just leaving it with SENSEaY_XE35_v2.1.0 installed since that is the only thing that works and seems to be stable on the phone.
Hi, i have a htc sensation with the following details its S-on , htc dev relocked bootloader because of going to stock ..
INFOversion: 0.5
INFOversion-bootloader: 1.27.0000
INFOversion-baseband: N/A
INFOversion-cpld: None
INFOversion-microp: None
INFOversion-main: 3.33.401.53 (before flashing the ruu it shoes 1.24.0)
INFOserialno: SH19WV803357
INFOimei: 3583..............
INFOproduct: pyramid
INFOplatform: HBOOT-8260
INFOmodelid: PG5813000
INFOcidnum: HTC__001
INFObattery-status: good
INFObattery-voltage: 3784mV
INFOpartition-layout: Generic
INFOsecurity: on
INFObuild-mode: SHIP
INFOboot-mode: FASTBOOT
INFOcommitno-bootloader: 617f0a98
INFOhbootpreupdate: 11
INFOgencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.484s
i had cm9 installed on it but it was eating a lot of battery i switched to other versions.. i tried other cm 10 ,10.1 and 10.2 , ciper 3.12, 1.6.3, and hd revoloution 7.5 i gues.. and it all started after flashing the viper rom ..
i installed various roms .. and i always did smartflash enabled before installing my rom, and then fastboot the img file to it.. but after removing the viper 3.1.2 rom .. i got stuck in serious bootlop..
I flashed other roms but still bootloop..
now i tried to go back to stock following this guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672425 i flased the RUU for my HTC_001 RUU file name is ((RUU-Pyramid-ICS-hTC-Europe-3.33.401.53-Radio-11.76A.3504.00U-11.24A.3504.31-M-release-280871-signed)) .. but even with this RUU file i get bootloop..
HTC screen comes and then the htc splash screen and it reboots .. and it continues.. " .. (before flashing i did fast oem lock thing)
i am stuck with this phone here need a working one again .. please help me .. i dont want to spent extra 1000buks here.. already spent 4.5k(rupes) to get this mobile from my last one .. which was a htc desire c (screen prob) .. now please help me get this thing working
i am already having sleepless nights
no one here to help
dxbboy said:
no one here to help
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I`m a noob but, heck...erase everything from root of your SD card...some files can force loop cycle (when you are in bootloader)
Can you boot into Fastboot and Recovery ?
silentvisitor said:
Can you boot into Fastboot and Recovery ?
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as i tried to go back to the stock ... i had to locked my boatloader.. but yes i can get into fastboot but when i go into recovery i see blackscreen with mobile pic in center with an arrow above it + a bar loading at the bottom with a sdcard like sign..
At this point to get your phone operational I would download the appropriate RUU for your phone and reimage it to get it working again.
I know you flashed the 3.33 RUU. What I mean is try the 3.32 RUU
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Kohr-Ah said:
At this point to get your phone operational I would download the appropriate RUU for your phone and reimage it to get it working again.
I know you flashed the 3.33 RUU. What I mean is try the 3.32 RUU
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yes i am currently downloading the 3.32.401.1 RUu to give it a try .. as my cid is htc_001 and wwe :xx.xx.401.x
do i have to flash a new rom after this or with this RUU the phone will boot ? :S
i relocked the bootloader for RUU ..but when type my token number in htc dev it gives error now lets just wait to see what this RUU does
dxbboy said:
yes i am currently downloading the 3.32.401.1 RUu to give it a try .. as my cid is htc_001 and wwe :xx.xx.401.x
do i have to flash a new rom after this or with this RUU the phone will boot ? :S
i relocked the bootloader for RUU ..but when type my token number in htc dev it gives error now lets just wait to see what this RUU does
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see if it will boot
i tried RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_HTC_Europe_3.32.401.5_Radio_11.69.3504.00U_11.22.3504.07_M_release_246089_signed
but it gave error 140 bootloader version error and on my device it shows ruu main version is older update fail
dxbboy said:
i tried RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_HTC_Europe_3.32.401.5_Radio_11.69.3504.00U_11.22.3504.07_M_release_246089_signed
but it gave error 140 bootloader version error and on my device it shows ruu main version is older update fail
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What about reunlocking the bootloader (Can always relock it right?),then run the 3.33 RUU again or flasha cyanogenmod rom again and see if it boots?
Usually boot loops are simple. Like wiping dalvik and cache solves it but that is on a rom basis not a stock RUU Basis.
Kohr-Ah said:
What about reunlocking the bootloader (Can always relock it right?),then run the 3.33 RUU again or flasha cyanogenmod rom again and see if it boots?
Usually boot loops are simple. Like wiping dalvik and cache solves it but that is on a rom basis not a stock RUU Basis.
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about reunlocking .. i visited the htc dev site.. i entered my token number.. it gave error ..that i cannot be unblocked blabla.. how do i reunlock it ? locking is ya its done with a single command... plus
i wanted to know if i flashh 3.33RUU which i did earlier, do i have to flash a rom just after this or does the RUU have a rom inside the exe, i am asking because when you go to temp folder you see a rom.zip file which many ppl suggest to flash via fastboot if normal ruu flash isnt working ?
i am trying to flash the rom.zip from 3.32 now .. hope it doesnt give the bootloader error here
nops its a negative result
C:\Documents and Settings\Muffi\Desktop\ADB_Fastboot_Windows>fastboot flash zip
rom.zip
sending 'zip' (430184 KB)... OKAY [ 63.031s]
writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this i
mage...
INFOsignature checking...
INFOzip header checking...
INFOzip info parsing...
INFOchecking model ID...
INFOchecking custom ID...
INFOchecking main version...
FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)
finished. total time: 141.625s
((FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)
Your device is S-ON & you are trying to use an RUU that has software number less than your current software number.))
i guess the error is there because i flashed the 3.33 RUU ?? am i stuck with it .. how to start this phonee(
dxbboy said:
i am trying to flash the rom.zip from 3.32 now .. hope it doesnt give the bootloader error here
nops its a negative result
C:\Documents and Settings\Muffi\Desktop\ADB_Fastboot_Windows>fastboot flash zip
rom.zip
sending 'zip' (430184 KB)... OKAY [ 63.031s]
writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this i
mage...
INFOsignature checking...
INFOzip header checking...
INFOzip info parsing...
INFOchecking model ID...
INFOchecking custom ID...
INFOchecking main version...
FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)
finished. total time: 141.625s
((FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)
Your device is S-ON & you are trying to use an RUU that has software number less than your current software number.))
i guess the error is there because i flashed the 3.33 RUU ?? am i stuck with it .. how to start this phonee(
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the ruu.exe contains a rom.zip too
extract the one from 3.33 and flash it manually from bootloader or via fastboot command
tried that already, thats why you are seeing the firmware in my log as 3.33.. but i notiches the baseband is unavailable.. might that be a problem ?
none of the given instruction helps :S what should i do ? i flashed the 3.33 rom from RUU + from fastboot just after RUU still the bootlop, it reaches htc splash and restarts .. n goes on n on n on..
UPDATE : i relocked my bootloader via htc dev, i installed 4ext again .. i cleard factory reset, cache dvlkcache, format partition expt sdcard... this time i installed ((rmk-pyramid-stock_ics_3.32.401.3-v1)) with the smartflash enabled .. i installed, booted back to fastboot , flashed the boot.img.. and it still get stuck on the htc splash screen .. a tone come and it restarts .. ..
Update 2 : i installed cm-10.2-20130929-Sultan-pyramid , flasht boot.. now cyanagebnod circles spins and its booted .. i didnt receive a bootloop yet but inside the settings it shows unknown baseband and i dont have my phone signals
update 3 : still those bootloops as i can sometime bootup.. i am going to try to get S-off using juopunutbear ..
dxbboy said:
none of the given instruction helps :S what should i do ? i flashed the 3.33 rom from RUU + from fastboot just after RUU still the bootlop, it reaches htc splash and restarts .. n goes on n on n on..
UPDATE : i relocked my bootloader via htc dev, i installed 4ext again .. i cleard factory reset, cache dvlkcache, format partition expt sdcard... this time i installed ((rmk-pyramid-stock_ics_3.32.401.3-v1)) with the smartflash enabled .. i installed, booted back to fastboot , flashed the boot.img.. and it still get stuck on the htc splash screen .. a tone come and it restarts .. ..
Update 2 : i installed cm-10.2-20130929-Sultan-pyramid , flasht boot.. now cyanagebnod circles spins and its booted .. i didnt receive a bootloop yet but inside the settings it shows unknown baseband and i dont have my phone signals
update 3 : still those bootloops as i can sometime bootup.. i am going to try to get S-off using juopunutbear ..
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for S-OFF you need the stock rom.link in my signature.i don't know if it works with other rom
and something else.when you are enabling smartflash don't flash after that the boot.img
you are doing the same step twice
just downloaded the file from your signature.. Sensation_3.33.401.53_deodexed : flashed it ok it booted after a couple of heartbeating bootlops ..first time it took alot of time to load.but it booted atleast but then again stuck there with bootloop, and now i got my signals again.. but bootloop is killing me .. 20,.30 times bootlop then a single start then again bootloop
+ i wanted to know ,, if the joupnutbear will work on 3.33 ?
any way .. couldnt get though the process.. just got fedup.. so gave it in a market to repair.. hope they fix it
no that guy in the market was a noob .. he just installed the stock that i installed earlier and send the mob back... ill have to do it ... i wana ask .. how can i run jupunetbear if i cant bootup.. alot of bootloping is there
hey mate... .. i was able to make it s-off using the jp windows guide.. but i still have those loops.. some time.. like , 3, 4 times a day ..
Hi
A few days ago I tried to unlock my HTC XL Evita and then flash a custom rom. I'm not entirely sure exactly what I have done.
** TAMPERED **
** UNLOCKED **
Evita PVT SHIP S-On RL
HBOOT-2.18.0000
RADIO-1.34a.32.45.21
OpenDSP-v33.1.0.45.1128
eMMC-boot
Nov 15 2013
At the moment it boots directly into CWM 6.0.4.4
CWM reports that it can not mount basically anything, including the USB Storage. Hence CWM has no usefulness.
From the bootloader, I can run FASTBOOT commands. This is what happens if I try to send a zipped rom
C:\.android>fastboot flash zip KarbonKat-v1.0-14-20140531-1251-evita.zip
sending 'zip' (178295 KB)...
OKAY [ 7.930s]
writing 'zip'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 7.963s
If I try to upgrade CWM to 6.0.4.8 it works, but after a full reboot it reverts to 6.0.4.4
If I 'send' a rom zip via CWM, it appears to install correctly, but when it reboots it just goes back into CWM.
I'm a little lost with what to try next. Would appreciate some help. Do I need to provide any more information?
WiZeR said:
Hi
A few days ago I tried to unlock my HTC XL Evita and then flash a custom rom. I'm not entirely sure exactly what I have done.
** TAMPERED **
** UNLOCKED **
Evita PVT SHIP S-On RL
HBOOT-2.18.0000
RADIO-1.34a.32.45.21
OpenDSP-v33.1.0.45.1128
eMMC-boot
Nov 15 2013
At the moment it boots directly into CWM 6.0.4.4
CWM reports that it can not mount basically anything, including the USB Storage. Hence CWM has no usefulness.
From the bootloader, I can run FASTBOOT commands. This is what happens if I try to send a zipped rom
C:\.android>fastboot flash zip KarbonKat-v1.0-14-20140531-1251-evita.zip
sending 'zip' (178295 KB)...
OKAY [ 7.930s]
writing 'zip'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 7.963s
If I try to upgrade CWM to 6.0.4.8 it works, but after a full reboot it reverts to 6.0.4.4
If I 'send' a rom zip via CWM, it appears to install correctly, but when it reboots it just goes back into CWM.
I'm a little lost with what to try next. Would appreciate some help. Do I need to provide any more information?
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You can't flash a ROM using fastboot, you flash ROMs through the recovery. If you've performed a factory reset from the bootloader that's why you can't mount your sd card. This is a bug common to this device, it corrupts the sd card, so never perform a factory reset from the bootloader. My advice right now would be to flash TWRP recovery instead of CWM, you'll find TWRP builds for our device here:
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/evita
Check the How-To Guide For Beginners thread in my signature for detailed instructions on how to do this, and many other basic operations. You should also check the Evita FAQ thread in my signature.
Anyway, once you have TWRP installed you can use the wipe menu to wipe the sd card (if indeed you did corrupt it by performing a factory reset from the bootloader). Use the mount menu to mount the sd card (mount usb storage) and copy a ROM across. Then use proper process to flash a ROM.
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ooooh you beautiful ozzie bastard!! I could kiss you on the mouth I've been f*cking about with this for 3 days straight!
Your beginner thread helped. Although I could not get it to install via the SD card/internal storage for some reason. In the end I tried sideload and that did it. Re-flashed boot.img and now I'm booting into KarbonKat
Thanks again. Appreciate the help.
Should I bother with S-Off? Will that give me anything extra above custom roms?
WiZeR said:
ooooh you beautiful ozzie bastard!! I could kiss you on the mouth I've been f*cking about with this for 3 days straight!
Your beginner thread helped. Although I could not get it to install via the SD card/internal storage for some reason. In the end I tried sideload and that did it. Re-flashed boot.img and now I'm booting into KarbonKat
Thanks again. Appreciate the help.
Should I bother with S-Off? Will that give me anything extra above custom roms?
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Lol, I'll just take the thanks [emoji13]
Having s-off is definitely something you should do, there are some great benefits:
- You'll no longer need to flash the boot.img via fastboot every time you change ROMs or kernels.
- You'll be able to flash radios.
- You can run any Evita RUU.
- There are other benefits I can't think of right now.
Facepalm S-off (requires SuperCID)
Rumrunner S-off (doesn't require SuperCID, but I'm not sure how reliable this method is with an aosp ROM installed)
I find it odd that installing from the sd card didn't work. I'm thinking that's possibly because you don't have the correct recovery version installed (TWRP 2.7.0.8 is required for current aosp ROMs due to an updated fstab layout that's been introduced by CM). It's worth flashing that version, you'll find a thread for it by @pandasa123 in our Android Development Section.
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Ahh bollix, I fuxed it!
I needed to unlock the Orange sim on my Evita and realised, after I bought an unlock code, that it would only work on stock roms. I started trying to flash a stock rom and failed. FAILED I TALL YE!!
I tried following this thread to flash a stock rom. However it failed and when I rebooted, I got stuck in a bootloop to the bootloader. Fixed that by re-flashing the recovery. However, now it does not boot the phone anymore (hangs on the boot logo). I can't mount the SDCard. So last resort, I tried sideloading the stock rom. This is what happened:
C:\.android>adb sideload OTA_EVITA_UL_JB_45_S_Orange_UK_3.17.zip
* failed to write data 'protocol fault (no status)' *62%
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Here's where I'm at.
C:\.android>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 2.18.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.34a.32.45.21
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno:
(bootloader) imei:
(bootloader) product: evita
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8960
(bootloader) modelid: PJ8311000
(bootloader) cidnum: ORANG001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4171mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-c20bff6f
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.069s
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** TAMPERED **
** UNLOCKED **
Evita PVT SHIP S-On RL
HBOOT-2.18.0000
RADIO-1.34a.32.45.21
OpenDSP-v33.1.0.45.1128
eMMC-boot
Nov 15 2013
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I'm befuzzled
What recovery version do you have installed? And exactly which ROM did you attempt to install?
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Hey
So I was playing with it into the early hours and managed to get some progress. Was using TWRP 2.7.0.8, I installed an older version of CMR (6.0.4.8) and was able to properly 'wipe'/format the SDCard partition. After this, I could mount the SDCard and transfer ROMs from Windows. The first ROMs I tried where the stock Orange Roms from this thread. But I got a failed message on both. I then tried the last ROM I had working, which was KarbonKat-v1.0-14-20140531 - That flashed fine and booted. So just for kicks I thought I'd try the Slim-Evita-4.4.4.build.6-Unofficial - That flashed fine, but it buggy as hell.
So I can go back to KarbonKat and be up and running, but it does not solve my problem of needing to unlock it to use another simcard.
What should I do next?
WiZeR said:
Hey
So I was playing with it into the early hours and managed to get some progress. Was using TWRP 2.7.0.8, I installed an older version of CMR (6.0.4.8) and was able to properly 'wipe'/format the SDCard partition. After this, I could mount the SDCard and transfer ROMs from Windows. The first ROMs I tried where the stock Orange Roms from this thread. But I got a failed message on both. I then tried the last ROM I had working, which was KarbonKat-v1.0-14-20140531 - That flashed fine and booted. So just for kicks I thought I'd try the Slim-Evita-4.4.4.build.6-Unofficial - That flashed fine, but it buggy as hell.
So I can go back to KarbonKat and be up and running, but it does not solve my problem of needing to unlock it to use another simcard.
What should I do next?
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Those Orange files you found aren't ROMs, they're OTA files, they're not flashable via recovery. Nothing from that thread you linked to is flashable via recovery, they're all RUU's and OTA's.
KarbonKat is a pretty good ROM and you should have a pretty good experience on that one. You'll need to flash a Sense ROM in order to use your SIM unlock code, you'll find Sense ROMs in the Android Development Section.
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timmaaa said:
Those Orange files you found aren't ROMs, they're OTA files, they're not flashable via recovery. Nothing from that thread you linked to is flashable via recovery, they're all RUU's and OTA's.
KarbonKat is a pretty good ROM
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Ok, thanks. I'm downloading 'CleanROM' and will try that.
I had a pretty annoying issue with KarbonKat, in that it kept locking up and rebooting. Wasn't running any major apps or overclocking it. It would reboot just sitting on the side doing nothing. Often would lockup when I pressed the power button to wake it up. Would that be a hardware fault?
Further testing on different ROMs will tell you whether you have a hardware problem or not.
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I had a similar issue with aosp roms. Relieved it by turning off MP-Decision with Trickster MOD (should be possible with other kernel tuners.) I'd try flashing other roms first to be sure it isnt rom/flash related.
Thanks
So I finally got CleanMod on there and it's now fully booted and the simcard is unlocked.
If I now flash an AOSP KitKat ROM, will I loose the sim unlock? Other than KarbonKat, are there any other 4.4 roms you would recomend?
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Thanks
So I finally got CleanMod on there and it's now fully booted and the simcard is unlocked.
If I now flash an AOSP KitKat ROM, will I loose the sim unlock? Other than KarbonKat, are there any other 4.4 roms you would recomend?
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You'll never lose the SIM unlock, no matter how many ROMs you flash. Asking which ROM is best/most stable/fastest/prettiest, or asking for a suggestion isn't allowed so I can't answer that, here's why. To say one ROM is better is to infer that the others are inferior in some way. This is disrespectful to the devs who spend their spare time bringing us these awesome ROMs free of charge. Each user has different tastes anyway, the best way to see which ROM suits you is to flash a few and find out for yourself. We have plenty to choose from.
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Understood, thanks