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[Solved]Boot Issue while trying to install EXT4Recovery - Please help

Hi,
I'm getting whitre HTC logo boot screen while booting the device.
I was trying to install 4EXTRecovery from ClockWorkMod recovery(By selecting install zip option)
Somebody please help. I'm not able to switch off the device.. Power+Volume UP+Volume Down not working

It's not Power+Volume UP+Volume Down not working
It's just Vol Down + Power... That's all

NiruBhai said:
Hi,
I'm getting whitre HTC logo boot screen while booting the device.
I was trying to install 4EXTRecovery from ClockWorkMod recovery(By selecting install zip option)
Somebody please help. I'm not able to switch off the device.. Power+Volume UP+Volume Down not working
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I'm not quite sure what your issue is here it's one of two
1) Can't get into recovery?
I'm assuming tht you're device is S-OFF, you're root and have CWM installed?
If yes then I'd suggest that you download 4EXT application from market see link in my signature next to Recovery...(there is a free version) which will install the 4EXT recovery for you.
I'd also ensure that you set Settings->Power->fastboot = OFF
As said above to get into bootloader it's normally just Volume DOwn + Power.
2) If you're device is in a boot loop....then...
what you did should have worked fine. Look in my signature for various links...
Download and Install the adb & fastboot onto your PC. Ensure that you have HTC drivers on you PC if not also download and install the link in my signature.
Then fire up a CMD on your PC, go to directory where adb is and issue the command adb reboot recovery ?
which should take you into recovery.
EDIT: I must add that you shouldn't post the same problem in multiple threads.....it's against the rules for a start!

pls whats the advantage of 4EXT over CWM for recovery?
thanks

philos64 said:
It's not Power+Volume UP+Volume Down not working
It's just Vol Down + Power... That's all
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Sorry.. Thats not working
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ben_pyett said:
I'm not quite sure what your issue is here it's one of two
1) Can't get into recovery?
I'm assuming tht you're device is S-OFF, you're root and have CWM installed?
If yes then I'd suggest that you download 4EXT application from market see link in my signature next to Recovery...(there is a free version) which will install the 4EXT recovery for you.
I'd also ensure that you set Settings->Power->fastboot = OFF
As said above to get into bootloader it's normally just Volume DOwn + Power.
2) If you're device is in a boot loop....then...
what you did should have worked fine. Look in my signature for various links...
Download and Install the adb & fastboot onto your PC. Ensure that you have HTC drivers on you PC if not also download and install the link in my signature.
Then fire up a CMD on your PC, go to directory where adb is and issue the command adb reboot recovery ?
which should take you into recovery.
EDIT: I must add that you shouldn't post the same problem in multiple threads.....it's against the rules for a start!
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Im not even boot No keys are working for me.. Still having white screen with HTC logo. I tried the adb files you have provided. But I'm getting the below message:
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found

NiruBhai said:
Im not even boot No keys are working for me.. Still having white screen with HTC logo. I tried the adb files you have provided. But I'm getting the below message:
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found
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Did you install the HTC drivers onto the PC?
Stupid question but is the phone plugged into the PC via USB?

ben_pyett said:
Did you install the HTC drivers onto the PC?
Stupid question but is the phone plugged into the PC via USB?
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Its already installed and phone plugged in via USB
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Shall I try to pullout the battery??
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I Have removed the battery and logged to boot screen by pressing Volume Down+Power Button.
But when I choose, recovery, it is going to white screen with HTC logo. How I can fix this guys??
adb is giving message as:
error: device not found

unchecked on settings "hot reboot" before.
After you can reboot with Vol Down + Power

philos64 said:
unchecked on settings "hot reboot"
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Thanks for ur support bro.. But Im not even able to load the OS.. I think, the mentioned setting will come after loading the OS..
Can u please check my previous post..

@lynxnoon
That's just your choice.
I've got this two systeme of recovery on my DS
With 4EXTRecovery, it's much easier to convert all your partitions on 4EXT.
At the end, all your partitions are on 4EXT => much faster and sure.
4EXTRecovery has some additional tools to wipe and format more accurate.
In addition, it's customizable (themes, fonts, colors)

NiruBhai said:
Its already installed and phone plugged in via USB
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Shall I try to pullout the battery??
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I Have removed the battery and logged to boot screen by pressing Volume Down+Power Button.
But when I choose, recovery, it is going to white screen with HTC logo. How I can fix this guys??
adb is giving message as:
error: device not found
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If you have to take battery out again, take it out when phone is finished booting up and has started to shut down again (has a black screen) before it starts re-booting up again and leave battery out for 10 seconds... DO not quickly pull out and re-insert battery that is what is most dangerous.
Do the same again, enter HBOOT, Try factory reset? see what happens?
If that doesn't help, do same again but take phone into FASTBOOT, with phone plugged in via USB (see if it changes to FASTBOOT USB) and attempt to get reponse from fastboot commands through CMD like last time fastboot reboot-bootloader
next step is to put phone into FASTBOOT through HBOOT and flash RUU which you'll find from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002506
you'll need the one neareset what would have come on your phone originally.

ben_pyett said:
If you have to take battery out again, take it out when phone is finished booting up and has started to shut down again (has a black screen) before it starts re-booting up again and leave battery out for 10 seconds... DO not quickly pull out and re-insert battery that is what is most dangerous.
Do the same again, enter HBOOT, Try factory reset? see what happens?
If that doesn't help, do same again but take phone into FASTBOOT, with phone plugged in via USB (see if it changes to FASTBOOT USB) and attempt to get reponse from fastboot commands through CMD like last time fastboot reboot-bootloader
next step is to put phone into FASTBOOT through HBOOT and flash RUU which you'll find from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002506
you'll need the one neareset what would have come on your phone originally.
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I'm able to load OS(RCMix3D v1.0) now.. But getting random restarts..
I tried to select RECOVERY & FACTORY RESET from the hboot screen.. But its always giving the same white screen with HTC logo.. I need to remove the battery to Switch off the mobile at that time
While connecting USB cable in fast boot screen, it is getting changed to FASTBOOT USB.. But adb is not showing the device..
How can I reinstall recovery? (CWM or 4ExtRecovery)
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App

NiruBhai said:
I'm able to load OS(RCMix3D v1.0) now.. But getting random restarts..
I tried to select RECOVERY & FACTORY RESET from the hboot screen.. But its always giving the same white screen with HTC logo.. I need to remove the battery to Switch off the mobile at that time
While connecting USB cable in fast boot screen, it is getting changed to FASTBOOT USB.. But adb is not showing the device..
How can I reinstall recovery? (CWM or 4ExtRecovery)
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App
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It's very rare that recovery can become corrupt and yet still partially function.
There us another link in my sig to install Cwm, but I'd personally recommend 4ext, again you'll find another link in my sig for that, there is a free version you instal the
application from market and that flashes the actual recovery
Half asleep now, so will check in later, good luck
Swyped from HTC Desire S using XDA Premium

ben_pyett said:
It's very rare that recovery can become corrupt and yet still partially function.
There us another link in my sig to install Cwm, but I'd personally recommend 4ext, again you'll find another link in my sig for that, there is a free version you instal the
application from market and that flashes the actual recovery
Half asleep now, so will check in later, good luck
Swyped from HTC Desire S using XDA Premium
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I have reinstalled ClockWorkRecovery using ROM Manager and now the recovery working fine
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App

Update:
Installed 4EXTRecovery using the APK available and installed the Recovery. Now everything working fine.. Thanks a lot for giving such a fast support guys
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App

Great news! Glad to help!
NiruBhai said:
Update:
Installed 4EXTRecovery using the APK available and installed the Recovery. Now everything working fine.. Thanks a lot for giving such a fast support guys
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App
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That's great news! well done for continuing to try things and not just running crying to the service centre!
The restarts on customs can often be caused by not quite finished customs or simply incompatibility issues with apps etc.. 4EXT definitively best recovery as far as I'm concerned!
This is my first Android device so I'm also learning all the time that's why I have all the useful links in my sig as I know that I'd find them useful and so I'm sure other will and do!
Two tips - always take Nandoird backups before any significant changes and if you don't quite understand what you're doing then don't do it - simply spend more time reading until you do.
You can show your Thanks with the THANKS button!

Not able to find the thanks button on XDA mobile application.. Will give you the same after logging in from my laptop
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[Q] Disabling fastboot in situation that the phone don't turn on

Hi every body.I installed virtuous unity on my desire s.Yesterday I changed radio of my phone and it's os crashed.I think it's fastboot is enabled, because I can't access to bootloader by keeping volume down and press power button. Thus I can't restore my backup.Can anybody help me??Thanks alot.

ebishirani said:
Hi every body.I installed virtuous unity on my desire s.Yesterday I changed radio of my phone and it's os crashed.I think it's fastboot is enabled, because I can't access to bootloader by keeping volume down and press power button. Thus I can't restore my backup.Can anybody help me??Thanks alot.
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Did it crash during the radio flash?
Have you tried removing the battery, putting it back in the trying to get into bootloader?
Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk

ebishirani said:
Hi every body.I installed virtuous unity on my desire s.Yesterday I changed radio of my phone and it's os crashed.I think it's fastboot is enabled, because I can't access to bootloader by keeping volume down and press power button. Thus I can't restore my backup.Can anybody help me??Thanks alot.
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1) What message have you got after updating radio? success or not.
2) have you checked the md5 of radio file before update
->anyway connect ur phone to the computer
-> make sure u have installed all htc drivers and ADB components
-> type adb reboot recovery
if you can go into recovery, now you can flash any ROM

Thanks guys.After updating the radio I got "successful ..." massage.Then I reboot my phone.After rebooting, HTC logo appears and stayed in this page. I waited a few minutes but nothing happened. Then I tried to go to the bootloader to restore my backup,but I couldn't access to the bootloader.(
I removed the battery but it didn't work.
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Thanks guys.After updating the radio I got "successful ..." massage.Then I reboot my phone.After rebooting, HTC logo appears and stayed in this page. I waited a few minutes but nothing happened. Then I tried to go to the bootloader to restore my backup,but I couldn't access to the bootloader.(
I removed the battery but it didn't work.

ebishirani said:
Thanks guys.After updating the radio I got "successful ..." massage.Then I reboot my phone.After rebooting, HTC logo appears and stayed in this page. I waited a few minutes but nothing happened. Then I tried to go to the bootloader to restore my backup,but I couldn't access to the bootloader.(
I removed the battery but it didn't work.
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Thanks guys.After updating the radio I got "successful ..." massage.Then I reboot my phone.After rebooting, HTC logo appears and stayed in this page. I waited a few minutes but nothing happened. Then I tried to go to the bootloader to restore my backup,but I couldn't access to the bootloader.(
I removed the battery but it didn't work.
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Can you turn the phone at all, even if it gets stuck at the splash screen?
Do you have adb setup?
If you do turn the phone on and type "adb reboot recovery" you may have to type it a few times before it will reboot.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk

sagarda7 said:
1) What message have you got after updating radio? success or not.
2) have you checked the md5 of radio file before update
->anyway connect ur phone to the computer
-> make sure u have installed all htc drivers and ADB components
-> type adb reboot recovery
if you can go into recovery, now you can flash any ROM[/QUOT
Unfortunately I haven't checked the md5 of radio file
I installed HTC drivers and connected my phone to PC but computer couldn't detect my phone.(
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Did you try adb?
Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk

cjward23 said:
Can you turn the phone at all, even if it gets stuck at the splash screen?
Do you have adb setup?
If you do turn the phone on and type "adb reboot recovery" you may have to type it a few times before it will reboot.
When I turn on my phone, the splash screen appears and the phone stick in this state and no button dose work.I can't do any thing.
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ebishirani said:
cjward23 said:
Can you turn the phone at all, even if it gets stuck at the splash screen?
Do you have adb setup?
If you do turn the phone on and type "adb reboot recovery" you may have to type it a few times before it will reboot.
When I turn on my phone, the splash screen appears and the phone stick in this state and no button dose work.I can't do any thing.
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ADB?
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Look in my signature for various links...
Download and extract the adb & fastboot into a directory on your PC. Ensure that you have HTC drivers installed on you PC if not also download and install the link in my signature.
Then fire up a CMD on your PC, go to directory where adb is and issue the command
Code:
[B][COLOR="Blue"]adb reboot recovery[/COLOR][/B]
which should take you into recovery, where you'll be able to reflash or restore a nandroid backup from.

ben_pyett said:
Look in my signature for various links...
Download and extract the adb & fastboot into a directory on your PC. Ensure that you have HTC drivers installed on you PC if not also download and install the link in my signature.
Then fire up a CMD on your PC, go to directory where adb is and issue the command
Code:
[B][COLOR="Blue"]adb reboot recovery[/COLOR][/B]
which should take you into recovery, where you'll be able to reflash or restore a nandroid backup from.
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Wonder why he can't get in to the bootloader though?
Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk

cjward23 said:
Wonder why he can't get in to the bootloader though?
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Odd, although he has yet to comment on the success or failure of ADB? I suspect that he may not fully understand or be following our suggestions?
Could be that volume buttons broken, this happened to someone the other day - although in that case they were stuck in!
He has other options open to him
Code:
adb reboot [COLOR="Green"] --- then hold down volume buttons[/COLOR]
adb reboot bootloader

ben_pyett said:
Look in my signature for various links...
Download and extract the adb & fastboot into a directory on your PC. Ensure that you have HTC drivers installed on you PC if not also download and install the link in my signature.
Then fire up a CMD on your PC, go to directory where adb is and issue the command
Code:
[B][COLOR="Blue"]adb reboot recovery[/COLOR][/B]
which should take you into recovery, where you'll be able to reflash or restore a nandroid backup from.
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Thanks a lot Ben.The speed of my internet is so slow (.I will download mentioned files and do your instructions.If it don't work,I will come back and announce it.
best regards.

ben_pyett said:
Odd, although he has yet to comment on the success or failure of ADB? I suspect that he may not fully understand or be following our suggestions?
Could be that volume buttons broken, this happened to someone the other day - although in that case they were stuck in!
He has other options open to him
Code:
adb reboot [COLOR="Green"] --- then hold down volume buttons[/COLOR]
adb reboot bootloader
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Hi guys.I installed htc drivers(by this package: HTCDriver3.0.0.007) and adb folder which contains the files listed in the attached picture.When I typed "abd reboot recovery",in cmd I give this error massage: "device not found". please help me.(

ebishirani said:
Hi guys.I installed htc drivers(by this package: HTCDriver3.0.0.007) and adb folder which contains the files listed in the attached picture.When I typed "abd reboot recovery",in cmd I give this error massage: "device not found". please help me.(
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And you tried this with the device turned on?
Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk

cjward23 said:
And you tried this with the device turned on?
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Yes,When it was turn on even When it was turn off.But in both situation,There wasn't any successful.

ebishirani said:
Yes,When it was turn on even When it was turn off.But in both situation,There wasn't any successful.
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And you tried the cmd a few times? Even though it looks like it is frozen on the splash screen there is stuff going on in the background. and adb will only start working after a certain point
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cjward23 said:
And you tried the cmd a few times? Even though it looks like it is frozen on the splash screen there is stuff going on in the background. and adb will only start working after a certain point
Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk
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I try it a few times,but there isn't any successful.The only message i give is:"device not found"
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The radio file that I flashed it to my phone is : Radio_12.59.60.26U_26.11.04.21_M.
The package of this file did not have "android-info.txt" file.To solve this problem I copied this file(android-info) from another radio file to the "Radio_12.59.60.26U_26.11.04.21_M" package.By did this I could install the radio on my phone.But after rebooting the device, it haven't worked.Can anybody help me to solve this problem?
thanks a lot.
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Nobody can help me??(

O!
ebishirani said:
I try it a few times,but there isn't any successful.The only message i give is:"device not found"
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The radio file that I flashed it to my phone is : Radio_12.59.60.26U_26.11.04.21_M.
The package of this file did not have "android-info.txt" file.To solve this problem I copied this file(android-info) from another radio file to the "Radio_12.59.60.26U_26.11.04.21_M" package.By did this I could install the radio on my phone.But after rebooting the device, it haven't worked.Can anybody help me to solve this problem?
thanks a lot.
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Nobody can help me??(
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Where did you get this RADIO from? please provide a link to the source so that I can see.
Flashing a phones radio is one of the most potentially damaging things that you can do to your device and hacking a radio file prior to flashing is highly risky.

ben_pyett said:
Where did you get this RADIO from? please provide a link to the source so that I can see.
Flashing a phones radio is one of the most potentially damaging things that you can do to your device and hacking a radio file prior to flashing is highly risky.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996630, This is a link to this radio file.
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ebishirani said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996630, This is a link to this radio file.
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and it is another link : http://www.mediafire.com/?e5u78r5s3hk3kpy
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Oh my god!!!!!I didn't attention to the forum title,,,This radio file,is desire Hd's radio file.
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is it possible that the bootloader of the phone has damaged?If it is true,How can I modify the bootloader?Is it possible?

HELP!!!!!!! my Tf300T is now a TF201!!!!!!!

Hello,
I have since 2 month a TransformerTf300T, and yesterday i decided to unlock him and to root it
so i unlocked my tf300t with the asus tool and succeeded btw firmware v 9.4.3.30 i flashed cwm v5.8.3.4 en then i rooted my tf300t with rootDebufs from sparkym3 this also succeeded en then i wanted to try the custom Cyanogen mod nightlies (cm-9-20120717-Nightly-201.zip.
and then i see 201 and pressed yes O ohw but it installed the custom rom succesfully and i rebooted my device en and then i begans.
touchscreen not responding on any touch on the screen and when i connect te Tf300t to my pc it says that is a Tf201 ??? hmmm.
So i tried to install different custom roms but all say the same when i press yes
assert failed : getpropt("ro.product.device") == "tf300t" || getpropt("ro.build.product") ==tf300t
E:Error in /sdcard/cm-9-20120715.2227-SKANNY-tf300t.zip
(status 7)
installation aborted
this error i get with al the custom roms except the cm-9-201-20117-NIGHTLY-201 i'm only can install this custom rom
Ohw btw i made no backup from my stock rom, yes i know it is stupid but i thought by my self what can go wrong, and now i have a problem with it
so if anyone can help to restore my tf300t to function again, i am very pleased and my wife also it is her afteral so she is not so happy with it
i already say thanx to the people that reads this en decide to help me
greetings
Vipertjuh

Had the same error on twrp and Cwm touch recovery.
Installed the normal Cwm and flashing worked fine
Install this. Recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668173

mikaole said:
Had the same error on twrp and Cwm touch recovery.
Installed the normal Cwm and flashing worked fine
Install this. Recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668173
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okay thnx i downloaded the image and what is fastboot and sdk and where can i get it
greetings

Which system is on your PC?

mikaole said:
Which system is on your PC?
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Win 7 X64

Dl this
http://www.android-hilfe.de/attachm...tf300t-root-fastboot-treiber-adb-recovery.zip
Extract all to c:\trecovery\
Dl the recovery.img from the cwm thread and replace the one in the t recovery folder
Open cmd
Write
CD c:\trecovery\
Now you should be in the right folder
Connect your, pad, to the pc
Then write the 1st fastboot command from the cwm thread
When writing was a success
Write the 2nd command
As soon as the pad goes black hold volume -
And then vol+ to go to recovery

mikaole said:
Dl this
http://www.android-hilfe.de/attachm...tf300t-root-fastboot-treiber-adb-recovery.zip
Extract all to c:\trecovery\
Dl the recovery.img from the cwm thread and replace the one in the t recovery folder
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ok thnx that is done and now how do i do the command can just start fastboot on the pc ???

Read post above
Changed it

mikaole said:
Read post above
Changed it
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ok i did the steps, but by thefirst command i typed comes the message waiting for device

Okay windows didn't install drivers.
Thanks you have to follow the. Steps written here
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Fastboot
Sry a bit to long to write here
Dn
Damn wait, I forgot to bring the pad. To fastboot
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Turn on your pad with vol- and power
When the text comes on screen let both loose and wait till 3 icons are on screen
With vol- choose the usb icon and then vol+ to enter
Then connect pad to pc
Sry have to go to work now. Hope you can do it now.
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On this thread is a video for installing drivers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1697227

mikaole said:
Okay windows didn't install drivers.
Thanks you have to follow the. Steps written here
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Fastboot
Sry a bit to long to write here
Dn
Damn wait, I forgot to bring the pad. To fastboot
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Turn on your pad with vol- and power
When the text comes on screen let both loose and wait till 3 icons are on screen
With vol- choose the usb icon and then vol+ to enter
Then connect pad to pc
Sry have to go to work now. Hope you can do it now.
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On this thread is a video for installing drivers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1697227
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Thnx I switched from laptop to pc. works better
thnx for your help i really appreciated your effort en time to help me, It Worked.
I Installed thhe Skanky custom rom en gapps en it works i am really a happy man with wife hahahah
Only one thing if i connect my tf300t to my pc/laptop it still recognize my tf300t as a tf201 is this also reverseble or not and gives this any trouble software ?
thnk you
:good::good:

Nice to hear that. Skang is one of the best.

[ROOT][CWM] Huawei Ascend Y201 Pro U8666

This is just a copy of the guide on myhuawei.net.
I did this because I had some trouble finding the guide since I always look for stuff like this here on XDA.
I also decided to do this because the guide was not in English and the translations by google were not so good.
Huawei Ascend Y201 Pro U8666​
Root + CWM Recovery​
I am not responsible for any damage you may do to your phone by following this guide.
The files you will need, download them and extract them to a folder on your desktop:
RootY201Pro.zip
UnlockBootloader.zip
Recovery.zip
(PS: Links removed, check post attachments)
- Now, get your phone and go to Settings > Developer Tools. Make sure USB debugging is enabled.
- Also disable Fastboot in Settings.
- Connect your phone to your computer via USB and let it install the drivers. Make sure they are installed correctly. Do not select "Turn on USB storage" on your phone.
Root + Unlock Bootloader:
1. Go to the folder on your desktop where you extracted the files.
2. Right click on unlockbootloader.exe and select 'Run as administrator'.
3. Click "ROOT Your Phone", the program will work and then close on it's own.
4. In your phone, go to the apps drawer and there should be a new app called Superuser.
5. Now go to your PC, open the same program, but this time click "Unlock BOOTLOADER".
6. Let it finish, the program will close on it's own, and then power off your phone.
7. Unplug the phone from the PC and we are done.
You have now successfully rooted and unlocked the bootloader of your device!
Installing CWM Recovery:
1. Turn off your phone if it isn't already.
2. Press and hold the following buttons simultaneously for ~10 seconds: volume down + home button + power button
3. Release the buttons and your phone should not boot, it should be 'stuck'. That's what we wanted.
4. Connect your phone to the PC via USB. It should install the drivers fine.
5. Open CMD and browse to the folder in your desktop.
6. Once you are in the folder type the following commands:
6.a) fastboot erase recovery, then press Enter. Let it work...
6.b) fastboot flash recovery recovery.img, press Enter and let it work again.
6.c) fastboot reboot, and press Enter...
7. Your device is now rebooting. You can unplug it from the PC.
You have now installed CWM Recovery.
Instructions on how to boot to CWM Recovery:
1. Turn off your phone.
2. Press at the same time for ~5 seconds: volume up + power button
3. You should be now on CWM Recovery.
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Good phone and good post. Thanks.

Not work for me.

canetinhas said:
Not work for me.
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it works. you must be doing something wrong. Tell me where you're having problems.

Yes it works. Be sure to have android drivers installed. Sorry about this newbie question, what is CWM Recovery? Can you point me to a link I can read about it? Thanks.
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Forget it, I used the search button..

do this the unlocked sim card?

drakkeman said:
do this the unlocked sim card?
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no it does not

It is possible to have a stock rom and flash it? Thanks.

outlawz_pt said:
It is possible to have a stock rom and flash it? Thanks.
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yes

Can U point me direction please? Thanks.

outlawz_pt said:
Can U point me direction please? Thanks.
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what? sorry didn't understand what you said

Sorry, can you give me some information to search for a stock rom and flash instructions? Thanks.

outlawz_pt said:
Sorry, can you give me some information to search for a stock rom and flash instructions? Thanks.
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?? I don't think you are familiar with these terms. what do you want? you want to root your phone or install cwm?

You're right, i´m not familiar with android flashing, only with WM. I though it was similar. I rooted phone following your instructions. Tried to install cwm but process stucked..

outlawz_pt said:
You're right, i´m not familiar with android flashing, only with WM. I though it was similar. I rooted phone following your instructions. Tried to install cwm but process stucked..
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please check if you have really rooted your phone, check if there is superuser app among your apps

Yes I have.

outlawz_pt said:
Yes I have.
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have you disabled fast boot? make sure you follow every step

I disabled fast boot. I will try again and post feedback.
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Success. Thanks again for your instructions. I'm backing up my system right now. If i make a factory reset should i get a huawei clean device or with operator stuff?

outlawz_pt said:
I disabled fast boot. I will try again and post feedback.
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Success. Thanks again for your instructions. I'm backing up my system right now. If i make a factory reset should i get a huawei clean device or with operator stuff?
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glad you made it! Regarding your question, I don't know.. please share your results when you finish making the factory reset I would like to know as well.

It will keep operator data. Fortunately I removed SD card. Factory reset will format card..

TWRP screen unresponsive

For some reason my phone wouldn't accept the OTA update to 44S, but I was happy with 38R so stuck with that.
Now I see lollipop is coming, and (as I read it) some of the updates in 44S and the latest update contain updates which are required for lollipop, so I decided to upgrade by flashing it.
Stupid decision to do before my morning coffees, but there you go.
I downloaded the unofficial XNPH44S rom with a plan to install via TWRP.
Here is where I made rookie mistake number one; I wiped the phone before I adb pushed the rom zip across.
A little googling, and I discovered adb sideload so I think all is not lost.
Sideloading the rom seemed to work, so I rebooted back into TWRP (v2.8.1.0) to install the rom, and now my screen is unresponsive. I can't press any of the options, and pressing the volume or power buttons just brings up the swipe to unlock, which of course does nothing because the screen won't respond.
I can't go back to fastboot and install the rom that way (which, with hindsight, I realise was probably my best option in the first place) because I have no OS installed, and I can't do anything with TWRP because the buttons don't work.
Any suggestions, or am I screwed?

When it's connected via adb isn't there a command to reboot into boot loader? Adb reboot-bootloader or something? Google around.
Or turn it off and press vol up + power I think that takes you to bootloader mode. Check the noob guides for commands and steps I can't remember off hand what they are
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It's weird that twrp is unresponsive though...

ek69 said:
When it's connected via adb isn't there a command to reboot into boot loader? Adb reboot-bootloader or something? Google around.
Or turn it off and press vol up + power I think that takes you to bootloader mode. Check the noob guides for commands and steps I can't remember off hand what they are
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It's weird that twrp is unresponsive though...
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I was being a noob and thinking that because 'adb devices' was showing none that fastboot wouldn't work.
Went back to 38R, installed 44S OTA (which made my phone bootloop as it has every other time I tried to install it) then did an adb sideload of the 44s to 05Q update.
Phone fixed, and up to date - now I just have to reinstall everything and remember passwords.