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[Q] how to get the htc inspire back to stock?

i really cant get s on. i tried bubbys s on toll but it didnt work

trell959 said:
i really cant get s on. i tried bubbys s on toll but it didnt work
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Well, first, have you even tried searching the forums? You aren't the first person that's run into problems.
At the very least you could provide a little more detail. You can't really expect anyone to help just by starting a new thread saying "it doesn't work," instead of posting in Bubbys thread, where it should be.
One thing I do recall, though I haven't gone through the process myself, is you need root for the S-On tool to work.
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I got root but still can't get s-on so i'm on standby just building up the energy to do some more research before jumping into it again.
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I got it. Use buys one click root program to downgrade. Then use the s on tool

Scott_S said:
Well, first, have you even tried searching the forums?w You aren't the first person that's run into problems.
At the very least you could provide a little more detail. You can't really expect anyone to help just by starting a new thread saying "it doesn't work," instead of posting in Bubbys thread, where it should be.
One thing I do recall, though I haven't gone through the process myself, is you need root for the S-On tool to work.
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I got it no thanks you.

trell959 said:
I got it no thanks you.
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Good for you.
Now maybe you can tell me what the point of posting was then, if a little perseverance on your part was all it took?
Kinda like what I was asking you about in my previous post.
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Please if its been posted,tell me where and ill read it but a quick search revealed nothing. I just picked up my inspire and when I check for HTC update it shows there is one. Do I need to update before rooting? Also what changes are there as far as any major steps to flashing a Rom. Like if I want inspired ace can I just root,flash recovery and install Rom? Or does the bootloaders need to be flashed before flashing a gingerbread Rom? Sorry for the 838393 million questions but I'm a long time Samsung user lol,I know my way around rooting and flashing but I know HTC phones can be a little different
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brd912 said:
Please if its been posted,tell me where and ill read it but a quick search revealed nothing. I just picked up my inspire and when I check for HTC update it shows there is one. Do I need to update before rooting? Also what changes are there as far as any major steps to flashing a Rom. Like if I want inspired ace can I just root,flash recovery and install Rom? Or does the bootloaders need to be flashed before flashing a gingerbread Rom? Sorry for the 838393 million questions but I'm a long time Samsung user lol,I know my way around rooting and flashing but I know HTC phones can be a little different
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No. You Do not need to update first.
Read the sticky at the top of the forum for the rest. There you will get only answers.

tweaked said:
No. You Do not need to update first.
Read the sticky at the top of the forum for the rest. There you will get only answers.
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hahahaha
anyway, like he said do that .. as far as the update first or not:
you can flash whatever radio you want after you are done rooting; for me i rooted before the OTA, but for wifey we did the update first.. it doesn't matter, as the info will be destroyed during the root anyway.
you cannot OTA after root from what i gather, as i was never offered the update as i was rooted

tweaked said:
No. You Do not need to update first.
Read the sticky at the top of the forum for the rest. There you will get only answers.
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Lol sorry for putting it like that. It's just sometimes someones question sounds like one that's been answered already,but they mean it in a different specific way. Here lately people have been a little rude about the whole "its been answered" but really I just have a hard time explaining exactly what I mean in text. I don't mind reading the stickies but sometimes it gets confusing if you are new to a device and don't know what stage the development is at lol. But thanks man,ill go read the stickies and if I have any problems ill just post back here lol. Appreciate the kind answer
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brd912 said:
Lol sorry for putting it like that. It's just sometimes someones question sounds like one that's been answered already,but they mean it in a different specific way. Here lately people have been a little rude about the whole "its been answered" but really I just have a hard time explaining exactly what I mean in text. I don't mind reading the stickies but sometimes it gets confusing if you are new to a device and don't know what stage the development is at lol. But thanks man,ill go read the stickies and if I have any problems ill just post back here lol. Appreciate the kind answer
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Well don't take it to harshly most are just sarcastic. I mean I am just sarcastic.

What doesn't help is when you can't truly tell for sure if its a playful sarcasm or mean sarcasm. It sometimes is hard to tell considering we are talking to each other in text form. There have been some posts I've read, not by you, but others, that I couldnt particularly tell if they were being mean or just being a smart @ss just to mess with someone without offending. I just wanna say something to the ones who have meant there sarcasm in a mean way. My wife's cousin coined these 2 phrases, and I like using them a lot. "Can't we all just smoke a bong!" And, "Life's a ***** and then you die, f*** the world let's get high!" Lmao ;D
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My favorite method is to apply the OTA and then use Gingerbreak. Chainfire is a fantastic developer and I used gingerbreak to install rom manager, flash CWM, and get your flashing on.

Porting vibrant roms

I remember a few months back whitehakx made a guide for porting vibrant (or was it i9000?) roms to our device. I believe it's somewhere on these forums.
My question is, is it possible? If so, I might venture into the developing world. There are a couple of nice looking roms available for those phones that would make and excellent addition to ours.. I just need someone to tell me it's possible and I'll probably start developing. I have plenty of free time since I finished my software engineering studies but have no jobs yet.
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up this thread I am also interested in seeing if its possible!

reddd123 said:
up this thread I am also interested in seeing if its possible!
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Go ahead and try it and report here with your findings.

FBis251 said:
Go ahead and try it and report here with your findings.
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I found the guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099454
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reddd123 said:
I found the guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099454
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Wow! You mean this has already been discussed on here many times?

lumin30 said:
Wow! You mean this has already been discussed on here many times?
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Is it me or does that seem like some really short directions for such a complicated procedure?

Indeed! And you notice there aren't any Vibrant ROM's ported either.

At the last few posts someone does try to do it but is stuck on a step anyway one of us can help him?

reddd123 said:
At the last few posts someone does try to do it but is stuck on a step anyway one of us can help him?
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Yeah might as well post about it here if you try it, but don't expect anyone to really hold your hand while you do it.

[How to] Unbrick MF3 Custom Recovery Fail

I figured that I might post this to help some people as I see this posted a lot.
Are you one of the ones that tried to install a custom recovery on the MF3 update? Are you facing a never ending boot sequence or device just freezing at boot screen?
Try this to help you get a normal boot so your phone is at least usable. (Note that your factory recovery will no longer work!)
First off, do a battery pull.
After you put the battery back in (make sure it's not plugged up) go into download mode.
Click Cancel instead of continuing into download mode. Chances are your device will boot up normal. I've tried this with a device I own and also tried it on a few others (through PM and chat online).
If this works for you please let me know!

Lol I figured this out in 2 mins of owning the phone.
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You should change the title...EXTREMELY misleading...sounds more like a thread for a workaround to install a custom recovery lol
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You installed a custom recovery on the MF3?
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mg2195 said:
You should change the title...EXTREMELY misleading...sounds more like a thread for a workaround to install a custom recovery lol
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Fine I'll change it. I was just trying to help some folks that post the same things every day that you get mad at and bash around.
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Your doing fine...you just got my hopes up lol. But something a little more specific like workaround for failed recovery flash or fix mf3 bootloop or similar
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mg2195 said:
Your doing fine...you just got my hopes up lol. But something a little more specific like workaround for failed recovery flash or fix mf3 bootloop or similar
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Sounds good I'll do that now
Very sleepy lol..wasn't thinking clearly when I posted it.
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agent929 said:
Sounds good I'll do that now
Very sleepy lol..wasn't thinking clearly when I posted it.
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Yeah it'd be good to have this info in a better titled thread than it was...and an even better titled thread than this one.
Maybe: [How To] Unbrick MF3 after (stupidly ignorantly) attempting to install a custom recovery
Anyways, it was first discovered here, as far as I can tell:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2398336
(post 11)
And there's an alternative method too, if that didn't work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2404970

Guys I'd appreciate it if you didn't spam up this topic with nonsense.
The phone is not bricked for one.
It was never publicly announced what to do one these forums that I could find.
Edit: I just read your posted topics and neither one says to do this
The questions are asked every day by people.
This post has potential to stop some messages.
Stop posting here just to get your post count up. If you don't have anything relavent to say then find another topic.
For the guys post above me thanks for adding more ways to help try to do a workaround even though you tried to undermine me here.
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no worry bro--you did good--many new folks don't know that
and, you can't please everyone

agent929 said:
Guys I'd appreciate it if you didn't spam up this topic with nonsense.
The phone is not bricked for one.
It was never publicly announced what to do one these forums that I could find.
Edit: I just read your posted topics and neither one says to do this
The questions are asked every day by people.
This post has potential to stop some messages.
Stop posting here just to get your post count up. If you don't have anything relavent to say then find another topic.
For the guys post above me thanks for adding more ways to help try to do a workaround even though you tried to undermine me here.
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If you're stuck in download mode and cannot get to your OS, I think that counts as a brick! Yes, btw, post 11 in the first thread I linked shows the solution which I have been telling others to do...which you did us the favor of making a post about as well. I agree that it's good to make this post, though I think your thread title could be more useful if you edited it.
Also, should this method not work for some people, an alternative method is a good thing to have.
Thanks again and have a nice day! :good:

I seem to be helping folks with the issue I have posted here in many other post. Have also had some PM's about it. Any suggestions on making this more searchable?
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agent929 said:
I seem to be helping folks with the issue I have posted here in many other post. Have also had some PM's about it. Any suggestions on making this more searchable?
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Don't assume people are searching...

joeybear23 said:
Don't assume people are searching...
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Search? What's that. Lol

jd1639 said:
Search? What's that. Lol
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Funny lol. Well, I tried. And failed lol. Was just trying to save some others time that keep getting so stressed about answering some of the same questions over and over.

agent929 said:
Funny lol. Well, I tried. And failed lol. Was just trying to save some others time that keep getting so stressed about answering some of the same questions over and over.
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I think my suggestion in post #8 is still a good one.
Your current thread title makes it sound like you tried to flash a custom recovery on MF3 and it didn't work. There's no way anyone would read that title and think there's a "How To" guide in it.

Alright maybe that will work.
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Lol I found this thread after I figured it out for myself. I was kind of hoping this would lead me into a way to get back my recovery.

This is how I fixed my brick.
Flashed this file in ODIN. Now my phone boots normally. Got it from another thread with a diff issue here on XDA. I tried it and it worked. Wish I could remember where and what the thread was called. I believe it was this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2360859

Please help a noob flash his S4

Hi,
I just got my new S4 today and was wondering how to flash roms? Thanks. I'm on T-Mobile by the way.
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FB, this is the wrong forum haha.

Wtf.....he must be very board.
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FBis251 said:
Hi,
I just got my new S4 today and was wondering how to flash roms? Thanks. I'm on T-Mobile by the way.
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click the "S4 Links" in my sig. should point you in the right direction. :sly::beer:
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Haha. I had to test out my new phone somehow. This means that I no longer need a daily driver on my sgs4g... .
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FBis251 said:
Haha. I had to test out my new phone somehow. This means that I no longer need a daily driver on my sgs4g... .
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Now it's time to de-virginize your sgs4g, ubm and internal uart
EDIT: Oh yea, and no loosing it!

LOL, even I know you are keeding Try to ask this on another forum indeed

AjvarXX said:
LOL, even I know you are keeding Try to ask this on another forum indeed
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Sarcasm isn't an international language... or is it </sarcasm>
This thread was offtopic to begin with. Let it be.

bhundven said:
Sarcasm isn't an international language... or is it </sarcasm>
This thread was offtopic to begin with. Let it be.
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It is international more that you think
I told him to do so, so he could go to completely another forum (not XDA) and ask this noob question there, where nobody knows him.
Now you get it?
It would be very funny experience for him to find out what other people on other frums know about SGS4 or phone flashing at all.

I would probably get people telling me off and not wanting to teach me... Happens a lot on these forums, luckily the constant S4 questions have kind of died down here and people like myst tend to point them in the right direction instead of just making a fuss about it.

Why not just report it and move on?
Anyhow, congrats on new device, go forth & make it great like you did for sgs4g..
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FBis251 said:
Hi,
I just got my new S4 today and was wondering how to flash roms? Thanks. I'm on T-Mobile by the way.
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I'll help you out if you help me out with something, yeah?

Congrats FB. Enjoy your new daily driver device and go get us JB GPS... ; )
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