[Q] cannot unlock screen on HTC Explorer - HTC Pico (Explorer)

Hi, HTC Explorer: cannot pull the ring from the bottom of the screen to unlock it, I have a new HTC One but I cannot transfer the data as I cannot select HTC Transfer on the Explorer to transfer my data.
The phone was never connected to HTC Sync and the data on it is not backed up, there is an 8gb memory card in it but I'm not sure what is on it.
I have opened the phone up and reseated the screen connector and checked all other connectors, still no joy.
When I power it up it takes ages to boot up to the normal screen.
When the device is on the red light at the top right hand side of the screen is constantly on.
I also have to charge the battery on another HTC phone (Desire S) which the battery fits into - the Explorer takes forever to charge the battery.
I cannot connect it to my PC to Sync it as I would need to accept the connection.
I have diverted the phone to another handset and the Divert indication is visible on the top of the screen, so the phone seems to doing some of its function correctly but not all.
Also the touchscreen buttons at the bottom are not lighting up, so they may not be working either, the cable is properly connected.
please help, I only need to get the HTC Transfer turned on and I'll be able to transfer to the new phone.
I have tried the digitiser touch screen on anoter HTC device and it does respond, would its driver be the problem?

This is what I can think of for now> You need recovery, ESPECIALLY yannou's, for that you'll need to unlock the bootloader (in my sign is link to a tutorial), after installing recovery you can make a backup using volume and power buttons, after that you can use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044414 and from backup to get your stuff. You'll also need a card reader, firstly to get recovery on the sd card, secondly to get your backup from it.
And are you sure you didn't get your phone into some kind of liquid thingy, because proximity (red light thingy) sensor shouldn't flash like that

thanks -
shortyoko said:
This is what I can think of for now> You need recovery, ESPECIALLY yannou's, for that you'll need to unlock the bootloader (in my sign is link to a tutorial), after installing recovery you can make a backup using volume and power buttons, after that you can use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044414 and from backup to get your stuff. You'll also need a card reader, firstly to get recovery on the sd card, secondly to get your backup from it.
And are you sure you didn't get your phone into some kind of liquid thingy, because proximity (red light thingy) sensor shouldn't flash like that
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Thanks so much, but I cannot find yannou's recovery file and I don't know how to do the process, is there a dummies guide on how to carry out the recovery and the rest of the actions that I need to take?
I really appreciate your reply,

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415223 In this tutorial is yannous recovery, you need this till step 3.
But if I was you, I would wait a little bit(at least one more day) maybe somebody will get here with better solution. Also I'm not 100% sure that this will work... so it's better to wait a bit.

Thanks
shortyoko said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415223 In this tutorial is yannous recovery, you need this till step 3.
But if I was you, I would wait a little bit(at least one more day) maybe somebody will get here with better solution. Also I'm not 100% sure that this will work... so it's better to wait a bit.
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Thanks so much, I really appreciate the help.:good:

question
when I am in the Unlock bootloader screen on the device it says the selecting 'yes' will delete all personal files yet jaggyjags tutorial says that it won't, which is correct as the reason that I am doing tihs is to recover the contacts etc from the device?
I am amazed that I have gotten this far, thanks for the help:good:

It shouldn't delete anything! That's why I recommended this.
I just figure out something wright now, If you used stock 2.3.5, Your Contacts should be here(if explicitly havne't stop that manually) www.google.com/contacts/‎ give it a try

didn't have them in Google
I am now at step 3 of the recovery process in the tutorial i have saved the A310E recovery.zip into the android folder on the c drive but when i run recovery.bat with the phone in fastboot and connected to the PC by usb i just get
sending 'recovery' (4728 KB).
OKAY [ 0.864s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: battery low)
finished. total time: 0.873s
what am I doing wrong?
ps: I really appreciate the help

I don't know how correct is that, but it's obvious that it is stating that battery is low, charge it a bit, or if it's battery from desire, put back battery from explorer. Or just try again
Everything looks as it should be.

another question
when I try to 'Place this Superuser.zip file somewhere in the microSD first' it says I can't because it is write protected, should I use another sd card or will in need to use the sd card that has always been in the phone?

What happened with recovery?
Screw the superuser.

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I got the superuser loaded and I have now completed a backup on the sd card.
how do I get the data off and how do I put it on the new phone?
Thanks so much

Now you can get your backup from you sd card, at the moment I don't remember what was the name of the backups, it should some zip file larger than 100mb just get that file on the other phone and use this app http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044414 , if your second phone is not rooted, I'll check out some other description on how to get those contacts
To get to your sd card, from recovery you can get to' mounts and storage menu' and press 'mount usb storage' it won't do nothing on the phone buu now you can brows your sd via pc
"Easyest" way to extract your contacts without root is this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370349

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I haven't set the new phone up yet so what do I do, I don't want to mess with the new phone as it would void the warranty,
can I set it up as a completely new phone and then transfer the content from the old phones backup?

Well for exactly this what you want to do...... Only thing that I can figure out at the moment is to find somebody with rooted phone, give him the backup to extract contacts from there, and then export them to file. This is not the easyest way, but it's the only way that I can get wright now.

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is there any PC programme that I can load the backup contents onto and then sync to my new phone?

No, or I don't know for one, the way is either this> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370349
Either to find somebody with rooted phone, then he can easily (with android manager) extract the contacts in a simple .vcf file, which later you can just load on your new phone, another is to root your new phone and make this by your self, but you stated that you want to keep your warranty(which is really normal thing) so that option is unacceptable. So you are! Find somebody with rooted phone.
Fellas!!! Somebody reading this? Give us some idea, because my ideas came to an end, surely here is somebody that knows more than me in this things, don't be shy, maybe I'm missing something somewhere.

I know 1 software which I used to have specifically for backing up contacts, sms, music n all files.
it is known as "wonder share mobile go for android"
http://www.wondershare.com/android-manager/
install it in pc and it connect ur fone..it will start reading ur mobile

@prabhat228 Damn man, where were you 2 days ago (no hard feelings intended, or something like that, saying it like that on the fun said). @connoga - Just mentioning you to check the thread

haha, thanks a ton mate
btw if u liked that software and anytime you need the full version, jst let me know. I will upload it.

Related

Flashing using MicroSD Card

Hi all,
I always find flashing with a card is a lot faster than using a software because I can do this anytime with just one little card. I didn't find this in wiki so might as well just make one. tested by myself.
***IMPORTANT***
Please make sure you have HardSPL on your device. And also make sure you have more than 50% of battery left or you can plug in a charger just to make sure there is no power failure. I am not sure if SIM unlocked is necessary prior to performing these steps, so hopefully someone (maybe pof) can help me with this. DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
1. Get a 128MB MicroSD card (or whatever size you like) and format it (***please make sure you format it, but not just delete all contents on it)
2. find the ROM image you would like to use, normally namede RUU_Sign.nbh, and rename it to "KAISIMG.nbh"
3. Plug the card into the phone, then enter boot loader mode by pressing down the Power and Camera buttons simultaneously, and using the stylus at the same time to press the RESET button at the left side. Continue pressing the two buttons for a few seconds after pressing and releasing the reset button until the bootloader screen appears. (taken from Wiki)
4. You will first see a tri-color screen then the information on the card. Press power button to start flashing.
5. After all these are done, press the reset button located at the bottom of the phone to reset the device.
DISCLAIMER
I take no responsiblity for any conflict, fault, or damage caused by this flashing procedure. No warranties of any kind are given.
vip_snoopy said:
Hi all,
I always find flashing with a card is a lot faster than using a software because I can do this anytime with just one little card. I didn't find this in wiki so might as well just make one. tested by myself.
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Thanks for the finding.
I'll test the card method when i have something fo flash
added to Wiki
Has anyone actually tried this method ?
Was wondering if anyone has tried this method for flashing on of helmi's roms or even the stock htc rom on a tilt and if so which rom did you use
Thanks in advance
And eep the GREAT work up guys
Works a treat
Yes, it works fine. I've flashed HTC stock, Helmi, and Dutty's just fine with this method.
/av
I did this but my kaiser just sits on the boot loader. When you say to make sure hardspl in on the device do you mean to place the hardspl.exe on the root of the device?
vip_snoopy said:
Hi all,
1. Get a 128MB MicroSD card (or whatever size you like) and format it (***please make sure you format it, but not just delete all contents on it)
2. find the ROM image you would like to use, normally namede RUU_Sign.nbh, and rename it to "KAISIMG.nbh"
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are we supposed to copy the renamed file "KAISIMG.nbh" to the MicroSD card before proceeding to step 3 ??
mp3news said:
are we supposed to copy the renamed file "KAISIMG.nbh" to the MicroSD card before proceeding to step 3 ??
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YES.................
Well should i try this or not. im downloading htc rom right now. post you back in 20 mins
xdaking said:
Well should i try this or not. im downloading htc rom right now. post you back in 20 mins
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Update in Progress......
xdaking said:
Update in Progress......
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Nice nice nice all done
very nice ive flashed the Duttys Hybird with SD card and everything works 100% thanks to pof, vip snoopy and all the developers.
just need to get rid of orange splash screen thats all i want to do now
thank you again
jamespaulritter said:
I did this but my kaiser just sits on the boot loader. When you say to make sure hardspl in on the device do you mean to place the hardspl.exe on the root of the device?
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hard spl is a dos file you have to run on command prompt while device is connected via activsync (green icon) if you can not power up the device forget about HSPL
HardSPL is a 4 min tiny operation and will save you from bricking your device
If you have low signal, goto settings-> phones -> and select GSM and BAND manualy. this will bring the 4 bars of signal nicely. internet is more faster too
vip_snoopy said:
Hi all,
I always find flashing with a card is a lot faster than using a software because I can do this anytime with just one little card. I didn't find this in wiki so might as well just make one. tested by myself.
***IMPORTANT***
Please make sure you have HardSPL on your device. And also make sure you have more than 50% of battery left or you can plug in a charger just to make sure there is no power failure. I am not sure if SIM unlocked is necessary prior to performing these steps, so hopefully someone (maybe pof) can help me with this. DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
1. Get a 128MB MicroSD card (or whatever size you like) and format it (***please make sure you format it, but not just delete all contents on it)
2. find the ROM image you would like to use, normally namede RUU_Sign.nbh, and rename it to "KAISIMG.nbh"
3. Plug the card into the phone, then enter boot loader mode by pressing down the Power and Camera buttons simultaneously, and using the stylus at the same time to press the RESET button at the left side. Continue pressing the two buttons for a few seconds after pressing and releasing the reset button until the bootloader screen appears. (taken from Wiki)
4. You will first see a tri-color screen then the information on the card. Press power button to start flashing.
5. After all these are done, press the reset button located at the bottom of the phone to reset the device.
DISCLAIMER
I take no responsiblity for any conflict, fault, or damage caused by this flashing procedure. No warranties of any kind are given.
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Dear I Have an XDA Atom Life Its Stuck on Logo.
Can You Tell Me How To Flash Via Memory Card.
Bcoz Phone System Is Not Match As Per Your Post .
WBR
Bluffmaster
bluffmaster said:
Dear I Have an XDA Atom Life Its Stuck on Logo.
Can You Tell Me How To Flash Via Memory Card.
Bcoz Phone System Is Not Match As Per Your Post .
WBR
Bluffmaster
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His quote "DISCLAIMER
I take no responsiblity for any conflict, fault, or damage caused by this flashing procedure. No warranties of any kind are given."
and why would you try something in a Kaiser post for your ATOM? Not quite the same phone.
vip_snoopy said:
1. Get a 128MB MicroSD card (or whatever size you like) and format it (***please make sure you format it, but not just delete all contents on it)
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Just to clarify this step, for those who may be confused (like I was):
You can format the card using Windows XP and just select "quick format". That was enough to get this process working for me.
To the original author: THANKS! This process allowed me to flash here @ work, where USB flashing fails due to firewall software we have to run.
-Brett.
A couple of shortcuts
1. This will work with any card that's formatted with FAT32. It doesn't need to be blank or freshly formatted. Flashing won't affect (or be affected by) the other data that's on the card.
2. You don't need to use the stylus to start the process. Start with the device off - all the way off. Then press the power and camera buttons at the same time and you should go right into the boot loader.
One last thing. When the update completes you'll see "Update Complete" and "UPDATE SUCCESS". At that point none of the keys work. You will need to do a reset with the stylus. My first flash, I let this screen sit a long time before I was sure that the flash had completed. No need.
Is there a way to flash to an OEM rom with the card? Otherwise, I'll have to wait until tonight.
Thanks.
hi plz help me
i flashed sum touchit rom to my phone and im just stuck in wot i think is bootloader mode
its shows on the tri colour screen
IPL: 3.04.0001
SPL: 1.11.0000
plz help me im ready to make dontations to whoever can fix this problem
HEEEEEEEELLLLLPPPPPPPP
I too am having the same problem. It just sits at the tri-coloured screen basically saying either "Serial" or "USB" (depending if its still connected to the 'puter).
Any ideas how to solve this one? I have the microsd card freshly formatted FAT32 with KAISIMG.NBH clearing sitting on the root of the storage card.
Seems like it's waiting a file to be transferred via USB or some other connectivity method rather than looking on the MicroSD card.
i am ...
really stuck i need sum1s help badly.. plzplzplzplzplz

Upgrading to 6.1

Hi,
I'm sorry about this post but there seems to be an anormous amount of information which doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
All I want to do is upgrade my palm treo 750 from win5.0 to 6.1.
I've downloaded the rom but it doesn't upgarade. So I need to figure out a way to flash this phone so it can be upgraded to any roms.
I have tried the Cheetahunlocker which doens't work. It gets stuck on 0% then times out.
Could someone please give me some basic instructions on the best way to do this on the treo.
I've done this on the TYTN2 whith no issues however on this phone, it seems to be a lot harder.
Thanks in advance.
Your device needs to be unlocked. You can do this by calling ATT and getting unlock code or by using Magic_Unlocker.
search
Also you will need to have the HardSPL installed which is Step 1 only of the CheetahUnlocker
I just did it yesterday so I know it works.
After you get the phone unlocked, name the ROM .nbh file CHEEIMG.nbh and then put it on the SD card
The start the CheetahUnlocker process as it enters the HardSPL process it will go ahead and run the CHEEIMG file and flash your ROM
(it works ! ) DON"T CHANGE THE RADIO !!!!
After doing that be sure and reclaim your ROM space - search web for Removing Ext ROM and do that process, hard reset and you are ready to go
Takes about 15 min!
jcrompton said:
After you get the phone unlocked, name the ROM .nbh file CHEEIMG.nbh and then put it on the SD card
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Thanks for your info.
sigh..
The rom is an exe file...
I downloaded 7-zip, extracted the rom to a folder.
Looking through it, I am unable find the ROM.nbh file!
CHEEMING.nbh is already there..
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
artii said:
Thanks for your info.
sigh..
The rom is an exe file...
I downloaded 7-zip, extracted the rom to a folder.
Looking through it, I am unable find the ROM.nbh file!
CHEEMING.nbh is already there..
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
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Sorry I forgot it was already named CHEEIMG.nbh -- just use it like I said above.
Copy it to the SD card, put the SD card in the device and after you have used Magic_Unlocker , connect via Active Sync and start the CheetahUnlocker process. This will start the three step CheetahUnlock process (really all you need is step one which will put the HardSPL in place) as that process fails the CHEEIMG file on your SD card will get flashed.
Hope this makes sense
Bottom line is that you will be doing an SD flash of the CHEEIMG.nbh file but it takes HardSPL for that to work. Step one of the CheetahUnlocker installs HardSPL (that will be all you need of that process)
remember!
THE SD FLASHING METHOD TAKES A REALLY LONG TIME. SO LONG YOU MIGHT THINK IT'S BROKEN. BUT IT'S NOT!!!!
caps with bold and red= great way to emphasize an important point.
Thanks for the info but I'm still running into trouble.
I copied the file to the SDcard but when running the cheetahunlocker, it give the same error at 0% ( error 206) something about the connection..
I notice that active sync turns off when the cheetah unlocker goes to the coloured screen.
Edit:
Also, should I be moving the CHEEIMG.nbh or just copying it to the SD card?
Thanks.
artii said:
Thaks for the info but I'm still running into trouble.
I copied the file to the SDcard but when running the cheetahunlocker, it give the same error at 0% ( error 206) something about the connection..
I notice that active sync turns off when the cheetah unlocker goes to to the coloured screen.
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Did you run the MagicUnlocker first?
Is the CHEEIMG.nbh file in the root of your SD card? Try re-formatiing your SD card (FAT32 important!) and then putting the CHEEIMG.nbh file in place on the root of the SD card.
After starting the CheetahUnlocker the TriColor screen should come on and then it should go to a standard White boot scan. It will ask if you want to flash and you will be asked to confirm by pushing the Power button.
If you can ever get Step One to complete on teh Cheetah Unlocker you should be able to confirm that the HardSPL is installed by turing off Today screen (Red, end button) , then hold the left side button while then pushing the reset button. You will get a tricolor screen that lists your SPL version. If it is HardSPL on an unlocked device and there is a CHEEIMG.nbh file on an inserted SD card it will then automatically go to a White boot screen .....
If any of this sounds foreign to you then you need to familiarize yourself in the Wiki re SD flashing
PS do you have the NetFramework 2.0 installed on your PC? When you start the CheetahUnlocker are you getting the Treo device confirmation to install the 2 boot exe files that let the Treo go to the boot screen (you have to answer yes to both of these) - are you making it that far?
Yes I ran the unlocker which worked fine.
I formatted the SD card, copied the CHEEMING.NBH to it so it's the only file there.
No I run the CheetahUnlocker.exe , yes to disclaimer , then STEP 1 - I click FLASH SPL, then next, next etc.. I hit Update - next - next then the phone msg comes up asking if I want to run jumpSPL.exe - I hit yes and it goes to the tri colour screen, the active sync dissapears, the screen on the pc stays at 0% and then I get the error 260: Connection, check cable etc..
How is it suppoed to maintain a connection when Active sync turns off?
I did check and framework2.0 is present.
Thanks.
artii said:
Yes I ran the unlocker which worked fine.
I formatted the SD card, copied the CHEEMING.NBH to it so it's the only file there.
No I run the CheetahUnlocker.exe , yes to disclaimer , then STEP 1 - I click FLASH SPL, then next, next etc.. I hit Update - next - next then the phone msg comes up asking if I want to run jumpSPL.exe - I hit yes and it goes to the tri colour screen, the active sync dissapears, the screen on the pc stays at 0% and then I get the error 260: Connection, check cable etc..
How is it suppoed to maintain a connection when Active sync turns off?
I did check and framework2.0 is present.
Thanks.
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I'm not sure exactly what is happening in your case but I do know that once a device of any kind enters the bootloader - Active Sync dies - AS is part of the OS and that no longer exists after the bootloader starts, I.e. Windows Mobile isn't really running any longer. the AS connection just gets it started.
I'm not too sure either.
I've unlocked the phone which worked fine.
When I run the cheetahunlocker, it doensn't get past the first step.
Should I be running Hardspl first?
What rom works best with the Treo 750? Link please!!!
What rom are you wanting to use? I have Treo750_WM6.1_WWE_Lite, looking for a more stable rom. Please list some or link them.
I tried both roms
the lite one and the normal one. I must say that the normal one is more stable - with the lite I had to do a reset at least one per day. with the normal version I did not do a reset at all...
Hi, did you resolve this CONNECTION issue? I'm having exactly the same problem.
Anyone?
hey everyone... i have a problem similar to these i think. I'll explain
i've done the magic_unlocker and i can do the 1st step of the cheetahunlocker. treo reset automatically and when i try to flash the rom the trilinear screen doesn't change to the blue screen which is the screen of the rom flash
anybody now why?
i have cracked my head the hole day and a still can't do it :S
artii said:
Yes I ran the unlocker which worked fine.
I formatted the SD card, copied the CHEEMING.NBH to it so it's the only file there.
No I run the CheetahUnlocker.exe , yes to disclaimer , then STEP 1 - I click FLASH SPL, then next, next etc.. I hit Update - next - next then the phone msg comes up asking if I want to run jumpSPL.exe - I hit yes and it goes to the tri colour screen, the active sync dissapears, the screen on the pc stays at 0% and then I get the error 260: Connection, check cable etc..
How is it suppoed to maintain a connection when Active sync turns off?
I did check and framework2.0 is present.
Thanks.
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If it goes into the bootloader then you should be good to go. Both 750s i unlocked did this. However, if done correctly, the phone should go to a light blue screen where you will press the power button and flashing should begin.
na1kkkk said:
hey everyone... i have a problem similar to these i think. I'll explain
i've done the magic_unlocker and i can do the 1st step of the cheetahunlocker. treo reset automatically and when i try to flash the rom the trilinear screen doesn't change to the blue screen which is the screen of the rom flash
anybody now why?
i have cracked my head the hole day and a still can't do it :S
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Are you doing the SD method or Desktop? DO the SD method and it should begin flashing right away after the 1st step of cheetahunlocker.

The Complete Guide 2 Return Rooted Phone Back 2 Stock for Vodafone Australia Warranty

---Update Jan 31st 2011---
I have now included my own backups of the original HBoot and Recovery images from a newly replaced (stock Vodafone) Desire HD. I have edited the guide to include these image files.
--The reason for this guide is that when I tried to restore my phone to it's original state for warranty purposes I found that each of the 4 or more threads or guides I read on XDA and elsewhere had parts missing, weren't complete and seemed to trail on with questions about how to actually get the whole job done (with no one clear answer). After finally getting it all to work I decided it may be a good idea to put everything together in 1 complete guide.--
This is a complete, no nonsense guide to restore your HTC Desire HD back to it's original state for warranty purposes. This guide is for restoring to Vodafone Australia stock ROM version 1.32.178.5. This guide also covers restoring the corresponding radio version 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M. To the best of my knowledge this this is the correct ROM & radio versions as shipped at the end of December 2010 by Vodafone. This guide will also complete the process of putting back radio s-on, eng s-on, original hboot and unroot. This guide is aimed to include everything so the beginner could do it, in that sense I apologise if there are too many unnecessary details for the rest of you, please skip through to the important parts. Please note all Unix commands (such as those after you type "adb") are case sensitive. Be sure to put the exact upper case and lower case for the the file names you have chosen. Be sure your phone battery is well charged. If you can, use a laptop with the battery in and running on AC power or a desktop PC with a UPS, this is just to reduce any chance of your computer or phone powering off during flashing. Lastly the normal disclaimer you see everywhere, that procedures here could brick your phone or brick your phone if not carried out correctly, basically this should all work like it did for me but I can't be held responsible if your phone is reduced to a paper weight.
INSTALL ANDROID SDK
Firstly you need to have the Android SDK installed. If you don't follow this link: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
Make sure to follow the section on installing optional components as you need to install the USB driver components once Android SDK is installed. If you don't have Java SDK installed, trying to install Android SDK will let you know it needs this before it will install. One issue I found here is with Windows 7 64-bit the Android SDK 2.3 version will not install on to Java SDK 64-bit version, so make sure you download and install the Java SDK that says for "Windows" and not the 64-bit version. It is also a good idea to install the HTC MySync software that comes straight from the HTC website for your phone, this has USB drivers too.
HAVE INSTALLED FULL ROOT ACCESS & HBOOT
(CLOCKWORK RECOVERY, CUSTOM HBOOT, ENG S-OFF & VISIONARY+)
Most of you will already have all this done. Just check this easy guide and make sure you have already done all of these steps from where is says Method 1 to the end of the page: http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/desire_hd_installing_roms
I make reference back to this step later in the guide so you will need to do this again.
MAKE A BACKUP
Seeing as this procedure will wipe everything from your phone you may want to backup everything for one easy restore after phone warranty/replacement. To make a Nandroid backup enter bootloader (power off phone then whole holding volume down press power button once to power on). Select recovery then backup/recovery and start a backup. It will be saved under a folder clockworkmod/backup/xxxxxxxxx/ on your micro SD card. One you get your phone back from warranty you follow the same procedures to restore just make sure you complete the One click Radio S-Off as linked to below and also install the full root access and hboot as described above. For restoring the backup, once in the bootloader and Recovery again (I'd recommend choosing factory wipe in the bootloader) just choose restore and select the following folder from the backup you made above.
IF LOCKED OUT USING 1.72.405.3 THEN USE THE DOWNGRADE PROCEDURES
Now if you are using 1.72.405.3 (or higher) or a custom ROM based on 1.72.405.3 it is quite likely you from the added HTC security features in these ROMS you have lost root access, custom hboot or the ability to change radio back to s-on with stock CID. If this is the case then follow this downgrade first by jkoljo: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003
After the downgrade is complete make sure to remove file "PD98IMG.zip" from your micro sdcard and then follow the link above to carry out the full root procedures & hboot again.
INSTALL STOCK VODAFONE (AU) ROM
Follow this link to download Kazuroka's Vodafone Australia Stock Branded ROM 1.32.178.5: http://depositfiles.com/files/3x1c6v6hj
Create a folder on you micro SD card such as "stockrom" as follows: "/clockworkmod/backup/stockrom/" then copy the zip file there. Enter bootloader as described above. Choose recovery, then wipe/factory reset, choose backup/restore, then restore and select the zip file from the folder you just copied to your MicroSD card. After everything is done it will ask you to reboot. If so some reason when you select the option at the end to reboot and you just get a blank screen, wait for a while and be absolutely sure your phone your phone won't turn on then just remove and replace battery and then turn on.
CHECKING / INSTALLING STOCK RADIO
This stock ROM you just installed in the last step does not in my experience reload this stock radio. Here's how to check... At the home screen press menu, settings, About phone, Software Information and look under Baseband version to check which radio version you have installed. The stock radio that ships from Vodafone that matches this ROM is I believe 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M. If you have any other numbers here it means you have a different radio version installed than the one that came with the phone. I would suggest you follow this guide to install the stock radio version back if you have a different one installed. You will need to redo everything in the link above that was for titled installing full root access & hboot. Now download the stock radio file (thanks to Drakknar) from this link: http://www.multiupload.com/EUAUJCXGPN
Now if you've installed full root access & hboot as in the link above you will have a folder on your PC where you extracted fastboot. For me it is "C:\fastboot\". Open the radio zip file you just downloaded on your PC and copy the "radio.img" to the folder you have containing fastboot. Reboot phone into the bootloader as described above. Connect your phone via the USB cable to your PC. Make sure you've selected fastboot on your phone. It will display something like fastboot USB connection. On your PC open a the command prompt (Windows key + R to bring up the run box then type cmd and press ok). Go to the folder where fastboot is. For me without the "" marks I type:
"cd\fastboot"
then to install the radio I type:
"fastboot-windows flash radio radio.img"
This should all finish well then you can reboot your device and close command prompt. Sometimes flashing the radio can result in a line across the screen on the first time booting up but in my case it goes away the next time I restart the phone. Now once started up check in settings again to be sure you now have the the right radio version installed.
PUTTING BACK STOCK CID & RADIO S-ON
Reboot into the bootloader and check what it says under system info. If you have CID-11111111 it means you have super CID and radio s-off. You may have used jkoljo's One Click Radio S-Off to do this, no matter even if you haven't this is the easiest way restore it back also. Follow this link (thanks to jkoljo) for his One Click Radio S-Off: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
In his 2nd post you will see the link to download "Easy Radio tool v2_2.zip". Connect phone to PC using USB cable. Select charge only on phone and also make sure USB debugging is selected in settings, apps. Extract the zip file to a folder on your PC somewhere. Run "Desire HD easy radio tool_V2_2". While running make sure phone does not sleep and the screen stays on as it will pop up with a superuser request you will need to select yes to. On the Desire HD Radio Tool select Stock CID then put in "VODAP021" without the "" marks. Making sure the first "O" is the letter and the second "0" is the number zero. Click Do it! and be sure it all finished without any error displayed. Next select Radio S-On and click Do it!. Close program and restart phone. Check system info in bootloader and you should now see CID-VODAP021.
PUTTING BACK STOCK HBOOT & ENG S-ON
--edit Thanks to dazweeja for pointing this out. I've been told replacing the hboot and the recovery image to stock have quite a risk of bricking your phone if anything goes wrong. I'd suggest extra caution making sure you type the commands correctly.--
Tell tale signs your phone is modded are ENG S-OFF on the top line of entering the bootloader and also when you click on recovery it goes though to another list saying Clockwork Recovery. You will also want to remove root (superuser access) during this proccess. Now to remove root you can either run Visionary+ and select Unroot Now or what I did is just redo the step above that was to flash Kazuroka's Vodafone Stock ROM. After reflashing you only need to install a file browser from the market such as Astro or Androzip and then use it to install Visionary+ from you micro SD card. The only option you need to select in Visionary+ is Temproot now. This means root access will be gone after reboot. Now to remove Eng S-Off and put back the stock hboot & recovery image. Download my backup of the original recovery image from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=504042&stc=1&d=1296394732
Also download my backup of the original HBoot from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=504041&stc=1&d=1296394732
Extract the two zip files "Original_VHA_HBoot.zip" and "Original_VHA_Recovery_Image.zip" and you will get "recovery_orig0.bin" and "hboot_orig0.bin". Connect your USB cable to your phone and select "Disk drive, Mount as disk drive" and select "Done". The MicroSD card will now pop up as a drive in Windows. Copy the two files "recovery_orig0.bin" and "hboot_orig0.bin" to the new drive that popped up which is your MicroSD card on your phone. Make sure you copy these two files to the root folder of your MicroSD card (root folder means the base not a folder named "root"). After copying these two files, then on your phone, pull down the status menu sliding your finger from the top down. It should say "Ongoing" and underneath Select "Disk drive" now choose "Charge only" then select "Done" and make sure USB Debugging is on (in Menu, Settings, Applications, Development, USB debugging). On your computer open a command prompt and go to the "platform-tools" folder of your Android SDK installation. For me its:
"cd\program files (x86)\android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools\"
then type
"adb shell"
"su" (if you get permission denied, you have to do run Visionary+ and select temproot now)
"busybox dd if=/sdcard/recovery_orig0.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21"
"busybox dd if=/sdcard/hboot_orig0.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18"
"sync" (wait 10 seconds then after that, you can close the command prompt)
Power off phone and then re-enter bootloader. If everything worked you will now see:
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.85.0007
Also you'll notice that System Info is gone and also if you do select RECOVERY it will no longer go to Clockwork Recovery list but instead to a screen showing a picture of a phone with a red exclamation mark. Selecting Recovery means you'll need to pull the battery to reboot your phone. If you don't want to pull the battery, don't select RECOVERY but instead select FASTBOOT then POWER DOWN.
REMOVE VISIONARY+ (AND OTHER APPS) AS WELL AS CHECK FOR UNROOT
As described in the last section to check your device is unrooted... Make sure you've rebooted since you last did a temproot in Visionary+. Open a command prompt and go to the "platform-tools" folder of the Android SDK. Make sure phone is connected to PC with charge only and USB Debugging. Type:
"adb shell"
"su"
If you get permission denied then all good, your phone is unrooted, you can close command prompt. At the home screen go into apps then hit the menu button and select remove app. You will see a list of apps on the left tab that are downloaded apps. For me the apps I uninstalled were Visionary+, Superuser, and Androzip. Choose clear data, force stop, and uninstall for each app. Now depending on if you are going to keep your MicroSD card or send it in with the phone for warranty, will depend on if you need to to backup and wipe the MicroSD card. If you do need to send it in, connect the phone to your PC with the USB cable and select Disk drive Mount as disk drive and done. In windows you'll need to make sure you can see hidden files & folders. In Windows 7 open explorer (Windows Button + E) then select Organise, Folder and search options and select the View tab. Make sure you have selected Show hidden files, folders, and drives. Make a folder on your hard drive such as "phonecard backup". Go to your phone memory card for example "removable disk f:" or whatever the drive letter may be, select everything (ctrl + A) and then holding ctrl drag and drop everything into the "phonecard backup" folder on your hard drive. Once finished In Windows right click the taskbar icon and select eject removable disk. On your phone, remove the usb cable. Under settings, SD & phone storage, select Unmount SD card, then select Format SD card, Erase everything. The other optional thing you can do is a factory reset. On talking to HTC regarding warranty or repairs they asked if I'd done a factory reset. They also said this was the first thing they would do to try and resolve my issue. I figure it's a good step to do and you can tell them you've done a factory reset without it resolving your issue. In the same menu, SD & phone storage, select Factory data reset, reset phone, erase everything.
DONE! YOUR PHONE SHOULD NOW BE BACK TO STOCK & READY TO TAKE BACK FOR WARRANTY IF NEEDED!
--Note I have put together this guide from the works of a number of XDA members. Full credit for all the files, guides, tools (and help) I used here go to, jkoljo, sfjuocekr, Drakknar, Kazuroka, dazweeja, OzJD and leith51. Thank you--
Well done, Yoshi. This guide will be very useful for the many people who've been asking for it. I followed a very similar procedure when I returned my phone for warranty so your instructions look very solid to me.
Just a small point, the clockwork recovery mod *is* the custom image you flash to the recovery partition so it's still present after flashing the Voda nandroid/clockwork backup. In your instructions, you overwrite it with "busybox dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21" but you just as easily use fastboot to flash the stock recovery image while you're flashing the radio, eg. "fastboot-windows flash recovery recovery.img". Either way works but fastboot is safer because you're more likely to be warned if something goes wrong. There's no way around using 'dd' to flash hboot though (like you suggest). I held my breath at this point because if you get this part wrong, it's an instant brick. Luckily everything went smoothly.
Again, great work.
Actually if you just flash the vodaphone stock rom completely, you get rid of eng s-off, new radio and clockworkmod in a single shot
Also instead of android sdk you could use the radio flash guide attachment, because it has all the required files for adb.
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jkoljo said:
Actually if you just flash the vodaphone stock rom completely, you get rid of eng s-off, new radio and clockworkmod in a single shot
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There's no RUU available for Vodafone Australia branded ROMs unfortunately, only a nandroid/clockwork backup. I guess you could just run the stock 1.32.405.6 HTC RUU, install clockwork mod, flash Vodafone AU clockwork backup, temproot with Visionary, dd stock recovery, and then unroot. It's a little simpler but I was a bit hesitant to try it though as the Vodafone AU ROM is 1.32.178.5 so some of the other eMMC partitions overwritten by the 405.6 RUU might differ from Voda ROM. It would probably still work but Voda might be able to tell if they cared to look (for warranty).
Nice work mate
Cheers
I had to send one back, and it took me a while to gather all the info, so many thanks for the single shot guide.
As an aside, my returned device was in fact returned to me as
"Uneconomical to Repair" due to liquid Ingress
So the first contact was... "tough matey, it's not covered, your screwed"
I 'pushed' them as this was not acceptable and in the end *2 hours and 4 people later* I got a replacement.
The phone they sent back wasn't working, no response off the screen, so I took a 'look' at it, turned out, all the missed was connecting the screen back up correctly.
I did this for them and lo and behold it worked, so I spent the next two weeks whilst my new one arrived, getting to know how to flash/mod/change the thing, when I returned it to them, I re-disconnected the screen ;-) for them.
Not sure if they have tools to tell other obvious things, but date stamps and versions would be a clear indication that you have been playing
But judging by the standard of the return I had, I would not be concerned after following this guide.
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There's no RUU available for Vodafone..
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Ah, I see
Nice guide!
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silashack, that's crazy! Well I'm glad I cought this before my 28days are up so holpefully as HTC have said so far they should just completely replace the phone if they find the same problems I've found. They would make me nervous about repairing my phone if that's their standard here in Aus.
silashack, I'm interested to know how did you open up the phone without tearing all those little void stickers on the screws? I would love to see a disassembly guide. I have looked but found nothing on the net so far... did you take any photos? Did you find any water sensors in this phone (ie the white litmus paper or some kind of paper that changes colour permanently on moisture and voids the warranty)??
I'm guessing DHD will have water sensors like other HTC models. I just don't like this idea. I mean I don't know how sensitive this paper stuff is but these are the current scenarios I am afraid of voiding my warranty idea because of stupid water sensors... having the phone with me on a rainy day, replacing the screen protector with the water method, having my phone with me at a rave or nightclub and getting sweaty pockets from a night of dancing.
Originally Posted by dazweeja
There's no RUU available for Vodafone Australia branded ROMs unfortunately, only a nandroid/clockwork backup
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Once I get my replacement phone back from HTC & Vodafone (and before I start modding the crap out of it again ) I was wondering if there is a way to create a full backup that would include the radio version, be completely unmodified and not have clockwork recovery, modified hboot, eng s-off ect? If there is a way and someone would be kind enough to explain it then I'd be happy to do it and post up the backup ROM so others have a 1 shot method to return their phones to stock 4 warranty for Vodafone (AU).
Thanks alot for this info, its good to know my voided warranty can be unvoided. I'd like to thank you but I can't seem to see a thank button, I'll try again on my desktop tonight...
Props Yoshi!!
Man this will help a few people for sure.
Yoshi_523 said:
silashack, that's crazy! Well I'm glad I caught this before my 28days are up so hopefully as HTC have said so far they should just completely replace the phone if they find the same problems I've found. They would make me nervous about repairing my phone if that's their standard here in Aus.
silashack, I'm interested to know how did you open up the phone without tearing all those little void stickers on the screws? I would love to see a disassembly guide. I have looked but found nothing on the net so far... did you take any photos? Did you find any water sensors in this phone (ie the white litmus paper or some kind of paper that changes colour permanently on moisture and voids the warranty)??
I'm guessing DHD will have water sensors like other HTC models. I just don't like this idea. I mean I don't know how sensitive this paper stuff is but these are the current scenarios I am afraid of voiding my warranty idea because of stupid water sensors... having the phone with me on a rainy day, replacing the screen protector with the water method, having my phone with me at a rave or nightclub and getting sweaty pockets from a night of dancing.
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Tell me about it, don't get me started on the 'support' issues so far
When the phone was returned, I saw no void stickers on the screws as such.
I to could not find a tear down on the HD, but watching a normal Desire gave me the confidence to examine the HD, for all intentional purposes this thing was classified as dead by them not me, so nothing to loose. I did not take any pictures, which is not my normal style, I tend to do that for my own pedantic reasons on all my projects, but as this was DOA I did not bother, sorry
As for a water sensor... The single sheet of paper that came back with the phone describes the possible reasons for "Liquid Ingress" by Vodafone something like:-
Use in a steamy bathroom
On the Train
In a humid climate
In your pocket
You get the gist, all pretty normal day to day possibilities, so I not only didn't consider any sensors, I couldn't care less, it was a pathetic list, will try and find it and post on here.
The flat cable that connects the screen to the device wasn't seated right, using a small jewellers flat blade, I lifted it , blew it clean with compresses air and then reseated it.
The removal of screws was easy, but there is something about the way the top end is connected, for the life of me I could not remove the fascia at all, I ended up with it slightly off the device but still connected, I did not push this as it looked like it could bend the fascia where the speaker grill area was, so when I put it back together, I could see a slight gap at the top right between the case and the screen, less than a mm but enough that it would have bugged me.
I have since bought a gel case for my new one, but in light of the pathetic reasons given for possible liquid ingress I am concerned about the sticky residue that occurs when you hold it for any length of time, if this is transferred to the inside of the case during our summer months... I can see a few people getting warranty denied for this.
I also was NOT aware of the ridiculously short period of manufacturers warranty, and considered the need for insurance as pointless due to the advertising by vodafone about 24 month repair warranty, covers jack **** to their benefit
As for any 'offers' made by HTC or Vodafone, make sure you have that in either writing, or confirm the conversation has been recorded (if support on 1555)
When I deal with them, my last two questions are
1. Could you please repeat your name and how to spell it?
2. Can you please confirm that THIS call HAS been recorded
Allegedly, all calls are recorded, so you can use this to get them to go back and confirm any agreement or discussion/decisions that transpired between you.
All this seems a little harsh, but having dealt with them (and still dealing with them and the TIO) these are steps you need to take to get things moving how they should and not be treated like a third rate citizen, fobbed off with lame support and excuses.
jkoljo said:
Ah, I see
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Yeah, it seems every other country/carrier has a leaked RUU. You think we Aussies would have one too - after all we produced Julian Assange
I think i am the only one cant solve this problem, hopefully u can guide me.
Yoshi_523 said:
"busybox dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21"
"busybox dd if=/sdcard/DHD/hboot_orig.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18"
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If I've read this properly, it doesn't look like you've given the steps to actually copy the recovery.img and hboot_orig.bin files to the SD card before trying to re-write them.
^^ Oh sh*t! Sorry about that... Thanks matm for the picking that up! I've just rewritten that part so it now says to copy recovery.img and hboot_org.bin to the sdcard folder of the MicroSD card rather than to the Android SDK folder (which would have been useless).
Ok so as of today the 23rd of January the guide should be okay on that.
By the way guys I just got my new phone today from Vodafone. They didn't even look at it they just replaced it on the spot. I was within the 28day of purchase. I've noticed reception is showing more bars especially when I put in the 3 SIM card compared to before. I've also noticed there is a problem quite noticeable when I hold my left hand covering the bottom MicroSD & Sim card cover plate. This is most noticable with the Vodafone SIM in which holding it makes it go from 3 bars to 1 or zero bars. The position I'm holding the phone is pretty much identical to the "death grip" that messes with the iphone 4. As soon as I move my hand so it is not touching the bottom cover the reception bars come back. Strangely using a gel cover doesn't fix this.
I think that's a known problem. Mine does the same and has from day one.
Also change this line:
"busybox dd if=/sdcard/DHD/hboot_orig.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18"
to
"busybox dd if=/sdcard/hboot_orig.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18"
Because in your instructions, you say to copy the files to your sdcard, not copy the hboot to a folder on your sdcard named 'DHD'.
^^ Oh Sh*t. Sorry about that. Fixed the guide again. Thanks again guys. If any more problems with the guide please let me know. I don't want to "root" peoples phones (Aussie slang for "f*ck"). I want to "unroot" them. heh heh
Also if you wanna see some video's I put together on the Desire HD "death grip" reception issue. Have a look at this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10842571#post10842571
I should have also said before, that this is an awesome guide!
It always makes me feel better to know someone has already done this before I try.

[Q] How to flash a rom after rooting

OK I apologize ahead of time for what is probably a ridiculously easy question for most.
The ATT 1X is my first android and this is the first phone that I've rooted.
I read for hours and followed the instruction to a T. I rooted, unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM.
I can get into Recover/Boot mode or whatever you call it on phone startup, I have the Super user icon in my files, but I have no idea what to do now.
I found a ROM that I thought was worth a shot (CleanROM 2.5) but I don't know what to do. I've read and researched for hours now and everyone's problems seem to be complicated but no one talks about this.
I downloaded the ROM to my computer but I don't know what to do with the files, I can't find a .bat file or anything to initialize it and I am stuck.
I've wiped the data and done everything in the steps but I'm stuck at actually installing it. I know I'm obviously doing something wrong but I feel like I'm very close to what needs to be done.
Any help is welcome, thanks
deblas66 said:
OK I apologize ahead of time for what is probably a ridiculously easy question for most.
The ATT 1X is my first android and this is the first phone that I've rooted.
I read for hours and followed the instruction to a T. I rooted, unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM.
I can get into Recover/Boot mode or whatever you call it on phone startup, I have the Super user icon in my files, but I have no idea what to do now.
I found a ROM that I thought was worth a shot (CleanROM 2.5) but I don't know what to do. I've read and researched for hours now and everyone's problems seem to be complicated but no one talks about this.
I downloaded the ROM to my computer but I don't know what to do with the files, I can't find a .bat file or anything to initialize it and I am stuck.
I've wiped the data and done everything in the steps but I'm stuck at actually installing it. I know I'm obviously doing something wrong but I feel like I'm very close to what needs to be done.
Any help is welcome, thanks
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I recommend you check QA thread found in a sub forum under your devices section and you review the stickied post for ROM install or Google "android install custom ROM " (remove quotes). Too much info on this already to type it all back out here. Did you watch you tube newb video you agreed to have watched when getting an xda account?
Essentially you now made it so your phone has the ability via CWM Recovery to now boot to that to install ROM zip or continue to use rooted stock ROM (how you flashed that zip for superuser is baasically same as how you flash a cwm compatible ROM zip (MOST but not all ROMs)) which with SuperUser can now run privelleged code if it is made to or requires it to run.
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Thanks. I know this must seem so stupid, but I've been searching this forum, google, youtube and pretty much everything else for how to do this and I get it all and understand what's happening.
I just don't know where to put this ROM (which folder) to get it to install.
deblas66 said:
Thanks. I know this must seem so stupid, but I've been searching this forum, google, youtube and pretty much everything else for how to do this and I get it all and understand what's happening.
I just don't know where to put this ROM (which folder) to get it to install.
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So after all that searching you never came across instructions informing you to put the zip on your phones storage?
You should probably just hold off a bit on flashing anything then. Not being mean but it sounds like you are confused by the process and end result. Step back and do some basic checklisting.
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Download the rom you want and DO NOT UN ZIP IT. THEN PLACE THAT ZIP ON PHONE STORAGE AND BOOT INTO YOUR CUSTOM RECOVERY . HIT INSTALL FROM SD CARD AND MAKE SURE THE ROM YOU DOWNLOADED IS LISTED BUT DONT FLASH YET. GO BACK THE THE MAIN SCREEN OF RECOVERY. NOW MAKE A BACKUP. WHEN THAT IS DONE GO BACK TO MAIN RECOVERY SCREEN AND HIT WIPE PHONE DATA AND THEN CONFIRM. THEN GO AND HIT CLEAR CACHE OPTION. THEN GO BACK AND GO TO ADVANCED AND CLEAR DALVICK CACHE. NOW YOUR READY TO FLASH. GO TO INSTALL ZIP FROM SD AND FLASH YOUR ROM. FIRST BOOT ALWAYS TAKES LONG AFTER FLASHING A NEW ROM :thumbup:
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Pirateghost said:
So after all that searching you never came across instructions informing you to put the zip on your phones storage?
You should probably just hold off a bit on flashing anything then. Not being mean but it sounds like you are confused by the process and end result. Step back and do some basic checklisting.
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Been posting on the internet for decades, don't worry about being mean. I'm here to learn. I rooted, unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM so that I could take advantage before the phone asked me to update the software to the 1.85 version.
My phone works fine now, and I did everything correctly which is what I was setting out to do. I'm in no rush to flash a ROM, but now that I'm ready I'm itching to try it out.
Driggity420 said:
Download the rom you want and DO NOT UN ZIP IT. THEN PLACE THAT ZIP ON PHONE STORAGE AND BOOT INTO YOUR CUSTOM RECOVERY . HIT INSTALL FROM SD CARD AND MAKE SURE THE ROM YOU DOWNLOADED IS LISTED BUT DONT FLASH YET. GO BACK THE THE MAIN SCREEN OF RECOVERY. NOW MAKE A BACKUP. WHEN THAT IS DONE GO BACK TO MAIN RECOVERY SCREEN AND HIT WIPE PHONE DATA AND THEN CONFIRM. THEN GO AND HIT CLEAR CACHE OPTION. THEN GO BACK AND GO TO ADVANCED AND CLEAR DALVICK CACHE. NOW YOUR READY TO FLASH. GO TO INSTALL ZIP FROM SD AND FLASH YOUR ROM. FIRST BOOT ALWAYS TAKES LONG AFTER FLASHING A NEW ROM :thumbup:
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This is the process as I understand it and as stupid as it sounds, I'm hung up on where in phone storage to place the zip file of the rom. I don't see a storage folder, an SD folder, nothing that seems obvious and nothing that is in any of the things I've been reading or watching.
deblas66 said:
Been posting on the internet for decades, don't worry about being mean. I'm here to learn. I rooted, unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM so that I could take advantage before the phone asked me to update the software to the 1.85 version.
My phone works fine now, and I did everything correctly which is what I was setting out to do. I'm in no rush to flash a ROM, but now that I'm ready I'm itching to try it out.
This is the process as I understand it and as stupid as it sounds, I'm hung up on where in phone storage to place the zip file of the rom. I don't see a storage folder, an SD folder, nothing that seems obvious and nothing that is in any of the things I've been reading or watching.
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Plug phone into computer. When prompted, select Disk Drive. On computer, browse to your computer, open the 'disk drive', and copy the zip there. THAT is your sdcard as seen by your phone.
Pirateghost said:
Plug phone into computer. When prompted, select Disk Drive. On computer, browse to your computer, open the 'disk drive', and copy the zip there. THAT is your sdcard as seen by your phone.
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Seriously?
Wow I feel dumb. I was looking for a sub folder or directory specifically for storage and backup.
Thanks, I think that should be enough for me to do this tonight.
deblas66 said:
Seriously?
Wow I feel dumb. I was looking for a sub folder or directory specifically for storage and backup.
Thanks, I think that should be enough for me to do this tonight.
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Yeah, some phones you may have to drag down notifications and tap USB mode or USB connected notification (it has standard USB icon and only appears when phone attached to computer). Then tap either USB storage mode or the button to enable USB drives. Then on computer just like a thumb drive it adds drive letter. Copy anything there that is /mnt/sdcard or /sdcard on phone. BE SURE TO EJECT DRIVES BEFORE AND TAP TO DISABLE USB ON PHONE IN THAT ORDER THEN UNPLUG FROM USB (failure to do so COULD result in data loss or corruption which you DO NOT want to happen to a ROM zip)!
Then boot in to recovery choose install zip from sdcard (not apply update from sdcard) as install from allows you to browse for any zip and install. Usually Vol up and down moves through menus and power or search button is enter. BE SURE THE ROM YOU DOWNLOAD IS SPECIFICALLY MEANT FOR YOUR DEVICE OR YOU COULD EASILY BRICK YOUR DEVICE. PLEASE REVIEW HOW TO RUN NANDROID BACKUPS AND RUN ONE BEFORE INSTALLING A DIFFERENT ROM.
I CAN NOT STRESS ENOUGH IF UNSURE DON'T PROCEED, BE SURE YOU RUN NANDROID BACKUPS AND ENSURE YOU FOLLOW INSTALL DIRECTIONS INCLUDED WITH YOUR ROM. ALSO, NEVER FORMAT EMMC (AKA INTERNAL SDCARD) IT ALMOST GUARENTEES A BRICKED DEVICE.
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Wow that was easier than I thought.
Thanks for the help guys and sorry I missed such an easy step.
ROM installed.
deblas66 said:
Wow that was easier than I thought.
Thanks for the help guys and sorry I missed such an easy step.
ROM installed.
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Is all good, and now you see why we were kinda scratching our heads wondering what was up a little . Glad we could help get you going though welcome to the world of custom ROMs. Please just be careful and always do backups and take it slow and read things 2x before even attempting once. While it can be easy to do it is also easy to accidentally brick your device (make it not work and have to be sent out for repairs).
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[Q] Bad rooting of android phone?

Hi
I rooted my phone today. Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570.
It went quite well. I deleted all the bloatware that I didn't want etc.
After all that was gone I starting disabling things that I thought was extra. At one point the phone switched off and didn't come on again. I rebooted it and when it did come back on the only things I can access now are the notification panel at the top of my page, my volume control and the power key. The screen has gone black. I cant use anything else now. Its obvious I've disabled the home screen or something.
What can I do, if anything?
Really appreciate any help. Thank you.
speedy2014 said:
Hi
I rooted my phone today. Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570.
It went quite well. I deleted all the bloatware that I didn't want etc.
After all that was gone I starting disabling things that I thought was extra. At one point the phone switched off and didn't come on again. I rebooted it and when it did come back on the only things I can access now are the notification panel at the top of my page, my volume control and the power key. The screen has gone black. I cant use anything else now. Its obvious I've disabled the home screen or something.
What can I do, if anything?
Really appreciate any help. Thank you.
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You have removed the "homescreen" (Launcher)
Do you have usb debugging enabled?
If so then you can move a launcher apk to /data/app
(if you need a launcher apk and instructions to do this then ask me )
if not then go find a cwm launcher installer (if you have recovery installed)
and flash that.
It will give you a launcher to work with.
If you need help with modding or removing apps, etc.
Then you can pm me so we don't spam this thread.
Use Samsung PC suite it will fix all the errors in your phone then root it again.
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speedy2014 said:
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An apk is an application package for android.
The homescreen is the app that is run when you unlock the screen. (It is also known as the launcher)
You will need the drivers for your phone.
Which you can obtain from your manufacturers website. (Example: Samsung mesmerize > Support > downloads > driver.msi)
I have attached a zip file that needs to be extracted. (I put it together just for you )
Once extracted you must go inside the extracted folder and double click the start file.
Follow the instructions from there.
You will not need to connect wirelessly so just press enter.
It does almost all the work for you.
It's not a flash zip.
Its a script.
Go herehttp://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/GT-S5570EGAMET-downloads
Then install the kies from software tab
run that and plug your phone in with usb.
Then let it detect it and install whatever is necessary.
Make sure it has a connection then try my tool.
My tool is a Windows script.
For Windows.
Not Android.
Extract my zip and run the start file.
If it detects your device then let it fix your stuff.
It cant get any clearer than that. Really appreciate this. I just need to get onto the computer now. Will do it in the next 24 hours and let you know how I get on.
speedy2014 said:
It cant get any clearer than that. Really appreciate this. I just need to get onto the computer now. Will do it in the next 24 hours and let you know how I get on.
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I have a zip here as an attachment. (The Cwm veersion of my homescreen Repair)
Don't use it without a backup in recovery.
You might have to disable signature checking.
Make sure you put the zip on the sd card of the phone.
Goto mounts and storage in recovery and make sure that /data is MOUNTED!
I repeat, Mount /data FIRST.
Then go flash the zip from the sdcard or adb sideload(>Haven't tested sideloading)
Reboot. Enjoy.
Update!
It doesn't work for some reason.
Can I get a dev to help me?
Bump.
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