INTRO
THIS POST IS FOR THE SAMSUNG GALAXY SKYROCKET SG2 LTE: MODEL# "SGH-I727" FOR ATT & "SGH-I727R" FOR ROGERS.
Thanks Goto lart2150 And cschmitt From This Thread, read the whole thread there and if you dont understand it then try this post.
I Decided To Make A Step By Step Guide To Keep All The Steps In One Post Instead Of It Being Spread Out Over Many Posts And Also For Newbs And Dense Members That Could Not Read The Original Thread Correctly.
All Info Was Taken From Above Thread, I Had No Hand In Making This Free Method Work.
I Successfully Unlocked The Sim Carrier Lock On Two i727r Phones.
For Newbs That Have Never Installed Custom Roms Or Custom Recoveries Read This First The Most Common Questions Answered Here Before You Proceed.
Theres A Learning Curve In Dealing With Android And As Such Basic Knowledge Of How It Works Must Be Learned.
If You're Too Lazy To Understand\Learn\Read Or In A Rush Then Just Spend The Damn $ And Buy An Unlock Code!!!
Newbs B4 You Flash Or Are Having A Problem:
Read!!
Now Read Some More!!
Read The Stickies!!! What Are Stickies? Read THIS POST
Search!!! HOWTO HERE or HERE
We Can Tell By Your Question That You Havent Done Any Of The Above And You Might/Will Get Flamed.
WE DO LIKE TO HELP BUT PLEASE DO ABOVE FIRST
Once You Know What You Are Doing And Are Stumped At A Certain Problem, Post It Here Or The Q&a Forum.
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for your devices, these methods have been proven to work, but sh*t happens!
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PROCEDURE
1. If On Stock Recovery Then You Must Flash A Custom Recovery - HOWTO HERE
2. Optional: Backup Current Efs Partition To Revert Unlock HOWTO HERE
Steps 3 & 4 Are For Making A Backup Of Your Current Rom As This Unlock Procedure Will Wipe It.
3. Find Out Which Radio/modem You Are On From Phone Menu>System>About Phone>Baseband.
From This Baseband, Which Is Your Current Radio, Goto The The 1Stop Sticky Radio Section And Download That Baseband/Radio That You Are Currently On And Copy It To Your Sdcard.
warning: old radios might not be available
4. Make A Backup Through Recovery(Cwm Or Twrp) Of Your Existing Rom, Dont Know What That Means Then You Didnt Read The Intro From Above , Go Away And Come Back When Youre Ready.
5. Download The Ucld2 Oem Stock Rooted Rom From HERE, Download The Ucld2 Radio From HERE
Copy Both Those Files To Your Sdcard And Check The Md5, How To HERE
6. Completely Wipe The Phone But Not Sdcards, Howto Read Q.26 From Here
7. Turn Off Phone And Insert The Sim Card For Your New Carrier, Might/should Work With The Original Sim Card Or No Sim Card, It Wont Hurt Either Way.
8. Boot Into Recovery and Install Both The Ucld2 Radio And The Ucld2 Rom You Downloaded From Step 5 From Above,
Note: Flash Radio Twice W/out Cable Plugged In.
When Completed Reboot Phone.
9. Let Phone Boot Up, Just Bypass Setup Screens To Get To The Home Screen, Let It Settle For A Few Minutes Then Go To The Dailer Screen.
Follow The Steps In Order As Shown In Pics Below
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10. After Pressing [3] PERSO SHA256 OFF From Last Pic Wait Exactly 30 Seconds Then
Press The Menu Button Key On The Phone And Select Back Option, This Will Take You Back To NETWORK LOCK screen.
Do Not Press The Physical Capacitive "Back" Button Key On The Phone.
11. From the "NETWORK LOCK" screen Press [4] NW LOCK NV DATA INITIALLIZ
You Should Receive PERSO_NV_INIT is SUCCESSFUL If Having A Non-accepted Sim Card Inserted, If Not Wait Exactly One Minute And Then Reboot The Phone.
Should Now Be Unlocked, Test W/a Previous Non-accepted SIM Card. Not Unlocked Then Try Procedure Again.
12. Restoring Your Backup.
Flash The Radio You Had B4 from step #3, Do This Twice W/out Cable Plugged In, Then Restore Your Backup From Within Recovery And Check To See If Sim Is Connecting To Your Network Carrier.
13. For Phone Working On Another Carrier Read The Radio Section From The 1stop Sticky
14. Q. Will I Lose My Unlock If Flashing A Rom, Kernel, Radio, Restoring To Stock, Etc.
A. NO. The Only Way To Restore The Lock Is If You Restore Your Original Locked Efs You Created From Step #2.
vincom said:
INTRO
PROCEDURE
1. If On Stock Recovery Then You Must Flash A Custom Recovery - HOWTO HERE
2. Optional: Backup Current Efs Partition To Revert Unlock HOWTO HERE
3. Find Out Which Radio/modem You Are On From Phone Menu>System>About Phone>Baseband.
From This Baseband, Which Is Your Current Radio, Goto The The 1Stop Sticky Radio Section And Download That Baseband/Radio That You Are Currently On And Copy It To Your Sdcard
4. Make A Backup Through Recovery(Cwm Or Twrp) Of Your Existing Rom, Dont Know What That Means Then You Didnt Read The Intro From Above , Go Away And Come Back When Youre Ready.
5. Completely Wipe The Phone But Not Sdcards, Howto Read Q.26 From Here
6. Download The Ucld2 Oem Stock Rooted Rom From HERE
7. Download The Ucld2 Radio From HERE
8. Copy Both Those Files From Step 6 & 7 To Your Sdcard And Check The Md5, How To HERE
9. Turn Off Phone And Insert The Sim Card For Your New Carrier, Might/should Work With The Original Sim Card Or No Sim Card, It Wont Hurt Either Way.
10. Boot Into Recovery and Install Both The Ucld2 Radio And The Ucld2 Rom You Downloaded From Step 6 & 7 From Above,
Note: Flash Radio Twice W/out Cable Plugged In.
When Completed Reboot Phone.
11. Let Phone Boot Up, Just Bypass Setup Screens To Get To The Home Screen, Then Go To The Dailer Screen.
Follow The Steps In Order As Shown In Pics Below
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12. After Pressing [3] PERSO SHA256 OFF From Last Pic Wait Exactly 30 Seconds Then
Press The Menu Button Key On The Phone And Select Back Option - Do Not Press The Back Button Key.
This Will Take You Back To NETWORK LOCK screen.
13. Press [4] NW LOCK NV DATA INITIALLIZ
You Should Receive PERSO_NV_INIT is SUCCESSFUL If Having A Non-accepted Sim Card Inserted, If Not Wait Exactly One Minute And Then Reboot The Phone.
Should Be Unlocked. Test W/Non-accepted SIM Card. Not Unlocked Then Try Procedure Again.
14. Restoring Your Backup.
Flash The Radio You Had B4 from step #3, Do This Twice W/out Cable Plugged In, Then Restore Your Backup From Within Recovery And Check To See If Sim Is Connecting To Your Network Carrier.
15. For Phone Working On Another Carrier Read The Radio Section From The 1stop Sticky
16. Q. Will I Lose My Unlock If Flashing A Rom, Kernel, Radio, Restoring To Stock, Etc.
A. NO. The Only Way To Remove The Unlock Is If You Restored Your Original Locked Efs You Created From Step #2.
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Those links to the ROM and Modem link to the wrong files it appears. Are you able to fix this?
les_garten said:
Those links to the ROM and Modem link to the wrong files it appears. Are you able to fix this?
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weird, fixed
vincom said:
weird, fixed
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I tried DL'ing from another site and yours as well. I keep getting failures at around 160 mb or so.
Do you know of somewhere besides devhost where these files exist.
Thanx for a great post!
I applied for an Unlock code form ATT. They sent me one and it wouldn't work. I went thru about a weeks worth of goofing around with ATT and their codes never worked.
I used your method and I now have an unlocked phone, Thanx!
I also pressed your button a few times...
great
Worked Perfect
Thanks
Manabase said:
Worked Perfect
Thanks
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Imagine that
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:good::good::good: Thanks for condensing this Vincom!!! Made it through first time around no problems on i727 at&t.
Easier than getting a code out of ATT!
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twobats1 said:
Easier than getting a code out of ATT!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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They sent me a code, it wouldn't work.
Please someone help me
I have tried this over and over am i missing something it just doesn't work i get the PERSO_NV_INIT is SUCCESSFUL and i reboot but it still doesn't recognize my sim card. Please can someone help me i would appreciate it. Thank you
Try another sim card
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NEWB GUIDES TO: RESTORE TO STOCK | USE ODIN | INSTALL CWM | ROOT |
vincom said:
Try another sim card
Posted w/xda app w/ i727R
MY STICKIES
| ROMS | KERNELS | FIRMWARE | RADIOS | HOWTO'S | GUIDES | INFo |
NEWB GUIDES TO: RESTORE TO STOCK | USE ODIN | INSTALL CWM | ROOT |
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Yes I have but it still shows the same thing what else can I do?
ismael247 said:
Yes I have but it still shows the same thing what else can I do?
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does sim from original carrier(the one the phone was locked to) work
vincom said:
does sim from original carrier(the one the phone was locked to) work
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What do you mean do to you mean the at&t sim card if so I dont have one because I bought it off ebay and I
ismael247 said:
What do you mean do to you mean the at&t sim card if so I dont have one because I bought it off ebay and I
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if its an att phone then yes a sim card from them, to rule out sim card socket problems you would need to test it with an att sim card or which ever the phone was locked to
att unlock code sucks
Going to have to try this. The code I got from ATT as others have said didn't work on my phone. Not sure if it is because of the DU ROM or what... This seems like a simple try!
tommyjt24 said:
Going to have to try this. The code I got from ATT as others have said didn't work on my phone. Not sure if it is because of the DU ROM or what... This seems like a simple try!
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Their code didn't work on mine either and I had to do this.
tommyjt24 said:
Going to have to try this. The code I got from ATT as others have said didn't work on my phone. Not sure if it is because of the DU ROM or what... This seems like a simple try!
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Their code didn't work on mine either and I had to do this.
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need to be on stock firmware for official/paid sim unlock code to work
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need to be on stock firmware for official/paid sim unlock code to work
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I was, no worky.
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Help! I think my Mytouch 4G is bricked!!!
i have seen a LOT of these threads lately, and this thread is made to hopefully be able solve some of your problems.
most people think that a brick means "can't get into android system, phone is dead beyond repair." most of the time, this is NOT true.
Disclaimer: Please make sure you know what you are doing before proceeding. if your device wasn't bricked before but you somehow screwed it up, i will not be responsible. YOU are responsible for whatever happens to your device. i am just here to give you a few tips, and to help you out. once again, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING BEFORE DOING IT!
Needed Things:
-computer
-android SDK, ADB. PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO INSTALL AND LEARN TO USE ADB, IT COULD SAVE YOUR DEVICE BIG TIME. we have plenty of guides on how to use adb, please search them up and READ THROUGH THEM.
-a Mytouch 4G, or HTC Panache
-USB cable
-SDcard (doesn't matter what size)
ask and answer these two questions to yourself:
1) can you enter bootloader?
2) can you enter recovery?
if you've answered yes to any one of them, then chances are, you are still saved.
Note: if you can't enter either one of those, and your device doesn't show any signs of life, then don't bother reading on, you are truly bricked.
Notice: When you try flashing the PD15IMG.zip in bootloader, make sure the phone is NOT connected to the computer.
For S-On users:
Q: help! my phone is stuck on the Mytouch logo screen!
A: pull the battery, and see if you can get into the bootloader using volume down+power buttons
if you can get into the bootloader:
1) see if you can wipe data/do a factory reset in bootloader.
2) flash the stock Glacier PD15IMG.zip file choose from either
Android 2.2.1 OR Android 2.3.4
rename both files to PD15IMG.zip if not already.
-put both files in the ROOT of your SDcard, reboot into bootloader/hboot, and follow the onscreen instructions
note: if you are still unclear on what to do, read the "HOW TO RESTORE TO STOCK" section
Q: bootloader is giving me Fail-PU errors when trying to update
A: refer to the eMMC section
For S-Off Rooted users:
rooted S-Off devices are a bit more complicated.
Q: help! i can't get into the android system, phone stuck on Mytouch logo!
A: like for S-On users, see if you can get into either the bootloader, but also the recovery (usually clockworkmod).
if you can get into either of those, wipe data/factory reset, and reboot.
Q: bootloader factory reset, still stuck on Mytouch screen
A: well, if you have clockworkmod recovery (or 4EXT recovery) get into the recovery, wipe all user data/cache/dalvik cache and try reflashing a backup, or flash a new rom.
Q: reflashing didn't work, clockworkmod is giving me errors about mounting something.
A: new way! try to clear cache and dalvik in recovery, somtimes that works. thanks to urmothersluvr for reminding me.
A: there are two things that cause this. both have VERY similar symptoms. the first is because of the failed eMMC chip (refer to eMMC chip section), and the second is because the recovery got messed up, probably because you've been switching between a lot of EXT3 and EXT4 roms. if this is the case, just download the PD15IMG.zip (Android 2.2.1) file (IT WILL RETURN YOU TO STOCK) and start over again. OR you can reflash the recovery through adb (MUST HAVE ENG HBOOT 0.85.2007). thanks to Nicgraner for reminding me! if bootloader gives Fail-PU errors, refer to eMMC section.
HOW TO RESTORE TO STOCK
here are clear instructions on how to flash to stock using the PD15IMG.zip file:
1) download the PD15IMG.zip file:
Android 2.2.1 Android 2.3.4
2) rename the file to PD15IMG.zip if not already
3) place the file in the root of your SDcard, meaning not in any folders
4) power off your device, and reboot into hboot/bootloader by press and holding power + volume down buttons
5) hboot/bootloader should recognize the file, and ask if you want to update
6) select "yes", and wait for the update to finish
*Selections are made with the volume buttons, and hit the power button to select*
7) when the update is finished, hit reboot
8) wait for the device to boot up (may take awhile, first time boot only)
9) congrats, you are now back to stock Mytouch 4G, either 2.2.1, or 2.3.4
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if you think you have a failed eMMC...
many things can cause the eMMC to die. if you suspect that your eMMC chip has died, please check your eMMC serial using this guide here using adb (for rooted users only, since you must be in recovery for the command to work).
symptoms of failed eMMC:
-massive lagging all of the sudden in android system
-phone suddenly shut down, and you can't turn it on, no matter what you do (if this happens, then yes, you're bricked)
-recovery showing errors about not being able to mount things
-BOOTLOADER SHOWING FAIL-PU WHEN TRYING TO RESTORE BACK TO STOCK USING PD15IMG.ZIP, IF THIS HAPPENS, THEN YES, THAT MEANS YOU ARE TRULY BRICKED. FAIL-PU MEANS FAILED PARTITION UPDATE, MEANING THAT YOU CANNOT WRITE TO THE PHONE/EMMC CHIP ANYMORE.
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Ok, so my chip has died and i can't turn my phone on. can i send it in to t-mobile to replace it?
A: yes! BUT YOU MUST STILL HAVE YOUR WARRANTY WITH T-MOBILE. if you are S-On, you should have absolutely NO problems replacing at all. if you are S-Off, you might encounter some minor problems, but replacing should still be ok. what i did was play dumb with them, and they just sent me a new one. my old one died of bad eMMC, it was rooted, S-off and everything, even the splash screen said "rooted HTC Glacier" on it.
hopefully, this guide has helped you understand more of what has just happened to your beloved Glacier (MT4G).
if i forgot anything, or if you have anything to add to this, PLEASE LET ME KNOW
if i have helped, please hit thanks!
for the corrupted recovery you don't necessarily need to flash pd15img..you could boot into bootloader then fastboot and reflash the recovery img of your choice. Although some may not know how to.. just a thought
EDIT: Forgot to explain why lol, flashing pd15img will make you lose root whereas just pushing the new recovery will not!
Don't mean to be trollin, just some advice haha
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Nicgraner said:
for the corrupted recovery you don't necessarily need to flash pd15img..you could boot into bootloader then fastboot and reflash the recovery img of your choice. Although some may not know how to.. just a thought
EDIT: Forgot to explain why lol, flashing pd15img will make you lose root whereas just pushing the new recovery will not!
Don't mean to be trollin, just some advice haha
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium
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Where is the recovery pd15img.zip u speak of?
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urmothersluvr said:
Where is the recovery pd15img.zip u speak of?
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
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It's in my OP. You can choose either the 2.2.1 version or 2.3.4.
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saranhai said:
It's in my OP. You can choose either the 2.2.1 version or 2.3.4.
Sent from my HTC Glacier Sense 3.5 using xda premium
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If it fails can I still use my phone I'm on? I know my cache won't mount
Edit: fixed it by formatting cache and rebooting recovery. U should add that up there for cache not mounting.
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If it fails can I still use my phone I'm on? I know my cache won't mount
Edit: fixed it by formatting cache and rebooting recovery. U should add that up there for cache not mounting.
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Alright i'll add that when I get home
Thanks!
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EDIT: OP updated, thanks urmothersluvr!
OP updated with instructions on how to return to stock using the PD15IMG.zip file.... if you have any suggestions, PM me
I'm trying to load the pd15img.zip. I have a completely stock phone and for some reason it got stuck on the bootup screen so I'm trying to flash it to fix it.
However after I enter the bootloader and it finds the file, loads it and then checks it, it just returns to the bootloader screen. It never asks me to flash it.
Does anyone have a solution??
Exact same issue as mupepe. Does this mean the phone isn't saveable?
RussianSpring said:
Exact same issue as mupepe. Does this mean the phone isn't saveable?
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is your phone connected to the computer? just wondering.
also, might be a bad download, try downloading again.....
It is not connected to the PC when flashing. I'll try redownloading the IMG. I get a "Wrong or bad image" thing in Hboot. Formatted SD card to fat 32 and tried a different card. This is a weird issue. I warrantied out the phone but TMO sent me a replacement with the washed out screen so I'd love to fix this.
Mine isn't connected to the computer. I get no sort of error. I'll redownload the image in a bit and report back. Thanks!
thanks a lot
Anyone have luck fixing the No Image or Wrong Image problem or the IMG file just checking loading then doing nothing?
RussianSpring said:
Anyone have luck fixing the No Image or Wrong Image problem or the IMG file just checking loading then doing nothing?
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try redownloading..
could be a bad download
I downloaded it again and it still doesn't work
****. well 2.3.4 send me back to the bootloader screen and 2.2.1 gives me the main version is older error. All the solutions I've found to that error say to install 2.3.4 which doesn't work! ahhhhhh!
Problems
I bought a MyTouch 4G from Craigslist today (for $ 80, it has the superior screen, is cosmetically a 9.5/10 and it came with all accessories) and it is stuck at the MyTouch 4G screen. One of the local phone places told the seller that the phone needed to be flashed which I tried to do. I downloaded the file in this thread for 2.3.4, put it on the freshly FAT32 formatted MicroSD card, I booted into the bootloader, it found the PD15IMG.zip file, it loaded and checked it and went into the screen with the two green arrows and the one green arrow pointing downwards. Then every time in the middle of it, the phone turns itself off (battery is fully charged). It never asked if I wanted to update either. What could be the problem?
PCLiteratesJax said:
I bought a MyTouch 4G from Craigslist today (for $ 80, it has the superior screen, is cosmetically a 9.5/10 and it came with all accessories) and it is stuck at the MyTouch 4G screen. One of the local phone places told the seller that the phone needed to be flashed which I tried to do. I downloaded the file in this thread for 2.3.4, put it on the freshly FAT32 formatted MicroSD card, I booted into the bootloader, it found the PD15IMG.zip file, it loaded and checked it and went into the screen with the two green arrows and the one green arrow pointing downwards. Then every time in the middle of it, the phone turns itself off (battery is fully charged). It never asked if I wanted to update either. What could be the problem?
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...lol i'm starting to think the link to the 2.3.4 PD15IMG.zip is wrong..
sorry guys if it is...
hmm have you tried to use the 2.2.1 instead?
I bought two MyTouch 4G's from the same seller (a couple) and his phone works fine, only hers is corky LOL. Both HBOOT screens are identical too, I checked his software version and it is the latest one (2.32.531.1), so I assume that hers is the same, it also shows the same date, July 15 2011 and the same radio 26.13.04.19_M in HBOOT. Maybe there is no PD15IMG.zip file for this latest updated ROM yet? After trying both different PD15IMG.zip files (2.3.4 and 2.2.1), I've been getting the "main version is older" errors on both. No Fail-PU though, so that makes me hopeful I'm thinking that she updated to the latest version and somehow it got corrupted, that is why the phone is stuck at the MyTouch 4G loading screen and won't go any further.
Update: I'm up and running again !! I found a PD15IMG.zip file on the t-mobile support website that worked specifically for the latest 2.32.531.1 update !! Here is the download link (I've uploaded it to megaupload): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X1EAIPBJ
UPDATE 8-18-12: OFFICIAL CYANOGENMOD NIGHTLIES ARE UP.
Hey Guys, I haven't seen anyone post this yet so I figured I'd give it a shot. First and foremost, I take ABSOLUTELY NO CREDIT FOR ANYTHING IN THIS POST. Let it be known that none of this is my work and the purpose of this post is to consolidate information into an easy-to-follow guide. Also, I take no responsibility for any damage you do to your own phone. It's your responsibility to understand the risks involved and do your research before you make ANY modifications. If you'd like to use this guide for a project you're working on or another thread, that's fine with me. All I ask is that you give credit where it's due.
BEFORE WE START. If you cannot follow detailed instructions, please don't bother using this guide as you're only going to waste your own time as well as mine. I won't be answering any questions or providing support for problems that are clearly covered in the guide.
Now that we've achieved an unlocked bootloader, Cyanogenmod's team is already at work and has a build of CM10 up and running. (It's technically an alpha, but for me EVERYTHING works perfectly: data, wifi, bluetooth, GPS, MMS, camera, camcorder, the whole nine. The only thing I've found to NOT be working is NFC). The post can be found on both Cyanogenmod and Austen Dicken's Google+ page. Those can be found here:
https://plus.google.com/117962666888533781522/posts
A word of caution:
Since I'm not a Cyanogenmod developer, I have no control on the stability of their posted builds. So if you go through the guide and your MMS isn't working, there's not a whole lot I or anybody else can do for you at the moment considering these are still alpha builds. Although I mentioned everything works currently for me, I can neither guarantee this nor help you troubleshoot technical issues as I am not the developer of the ROM itself. On the other hand, if you have any questions or problems following the guide, I'm happy to help you out to the best of my ability.
For this to work, you must be ROOTED and have an UNLOCKED bootloader. I'm not going to make a super-detailed write up on how to achieve both of these, but here's a general outline of steps for those that are new here. If you're already rooted and have your bootloader unlocked, you can skip straight to step 4.
Pre-install:
First, BACKUP EVERYTHING. Do a nandroid backup and backup your apps and data in Titanium if desired.
Install the latest Samsung USB drivers so your phone and your computer don't have any connection problems. Those can be found here:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SCH-I535MBBVZW?
on the bottom under Manuals/Downloads and then Software.
I highly recommend backing up your IMEI incase something goes wrong. I'm not going to cover that here, all info can be found in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1791291&highlight=backup
You have been warned.
You need to have your SD Card formatted to FAT32. exFAT WILL NOT WORK. So if you're like me and have a 64GB SD card, neither Android nor windows will let you format to FAT32 natively, so you have a few options.
Using command prompt within windows:
http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/mot...-format-sd-card-especially-64gb-fat-32-a.html
Use a disk management program like Acronis Disk Director (I think they may have a free trial but don't quote me on that).
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/
Then, you may want to Odin back to stock using the latest Samsung firmware. Now, you DO NOT need to Odin back to stock for the rest of this guide to work. But it should fix any 4G/3G data problems you may have been having on custom k-exec ROMs and I thought it was a good idea to start completely fresh now that we have total freedom. So if you were having bad experience on any custom ROMs with a flaky data connection or GPS taking a long time to lock, give it a try and see if it fixes things for you.
If you're going to give it a try, both the Odin program and stock Odin firmware can be found in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1755386
Download the latest version of Odin and the latest stock firmware version. Extract the Odin zip and load it up. Click the PDA button, find the stock firmware you just downloaded. Boot into download mode on your phone by powering down, then powering back up while holding the home and volume down buttons. Click start in the odin window. This process should take a while. After your phone reboots, get through the setup and dial *2767*3855#. Your phone will reset and you'll be COMPLETELY back to stock and any radio/hardware connection issues should be fixed. If you're still having problems let me know.
Now, to the fun part.
1. Root your phone.
NoxiousNinja's GS3DebugFSRoot Tool is the easiest and most foolproof way I've found. Read the directions in the post and follow the instructions in the command prompt window. Very easy and lightweight.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792342
As you continue throughout this process, pay careful attention to the prompts as it will ask you for [y/n] responses that you must confirm. After finishing, go into the newly installed Superuser app and on the far left panel, click where it says "tap to check for updates." Then click "update" on the bottom EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE NEWEST VERSION. I don't know why it works, but it does.
2. Flash a custom recovery.
Download mmmeff's EZ Recovery flashing app from the play store. Just search for "EZ Recovery" and you'll find it. Once installed, make sure you allow root access, then select "CWM 6.0.1.0" from the dropdown (NOT THE TOUCH VERSION AND NOT TWRP . It just makes it easier on everyone if something goes wrong. I can personally confirm that the touch version is incompatible. Some users are reporting TWRP is working fine, so you can try that at your own risk but I can't provide any support if it doesn't work for you since I haven't tried it myself.), make sure you have the "Recovery" toggle selected on the left, and click "flash recovery". Don't worry about rebooting yet as we still have a few things to do. The thread for the app can be found at:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29698-72...-recovery-flashing-app-ya-dingus/page__st__10
3. Unlock your bootloader.
I've also chosen to use mmmeff's Bootloader unlocking app from the play store for this guide as it is universally acceptable no matter what operating system everyone is running. In the play store, search for "GS3 EZ Unlock". Once installed, again make sure you allow root access and then click the HUGE button in the middle. It only takes a few seconds and then you're done. Thread is here:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32456-app-ez-unlock-easiest-way-to-unlock-your-bootloader/
4. Flash Cyanogenmod.
First, you'll need some downloads. You can use the Cyanogenmod 10 Alpha build or a nightly CM10 build.
Cyanogenmod 10 ALPHA build:
http://goo.gl/RYzHT
MD5: 3662de3c8942f19dc95ca911207b1602
CM10 Nightlies can be found at:
http://get.cm/?device=d2vzw
Jellybean GAPPS:
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip
Mirror:
http://www.mediafire.com/?63l7wtwlc09923c
MD5: f62cfe4a827202899919fd932d5246d7
Put both of these zips on the root of your SD card.
Before you get all trigger happy, we need to do some things first.
For those of you who are new at this, I'll say it again, BACKUP EVERYTHING. This next step will wipe everything on your phone.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLASHING A NEW INSTALL OF CYANOGENMOD:
Now, boot into recovery (power off and then power back on while holding the home and volume up buttons) and wipe SYSTEM, DATA, CACHE (all can be found in Mounts/Storage menu), and DALVIK CACHE (can be found in advanced menu). A system wipe is not technically necessary but I did it just to make sure I didn't have any problems. Then, go into "install zip from SD card," then "choose zip from SD card". First, flash the Cyanogenmod zip, and after that finishes flash the Gapps zip. Go back a couple levels, click "reboot system now," and you're done!
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLASHING AN UPDATED BUILD OF CYANOGENMOD
Now that you have a working install of Cyanogenmod, it gets a lot easier. If you're currently on the Alpha build and are switching to the new nightly builds, I would HIGHLY recommend you perform a FULL wipe including system, data, and both caches. Some people moved from the alpha to nightlies and were having problems so if you do a full wipe the first time you'll be fine. If you want to update from a nightly build to a newer nightly, all you should need to do is wipe both caches.
I hope this helped at least a few people, I tried to arrange it into as easy of a guide as I could. Please let me know if you see any problems or necessary changes and I'll try to keep this thread updated as new builds are upped. TO EVERYONE THAT IS NEW HERE, PLEASE DO NOT BUG DEVELOPERS WITH STUPID QUESTIONS REGARDING RELEASE DATES OR PROGRESS. I can assure you that they're working hard, we got a full release the day after our bootloader got unlocked. So be patient, nightlies and beta versions of CM and AOKP will come soon enough.
If you're interested, after you're done you can try flashing a new radio and/or kernel. Unless you're having problems, I wouldn't recommend you try this unless you know what you're doing because you could make things worse. Consider yourselves warned. Radios and instructions can be found in Invisiblek's thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788313
Do some research on kernels, but at the time of writing I can recommend imoseyon's Leankernel. That and instructions are here:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32286-kernel-aosp-jb-leankernel-minimalistic-kernel-v05-beta-81612/
N00bs, Both of ^these^ steps above are completely optional and if you do choose to try them THIS THREAD is NOT the place to ask for support. Realize that before you start messing with stuff you don't understand.
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Are you shure nothing will go wrong if we follow the steps you described. By the way its a great step by step description to get cm10. Can you post some screenshots of your phone. Thank you
I am itching to try it lol
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I tried the 8/15 yesterday but flashed back to stock mainly because the phone wasn't seeing my ext SD card. Also it died on me I had to do a battery pull to get it back. I may have to try this out. Also I could not get WiFi tether to work or the built in portable hotspot. It sucks too because I actually pay for the service
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majmuni said:
Are you shure nothing will go wrong if we follow the steps you described. By the way its a great step by step description to get cm10. Can you post some screenshots of your phone. Thank you
I am itching to try it lol
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I'm in the process of getting some screenshots up, and I can't 100 percent confirm that it will work for you but if you follow the instructions I think theres a great chance
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I tried the 8/15 yesterday but flashed back to stock mainly because the phone wasn't seeing my ext SD card. Also it died on me I had to do a battery pull to get it back. I may have to try this out
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What do you mean it "wasn't seeing it"? Didn't it show up in certain apps or recovery or what?
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I'm in the process of getting some screenshots up, and I can't 100 percent confirm that it will work for you but if you follow the instructions I think theres a great chance
What do you mean it "wasn't seeing it"? Didn't it show up in certain apps or recovery or what?
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I think it was the music app and a bunch of photos
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Do have a md5 for cm10 file please
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Flashed and currently booting hopefully I keep it for a whole day lol. Do love the stock experience better than touchwiz
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I think it was the music app and a bunch of photos
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You might try reformatting your card in your computer, but if that doesnt work I had a similar problem a while ago. For me I had to dig around in the preferences of my music player to direct it to the right folder (it would be mnt/extsdcard/[music folder]). It might be trying to find your music/pictures in the phone's internal memory rather than its SD card.
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Do have a md5 for cm10 file please
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It was in the post on Cyanogenmod's Google+ page, OP updated. Sorry about that
hmmm idk if i did something wrong the first time but i got the big yellow ! saying to bring my phone to big red about unofficial software going on it and i had to odin back to rooted stock to have access to my phone.....ill try using CWR instead of TWRP in hopes that i didn't screw something up in TWRP since im so familiar w/ CWR
note: i did that before finding this guide, im following this guide to a T and will follow up results tomorrow on it, so not trying to scare anyone from trying it, just saying i used my own method compiled from a few guides on here which consisted of using the root method listed in this guide, TWRP recovery from the unofficial cm10 guide, the cm10 files from cyanogenmods g+, and the gapps file from the cm10 guide haha
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hmmm idk if i did something wrong the first time but i got the big yellow ! saying to bring my phone to big red about unofficial software going on it and i had to odin back to rooted stock to have access to my phone.....ill try using CWR instead of TWRP in hopes that i didn't screw something up in TWRP since im so familiar w/ CWR
note: i did that before finding this guide, im following this guide to a T and will follow up results tomorrow on it, so not trying to scare anyone from trying it, just saying i used my own method compiled from a few guides on here which consisted of using the root method listed in this guide, TWRP recovery from the unofficial cm10 guide, the cm10 files from cyanogenmods g+, and the gapps file from the cm10 guide haha
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I'm almost postive TWRP is your problem. I first tried it with the CWM touch version and that didn't work for me either. I think CM10/CM9 are very picky about which recoveries are compatible. Let me know how it goes for you.
digitalsynner85 said:
hmmm idk if i did something wrong the first time but i got the big yellow ! saying to bring my phone to big red about unofficial software going on it and i had to odin back to rooted stock to have access to my phone.....ill try using CWR instead of TWRP in hopes that i didn't screw something up in TWRP since im so familiar w/ CWR
note: i did that before finding this guide, im following this guide to a T and will follow up results tomorrow on it, so not trying to scare anyone from trying it, just saying i used my own method compiled from a few guides on here which consisted of using the root method listed in this guide, TWRP recovery from the unofficial cm10 guide, the cm10 files from cyanogenmods g+, and the gapps file from the cm10 guide haha
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Make sure you use the non touch recovery 6.something and that you are unlocked. It was probably because you were not unlocked properly
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Make sure you use the non touch recovery 6.something and that you are unlocked. It was probably because you were not unlocked properly
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i used the unlock that was mentioned in the guide as people were reporting it was successful unlocks on the forums so i went ahead and used that.....im making my initial backup right now thru CWM non-touch and im gonna drop the zips for CM10 and gapps and will flash in the morn, im tired lol
one thing i did notice though is that for some reason my drivers are saying hardware id missing, and that only happened after root......i kept my imei but lost my hardware id lmao, i can still drag/drop files onto my phone but i have to switch from MTP to PTP mode for usb settings then switch it back to MTP to get access to the card/phone drives
digitalsynner85 said:
hmmm idk if i did something wrong the first time but i got the big yellow ! saying to bring my phone to big red about unofficial software going on it and i had to odin back to rooted stock to have access to my phone.....ill try using CWR instead of TWRP in hopes that i didn't screw something up in TWRP since im so familiar w/ CWR
note: i did that before finding this guide, im following this guide to a T and will follow up results tomorrow on it, so not trying to scare anyone from trying it, just saying i used my own method compiled from a few guides on here which consisted of using the root method listed in this guide, TWRP recovery from the unofficial cm10 guide, the cm10 files from cyanogenmods g+, and the gapps file from the cm10 guide haha
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Make sure you use the non touch recovery 6.something and that you are unlocked. It was probably because you were not unlocked properly
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Cell is correct, make sure you are using the "CWM 6.0.1.0" version. I'll update the OP so others don't get confused.
Thank you for your efforts OP.
Some friendly advice to you newer enthusiasts; be aware of bugs. If the CM team says this is an alpha build, you will more than likely hit some bugs regardless of what you read elsewhere.
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jaj6503 said:
Thank you for your efforts OP.
Some friendly advice to you newer enthusiasts; be aware of bugs. If the CM team says this is an alpha build, you will more than likely hit some bugs regardless of what you read elsewhere.
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That's a very good point, and let's just clarify right now, I'm not a cyanogenmod developer and I don't have any control over how stable these builds come out. So if you flash and all is well except your MMS isn't working, I can't do anything for you and you're in the same boat as the rest of us. Thanks for bringing that up, jaj.
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I decided to flash tonight.....almost had a heart attack them woke everyone else up when i screamed when it flashed over lol.....great write-up man
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digitalsynner85 said:
I decided to flash tonight.....almost had a heart attack them woke everyone else up when i screamed when it flashed over lol.....great write-up man
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Glad to hear it worked out for you
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since I have TWRP, how can I change it to CWM? I want to be able to flash this using CWM.
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since I have TWRP, how can I change it to CWM? I want to be able to flash this using CWM.
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If you download the EZ Recovery app from the play store and flash CWM as mentioned in the guide, it will just overwrite the preexisting TWRP image and you can continue on from there.
I'm not understanding why the version or type of recovery matters. What does 6.0.1.0 do that twrp doesn't do except for supporting kexec?
Maybe I misunderstood what recoveries are all about. I had 6.0.1.0 for kexec support. Now that the bootloader is unlocked I'm thinking of going back to twrp.
Flashing the cm10 build should write to system and place a boot.img with the kernel on the phone. I don't see how a recovery would make a difference in doing this.
Forgive me if I missed something. I'm not questioning your intelligence or anything, just a curiosity as I only switched to cwm to use lean kernel with kexec.
Perhaps I missed even more, I see there is an alpha build of cwm that explicitly states it's for unlocked phones. Color me confused.
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Hello folks!
So, I got this HTC Sensation today which comes with ARHD v6.8.0.0. The phone came from UK and I'm in Portugal (if that makes any difference on this). The problem is that when I put my SIM card it says that the phone is locked. Ok, so I searched here ways to unlock it, but there is a problem. When I get into the bootloader I am not able to choose the recovery option, for some reason. I press volume down and it doesn't work. Not even, volume up or even the power button. It stays like the picture below and I need to take the battery off. Any ideas on how I can solve this? Plus, the phone is S-OFF, so shouldn't it be like simunlocked already?
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Hello folks!
So, I got this HTC Sensation today which comes with ARHD v6.8.0.0. The phone came from UK and I'm in Portugal (if that makes any difference on this). The problem is that when I put my SIM card it says that the phone is locked. Ok, so I searched here ways to unlock it, but there is a problem. When I get into the bootloader I am not able to choose the recovery option, for some reason. I press volume down and it doesn't work. Not even, volume up or even the power button. It stays like the picture below and I need to take the battery off. Any ideas on how I can solve this? Plus, the phone is S-OFF, so shouldn't it be like simunlocked already?
Any ideas?
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Try again without the sdcard in pal. Assuming that solves your issue then look for the sim unlock thread but use a different sdcard.
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I tried without the sdcard and surpsingly it worked. But then I tried with another 2 sdcards I have and it still doesn't work...
scanferr said:
I tried without the sdcard and surpsingly it worked. But then I tried with another 2 sdcards I have and it still doesn't work...
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It all depends on the sdcard tbh. Sounds odd but the more offical the better. Sometimes the bootloader won't register the sdcard unless it can read the cid of it, or the bootloader will loop waiting for it to load :-\ I've used official sandisk sdcards all the time and some work and others fail :-\ have you tried fresh formatts?
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I have 2 sandisks and another one unbranded I guess. Format through PC? I can boot into recovery if I use ROM Manager but I can't get back into bootloader, it always get stuck in there...
scanferr said:
I have 2 sandisks and another one unbranded I guess. Format through PC? I can boot into recovery if I use ROM Manager but I can't get back into bootloader, it always get stuck in there...
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Aye the PC should suffice. Also if you have your adb set up you can use adb reboot recovery .
I've also found that some phones just take there sweet time about reading the sdcard in hboot. Just give like 3 minutes and if it shows no signs of searching the sdcard then the sdcard is not good for the bootloader :-\
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So the problem is the sdcard? WIth all the 3 sdcards, none of them will work? But I know, that the previous owner could go into bootloader and it worked nice. I don't see what's the problem here...
I'm trying to follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232107
Is there any way to unlock the simcard without going into bootloader? Is that, I really wanna use the phone, otherwise it's gonna be useless...
scanferr said:
So the problem is the sdcard? WIth all the 3 sdcards, none of them will work? But I know, that the previous owner could go into bootloader and it worked nice. I don't see what's the problem here...
I'm trying to follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232107
Is there any way to unlock the simcard without going into bootloader? Is that, I really wanna use the phone, otherwise it's gonna be useless...
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The sdcards are fine enough for use with everything else bar the bootloader :-\ but that is the correct guide have you tried step one? And are you trying to put the sdcards in with the pg58img.zip / .nbh on it already? As you could try that and see how you get on, and then anytime you need to go to the recovery from bootloader then just take out the sdcard?
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I did try step one mate, but I can't use it. And I did try to go on bootloader with the file on the sdcard... I don't know what else to do.
scanferr said:
I did try step one mate, but I can't use it. And I did try to go on bootloader with the file on the sdcard... I don't know what else to do.
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Hmm. What sizes are the sdcard? Also are you on ics firmware?
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sdcards are 8GB each. How can check the firmware?
So, I updated to last firmware (3.33) and now I can get into bootloader but once I get there it starts loading for the PG58DIAG.zip but I don't have any file there with that name. Phone boots up normally tho, it's not in bootloop. I changed to SuperCID too and can't use my SIM card yet. Any ideas?
scanferr said:
So, I updated to last firmware (3.33) and now I can get into bootloader but once I get there it starts loading for the PG58DIAG.zip but I don't have any file there with that name. Phone boots up normally tho, it's not in bootloop. I changed to SuperCID too and can't use my SIM card yet. Any ideas?
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You need to drop to ginger bread firmware for the file to work. Also if you have the pg58diag.nbh you can simply zip the file with no compression and place it in the root of your sdcard. But make sure to name it PG58DIAG.zip in caps as that seems to help. And if you can see if you can get access to a 2gb sandisk to test with
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heavy_metal_man said:
You need to drop to ginger bread firmware for the file to work. Also if you have the pg58diag.nbh you can simply zip the file with no compression and place it in the root of your sdcard. But make sure to name it PG58DIAG.zip in caps as that seems to help. And if you can see if you can get access to a 2gb sandisk to test with
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Do I need to flash a GB firmware now? I tried what you say mate but it doesn't work... It gets stuck on bootloader saying SD Checking... Loading... [PG58DIAG.zip] and nothing happens. I'm starting to lose my mind
It stays like this...
So, I can't get out of there...no matter how much I try, it never finds the goddamn file. Any ideas??
The user solved his issue in the end by buying a unlock code after a downgrade to gingerbread firmware and the bootloader would not register the diag file.
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Sorry for not updating, but that is correct. I got an unlock code and it worked. Flashed back to firmware 3.33 and ARHD 6.8.0.0 and all is working fine. But if I go on bootloader it still says that, it still tries to load that file even though I don't have any kind of those files on sdcard... Weird?
scanferr said:
Sorry for not updating, but that is correct. I got an unlock code and it worked. Flashed back to firmware 3.33 and ARHD 6.8.0.0 and all is working fine. But if I go on bootloader it still says that, it still tries to load that file even though I don't have any kind of those files on sdcard... Weird?
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That is common behaviour of hboot.. Ignore it
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Ok, mate! Thanks!
So I just got my Sensation today(unlocked, Bell version z710a) and followed this guide(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861) up to step 4A. The problem is, I forgot to enable smartflash(step 3A) before flashing the rom(same rom attached in step 4A). Now my phone won't boot up and I keep getting a message saying, "touch input stopped"(included pics of what it looks like).
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And this message keeps popping up. Sometimes I'll remove the battery and turn it back on and this will come up:
And I will be able to go through the normal setup with the message popping up every 2 seconds. But as soon as I press "finish" after going through the setup, the phone will still not boot up properly and get stuck on either the htc logo or a blank screen.
I would truly appreciate any help, I've tried wiping data and rebooting as well, and I have no idea what to do now. Thanks!
Try running an RUU
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did you not forget to flashing boot.img too after installing the new rom with manual flashing.. after you know it's that you already forgot to enabled smartflash form 4ext recovery..?
Go to recovery ( remove battery , insert battery , hold volume down and power button )
Wipe data cache ,
Enable smart flash and flash Rom again
Itsakash said:
Go to recovery ( remove battery , insert battery , hold volume down and power button )
Wipe data cache ,
Enable smart flash and flash Rom again
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I've tried that as well, but get no results. I also tried relocking bootloader and unlocking again, but i still end up and the lockscreen and go through setup wizard, only to end up stuck at the htc logo.
I tried doing RUU also, but I have a Bell Sensation, which is 3.32.666.13, and there isn't an ruu file available for that.
Any other ideas?
JJeamy said:
@noodleyhead
did you not forget to flashing boot.img too after installing the new rom with manual flashing.. after you know it's that you already forgot to enabled smartflash form 4ext recovery..?
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Yeah i realized afterwards and tried that also, but i get the same results.
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Try running an RUU
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I was about to, but I have a bell sensation on 3.32.666.13, and I haven't been able to find a download for my particular version. If you know of any others that will work, let me know.
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I was about to, but I have a bell sensation on 3.32.666.13, and I haven't been able to find a download for my particular version. If you know of any others that will work, let me know.
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I think any z710a ruu should work
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Ok, I tried wiping data and enabling smartflash, then reflashing the rom, but now when i try to boot it up, it won't go past the white screen with the htc logo, no quietly brilliant coming up.
Anyone else have an idea of what I can try? I'm getting desperate now, nothing seems to be working.
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I think any z710a ruu should work
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Can you link me to one? I can't tell which ones are z710a and which ones aren't.
If you can find one on here that might work for me: http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/index...oads&Itemid=98
or here: http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Pyramid
or anywhere else you might be able to find one.
Again I have a bell sensation 3.32.666.13. I was able to find a zip file here: http://www.androidruu.com/?developer=Pyramid (3rd one down)
but its a zip file, not exe, so not really sure what thats for. Thanks so much for the help!
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Can you link me to one? I can't tell which ones are z710a and which ones aren't.
If you can find one on here that might work for me: http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/index...oads&Itemid=98
or here: http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Pyramid
or anywhere else you might be able to find one.
Again I have a bell sensation 3.32.666.13. I was able to find a zip file here: http://www.androidruu.com/?developer=Pyramid (3rd one down)
but its a zip file, not exe, so not really sure what thats for. Thanks so much for the help!
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I think this one http://www.shipped-roms.com/downloa...0U_10.12.9007.21_2M_release_200555_signed.exe but ill have a closer look when I get home in a few hours
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I think this one http://www.shipped-roms.com/downloa...0U_10.12.9007.21_2M_release_200555_signed.exe but ill have a closer look when I get home in a few hours
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Thanks, but I think that is the older version(from gingerbread I think) and after I searched around I think that one will not work. I may be wrong, so you are certainly welcome to take a closer look whenever you have tim after getting home.
Thanks so much for taking the time to help me! At this moment, my phone will not boot up past the white screen with the htc logo(no quietly brilliant coming up) and I am getting very desperate. I wiped everything that I possibly could in recovery, reflashed the rom after enabling smartflash, and my result is being stuck on the same htc screen. Am I bricked beyond repair? I am seriously getting very scared now. Anyways thanks for helping, any other ideas are welcome.
noodleyhead said:
Can you link me to one? I can't tell which ones are z710a and which ones aren't.
If you can find one on here that might work for me: http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/index...oads&Itemid=98
or here: http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Pyramid
or anywhere else you might be able to find one.
Again I have a bell sensation 3.32.666.13. I was able to find a zip file here: http://www.androidruu.com/?developer=Pyramid (3rd one down)
but its a zip file, not exe, so not really sure what thats for. Thanks so much for the help!
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your version show with zip file in here http://www.androidruu.com/?developer=Pyramid is a update OTA version..not full completed RUU..
anyway may i know what custom rom do you installed before..?, did you already tried another custom rom..?
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noodleyhead said:
I've tried that as well, but get no results. I also tried relocking bootloader and unlocking again, but i still end up and the lockscreen and go through setup wizard, only to end up stuck at the htc logo.
I tried doing RUU also, but I have a Bell Sensation, which is 3.32.666.13, and there isn't an ruu file available for that.
Any other ideas?
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http://htc.vi8.info/Stock-RUU/
I thing here you will find what you need
JJeamy said:
your version show with zip file in here http://www.androidruu.com/?developer=Pyramid is a update OTA version..not full completed RUU..
anyway may i know what custom rom do you installed before..?, did you already tried another custom rom..?
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I was following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
and went up to step 4A, and used the same rom linked to dropbox download in that step.
Problem was, I forget to enable smart flash before flashing(step 3A), so I followed extra step 1 in that same thread, which is flashing boot.img, but that didn't work either.
Abdullahku said:
http://htc.vi8.info/Stock-RUU/
I thing here you will find what you need
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Thank you, but I have a bell sensation, I dont think any of those would work? Or would they?
noodleyhead said:
I was following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861
and went up to step 4A, and used the same rom linked in that step(its a version of Android Revolution).
Problem was, I forget to enable smart flash before flashing(step 3A), so I followed extra step 1 in that same thread, which is flashing boot.img, but that didn't work either.
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just tried installing another custom rom and don't forget to anabled smartflash first...try this ROM
then after that if your phone success to booting normally..then you can make a goldcard to prepare..if sometime while you needed return your phone to the stock..then you don't worried again to searching RUU that are suitable with your phone..
noodleyhead said:
Thank you, but I have a bell sensation, I dont think any of those would work? Or would they?
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I don't know :\... but also you can try to turn off your device, and remove the battery, and put it back, then press power button + volume up button & choose factory rest, it might work
JJeamy said:
just tried installing another custom rom and don't forget to anabled smartflash first...try this ROM
then after that if your phone success to booting normally..then you can make a goldcard to prepare..if sometime while you needed return your phone to the stock..then you don't worried again to searching RUU that are suitable with your phone..
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THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH. It worked.
noodleyhead said:
THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH. It worked.
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glad to hear that..mate..
now you can make a goldcard to your sd..to prepare..someday while you needed it to return your phone to the stock you just need find the latest RUU..
and just a tip..just do a backup of your rom now first from recovery..before you flashing any other rom again later..
hope you'll enjoy that rom..
Q&A for RUU M8_VZW 4.4.4 (s-off only)(newest)
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Why was separated into 2 parts?
Before it was very comfortable just put in sd and run the ruu
agente_zeth said:
Why was separated into 2 parts?
Before it was very comfortable just put in sd and run the ruu
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Because it is too large to either send via fasboot and/or for your phone to parse in ruu mode. Unless you like the looks of the below screen shot.
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agente_zeth said:
Why was separated into 2 parts?
Before it was very comfortable just put in sd and run the ruu
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Thanks for the motivation.. You will like the outcome.
Single file again and an EXE version too!
dottat said:
Thanks for the motivation.. You will like the outcome.
Single file again and an EXE version too!
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Already you can download?
agente_zeth said:
Already you can download?
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I have the tool uploaded now.. uploading the single zip for SD card too...
and re-working the OP of that thread as we speak.
Results after i apply this ruu file.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one-m8/development/ruu-m8vzw-4-4-4-s-off-onlynewest-t2914914
First, I'd like to say that I love this website... You guys do a real good job on explaining how to do certain things on our phone... My question is, if I perform perform option 1 on my phone, will my phone be relocked when its done? What about s-off? And since it will have the stock recovery and its a pre rooted rom, I just have to flash a custom recovey, am I right? Thanks in advance...
What about option 2? Results of s-off? Unlocked or relocked bootloader? And if either method preserves my apps and all my settings.... Thanks in advance again...
elketa1252 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one-m8/development/ruu-m8vzw-4-4-4-s-off-onlynewest-t2914914
First, I'd like to say that I love this website... You guys do a real good job on explaining how to do certain things on our phone... My question is, if I perform perform option 1 on my phone, will my phone be relocked when its done? What about s-off? And since it will have the stock recovery and its a pre rooted rom, I just have to flash a custom recovey, am I right? Thanks in advance...
What about option 2? Results of s-off? Unlocked or relocked bootloader? And if either method preserves my apps and all my settings.... Thanks in advance again...
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Both options do the same.
Wiped data and internal storage. This will not touch external SD though.
Stock rooted rom and firmware is what you get.
dottat said:
Both options do the same.
Wiped data and internal storage. This will not touch external SD though.
Stock rooted rom and firmware is what you get.
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What about s-off and the bootloader? Thanks for the response. Im a newbiw and learning.
elketa1252 said:
What about s-off and the bootloader? Thanks for the response. Im a newbiw and learning.
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They will remain what they work prior to flashing. Sorry I missed answering that part.
dottat said:
They will remain what they work prior to flashing. Sorry I missed answering that part.
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Thanks a lot.
Go back to factory
How do you return to complete factory stock? I am rooted with an unlocked bootloader. I was running ViperOne, but I ran the RUU from the SD Card and and now on stock, but still rooted and unlocked. I am trying to do a warranty replacement. I found instructions to re-lock, but how do I unroot and remove SuperSU?
Are there any additional steps I should take?
Thanks!
bentsh said:
How do you return to complete factory stock? I am rooted with an unlocked bootloader. I was running ViperOne, but I ran the RUU from the SD Card and and now on stock, but still rooted and unlocked. I am trying to do a warranty replacement. I found instructions to re-lock, but how do I unroot and remove SuperSU?
Are there any additional steps I should take?
Thanks!
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Lock boot loader. Reboot and verify all is well. Follow steps here to flash this ruu exe
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2883845
Official RUU 3.28.605.4 EXE/ZIP
Then once you verify no root and verified lock you turn s on.
I am using Viper One Custom Rom ( that's the version with android 4.4.2)
To update my device I will have to flash this ruu and then any Custom Rom on 4.4.4? Correct? Please inform me if I am missing something. Thanks.
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Firmware Update
I tried to update my firmware from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4 using the Option 2 (App/EXE) method and the phone had a black screen with HTC in white to black fading colors. The pc said updating and sending. I waited for almost an hour and nothing showed to be happening. I disconnected the phone from the pc and aborted the operation. So I then tried to do Option 1. I put the zip file on my external SD card. I tried to flash it with Flashify but it didn't work. I then went in to TWRP to install it and now I'm stuck on the white screen with the green htc lettering. Phone doesn't do any thing when pressing volume down and power or volume and up and power. Is my phone now a paperweight? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
den_hart said:
I tried to update my firmware from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4 using the Option 2 (App/EXE) method and the phone had a black screen with HTC in white to black fading colors. The pc said updating and sending. I waited for almost an hour and nothing showed to be happening. I disconnected the phone from the pc and aborted the operation. So I then tried to do Option 1. I put the zip file on my external SD card. I tried to flash it with Flashify but it didn't work. I then went in to TWRP to install it and now I'm stuck on the white screen with the green htc lettering. Phone doesn't do any thing when pressing volume down and power or volume and up and power. Is my phone now a paperweight? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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An ruu is not flashable via flashify or twrp. No where in the instructions does it say that. In fact, you really shouldn't be attempting flashes like that with partition based zips period. You could brick your phone.
Try the exe again. It likely never sent because your pc didn't install the correct driver for the phone when you entered fastboot.
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Firmware Update
dottat said:
An ruu is not flashable via flashify or twrp. No where in the instructions does it say that. In fact, you really shouldn't be attempting flashes like that with partition based zips period. You could brick your phone.
Try the exe again. It likely never sent because your pc didn't install the correct driver for the phone when you entered fastboot.
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As I mentioned, my phone is stuck on the white screen with the green htc lettering. I was able to finally power it down. Upon powering it on it goes back to the white screen with green htc lettering. If I enter recovery, it goes in to TWRP but I cannot do anything there. I tried to run the EXE option again but now my pc won't even recognize the phone. The phone is still stuck on the white screen with the green htc.
den_hart said:
As I mentioned, my phone is stuck on the white screen with the green htc lettering. I was able to finally power it down. Upon powering it on it goes back to the white screen with green htc lettering. If I enter recovery, it goes in to TWRP but I cannot do anything there. I tried to run the EXE option again but now my pc won't even recognize the phone. The phone is still stuck on the white screen with the green htc.
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Can you install team viewer on your pc and pm info so I can help you?
Edit.. and we are good.
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Basic question
I'm sure it's obvious, but I just want to confirm that I won't lose S-Off by using this?
You will not lose s off. That will remain in tact unles you s on yourself via adb