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I was helping a buddy root his Evo 3D today. We managed to get S-off, but couldn't get Clockwork mod to install. Later I realized that his PC was not recognizing his 3vo. Installed the HTC drivers, still same problem. Installed HTC Sync, still the same. Now I can't do anything to his phone.
To make matters worse, he can't surf online. The phone boots up just fine, and the boot loader is unlocked, but this is where we currently stand.
Try to flash TWRP:
[RECOVERY] [EVO3D] TeamWin Recovery Project
Just dl the .zip file, rename it to PG86IMG.zip, put it on the root of the SD card. Then boot into bootloader (either through adb or take battery out, put back in and hold power + vol down). Then once it loads into bootloader (not fastboot) it will auto detect the .zip and ask you to update. Press vol up to say yes, wait for it to finish.
Now you'll have a working recovery, you can flash other already rooted ROMs using the flash zip utility in the recovery or if you just want to root the default ROM you have to flash this zip file with the 'flash zip' under recovery.
Is there supposed to be a root folder, or do I just simply place the main directory.
We placed the .zip file, after it was renamed into the main directory of the 3vo. Booted into HBOOT, but nothing happened. We were not prompted, just sat there in the HBOOT screen.
Evo-3D said:
Is there supposed to be a root folder, or do I just simply place the main directory.
We placed the .zip file, after it was renamed into the main directory of the 3vo. Booted into HBOOT, but nothing happened. We were not prompted, just sat there in the HBOOT screen.
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The root of anything is the main directory.
Sent from my HTC Hero making C.R.E.A.M.
dastin1015 said:
The root of anything is the main directory.
Sent from my HTC Hero making C.R.E.A.M.
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Many thanks, well if that is the case then nothing is happening. No prompt, just loads into HBOOT and our only option after that is to reboot manually.
Evo-3D said:
Many thanks, well if that is the case then nothing is happening. No prompt, just loads into HBOOT and our only option after that is to reboot manually.
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Try again? Here is a link already renamed. Just put on root of SD card as before: http://db.tt/2ARi4m4
dastin1015 said:
Try again? Here is a link already renamed. Just put on root of SD card as before: http://db.tt/2ARi4m4
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Weird, for some reason, going directly through the link that you provided worked. So now we have twrp on the phone. The 3vo recognized it, updated, but now still no phone or internet use.
Do I use twrp as a recovery? If so how? Should there be a twrp app now? Or do I just go back through HBOOT and select recovery from there?
Evo-3D said:
Do I use twrp as a recovery? If so how? Should there be a twrp app now? Or do I just go back through HBOOT and select recovery from there?
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This might not help but try wiping the Dalvik Cache first. If that doesnt help, do a full wipe (factory reset/data wipe), install the ROM again and try that.
Theres no app that will show so go through HBOOT, select recovery (it will look like it is rebooting but it isn't - it is loading the recovery), then choose the backup/restore option.
Alternatively if the ROM you are using has 4 way reboot you can use that to boot directly into recovery.
EDIT: yes twrp is recovery.
Evo-3D said:
I was helping a buddy root his Evo 3D today. We managed to get S-off, but couldn't get Clockwork mod to install. Later I realized that his PC was not recognizing his 3vo. Installed the HTC drivers, still same problem. Installed HTC Sync, still the same. Now I can't do anything to his phone.
To make matters worse, he can't surf online. The phone boots up just fine, and the boot loader is unlocked, but this is where we currently stand.
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There's a Su.zip Signed and Another version that's Unsigned!
Put Both versions on your SDCard and try Flashing one at a tine, see which one works?
Good Luck!
:NOW COMPLETE:
I would like to thank everyone that helped.
Switched PCs. Installed HTC drivers on 2nd PC, worked. Then went through the same root process. All done. I only with that veterans would also inform new root users that 'Error 16' will happen once the phone is rooted. All I had to do was call the provider and all was squared away.
Got one for you now. I was able to get my buddy's phone back. Seems that he can't remember his gmail PW. He swears that the PW he is giving me is correct, but he can't get in, not even through a PC. This blows, as he cannot use the market without a valid GM account. Not even getting a new GM account solves the problem. So I did some research and it seems that the original GM account associated wtih the phone cannot associate anymore, and trying to get a new GM account will not solve the issue. So if PW is incorrect, I'm assuming that the only thing that can be done is to reset the phone back to factory. My question is, doing so will cause me to update the phone to the newest version 1.50+. In doing so, no more root.
Are there any other options?
Going into setings and doing a factor reset doesn't update your phone to the 1.50 hboot and you don't lose root. Just flash a ROM that's updated to the latest ota I'm on clean ROM it runs perfect smooth as butter and don't forget to nandroid
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When i was trying to boot into recovery mode it failed and it gave a superuser error. At this moment i had leedroid rom evo 3d gsm that is s-off. When i still had stock rom i never had this error but it seems like it was there all the time with the leedroid rom. Well so i was trying to boot into recovery. Tried it with power button and volume down button at same time, but this was failing. So i did it with rom manager. I used rom manager before when i installed leedroids rom. But now it didnt boot into recovery. I tried installing superuser again but it didnt seem to make any difference. with rootchecker i checked if i had root acces but it seemed i lost root acces :S. after retrying a couple of times my phone didnt boot back to the leedroid rom. I was trying a lot of things, with and without sd and sim. After about 20 reboots i tried power and volume down to go to bootloader and know it loaded. At bootloader start it loads some things and i saw no image blalbla dont really know what it meant. I tried to go to recovery but it wont boot, i get a white screen with htc and wont load anything. I tried all other options in bootloader too, to check if anything works but even a factory reset failed.
For me it looked like somehow my rom is f*cked and now i cant go to recovery mode somehow. I have rom on my sd so if i could go to recovery i could still flash. Does anyone know how i still might get to recovery mode or is there another way to still flash another rom. Maybe there are some people who can tell me more about leedroids rom, are there more people who got trouble with root acces?
anyone who might be able to help plz let me know, im so frustrated right now because i cant use my phone, i even need to think about a way to wake me up this morning because i always used my phone for alarm
That is a very easy to fix problem. First, download Clockworkmod recovery for your device (evo 3D GSM) or another recovery.
CWM 5.2.0 Shooteru: http://www.mediafire.com/?5kdr0c7xux2c64p
After download/finding the recovery, rename it to PG86DIAG. (or whatever it tries to scan for in bootloader. If its 2 things, it is the bottom one)
Place the file on your SD card somehow. (in your case you would need to take out the SD card and put it in another phone/adapter)
Boot into bootloader with volume down + power and it should scan for the file. When it asks if you want to do the update, press yes. After the recovery is installed, press power to reboot.
Do a battery pull while you are on the splash screen. Reboot back into bootloader with vol down + power and click on recovery. Wipe everything and flash the rom again. Reboot and you should be able to load the ROM with root and everything.
thx, im so happy to here your solution. Know lets search for my sd adapter, i know its somewhere . I will let you know later if it has worked
stonyhawk said:
thx, im so happy to here your solution. Know lets search for my sd adapter, i know its somewhere . I will let you know later if it has worked
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You're welcome! I'll be watching the thread.
Oke i did what you said but when i boot into bootloader nothing has changed. It doesnt ask if i want to update anything. And if i go to recovery and try to boot it keeps hanging at the white screen with htc
btw, you said this:after download/finding the recovery, rename it to PG86DIAG. (or whatever it tries to scan for in bootloader.
Do you mean it might be other name i have to make it? How do i know this?
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Oke i did what you said but when i boot into bootloader nothing has changed. It doesnt ask if i want to update anything. And if i go to recovery and try to boot it keeps hanging at the white screen with htc
btw, you said this:after download/finding the recovery, rename it to PG86DIAG. (or whatever it tries to scan for in bootloader.
Do you mean it might be other name i have to make it? How do i know this?
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It is probably a different name.
When you boot into bootloader, it scans for 2 files and says not found, right?
The second file it scans for is the one you want to rename it to.
hmke, ye it scans for files but its going fast so cant see it very well. I see about 5 things get scanned
oke first thing it scanned is called PG86DIAG.zip, 2nd is PG86DIAG.nbh, 3th is PG86IMG.zip, 4th is PG86IMG.nbh, 5th is PG86IMG.tar, 6th is PG86IMG.aes, 7th is PG86IMG.enc
All this things are scanned and then it says no image
From what I can read if you lost root then you are s-on on the bootloader right? if so installing recovery through bootloader wont work... check if you have S-on or S-off on bootloader if you have s-on you will need to use a official update to restore your phone...
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hmke, ye it scans for files but its going fast so cant see it very well. I see about 5 things get scanned
oke first thing it scanned is called PG86DIAG.zip, 2nd is PG86DIAG.nbh, 3th is PG86IMG.zip, 4th is PG86IMG.nbh, 5th is PG86IMG.tar, 6th is PG86IMG.aes, 7th is PG86IMG.enc
All this things are scanned and then it says no image
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Do PG86IMG. Also, if it says S-On at the top of the bootloader, you will need to get S-Off with revolutionary again.
1107963 said:
From what I can read if you lost root then you are s-on on the bootloader right? if so installing recovery through bootloader wont work... check if you have S-on or S-off on bootloader if you have s-on you will need to use a official update to restore your phone...
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No im still s-off, but when my phone was less ****ed as it is now and i could still boot normaly, i already had some strange things with leedroid rom. superuser never seems to be working well. i couldnt give root acces, it gave an error when i try. even through root chekker it says no root, but i thought that might have something to do with superuser.
stonyhawk said:
No im still s-off, but when my phone was less ****ed as it is now and i could still boot normaly, i already had some strange things with leedroid rom. superuser never seems to be working well. i couldnt give root acces, it gave an error when i try. even through root chekker it says no root, but i thought that might have something to do with superuser.
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Instead of renaming to PG86DIAG, rename to PG86IMG and see if that works.
yousefak said:
Do PG86IMG. Also, if it says S-On at the top of the bootloader, you will need to get S-Off with revolutionary again.
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do you mean name the file PG86IMG and not PG86DIAG?
lol your answer came faster
Oke still no difference, but it is chekking for a .zip file right? Im not sure if its .zip right now, is this the reason why its failing?
Ummmmm I dont see any other choice but this... you can follow this tutorial to get your phone working...
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1262457
You are going to need to revert back to stock
I had the same problem a month back and was able to fix it.
Also don't worry if you can still get to the boot loader its fixable.
stonyhawk said:
do you mean name the file PG86IMG and not PG86DIAG?
lol your answer came faster
Oke still no difference, but it is chekking for a .zip file right? Im not sure if its .zip right now, is this the reason why its failing?
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So it acts as if there is no .zip at all? Like it says "No image found"?
Double check if its a zip and the file is named properly. If it doesn't recognize it, there is a problem with your SD card/bootloader.
Oke when i put the .zip in a clockworkmod folder it didnt see it but now it shows parsing behind the PG86DIAG.zip and the PG86DIAG.img says no image or wrong image. All other thing still say no image
I tried the .zip you uploaded and now it could load the image , trying to flash now
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Oke when i put the .zip in a clockworkmod folder it didnt see it but now it shows parsing behind the PG86DIAG.zip and the PG86DIAG.img says no image or wrong image. All other thing still say no image
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I see what you're doing wrong. Don't put the zip in a clockworckmod folder. Put it on the root of your sd card.
(just directly on the sd card)
yousefak said:
I see what you're doing wrong. Don't put the zip in a clockworckmod folder. Put it on the root of your sd card.
(just directly on the sd card)
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Good catch on that one.
If you don't put it directly on the root of your sd card then the boot loader will not be able to find the zip and flash it.
Oke thx, i finally booted into recovery . I first had to delete the .zip again because it was trying to update again when i didnt. Im so happy now , couldnt done this without your help so i will push the thx button few times^^
stonyhawk said:
Oke thx, i finally booted into recovery . I first had to delete the .zip again because it was trying to update again when i didnt. Im so happy now , couldnt done this without your help so i will push the thx button few times^^
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You're welcome!
Also, one thank is enough
edit: Removed CWM Recovery since it only causes problems
This isn't a thread that is going to help you unlock your bootloader. This is what to do next, once you are unlocked. Downloads mentioned in this thread are attached. I really haven't seen a consolidated place to find this info. Hopefully this fixes that. I and nobody else are responsible for any bricks that might occur. (They shouldn't, as we aren't flashing anything "critical" to the system that can't be recovered)
How to install custom recovery.
There are 2 methods that currently work to install recovery. I will only discuss one because it is the easier one for noobs. If you know how to install it via fastboot, go ahead. You probably are above this thread knowledge wise.
Recovery Installation Method: The PH98IMG.zip
This method uses a file called PH98IMG.zip to install the custom recovery. This is the simplest and doesn't require knowledge of fastboot, adb, and doesn't need a computer.
1) Download the PH98IMGICSNEWOTA.zip of the recovery. Rename it to PH98IMG.zip
2) Connect your phone to your PC (if you downloaded the PH98IMG.zip directly from your phone's browser, use a file manager to duplicate these steps)
3) Enable USB Mass Storage (as if you wanted to copy a file to the memory card).
4) Copy the PH98IMG.zip to the root (not in any folders) of the external SD card. NOT the HTC Storage. This is extremely important. It should not be in ANY folders.
5) Disconnect the phone from the computer and shut the phone down.
6) Pull your phone's battery. It should not have the USB cable in it either.
7) Put the battery back in. Press and hold the volume down button and then press the power button. You should get taken to a white screen. This is HBOOT.
8) Some green text should scroll on the screen. At the bottom, it will prompt you if you would like to install the update. Press the button associated with YES. It is most likely volume up, but I cannot remember off the top of my head for sure.
9)When it finishes, it will ask you to press power to reboot. Do this. If you have no signal after booting, it is most likely because you forgot to put the battery door back on, as the antennas are in the door.
10) Delete the PH98IMG.zip from your memory card, or else you will not be able to get into recovery.
11) Custom recovery is installed.
How to access custom recovery.
1) Power down your phone and pull the battery. It should not be connected to a computer.
2) Press and hold volume down and power to get to HBOOT.
3) Use the volume buttons to scroll to recovery, then press the power button.
4) The HTC screen will flash briefly and you will be taken to recovery. You navigate with the power button and the volume buttons.
I highly recommend running a nandroid backup after this. This can be done in either recovery via the backup and restore sections. Google this if you don't know how. I figure most of you have used custom recovery before, so I won't go into it here.
Old Rooting Method(No longer works with ICS):
How to root (Permanently).
This rooting method again doesn't explicitly require a PC and is permanent until you actively remove it.
1) Flash AmonRa Recovery.
2) Boot into AmonRa Recovery.
3) Scroll to and enter the Developer menu.
4) Scroll to install Su. DO NOT INSTALL THE ENG (Unguarded) one. Use the other one.
5) Confirm this, when it is finished, go ahead and reboot. You should be rooted.
MD5 of zip file: 44F953437806FA3261F310CCF3B2DECC
Great guide tought I wish it was up a day ago. Took me half an hour to figure this out myself. >.<
Sleek69 said:
Great guide tought I wish it was up a day ago. Took me half an hour to figure this out myself. >.<
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Better late than never I guess.
con247 said:
How to install custom recovery.
There are a couple things to consider here. First, you currently have your choice of 2 recoveries: ClockworkMod (CWM) or AmonRa. These two recoveries are very similar in function. I prefer CWM, but that is just me. We will use AmonRa in the rooting section of this post but you can ignore that for now.The installation for either of these is the same and there are 2 methods that currently work for both of them. I will only discuss one because it is the easier one for noobs. If you know how to install it via fastboot, go ahead. You probably are above this thread knowledge wise.
Recovery Installation Method: The PH98IMG.zip
This method uses a file called PH98IMG.zip to install the custom recovery. This is the simplest and doesn't require knowledge of fastboot, adb, and doesn't need a computer.
1) Download the PH98IMG.zip of the recovery of your choice. I have them named with the type of recovery in front of it so you know which one to download. For example, CWMPH98IMG.zip is the PH98IMG.zip of CWM recovery. Just rename it to PH98IMG.zip
2) Connect your phone to your PC (if you downloaded the PH98IMG.zip directly from your phone's browser, use a file manager to duplicate these steps)
3) Enable USB Mass Storage (as if you wanted to copy a file to the memory card).
4) Copy the PH98IMG.zip to the root (not in any folders) of the external SD card. NOT the HTC Storage. This is extremely important. It should not be in ANY folders.
5) Disconnect the phone from the computer and shut the phone down.
6) Pull your phone's battery. It should not have the USB cable in it either.
7) Put the battery back in. Press and hold the volume down button and then press the power button. You should get taken to a white screen. This is HBOOT.
8) Some green text should scroll on the screen. At the bottom, it will prompt you if you would like to install the update. Press the button associated with YES. It is most likely volume up, but I cannot remember off the top of my head for sure.
9)When it finishes, it will ask you to press power to reboot. Do this. If you have no signal after booting, it is most likely because you forgot to put the battery door back on, as the antennas are in the door.
10) Delete the PH98IMG.zip from your memory card, or else you will not be able to get into recovery.
11) Custom recovery is installed.
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Are you sure this method of recovery installation works for S-ON?
scrosler said:
Are you sure this method of recovery installation works for S-ON?
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I am positive. This is how I did it yesterday with my factory S-ON device Unlocked via HTCDEV.com.
^^^^ yea
Dang lol same time
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using XDA App
con247 said:
I am positive. This is how I did it yesterday with my factory S-ON device Unlocked via HTCDEV.com.
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Hmm. I had to manually flash it through Fastboot. Same with the kernel. Might want to add it just in case.
dmeadows013 said:
Hmm. I had to manually flash it through Fastboot. Same with the kernel. Might want to add it just in case.
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That is strange. Which recovery/Kernel?
I got to step 8, some green text started scrolling, too fast to read. at the end all i caught was "parsing PH98IMG.zip" and it ended. im still on the hboot screen, it didnt ask me to restart or anything? I have HTC STORAGE (L and Removable Disk (M. I put the PH98IMG.zip in M which I'm assuming is my SDcard. I dont know what I did wrong.
Stupid ?. I though you need to have root before you could flash a recovery?
which recovery did you attempt to install?
con247 said:
which recovery did you attempt to install?
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AmonRaPH98IMG.zip. Just removed the "AmonRa" like you said.
try the CWM zip. I think I have an idea of what the issue is. If it wants you to install the CWM zip, there is a problem with the Amonra zip file
con247 said:
I am positive. This is how I did it yesterday with my factory S-ON device Unlocked via HTCDEV.com.
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Ok your right. My bad, I am thinking of boot.img.
Been up way too many hours this past couple days!
scrosler said:
Ok your right. My bad, I am thinking of boot.img.
Been up way too many hours this past couple days!
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boot.img should work too. I think the zips don't work due to a difference in the android-info.txt. If bal1985 can install CWM then that is the issue. People have been able to install ziggy's kernel via the boot image I packed with a PH zip
Looks like we were having roughly the same thought at about the same time because your post didn't exist when I started mine
At least nobody should have problems getting up and running now between both our guides.
con247 said:
try the CWM zip. I think I have an idea of what the issue is. If it wants you to install the CWM zip, there is a problem with the Amonra zip file
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cwm zip worked, it asked me to restart. ill try to get into recovery now. any clue why amonra didnt work? i heard the cwm doesnt properly make backups right now, giving a lot of ppl trouble...
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oh lol i forgot how do i root now since you have me on cwm and not the other?
I now know why. New AmonRa zip incoming.
edit try the one attached here
con247 said:
I now know why. New AmonRa zip incoming.
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so once you up the new amonra zip i can just go root? and im assuming i just do the entire process over just flashing the new amonra zip over the cwm zip?
bal1985 said:
so once you up the new amonra zip i can just go root? and im assuming i just do the entire process over just flashing the new amonra zip over the cwm zip?
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In my post right above yours I attached a new one. Try flashing that over CWM. It should work.
con247 said:
In my post right above yours I attached a new one. Try flashing that over CWM. It should work.
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i just followed steps 1-11 and it worked, said something about "fat erased" lol and it asked me to restart. should i be able to get into recovery now and root? just continue your steps?
I need some serious help. My ex-boyfriend rooted my phone, all I know is that it is s-off, locked, and rooted. Now it is trying to update to Ice cream sandwich all the time and it freezes my phone, or makes it shut off and occasionally bricks my phone. So I constantly have to keep pulling my battery and restarting my phone. What should I do? How do I get it to stop trying to push the update and messing up my phone? Or is there a way to get the update to go through?
It depends on the goal you're looking for.
If you want ICS, flash this: http://db.tt/M09JDsfq
Re-name it PH98IMG and place it on the root of your SD card, then reboot into boot loader.
If you want to stay with GB, I think there is an OTA blocker out there, not sure where though.
ICS is better IMO.
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Ok so im back and im hoping you can still help. I want ICS but im unsure about how to get it. i dont have a root folder on my sd card so i dont know what to do. My phone was rooted using rEZoundRoot-v1.5-The Driver1. Then it was s-off'd using Rezound_SOFF_All-In-One_V1.0 by Hasoon. Then amon ra recovery was flashed. Nothing was flashed using the sd card.
damsel_in_distress said:
Ok so im back and im hoping you can still help. I want ICS but im unsure about how to get it. i dont have a root folder on my sd card so i dont know what to do. My phone was rooted using rEZoundRoot-v1.5-The Driver1. Then it was s-off'd using Rezound_SOFF_All-In-One_V1.0 by Hasoon. Then amon ra recovery was flashed. Nothing was flashed using the sd card.
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"Root of the sdcard" isn't referring to a folder name. The root of the sdcard means its on the sdcard, but not in any folder.
a.mcdear said:
"Root of the sdcard" isn't referring to a folder name. The root of the sdcard means its on the sdcard, but not in any folder.
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ok so i followed the instructions and i now have ics but i lost root. how do i get it back?
damsel_in_distress said:
ok so i followed the instructions and i now have ics but i lost root. how do i get it back?
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Download the latest SuperSU zip (not SuperUser), put it on your SDCard, boot into recovery, and choose to install zip.
Edit: here's the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
Download the "CWM installable zip" link
carngeX said:
Download the latest SuperSU zip (not SuperUser), put it on your SDCard, boot into recovery, and choose to install zip.
Edit: here's the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
Download the "CWM installable zip" link
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I aparently no longer have a recovery. when i boot into recovery all i get is a picture of a phone with a red " ! "..... so how do i reinstall amon ra recovery? and why do i need to download the cwm?
Go download TWRP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613576 and follow the instructions. Make sure you remove any file also named PH98IMG.zip on your SD card as to not confuse them. From here you should be good so long as you are actually S OFF
1. Download the version for your firmware version NOT ROM VERSION
2. Flash the zip via PH98IMG.zip. If you want to flash via fastboot, use the command "fastboot flash recovery nameoffile.img" if and pull the recovery.img out of the PH98IMG.zip
Also side note, make sure you are in fact on GB and not on a leaked build of ICS before flashing by going into "about phone" under settings.
codenaruto said:
Go download TWRP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613576 and follow the instructions. Make sure you remove any file also named PH98IMG.zip on your SD card as to not confuse them. From here you should be good so long as you are actually S OFF
1. Download the version for your firmware version NOT ROM VERSION
2. Flash the zip via PH98IMG.zip. If you want to flash via fastboot, use the command "fastboot flash recovery nameoffile.img" if and pull the recovery.img out of the PH98IMG.zip
Also side note, make sure you are in fact on GB and not on a leaked build of ICS before flashing by going into "about phone" under settings.
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I believe Damsel has just flashed the latest leak...see an earlier post.
Damsel: if you want to stick with AmonRA recovery you can get it here. I offer it because that is what you were using before. (Ctrl-S to download, rename ph98img.zip and flash)
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B28uLCcMCyfRZDZVOWNXbE90eWc
ugh ok well now im really confused. ok so if all i did was flash a leak where do i get the real one. and shouldnt i wait to flash the recovery until i slash the correct isc? and i tried flashing the supersu that carngeX told me to but nothing happend on the boot screen. and i just tried flashing amon and nothing happend. i just put that on my memory card and boot into hboot right?
damsel_in_distress said:
ugh ok well now im really confused. ok so if all i did was flash a leak where do i get the real one. and shouldnt i wait to flash the recovery until i slash the correct isc? and i tried flashing the supersu that carngeX told me to but nothing happend on the boot screen. and i just tried flashing amon and nothing happend. i just put that on my memory card and boot into hboot right?
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Yes you can hold off on the recovery. The one I gave you needs to be renamed ph98img.zip, placed on the sd card. Then boot into bootloader (battery pull, volume down, power) and it will pick it up and ask you to update.
***EDIT*** ooops you are s-off, so amon ra SHOULD flash if you follow the directions above.
****EDIT **** Regarding the leak...the leak IS what was pushed to owners but with global capabilities and some other fixes. You should keep it...
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Yes you can hold off on the recovery. The one I gave you needs to be renamed ph98img.zip, placed on the sd card. Then boot into bootloader (battery pull, volume down, power) and it will pick it up and ask you to update.
***EDIT*** ooops you are s-off, so amon ra SHOULD flash if you follow the directions above.
****EDIT **** Regarding the leak...the leak IS what was pushed to owners but with global capabilities and some other fixes. You should keep it...
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ok well i renamed and put on sd card then pulled battery and when it booted into bootloader all it did was show the green and say no image. its not installing like it did when i did it with the leaked ics
damsel_in_distress said:
ok well i renamed and put on sd card then pulled battery and when it booted into bootloader all it did was show the green and say no image. its not installing like it did when i did it with the leaked ics
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Make sure it is named ph98img.zip vs. ph98img.zip.zip and that it is on the ext-sd card (the one that you can remove) .
Not sure what you mean by "all it did was show the green". If it scans for ph98img files and doesn't find this one, then its been mis-named or put in the wrong place.
topgun1953 said:
Make sure it is named ph98img.zip vs. ph98img.zip.zip and that it is on the ext-sd card (the one that you can remove) .
Not sure what you mean by "all it did was show the green". If it scans for ph98img files and doesn't find this one, then its been mis-named or put in the wrong place.
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I believe it also has to be in all caps, because in Linux, names are case-sensitive.
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I believe it also has to be in all caps, because in Linux, names are case-sensitive.
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ok well im doing everything as told and this what i get.
sd checking...
loading...PH98DIAG.zip
no image!
loading...PH98DIAG.nbh
no image or wrong image!
loading...PH98IMG.zip
no image!
loading...PH98IMG.nbh
no image or wrong image!
loading...PH98IMG.tar
no image!
loading...PIMG.zipH98IMG.aes
no image!
loading... PH98IMG.enc
no image!
amon ra is saved on the root of the sd card as PH98IMG.zip but nothing is happening.....
damsel_in_distress said:
ok well im doing everything as told and this what i get.
sd checking...
loading...PH98DIAG.zip
no image!
loading...PH98DIAG.nbh
no image or wrong image!
loading...PH98IMG.zip
no image!
loading...PH98IMG.nbh
no image or wrong image!
loading...PH98IMG.tar
no image!
loading...PIMG.zipH98IMG.aes
no image!
loading... PH98IMG.enc
no image!
amon ra is saved on the root of the sd card as PH98IMG.zip but nothing is happening.....
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Puzzling Please try getting the ph98img file from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339679 , down near the bottom of post 1 and give that a try.
to be honest, I'm thinking you've got it named PH98IMG.zip.zip . Perhaps you've checked it....view it in windows in the 'details' mode where the file extensions ae shown. Or right mouse click on it and check file name in "properties"..
If you're positive its named correctly, cool, but right now I'm at a loss if this other download doesn't work for you.
FYI: I was wondering about the case sensitive issue so I tried using ph98img.zip vs. PH98IMG.zip and it works.
Here is amon ra 3.15 no need to rename it's already named correctly just put on your SD card and flash in bootloader.
http://db.tt/LE6c4VON
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Puzzling Please try getting the ph98img file from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339679 , down near the bottom of post 1 and give that a try.
to be honest, I'm thinking you've got it named PH98IMG.zip.zip . Perhaps you've checked it....view it in windows in the 'details' mode where the file extensions ae shown. Or right mouse click on it and check file name in "properties"..
If you're positive its named correctly, cool, but right now I'm at a loss if this other download doesn't work for you.
FYI: I was wondering about the case sensitive issue so I tried using ph98img.zip vs. PH98IMG.zip and it works.
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OK so apparently im just a big retard. i didnt realize that it put the zip on automaticly. so the issue was that it was zip zip. once that worked i installed supersu and i have recovery and root. any other pointers for me? like any other mods i should make to better my device?
thanks everyone for all the help and patience!
damsel_in_distress said:
OK so apparently im just a big retard. i didnt realize that it put the zip on automaticly. so the issue was that it was zip zip. once that worked i installed supersu and i have recovery and root. any other pointers for me? like any other mods i should make to better my device?
thanks everyone for all the help and patience!
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Yay, good news. For pointers, I would just look/read some of the info regarding various ROMS in the Dev section. You should go into recovery and back up what you have now, though. Then, you can flash a rom and if you don't like it, just restore the backup!.... Find an app like titanium backup to backup your apps so it makes restoring things after changing roms a bit easier. I always to to the playstore online from my computer and restore apps that way, and use titanium to just restore the data.....other than that...don't let boyfriends mess with your phone!:
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Yay, good news. For pointers, I would just look/read some of the info regarding various ROMS in the Dev section. You should go into recovery and back up what you have now, though. Then, you can flash a rom and if you don't like it, just restore the backup!.... Find an app like titanium backup to backup your apps so it makes restoring things after changing roms a bit easier. I always to to the playstore online from my computer and restore apps that way, and use titanium to just restore the data.....other than that...don't let boyfriends mess with your phone!:
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ok i just abacked up! any ideas on creating things like battery widgets and stuff? i was just looking through some other posts and it seems complicated but intersting.
Hello
I've done searches and found threads with people with SIMILAR problems to what I have, and have tried to follow the steps detailed in those threads.
However, I'm at a point where I have a phone that is stuck at the HTC logo boot screen, and cannot do a factory restore, flash a rom or anything, because I think the phone isn't even able to mount the hard drive.
I'd really like some help here, because there's no way this issue is going to be covered under warranty and my mistake will probably cost me a lot of money.
I'll try and explain as best as I can everything that's happened, and how things stand now. A word of warning, I had never flashed a rom or done anything like this on an Android before (used to jailbreak my iPod Touch, so I've done similar things in the past), and I'm not an expert by any means on the matter.
To begin, my phone is an HTC Amaze 4G on the Wind mobile network. It's now unlocked and is "s-on"
I unlocked the phone yesterday using the HTC All in one "noob proff" tool kit by hasoon
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493905
I followed the steps and unlocked the boot loader. My phone worked fine. I then installed the 4EXT recovery. The phone still worked fine I think. Then I wanted to install the Rebirth rom here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1950777
The "Hasoon" thread had mentioned that you needed to take the boot.img file and place it in the kernel folder, so I extracted the rebirth 1.0.zip file and put the boot.img in that folder. Then I pressed Flash Kernel. I guess I did something terribly wrong, because after this I couldn't boot my phone up again (I think it got past the HTC screen and went to the Wind logo instead, but froze there).
I held Power + down and tried to do a factory reset, but ever since then, the phone hasn't been able to read the internal storage it seems
If I use 4EXT and do a factory restore, it says:
"Formatting Cache using make_ext4fs...
Done
Formatting Data using make_ext4fs...
Done
E:Unable to mount '/emmc'
Updating partition details...
E:Unable to mount '/emmc'
E:Unable to mount '/emmc'
E:Unable to mount internal storage"
Failed
An internal storage wipe doesn't work, because it can't read the storage.
A system wipe works, but then factory reset still doesn't work.
I downloaded the stock wind Rom and exe file from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617644
Transfered the ROM to Sd card, named it PH85IMG.zip, it couldn't flash the rom and boot up. I tried using the .exe file as many said it would work, and that didn't work.
Now my phone is unresponsive to that program, and I can't use Hasoon's tool to relock the bootloader either, because I guess I did something that managed to make the problem worse, and both programs don't really seem to be able to recognize my phone.
....
I really hope someone can help me out here and straighten me out, I really don't want to have to buy a new Nexus 4 just because of this... I love the HTC camera too much.
Thank you very much.
avogadr0 said:
Hello
I've done searches and found threads with people with SIMILAR problems to what I have, and have tried to follow the steps detailed in those threads.
However, I'm at a point where I have a phone that is stuck at the HTC logo boot screen, and cannot do a factory restore, flash a rom or anything, because I think the phone isn't even able to mount the hard drive.
I'd really like some help here, because there's no way this issue is going to be covered under warranty and my mistake will probably cost me a lot of money.
I'll try and explain as best as I can everything that's happened, and how things stand now. A word of warning, I had never flashed a rom or done anything like this on an Android before (used to jailbreak my iPod Touch, so I've done similar things in the past), and I'm not an expert by any means on the matter.
To begin, my phone is an HTC Amaze 4G on the Wind mobile network. It's now unlocked and is "s-on"
I unlocked the phone yesterday using the HTC All in one "noob proff" tool kit by hasoon
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493905
I followed the steps and unlocked the boot loader. My phone worked fine. I then installed the 4EXT recovery. The phone still worked fine I think. Then I wanted to install the Rebirth rom here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1950777
The "Hasoon" thread had mentioned that you needed to take the boot.img file and place it in the kernel folder, so I extracted the rebirth 1.0.zip file and put the boot.img in that folder. Then I pressed Flash Kernel. I guess I did something terribly wrong, because after this I couldn't boot my phone up again (I think it got past the HTC screen and went to the Wind logo instead, but froze there).
I held Power + down and tried to do a factory reset, but ever since then, the phone hasn't been able to read the internal storage it seems
If I use 4EXT and do a factory restore, it says:
"Formatting Cache using make_ext4fs...
Done
Formatting Data using make_ext4fs...
Done
E:Unable to mount '/emmc'
Updating partition details...
E:Unable to mount '/emmc'
E:Unable to mount '/emmc'
E:Unable to mount internal storage"
Failed
An internal storage wipe doesn't work, because it can't read the storage.
A system wipe works, but then factory reset still doesn't work.
I downloaded the stock wind Rom and exe file from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617644
Transfered the ROM to Sd card, named it PH85IMG.zip, it couldn't flash the rom and boot up. I tried using the .exe file as many said it would work, and that didn't work.
Now my phone is unresponsive to that program, and I can't use Hasoon's tool to relock the bootloader either, because I guess I did something that managed to make the problem worse, and both programs don't really seem to be able to recognize my phone.
....
I really hope someone can help me out here and straighten me out, I really don't want to have to buy a new Nexus 4 just because of this... I love the HTC camera too much.
Thank you very much.
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You are doing a lot wrong. Let's start with the basics. Were you on ICS before u tried flashing rebirth? And can u still access 4ext?
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You are doing a lot wrong. Let's start with the basics. Were you on ICS before u tried flashing rebirth? And can u still access 4ext?
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Yes, and Yes
Ok, do you have smartflash enabled in 4ext?
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aj_2423 said:
Ok, do you have smartflash enabled in 4ext?
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I don't think so, but I just read something about only needing to do it one time within 4EXT? I just don't want to shoot myself any further in the foot... Thread is about "S-ON" HTC sensation, but I think the 4EXT should be more or less the same, no?
Edit: I did a google search, and it seems like I might need to disable fastboot in the Android settings before I can enable smartflash...the problem is that I can't get past the boot screen.
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I don't think so, but I just read something about only needing to do it one time within 4EXT? I just don't want to shoot myself any further in the foot... Thread is about "S-ON" HTC sensation, but I think the 4EXT should be more or less the same, no?
Edit: I did a google search, and it seems like I might need to disable fastboot in the Android settings before I can enable smartflash...the problem is that I can't get past the boot screen.
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Boot in to 4ext go to tools and enable it
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Enabling smartflash will allow 4ext to flash the kernel so u don't have to extract the boot IMG and flash it manually. After you enable it, do a full wipe (format everything except sd) then try reflashing the Rom. If it still doesn't work try a different Rom like NRGz.
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Boot in to 4ext go to tools and enable it
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Enabling smartflash will allow 4ext to flash the kernel so u don't have to extract the boot IMG and flash it manually. After you enable it, do a full wipe (format everything except sd) then try reflashing the Rom. If it still doesn't work try a different Rom like NRGz.
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I appreciate everything your time thus far.
I am now inside 4EXT recovery, and I went to Tools, but instead of a button saying "enable Smartflash," it says disable, which leads me to assume mine was already enabled...
If I press choose zip from SD card, it says "Can't mount internal_sdcard". My PH85IMG.zip is on an external SD card, and it won't allow me to select it. If I select apply update.zip, I can choose my external SD card from the menu, but it says "confirm installation of /sdcard/update.zip", and my file is not named update.zip, so I'm assuming this is not how you do it.
If you can let me know where I might be able to go from here, that would be awesome.
EDIT: Okay, so I formatted the internal storage and it would mount. Then I went to install and selected PH85IMG.zip from my external SD, and I get this:
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
file_getprop: failed to stat "/system/build.prop": No such file or directory
E:Error in /internal_sdcard/ext_sd/PH85IMG.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
If my phone is beyond help, I'm willing to accept that.
avogadr0 said:
I appreciate everything your time thus far.
I am now inside 4EXT recovery, and I went to Tools, but instead of a button saying "enable Smartflash," it says disable, which leads me to assume mine was already enabled...
If I press choose zip from SD card, it says "Can't mount internal_sdcard". My PH85IMG.zip is on an external SD card, and it won't allow me to select it. If I select apply update.zip, I can choose my external SD card from the menu, but it says "confirm installation of /sdcard/update.zip", and my file is not named update.zip, so I'm assuming this is not how you do it.
If you can let me know where I might be able to go from here, that would be awesome.
EDIT: Okay, so I formatted the internal storage and it would mount. Then I went to install and selected PH85IMG.zip from my external SD, and I get this:
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
file_getprop: failed to stat "/system/build.prop": No such file or directory
E:Error in /internal_sdcard/ext_sd/PH85IMG.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
If my phone is beyond help, I'm willing to accept that.
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U don't want to flash a ph85img in recovery. U have to flash that through the bootloader and the bootloader has to be locked to do it.
Flash a custom Rom in 4ext and see if it works. not an ruu
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aj_2423 said:
U don't want to flash a ph85img in recovery. U have to flash that through the bootloader and the bootloader has to be locked to do it.
Flash a custom Rom in 4ext and see if it works. not an ruu
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Okay, so I put Rebirth 1.0.zip onto my external SD card. I went to install, and it said that it worked. But now I am stuck on the HTC screen again and can't boot up my phone. I guess this is...some kind of progress? haha
Any help?
If I can't get this to work again, then I'm going to have to sell a perfectly good phone for parts...
avogadr0 said:
Any help?
If I can't get this to work again, then I'm going to have to sell a perfectly good phone for parts...
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here's a way to return to stock RUU, you need the all-in-one toolkit from hasoon2000
download this file Here and rename it to PH85IMG.zip (this file is for ICS) the older one for GB didnt work for me
use the "Relock Bootloader" command on hasoon's toolkit to relock your bootloader (i received a security warning when doing so, but still worked)
place the PH85IMG.zip file on the root of your SD Card
turn off device and remove the battery. Reinsert the battery then simultaneously hold the volume down and power buttons (to boot fastboot)
Fastboot will detect the image file on your external storage. After it loads, accept the "update" - this will revert you to stock (including recovery and radio).
I have used this file before and done what you had said, but I've had no luck in the past.
However, I redownloaded it, named it PH85IMG.zip (file name PH85IMG, .zip is extension). And placed it on the root of my Internal SD card, not my external (I'm putting it on there right now to try again).
For the record, to put it on my phone, I had to use 4EXT toggle USB mode. But upon start up of the program, it said "unable to mount /sd card" or whatever else it said. So I formatted the drive, and then it was able to mount again.
There used to be a blue bar that crawled up the right, followed by a yellow one that would say "checking", and then it would just remain at the fastboot screen.
Now however, although the bootloader is relocked (no security warning this time), it does not open the file, no blue bar appears, nor a yellow one.
So again, once I put the file on my EXTERNAL sd card, the blue bars come up. Again, they say checking PH85DIAG.zip (I can't remember the extension), and then it checks PH85IMG.zip
Then it takes me right back to the screen where I can navigate, and that's as far as I've ever gotten.
Edit: Now when I boot the phone up without pressing power + vol down, the phone goes straight into fastboot
you're suppose to relock the bootloader before you try to flash the RUU or the phone wont update, and it takes awhile... once you relock the phone and boot into the bootloader it will scan your SD card for different files, when it fines the "PH85IMG.zip" file it will scan it and begin to reinstall the stock rom, it takes awhile, once its finished scanning it will ask you if you wish to install this update.. just use the volume button to select yes and use the power for ok
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you're suppose to relock the bootloader before you try to flash the RUU or the phone wont update, and it takes awhile... once you relock the phone and boot into the bootloader it will scan your SD card for different files, when it fines the "PH85IMG.zip" file it will scan it and begin to reinstall the stock rom, it takes awhile, once its finished scanning it will ask you if you wish to install this update.. just use the volume button to select yes and use the power for ok
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Okay, so I'm trying this again. Phone says "Relocked" "Security Warning"
It's loading the PH85IMG.zip with a blue bar. This takes about a min.
Now it's checking PH85IMG.zip with a yellow bar.
It's back to the main screen, and doesn't appear to be doing anything, I don't see anything that says "Installing." or "updating." I'm going to leave my phone alone for an hour or so and hopefully something changes.
If this is what I'm supposed to do, then let me know. If something isn't working right, then also let me know. It was doing the same stuff yesterday, so I'm not optimistic.
Thanks for your time and help
EDIT: For the record, whenever I have used Hasoon's tool to relock my phone, in the terminal window I've noticed something about it saying "failed" or "... too many times" (I'm sorry, I can't remember exactly.) It says that it's relocked though, so I'm not sure if something went wrong....
And for what it's worth, whenever I used the .exe for Wind that I found alongside the RUU, it hasn't worked, and sometimes it couldn't even recognize my phone.
Ninjistix said:
you're suppose to relock the bootloader before you try to flash the RUU or the phone wont update, and it takes awhile... once you relock the phone and boot into the bootloader it will scan your SD card for different files, when it fines the "PH85IMG.zip" file it will scan it and begin to reinstall the stock rom, it takes awhile, once its finished scanning it will ask you if you wish to install this update.. just use the volume button to select yes and use the power for ok
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So about 45 min later or so, and still nothing happening on the screen
flash stock recovery back on to your phone, run ph85img, and watch it load.
andy55 said:
flash stock recovery back on to your phone, run ph85img, and watch it load.
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Edit: Okay, so I downloaded recovery.img from a location on this forum, then used Hasoon's toolkit to flash my custom recovery and then relocked the bootloader. Then I waited for the ph85img.zip to load and check, but I still never got a screen that said "accept update." So I pressed recovery, and the phone booted into a different screen this time. Green arrows, but then it shows a phone icon with a red exclamation in a triangle.
This is possibly looking at least a bit more hopeful for me... I'll try factory reset again and see if that works.
Edit 2: Okay so factory reset brings up the same green icon, with a loading bar. However, the loading bar doesn't load, it just hangs there, and then the phone restarts. This leads me to believe that it has something to do with the "unable to mount internal sd card" or whatever it had said before.
Any further suggestions?
avogadr0 said:
Edit: Okay, so I downloaded recovery.img from a location on this forum, then used Hasoon's toolkit to flash my custom recovery and then relocked the bootloader. Then I waited for the ph85img.zip to load and check, but I still never got a screen that said "accept update." So I pressed recovery, and the phone booted into a different screen this time. Green arrows, but then it shows a phone icon with a red exclamation in a triangle.
This is possibly looking at least a bit more hopeful for me... I'll try factory reset again and see if that works.
Edit 2: Okay so factory reset brings up the same green icon, with a loading bar. However, the loading bar doesn't load, it just hangs there, and then the phone restarts. This leads me to believe that it has something to do with the "unable to mount internal sd card" or whatever it had said before.
Any further suggestions?
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I don't have any experience with flashing an ruu on a wind phone, but I believe u have to use the exe...
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I don't have any experience with flashing an ruu on a wind phone, but I believe u have to use the exe...
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When using the .exe, both relocked and unlocked, it says "failed to connect phone to USB" or something. I'm not sure if there's anything that I haven't tried yet.