This is how I got Swype Beta 3.0 to work on the Evo 3d. Make sure you read everything and do these steps.
You will need to do Temp root to correctly do this. And able to work with adb.
1) Make sure you have root
2) adb shell pm disable com.swype.android.inputmethod
3) On the phone, download/install SwypeInstaller you need your beta login to do this.
4) Run SwypeInstaller, login, pick desired package, download package
5)Important: When you you get to the package installation, it will
ask "this is a system package, overwrite?" DO NOT PRESS ANYTHING.
Leave that on screen.
6) adb pull /data/data/com.swype.android.installer/files/mypackage.apk ./mypackage.apk
7) adb shell pm enable com.swype.android.inputmethod
8) adb install -r ./mypackage.apk
(note the -r)
9) Press "cancel" on phone (at the "replace system package" prompt)
10) it should drop you back to the SwypeInstaller and continue with
licensing, and all should be good to go, even through a reboot
That is all there is to it.
What what what? ! Even through a reboot? !
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Gonna try this now.
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Your method is kinda complicated. I just do `adb shell rm /system/app/Swype.apk` and then use the installer, no problems.
EDIT: Ohhh, your method survives reboots. OK, I see the benefit now.
Awesome! This works perfectly. After I installed, I immediately rebooted to verify and it does work. Great find.
Saweeet
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worked perfect here! thanks man!
Excellent. +100 internet points.
Worked great on my 3VO!
Had to run the process twice, but it stuck on the 2nd time, did a hard reboot with battery pull and it stucked. No issues thus far.
Thanks. Worked great. Please correct step number 6 to a single line rather than have a cariage return because if someone is using cut and paste to follow your instructions it will mess them up slightly (happened to me but I figured it out).
eg. adb pull /data/data/com.swype.android.installer/files/mypackage.apk .\mypackage.apk
instead of adb pull /data/data/com.swype.android.installer/files/mypackage.apk
.\mypackage.apk
Hope that made sense
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Thanks. Worked great. Please correct step number 6 to a single line rather than have a cariage return because if someone is using cut and paste to follow your instructions it will mess them up slightly (happened to me but I figured it out).
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Great catch. Thank you very much. I have updated the first post.
OMG it survived a reboot!
btw, i took what i learned with the OP and used "Root explorer" and played around and it actually stuck!!
Good job
Edit:
My method...
Obtain temp root
Use app "rootexplorer" and goto step 6)
6) adb pull (delete) /data/data/com.swype.android.installer/files/installer.apk
Then instal swype beta.
Enjoy!
Worked perfectly, thank you!
awesome, thanks! i knew swype was supposed to be cool, but seeing this finally got me to try it.
anyone got any tips about how to lube up your finger so it slides better? on, actually, seriously. i'm slowed down by my damn dry skin! they need to sell like Swype finger oil or something.
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Uh oh, is Swype Beta preventing me from using my SD card? So I just tried to move a few apps to my SD card and was told it was full, despite having 8 GB free. I Googled and saw another user had the same problem and realized it was either Google Earth of Swype Beta causing the problem. As I just installed Swype Beta 2 minutes ago it seems certain it's that. Anyone else having this problem???
Swype 3
i cant seem to get this to work.. on the Pull Part i keep getting file not found.. im using the Jeremy_Fre3vo2.4 Shell Terminal not sure if that would effect
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i cant seem to get this to work.. on the Pull Part i keep getting file not found.. im using the Jeremy_Fre3vo2.4 Shell Terminal not sure if that would effect
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Getting the same error here as well.
quinxy said:
anyone got any tips about how to lube up your finger so it slides better? on, actually, seriously. i'm slowed down by my damn dry skin! they need to sell like Swype finger oil or something
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Haha honestly this is a funny story... Me and my girlfriend bought some silicone lube and after using it a couple times I've noticed how much easier it is to slide my finger across the screen...
Thanks. Now I don't have to use the crappy pre-installed version. Worked like a charm.
quinxy said:
awesome, thanks! i knew swype was supposed to be cool, but seeing this finally got me to try it.
anyone got any tips about how to lube up your finger so it slides better? on, actually, seriously. i'm slowed down by my damn dry skin! they need to sell like Swype finger oil or something.
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I clean my screen with RainX, It makes it far more resistance to smugs and your fingers glide faster.
Also Note that the Swype 3.0 Beta also is very good for tapping types.
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Hey guys,
I'm used to my Android phones (Eris, Incredible, Thunderbolt) and their ridiculously responsive touchscreens and using this tablet is really not responding well. The edges of the screen force me to push quite hard to get it to sense my touch and I find myself touching app icons twice sometimes three times in order to get them to register - but then in some areas (usually towards the middle) the screen is much more responsive...? Also (strangely) once the touch is registered - I can for example drag the icon around the home screen quite easily but the initial touch took awhile to register?? Hope that makes sense. I haven't seen anything about this so far so I was wondering if it's something to do with the ROM, something common, etc...please let me know if you have any input!
THANKS!
P.S. - FYI I'm quite happy with the device over all for it's price point. I went with Vegan Beta 5.1.1 and it's very "stock-ish" and I like that - also I'm quite confident my unit was brand new as there are no dead pixels or anything else wrong that I've noticed so far and the packaging had all the tell tale signs of a product being brand new. Woot does NOT mess around with shady stuff - very rarely will you find someone with bad things to say about them and I've never gotten a High end games that wouldn't run on my phones run great on it and there are no dead pixels or anything else wrong that I've noticed so far. Woot does NOT mess around with shady/refurb stuff unless they say it outright.
As for the touch screen again let me know how senstive yours is because it's the only thing that's got me a little bummed out.
There is a calibration fix app floating around. I think roebeet posted it. Search for touch screen calibration.
Try using a multitouch testing app from the market to get a true visual clue to how your touchscreen responds (there are a few, search for multitouch test). Run the calibration app and compare.
This Made my Screen much more Responsive!
There is a a tool to recalibrate the screen.... I have read that it is in TNT lite, and I am running Calkulin's ROM and it is in this as well (I don't know if Vegan has it or not... but you can check with a root explorer program).
First, the way to check (as best I know... still a newb) use a root explorer program, and look in system/bin... there should be a file in there called TSCalibration... I believe if this is there, then you have the tool you need...
From here, you need to create a file called Calibration.ini on the root of your SDcard (/sdcard). The easy way to do this is to connect the Gtab to a computer, and create it the INI file with your computer... put it on the root of the SDcard (internal memory)... oh, and yes... the ini file is blank, this is how it should be.
Now shutdown your Gtab, and restart it... let it sit for a minute or two after bootup, and DO NOT TOUCH THE SCREEN DURING BOOTUP...
That is it! From what I have read, the TSCalibration file looks for Calibration.ini on the SDcard... if it see's it, it re-calibrates the screen... after this is done, it's a good idea to delete the Calibration.ini file, otherwise it will re-calibrate on every bootup.
A couple of notes:
From what I have read, the Stock TSCalibration looks in /sdcard2 (external), instead of /sdcard... the hacked version in most ROMS fixed this...
I am one of the (many) wooter's that just got their G Tablet... I will say that right out of the box, the dock on the right side of the screen was a pain to get to work... I ran this calibration and now it works like a dream!! I was really surprised that even a brand new device needed to be re-calibrated.
If I screwed any of this up, please correct me! Thanks, and good luck!
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There is a a tool to recalibrate the screen.... I have read that it is in TNT lite, and I am running Calkulin's ROM and it is in this as well (I don't know if Vegan has it or not... but you can check with a root explorer program).
First, the way to check (as best I know... still a newb) use a root explorer program, and look in system/bin... there should be a file in there called TSCalibration... I believe if this is there, then you have the tool you need...
From here, you need to create a file called Calibration.ini on the root of your SDcard (/sdcard). The easy way to do this is to connect the Gtab to a computer, and create it the INI file with your computer... put it on the root of the SDcard (internal memory)... oh, and yes... the ini file is blank, this is how it should be.
Now shutdown your Gtab, and restart it... let it sit for a minute or two after bootup, and DO NOT TOUCH THE SCREEN DURING BOOTUP...
That is it! From what I have read, the TSCalibration file looks for Calibration.ini on the SDcard... if it see's it, it re-calibrates the screen... after this is done, it's a good idea to delete the Calibration.ini file, otherwise it will re-calibrate on every bootup.
A couple of notes:
From what I have read, the Stock TSCalibration looks in /sdcard2 (external), instead of /sdcard... the hacked version in most ROMS fixed this...
I am one of the (many) wooter's that just got their G Tablet... I will say that right out of the box, the dock on the right side of the screen was a pain to get to work... I ran this calibration and now it works like a dream!! I was really surprised that even a brand new device needed to be re-calibrated.
If I screwed any of this up, please correct me! Thanks, and good luck!
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THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! This worked PERFECTLY! My tablet now responds perfectly acoss the entire screen. You just made my week!
Thank You! Thank You!
cbmboy said:
There is a a tool to recalibrate the screen.... I have read that it is in TNT lite, and I am running Calkulin's ROM and it is in this as well (I don't know if Vegan has it or not... but you can check with a root explorer program).
First, the way to check (as best I know... still a newb) use a root explorer program, and look in system/bin... there should be a file in there called TSCalibration... I believe if this is there, then you have the tool you need...
From here, you need to create a file called Calibration.ini on the root of your SDcard (/sdcard). The easy way to do this is to connect the Gtab to a computer, and create it the INI file with your computer... put it on the root of the SDcard (internal memory)... oh, and yes... the ini file is blank, this is how it should be.
Now shutdown your Gtab, and restart it... let it sit for a minute or two after bootup, and DO NOT TOUCH THE SCREEN DURING BOOTUP...
That is it! From what I have read, the TSCalibration file looks for Calibration.ini on the SDcard... if it see's it, it re-calibrates the screen... after this is done, it's a good idea to delete the Calibration.ini file, otherwise it will re-calibrate on every bootup.
A couple of notes:
From what I have read, the Stock TSCalibration looks in /sdcard2 (external), instead of /sdcard... the hacked version in most ROMS fixed this...
I am one of the (many) wooter's that just got their G Tablet... I will say that right out of the box, the dock on the right side of the screen was a pain to get to work... I ran this calibration and now it works like a dream!! I was really surprised that even a brand new device needed to be re-calibrated.
If I screwed any of this up, please correct me! Thanks, and good luck!
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Thank You so much for this post. You have saved my G-Tab from going back on eBay where I got it brand new couple of days ago!!! WOW. This is quite the FIX. The G-Tab is now very responsive. Now, if I can find a fix for the dismal viewing angles. Ughh.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=934500
Here is a link to the app. Don't forget to take the calibration.ini out of the root. Some have reported perminent sensitivity problems caused by recalibrating constantly. The app lets you recalibrate with a touch and is simple and easy to use.
Hello everyone. I was looking at the rooting instructions like damnnn. Lots of steps. I remember when i had the og EVO or my vibrant I could root it and download a custom rom just using my phone. It was just put zip on root of SD card, apply zip, use that ROM changer app to download/apply custom ROM. Bam done. Is the 3D ever going to be that or no?
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I didn't mean to say the rooting process is too much, its just not as simple as before.
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I love the steps..Makes me feel like im actually rooting the phone..Thats just me though,I enjoy the process.
I'm not sure exactly what the exploit is that gets s-off so its hard to say if there will ever be a 1 click method or easier way.My guess is someone will make an easier way of doing it in the future.
Yea Rooting the vibrant 3g was very simple I used z4root it only takes 2mins.. One phone that took me the longest to root was Mytouch 4g because there's alot of steps to do.
It's about as close to one click as you can get with out being one click. all you need to do is run revolutionary and flash su. Even the old one clicks you still had to click to download then click to run, thats two clicks right there. Thats not counting the whole pluging your phone in. Personally I was impressed at how easy it was right away.
Maybe one day all you will need to do is put your 3vo under your pillow and the root fairy will come down and do it for you and leave a shiny quarter(not trying to be a prick here just funny)
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It's about as close to one click as you can get with out being one click. all you need to do is run revolutionary and flash su. Even the old one clicks you still had to click to download then click to run, thats two clicks right there. Thats not counting the whole pluging your phone in. Personally I was impressed at how easy it was right away.
Maybe one day all you will need to do is put your 3vo under your pillow and the root fairy will come down and do it for you and leave a shiny quarter(not trying to be a prick here just funny)
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It sounds simple when you say it like that lol. There's the command prompts and the sdk blah blah I'm not computer litterate but I try because I love my phone. LOL I wish there was a root fairy, and free money too? Win.
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I found it obscenely simple... Lol
My nook was a pain my nuts. The G1 was a ***** without the data Sim card, and the my touch 3g was almost as big of a pain. I'd root another Evo 3D in a heart beat. OG Evo was easier, but not by much.
My buddies fascinate is also a bit of a pain with versions of cwm having to match the rom, modem problems, and more.
E3D'ed... Booyah!
Well, i am not trying to be an asshole, but 1. I think we can't really complain about put a little bit of thinking to get what the devs put way more thinking and effort into. 2. It clearly states that it's a test beta release. maybe when it is actually finalized it will be easier to use.
No.. not too much at all.
I rooted a MyTouch Fender ... That was a process and a half. Required a Goldcard, flashing engineering hboot, flashing rom/kernel and then reflashing the retail hboot.
Hassle...
This.
Input serial
Run Revolutionary
Input serial...
Umm.... Oh yeah, that's all.
Are We Not Phones?
We Are D3VO!
Are we not phones?!
3.DeE.V.O.!!
Flonkas said:
It sounds simple when you say it like that lol. There's the command prompts and the sdk blah blah I'm not computer litterate but I try because I love my phone. LOL I wish there was a root fairy, and free money too? Win.
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To be honest with you....As much of a hassle as you think it is, learning how to use ADB and the neccessary commands from the computer is truly in your best interest. There very well may come a time when you need those very commands to recovery your phone from a bad flash or simple mistake. A lot of people use the simple root method, jump in head first and get into some serious trouble without having the neccessary knowledge to fix said problems. Just something to think about.
rooting the evo 3d was beyond easy.
i feel the evo 4g took more to root. i didnt even feel like i was rooting a phone flashed a few zips and i was done..
anyone saying its difficult or was to many steps will be the first to get bootlooped and wonder why.
Too much? I thought is was pretty simple. Click the bat file & let it go. Then type Y or N to install CWM. Then reboot into recovery & flash Su. Pretty damn easy. No need for ADB unless you want to flash Twerp & now they have a PCM files you just place on root of SD & reboot into Bootloader to flash. You must weren't around when the root & nand unlock first came out for the Hero & OG Evo. Now that got a little complicated. This is very simple.
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This thread proves exactly why HTC should NOT release an unlocked bootloader to the masses!
I am by no means trying to flame on ya OP, but if you consider the root utility for the 3D difficult you should start reading some more or not even be rooting at all.
This utility makes the rooting process cake. If this seems difficult you need to read up on ADB etc. This is a lot easier than the original rooting processes for most phones if you go back a few years. Try rooting using all command prompt with 25 steps that you have to do manually.
I hope that this isn't taken the wrong way, but this is the reason that carriers frown upon rooting...Because people get themselves into something that they shouldn't and end up using insurance at an excessive rate because they brick phones.
Sorry for my rant, just wanted to give my .02
Wow...this root process was super easy...took less then 5min for me...
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This thread proves exactly why HTC should NOT release an unlocked bootloader to the masses!
I am by no means trying to flame on ya OP, but if you consider the root utility for the 3D difficult you should start reading some more or not even be rooting at all.
This utility makes the rooting process cake. If this seems difficult you need to read up on ADB etc. This is a lot easier than the original rooting processes for most phones if you go back a few years. Try rooting using all command prompt with 25 steps that you have to do manually.
I hope that this isn't taken the wrong way, but this is the reason that carriers frown upon rooting...Because people get themselves into something that they shouldn't and end up using insurance at an excessive rate because they brick phones.
Sorry for my rant, just wanted to give my .02
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No worries. I think I have been spoiled with super easy one click root methods so i never had to learn adb or any of that. Just remember not everyone on xda are mega proficient with computers, guess I got some researching to do.
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klbjr;16233680 You must weren't around when the root & nand unlock first came out for the Hero & OG Evo. Now that got a little complicated. This is very simple.
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Those were a pain sometimes. It kept the riff raff out though. You had to be a pretty brave individual to go through that process, I think my brain exploded 3 times before I successfully rooted my hero.
The worst was I bought a g1 off ebay about a year ago, It was completely up to date and the bastard left his security lock on! We have no tmobile service here so I had to do all kinds of crazy ADB commands just to get past the gmail sign in because of having no sim card(back then you couldn't turn on wifi until you got past that point). Plus the whole rooting it too. What I'll do just to have buttons for my emulators.
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Agreed. I didn't even have to use adb to get twrp..just a flash in recovery. Painless. I can't see it needing to be any easier. I am impressed with how well executed Revolutionary is.
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i thought it was very simple compared to the other 5 phones i have done, its funny usually when we first get s-off its a pretty hard process for noobs, but congrats to unrevoked and alpharev for completing this one, and making a nice zip to do it
For the OP:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1196131
Haven't tried it myself but here's a method without using ADB.
I was recently shopping for a knock-around tablet and came across leaderinternationalinc dot com this little guy at Kmart. Yep, I said Kmart. When I asked the price and they told me $129, I said SOLD!.
So far it's been average in performance and had to do some trickery to get some apps installed (Android/Amazon Market, Pandora, Google Talk, etc.) and am still having some difficulty installing other apps. It seems as if they really want you to use their market and apps, some of which are okay, I guess. I got Netflix installed, but the audio/video isn't in sync and everything is a hue of blue. Might be a Flash Player issue - also which I can't seem to update.
Anyway, the bad news is I can't find a way to get in to bootloader or able to root this tab with oneclick. Hopefully they didn't lock this thing down to hard.
Additionally, since the screen is resistive, using a stylus makes it a bit easier to navigate. Worth the money so far!
I'm praying the brilliant dev brains here at XDA will purchase this one and create a simple root/rom that allows me to take this thing to the next level!
Anybody out there?
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A
Sorry... Still a bit of a noob in forums. Where exactly was this moved to? Search provided no results. On a side note, did you buy one of these yet? ;—)
Thanks.
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Sorry... Still a bit of a noob in forums. Where exactly was this moved to? Search provided no results. On a side note, did you buy one of these yet? ;—)
Thanks.
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He's a mod and he already moved it to the correct forum.
Link?
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i need link too same as my issue ?? Sent from my i7 using XDA App
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We're heeeerrrree
Looks like it's the same, but in a new place.
We're heeerreeee basit....
Were you able to get the standard Market installed on it? I was able to get it along with Pandora, Google Voice and a couple others (Netflix not working well) with a little trickery. Still can't get Google Talk and a few other things like an updated Flash.
If I can get a plain vanilla Froyo on this I would give this cheap little tab a solid B.
#bonus
I know this doesn't have anything to do with my original [Q], but I thought I would share anyway...
I contacted Impression about another AC adapter... 1 isn't enough...
After I registered my device, they shipped me another for free!
Any devs out there for this one?
just return it and get another one, a tablet thats $129 is probably not going to be great at that price.. other than the time hp touchpads were $99
Yeah, it's not the snappiest device I've owned, but makes a great desk-side companion. Mainly use it for Pandora, Weather, IM and a few other things...I'm generally still happy with it although I know it won't replace my primary device. Having the (free) second AC adapter is nice so I don't have to carry that back and forth. 2 hours of streaming music kills the battery dead.
Stay plugged in with this one.
Still hoping, praying that a dev picks one of these up...
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I don't see a mod link. Any help? I just want market. Thanks.
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I don't see a mod link.
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Mod link? His post is the 2nd post and as I said, he already moved it to Android Q&A: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1236.
You can install the Android Market without any funny business. Just download the apk and install. Still think this device can perform much better if it just had vanilla froyo... Hope someone cracks it.
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I have an i7 and I got it rooted, what factory installed .apk's are safe to remove? I prefer my own music/movie players etc....
Thanks in advance
What did you use to root? Superoneclick didn't work for me the last time I tried... Did it unlock the bootloader?
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What did you use to root? Superoneclick didn't work for me the last time I tried... Did it unlock the bootloader?
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I used super1click, the newest version. It didnt work the first few times, i ended up doing shell root first, then was able to achieve root as normal. It did seem to take a while.
Edit: I just rooted a 2nd i7.... had the same trouble with it just hanging during root. When it hangs, quickly unplug the usb the replug it in. Once it detects usb debugging again it will root properly and pass the verification at the end.
Hope that helps
sactownsav said:
I used super1click, the newest version. It didnt work the first few times, i ended up doing shell root first, then was able to achieve root as normal. It did seem to take a while.
Edit: I just rooted a 2nd i7.... had the same trouble with it just hanging during root. When it hangs, quickly unplug the usb the replug it in. Once it detects usb debugging again it will root properly and pass the verification at the end.
Hope that helps
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Just attempted rooting it myself with Superoneclick.
Did shell root first and that went fine. Attempted normal root right after and it hung right at the end when it said the device was rooted and would restart. Unplugged and replugged the usb quickly and then it rebooted.
My i7 was definitely not rooted when it rebooted. Not sure what went wrong. Attempted it numerous times with the same result sadly. Did it hang right at the end for you or at a different point during the root?
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I used super1click, the newest version. It didnt work the first few times, i ended up doing shell root first, then was able to achieve root as normal. It did seem to take a while.
Edit: I just rooted a 2nd i7.... had the same trouble with it just hanging during root. When it hangs, quickly unplug the usb the replug it in. Once it detects usb debugging again it will root properly and pass the verification at the end.
Hope that helps
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Can you detail the process that worked for you? soon as I click root it goes to not responding??????
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Just attempted rooting it myself with Superoneclick.
Did shell root first and that went fine. Attempted normal root right after and it hung right at the end when it said the device was rooted and would restart. Unplugged and replugged the usb quickly and then it rebooted.
My i7 was definitely not rooted when it rebooted. Not sure what went wrong. Attempted it numerous times with the same result sadly. Did it hang right at the end for you or at a different point during the root?
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When it hangs at the end it never worked for me. Id suggest trying the different methods to root instead of auto....i just pretty much tried everything until i goot root to stick...if it hangs during root steps thats when to unplug and replug.
Sorry i dont have a more speific solution, but i did get two rooted like this
Oh and obviously double check usb debugging is enabled
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Alright. Thanks for replying. Assumed if it was hanging at the end then it wouldn't work. Just wanted a confirmation on it.
So after my battery ran out today I realized that Clockworkmod does not allow charging while the phone is off... This left me in a tricky situation where I could not charge my phone at all. I had seen others mention using another battery but I did not have one on hand. Here's how I replaced Clockworkmod with Amon-Ra to fix it (this also works for all recovery images that I know):
REQUIREMENTS:
-Computer with ADB
-Rezound with Clockworkmod or other faulty recovery
-Amon-Ra's recovery image (attached)
1) Unplug USB and remove battery
2) Put battery in
3) Plug USB into computer (with ADB installed)
4) Enter "adb devices" until you see your Rezound show up as recovery. During this time, the orange LED may either blink shortly first or be solid for a few seconds and then turn off. Once it turns off, it should be accessible over ADB.
5) Grab your amonra recovery img and use adb to copy to phone.
Example: adb push amon-ra-3.15.img /tmp/amon-ra-3.15.img
6) Flash the image to recovery.
Example: adb shell flash_image recovery /tmp/amon-ra-3.15.img
7) Reboot your phone (adb reboot) and repeat steps 1-3 (but this time using wall outlet)
8) Sit back and let Amon-Ra save your Rezound. Once your orange LED has been solid for over a minute, you should be good
Nice guide
Koush really needs to fix that problem or discontinue it for our phone
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superchilpil said:
Nice guide
Koush really needs to fix that problem or discontinue it for our phone
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It is discontinued. I don't even really know where to get it anymore lol.
Granted, I don't use CWM, but nice job.
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It is discontinued. I don't even really know where to get it anymore lol.
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Rom manager. Also he offers touch for pay (which is what I mistakenly purchased thinking it could mount the internal sd. Either way though I agree, it is not safe for the average root user even to have a recovery that doesn't allow charging even through a wall outlet. It should only list Amon-Ra's under alternate recovery.
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Granted, I don't use CWM, but nice job.
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Thanks, I know the average user is using Amon-Ra or TWRP but figured I'd put this here so we have a clear guide for getting out of this situation where some users may end up returning their phone to HTC (possibly getting charged after the fact)
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It is discontinued. I don't even really know where to get it anymore lol.
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Its odd, those same people who can't search to find out how to fix the problem, can find CWM
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I'm fairly new to the Rezound. Came from the Nexus side because I wanted a more multimedia-friendly device (better external speaker/camera/same res). I bought mine pre-rooted and flashed to Clean, which was pretty nice - until I ran into this issue. I bought another battery from Verizon and hooked the other one up to an external charger. I figure it won't hurt to have two batteries anyway.
I know a ton of people have bad things to say about CWM but is this really the only issue? It flashes just fine, right? I ran a nandroid on what I have now and tried to install the latest leak, but I got a ton of reboots. Eventually reverted back to Clean. Either way, thanks for the writeup. Would have saved me a ton of stress over the weekend, hahaha.
Nice work djh816. this was the thing i have always feared lol. matter of fact, this is a HUGE weight lifted out of my mind. Thanks so much for this. keep up the good work
nice guide but i dont think anyone uses cwm anymore. still, thanks
I do. Haven't had issues. I just, if you can believe it, charge my battery before I do anything.
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Btw, I would change, just to be safe, but haven't seen instructions for doing so, and don't really want the drama that USUALLY comes from asking a question (can't always find what you are searching for).
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RED ZMAN said:
Btw, I would change, just to be safe, but haven't seen instructions for doing so, and don't really want the drama that USUALLY comes from asking a question (can't always find what you are searching for).
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The OP of this thread are the instructions... Just do Steps 2-6.
Edit: or use hasoon2000's first AIO toolkit, which has AmonRa as a flash option (also another lingering source of CWM):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22696442
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Btw, I would change, just to be safe, but haven't seen instructions for doing so, and don't really want the drama that USUALLY comes from asking a question (can't always find what you are searching for).
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Haha I was fine as well with Clockworkmod Touch and had no clue it even had that problem until my battery finally drained all the way. Then I was SOL. But yea as he said, following those instructions simply replaces the recovery image. All your data will still be in tact (aside from your clockworkmod backups if you have them but Amon-Ra can read those too I think)
Yeah, I figured those instructions would work. You should advertise this as a how to swap between them also. There are others using CWM, and just not talking about it.
Thanks.
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I have an easier solution, while phone has been dead for 5-10 minutes, hold power button and as soon as screen flashes plug in the device. Works every time. I also have 3 batteries, 1 original, 2nd from my replacement from warranty, 3rd is extended. I don't ever even change batteries though.
Funny that people are still having/talking about this issue.
I remember when the issue first popped up on the Rezound and people were clueless. All kinds of theories as to the cause and solution.
I knew of the cause from a few phones back... CWM has a history of issues with charging while powered off. I learned of it from an initial release of CWM for a different phone would that when trying to charge with it powered off, would turn on the screen.
Easiest way is to run the command
adb reboot download
boom phone restarts...
I have had this modded version of CWM touch by someone else (I will let him say who he is just in case he does not want to take credit).
It is a modded version of CWM 5.8.1.4-Touch that solves the charging when off problem.
I can not support it but can assure you it works since I have been using it since the beginning of April. I do switch between this and AmonRa for testing my ROM but all my backups are with this.
Still need to copy the .hidenandroidprogress file from internal to external clockworkmod folder to solve the freeze problem when backing up or restoring.
Just install it just like any other recovery.
NOTE: If anyone want to take this and start another thread with it that is fine by me. I just don't have time which is why I never posted it before.
I ended up doing it through fastboot, as I'm a bit more familiar with that, but thanks for the notes and link. I'm now on Amon Ra.
Anything I need to know as a CWM user since, oh, the G1?
And do I need to worry about moving that file so backups work, like you did in CWM?
Thanks again.
Thanks man, this this is totally pimp, sent you a donation - get yourself some good beer!
So, I stupidly allowed ROM Manager to install an update for me, including updating my TWRP recovery...and now MoBoot is borked. Nothing will boot except WebOS Recovery (just a USB icon) and everything else fails to boot.
Is there a quick way to fix this? I mean, I could wipe the TP and try a fresh MoBoot etc. but I'd rather not if I can save all my data etc.
Thanks all.
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So, I stupidly allowed ROM Manager to install an update for me, including updating my TWRP recovery...and now MoBoot is borked. Nothing will boot except WebOS Recovery (just a USB icon) and everything else fails to boot.
Is there a quick way to fix this? I mean, I could wipe the TP and try a fresh MoBoot etc. but I'd rather not if I can save all my data etc.
Thanks all.
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You could try running ACMEInstaller3 without running ACMEUninstaller. I believe I did that once and nothing got wiped.
That's a good suggestion. Well, it's a suggestion and I like options that make sense, so thank you.
But, before I go for this...any other possibilities?
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If you cant boot anything, I would think AcmeInstaller is your best bet. And if that doesnt work. Use the webOS doctor and start all over.
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If you cant boot anything, I would think AcmeInstaller is your best bet. And if that doesnt work. Use the webOS doctor and start all over.
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I'm going through ACMEInstaller3 now...did the old "novacom boot mem:// < ACMEInstaller3" line in CMD, and I'm getting scary amounts of linux verbose output pouring down the screen. It's been over 10 minutes now of what looks like error messages. I'm not hopeful!!
Frankly I'll be amased if this works! Right now I'm thinking WebOS Doctor is the way to go.
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Update: It didn't work. I'm just back at the same point. Nothing will boot beyond MoBoot. Just hangs. I could reinstall a different recovery, but I can't mount the SD in the TP. Maybe I can adb push it???? Any ideas?
I would use Acmeuninstaller first then ACMEInstaller 3 with a regular nightly. Then if that goes to plan use one of your CWM/TWRP backups to restore your settings as they won't be deleted.
Yeah I've got plenty of backups in Ti and CM/TWRP. Hassle though eh!
Still, I'm bored unless I can fiddle.
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I'm going through ACMEInstaller3 now...did the old "novacom boot mem:// < ACMEInstaller3" line in CMD, and I'm getting scary amounts of linux verbose output pouring down the screen. It's been over 10 minutes now of what looks like error messages. I'm not hopeful!!
Frankly I'll be amased if this works! Right now I'm thinking WebOS Doctor is the way to go.
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Update: It didn't work. I'm just back at the same point. Nothing will boot beyond MoBoot. Just hangs. I could reinstall a different recovery, but I can't mount the SD in the TP. Maybe I can adb push it???? Any ideas?
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Can you get into webOS recovery? If it was my TouchPad, I would just go with the webOS doctor. You dont want to lose webOS or its recovery or else you have really bricked your Touchpad.
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Can you get into webOS recovery? If it was my TouchPad, I would just go with the webOS doctor. You dont want to lose webOS or its recovery or else you have really bricked your Touchpad.
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I can get into recovery from MOBOOT. I get the usual USB icon on the screen. I can't get into anything else though...not recovery, webos or android.
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I can get into recovery from MOBOOT. I get the usual USB icon on the screen. I can't get into anything else though...not recovery, webos or android.
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I would use the webOS Doctor then. As long as you have backups of everything, you don't have to worry about losing your stuff.
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I would use the webOS Doctor then. As long as you have backups of everything, you don't have to worry about losing your stuff.
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So I decided that WebOS Doctor is my only option now...but when I come to try this tonight, the TP is dead (battery) and charging doesn't seem to be happening.
I've got the large battery icon with red bar across the bottom, so it seems to be getting power. I've checked the twist off part on the charger assembly, that's all okay, but it's just taking an age to charge up. I would have thought that after an hour it would be near complete, and well easily over 30% which WebOs Doctor needs to run.
I've reset it loads of times too (Centre Button and power for 15 seconds)...I read this is supposed to help in CM forums, but I don't think it's making any difference at all.
I can't see how swapping the USB lead will help...I've never had a broken USB lead in my life! This seems like a really daft (clutching at straws) option that is banded about the forums.
Any ideas? How long should this take to charge? Will it ever charge? Does it need a working WebOS to gain access to it's own battery stats? This seems crazy if it's not built into firmware!!
Thanks for your help so far guys.
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EDIT / UPDATE: So, eventually after near 2 hours the TP sprung into life. The battery must have been severly drained. After that I was able to run WebOS Doctor. The TP has just finished it's reboot sequence, which also took a disturbingly long amount of time, but looks like I'm home free! Now just to re-do the Android install procedure.
I've read people saying they had to leave it charging overnight before seeing signs of life. Just leave it charging for a long while.
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I've read people saying they had to leave it charging overnight before seeing signs of life. Just leave it charging for a long while.
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it also helps to use the charger/wire that came with it...and to not use that wire for other devices. Messed up my one s port.
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havikx said:
it also helps to use the charger/wire that came with it...and to not use that wire for other devices. Messed up my one s port.
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Well, swapping the cables made no difference for me...and anyway, I'm happy to report that I'm back up and running.
I'm putting FatnCreamy on right now.
Thanks for all your help peeps!
tedrogers61 said:
Well, swapping the cables made no difference for me...and anyway, I'm happy to report that I'm back up and running.
I'm putting FatnCreamy on right now.
Thanks for all your help peeps!
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I have come across another really odd issue. For some reason I can't put TWRP on now (latest version 2.3.10). It installs fine through Goo.im Manager, but when you try and run it you get an "invalid magic" message and it fails to boot. That then makes it impossible to boot any other mode except recovery without doing a reset first (centre button and power).
I had to go back to non touch CWM 1012 via ACMEInstaller and it works fine.
Any ideas why TWRP would be not working all of a sudden? It all worked fine before this caper when I allower the ROM Manager to do some updates for me. *slaps own forehead*.