Hi Everyone,
I just posted this over in development but I thought maybe Q & A would be better.
Revolutionary and Soff but at the end it asked if I wanted to flash CWM (I didn't see that in the instrctions), I did and it said success. Now I renamed the twrp file to PG86IMG.zip already and it is on the root of my sd card. Is this step even necessary if it already flashed CWM successfully (supposedly)? At this point I am at the hboot screen and I stopped so as not to screw anything up. I apologize guys I am almost finished I promise to stay out of the way after I complete the last couple of steps.
I apologize for bothering you I was just scared to move at this point.
Charles
It won't mess anything up, but no it is not necessary.
I couldn't find the thanks button?
aimbdd said:
It won't mess anything up, but no it is not necessary.
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Ok so I just go straight into the recovery select toggle usb and then rename the PG86IMG.zip to PG86IMGShooter.zip, then
Flash root zip:
Download the superuser file from here or my mirror here. Put it on your phones SD card. Press power to unmount, select Apply update from zip and press power. Select Choose zip from SD card and press power. Find the superuser zip and press the power button. After the zip is applied you will be returned to the previous menu. Select Reboot System and wait for your phone to boot back up.
Is that correct?
Thank you so much aimbdd!
OK I think I can get it if I can get into recovery from the FASTBOOT USB screen. Do I want to select FASTBOOT USB or BOOTLOADER, REBOOT, REBOOT BOOTLOADER or POWER DOWN?
Thanks again everyone
Charles
ceabbott2 said:
Ok so I just go straight into the recovery select toggle usb and then rename the PG86IMG.zip to PG86IMGShooter.zip, then
Flash root zip:
Download the superuser file from here or my mirror here. Put it on your phones SD card. Press power to unmount, select Apply update from zip and press power. Select Choose zip from SD card and press power. Find the superuser zip and press the power button. After the zip is applied you will be returned to the previous menu. Select Reboot System and wait for your phone to boot back up.
Is that correct?
Thank you so much aimbdd!
Charles
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That is correct. As long as your recovery is working. When I let the revolutionary program flash clockwork, it said it was successful but did not work. I would just hang at the htc screen when trying to boot to recovery. So I downloaded the PG86IMG.zip of TWRP recovery, put it on my sd card, and flashed that.
But yes, once you have the recovery all set, the method you just posted by aimbdd is correct and should work just fine.
Thank you k2buckley
k2buckley said:
That is correct. As long as your recovery is working. When I let the revolutionary program flash clockwork, it said it was successful but did not work. I would just hang at the htc screen when trying to boot to recovery. So I downloaded the PG86IMG.zip of TWRP recovery, put it on my sd card, and flashed that.
But yes, once you have the recovery all set, the method you just posted by aimbdd is correct and should work just fine.
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OK So I guess that is a known issue with the CWM part of Revolutionary. Is there a way to check I guess power down and then hold volume button down see what comes up? I'm going to flash the twrp file if I get stuck will you be on for a few more minutes?
I wish I could thank you but there isn't a button? I don't know why?
Thank you k2buckley
Charles
ceabbott2 said:
OK So I guess that is a known issue with the CWM part of Revolutionary. Is there a way to check I guess power down and then hold volume button down see what comes up? I'm going to flash the twrp file if I get stuck will you be on for a few more minutes?
I wish I could thank you but there isn't a button? I don't know why?
Thank you k2buckley
Charles
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Yes, I'll be on for a bit. I'm always checking in here, I must be sick or something. Anyways, yea I think quite a few people experienced clockwork not flashing correctly. Yes, you can check to see if you have recovery. Pull your battery, then put it back in. Hold your power button and volume down button simultaneously until your hboot screen pops up, then let go. Then select recovery, and see if you boot into clockwork. If it hangs at htc screen, that means that clockwork failed to flash. In that case, pull the battery, and boot up if you can. Put the PG86IMG.zip of TWRP recovery on the main directory of your sd card (not in any folders). Be sure it's named correctly. For your ease, I'll upload my copy which is already named properly. Just put it on your sd card, then boot to the bootloader. It'll ask you to update. Then press volume up to say yes. Then reboot. THen go back to your bootloader and select recovery. You should now successfully boot into TWRP. At that point, flash the su zip file you've downloaded so you'll have super user, busy box, and su. Then you'll be fully rooted and good to go.
EDIT: and no worries about the thanks. If you're not seeing the thanks button, and you're actually on the XDA website, and not the app....then most likely you need to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the screen, and look to the left side. You'll see a spot that says "XDA Classic". Change that to "XDA 2010", and you should then have the thank you button appear.
I Have CWM Recovery v4.0.1.4
I have CWM so now I need to hook it up to the laptop and toggle usb and then flash the su file?
I promise to use all of my thanks tommorrow or later if I can figure out why I can't see them. I am used to it ont the XDA app but not on my computer.
Thank you sir!
Charles
Oh how do I make a nandroid of my stock barely rooted HTC Rom?
Do you know if you were connected to the internet when it asked if you wanted to flash CWM? or do you think it was a fix that was added in recently to Revolutionary?
ceabbott2 said:
I have CWM so now I need to hook it up to the laptop and toggle usb and then flash the su file?
I promise to use all of my thanks tommorrow or later if I can figure out why I can't see them. I am used to it ont the XDA app but not on my computer.
Thank you sir!
Charles
Oh how do I make a nandroid of my stock barely rooted HTC Rom?
Do you know if you were connected to the internet when it asked if you wanted to flash CWM? or do you think it was nafix that was added in recently to Revolutionary?
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Yes, since you have clockwork, just flash the su file. For sure. If you look at my last post, I edited it, and think I know why your thanks button doesn't show up. Check it out. And no worries about the thanks, seriously. Save em for the developers! I think you needed to be connected to the internet when it flashed clockwork so it downloaded. not sure though.
That was it!
k2buckley said:
Yes, since you have clockwork, just flash the su file. For sure. If you look at my last post, I edited it, and think I know why your thanks button doesn't show up. Check it out. And no worries about the thanks, seriously. Save em for the developers! I think you needed to be connected to the internet when it flashed clockwork so it downloaded. not sure though.
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Yep switched to 2010 thank you struck accordingly. Umm I haven't used CWM in a long time. I was on Amon Ra for a while with my Evo. Do you know which one is the toggle USB? Is it mount / sd card, mount / system or mount USB storage?
Thank you k2buckley.... YOU R D Man!
Charles
Oh yeah I'm typing on the wifes PC so that is why it was on classic been a long time since I used her PC.
ceabbott2 said:
Yep switched to 2010 thank you struck accordingly. Umm I haven't used CWM in a long time. I was on Amon Ra for a while with my Evo. Do you know which one is the toggle USB? Is it mount / sd card, mount / system or mount USB storage?
Thank you k2buckley.... YOU R D Man!
Charles
Oh yeah I'm typing on the wifes PC so that is why it was on classic been a long time since I used her PC.
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You're very welcome,
I was also on Amon Ra for the Evo. With clockwork you will choose 'mount USB storage" I believe. I haven't used CWM in forever, but that seems to be correct.
Glad you're getting it all squared away
Superuser zip
k2buckley said:
You're very welcome,
I was also on Amon Ra for the Evo. With clockwork you will choose 'mount USB storage" I believe. I haven't used CWM in forever, but that seems to be correct.
Glad you're getting it all squared away
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Umm do I make a nandroid before or after I flash the Superuser 2.3.6.3 file?
If so do you remember how on clockwork?
Sorry but I'm just barely above the IGNORAMOOSE Scale ion the cracker barrel golf tee game
Sorry but if it explains anything I play a Firefighetr on TV!
Thanks
k2buckley
Charles
ceabbott2 said:
Umm do I make a nandroid before or after I flash the Superuser 2.3.6.3 file?
If so do you remember how on clockwork?
Sorry but I'm just barely above the IGNORAMOOSE Scale ion the cracker barrel golf tee game
Sorry but if it explains anything I play a Firefighetr on TV!
Thanks
k2buckley
Charles
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haha. I don't remember exactly how to create a backup on clockwork. Personally, I made my backup after I flashed the su file, that way the backup I created was fully rooted with su, super user, and busybox installed already. So I'd flash the su file, then create your backup. I only used clockwork for like the first week I had my original Evo 4G, then switched to Amon. So I think in order to create the backup, you choose 'create backup', or 'nandroid backup', or backup, or something like that. I apologize, but I'm really not sure.
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k2buckley said:
haha. I don't remember exactly how to create a backup on clockwork. Personally, I made my backup after I flashed the su file, that way the backup I created was fully rooted with su, super user, and busybox installed already. So I'd flash the su file, then create your backup. I only used clockwork for like the first week I had my original Evo 4G, then switched to Amon. So I think in order to create the backup, you choose 'create backup', or 'nandroid backup', or backup, or something like that. I apologize, but I'm really not sure.
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OK so I go ahead and flash the superuser file the do I reboot and let the phone power on download updated busy box then go back to CWM and create a nandroid of "stock" or current ROM or should I do the nandroid after the SU file flash before I reboot?
This should be my last question. I was going to do a little "wrestling" with the management so I need to hurry up before she falls asleep
thank you again k2buckley for holding my hand
Charles
ceabbott2 said:
OK so I go ahead and flash the superuser file the do I reboot and let the phone power on download updated busy box then go back to CWM and create a nandroid of "stock" or current ROM or should I do the nandroid after the SU file flash before I reboot?
This should be my last question. I was going to do a little "wrestling" with the management so I need to hurry up before she falls asleep
thank you again k2buckley for holding my hand
Charles
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You're welcome. Never a problem.
Yes, flash the su file. I would not update busy box or download any different versions or whatever. Just roll with the one that is included in the su file you're going to flash. I've had problems before from downloading busy box from the market, for whatever reason. Once you flash that file, boot up, and make sure everything is working okay. Be sure you have the super user app in your app drawer, and try some root apps to make sure that they are properly granted SU access. After you confirm everything is okay, boot back into clockwork and create your backup. You'll then be good to go.
Thank you again
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You're welcome. Never a problem.
Yes, flash the su file. I would not update busy box or download any different versions or whatever. Just roll with the one that is included in the su file you're going to flash. I've had problems before from downloading busy box from the market, for whatever reason. Once you flash that file, boot up, and make sure everything is working okay. Be sure you have the super user app in your app drawer, and try some root apps to make sure that they are properly granted SU access. After you confirm everything is okay, boot back into clockwork and create your backup. You'll then be good to go.
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Great! If this works I'm going to make her scream YOUR Name! Joking I don't want to offend anyone.
Thank you going to reboot and try TB and MyBack up.
Charles
ceabbott2 said:
Great! If this works I'm going to make her scream YOUR Name! Joking I don't want to offend anyone.
Thank you going to reboot and try TB and MyBack up.
Charles
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LMFAO! That's a riot. Have fun, don't make her wait too long! I always put my phone down when the girl is in the mood....don't want to risk making her wait to long and then hearing her tell me to eff myself! hahaha.
I'm IN!
k2buckley said:
LMFAO! That's a riot. Have fun, don't make her wait too long! I always put my phone down when the girl is in the mood....don't want to risk making her wait to long and then hearing her tell me to eff myself! hahaha.
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It worked I'M IN!!!
I'll post tomorrow the results
Thank You
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Rooted last night, superuser was working fine but this morning I lost all superuser access. Uninstalled SU and reinstalled it. Rom manager gained access but others won't. Now even when I try to flash CWM recovery it says "an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!". Any ideas?
you might have to look in this thread, and get the working SU that way
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1003088
magneticzero said:
you might have to look in this thread, and get the working SU that way
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1003088
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Thanks, I was reading over that a few minutes ago. I'll give it a try
Tried to flash that patch but I can't boot into recovery. It boots into the bootloader, I select recovery and it just goes back to the white bootloader screen. Am I missing something?
since su works with rom manager, press menu and clear cache and try to push clockwork back on your phone. also there is a option to wipe clockwork mod everytiem you update it. alot of people have success with that.
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since su works with rom manager, press menu and clear cache and try to push clockwork back on your phone
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I did that, rebooted like 10 times trying to get into recovery and for some reason I know have su permissions again.... I dunno what happened.
But how do I get into cwm to install rom's and backup/restore? I keep getting the white bootloader screen for some reason.
Sorry, double post....
ugadroid said:
I did that, rebooted like 10 times trying to get into recovery and for some reason I know have su permissions again.... I dunno what happened.
But how do I get into cwm to install rom's and backup/restore? I keep getting the white bootloader screen for some reason.
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there is an option in rom manager to boot into clockwork recovery, but i edited my last post.. maybe you need to push clockwork again if it isnt going into recovery the manual way, might not be loading the files properly
magneticzero said:
there is an option in rom manager to boot into clockwork recovery, but i edited my last post.. maybe you need to push clockwork again if it isnt going into recovery the manual way, might not be loading the files properly
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Seems like something might have gotten messed up. Now I lost all su permissions again. lol. I probably should unroot and do the process over again. I've tried the option in rom manager but it takes me to the bootloader screen and when I select recovery it just takes me right back.
I also had this same exact problem. The reason was I had messed something up during the root process. What happened to me is I switched the RUU's around and ended up with the wrong one. My opinion would be to re-root using the original ADB method and make sure you are using the correct RUU. If you need assistance just PM me and I will guide you step through step to re-rooting your T-Bolt.
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I also had this same exact problem. The reason was I had messed something up during the root process. What happened to me is I switched the RUU's around and ended up with the wrong one. My opinion would be to re-root using the original ADB method and make sure you are using the correct RUU. If you need assistance just PM me and I will guide you step through step to re-rooting your T-Bolt.
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I thought for sure I used the right RUU files but it was late so I could have messed up. I would appreciate any help, I used the windows one click method. Not too familar with ADB but I have played with it a lil. PM me when ever you get a chance. Thanks bro.
Mad props to stedrocklp for all the help last night. The help that people give on this site is why it's the best.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Sent from my PG86100 using xda premium
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.
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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.
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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?
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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
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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?
Dear all,
Here is the situation. I decided to root my evo 3d gsm (hboot 1.5++) today, and all went well until I flashed a rom (virtuous). Now whenever I boot on the phone, it shows me this "V" logo and loads for more than 10minutes or so. I can go into my bootloader, but when I attempt to do anything from my clockworkmod recovery, when I press the power button to select different options, I get blank menus and I can attempt nothing. I am an unexperienced user, and can anyone out there who is experience render some assistance? I am at my wits end...
Thanks
Well I'm not too familier with the gsm version... the "V", is that part of the boot animation? and does it just loop over and over? maybe try reflashing clockworkmod and re wipe and install?
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Well I'm not too familier with the gsm version... the "V", is that part of the boot animation? and does it just loop over and over? maybe try reflashing clockworkmod and re wipe and install?
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The "V" is the part of the boot animation. And the "V" just glows again and again, yeah so i guess it loops. Why I am so worried is because I saw a window of my HTC sense booting to life earlier on, but I saw the words "Unfortunately... has... crashed..." but it was very brief, and after which the animation began again. Is it because I waited for too short a period of time? (around 15 minutes or so) or because it really boot looped? And how do I reflash clockwordmod when I can't access my phone and sd card? Will appreciate your kind help...
I've never had to wait more than 5 minutes for something too boot, and it should really never take longer than that. Can you tell me the steps you took to flash the rom(not to root it). and could you give some more info about your phone? are you s-on or s-off? And what do you mean by blank menus in clockwork mod? Do you know how to boot into your hboot menu? from there you can boot to fastboot and install the recovery from your pc. connect your phone to the pc while in fastboot mode and get your recovery.img file and type the following command from the command line:
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fastboot flash recovery /path/to/<recovery>.img
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I've never had to wait more than 5 minutes for something too boot, and it should really never take longer than that. Can you tell me the steps you took to flash the rom(not to root it). and could you give some more info about your phone? are you s-on or s-off? And what do you mean by blank menus in clockwork mod? Do you know how to boot into your hboot menu? from there you can boot to fastboot and install the recovery from your pc. connect your phone to the pc while in fastboot mode and get your recovery.img file and type the following command from the command line:
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fastboot flash recovery /path/to/<recovery>.img
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Ok, here is the infomation. I live in Singapore, which is a part of Southeast Asia, my phone is the GSM version with HBoot 1.530007(i cant remember the decimal placing).
I firstly used HTCDEV to unlock my bootloader, which went well, then I went to evohacks to get the conventional rooting method, which went well too. And it all came when I was careless, and I accidentally forgot to wipe the data and cache of my evo before i flashed the rom. And now it gets stuck in the "V" logo loading phase. If the hboot menu is the menu where I have to press the powerbutton and the volume down button then yes. I can also get into my recovery, but the problem is that it shows a blank menu in (clockwordmod specifically), thus rendering whatever me helpless. i have downloaded the PG86IMG.zip and Im waiting for it to finish. So how do I go about solving this matter? This phone is my only asset and I really want to save it...
Blank menu as in for example when I click "Reboot", or "Factory Reset" or perhaps "Restore" in the CWD Recovery, it just shows me a blank menu with the CWD logo in the background, with no options or drop down words or whatsoever. And the sad thing is that I did not make any recoveries at all.... So I plucked my sd card out, and now im waiting to finish downloading the PG86IMG.zip to put on my sd and into my phone, and flash it to revert it back to stock and stuff..... I hope this works
Ok, well as long as you can get to either hboot or recovery you'll be ok. I would recommend flashing 4ext recovery, as it has never failed me and seems to help others. here is the link to it. Download that and pull the recovery.img out and flash that from your pc with the command I gave above. It sounds like you are either pushing the wrong button in the recovery or it might just be messing up for some reason. Is it the touchscreen version of clockworkmod?
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Ok, well as long as you can get to either hboot or recovery you'll be ok. I would recommend flashing 4ext recovery, as it has never failed me and seems to help others. here is the link to it. Download that and pull the recovery.img out and flash that from your pc with the command I gave above. It sounds like you are either pushing the wrong button in the recovery or it might just be messing up for some reason. Is it the touchscreen version of clockworkmod?
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The recovery is the free version, so it shouldn't be the touch one. May I ask, what do you mean by recovery.img? I emptied my SD card so that I can put the PG86IMG.zip into it later. Any more specific steps you can give? Sorry but Im really a newb in the android world
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The recovery is the free version, so it shouldn't be the touch one. May I ask, what do you mean by recovery.img? I emptied my SD card so that I can put the PG86IMG.zip into it later. Any more specific steps you can give? Sorry but Im really a newb in the android world
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The recovery.img is the image that the phone flashes to install the recovery. If you look in the zip I posted in the link you'll see that file in there. the one I posted is the 4ext touch recovery. you can manually flash that file to your phone in case you can't get it to boot(like your case). I would suggest trying the 4ext recovery I linked, or maybe try to boot to recovery again and see if its touch based. Were the menus working when you flashed the virtuous rom, and then it stopped working?
OH stupid me. Whoops. Actually I CAN navigate. Ive been pressing the wrong button all this while. I pressed the power instead of the camera, which is the select button. Whoops. seems like CMD was working after all. sorry...
ok but still, can I just attempt to install the RUU file I downloaded in the CWD menu? Will it work? Will my phone be reverted back to its original unrooted state? I saw someone say it could...
There is something bugging me though. My SD card is now completely empty. Will it have any negative effects on what i do?
I thought something like that was happening, glad you got it sorted. Try to wipe everything and reinstall your virtious rom again first. yes the PG86IMG.zip will return you back to complete stock, recovery and all. So if you do that you might have to re-root all over again.
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There is something bugging me though. My SD card is now completely empty. Will it have any negative effects on what i do?
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no it won't.
thank you so much! So since now everything is clean, you recommend another shot at the virtous? I just drag it and put it in my sd card right? Neat! Will go try, if i encounter another problem will come back here. Thanks a lot! It really means a lot to me!
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thank you so much! So since now everything is clean, you recommend another shot at the virtous? I just drag it and put it in my sd card right? Neat! Will go try, if i encounter another problem will come back here. Thanks a lot! It really means a lot to me!
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I would recommend trying it before you go back to stock just to re-do it all, but its up to you. yeah if you need more help just come here or pm me. glad you got it working again!
Thank You!
Oh ok! I thought by clearing the data using recovery on the phone and sd will render the root useless. Will try redoing it again. Will update you on the further details
Many thanks!
mrkittyhawk said:
Oh ok! I thought by clearing the data using recovery on the phone and sd will render the root useless. Will try redoing it again. Will update you on the further details
Many thanks!
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If you only wipe /data/ you will still have root. sdcard doesn't matter.
mrkittyhawk said:
Oh ok! I thought by clearing the data using recovery on the phone and sd will render the root useless. Will try redoing it again. Will update you on the further details
Many thanks!
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So theoretically flashing the ROM shouldn't take more than... around 15 minutes?
correct
Its now 10 minutes and so far my phone had made 2 major vibrations. So if this doesn't work, can i just wipe all the data again, put the PG86IMG.zip in my phone, go to recovery to install it, and then I just press reboot right?
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Its now 10 minutes and so far my phone had made 2 major vibrations. So if this doesn't work, can i just wipe all the data again, put the PG86IMG.zip in my phone, go to recovery to install it, and then I just press reboot right?
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Sometimes sense roms can take a bit, but if its vibrating than it should be working. if not just put the PG86IMG.zip on the root of your sdcard and boot into hboot and let it do its thing. no need to wipe data for that.
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.
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using Tapatalk 2
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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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.....
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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.....
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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
Sent from my Sense 4 ICS Rezound
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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.