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I was just attempting to root my thunderbolt and my computer crashed right after I finished the downgrade. What do I do next! I'm having a mild freak out right now, as this is my first attempt at rooting.. Any help would be appreciated.
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Start over?
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Sky93 said:
I was just attempting to root my thunderbolt and my computer crashed right after I finished the downgrade. What do I do next! I'm having a mild freak out right now, as this is my first attempt at rooting.. Any help would be appreciated.
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No need to start over. Just pick up where you left off. The computer crashed, not the phone. Since you already downgraded, all you need to do is pick up in the directions where you left off. No damage has been done to your phone because your computer has nothing to do with flashing updates from the bootloader.
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But now my device isn't showing up under adb. It keeps saying device offline. I already restarted the phone, computer, and reinstated the drivers...
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Sky93 said:
But now my device isn't showing up under adb. It keeps saying device offline. I already restarted the phone, computer, and reinstated the drivers...
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If you just finished the downgrade, check Settings->Applications->Development to make sure Debugging is on and fastboot is off.
Also make sure you are in htc sync mode
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when i rooted my phone on sunday, i had a random reboot of my phone as soon as the downgrade was loaded. After that, the phone would show as offline in adb.
What i did to remedy that was to turn "USB Debugging" off, wait, then turn it back on. Then check if it shows up as online. Repeat this process until it works.
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Also make sure you are in htc sync mode
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I do not think that matters. I rooted my phone on charge only.
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If it doesn't go right, make sure you start all the way over from the beginning. I don't know why, but this phone was a pain in the butt to get rooted. It took me a good six or seven tries before it finally worked for me.
Oh, also, for some reason you'll probably need to enable check "unknown sources" in applications before you'll be able to copy stuff to the SDcard. that freaked me out the first time I stumbled across this problem.
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I do not think that matters. I rooted my phone on charge only.
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Yea, I've never used an "htc sync" mode since I bought it so not sure about that one.
pdxphreek said:
If it doesn't go right, make sure you start all the way over from the beginning. I don't know why, but this phone was a pain in the butt to get rooted. It took me a good six or seven tries before it finally worked for me.
Oh, also, for some reason you'll probably need to enable check "unknown sources" in applications before you'll be able to copy stuff to the SDcard. that freaked me out the first time I stumbled across this problem.
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It's pretty straight forward if you follow the step by step root guide instead of trying one of the scripts that have become oh so popular.
And I'm not sure about the "unknown sources" to copy to sdcard. The only reason you should need that is to actually install an apk that wasn't dl'ed through market.
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Yea, I've never used an "htc sync" mode since I bought it so not sure about that one.
It's pretty straight forward if you follow the step by step root guide instead of trying one of the scripts that have become oh so popular.
And I'm not sure about the "unknown sources" to copy to sdcard. The only reason you should need that is to actually install an apk that wasn't dl'ed through market.
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For some reason after downgrading I wasn't getting the option to copy stuff to my SD card, i would charge but it wouldn't detect the connection.
I was following the guide.
The only reason I say put it in htc sync mode is because my phone shows offline unless it is in htc sync mode. Odd though.
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Rooting problem also
I have tried and tried and tried to root my Thunderbolt. I have followed the guide on xda to a T. The problem is this, once you get to step 4 where you boot to the bootloader and try to get the PG05IMG.zip to load, it loads it[blue status bar] checks it[gold status bar] then back to the hboot bootloader screen. Also i should note that when i put the file on my sd card the md5sums match, but after the process in hboot bootloader, they don't match. Oh, and i have asked in the irc chatroom also, they tell me im doing it wrong. Should note also tried to pull the ota update and no go either. It downloads and fails everytime! Bought the phone off of craigslist so no warranty, just would like to root because the phone force closes every program i bring up on it and its frustrating me. Thanx Dra$tiK
Well for the force closing problem, just try to do a factory reset on the phone. As far as the ruu failing in hboot, it sounds like maybe the misc.img file you pushed didn't take. Try restarting the whole process over again, and also redownloading the downgrade.
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Well for the force closing problem, just try to do a factory reset on the phone. As far as the ruu failing in hboot, it sounds like maybe the misc.img file you pushed didn't take. Try restarting the whole process over again, and also redownloading the downgrade.
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How can I check to make sure that the file got pushed?
Is there an adb command I can try?
Also i have factory reset the phone 3 times from hboot.
Today however when i did reset it it went into a bootloop... thunderbolt screen constantly, was able to get it to the bootloader and all was well after that but still not rooted
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I have tried and tried and tried to root my Thunderbolt. I have followed the guide on xda to a T. The problem is this, once you get to step 4 where you boot to the bootloader and try to get the PG05IMG.zip to load, it loads it[blue status bar] checks it[gold status bar] then back to the hboot bootloader screen. Also i should note that when i put the file on my sd card the md5sums match, but after the process in hboot bootloader, they don't match. Oh, and i have asked in the irc chatroom also, they tell me im doing it wrong. Should note also tried to pull the ota update and no go either. It downloads and fails everytime! Bought the phone off of craigslist so no warranty, just would like to root because the phone force closes every program i bring up on it and its frustrating me. Thanx Dra$tiK
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Are you sure you have the downgrade as PG05IMG.zip and not .zip.zip?
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Are you sure you have the downgrade as PG05IMG.zip and not .zip.zip?
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Yes, I have a windows 7 machine with file extentions turned on.
Because I thought the same thing and after it failed 4 times I checked it on astro file manager and I had put it in as zip.zip
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Because I thought the same thing and after it failed 4 times I checked it on astro file manager and I had put it in as zip.zip
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No it is name PG05IMG.zip on my sd card.. this must be a common problem at least im hoping it is.. and a fixable one at that
I am attempting to get s-off and I seem to be running into some issues. Here is the output of Control bear:
======== ControlBear 0.4 beta for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========
Starting up......
Backing up......
Transferring backups....
Backup ok!!
Using eMMC dev /dev/block/mmcblk0
Using MMC dev /dev/block/mmcblk1
Boot partition is /dev/block/mmcblk0p22
Recovery partition is /dev/block/mmcblk0p23
Is information correct? You have 5 seconds time to press CTRL+C
Finding some beer.....
Found first....
Found second....
Found third....
Hmmmm... where is that last one....... Wait a sec....
Found fourth....
Rebooting.......
=== Waiting device....
(45/45)
Hmmm, still no device
Resetting connection....1........2....
(45/45)
Hmmm, still no device
Resetting connection....1........2....
(45/45)
Hmmm, still no device
Resetting connection....1........2....
(45/45)
Hmmm, still no device
Resetting connection....1........2....
(45/45)
Hmmm, still no device
Resetting connection....1........2....
(45/45)
Hmmm, still no device
Resetting connection....1........2....
(45/45)
Hmmm, still no device
Any ideas why it is unable to find the device? BTW, this is on linux, and I am running as root.
Same exact thing it does to me on windows. Once mine gets to the screen with the arrow it can't find my phone anymore. Odd since cleanflash has no trouble. I tried reinstalling adb and HTC drivers to no avail. I finally just gave up for the moment.
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I ended up just copying all of the control bear stuff to my platform tools folder with rest of my adp stuff and bam.
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I ended up just copying all of the control bear stuff to my platform tools folder with rest of my adp stuff and bam.
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I tried that, still didn't work for me. I've installed and uninstalled the drivers multiple times. It just refuses to find my phone no matter what I do.
Just thinking out loud, but are you unlocked, custom recovery?
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Just thinking out loud, but are you unlocked, custom recovery?
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I am unlocked, CWM recovery, usb debugging on (at least it is when control bear starts). adb just seems to be unable to connect to the device after the first reboot.
Unlocked aman-ra 3.15. Its odd that it finds the phone just fine to backup and reboot. Also reboots from fastboot no problem. Its once it gets to the green arrow and tries to find my phone it fails.
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Unlocked aman-ra 3.15. Its odd that it finds the phone just fine to backup and reboot. Also reboots from fastboot no problem. Its once it gets to the green arrow and tries to find my phone it fails.
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We seem to be having the exact same problem (except I am on CWM). Guess that eliminates the recovery as the culprit....
kain72 said:
Unlocked aman-ra 3.15. Its odd that it finds the phone just fine to backup and reboot. Also reboots from fastboot no problem. Its once it gets to the green arrow and tries to find my phone it fails.
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This is before the wire trick or after you do the wire trick?
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This is before the wire trick or after you do the wire trick?
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Before the wire trick, immediately after the initial boot into JP.
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Before the wire trick, immediately after the initial boot into JP.
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I also had a very similar issue the day it launched. I can't remember what was keeping the program from running like it should, I believe that when I uninstalled or killed HTC syn running, and went to the task manager and killed ADB.exe in windows I realized that there was a droid explorer service running that kept instantly restarting ADB. Once I finally killed the service then restarted the program it worked.
Have you tried using a second windows computer just for kicks? If it's convenient I would try that and then just run a linux live cd if windows is still having driver issues.
I'm stuck with only my laptop for the moment. Its odd, I've killed HTC sync and everything else I can think of including antivirus
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I had the same problems yesterday, there was some htcsyncupdate process running that kept on interfering with the process.
In task manager make sure to show processes of all users. Also be sure in msconfig.exe you have selective startup selected so that it's not just restarting what you kill when you reboot.
I can't think of much else off the top of my head, I'm willing to remote in and take a look on team viewer just to offer a second set of eyes if you would like. Someone else may post and tell you exactly where the issue lies.
Hmm
Query if enough permissions, drivers, and other services are running in safe mode to still allow for Controlbear to run without any HTC software interference.
I think I am going to give it a shot in safe mode here on the next try. Or at minimum make a custom boot state to kill everything but needed windows services. Unfortunately not near my pc for a while yet. Thanks for the suggestions guys can't hurt to try.
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remote not allowed
Im trying to flash recovery through adb but it starts the install fails and says remote not allowed. Any suggestions? Im s-off, running 3.11
For recovery flashes I've always used clean flash. Just makes it easier for me.
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Amon Ra
Please tell me you are NOT on CWM.
Lol not me aman-ra 3.15
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Background: I just got a brand new rezound to replace a lost one. This was a full retail box, not a CLN. I S-offed with the last rezound with no other issues but the timing for the wire
Setup: Totally stock with the exception of unlocked, rooted, newest amon RA installed for recovery. Also SU and Busy box installed.
What I have done so far: several factory resets and several formats of a already formatted card.
Issue:
======== ControlBear 0.5 beta for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========
Starting up......
Connecting to device...
Searching device.....
Found device.....
Backing up......
su: exec failed for /data/local/JuopunutBear -a -B Error:No such file or directo
ry
Transferring backups....
Secondary backup FAILED!!
Press ENTER to exit.....
Yes I have searched for the error but there is nothing posted anywhere for it. Either that or google gets a fail.....
Solution? My next move is to downgrage to 3.14 on AR. I am pretty sure that is where I was on the last one, but your suggestions in the eantime would be helpful
try finding an older version of control bear.
Sounds like you didnt run it as admin also
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try finding an older version of control bear.
Sounds like you didnt run it as admin also
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I went all the way back to .1 with no luck. Also I am running as administrator on a win7 64 machine
Thought of the downgrade for the Controlbear.
I did downgrade the AR to 3.14 with no luck
EDIT: i also set SU to just allow permissions without a prompt
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I went all the way back to .1 with no luck. Also I am running as administrator on a win7 64 machine
Thought of the downgrade for the Controlbear.
I did downgrade the AR to 3.14 with no luck
EDIT: i also set SU to just allow permissions without a prompt
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Use Linux. I had same problem a while back..ran smooth in Linux
Sudo ./ControlBear
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andrewp3481 said:
Use Linux. I had same problem a while back..ran smooth in Linux
Sudo ./ControlBear
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not an option
Search wubi ubuntu installer, its not too difficult to set up and its easy to uninstall
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Search wubi ubuntu installer, its not too difficult to set up and its easy to uninstall
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Oh I am capable of going to Linux, but do not want to for a variety of reasons.
I need a Windows solution.
THe computer is not the problem, nothing has changed with that setup in months.
Try to delete that data/local/juopunutbear folder. Might still have data from your last phone and some ids might not match
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Try to delete that data/local/juopunutbear folder. Might still have data from your last phone and some ids might not match
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That was a good thought...a really good one.
The solution I came up with was to upgrade to the newest ICS leak (and all the pain that took to get there) then it went right to where it should have.
Thanks for the replies!
Try the wubi. It's seriously like installing a program. It doesn't go ontop of anything and can just be uninstalled whenever.
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Says so in the description on the Play store.
Was going to download it and root but all HTC devices must have s-off.
Can't play any Gameloft games.
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I'm rooted and I have been able to get most of my games to run with some edits to build.prop and restoring data from titanium backup, but still haven't figured out chainfire3d. If you install the driver with or without the EGL driver the phone will freeze upon boot every time. Haven't figured out a fix yet.
HTC Unlock = S-OFF
All it needs is the system partition to not be locked, HTC unlock does this. Before we had HTC Unlock, S-OFF was the only way to get this.
HTC unlock is not S-OFF, but you should be alright without it. It just needs to be able to write to the system partition.
Don't try it. It sent my EVO into a bootloop and I had to Re-Flash
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What is S-off ? Any relation to bootloader?
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What is S-off ? Any relation to bootloader?
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A search will give you a ton of results, but S stands for Security and that does a good job of describing it. You turn the security off, so you can do whatever to different partitions.
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I'm rooted and I have been able to get most of my games to run with some edits to build.prop and restoring data from titanium backup, but still haven't figured out chainfire3d. If you install the driver with or without the EGL driver the phone will freeze upon boot every time. Haven't figured out a fix yet.
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Is there any word on this? has anyone tried Chainfire3D with a different rom?
On stock, I installed CF3D, and then as allaidback said, the phone will not boot. However, doing a factory reset will make it boot up once, and CF3D appears to work (ran Fruit Ninja THD as a test after installing plugins), but if the phone ever reboots, back to the same thing. Uninstalling the driver after another Factory Reset is the only way to get the phone to keep working.
I'm curious if anyone has made any progress with this, as I have a sizable collection of THD games, thanks to having just upgraded from the MoPho.
nothin' yet man. Still looking for a fix...found Siegecraft THD to work though.
Well we have a way to achieve true s-off now in the dev section. Maybe that would solve the issue for you guys?
yeah, I was going to try that once I can do it from windows base. Thanks!
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yeah, I was going to try that once I can do it from windows base. Thanks!
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It's already available for windows, did it lastnight from windows.
Negative...does not work. Tried installing Chainfire3D after successfully completing PANDAS S-OFF still unable to boot and have to re-flash.
has anyone successfully installed chainfire3d yet?
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has anyone successfully installed chainfire3d yet?
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Also wondering about this.
Is this still a no-go ?
I'll try to make this brief and to the point. I just got my Thunderbolt a few days ago and it was already rooted. My original goal was to flash it myself and put it on PagePlus. (I posted in another thread, but no one answered) I ran CDMA Workshop and I noticed that my T-bolt wasn't showing up in the ports under device manager. I then attempted to unroot it but that failed badly. I ran through a bunch of articles online and I figured out how to install customs roms. I thought that would fix the issue.
So far I've tried 4 different roms and they've all installed fine. It's just the reboot that's the issue now. When it turns on it goes to the white HTC screen and then it hangs on a blank screen until it reboots again. It's stuck in a loop. So if anyone knows what's wrong, I'd seriously be very thank full.
Any help would be extremely appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.
I guess I didn't ask the question correctly. I dunno. I installed a few custom roms and and it gets stuck after the HTC screen. what can I do to fix it?
What recovery are you using?
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thank you for replying. I'm using 4EXT Recovery Touch. I make sure I wipe / format everything first everytime.
When you boot into the bootloader does it list your radio version?
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yes, it's Radio - 1.48.00.930w_3
Here is the complete list:
MMECHA XD SHIP S-ON
HBOOT - 1.05.0000
MICROP - /
Radio - 1.48.00.930w_3
eMMc - boot
Have you flashed either of the official ICS ota radios? I think you have the wrong baseband.
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OK, so I went to this site and got the radio, renamed it, and then moved it over to the freshly formatted sd card. I ran bootloader, it's been at the HBOOT checking ... [PG05IMG.zip] screen for about 5 minutes now, I'm about to reboot and try again. I don't understaned the part about having s-off. I know it means security off, but I don't know how to turn it off.
http://www.androidmodmarket.com/ModMarket/Listings/XDA-L-2136273.html
edit: still hangs at the HBOOT checking ... [PG05IMG.zip] screen
Lol you're s on so you cant flash a radio. You need to run the revolutionary tool and get s off. Then flash the radio in the bootloader.
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Is there another way to turn s-off? I can't get it to recognize my phone at all and the drivers are installed. I turn on the phone and then it goes go the htc logo and then to a blank screen. it hangs there for a few and then reboots into a loop. since s-on can't I just install a stock rom and be done with it?
Try flashing a GB ROM.
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all the rom downloads I found are on Multiupload. Nothing I can use. do you have a link?
Yea I can't help you much there. I'm sure someone else might have a link. You could try infectedrom.com. I bet the link to eternity still works
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I think all I need it to get s-off. I found a rom that is compatible with the radio I have. Is there another way to turn s-off with a bootloader or through recovery?
before this phone becomes a victim of Hulk Smash, does anyone else have any ideas?
So are you able to connect with ADB from a computer? The All-in-One tool might be able reset to factory, so you can start over. It can also walk you through Revolutionary/S-Off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41384498&postcount=519
Note on Windows 7 with the latest version of the tool I linked above, I had to use Koush's Universal ADB Driver instead of the HTC one -- it kept causing my computer to blue screen/reboot.
If you're still looking for a GB ROM as someone mentioned a few posts back, the ThunderShed ROM on rootzwiki is very good.
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So are you able to connect with ADB from a computer? The All-in-One tool might be able reset to factory, so you can start over. It can also walk you through Revolutionary/S-Off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41384498&postcount=519
Note on Windows 7 with the latest version of the tool I linked above, I had to use Koush's Universal ADB Driver instead of the HTC one -- it kept causing my computer to blue screen/reboot.
If you're still looking for a GB ROM as someone mentioned a few posts back, the ThunderShed ROM on rootzwiki is very good.
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I just installed Airborne-GoUI-B1, Is ThunderShed better in your opinion?
Did go airborne install OK and boot? If so you should try using the revolutionary tool to get s off now.
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Did go airborne install OK and boot? If so you should try using the revolutionary tool to get s off now.
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Oh, yeah. I'm way passed all the issues I had earlier. I'm back to rooted and running smoothly again. I installed airborne, but I really don't care too much for it. It seems real boring. I am considering going back to stock so I can use the legit ICS. All I have to do is just flash the update stock update file and I should be good to go right? I think it's on Android 2.??? and I'd rather have it on legit 4.???
Whatever you do don't take the update.... Just make sure you have ICS radios flashed before you flash the ICS ROMs.
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