This tool will allow reading and directly writing the main version in Htc's misc partition to allow flashing if your main version is higher than the hboot/fastboot zip you are trying to flash or for the purpose of software downgrading on most HTC devices.
Pre-reqs:
Device must be an emmc based HTC & you must have root.
This should work on all emmc based HTC devices G2 to current such as rezound. This tool has been tested on Incredible 2 and on Rezound.
Useage is :
misctool <option> <value to write>
r: read main version from misc partition. No <value to write> needed
w: write new value to main version in misc partition & read back new value
ex. misctool w 1.00.000.0
Setting a value of 1.00.000.0 will allow all hboot zips to pass version checking.
If you are testing to see if it works on another htc run "misctool r" and if the version read back is correct the write will work also.
This can be used in userspace & recovery.
Example of use in updater-script:
run_program("/tmp/misctool", "w", "1.00.000.0");
I will eventually have this included into my RA Revamped recovery lineup as time permits.
If you find this useful consider donating to my development device fund (I'm hoping one day to join the Rezound club) as I was considering releasing this in a paid for apk but changed my mind and decided to GPL source it.
Static pre-compiled binary & gpl source is attached.
Looks good bud!
So just flash the zip in recovery?
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Flash this in recovery and your main version gets set to a generic 1.00.000.0
This will allow any PH98IMG.zip or the newest RUU to run on your phone. I recommend flashing this before you flash a ROM that autoboots to install a PH98IMG.zip or before loading a PH98IMG.zip manually.
How to use: Just flash it in recovery as if it were a rom. Main Version Older issue will be solved.
con247 said:
No. I can make a flashable zip. Hold tight.
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Sweetness!!!!!
Edit: U guys are awesome. You just helped a lot of people
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Doddzilla said:
Sweetness!!!!!
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It is up
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This is a super tool I've been using fast boot to keep from running into problems with main version. May still but this is an unfortunately necessary tool. If we had s-off this wouldn't be a issue. But thanks again for this
sent from ics land
it can be dropped in rom scripts to fix the main version. This can be used to avoid future mainversion problems.
Has anyone tried it yet? Think I'm bout to take the leap tired of this damn mainver issue
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Doddzilla said:
Has anyone tried it yet? Think I'm bout to take the leap tired of this damn mainver issue
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Umm of course. Think something would be just thrown together and not tested?
drellisdee said:
Umm of course. Think something would be just thrown together and not tested?
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No not really. Sorry to doubt.
Edit: flashed Cons zip in recovery worked like a charm. Checked mainver through fastbboot
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con247 said:
No. I can make a flashable zip. Hold tight.
edit: attached. Flash this in recovery and your main version gets set to a generic 1.00.000.0
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How much to sticky this? I forsee many other updates/leaks* etc that will end up causing mainver issues. Stick this at top. Sadly I wont get to see Con go off anymore in threads about fixing mainver
Anyway, Big THANKS to drellisdee and con247!
ih8mydroid said:
Sadly I wont get to see Con go off anymore in threads about fixing mainver
Anyway, Big THANKS to drellisdee and con247!
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No seriously if someone has f'ing problems now I will be even more pissed lol.
LOL! It's soooo gonna happen, too.
:banghead: :beer: .
drellisdee said:
This tool will allow reading and directly writing the main version in Htc's misc partition to allow flashing if your main version is higher than the hboot/fastboot zip you are trying to flash or for the purpose of software downgrading on most HTC devices.
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This is awesome! Thanks man!
i have never had a mainver problem yet but this will make sure i dont
yojoe600 said:
i have never had a mainver problem yet but this will make sure i dont
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I was thinking the same thing. I never had a problem but now I can accept the OTA and not have to worry about causing the mainver issue. #baller
Um... Not sure what I did but I just flashed this and restored a GB backup with the GB kernel and now the phone won't recognize my SIM. I have no service. Could this be related or not.
Did you put your battery cover back on?
con247 said:
Did you put your battery cover back on?
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I had it on but still nothing. Just took out the sim and cleaned it and all is good now. Sorry about that. The sim might have slipped out or something earlier when I was fighting with it trying to get out my sd card.
Love the tool. Finally I don't have to go in and manually change the android-info.txt file on every kernel.
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Alright i need help badly. I consider myself an advanced noob in installing roms and kernals on a phone. I have the rezound. I unlocked it about a week about and went through the step by step instructions. I installed ziggys kernal. I was getting some bootloops but not to many until this morning. My phone kept bootlooping. I would take the battery out and put it back and it would do it again. I tried wiping the date cache and dalvik. Nothing. I then formatted all to ext3. After i did that it said i need to install a rom. I try to restart my phone and it just stays on the HTC screen. I tried to do the factory restore. Nothing. I have to put my sd card in after i get into recovery because when i go to the bootloader screen the HBOOT does something and then asks me if i want to do an update. I tried and hit yes and it did it then reboots but nothing. When i hit no it just wants me to reboot my phone, which does nothing for me. As it is right now my phone wont load. it just stays on the HTC screen. HELP please
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394659
Try this, but you should really search first.
I would try that but my phone will not boot. it will not go past the HTC start up screen
Evo4gLI said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394659
Try this, but you should really search first.
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The other half of the problem is that it sounds like he formatted ext3 and wiped his ROM. So, he'd have to reboot back into recovery and restore a backup or drop a new ROM on the phone via USB.
Grab the RUU and start all fresh again.
MrSmith317 said:
The other half of the problem is that it sounds like he formatted ext3 and wiped his ROM. So, he'd have to reboot back into recovery and restore a backup or drop a new ROM on the phone via USB.
Grab the RUU and start all fresh again.
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Good point. I'm in class, so I just read it quickly. RUU sounds like the way to go.....start with a clean slate.
how do i get to the RUU
See "shipped Rom collection" sticky in dev section
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Good Luck
This is one of the reasons I have not tried to hack this device. Although I may unlock/root my Rezound I'm not in a hurry to. It's really a great device. Just too expensive for me to maybe mess up. Especially since its our own fault if we do. Can't blame the carrier/manufacturer for not paying to fix/replace either. Hopefully you get it fixed soon. I know I wouldn't want to have to go through all that either.
i just installed the CleanRom. Ill let you know if this works
installed cleanrom but now my wifi says error and wont connect
Abead84 said:
installed cleanrom but now my wifi says error and wont connect
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You need to reflash the kernel in order to get wifi to work.
Abead84 said:
installed cleanrom but now my wifi says error and wont connect
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The answer should be in the CleanRom thread but as far as I know if you flashed Ziggy's Kernel, you should reflash it and that should solve the problem.
Oops, just noticed this was already answered.
i flashed a kernel and its all good now
Abead84 said:
i flashed a kernel and its all good now
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Glad you got it all back. That would scare the sh*t out of me
WasabiWa83 said:
Glad you got it all back. That would scare the sh*t out of me
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It shouldn't. You can't brick with unlock S-On. If you can get to HBOOT, you are fine. And there is no way to overwrite HBOOT yet.
con247 said:
It shouldn't. You can't brick with unlock S-On. If you can get to HBOOT, you are fine. And there is no way to overwrite HBOOT yet.
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And does it need to be said that this phone has been out for less than a month? Maybe we should give the devs a chance to work out the kinks before we start flashing.
I *really* miss WiFi tethering that I used to do with my DInc, but I am not about to root in the first two weeks of ownership before I see good, dependable feedback from the community.
I love this phone too much.
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con247 said:
It shouldn't. You can't brick with unlock S-On. If you can get to HBOOT, you are fine. And there is no way to overwrite HBOOT yet.
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That's damn good to know
WasabiWa83 said:
That's damn good to know
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Actually you might be able to mess up the partitions or something, but HTC limits our ability to **** up the phone pretty well
WookieFan said:
And does it need to be said that this phone has been out for less than a month? Maybe we should give the devs a chance to work out the kinks before we start flashing.
I *really* miss WiFi tethering that I used to do with my DInc, but I am not about to root in the first two weeks of ownership before I see good, dependable feedback from the community.
I love this phone too much.
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Not trying to knock you but I don't see the point in waiting. Flashing a rom is fairly straightforward and even flashing kernels is for the most part. I had an Incredible prior to this and I am absolutely in love with my phone...that's why I read how to do things properly and learn from others mistakes.
Take the plunge! It's great on the otherside
WookieFan said:
I *really* miss WiFi tethering that I used to do with my DInc
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There is a wifi tether app that doesn't require root. Koush is the dev. I tried it and it worked. That was the only thing I would have needed root for also. You should be able to find it if you search for it. If not, I'll find the link.
Edit: I found the link
https://plus.google.com/u/0/103583939320326217147/posts/1Yy1jb9z4TA
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Hi All,
I still haven't seen the OTA update notice. If I go in manually to "check new" it says its searching for a couple seconds then just closes. Then when I check the status, all I see is:
Source:Verizon Wireless
Name:
Status:
Code: 0
Date:
Time:
Description:
I have only ever temp rooted. I haven't unlocked the bootloader, and I have only removed bloat using CleanTool 2.1.1
I have tried re-enabling all the bloat, rebooted to lose temp root, and removed superuser. I verified that I can't su in a terminal anymore, so root is definitely gone. As i said above, I have added all the bloat back as there are no slightly greyed out applications under "manage applications".
I have now just tried a full factory reset, wiping internal, and SD memory and still nothing.
I was wondering if anyone else has encountered this issue, or have any other suggestions?
My phone is completely stock and I haven't seen the OTA. I have not done the "check for update" thing as I keep hearing reports that the update breaks more than it fixes.
Egnix said:
My phone is completely stock and I haven't seen the OTA. I have not done the "check for update" thing as I keep hearing reports that the update breaks more than it fixes.
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Same here. I kept checking for it until I started seeing all the comments about it breaking things. I think I'll wait for a bit instead.
murhaava1 said:
Hi All,
I still haven't seen the OTA update notice. If I go in manually to "check new" it says its searching for a couple seconds then just closes. Then when I check the status, all I see is:
Source:Verizon Wireless
Name:
Status:
Code: 0
Date:
Time:
Description:
I have only ever temp rooted. I haven't unlocked the bootloader, and I have only removed bloat using CleanTool 2.1.1
I have tried re-enabling all the bloat, rebooted to lose temp root, and removed superuser. I verified that I can't su in a terminal anymore, so root is definitely gone. As i said above, I have added all the bloat back as there are no slightly greyed out applications under "manage applications".
I have now just tried a full factory reset, wiping internal, and SD memory and still nothing.
I was wondering if anyone else has encountered this issue, or have any other suggestions?
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I'm in the same boat =( I was wondering if there maybe was a way to flash it manually?
I've heard good things about it. Some people are saying that it improves signal and battery life drastically
SkizzMcNizz said:
Some people are saying that it improves signal and battery life drastically
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And I've heard it reduces battery life drastically.
Egnix said:
And I've heard it reduces battery life drastically.
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lol I wanna try cleanrom 1.6 but I don't want to do any of that mainver stuff to be able to flash the OTA. I guess I'll just stick with the pre mainver update roms for now
Egnix said:
And I've heard it reduces battery life drastically.
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LOL, I've read that a few places myself.........
SkizzMcNizz said:
lol I wanna try cleanrom 1.6 but I don't want to do any of that mainver stuff to be able to flash the OTA. I guess I'll just stick with the pre mainver update roms for now
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You don't need to do that Mainver stuff unless you already have a problem flashing updates via the PH98IMG.zip method.
if you have recovery, just download cons ota rom and flash it.
a.mcdear said:
You don't need to do that Mainver stuff unless you already have a problem flashing updates via the PH98IMG.zip method.
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Right but if I want the update I won't be able to go to stock ruu
remmy5r said:
if you have recovery, just download cons ota rom and flash it.
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Will that give me the radios and fixes?
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SkizzMcNizz said:
Will that give me the radios and fixes?
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By the way, the new RUU is up on vigor collection that is the new OTA one, so you can now flash that if you run into trouble later on once your Mainver is updated. Yes, Con's stock rooted rom will give you the new radios and fixes.
mjh68 said:
By the way, the new RUU is up on vigor collection that is the new OTA one, so you can now flash that if you run into trouble later on once your Mainver is updated. Yes, Con's stock rooted rom will give you the new radios and fixes.
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I read the thread for that rom and it says they there is no firmware in it just a rooted rom based on the ota
Nevermind sorry I read the wrong thread
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What would you suggest? Using the ruu or his rom? Is there any benefits using one over the other? I'm thinking I might use the ruu from HTC so that I know they're won't be any problems but I'd rather not unlock and do all that.
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I'm gonna give the ruu a shot. I'll post my outcome
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SkizzMcNizz said:
What would you suggest? Using the ruu or his rom? Is there any benefits using one over the other? I'm thinking I might use the ruu from HTC so that I know they're won't be any problems but I'd rather not unlock and do all that.
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Whether you do RUU or con's ROM you still have to relock and then unlock the phone. Well you don't have to unlock it again unless you want root and custom ROM.
Here's a post I just made for someone else in case it helps:
feralicious said:
You can relock and then run the RUU to get you there and then accept the OTA and it should work. Then just unlock again and flash Amon Ra, and then either run stock or restore a nand or flash a new ROM. If you go with an older ROM without the new kernel and you want to use the new kernel you might need to update that. You can do that by following this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467793
ATERNATIVE METHOD:
You can also use con247's Stock OTA ROM instead of running the RUU.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21880389
Here are the steps to take to accomplish that:
1) use Amon Ra to flash con's vigorStock OTA ROM. It will do its thing then reboot to hboot. I think it then asks you if you want to update. Don't do it yet.
2) At this point you want to relock. So go into fastboot on the phone. Using adb/fastboot type the following at the cmd prompt:
fastboot oem lock
3) Reboot phone and let it flash the PHzip file. It should reboot completely when it's finished.
4) delete the PHzip file using a file explorer app like ES File Explorer or Root Explorer.
5) get the phone back into fastboot. Unlock again using adb/fastboot. I don't remember the exact command but you can find that in the guide for unlocking.
6) reinstall su using Amon Ra.
Now you should be stock OTA rooted with the new goodies.
Check in Settings > About phone > Software info > More to see that you got all the new stuff.
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I had a replacement phone sent to me and I received the ota but on my previous phone I wasn't able to get it yet
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Hmm, yeah I'm still waiting on the update. I figure with some of the bugs that people are reporting maybe it's for the best. But Ill give it maybe a week more before I ask a rep. Anyone else still waiting for an update when they are stock, temp rooted only?
murhaava1 said:
Hmm, yeah I'm still waiting on the update. I figure with some of the bugs that people are reporting maybe it's for the best. But Ill give it maybe a week more before I ask a rep. Anyone else still waiting for an update when they are stock, temp rooted only?
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I had talked to a rep and he said that some phones may take longer to get the ota because they don't send it to every phone at once, or something like that
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SkizzMcNizz said:
I had talked to a rep and he said that some phones may take longer to get the ota because they don't send it to every phone at once, or something like that
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Well I called tech support last night and they are sending me a "certified like new" refurb. I am kindof nervous that the new phone might have any number of the problems in the post created by jdmba. It seems that the update should have gone to everybody by now and since my phone would just close the "check new" window without reporting if there was or wasn't an update they instantly said they would send me a new phone to resolve the problem with no charge. So for anyone else that hasn't gotten the update that wants it you might want to call verizon. When it gets in on friday I will check all the known issues to see if the new one has a worse problem and if i just want to unlock the old phones bootloader to manually install the updates that I want in the future.
As you guys know, we can't flash boot images directly from Recovery. This makes restoring nandroid backups more difficult.
Well, not anymore. This flashable allows you to restore the boot image from a nandroid backup directly from recovery. For those of you who are experts, this duplicates the functionality of "fastboot boot recovery.img" in a self-contained zip.
To Use:
1) Flash the attached zip file
2) Press Volume UP when prompted at HBOOT
3) Reboot the Device (it will probably ask you to press power to do so)
NOTE: If the device doesn't reboot on its own, reboot "normally" not into recovery. It will take you to recovery automatically. If you go into recovery via the HBOOT menus, you still won't be allowed to restore boot images.
4) Restore your nandroid and with its boot image. It will flash this time
5) Done.
How it works:
1. Dumps your recovery image
2. Zips it into a viable PH98IMG.zip and drops it on your SD card
3. Downgrades your main version
4. Reboots to HBOOT so you can flash it
5. You then boot into unprotected recovery.
Haha I had an issues yesterday that this would have fixed. You do amazing work con, keep it up! We appreciate it!!!!!
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Why are there not 1000 thanks for this??? This is awesome!
Great stuff. Thanks
DbZ Gokuu said:
Haha I had an issues yesterday that this would have fixed. You do amazing work con, keep it up! We appreciate it!!!!!
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WasabiWa83 said:
Why are there not 1000 thanks for this??? This is awesome!
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NilsP said:
Great stuff. Thanks
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I am glad you guys like it. Not sure how much use it will get, but atleast it is out there.
con247 said:
I am glad you guys like it. Not sure how much use it will get, but atleast it is out there.
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Worked perfectly ! wow, nice job just like using my OG droid now with backups I had quit making them since I always had to remember what kernel for the rom etc.. tried the endeavor leak and afterwards flashed my backup without a hitch
mjh68 said:
Worked perfectly ! wow, nice job just like using my OG droid now with backups I had quit making them since I always had to remember what kernel for the rom etc.. tried the endeavor leak and afterwards flashed my backup without a hitch
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Good to get a confirmation that it works.
So we use this any time we restore a nand correct?
yep. It just allows Recovery to flash the boot image, but it is temporary.
Curious. Could this be used on a fresh install as well?
sent from ics land
pwned3 said:
Curious. Could this be used on a fresh install as well?
sent from ics land
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Yeah but it offers no benefit or extra ease. The way we install custom roms right now is the ideal way.
con247 thank you so much for this. I fastboot flash everything from the computer. But two guys that I help out on gtalk on a regular basis had a bunch of trouble with the PH98 process, but aren't able to use fastboot on their computers while at work.
Both guys have been using this rom very heavily going back and fourth between ICS and gingerbread, and both have confirmed this is very easy for noobs compared to the fear they have of ADB, fastboot.exe, and the cmd line.
Thanks again. You are an incredible asset to the Rezound and Android community.
Nice work
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con247 said:
I am glad you guys like it. Not sure how much use it will get, but atleast it is out there.
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No more renamed PH98IMG files on my sd card! Good work, sir
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I used this quite a bit the other night , after I ran the RUU before I found out restoring old backups was a bad idea LOL. Still worked flawlessly though , so this tool has been invaluable to me ! I started making backups again
I can't restore any backups. I'm using the latest amonra. It just says oops check recovery log. I tried doing it regular and with this but they both failed and I had to use the ruu to recover each time. I don't understand what the problem is.
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Andro X said:
I can't restore any backups. I'm using the latest amonra. It just says oops check recovery log. I tried doing it regular and with this but they both failed and I had to use the ruu to recover each time. I don't understand what the problem is.
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well give me the recovery log please. Do you have an external SD card?
con247 said:
well give me the recovery log please. Do you have an external SD card?
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It might be related to using the Amon Ra 3.14 and trying to backup android secure. Dres, just released a fix because the Devblock location changed so it borked making or restoring backups that contained android secure. Sorry , if this wasn't helpful , but I realized my backups worked because I never backup android secure. Just figure it might save you a lot of debugging when its probably on the recovery this time not the app.
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It might be related to using the Amon Ra 3.14 and trying to backup android secure. Dres, just released a fix because the Devblock location changed so it borked making or restoring backups that contained android secure. Sorry , if this wasn't helpful , but I realized my backups worked because I never backup android secure. Just figure it might save you a lot of debugging when its probably on the recovery this time not the app.
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You could have also gotten a bad download. This script shouldn't be affected by the new firmware.
Thanks guys but I figured it out. I left a space when renaming the folder containing my backup. So once took out the space I was able to restore.
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ok,
So like an idiot, i began the S-OFF process without reverting my SuperCID. I cannot get past step 8, and i am having errors flashing my RUU.
Right now i cannot get past the bootloader. If i try to fastboot reboot, it takes me back to the bootloader. If i try a reboot, it takes me back to the bootloader.
Is there something that i can flash to get me back and running? I have tried numerous things, and i really need my phone back tonight. Grandfather is in the hospital, and i have no way to contact anyone except through facebook / email.
does anyone have some ideas, or know what i need to do? I honestly dont care about root or s-off, i can do that later. Right now i just need a bootable phone.
help!
squeezyb said:
ok,
So like an idiot, i began the S-OFF process without reverting my SuperCID. I cannot get past step 8, and i am having errors flashing my RUU.
Right now i cannot get past the bootloader. If i try to fastboot reboot, it takes me back to the bootloader. If i try a reboot, it takes me back to the bootloader.
Is there something that i can flash to get me back and running? I have tried numerous things, and i really need my phone back tonight. Grandfather is in the hospital, and i have no way to contact anyone except through facebook / email.
does anyone have some ideas, or know what i need to do? I honestly dont care about root or s-off, i can do that later. Right now i just need a bootable phone.
help!
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Did you relock the boot loader?
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yes i did
squeezyb said:
yes i did
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More info would help like what errors you are getting
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adb wont even find my device, so i am not getting any errors. is there a working RUU i can rename to PJ53IMG, and flash that through the bootloader?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28723878
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right, i tried this and had no success. the bootloader went through the process, and began to load the file, but did not finish the process. Could i possibly have tried flashing the wrong one?
i know this is something simple that i can flash, but it is not working
squeezyb said:
right, i tried this and had no success. the bootloader went through the process, and began to load the file, but did not finish the process. Could i possibly have tried flashing the wrong one?
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Either should work but try the other
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i tried using the one from unlimited.io, renaming it to PJ53IMG, but it would not flash... in theory that would do the trick right?
i am trying to download the file again, we'll see if that works. possibly corrupted on my end
squeezyb said:
i tried using the one from unlimited.io, renaming it to PJ53IMG, but it would not flash... in theory that would do the trick right?
i am trying to download the file again, we'll see if that works. possibly corrupt
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Probably not. Use the one provided in Andy's thread. ADB is probably not working because debugging has been turned off.
Have you tried the recovery? Check to see if that works. If not try to fastboot a recovery. The command is "Fastboot flash recovery". Try with TWRP. If that takes then try to flash a ROM with that.
blazingwolf said:
Probably not. Use the one provided in Andy's thread. ADB is probably not working because debugging has been turned off.
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the link in andy's thread is busted, or i would. unless i am wrong.. have you tried it?
On my side ill say do what the ther said, if you still have supercid you can unlock device and flash recovery and flash a working rom if you want it booteable
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squeezyb said:
the link in andy's thread is busted, or i would. unless i am wrong.. have you tried it?
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Yep. Working just fine for me.
Anyways, try the recovery route. I think it is your best bet.
blazingwolf said:
Yep. Working just fine for me.
Anyways, try the recovery route. I think it is your best bet.
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OK FALSE ALARM!
I am back in business.
the first time tried flashing the RUU it did not work. i redownloaded, tried again, and it works fine.
Thank you everyone for dealing with my noob behavior.
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squeezyb said:
OK FALSE ALARM!
I am back in business.
the first time tried flashing the RUU it did not work. i redownloaded, tried again, and it works fine.
Thank you everyone for dealing with my noob behavior.
<3 you all
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Great to hear.
squeezyb said:
OK FALSE ALARM!
I am back in business.
the first time tried flashing the RUU it did not work. i redownloaded, tried again, and it works fine.
Thank you everyone for dealing with my noob behavior.
<3 you all
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Everyone panics a little bit when the screen goes black
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jamminjon82 said:
Everyone panics a little bit when the screen goes black
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No truer words are spoken
jamminjon82 said:
Everyone panics a little bit when the screen goes black
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Yep. And somehow time stands still for an eternity until something happens to let you know its alive.
I'll ask here first I achieved s off bit it destroyed my sd well to cut it short I flashed the ruu.zip I'm now s off with a locked bootloader no superuser or root and no recovery how do I install a recovery?
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prairiedogn said:
I'll ask here first I achieved s off bit it destroyed my sd well to cut it short I flashed the ruu.zip I'm now s off with a locked bootloader no superuser or root and no recovery how do I install a recovery?
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look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1435228
I have followed all instructions for flashing carefully. I have tried going back to TWRP 2.7.0.0b I have tried putting ROM zip on internal and external storage. I have rebooted recovery after wiping also tried without wiping. Tried to flash: Beanstalk, Paranoid, Carbon, PAC. All for new partition layout. I am S-off with firewater hboot 2.10.5555. The only ROM that has flashed successfully is Omni. I keep getting this error:
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Any help or info would be much appreciated.
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After wiping did you reboot to recovery before trying to flash again?
HTC Jewel
HBOOT 2.10 S-OFF (rumrunner)
Android 4.3 Sense 5.5 V3
Yes.
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I think the ROM you want to flash doesn't seems for your device. Contact the rom developer it looks like the developer doesn't get the assert file correctly.
Try the toggle signature verification option in recovery before installing the rom. Check that the rom is for your device or not. The recovery prevent the user to install any incorrect ROM as it can hard brick your device. So make sure that ROM is for your device or not.
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naveen6252 said:
I think the ROM you want to flash doesn't seems for your device. Contact the rom developer it looks like the developer doesn't get the assert file correctly.
Try the toggle signature verification option in recovery before installing the rom. Check that the rom is for your device or not. The recovery prevent the user to install any incorrect ROM as it can hard brick your device. So make sure that ROM is for your device or not.
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Thanks but I am sure I'm flashing the right ROM for my device. This just started happening recently. I just flashed the newest Omni just posted and that flashes too. Superuser flashes as well as gapps. I thought this might have been related to updating my TWRP to 2.7.0.4b which is why I flashed back to 2.7.0.0b and I got the same errors. Backups restore with out issue as well.
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Could this possibly be an issue with the firewater hboot?
EVOlved human
Evolution_Freak said:
Could this possibly be an issue with the firewater hboot?
EVOlved human
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Don't see that being an issue, unless you're on the older partition setup, which it seems you aren't. Have you tried an older version of TWRP that's built for the updated partition setup?
After looking at your picture of the failed flash, it appears that the issue is with the updater script. You can extract all the files and edit the updater script, then zip everything back up. You might also disable signature checking in TWRP if it's enabled. I've run across the same issue using CWM Touch and I usually either revert to TWRP or edit the updater script.
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Don't see that being an issue, unless you're on the older partition setup, which it seems you aren't. Have you tried an older version of TWRP that's built for the updated partition setup?
After looking at your picture of the failed flash, it appears that the issue is with the updater script. You can extract all the files and edit the updater script, then zip everything back up. You might also disable signature checking in TWRP if it's enabled. I've run across the same issue using CWM Touch and I usually either revert to TWRP or edit the updater script.
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Thanks Fin! I will check on the signature checking. I did try going back to 2.7.0.0b but didn't try any older versions. As I said, this just started happening and is only with some ROMs.
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Just checked and signature checking was disabled already. I will try your other recommendations next.
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Are those roms that were on your device from before? Or are they all new downloads?
I really suggest rolling ball to TWRP 2.6.3, and see if you have better luck. I have had zero issues, and I have no reason to update TWRP until there's a new feature that I will actually want/need.
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Are those roms that were on your device from before? Or are they all new downloads?
I really suggest rolling ball to TWRP 2.6.3, and see if you have better luck. I have had zero issues, and I have no reason to update TWRP until there's a new feature that I will actually want/need.
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New downloads.
EVOlved human
And you are sure that you are downloading the correct files? Maybe it's just me, but it took me a while to find the correct version of numel's PAC rom.
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And you are sure that you are downloading the correct files? Maybe it's just me, but it took me a while to find the correct version of numel's PAC rom.
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Yes, I'm sure. I just reverted back to TWRP 2.6.3.1b and I'm downloading Paranoid at the moment. Will update if it flashes.
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I'll be waiting for your response.
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I'll be waiting for your response.
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Negative. Failed with the same error. From what I can determine, the updater script is looking for HBOOT 2.10.0000 and I have firewater 2.10.5555. I'm pretty sure this is why some ROMs are failing and others are not. I've got to learn how to edit the updater script as I've never done that before.
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Negative. Failed with the same error. From what I can determine, the updater script is looking for HBOOT 2.10.0000 and I have firewater 2.10.5555. I'm pretty sure this is why some ROMs are failing and others are not. I've got to learn how to edit the updater script as I've never done that before.
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Can't the script be updating in simple notepad? There is a lot of English in the updater-script file. Not entirely sure what you'll have to do, but I will surely check for you.
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I re-ran the RUU to bring my HBOOT back to 2.10.0000. I remained unlocked and S-off as is well known. I installed twrp 2.7.0.0b via bootloader and I'm now about to try flashing again. Will update again after trying.
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Can't the script be updating in simple notepad? There is a lot of English in the updater-script file. Not entirely sure what you'll have to do, but I will surely check for you.
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I always edit it with Root Explorer on my phone. You just have to edit out the lines dealing with the bootloader & device name. Fairly simple. It takes longer to extract the files and zip everything back up once you're done:thumbup:
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I always edit it with Root Explorer on my phone. You just have to edit out the lines dealing with the bootloader & device name. Fairly simple. It takes longer to extract the files and zip everything back up once you're done:thumbup:
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That's what I figured, but I'm at work, so my assistance is limited.
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That's what I figured, but I'm at work, so my assistance is limited.
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No worries. The biggest thing is to make sure you don't flash the wrong ROM on the wrong device when you edit out those parts of the updater script. Could spell trouble
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