I bought the Flyer a while ago and it came with HC installed. Now that it seems that ICS might be an option for it here on xda I figured I'd start looking into what I need to do in order to flash in a new rom.
I've done a bit of reading but it feels like I have missed something fundamental somewhere. So... this is what I have done:
As far as I have understood it is not possible to get s-off while on HC so I just went ahead and successfully unlocked the boot loader through HTCdev.
Now it is my understanding that I should be able to flash in clockworkmod recovery eventhough I am not s-off'ed, right? I downloaded cwm-4.0.1.4-flyer.img from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14693680 and flashed it through fastboot. According to the output everything went well and I got two "OK" from the command line.
Now, when trying to get into recovery I just get to the green HTC logo with white background and the FLyer doesn't move anywhere. What have I missed/done wrong to not get into the clockworkmod recovery?
I should probably end with saying that the Flyer still boots into Android without any issues so I haven't totally bricked it... yet
You are trying gb recovery on hc. Look for thread in development from Paul obrien about leaked hc. Has right cmw
mcord11758 said:
You are trying gb recovery on hc. Look for thread in development from Paul obrien about leaked hc. Has right cmw
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Ha! That did the trick.
I am now backed up, rooted and prepared
Many thanks!
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Hello,
I have flashed to Cyanogenmod successfully via fastboot USB method. Has worked for a week. Now my phone just reboots. Figured it was the ROM, so did fastboot USB method again to install Synergy ROM (latest). The GUI didn't even finish loading, and it rebooted. Flashed back to Cyanogenmod, same thing. I've wiped before EACH flash.
I am so lost and wish to revert back to stock ROM and do this all over again, HOWEVER, I've done RUU recovery method from Sprint and it doesn't work. Loading the PG86IMG.zip from the root of the SD card doesn't really render results.
I've checked forums, and really couldn't find a solid way of doing this. If I missed or overlooked something, please point me to it and I'll gladly read it.
I am running HBOOT 1.50, which has been widely been perceived as a royal pain. I bought the phone used and came like that.
How would I do this?
alucardromero said:
Hello,
I have flashed to Cyanogenmod successfully via fastboot USB method. Has worked for a week. Now my phone just reboots. Figured it was the ROM, so did fastboot USB method again to install Synergy ROM (latest). The GUI didn't even finish loading, and it rebooted. Flashed back to Cyanogenmod, same thing. I've wiped before EACH flash.
I am so lost and wish to revert back to stock ROM and do this all over again, HOWEVER, I've done RUU recovery method from Sprint and it doesn't work. Loading the PG86IMG.zip from the root of the SD card doesn't really render results.
I've checked forums, and really couldn't find a solid way of doing this. If I missed or overlooked something, please point me to it and I'll gladly read it.
I am running HBOOT 1.50, which has been widely been perceived as a royal pain. I bought the phone used and came like that.
How would I do this?
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If you wish to revert back to stock, loading the RUU is the best method.
Can you elaborate on what error you received you tried loading the PG86IMG.zip through the bootloader?
RUU are found here: http://goo-inside.me/shooter/ruu
Yep, I used that one. I don't get an error. It reads it ( obviously by the progress bar ) but doesn't give me an option to update or anything. Just passes it by as if it wasn't there.
*slaps head* I shouldn't have messed with this phone at all.
Also, I did managed to lock up the phone again. I used Sprint RUU again, successful. However, I still have boot loops as the GUI loads in Android.
Hi there..
First post in the Flyer section. I think I know the answer to this but I'll ask anyway.
I'm not a noob to Android or to flashing ROMs, but this is the first I've tried on the flyer. Tried flashing the HC leak, but I think I screwed myself. I unlocked using Revolutionary, but the guide posted in this forum didn't mention anything about whether to go ahead and download ClockWorkMod at the end of that S-OFF procedure, so I selected no. Now I can't connect to my tab with adb, after flashing the Honeycomb radio and the boot image. Basically I got to step 12.
So now the revolutionary bootloader will come up, but I don't seem to be able to do much else (obviously the OS won't boot at this point). Am I screwed?
Thanks in advance.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14693680
This should do it
Actually you should already have the recovery downloaded a installing it is a later step
from my HTC Flyer P510e using xda premium
Yep, that shook it loose. I didn't realize the fastboot command could access the tablet still, adb push would not. Thank you very much!
To keep a long story short, HTC decided to mess the root on my nephew's HTC View after getting the charging port fixed. I intalled the HC RUU from globatron's sticky (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1409306). The system boots up. My problem is the recovery. The HBOOT screen still says Revolutionary and the HBOOT version is 6.14.5555.
I'm trying not to brick this thing so I want to make sure I don't install something from the other threads because I was missing something else.
What is the easiest way to get CWM installed? I saw a thread about using ROM Manager to get CWM installed, but there was somewhat a debate whether or not that was the best method.
Sorry for the noob question, but still a little green when trying to resolve issues like this.
Thanks,
Ryan.
EDIT: Wow, a lot of lookers, but no answers. Doing some research, it seems that installing the recovery image through fastboot is the answer? Is there anything I'm missing. The tablet has S-OFF & Revolutionary. Can't seem to get superuser installed since I need a recovery to flash it (right???). Would running the Revolutionary tool solve my problems?
ok whats the deal here? Here's what happened: I first installed leedroid last night, decided it wasn't for me, so I decided ok I'll go to CM7. without thinking about it I just installed CM7 straight from my SD card, and just got a straight white screen. I looked at the thread and found out I needed to install HBOOT for gingerbread. So I just ran the RUU To take it back to gingerbread, and it ran and installed fine. Then it rebooted, and well its still on the white screen. What am I missing here?
and look at that, I got into fastboot mode, and it still says "Revolutionary" at the top... but the recovery is gone. It seems the RUU doesn't mess with HBoot. I can probably figure this one out on my own, probably should just look into things more than post.
So how do I obtain a gingerbread HBOOT?
ok I'm unbricked now, and back on honeycomb, just ran the RUU again from globaltron, now if I can just figure out how to downgrade with revolutionary installed, think I found just the thread to do that.... you know what never mind, I'm quitting while I"m ahead. I'm just going to stick with honeycomb roms till ICS roms start showing up, which I imagine will most likely use the same HBOOT. I just don't wanna risk bricking, not at all.
Replied to you on cm thread as well but third post in the same thread that you used to gain s off hc has the correct way to downgrade
Mccord you've been very helpful. I'm normally not this bad just rusty and this is all new to me.
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cant do anything on my odd htc flyer p515e
Full disclaimer - I am pretty much a noob at rooting devices. I got my first android phone which was a Rezound in december and I only just rooted it in May using the All in 1 tool. I read up on all the steps for unlocking, rooting and flashing ROMs, but I took the easy way out and used to AIO tool. I am S-OFF as well
Having said that, I've been running a few Sense 3.6 ROMs without issues for the last 2 months. I saw that Nils has his Sense 4.0 ROM out and decided to take the plunge at v2.2
Now I decided that I wanted to update to the 3.14.605.10 leak before just in case. I followed the instructions on Nils ROM page. Or at least I thought I did. I screwed up at step 1
I factory reset from bootloader when Nils had clearly mentioned that I needed to reboot into recovery and factory reset, wipe from there. I then went ahead and flashed the 3.14.605.10 leak. It took a while but finally went through.
I didn't realize something was wrong until I tried to reboot into recovery. I couldn't find Amon Ra. I tried to push it more than a few times and it just wasnt working. I kept on getting an error - error: cannot load 'recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img'.
Now I tried to install Amon Ra using the All in One tool and got an error there too. Something like 'Remote access denied'.
Finally I installed Quick boot to just check for the heck of it and that's when I got the error that I don't have root access.
So from what I can tell, I have one or possibly both the problems listed below:
> I lost root access when I did the factory reset from bootloader and/or flashed the leaked RUU
> I'm screwing up in my efforts to flash Amon Ra
Since I'm a noob, I could be completely off base and it could be something else, but this is what I could guess. I need help. I need someone to tell me where I messed up. And I guess I really need someone to help me figure out how I get from where I am now, to where I was before i.e. being able to flash ROMs using Amon Ra
I do see that I'm still S-OFF on the bootloader screen, but it used to say 'Tampered' there, but doesnt now.
I hope I've provided all the information for someone to help me. I tried searching the forums but unless I missed it, I didn't find a thread addressing the scenario that I face.
sniles1 said:
Full disclaimer - I am pretty much a noob at rooting devices. I got my first android phone which was a Rezound in december and I only just rooted it in May using the All in 1 tool. I read up on all the steps for unlocking, rooting and flashing ROMs, but I took the easy way out and used to AIO tool. I am S-OFF as well
Having said that, I've been running a few Sense 3.6 ROMs without issues for the last 2 months. I saw that Nils has his Sense 4.0 ROM out and decided to take the plunge at v2.2
Now I decided that I wanted to update to the 3.14.605.10 leak before just in case. I followed the instructions on Nils ROM page. Or at least I thought I did. I screwed up at step 1
I factory reset from bootloader when Nils had clearly mentioned that I needed to reboot into recovery and factory reset, wipe from there. I then went ahead and flashed the 3.14.605.10 leak. It took a while but finally went through.
I didn't realize something was wrong until I tried to reboot into recovery. I couldn't find Amon Ra. I tried to push it more than a few times and it just wasnt working. I kept on getting an error - error: cannot load 'recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img'.
Now I tried to install Amon Ra using the All in One tool and got an error there too. Something like 'Remote access denied'.
Finally I installed Quick boot to just check for the heck of it and that's when I got the error that I don't have root access.
So from what I can tell, I have one or possibly both the problems listed below:
> I lost root access when I did the factory reset from bootloader and/or flashed the leaked RUU
> I'm screwing up in my efforts to flash Amon Ra
Since I'm a noob, I could be completely off base and it could be something else, but this is what I could guess. I need help. I need someone to tell me where I messed up. And I guess I really need someone to help me figure out how I get from where I am now, to where I was before i.e. being able to flash ROMs using Amon Ra
I do see that I'm still S-OFF on the bootloader screen, but it used to say 'Tampered' there, but doesnt now.
I hope I've provided all the information for someone to help me. I tried searching the forums but unless I missed it, I didn't find a thread addressing the scenario that I face.
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Ok, here is the deal. When you ran the RUU it reinstalls the stock recovery. It also leaves you with the stock hboot which will not allow you to use most fastboot commands! bummer. You can find the ICS jounuponut bear hboot (J hboot) and flash that, and then flash the recovery via fastboot. you can find it
http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/-Support_Files-/SuperChilPil/
I think it is the 4th one down.
OR.. flash this ph98img which contains the recovery file here:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B28uLCcMCyfRZDZVOWNXbE90eWc
ctrl-s to download.
From there flash a custom rom and that should also give you root.
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your reply. I tried out both the things you mentioned but it didn't quite seem to work, mostly because I couldnt get the JHBoot to flash properly. I wasn't sure what I was doing wrong but decided to put in some effort to research this before bothering you with more questions. I think I found the solution.
I went the Unlimited.io site directly and downloaded the Vifor JHBoot for ICS_3.14.605.5 from there
I then followed the instructions they had listed to flash JuopunutBear hboots
'Put the phone in fastboot mode, connected to the pc and enter the following commands
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip jb_hboot.zip '
I then rebooted into bootloader using 'fastboot reboot-bootloader'
And flashed the Amon Ra 3.15 img file you had linked to earlier. That finally seemed to work. Ijust validated it. I managed to flash Amon Ra finally properly. I think I have root back. Flashing Nils Sense 4.0 v.2.2 ROM as I speak.
Thanks so much for the advice. I was really stuck without it. I hope this information helps anyone else if they get stuck the way I did.
topgun1953 said:
Ok, here is the deal. When you ran the RUU it reinstalls the stock recovery. It also leaves you with the stock hboot which will not allow you to use most fastboot commands! bummer. You can find the ICS jounuponut bear hboot (J hboot) and flash that, and then flash the recovery via fastboot. you can find it
I think it is the 4th one down.
OR.. flash this ph98img which contains the recovery file here:
ctrl-s to download.
From there flash a custom rom and that should also give you root.
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Glad you were able to get things corrected
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