[Q] Need help on upgrading rom/radio - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I presently have Tesla Coil 1.7 on my phone and have not updated ANYTHING since that flash last July of 2011.
I'd really like to change my mod to LiquidSmooth, but I am unsure of how to properly do it now that I've been out of the loop for a year or so. Do I just download the rom, reboot holding the volume key and flash like old times? Or is there a new way?
Will this also put me up to date with the latest and greatest radio?
My best to all who help.

baffula said:
I presently have Tesla Coil 1.7 on my phone and have not updated ANYTHING since that flash last July of 2011.
I'd really like to change my mod to LiquidSmooth, but I am unsure of how to properly do it now that I've been out of the loop for a year or so. Do I just download the rom, reboot holding the volume key and flash like old times? Or is there a new way?
Will this also put me up to date with the latest and greatest radio?
My best to all who help.
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Download Rom, put onto sd card whereever u want, completely turn phone off, hold down (-) volume button and power button at same time this should take you to the bootloader. Use the volume button to go to recovery and press the power button. When in recovery make a backup then format data. Install zip from sd card then wipe cache when install and dalvik wipe and fix permissions. Then reboot
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Also download the radio combo that works with the android version and put that in the root of the sd card and then go to the bootloader will automatically find it u just need to follow the install steps
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ATHORNFAM2 said:
Download Rom, put onto sd card whereever u want, completely turn phone off, hold down (-) volume button and power button at same time this should take you to the bootloader. Use the volume button to go to recovery and press the power button. When in recovery make a backup then format data. Install zip from sd card then wipe cache when install and dalvik wipe and fix permissions. Then reboot
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Also download the radio combo that works with the android version and put that in the root of the sd card and then go to the bootloader will automatically find it u just need to follow the install steps
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Kind of a noob question, but do you know which radio version that would be?

I am going with this radio...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1605557
Does it look correct?

baffula said:
I am going with this radio...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1605557
Does it look correct?
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605.19 is fine if your using Gingerbread or ICS Rom

I booted into clockwork, backup, wipe data, cache, davlik, then installed from sdcard.
On first boot, I sat for about 15 minutes with nothing happening. So I pulled the battery, booted back into clockwork wiped davlik and data again and rebooted. Still unable to boot into the rom.
Any thoughts?

Wipe data 3x, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache. Then flash the ROM. Reboot and enjoy.
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baffula said:
I booted into clockwork, backup, wipe data, cache, davlik, then installed from sdcard.
On first boot, I sat for about 15 minutes with nothing happening. So I pulled the battery, booted back into clockwork wiped davlik and data again and rebooted. Still unable to boot into the rom.
Any thoughts?
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i don't know why that didn't work i only wipe once and it works try re-downloading the rom

For some reason I thought to upgrade clockwork. I apparently was only on version 3.x.x.x. So after upgrading that, remaking a backup, and reflashing, things are working awesome!
ICS is leaps and bounds above gingerbread.
Thanks for all the help! Any thing else I can do to help this bad boy along?

Update superuser binary and busybox binary if you have busybox installed.
Have you updated the radio?
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I updated the radio to the .19 one here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1605557
What does updating the superuser binary give me? How is that done?

baffula said:
I updated the radio to the .19 one here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1605557
What does updating the superuser binary give me? How is that done?
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superuser is for root permissions and if you are upgrading to ics use the new leaked radios i tested them out and they work completely fine.

baffula said:
I updated the radio to the .19 one here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1605557
What does updating the superuser binary give me? How is that done?
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That's good.
Open the superuser app, scroll a page to the left and click in the middle. Let it check for updates. If it has any updates, just let it update.
But you're basically set.
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Quesion about Das BAMF rom

installed 1.1 correctly, everything worked find, upgraded to 1.2 everything went smoothyly except when i try to install any app from the market i get an error "The application Market (process com.android.vending) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You
Try to clear cache under applications for the market. But you should ask this at the rom thread....
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Flashed this rom (and kernel) and now I am not able to get past the TBolt boot screen with the thunder. Hung there for over 2 mins.
-I flashed the kernel with hboot
-installed the ROM with CWR (rom manager) 3.0.2.4
-also cleared the download cache in Rom Manager, deleted and reflashed the recovery.
Still hangs...
ajftl said:
Try to clear cache under applications for the market. But you should ask this at the rom thread....
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3 more posts and I can ask there
Awisefew said:
Flashed this rom (and kernel) and now I am not able to get past the TBolt boot screen with the thunder. Hung there for over 2 mins.
-I flashed the kernel with hboot
-installed the ROM with CWR (rom manager) 3.0.2.4
-also cleared the download cache in Rom Manager, deleted and reflashed the recovery.
Still hangs...
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usually best practice is, wipe data X2, wipe cache X2, wipe dalvik cache X2, then flash the rom, fully boot the rom, go back to Hboot and flash the kernal.
I believe they are saying to NOT wipe 1.1 for this ROM? I could be wrong. I think they said to just flash OVER the current 1.1, as wiping will cause it to hang on the cloud screen. I think that's the lastest from that 30+ page thread .
Fix permissions on cwr.
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Reflash ROM and wipe your data and cache. Had the same problem, and that worked for me.
sygnous said:
I believe they are saying to NOT wipe 1.1 for this ROM? I could be wrong. I think they said to just flash OVER the current 1.1, as wiping will cause it to hang on the cloud screen. I think that's the lastest from that 30+ page thread .
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You are correct.
Yes did get all that in the end I've reflashed my
Nandroid backup back was going to stat all over, now for some reason I've lost root. Any ideas
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happimeal said:
Yes did get all that in the end I've reflashed my
Nandroid backup back was going to stat all over, now for some reason I've lost root. Any ideas
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what do you mean you lost root... hboot no longer shows S-Off?
and my bad, I didn't know their second version of the rom was all weird and needed to be flashed over the original.
Hmm just checked hoot still shows s_off but root checker says Su not found in path. Also still getting that weird market error when I try to install anything. It downloads just won't install.
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you have to have version 1.1 installed first. So you need to wipe data and cache. Flash version 1.1 and reboot. Let it get past the clouds and boot into the rom. go back into cwm and flash 1.2. DO NOT WIPE DATA!!! Wiping cache is fine. If you wipe data you will have problems.

Can someone confirm this Radio/ROM flashing process for me?

Ok, so I have heard that the MR2 or 2.5 radios work better with CM7 GPS. Is this the correct way to install both on my phone?
1.Download the CM7 ROM (RC1.1) and put it on the SD CARD
2.Download the MR2 or 2.5 and put it on the Sd Card (and rename the file to PG05IMG.zip)
3.Boot into recovery
4.Do a Nandroid Backup.
5.Perform a factory reset
6.Flash CM7, DO NOT REBOOT
7.Using ADB, reboot to bootloader
8.adb shell
9.reboot bootloader
10. Boot into hboot and flash the radio
Also, the dl links for the MR2 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1115714) or MR2.5 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127436) are not working for me, I keep getting 404'd. Can anyone else link me?
And is there any way to flash the radio and ROM without having to remove all of my data?
Thanks for your help!
You can boot after installing cm7, you just won't have service until you install the radio. Other than that, you have it right.
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Yeap those are the same steps i follow
So I do have to reformat my device for this to work, and there is no way around that?
inexplicability said:
So I do have to reformat my device for this to work, and there is no way around that?
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I always wipe fully. Never had a problem unless it was a bad download, so be sure to check the MD5 on the files. Also from CWR, goto advanced mounts and storage, and wipe data, system and cache from there as well before you flash.
If it FUBARs, you have your nandroid to go back to.
Courtesy of my rooted Bolt
Is it possible for someone to either pm me a link to the MR2 or 2.5 radios? On the links I posted I keep getting 404'd
Nevermind, got it.
Figured it was worth mentioning that the steps aren't in the right order if you planned to manually boot to recovery since you will already have the radio on there and it will just keep trying to update. If not manually booting it's fine.
Instead of using adb to reboot, I just reboot from the recovery and then pull the battery. Then put the battery back in, hold down the volume(-) button and power button, and it will reboot to the bootloader. Then flash the radio. Either way works. The batter pull method is just easier to do, imo.
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[Q] Problem while flashing CM7 for Thunderbolt. RC1.7 (phone is not booting)

Hi,
I successfully rooted my phone using Youtube tutorial without wiping data (revolutionary.io).
After that, I downloaded ROM Manager and tried to flash CM7 for Thunderbolt. RC1.7. While rebooting at that time, the Cyanogen mod screen appears and nothing happens. I am unable to proceed further and the phone is not booting. The phone is displaying that screen for more than 12 hours now. I tried removing the battery, reboot and nothing worked.
Did it get bricked? Can anyone help me resolving this?
Thanks,
Kala
Did you make a backup before flashing cm7?
Do you know how to boot into your bootloader?
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RevosFTS said:
Did you make a backup before flashing cm7?
Do you know how to boot into your bootloader?
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No! Unfortunately, I didn't take backup.
I am ready forums and help to understand other options but for now, I don't know how to boot into bootloader.
Did you ever run in to this kind of problem?
Sounds like you didn't clear data and cache when it asked before install. You are going to have to clear them and probably have to reinstall from clockwork recovery.
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Yeah go into bootloader(power off then hold volume down button and power together) choose option for recovery. Wipe data/cache and reflash your rom. Lemme know if it works for ya.
Liquid Gingerbread 3.0
RevosFTS said:
Yeah go into bootloader(power off then hold volume down button and power together) choose option for recovery. Wipe data/cache and reflash your rom. Lemme know if it works for ya.
Liquid Gingerbread 3.0
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I am able to come to that screen and see different options there (ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.1)! There are 2 options to choose here to wipe:
1) wipe data/factory reset
2) wipe cache partition
Do I need to choose any of them or choose to install zip from sd card?
Thank you very much!
Choose both of those and then install zip from sdcard. Since you downloaded within rom manager it will be buried somewhere in the clockworkmod directory.
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Make sure to clear /system too.
Thank you all
It worked...I am able to boot with the new ROM. As I didn't back up, I lost all my data though! Will my contacts be anywhere and is there a way that I can get them back?
Thank you all once again!
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It's interesting! I don't see android market place here in this ROM...am I not seeing it right?
Thanks,
Kala
If your contacts were synced with your google account they should just auto-populate. You always want to wipe data/cache 3x before you flash a rom.
For legal reasons they don't include the market with their rom. It must be flashed separately.
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Same happened to me.. When I go bootloader(power off then hold volume down button and power together) it will not let me go down to recovery. it automatically does fast boot. I've been stuck on the CM7 boot screen for 3 hours. Anyother options?
Wrong post sorry
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No service or data after new rom

I've tried to install the LiquidSmooth ICS v1.5 rom and have ended up with no service and data several times. I use rom manager and delete cash. I've also tried Clockworkmod with the same results.
One thing that I was wondering is why I cant access the bootloader menu when I reset. I see the options, but then it blows by and questions me if I want to update or not(this is how I get back to a usable phone after failed rom install attempts). I dont remember how I rooted this phone back when it first came out. I'm just wondering if that has anything to do with my problems.
Brainfarth said:
I've tried to install the LiquidSmooth ICS v1.5 rom and have ended up with no service and data several times. I use rom manager and delete cash. I've also tried Clockworkmod with the same results.
One thing that I was wondering is why I cant access the bootloader menu when I reset. I see the options, but then it blows by and questions me if I want to update or not(this is how I get back to a usable phone after failed rom install attempts). I dont remember how I rooted this phone back when it first came out. I'm just wondering if that has anything to do with my problems.
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When you go through that update it brings you back to that firmware? If so it means there is an ruu on the root of your sd.
Also when flashing a new Rom you need to format everything, not just cache. That's why you're having issues.
I also recommend using 4EXT recovery
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Brainfarth said:
I've tried to install the LiquidSmooth ICS v1.5 rom and have ended up with no service and data several times. I use rom manager and delete cash. I've also tried Clockworkmod with the same results.
One thing that I was wondering is why I cant access the bootloader menu when I reset. I see the options, but then it blows by and questions me if I want to update or not(this is how I get back to a usable phone after failed rom install attempts). I dont remember how I rooted this phone back when it first came out. I'm just wondering if that has anything to do with my problems.
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try checking your apn if it is configured correctly..
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woodt94 said:
When you go through that update it brings you back to that firmware? If so it means there is an ruu on the root of your sd.
Also when flashing a new Rom you need to format everything, not just cache. That's why you're having issues.
I also recommend using 4EXT recovery
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Your were right about the SD card. I copied the LiquidSmooth ICS v1.5 MR2 rom to a spare card and I was able to access the boot loader menu. I went into ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.0.2, wipe data, wipe cash and installed the rom... Unfortunately I still have no service or data.
Brainfarth said:
I've tried to install the LiquidSmooth ICS v1.5 rom and have ended up with no service and data several times. I use rom manager and delete cash. I've also tried Clockworkmod with the same results.
One thing that I was wondering is why I cant access the bootloader menu when I reset. I see the options, but then it blows by and questions me if I want to update or not(this is how I get back to a usable phone after failed rom install attempts). I dont remember how I rooted this phone back when it first came out. I'm just wondering if that has anything to do with my problems.
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When installing a new ROM, you should always go through your recovery. I use 4EXT, and it works great. To get to your recovery, ensure that your sdcard is free of any PG05IMG files in the root directory. You should always create a nandroid backup, wipe/format to factory defaults, install your ROM, then wipe cache and dalvik cache. You can then install any flashable zips on top of that.
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Brainfarth said:
Your were right about the SD card. I copied the LiquidSmooth ICS v1.5 MR2 rom to a spare card and I was able to access the boot loader menu. I went into ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.0.2, wipe data, wipe cash and installed the rom... Unfortunately I still have no service or data.
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Are you on the latest radios?
ArmyAg08 said:
When installing a new ROM, you should always go through your recovery. I use 4EXT, and it works great. To get to your recovery, ensure that your sdcard is free of any PG05IMG files in the root directory. You should always create a nandroid backup, wipe/format to factory defaults, install your ROM, then wipe cache and dalvik cache. You can then install any flashable zips on top of that.
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Are you on the latest radios?
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The new rom is the only thing that I have messed with. Also, I am currently getting data from my router. Just no service from the tower.
I would try installing the latest radios and see what happens.
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ArmyAg08 said:
I would try installing the latest radios and see what happens.
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And that fixed the rest of it. I updated the radio from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1864157
Funny thing though.. I dont have my wifi indicator on top anymore, but it works fine.
One more thing.. This ROM is bare-bones. How can I check my voicemail other than *86?
Brainfarth said:
And that fixed the rest of it. I updated the radio from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1864157
Funny thing though.. I dont have my wifi indicator on top anymore, but it works fine.
One more thing.. This ROM is bare-bones. How can I check my voicemail other than *86?
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I use Verizon's visual voicemail app
As far as the wifi goes, you should be able to turn that off/on in the interface settings from within the ROM
ArmyAg08 said:
I use Verizon's visual voicemail app
As far as the wifi goes, you should be able to turn that off/on in the interface settings from within the ROM
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Do you use any kind of volume booster? I cant hardly hear people. I've tried a few, but they only boost your headphone and back speaker volumes.
Also, do you pay for the visual voicemail?
Brainfarth said:
And that fixed the rest of it. I updated the radio from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1864157
Funny thing though.. I dont have my wifi indicator on top anymore, but it works fine.
One more thing.. This ROM is bare-bones. How can I check my voicemail other than *86?
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I like Google voice! Free haha
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[Q] Thunderbolt failing to boot after custom ROM

I recently attempted to root my HTC thunderbolt, and to do so I used the htc dev unlocker and then this "HTC Thunderbolt Tool'
rootzwiki.com/topic/27310-all-in-one-the-htc-thunderbolt-tool
After that I downloaded a rom and installed it through the 4ext recovery, it all install fine and I did do a factory/data reset but whenever I reboot after the rom install, I get the HTC white bootloader and then the screen become black with a back light to it.
I have tried a number of times to re-install the rom and have tried to use other roms but all of them seem to end the same way.
I have used:
BAMF FOREVER 1.1
BAMF MECHA ICS
AIRBORNE GOUI
Killsense 3.7.19
Lightning501
few more
My phone is a HTC Thunderbolt and when I attempted to root the phone it had a hboot version of 1.0.8 and had a stock version of ICS installed.
Sadly I have a phone without a working rom and I had forgot to make a backup so if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Preferably I would like to keep the phone rooted but its not necessary.
Thank You
I'm a total xda-developor noob, so I hope I didn't mis a thread with a the solution all ready on it.
Make sure you do the factory reset, wipe dalvik and cache. Flash the ROM and reboot. Sounds like your missing a step somewhere 8)
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tburns said:
Make sure you do the factory reset, wipe dalvik and cache. Flash the ROM and reboot. Sounds like your missing a step somewhere 8)
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I have tried clearing everything but still doesn't seem to work.
One thing I forgot to mention is sometimes if I wait long enough on the blank screen It boots me back into the 4ext recovery, don't know if that makes much of a difference.
The way I have been installing the rom
Load ROM onto the SD
Do a "wipe data/factory reset"
Go into install sd and choose the Rom which is in a .zip file
I think this is how its supposed to be done, but not sure.
aplysenko said:
I have tried clearing everything but still doesn't seem to work.
One thing I forgot to mention is sometimes if I wait long enough on the blank screen It boots me back into the 4ext recovery, don't know if that makes much of a difference.
The way I have been installing the rom
Load ROM onto the SD
Do a "wipe data/factory reset"
Go into install sd and choose the Rom which is in a .zip file
I think this is how its supposed to be done, but not sure.
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You need to wipe cache and dalvik cache too.
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disconnecktie said:
You need to wipe cache and dalvik cache too.
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I have done that.
Problem is you were coming from the ICS OTA.
The All In One Tool alone will not get you rooted after taking the OTA.
In order to fully root and s-off after having the OTA loaded, you would need to follow the steps outlined HERE
santod040 said:
Problem is you were coming from the ICS OTA.
The All In One Tool alone will not get you rooted after taking the OTA.
In order to fully root and s-off after having the OTA loaded, you would need to follow the steps outlined HERE.
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Your link dont work for me, id assume you were pointing to this wonderful thread
Milimbar said:
Your link dont work for me, id assume you were pointing to this wonderful thread
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Correct Thanks I fixed the link in my first post.
I am using the thread and so far its working, just one last question. Do I have to install and use 4ext, or can I just use clockwork mod?
aplysenko said:
I am using the thread and so far its working, just one last question. Do I have to install and use 4ext, or can I just use clockwork mod?
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You can use whatever Recovery you want, Clockwork Mod is old and not really suggested to use, especially with newer roms.
I miss the RA recovery I had on my first bolt. I use the ext4 recovery now. Glad Santod was able to help you out!!
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