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Phone Details
Motorola Atrix 4G AT&T (bought around June 2011 Time frame)
System Version
4.5.91.MB860.ATT.en.US
Model Number
MB860
Android Version
2.34
Baseband Version
N_01.77.30P
Webtop Version
WT-1.2.0-110
Kernel Version
[email protected] #2
Build Number
4.5.91
I am absolutely new to this Android ROM installs on the phones. Though I decided to install this ROM I absolutely didn’t’ have any idea how to proceed. As a beginner I started doing the following in order.
Download and Keep the CM7 ROM
1. Downloaded Ba2F.zip to my laptop
2. Downloaded and Installed the Motorola USB drivers MotoHelper_2.0.53_Driver_5.2.0.EXE
3. Connect the Atrix and set the USB option on the phone to “USB Mass Storage”
4. Copy both BaTF.zip as well as the Extracted one to Phone internal storage as well as the Ext-SDcard on the phone
Download ROM Manager and Titanium Backup
1. Downloaded both from Android Market (ROM Manager Pro and Titanium Backup Free Version)
2. Both Apps won’t open because I had not ROOTED the phone
Root the Phone
1. I used “Pete's Motorola Root Tools.EXE” file to ROOT the phone
2. Followed step by step as mentioned here http://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-root-motorola-atrix-4g-35233/
Flash ClockworkMod Recovery
1. I used ROM Manager to do this as when you try to do anything in ROM manager it prompts to do this. The version of this is 5.0.2.0 ( I am not sure what is this for why we have to do this)
Unlocking the Bootloader
1. What I learned is, to unlock the bootloader, we have to first flash the phone with the SBF file
a. Installed RSDLite5.3.1.msi
b. Loaded the file 4547-fix-try2.sbf (Downloaded from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261)
c. Boot the phone with Power+volume UPPER key pressed till "Starting RSD protocol support" comes up
d. Connect to the Laptop and Hit Start button in RSD Lite Program
e. It Did Throw an error saying “FAIL” after showing the following message
i. Failed to boot: error 0x1000'( not word for word). There will also be a list of boot options like Fastboot, RSD, Recovery, etc. And it says Starting Fastboot Protocol
2. Then comes unlocking the phone
a. Though I had the previous error message, it still had the Fastboot Protocol loaded
b. I went to the FASTBOOT folder in command prompt of my laptop executed the following to unlock the phone which worked perfectly as I see the “Unlock” on the left hand corner when phone boots
c. fastboot oem unlock (it gave me the code) then I used the code to unlock
d. fastboot oem unlock #######
e. fastboot reboot
3. Installing the recovery IMG
a. I had downloaded the Recovery IMG file (recovery-atrix5.img) from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
b. Booted the phone into Fastboot mode (turn off phone, hold power and volume down key until 'fastboot' appears then use volume up to select so it says 'starting fastboot protocol support').
c. From the CMD promnt and FASTBOOT directory I used fastboot erase recovery
d. Then I executed fastboot flash recovery recovery-atrix5.img (Note: I didn’t rename the file to recovery as suggested by some people)
e. Then gave fastboot reboot to restart.
4. Booting into Recovery mode (This is where I have the problem)
a. The phone is not booting into recovery it’s not going past the Android and yellow Triangle screen
b. I re-flashed the phone same SBF file (this time it was a success showed in the RSD Lite Program), re-installed the same IMG file after renaming to recovery.img
c. Also tried with a different IMG from the same link (recovery-blue-atrix5.img) but no luck
d. Also deleted the file install-recovery.sh from ./etc/ folder (bought the app root manager to delete the file) and then push the recovery.img, no luck
e. Some people said to TAP the bottom right corner while on that screen, did that but nothing is happening
f. Then I saw a note to press both the Volume Keys at the same time, this works but in this mode the cursor (I mean the selection) on the phone doesn’t go to the First TWO (i and iii) shown below, it allows me to select any of the last FOUR (v, vi, vii, viii).
i. Android System Recovery <3e>
ii. <EMPTY LINE >
iii. Android System Recovery utility
iv. <EMPTY LINE >
v. Reboot System now
vi. Apply update from sdcard
vii. Wipe data/factory reset
viii. Wipe cache partition
g. Using the above option I did factory reset but sill no results.
5. Current condition of the phone
a. It boots in unlock mode and I can do all the daily tasks. But I want to install the CM7 ROM that’s my requirement
PLEASE HELP HELP HELP
First of all, I applaud your effort in giving the a very comprehensive description of your issue.
Second, it seems you are having issues with installing a custom recovery because the recovery you're describing is still the stock recovery. I'll look around and see if I can find something that might help.
jhakash said:
4. Booting into Recovery mode (This is where I have the problem)
a. It boots in unlock mode and I can do all the daily tasks. But I want to install the CM7 ROM that’s my requirement
PLEASE HELP HELP HELP
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Have you tried re-installing the CWM from RomManager through RomManager? And then boot into recovery from within the app?
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EDIT: This might seem trivial, but is "USB Debugging" turned on?
You are the Man, I just flashed the same CWM 5.0.2.0 and i am in the recovery mode. This gave me an error when i did last time hence i didn't try again.
Thanks a bunch
Glad I can help, also, I think it's recommended to use the RomManager recovery for CM7 so good thing it worked.
jhakash said:
You are the Man, I just flashed the same CWM 5.0.2.0 and i am in the recovery mode. This gave me an error when i did last time hence i didn't try again.
Thanks a bunch
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Oops.. started again, Can i use the recovery-atrix5.img and ROM manager flash it? if yes, then how?
I copy this file (after renaming to recovery.img) to both internal storage and SD card then what option should i choose in ROM Manager?
If you downloaded the CWM zip file for the romracer recovery and as long as RomManager's recovery is working then, yes, you can.
jhakash said:
Oops.. started again, Can i use the recovery-atrix5.img and ROM manager flash it? if yes, then how?
I copy this file (after renaming to recovery.img) to both internal storage and SD card then what option should i choose in ROM Manager?
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jhakash said:
Oops.. started again, Can i use the recovery-atrix5.img and ROM manager flash it? if yes, then how?
I copy this file (after renaming to recovery.img) to both internal storage and SD card then what option should i choose in ROM Manager?
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See post#2 from romracer's thread. Read the Miscellaneous part. Probably need to get rid of, or backup, install-recovery.sh.
He has mentioned he already did that. In his OP, under the steps he took look at "Booting into Recovery Mode" - 4.d, he says he removed it.
Maybe he's not doing it in the right order? Do you happen to know which should be done first as far as installing recovery and removing said file?
ghost_og said:
See post#2 from romracer's thread. Read the Miscellaneous part. Probably need to get rid of, or backup, install-recovery.sh.
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live4nyy said:
He has mentioned he already did that. In his OP, under the steps he took look at "Booting into Recovery Mode" - 4.d, he says he removed it.
Maybe he's not doing it in the right order? Do you happen to know which should be done first as far as installing recovery and removing said file?
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Woops, I should have read more carefully. It's best to remove the file first and then flash the recovery.img, or else the script will install the stock recovery on boot. That would make stock recovery the current one on the phone at the time of the script getting deleted.
I would double check and make sure /system/etc does not have install-recovery.sh. If it is not there, then proceed to the fastboot steps and reflash the recovery.img again. It should stick this time.
@Ghost, yes i deleted the file multiple times however i didn't find the /system/etc folder on the Internal Storage. however I found the install-recovery.sh file under /etc folder. The thing i observed that whether i flash it with a new CWM or not if i reboot the phone then it was created by itself.
@Live4nyy, Thanks for your suggestion, I could able to install CM7 now and it looks awesome good so far, but looks like i need to install Google Apps separately to access the APP market, am I right?
The only thing that happens to me is, it allowed me to go to Recovery only ONCE after i Flashed it thru ROM Manager, if i exit out of recovery without doing anything then next time tried to go to Recovery, it will struck at the same old Android screen and i had to flash it again. But Many thanks for suggesting to flash it thru ROM Manager.
Now with CM7, under ROM Manager (I guess this comes default with CM7) I see there is no version listed under "Flash Clockworkmod Recovery" and it says i must have to install it in-order to Flash and restore ROMs, do i need to do that? I can go to Recovery mode after reboot without any issues. Please Advise.
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jhakash said:
@Ghost, yes i deleted the file multiple times however i didn't find the /system/etc folder on the Internal Storage. however I found the install-recovery.sh file under /etc folder. The thing i observed that whether i flash it with a new CWM or not if i reboot the phone then it was created by itself.
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I just checked out my girlfriend's stock, locked, unrooted Atrix and she actually has install-recovery.sh in both /etc and /system/etc. Her file manager does not alphabetize anything in either folder, so I almost overlooked the second one.
If you're already on CM7, then you probably won't need to worry anymore. They have an entirely different set of start up scripts in that folder. Welcome to the community!
At this point I do not know enough to help you any further with this issue. All I knew about is the file that needs to be removed that @ghost_og has mentioned. But if you can flash it from RomManager and access CWM from there as well then I guess that's a good enough workaround for now.
Does anyone else have any idea why the stock recovery cannot be removed?
jhakash said:
@Live4nyy, Thanks for your suggestion, I could able to install CM7 now and it looks awesome good so far, but looks like i need to install Google Apps separately to access the APP market, am I right?
The only thing that happens to me is, it allowed me to go to Recovery only ONCE after i Flashed it thru ROM Manager, if i exit out of recovery without doing anything then next time tried to go to Recovery, it will struck at the same old Android screen and i had to flash it again. But Many thanks for suggesting to flash it thru ROM Manager.
Now with CM7, under ROM Manager (I guess this comes default with CM7) I see there is no version listed under "Flash Clockworkmod Recovery" and it says i must have to install it in-order to Flash and restore ROMs, do i need to do that? I can go to Recovery mode after reboot without any issues. Please Advise.
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I am good to go now, everything seems to be functioning well after flashing CM7 ROM, no more recovery issues, and the Stock recovery is gone now.
Appreciate for all the info you guys provided, it helped a lot. Have a great day and Merry Christmas.
Regards
Jhakash
Update:
I was able to use this method to root the new ICS update. The thread has been edited accordingly.
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I was unable to find a single thread that detailed how to root the stock T-Mobile Springboard firmware and keep the boot and recovery partitions intact to allow future updates, so I have consolidated information from other threads and posts, as well as adding a little myself. Full credit goes to the users and thread OP's referenced in the post links below.
The usual warnings apply: Under no circumstances should anyone do this to their device. You are likely to brick your device and render it completey unusable. In addition, you will void your warantee with T-Mobile. So you will have an out-of-warantee brick instead of a nice, functional tablet. Turn back now while there is still time.
Before you begin, I obviously did this to my device without any problems. My device is running full stock T-Mobile Springboard firmware with the following:
Android version: 4.0.3
Baseband version: 314007
Kernel version: 3.0.8
Build number: S7-303uV100R002C201B035
I do not know if it will work on a device with any other version of the firmware. The following also assumes that you have fastboot and ADB installed and functional on your computer.
In describing how to boot into fastboot and recovery modes below, the description of the volume buttons is how they are while in portrait mode in Honeycomb....as this is where I first used this method. In other words, the volume button closer to the power button is volume up and the other volume button is volume down.
1. Download the CWM Recovery image from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23601045&postcount=7
2. Download CWM-SuperSU-v0.95.zip from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27678611&postcount=22
3. Copy the CWM-SuperSU-v0.95.zip file to an sdcard and put the card in your device.
4. Flash the CWM recovery image to your first recovery partition ONLY:
a.) Boot into fastboot by powering down the device and starting it back up by pressing the
volume up and power buttons at the same time. After the device vibrates, release the
power button but keep holding the volume button until it is booted into fastboot.
b.) Once in fastboot, flash the recovery image:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery5.5.0.4.img
5. Press and hold the power key for 10 seconds to reboot the device. It will boot into the
T-mobile firmware.
6. Power down the device in the usual fashion.
7. Boot into recovery by starting the device back up by pressing the volume down and power
buttons at the same time. After the device vibrates, release the power button but keep
holding the volume button until it is booted into CWM Recovery.
8. Choose 'install zip from sdcard' -> 'choose zip from sdcard', then select the
CWM-SuperSU-v0.95.zip file you put on your sdcard above, then confirm installation.
9. Go back to the main menu and select 'reboot system now'. It will boot into the T-Mobile
firmware.
10. Shut the device down again in the usual fashion, then restart normally and boot into the
T-Mobile firmware again.
11. Now you need to get your stock recovery partition back and get rid of CWM recovery.
There are two copies of the stock recovery- one on each 'recovery' and 'recovery2'. You can
get back to stock recovery by extracting an image from 'recovery2' and flashing it back to
'recovery'. The following (using adb from your computer) will dump the image from recovery2
to your sdcard:
Code:
adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=/mnt/sdcard2/recovery.img
12. Take the sd card out of your device and copy this file back to your computer, then flash the
first recovery partition with this image as in step 4b above, but with your new recovery.img file.
You are now rooted and your recovery partitions are returned to stock.
Once you are rooted, if you would like to remove some of the T-Mobile bloatware note that the apk files are not in the usual location (/system/app). I found them tucked away in the following directory:
/data/cust/app
Of course, you will need an app like Root Explorer to get to them and delete them...or you can just use adb. I deleted several of the apk files in that directory, rebooted, and everything is working just fine...with less bloatware.
Also, be aware that any changes you make will be permanent. I tried hard reseting the device through the usual android settings menu security method, and I kept root and all of my deleted bloatware was still gone after it finished and rebooted. There does not appear to be a way to get all of your stock stuff back once you start deleting things...so make backups of files before you delete them in case removing them causes unexpected consequences.
Just to add another bit of information - a list of what I believe are the internal partitions and their locations appears below. I got this from the output from 'cat /proc/partitions' and 'mount', as well as further inspection of the stock recovery image that I extracted from my device. As we don't have a functional CWM Recovery, and I am not sure that I would use any version that was built for the Mediapad (i.e. non-Springboard) for backup and restoring, this list should give Springboard users a way to back up their devices. Using the 'dd' command as in the coding box at the bottom of the OP for each of the paritions should result in a partition image stored out on the sdcard. Fastboot then should be able to flash these 'backed up' images back to the device as in step 4b of the OP...with the correct partition names and backup files substituted of course. I did do this for the recovery partition as I detailed in the OP, but have not tried it for the rest of the partitions.
Code:
/misc emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p14
/vrcb emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p16
/recovery emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p17
/recovery2 emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p18
/boot emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p19
/system ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p20
/cache ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p22
/cust ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p15
/data ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p27
/tmpdata ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p23
/persist ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p21
/tombstones ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p24
/firmware ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
Thanks
Many ty's for this.
Thanks you help me rooted my Springboard. Have you try the MediaPad Phone app can we use the tablet for calling? :good:
Do I have to do step 11 ?
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robkaos said:
Do I have to do step 11 ?
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Also can I do it without PC?
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Can I use the recovery image from the update that is still on my sd card,what is the difference between the I've springboard .rar, and the su files
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robkaos said:
Do I have to do step 11 ?
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Also can I do it without PC?
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If you do not return your recovery partition to stock, then you will not be able to install future firmware updates from T-Mobile as their updates rely on the stock recovery. So no, you don't have to return your recovery partition to stock, but if you don't you will not be able to install future T-Mobile updates. As far as doing this without a computer - you can use a terminal emulator on your Springboard to create the recovery image from 'recovery2'....the commands should be the same. However, you need to fastboot flash that image back to 'recovery', which you must do from your computer with your device in fastboot mode.
robkaos said:
Can I use the recovery image from the update that is still on my sd card....
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Yes, if you extract the recovery image from the official T-Mobile update package, you can use this image to flash 'recovery' back to stock when you are done.
Some people have reported that they are unable to boot into CWM recovery if it is flashed only to 'recovery' and not also to 'recovery2'. It is my experience that the device seems to alternate which recovery partition it boots into when you sequentially boot it into recovery mode. When I have CWM on 'recovery' and the stock recovery on 'recovery2', my device will boot into CWM every other time I boot into recovery mode. The other times it boots into the stock recovery. If you can't get CWM recovery to appear when you boot into recovery mode, you could do things a bit different than the instructions. Extract the stock recovery image from the official T-Mobile update package. Store this away on your computer. Then, instead of only flashing 'recovery' with CWM recovery, also flash 'recovery2'. Once you are done rooting the device, use your stored image of the stock recovery to flash 'recovery' and 'recovery2' back to stock.
Originally, I used this method to root Honeycomb. I did not have the T-Mobile update package for Honeycomb and so could not simply extract the stock recovery image from that package. You cannot use the 'dd' command as in step 11 above until you are rooted to dump the image of 'recovery2'. So, without a copy of the update package I could not get an image of my recovery partition without already being rooted. But to root, I have to overwrite my recovery partition with CWM recovery, thereby making it impossible to dump a copy of the stock recovery as I had wiped it out and replaced it with CWM. The solution was to only flash one of the recovery partitions and keep the other one as a backup until the device was rooted and the image could then be extracted.
robkaos said:
...what is the difference between the I've springboard .rar, and the su files
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Not sure what you are asking here...please clarify.
I haVe found two different root files one su zip and the other is for media pad orange Tahiti ,andspringbord .rar which is the difference?there is not a one click Method like motor defy? My phone wasn't such a problem
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robkaos said:
I haVe found two different root files one su zip and the other is for media pad orange Tahiti ,andspringbord .rar which is the difference?
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I don't know about the root files for the Mediapad. I know there is a package that contains the su files and a Windows-based command file that contains a string of adb commands that is supposed to work to root both the Mediapad and the Springboard. I think what you are talking about can be found at either one of these locations:
http://www.modaco.com/topic/354579-...-mediapad-t-mobile-springboard-orange-tahiti/
http://www.gamefront.com/files/22185176/Huawei+MediaPad+ROOT+ICS+Android+4.0.x.rar
I tried to use this, and got a 'premission denied' fail pretty early on. I run Linux on my desktop, so perhaps this works under Windows with the specific Springboard drivers and interface software installed, but it sure does not work in Linux. I came up with my method (or rather consolidated the information for 'my' method from multiple other sources) as a result of having this root method fail for me.
robkaos said:
...there is not a one click Method like motor defy? My phone wasn't such a problem
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If the files that I linked above work for you, then this is going to be about as close to a 'one-click' method as you can get. Unless you modified it, your Motorola Defy is running Android 2.1 (Eclair). This version of Android can be rooted pretty much just by yelling 'ROOT!' at your phone. There is even an app in the market that can be installed and run on an Android v2.1 device that provides a one-click root without the use of a computer. All of the exploits that were used for these one-click root methods were patched in Android v3+. Pretty much every device needs its own unique root method now, and the only way it is a one-click method is if someone has constructed a command script to execute all of the needed commands for you, as in the linked packages above.
xdajunkman said:
Also, be aware that any changes you make will be permanent. I tried hard reseting the device through the usual android settings menu security method, and I kept root and all of my deleted bloatware was still gone after it finished and rebooted. There does not appear to be a way to get all of your stock stuff back once you start deleting things...so make backups of files before you delete them in case removing them causes unexpected consequences.
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Just to point out - now that the Springboard ICS update is out, and the zip has been captured and archived - there is a backup of complete stock ICS available. Every single partition is in there including system and cust. So worst case scenario if you bork it by zapping the wrong file in system or cust, you can reflash that partition from the bootloader.
Thanks for the clarification
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cmstlist said:
Just to point out - now that the Springboard ICS update is out, and the zip has been captured and archived - there is a backup of complete stock ICS available. Every single partition is in there including system and cust. So worst case scenario if you bork it by zapping the wrong file in system or cust, you can reflash that partition from the bootloader.
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You are, of course, correct. That statement of mine is now outdated...you can delete things to your hearts desire. If you mess something up, just reflash the firmware and start over.
Just finished rooting my MediaPad from t-mobile. I had to install into recovery one and two so now I have no original recovery but I don't really care, I've got the latest Android Ice Cream update beforehand. What usefull apps with root access do I need now? I've got ad free and ROM Toolbox. Was there a phone app that I could use now?
Failed updates and can't recover - PLEASE HELP!
xdajunkman said:
You are, of course, correct. That statement of mine is now outdated...you can delete things to your hearts desire. If you mess something up, just reflash the firmware and start over.
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Well, unfortunately, I've messed things up. Here's what happened:
1) I received the OTA update and everything went fine with upgrading the my T-mobile Springboard tab to ICS 4.0.3
2) I then got brave and went ahead with rooting and installing SU using the technique described in "Root Stock T-Mobile Springboard" by xdajunkman. That worked fine and I was able to get CWM recovery installed.
3) I then tried to install the [ROM][ICS] [Unofficial] Root-ready Huawei/Springboard International ROM and downloaded the dload folder to my SDCard, etc. I tried using the dload folder with the ulmt.cfg file in it and that failed with a "Installation aborted" message. I then removed that file and tried to go into CWM and tried "Install from zip" approach. Same thing...installation aborted message.
4) So, then I did the next stupid thing...in CWM, I formatted my /system, /data, and /cache. That was a big mistake! I now have officially bricked by tab.
5) I tried to get rid of CWM recovery by extracting the recovery.img file from the stock rom zip file. I fastboot flashed that to the recovery and recovery2 partitions. I then thought, let me try extracting the update.zip from the stock rom zip and put that on the root of my sdcard and tried to install that. No go...it just says, update failed with a big red "FAIL" message in the center.
Any and all help would be immensely appreciated! How can I get back to some sort of working ROM? Please!
Thanks!
knightpawn said:
Well, unfortunately, I've messed things up. Here's what happened:
1) I received the OTA update and everything went fine with upgrading the my T-mobile Springboard tab to ICS 4.0.3
2) I then got brave and went ahead with rooting and installing SU using the technique described in "Root Stock T-Mobile Springboard" by xdajunkman. That worked fine and I was able to get CWM recovery installed.
3) I then tried to install the [ROM][ICS] [Unofficial] Root-ready Huawei/Springboard International ROM and downloaded the dload folder to my SDCard, etc. I tried using the dload folder with the ulmt.cfg file in it and that failed with a "Installation aborted" message. I then removed that file and tried to go into CWM and tried "Install from zip" approach. Same thing...installation aborted message.
4) So, then I did the next stupid thing...in CWM, I formatted my /system, /data, and /cache. That was a big mistake! I now have officially bricked by tab.
5) I tried to get rid of CWM recovery by extracting the recovery.img file from the stock rom zip file. I fastboot flashed that to the recovery and recovery2 partitions. I then thought, let me try extracting the update.zip from the stock rom zip and put that on the root of my sdcard and tried to install that. No go...it just says, update failed with a big red "FAIL" message in the center.
Any and all help would be immensely appreciated! How can I get back to some sort of working ROM? Please!
Thanks!
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OK so you blanked system, screwed up data and possibly recovery. Cache shouldn't be an issue. Everything else is probably fine.
So from the Springboard ICS update zip, you'll want to flash each of the following from fastboot:
- stock recovery.img to recovery and recovery2
- boot.img just in case that got buggered up
- cust.img
- system.img.ext4
- userdata.img.ext4 (this will probably blank your internal storage but you probably already did that in the process because CWM doesn't know the difference)
At this point, does it boot? If it looks like it might be bootlooping on the animation, give it a good 20-30 minutes before you pronounce that it's not working. Wiping pretty much anything other than cache with CWM is a huge nono... it doesn't work right and it buggers a lot of things up.
Any particular locations for the other files via fastboot?
cmstlist said:
OK so you blanked system, screwed up data and possibly recovery. Cache shouldn't be an issue. Everything else is probably fine.
So from the Springboard ICS update zip, you'll want to flash each of the following from fastboot:
- stock recovery.img to recovery and recovery2
- boot.img just in case that got buggered up
- cust.img
- system.img.ext4
- userdata.img.ext4 (this will probably blank your internal storage but you probably already did that in the process because CWM doesn't know the difference)
At this point, does it boot? If it looks like it might be bootlooping on the animation, give it a good 20-30 minutes before you pronounce that it's not working. Wiping pretty much anything other than cache with CWM is a huge nono... it doesn't work right and it buggers a lot of things up.
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Wow! Thanks for the help! I unfortunately, don't have my other computer that has the proper drivers installed to recognize the tablet and to run fastboot on. So, I'll try the fix you are suggesting once I get home today. However, in the meantime, I had some questions with regard to where I should flash the other files.
I understand that recovery.img should go to the recovery and recovery2 partitions.
What about the others? Does boot.img go to a particular partition? Effectively, what would the command line look like? (eg fastboot flash boot boot.img?)
Sorry about the newbie questions. I've installed a number of custom ROMs on phones using CWM, but this is a strange beast.
With regard to your question of whether it boots, well, kind of...it does boot to the T-mobile Springboard screen, then it sits there. I will let it sit for 20-30 minutes and see what happens. Will report back...for sure!
Thanks a ton!
[UPDATE]
So, I had a chance to install the TWRP recovery with the CM10 ROM. I loaded the CM10 ROM with the TWRP which installed successfully. I turned the tablet on and let it sit there for about 10 minutes and sure enough, CM10 runs just fine. However, I did notice that I cannot receive any calls. I am able to make calls, but when someone dials my number, it just goes straight to voicemail.
So, now, I'm wondering, if I can get the stock ICS with International ROM running so that I can try to use this thing as a phone, data and texting tab. I'll try what you suggested when I get home as mentioned earlier.
CM10 has too many problems, why would you want to use it?
cmstlist said:
OK so you blanked system, screwed up data and possibly recovery. Cache shouldn't be an issue. Everything else is probably fine.
So from the Springboard ICS update zip, you'll want to flash each of the following from fastboot:
- stock recovery.img to recovery and recovery2
- boot.img just in case that got buggered up
- cust.img
- system.img.ext4
- userdata.img.ext4 (this will probably blank your internal storage but you probably already did that in the process because CWM doesn't know the difference)
At this point, does it boot? If it looks like it might be bootlooping on the animation, give it a good 20-30 minutes before you pronounce that it's not working. Wiping pretty much anything other than cache with CWM is a huge nono... it doesn't work right and it buggers a lot of things up.
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That worked for me. After playing with vold.fstab I had rendered my Springboard unusable (got the encryption was unsuccessful screen!).
I really wanted to switch the apps installation path to the external sd card but did not succeed.
What am I doing wrong
I have not been able to root my springboard at all. It will go to a black screen that says enter fastboot and it just stays there. When I type to flash the recovery it says it cannot load it. I have adb and fastboot installed...could it be a driver issue? I now know that I am in the correct screen, just can't get this thing rooted. any help would be appreciated thanks.
Well I feel quite stupid. But figured out where I went wrong and for the love of God got my Springboard rooted. *whew*
Hi !
I've tried to flash a rom, so as usual, I went to recovery (razrbootstrap.apk), made my backup. But when I rebooted my phone, it stuck on boot Screen.
When I go back to recovery , I don't see restore option.
Please help, and sorry for my English.
---------------------------RE-EDIT- PROBLEM SOLVED :laugh: -----------------------------------------------
Hi ! I've solved the problem :
-Charged the phone manually
-Flashed a stock ROM
If anyone has the same problem, PM me, I can Help !
Kindly,
Yahiaga
Need more information please... Which model do you have cdma or gsm? what Android version were you running? What were you trying flash?
Sent from my XT910 using Tapatalk 2
It is a GSM model, I was on gingerbread, and I tried to flash miui (ics)
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
Hope this works for you
This will take you back to stock GB 2.3.5 (then after you can upgrade easily to ICS)
Ensure debugging is enabled - I assume you did this before trying to flash anything..?
From the Eternityproject
download Blur_Version.651.167.20.XT910.Retail.en.EU
and from XDA
AlternateFlashScript-WINDOWS.
unzip these files, then copy the alternate flash script files (just the files not the folder) and paste them in the rom folder.
connect your phone via usb and make sure it is in fastboot mode
to start flashing rom first open the eprj-mfastboot file - this will open a cmd window that will disappear
now open the Windows_Fla**** file and just be patient while this flashes stock GB 2.3.5
once done you may need to root the device again.
now you need to download RSDLite5.7 then install it
and ICS 4.0.4
Install
connect phone via usb and go into fastboot mode.
now open RSDLIte5.7 and wait for it to recognise your device -
once your device is recognised you can now browse through the Filename section and select the ICS 4.0.4
next select Decompress and Start Flashing
be patient and it will tell you when its done.
now that you got ICS up and running you will need to root your device again using
EPRJ_EasyRootICS_MultiOS_v1.1 from eternity project
now you can pretty much flash any ICS you want...
Disclaimer: I am not claiming any of the above links to be mine, they all belong to very talented developers who go out of there way to make android better. I am not responsible for any damage you may cause to your phone or pc, I am simply sharing what worked for me.
Good Luck
skatterbug said:
This will take you back to stock GB 2.3.5 (then after you can upgrade easily to ICS)
Ensure debugging is enabled - I assume you did this before trying to flash anything..?
From the Eternityproject
download Blur_Version.651.167.20.XT910.Retail.en.EU
and from XDA
AlternateFlashScript-WINDOWS.
unzip these files, then copy the alternate flash script files (just the files not the folder) and paste them in the rom folder.
connect your phone via usb and make sure it is in fastboot mode
to start flashing rom first open the eprj-mfastboot file - this will open a cmd window that will disappear
now open the Windows_Fla**** file and just be patient while this flashes stock GB 2.3.5
once done you may need to root the device again.
now you need to download RSDLite5.7 then install it
and ICS 4.0.4
Install
connect phone via usb and go into fastboot mode.
now open RSDLIte5.7 and wait for it to recognise your device -
once your device is recognised you can now browse through the Filename section and select the ICS 4.0.4
next select Decompress and Start Flashing
be patient and it will tell you when its done.
now that you got ICS up and running you will need to root your device again using
EPRJ_EasyRootICS_MultiOS_v1.1 from eternity project
now you can pretty much flash any ICS you want...
Disclaimer: I am not claiming any of the above links to be mine, they all belong to very talented developers who go out of there way to make android better. I am not responsible for any damage you may cause to your phone or pc, I am simply sharing what worked for me.
Good Luck
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Thanks for your effort , I still have a problem, when I go to fastboot mode, it says the battery is low ! And I is not getting charged even plugged.
I'm sorry if this isn't the right place.
I rooted my LG G2 D802 around 2 months ago, and completely forgot about it.
I got the Kitkat update about 5 hours ago, and stupidly downloaded it.
The phone got stuck in a team win bootloop and again, in a bit of a panic I wiped the phone (not thinking of just restoring my back up from when i rooted the device)
after that didn't solve anything, i reverted to google. I found a guide on here for my exact problem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
I read it carefully and proceeded to follow this by the letter. I think I messed up though, with the 'ADB' thing, the last i remembered about it was using it to root the device, so I followed to guide but using the root folder i had used. now I'm no longer in a team win bootloop, I'm not in a LG splash screen boot loop, I can just about manage to get into recovery and get back to team win, but can't get into download mode.
I really wasn't looking to replace this device until the LG G3 got released, and don't really have the money to spare - so i'm really hoping this is fixable.
a note is, to root the device i followed a guide, and the TWRP (I'm not actually sure) I think i just went with it and managed it so i'm not very good when it comes to the terms, and stuff like that, any help would be greatly appreciated!
I can use a Win7 laptop to do whatever is needed, it is an EE LG G2 D802, UK, 16GB black.
I don't have insurance, I kept pushing myself to wait to do anything like this until I had insurance, but at 2 in the morning, nothing to do, ready to root - It's hard to resist.
(I do have the USB drivers on my laptop)
Sounds like you are in this boat now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
That should do the trick since it's exactly what's happened to you and the same phone. The update might be different though as that is important to know. Just use the files from whichever the last official update you had was from.
es0tericcha0s said:
Sounds like you are in this boat now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
That should do the trick since it's exactly what's happened to you and the same phone. The update might be different though as that is important to know. Just use the files from whichever the last official update you had was from.
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I dont think thats the same problem as mine, i have no error, my screen doesnt go off, it just stays on lg splash screen with multicoloured led flashing, cant turn it off only restart it, i dont have linux & i can get into recovery with a few attempts. Is there anythjng that can be done or is my phone ****ed? Thanks
I have just had another read through, mainly the comments and that guide seems to get you to the point where you can get into recovery and enter those commands in the guide on my opening post - i can get into recovery and i did both fixes, the one using adb if using the adb in the root folder on my laptop i used to root the device is okay, and then again using the terminal emulator in recovery, after neither worked (actually, the terminal emulator one got me from a TWRP bootloop into an lg splash screen bootloop, after reading into thr comment to about page 7 there was an additional line to the terminal emulator method changing only the /fota to /misc which did nothing for my device. The fix there simply changed the type of bootloop i am in
yoalphadied said:
I dont think thats the same problem as mine, i have no error, my screen doesnt go off, it just stays on lg splash screen with multicoloured led flashing, cant turn it off only restart it, i dont have linux & i can get into recovery with a few attempts. Is there anythjng that can be done or is my phone ****ed? Thanks
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Oh ok. Well, if you can still get into recovery, then you should be able to push another rom to the phone's storage via adb. But your phone definitely isn't screwed. It's pretty hard to totally mess these things up to the point of no return.
es0tericcha0s said:
Oh ok. Well, if you can still get into recovery, then you should be able to push another rom to the phone's storage via adb. But your phone definitely isn't screwed. It's pretty hard to totally mess these things up to the point of no return.
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Im glad to hear it, got to the point of looking at a new ouone even though i wanted to keep this one until the g3 was on the shelves.
I hate to say, but how would i do this? I only know the very basics, and is the adb used to root fine to do it with? I didnt even know i had flashed TWRP correctly, think i used an app, flashify or something? Any help would be massively appreciated
yoalphadied said:
Im glad to hear it, got to the point of looking at a new ouone even though i wanted to keep this one until the g3 was on the shelves.
I hate to say, but how would i do this? I only know the very basics, and is the adb used to root fine to do it with? I didnt even know i had flashed TWRP correctly, think i used an app, flashify or something? Any help would be massively appreciated
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So, boot to recovery and plug it in. Your PC SHOULD load the right drivers if you have already installed them. You can verify by going to your Device Mananger and making sure there are no warning signs next to your phone in the list.
If you need the drivers: https://mega.co.nz/#!rU0RkSaK!JzUCoZ5emWOsc_Tw6h8a3JZtRNT1-JvGvc8EC_u9rnI
adb and fastboot files: https://mega.co.nz/#!SJ8ijCKY!UKpr4ufVyPq4DVL2i90RI9CD7TX5AETPHrcqMQdpG5w
Download the rom you need and move it to the folder where the adb and fastboot stuff installs to. Should be C / Program Files (86) / adb
Once there and the drivers are loaded correctly, use the CMD shortcut from the adb set up and do this:
adb devices
If you get are response of some random string of letters + numbers, it's all good.
adb push nameofrom.zip /sdcard/
and then wait. It will take some time as these are large files. Not uncommon for it to take many minutes to 10 or more.
es0tericcha0s said:
So, boot to recovery and plug it in. Your PC SHOULD load the right drivers if you have already installed them. You can verify by going to your Device Mananger and making sure there are no warning signs next to your phone in the list.
If you need the drivers: link
adb and fastboot files: link
Download the rom you need and move it to the folder where the adb and fastboot stuff installs to. Should be C / Program Files (86) / adb
Once there and the drivers are loaded correctly, use the CMD shortcut from the adb set up and do this:
adb devices
If you get are response of some random string of letters + numbers, it's all good.
adb push nameofrom.zip /sdcard/
and then wait. It will take some time as these are large files. Not uncommon for it to take many minutes to 10 or more.
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Just making sure I understand correctly, the 'rom' i need ks the stock rom, right? Im not looking to root again as the whole reason i rooted was because it was everywhere that ee werent releasing the kitkat update for the g2, since they have now i dont need root anymore.
Ill try this fix later on and tell you if it worked! Thanks
es0tericcha0s said:
So, boot to recovery and plug it in. Your PC SHOULD load the right drivers if you have already installed them. You can verify by going to your Device Mananger and making sure there are no warning signs next to your phone in the list.
If you need the drivers: link
adb and fastboot files: link
Download the rom you need and move it to the folder where the adb and fastboot stuff installs to. Should be C / Program Files (86) / adb
Once there and the drivers are loaded correctly, use the CMD shortcut from the adb set up and do this:
adb devices
If you get are response of some random string of letters + numbers, it's all good.
adb push nameofrom.zip /sdcard/
and then wait. It will take some time as these are large files. Not uncommon for it to take many minutes to 10 or more.
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Okay, I can't seem to find the LG G2's stock rom anywhere, also the adb push nameofrom.zip /sdcard/ is that the exact command?
I found the stock firmware, but nothing for EE, just o2 and so on.
I also can't seem to get the drivers to work, I have an 'unidentified device' connected to the computer, I have tried to download from the link you gave me, and another place but neither work, once it searches for drivers again after download it just says drivers not found
saying that after trying 'adb devices' i got a random string of letters and numbers, roughly 21 characters long followed by recovery on the same line
yoalphadied said:
Okay, I can't seem to find the LG G2's stock rom anywhere, also the adb push nameofrom.zip /sdcard/ is that the exact command?
I found the stock firmware, but nothing for EE, just o2 and so on.
I also can't seem to get the drivers to work, I have an 'unidentified device' connected to the computer, I have tried to download from the link you gave me, and another place but neither work, once it searches for drivers again after download it just says drivers not found
saying that after trying 'adb devices' i got a random string of letters and numbers, roughly 21 characters long followed by recovery on the same line
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Hmm if adb devices returned that, that means adb is working which means at least part of the drivers loaded correctly. I would grab the files from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2736854
And then adb push the files to the /sdcard/. You want the Philz recovery, and the rom. You can grab the root and the kernel if you want to be rooted and the kernel might make a difference in battery life and performance. Whether that is a positive or negative influence, I've no clue. The poster seemed to like it, and he would know better than I. So you just want to download the files needed and put them in the same folder where you have your adb files. Then for each one you want to use:
adb push
then
nameoffile.zip - where you fill in the name of file with whatever (you can rename the files - but not extensions - to be easier, ie recovery.zip, rom.zip)
then /sdcard/
Full command of pushing the rom to the internal storage, assuming you renamed it to rom.zip would be:
adb push rom.zip /sdcard/
This will take awhile. Probably a good 10 minutes.
After you get it transferred over, then install the recovery zip in your current recovery and then reboot to recovery again so you will be in the new Philz. Then do a factory reset and install the rom zip.
es0tericcha0s said:
Hmm if adb devices returned that, that means adb is working which means at least part of the drivers loaded correctly. I would grab the files from here:
And then adb push the files to the /sdcard/. You want the Philz recovery, and the rom. You can grab the root and the kernel if you want to be rooted and the kernel might make a difference in battery life and performance. Whether that is a positive or negative influence, I've no clue. The poster seemed to like it, and he would know better than I. So you just want to download the files needed and put them in the same folder where you have your adb files. Then for each one you want to use:
adb push
then
nameoffile.zip - where you fill in the name of file with whatever (you can rename the files - but not extensions - to be easier, ie recovery.zip, rom.zip)
then /sdcard/
Full command of pushing the rom to the internal storage, assuming you renamed it to rom.zip would be:
adb push rom.zip /sdcard/
This will take awhile. Probably a good 10 minutes.
After you get it transferred over, then install the recovery zip in your current recovery and then reboot to recovery again so you will be in the new Philz. Then do a factory reset and install the rom zip.
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Which of those files should I download.
as I understand it, once downloaded and in the file with the ADB.
adb devices (to make sure it is connected)
then
adb push recovery.zip /sdcard/ (saying recovery if I rename the file, and pushing the recovery is first?)
then straight after do I push the rom, after rebooting the device, or push them both - reboot the device then install the rom from the recovery?
the first file is Open Euro D80220D.zip - this is the rom, right? and since it is .ZIP do I extract it to the folder where the ADB is or keep it as .zip to push it?
sorry, I'm really new to all this stuff and starting to regret rooting in the first place.
yoalphadied said:
Which of those files should I download.
as I understand it, once downloaded and in the file with the ADB.
adb devices (to make sure it is connected)
then
adb push recovery.zip /sdcard/ (saying recovery if I rename the file, and pushing the recovery is first?)
then straight after do I push the rom, after rebooting the device, or push them both - reboot the device then install the rom from the recovery?
the first file is Open Euro D80220D.zip - this is the rom, right? and since it is .ZIP do I extract it to the folder where the ADB is or keep it as .zip to push it?
sorry, I'm really new to all this stuff and starting to regret rooting in the first place.
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Download the rom and the recovery. It's up to you about the SU zip and kernel.
Push both.
Install recovery zip then the reboot recovery (adb reboot recovery or via the settings in recovery itself)
Factory reset then install rom (yes, Open Euro.zip is the rom)
Install kernel and SU now if you want - wipe caches if you do then reboot
es0tericcha0s said:
Download the rom and the recovery. It's up to you about the SU zip and kernel.
Push both.
Install recovery zip then the reboot recovery (adb reboot recovery or via the settings in recovery itself)
Factory reset then install rom (yes, Open Euro.zip is the rom)
Install kernel and SU now if you want - wipe caches if you do then reboot
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Okay, I just tried pushing the rom, the line entered, i got no return so far but it won't allow me to type anything else in the CMD, i'm guessing its because it's pushing the file?
es0tericcha0s said:
Download the rom and the recovery. It's up to you about the SU zip and kernel.
Push both.
Install recovery zip then the reboot recovery (adb reboot recovery or via the settings in recovery itself)
Factory reset then install rom (yes, Open Euro.zip is the rom)
Install kernel and SU now if you want - wipe caches if you do then reboot
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The recovery is working fine, but after factory resetting, and then trying to install the rom.zip it tries to open it
then e: cant open /data/media/rom.zip
(bad)
installation aborted
es0tericcha0s said:
Download the rom and the recovery. It's up to you about the SU zip and kernel.
Push both.
Install recovery zip then the reboot recovery (adb reboot recovery or via the settings in recovery itself)
Factory reset then install rom (yes, Open Euro.zip is the rom)
Install kernel and SU now if you want - wipe caches if you do then reboot
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I didn't actually check to see if i got any errors during the push, so i tried pushing again with a different name rommy.zip and got this error
cannot read 'rommy.zip' : input/output error
3583 KB/s <1372848128 bytes in 374.008s>
yoalphadied said:
I didn't actually check to see if i got any errors during the push, so i tried pushing again with a different name rommy.zip and got this error
cannot read 'rommy.zip' : input/output error
3583 KB/s <1372848128 bytes in 374.008s>
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Are you trying to sideload it? This is different than pushing the file. You don't need to sideload it. Just plug it in and adb push the files you need to the /sdcard/. And are you trying to install it with Philz?
es0tericcha0s said:
Are you trying to sideload it? This is different than pushing the file. You don't need to sideload it. Just plug it in and adb push the files you need to the /sdcard/. And are you trying to install it with Philz?
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After realising that the push hadnt completed properly, I redownloaded the file, and then pushed it - now it has got past where it had the error and is at 'installing KitKat 4.4.2 ROM
Thanks for your help, greatly appreciated.
What are the benefits of using the Kernal you mentioned earlier?
maybe everything isn't as clear cut as it seemed, after the ROM installed correctly it asked me to reboot now, so I did and now I'm back stuck on the LG splash screen.
Maybe the rom is the wrong one for my phone? It's an LG G2 16gb D802 UK on EE.
yoalphadied said:
After realising that the push hadnt completed properly, I redownloaded the file, and then pushed it - now it has got past where it had the error and is at 'installing KitKat 4.4.2 ROM
Thanks for your help, greatly appreciated.
What are the benefits of using the Kernal you mentioned earlier?
maybe everything isn't as clear cut as it seemed, after the ROM installed correctly it asked me to reboot now, so I did and now I'm back stuck on the LG splash screen.
Maybe the rom is the wrong one for my phone? It's an LG G2 16gb D802 UK on EE.
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Ohhh I think that one might be for the 32 GB one. Sorry. *edit*
You can try this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2681205
es0tericcha0s said:
Ohhh I think that one might be for the 32 GB one. Sorry. *edit*
You can try this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2681205
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Should i try installing the kernal? See if that works? As it does say in comments that the 1st works for 16 &32
*EDIT*
install Kernal & supersu doesn't resolve the issue, going to try the new rom you posted now
yoalphadied said:
Should i try installing the kernal? See if that works? As it does say in comments that the 1st works for 16 &32
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That's what I would do. Won't make it worse. Might help. If not, it's only a few more minutes altogether to try. Just make sure to wipe cache and dalvik cache.
es0tericcha0s said:
Ohhh I think that one might be for the 32 GB one. Sorry. *edit*
You can try this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2681205
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Okay, I came across another problem.
with the several versions of the same ROM at /sdcard/ my memory was running low, so i formatted it - then it wouldn't let me push anything to it, anyway i sorted that (can't remember how) and then installed the Kernal and superuser, which didn't seem to sort anything, but I did a little digging and mounted all the directories on Philz.
Then after I restarted the phone, whilst trying to get into recovery I heard the 'LG' splash screen animation noise. and then the phone loaded up the country setting - and then I got an error which made the screen unresponsive, I tried reloading to get yet another error, similar but not the same.
I booted into recovery, did a factory reset and again rebooted the phone and now it works, with the Knock Code! thank you so much you have saved my phone..
Is there anything I can do to say thank you properly, you've just saved me over £250
Hello all,
First of all the story.
I used the script to rebrand, it has a fail but the phone still working.
One evening, i decided to wipe all by twrp and re run the unbrand script..... that was a huge error, the phone boot but boot loop, and after, the script stuck an no recognise the twrp on the phone.
Tried lot of things like flashing recovery etc in fastboot but nothing else happen than a boot and a black screen with nav bar only.
At this point i think the problem is that i was unable to flash cust.img with fastboot
Whad did I Do?
(Bootloarder must be unlock)
1st: Crying.
2nd: read tons of things on XDA
3rd: Try to re run the script but fail because the phone was still rooted.
4th: Crying
5th: Read lot of other things on XDA
6th: this is the good IDEA
7th: Download Huawei firmware finder
8th: Download Huawei Multitool
9th: Download Huawei Update Extractor
10th: download by the tool the full OTA firmware and dependencies (in my case VTR-L09C432)
11th: extract the update.app (chose "other" for phone model) from the big "update.zip" dowloaded before an put it in a folder of your choice
12th: extract the update.app from the "update_all_hw_xxx" dowloaded before an put it in other folders, just incase of files could have the same names (not sure of it)
13th: run Huawei Multitool (il will create a folder in the path of where the app is when you click, the folder you need is "unbrick")
14th: choose 6 on Huawei multi tool, it will show you what img's you need, and you need everthing exept data.img (the cus.img is in folder wehre you extract update_all_hw_xxx) in "unbrick" folder -> Place the .img needed in the "unbrick" folder (very important)
15th: boot your phone in bootloader mode (phone off, vol-down+plug USB)
16th: clic the button to launch procedure (press N)
17th: have a coffee during the upload it'll ask to reboot
18th: If the problem is solved: cool, stop here
IF NOT: shutdown the phone
19th: Go in classic recovery: Phone off, Vol-Up + Plug USB, when huawei logo stop pressing vol-up
DO NOT BOOT eRecovery, it will not help
20th: in classic recovery do factory reset AND cache reset
21th Reboot
You can relock your bootloader if you want with your code.
The only thing i don't know to do and if someone can telle me is, before the flash of every things or at a moment, if i can flash via ADB the OEM info for an official bootloader relock.
Thx to @mankindtw, @worstenbrood and @inside!out
Hope it will help, it work for me.
edit: can an admin put my title in bold?
Like the Parts with crying ?
Can you create a easy easy 1 click installer for the unbrand Script? ?
StonyD said:
Like the Parts with crying
Can you create a easy easy 1 click installer for the unbrand Script?
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Unfortunately not, i'm not a dev, i don't have the knowledge......
Maybe one day i'll try
Hi thanks for sharing your experience.
I want just to ask some questions :
Where to place all folders that you talked about ? Directory?
What you mean by chose phone model ? In that new folder ?
The brick folder that will appear within huawei multitool folder ? I saw just unbrick folder.
Thanks.
dxkernel said:
Hi thanks for sharing your experience.
I want just to ask some questions :
Where to place all folders that you talked about ? Directory?
What you mean by chose phone model ? In that new folder ?
The brick folder that will appear within huawei multitool folder ? I saw just unbrick folder.
Thanks.
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When you download the 3 files of the firmware, place them where you want.
When you lauchn Huawei Multitool, it will create the "unbrick" folder in the Huawei Multitool folder (my bad) not "brick", i update the first post.
When you use Huawei Update Extractor, you have choices for type of firmware, chose other.
help anyone i need the cust file for the p10 plus
i dont understand where im supposed to get the file
Hi, i am a bit confused.
I download all 3 files with rhe firmware tool. But then i got lost. Can you help me please?
Thanks
[email protected] said:
help anyone i need the cust file for the p10 plus
i dont understand where im supposed to get the file
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It's in one of the ZIP (680mo in my memory)
Hello. Your post has been very helpful, after hours I've now managed to make some progress. All seems to have gone well after following your instructions, however at the end I'm unable to do a factory reset. At most it gets to 6% then fails. Any ideas on what may be going on?
I'm starting to think the phone may be beyond saving, all for one stupid mistake while rooting .
I can't find "other" or "other model" folder.
Thanks
aalmeida1972 said:
I can't find "other" or "other model" folder.
Thanks
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It's the default option in the firmware extractor, i add the precision in case of
My bad, the explanation was not clear, i modified it.
From my french mind to english, sometimes a little bit difficult....
DidymusNoble said:
Hello. Your post has been very helpful, after hours I've now managed to make some progress. All seems to have gone well after following your instructions, however at the end I'm unable to do a factory reset. At most it gets to 6% then fails. Any ideas on what may be going on?
I'm starting to think the phone may be beyond saving, all for one stupid mistake while rooting .
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Did you flash the two recoverys ? Can You still access to twrp?
If twrp still here use it to erase system partition
In fastoboot u can do It too
Follow these steps to :
1-Go to recovery option hold the power and volume button at same time .
2-then go advanced option.
3-Its time to factory reset your phone .
4-Finally Rebort your device and waite few seconds.
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Any ideas what I should do if my phone still will not reboot please ?
I'm still crying
I have a canada version of vtr-09 p10, and I dont know my firmware number I couldn't find my firmware in that software, please tell me what can I do.
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jimmygarison said:
Follow these steps to :
1-Go to recovery option hold the power and volume button at same time .
2-then go advanced option.
3-Its time to factory reset your phone .
4-Finally Rebort your device and waite few seconds.
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omg, how do you do that? you mean a advanced mode is in recovery mode or erecovery mode? I brought p10 at bell, I just couldnt find its firmware number.
ive done everything in this thread. the multitool installer finished without errors, then i did vol up + vol down + power, and it froze at 5 percent "installing update" then entered a reboot loop. then i tried a factory reset with vol up + power and it stoped at 25 percent.
Using the multi-tool
inoxas said:
Hello all,
First of all the story.
I used the script to rebrand, it has a fail but the phone still working.
One evening, i decided to wipe all by twrp and re run the unbrand script..... that was a huge error, the phone boot but boot loop, and after, the script stuck an no recognise the twrp on the phone.
Tried lot of things like flashing recovery etc in fastboot but nothing else happen than a boot and a black screen with nav bar only.
At this point i think the problem is that i was unable to flash cust.img with fastboot
Whad did I Do?
(Bootloarder must be unlock)
1st: Crying.
2nd: read tons of things on XDA
3rd: Try to re run the script but fail because the phone was still rooted.
4th: Crying
5th: Read lot of other things on XDA
6th: this is the good IDEA
7th: Download Huawei firmware finder
8th: Download Huawei Multitool
9th: Download Huawei Update Extractor
10th: download by the tool the full OTA firmware and dependencies (in my case VTR-L09C432)
11th: extract the update.app (chose "other" for phone model) from the big "update.zip" dowloaded before an put it in a folder of your choice
12th: extract the update.app from the "update_all_hw_xxx" dowloaded before an put it in other folders, just incase of files could have the same names (not sure of it)
13th: run Huawei Multitool (il will create a folder in the path of where the app is when you click, the folder you need is "unbrick")
14th: choose 6 on Huawei multi tool, it will show you what img's you need, and you need everthing exept data.img (the cus.img is in folder wehre you extract update_all_hw_xxx) in "unbrick" folder -> Place the .img needed in the "unbrick" folder (very important)
15th: boot your phone in bootloader mode (phone off, vol-down+plug USB)
16th: clic the button to launch procedure (press N)
17th: have a coffee during the upload it'll ask to reboot
18th: If the problem is solved: cool, stop here
IF NOT: shutdown the phone
19th: Go in classic recovery: Phone off, Vol-Up + Plug USB, when huawei logo stop pressing vol-up
DO NOT BOOT eRecovery, it will not help
20th: in classic recovery do factory reset AND cache reset
21th Reboot
You can relock your bootloader if you want with your code.
The only thing i don't know to do and if someone can telle me is, before the flash of every things or at a moment, if i can flash via ADB the OEM info for an official bootloader relock.
Thx to @mankindtw, @worstenbrood and @inside!out
Hope it will help, it work for me.
edit: can an admin put my title in bold?
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Can you please tell me what option 6 is on the multi-tool. Do I drag files into the unbrick folder?
Pombal81 said:
Can you please tell me what option 6 is on the multi-tool. Do I drag files into the unbrick folder?
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opt 6 is in my memory "unbrick" or recover.
You have to put all the .img files needed exept data.img that is not possible to heve because this file is on your phone and encrypted.
Thanks for helping me, how can I tell what .img files are needed? I can't see anything that will tell me this?
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I'm sorry, I'm a bit confused on the intructions:-
I downloaded the full update zip file from the url using the firmware finder, there was another url link that came up called full/public/update - do I need the zip for this too?
I extracted the update zip to a folder and then extracted the update.app file using the Huawei update extractor.
Now I have a very long list of .img files in the extractor and I'm not clear what I need to do next i.e do I move them all into the unbrick folder on the tool?
Hi, I have since been able to extract the right files for the multi-tool. I extracted them again from the extractor. I now have placed them into the unbrick file. My problem now is that I can't run the tool - when I open the multi-tool .bat file its asking for a proxy port, where can I find this?