i was previously running Meanrom 6.4 rooted S-ON and i decided to S-OFF my phone
i have RUU my phone and unlock the bootloader through dirtyracun s-off but when i was about to run the final step which is RabiesShot.exe(to S-OFF), my laptop have barely any battery left so i decided to not do that for the time being.
after that, I am still running the RUU 2.13.651.1 - HBOOT 1.19 without Root or any mods.
I decided to flash the "PJ75IMG - Stock Kernel". i renamed it to PJ75IMG and put it on my sdcard and it did successfully flash.
the problem is that my phone wont boot past Sprint Logo(it would suddenly black screen of death).
also, since i have no way of removing the PJ75IMG on the SD card, everytime i try to access recovery, it automatically tries to flash that file then it would exit and reboot automatically.
the only way for me to skip that part is to remove the sdcard.
my TWRP is also gone so i cannot flash any roms.
i have no card reader so i cannot place any stuff on my micro sd. :crying:
i though about downgrading the kernel to the previous working version through fastboot but when i looked for the files, they say downgrading would result in a brick.
is there any way i can maybe fastboot jellybean or ics or the kernel to make my phone work again?
edit:
if i did flash the Jellybean with my current kernel, is there a way to achieve S-OFF?
i also havent found stock jellybean rom that isnt rooted
Just...
raclimja said:
i was previously running Meanrom 6.4 rooted S-ON and i decided to S-OFF my phone
i have RUU my phone and unlock the bootloader through dirtyracun s-off but when i was about to run the final step which is RabiesShot.exe(to S-OFF), my laptop have barely any battery left so i decided to not do that for the time being.
after that, I am still running the RUU 2.13.651.1 - HBOOT 1.19 without Root or any mods.
I decided to flash the "PJ75IMG - Stock Kernel". i renamed it to PJ75IMG and put it on my sdcard and it did successfully flash.
the problem is that my phone wont boot past Sprint Logo(it would suddenly black screen of death).
also, since i have no way of removing the PJ75IMG on the SD card, everytime i try to access recovery, it automatically tries to flash that file then it would exit and reboot automatically.
the only way for me to skip that part is to remove the sdcard.
my TWRP is also gone so i cannot flash any roms.
i have no card reader so i cannot place any stuff on my micro sd. :crying:
i though about downgrading the kernel to the previous working version through fastboot but when i looked for the files, they say downgrading would result in a brick.
is there any way i can maybe fastboot jellybean or ics or the kernel to make my phone work again?
edit:
if i did flash the Jellybean with my current kernel, is there a way to achieve S-OFF?
i also havent found stock jellybean rom that isnt rooted
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If i were you, i would go back through the s-off process if you can, that will get you back to stock and s-off, then install latest twrp, and then instal OMJ's custom release of the new JB update, it will give you root and the new update, Install the radios since you are s-off and you are good to go.
You need to finish that last step to gain s-off though lol. You should have waited.
Also, im not sure if that is just the kernel, but if it is, just the kernel and nothing else. Then you should be able to do s-off fine still.
Someone correct me if im wrong, i just learned this whole s-off process today so i could do the update.
igotlostintampa said:
If i were you, i would go back through the s-off process if you can, that will get you back to stock and s-off, then install latest twrp, and then instal OMJ's custom release of the new JB update, it will give you root and the new update, Install the radios since you are s-off and you are good to go.
You need to finish that last step to gain s-off though lol. You should have waited.
Also, im not sure if that is just the kernel, but if it is, just the kernel and nothing else. Then you should be able to do s-off fine still.
Someone correct me if im wrong, i just learned this whole s-off process today so i could do the update.
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the thing is the phone wont even boot past the HTC Logo then it would display black screen of death
edit: i found through google saying the error is rekated to the kernel version and i should downgrade first.
is there any safe/reliable method of downgrading the latest kernel from ota (i did not flash the one with the latest hboot but i am still s-on)
i tried to Fastboot RUU but i got an error saying FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)
Fix boot loop after jellybean firmware update via bootloader
raclimja said:
the thing is the phone wont even boot past the HTC Logo then it would display black screen of death
edit: i found through google saying the error is rekated to the kernel version and i should downgrade first.
is there any safe/reliable method of downgrading the latest kernel from ota (i did not flash the one with the latest hboot but i am still s-on)
i tried to Fastboot RUU but i got an error saying FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)
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I had the same problem.
1.remove the PJ75IMG file from exrtenal sd card.
2.reboot to fastboot pres factory reset
3. immidietly press and hold volume down, this should get you to recovery.
4. wipe
5. restore a backup rom
6.reboot
It worked for me after hours of trying other methods.
I just went through a bootloop mess. What i did to get my phone back was to use fastboot and use commands (on my pc) like
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (for TWRP)
fastboot flash boot boot.img (for Kernel)
That got my phone back up and working.
Have you tried this?
raclimja said:
the thing is the phone wont even boot past the HTC Logo then it would display black screen of death
edit: i found through google saying the error is rekated to the kernel version and i should downgrade first.
is there any safe/reliable method of downgrading the latest kernel from ota (i did not flash the one with the latest hboot but i am still s-on)
i tried to Fastboot RUU but i got an error saying FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)
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ok i believe, fastboot should get you twrp. As will it get you the boot flash.
Fastboot flash zip (latest twrp)
Fastboot flash boot (ICS sense rom's boot.img extracted from zip) (this will get you the kernel)
Reboot hold vol down and power to get to bootloader
select recovery
Twrp wipe and flash ICS rom you got the boot img from. (this will take a bit because it wont install kernel, but you already have it from step 2)
you should boot into the rom. then re-do Dirty Raccoon installation, go all the way through, and you should now be s-off
re-install twrp
Flash radios in bootloader (fastboot flash zip (.zip for radios) (link one from Original android development jelly bean flashables post) (optional)
Go to twrp, factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvic, wipe syste.
Twrp Flash OMJ's custom JB release of this update, or stock with goodies, or jewel-swag.
Wipe cache/Dalvic
reboot.
I think this should work but i would immagine you've tried it already. Im running the new kernel and am experiencing no problems with it.
If you're s-off just use fastboot to flash a new kernel, no need to do a factory reset or anything else.
The kernel and ROM must be installed as a pair, just upgrading one isn't going to work.
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Back from Moto-land with Rezound. I've flashed several ROMS and one I would like to flash now says that I must firs be on the leaked 3.11.605.22 firmware.
I thought that when I flashed a rom and it rebooted into bootloader to install the PH98IMG.zip file, that it was installing the necessary firmware. I'm confused.
How do I get to the necessary Leaked firmware. I've searched and googled, but everything I find, indicates that I cannot install the leak, because I have already used the HTC unlock tool. Again, confused
I appreciate your help!
ruu isn't a Tom that loads the kernel afterwards. the leak is flashed all at once which appears to be how kernels are flashed. flashing the leak requires the lock then it flashes everything together but remember it wipes all data with exception of external sd
Followup Q1: So is it possible to get to the RUU 3.11.605.22 firmware, WITHOUT re-locking and flashing the leak? (not concerned at all about full wipe, do it with each rom)
Q2: If I do have to re-lock and then flash the leak, do I first have to return to a 100% stock state (ie, restore all the bloat-ware and such)? (if you've ever had a Bionic you know what I'm talking about)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23700622
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nukeboyt said:
Followup Q1: So is it possible to get to the RUU 3.11.605.22 firmware, WITHOUT re-locking and flashing the leak? (not concerned at all about full wipe, do it with each rom)
Q2: If I do have to re-lock and then flash the leak, do I first have to return to a 100% stock state (ie, restore all the bloat-ware and such)? (if you've ever had a Bionic you know what I'm talking about)
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Originally Posted by JoelZ9614 View Post
Here are the instructions...
Download...
rename the zip to PH98IMG.zip
put on your sdcard
reboot to bootloader
fastboot oem lock
reboot to bootloader again
flash.
reboot to bootloader
[if it says security warning and tampered at the top flash again..after continue to next step]
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin [of course only if u have ur original Unlock_code.bin if not do the whole htc thing again]
reboot......
A little confused. Android Police says you have to be fully stock with a locked bootloader to install 605.22. According to this, I don't have to be stock, I just have to relock it, and be aware that the full RUU install with radios will wipe my entire phone except external SD? (I wouldn't ask this except that it directly contradicts the AP post.)
And do we have the ability to re-root the resulting ICS installation?
And there's no other way to apply just the radios and the pre-rooted (Non-RUU?) version?
Does the pre-rooted version also do a full wipe?
cpurick said:
A little confused. Android Police says you have to be fully stock with a locked bootloader to install 605.22. According to this, I don't have to be stock, I just have to relock it, and be aware that the full RUU install with radios will wipe my entire phone except external SD? (I wouldn't ask this except that it directly contradicts the AP post.)
And do we have the ability to re-root the resulting ICS installation?
And there's no other way to apply just the radios and the pre-rooted (Non-RUU?) version?
Does the pre-rooted version also do a full wipe?
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So far no other way to get the new radios , sounds like the only reason the OTA leak worked was the way it was packaged. This new leak isn't packaged the same way so you would have to relock and run the RUU to get the new radios.
Personally, all I did was reflash stock recovery before hand, but I had to run it a few times to get it to work fully and at one point I just relocked with amon recovery installed and ran it and it worked just fine. It wipes recovery as part of the installation and installs the updated stock recovery.
andybones said:
Originally Posted by JoelZ9614 View Post
Here are the instructions...
Download...
rename the zip to PH98IMG.zip
put on your sdcard
reboot to bootloader
fastboot oem lock
reboot to bootloader again
flash.
reboot to bootloader
[if it says security warning and tampered at the top flash again..after continue to next step]
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin [of course only if u have ur original Unlock_code.bin if not do the whole htc thing again]
reboot......
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Sorry for the questions, but when I do all of this, will I still have the Amon Ra recovery, or does this return to the stock recovery (which I assume it does)?
When the PH file is flashed in recovery it will overwrite whatever recovery you had flashed previously and leave you with stock everything...including recovery.
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I was able to upgrade to the new ROM and then re-unlock my phone. But when I put Amon Ra in SD folder as PH98IMG.zip and reboot to the loader, I am never prompted to install it. Furthermore, attempts to get into recovery result in a green circular icon followed by a red triangle with exclamation point.
I tried all sorts of resets and reboots. Right now I have a green recovery option, but no working recovery. The top line says "UNLOCKED".
I've tried Amon Ra 3.13 and 3.14.
Download this file.
Place it in the same folder that you setup for the HTCdev unlock.
Rename it to "recovery."
Go to the command prompt and type in this command: cd c:\nameoffolder (mine is c:\Android for example)
Boot into Hboot
Select Fastboot
Connect to PC
Then type this exactly : fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
That should get you loaded with Amon Ra.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19205213
Installation instructions are in the OP.
What you see now when you select recovery in hboot is what is considered stock recovery
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EmerikL said:
Download this file.
Place it in the same folder that you setup for the HTCdev unlock.
Rename it to "recovery."
Go to the command prompt and type in this command: cd c:\nameoffolder (mine is c:\Android for example)
Boot into Hboot
Select Fastboot
Connect to PC
Then type this exactly : fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
That should get you loaded with Amon Ra.
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Thank you. I had already figured it out, and this is exactly what the problem was. Last time I flashed with a PH98IMG version of recovery, but this latest version that I have is for Fastboot. Thanks!
Never thought it would be such a relief to see the "TAMPERED" warning, lol.
All is good!
ZIP to fix mainver problems
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23169557&postcount=4
Hi,
I've been searching through posts for help. But I might have run into a combination of bad luck and noobness, and I can't perform any suggested recovery procedure that I've found smoothly. If you think my problem can be solve by another answered post please link.
My phone was rooted (from the HTCDev tool) and sim unlocked. This morning I started the Update pushed from HTC (that should be the ICS update???). The update last more than 40 minutes (I wasn't watching) and stuck on the HTC boot screen. I thought it's problem hanged, unplugged the battery (maybe I noobed out here? shouldn've waited 4 hours? or do a hard reset instead?).
Anyway, from that point onward it's hang on boot.
I boot it up the the hboot menu. Go to recovery, tried wiping the cache, tried the factory reset. No luck.
Here is what I have on HBOOT
*** UNLOCKED ***
SHOOTER_U PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT_1.49.0008
eMMC-boot
Jul 15 2011, 14:39:25
When I tried to run the "update from SD card" in the recovery mode I always get the
E:can't open /cache/recovery/command
no matter what I've put in the SD card
When I try to use 4EXTRecovery, it always says error: device not found
I also tried to use revolutionary to turn S-OFF but it always stuck on waiting for device
the fastboot command line from HTC Dev however, can talk to the phone slightly...
fastboot devices
HT17WV302432 fastboot
fastboot oem unlock
...
(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.142s]
writing 'unlocktoken'...
(bootloader) unlock token check successfully
OKAY [ 0.007s]
finished. total time: 0.150s
But the phone doesn't turn to the unlock agreement page, phone remains S-ON.
I don't have CWM installed on my phone yet. And I don't know how to get it onto my phone with market place. Putting update.zip in SD card doesn't seem to trigger the phone in any way.
At this point, I think I should?
S-OFF my phone?
See if I can use fastboot to flash any workable ROM / boot / Recovery onto the phone?
Any help would be great.
Thanks a lot.
Gil
If I remember correctly to update to the official OTA you need to put the stock recovery back on your phone and re-lock it.
I don't really care whether it is official OTA or not. I just want to get my phone back to work. Do you have any link to where I can get the OTA and how to do it?
Does it require turning S-OFF? I'm under the impression it is blocking me to do anything. And because my phone is already in a bad state a lot of the tools is not communicating with the phone right now...
No luck with the OTA. I was able to get CWM onto recovery through fastboot, and also tried flashing King Cobra. But the phone still won't be with King Cobra, I'm still on S-ON. Revolutionary still won't connect.
u dont need s-off with 4ext recovery
I had an unlocked EVO3D (htcdev method) and the problem you had happened to me too. The phone stuck at the initial splashscreen and iI had to pull the battery off.
To have my phone back it was enough to use 4ext to restore a saved backup I had
done previously.
If you dont have backups then installing KingCobra (1.5, I have issues with 1.6) should be enough to solve. Copy the rom to the sdcard and then install it via 4EXT.
If you want to go S-OFF i recommend to use the wire-trick method
unlimited.io/juopunutbear-public-beta-0-1/instructions
It's tricky indeed but works very well.
kernBeros said:
I had an unlocked EVO3D (htcdev method) and the problem you had happened to me too. The phone stuck at the initial splashscreen and iI had to pull the battery off.
To have my phone back it was enough to use 4ext to restore a saved backup I had
done previously.
If you dont have backups then installing KingCobra (1.5, I have issues with 1.6) should be enough to solve. Copy the rom to the sdcard and then install it via 4EXT.
If you want to go S-OFF i recommend to use the wire-trick method
unlimited.io/juopunutbear-public-beta-0-1/instructions
It's tricky indeed but works very well.
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How do you get 4EXT onto the phone? Is there anyway to flash it to recovery? Or do you already have it flashed before? I was trying to find a 4EXT recovery flash but no luck.
I tried using CWM flashed to the recovery and installed King Cobra, it installed but still doesn't boot up. I also tried flashing boot.img onto boot (by using fastboot) but the phone still doesn't boot up. The firmware (PG86IMG.zip) wouldn't flash tho, so maybe I need either S-OFF or 4EXT to do that.
Thanks.
gyt2wong said:
How do you get 4EXT onto the phone? Is there anyway to flash it to recovery? Or do you already have it flashed before? I was trying to find a 4EXT recovery flash but no luck.
I tried using CWM flashed to the recovery and installed King Cobra, it installed but still doesn't boot up. I also tried flashing boot.img onto boot (by using fastboot) but the phone still doesn't boot up. The fireware (PG86IMG.zip) would flash tho, so maybe I need either S-OFF or 4EXT to do that.
Thanks.
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4Ext was already flashed. However what you did should be ok. Are you sure that the boot.img that you flashed is the correct one for the ROM that you installed?
The boot.img on the KingCobra main page belongs to the 1.6 version.
You can extract the correct one for the 1.5 version from the ROM zip file.
The path in the zip file is Custom/Kernels/Stock/boot.img
I used the 1.5 version with the original radio without problems.
Fixed this by:
1) Getting the official RUU on ICS.
2) Connect USB in HBOOT
3) Use fastboot to relock the bootloader
4) Run RUU on Windows and successfully flashed everything
So seems like S-ON pluse unlocked bootloader means no no to both official rom and custom rom.
My phone is HTC EVO 3D, and it's bricking after the ICS update from provider. It hangs on the HTC logo. I read numerous post about flashing it with update or rom, but it's now S-ON and when I try to flash from SD card in recovery it gives me :
Invalid Operation
Rebooting Reasonem-00
As far as I know I have to get it to S-OFF before I can use recovery to flash it, but I tried revolutionary and seems like it require the phone in a working state to function. Currently when I run revolutionary with usb connected on HBOOT-1.49.0008 menu revolutionary won't connect. I don't have CWM either and I don't know how to get it onto the phone without Market Place and S-ON.
Is there anyway to get it to S-OFF so I can move forward to fix my phone with any working rom? Fastboot is connecting no problem (at HBOOT menu) but I don't know if it allows me to flash or turn it to S-OFF.
Thanks in advance.
Gil
I don't have your phone but I know that if u search it you might be able to get the official ics update for your device and the put it on your sd card and update from the boot loader and your phone would probably boot up and be fine but like i said Google it bc you probably have to rename the file something special. I'm kinda a noob so sorry if this didn't help
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the RUU from Rogers wouldn't update either.
I'm not able to flash the Clockwork Mod to the recovery using fastboot.
I tried flashing King Cobra but after the flash the phone still doesn't boot. I'm still on S-ON. Revolutionary still won't connect...
I read this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1560279&page=21
that says I can flash the rom with S-ON with 4Ext recovery. But I can't do anything with the downloaded apk file as my phone doesn't boot up properly to the system. Where can I find the recovery img to flash it manually with fastboot?
Thanks.
Fixed this by:
1) Getting the official RUU on ICS.
2) Connect USB in HBOOT
3) Use fastboot to relock the bootloader
4) Run RUU on Windows and successfully flashed everything
So seems like S-ON pluse unlocked bootloader means no no to both official rom and custom rom.
I'm trying to help my friend get his Amaze up and running again. When he gave it to me it would not boot past the bootloader. You could get into recovery but were unable to flash anything as it said there was an error mounting the internal sd.
I read through some threads here and attempted to reinstall recovery, which didn't go so well. Now I am unable to get into recovery, which means i have no adb now , unable to flash the ruu through the hboot. It will load the ruu but will just reboot to the bootloader again.
Hboot - 1.93.0002
S-on
CID - Telus001
He told me that he had tried to flash the new faux kernel, after which he was in the spot he's in. He has already replaced with an S3, but would like to get this phone up and running to sell and recoup some of his upgrade costs, plus get pictures off the Amaze (if that's at all possible)
Update: got it working, had to flash the non touch cwm, 4ext twrp and touch cwm all would not work. Afterwhich i was able to flash a rom, then flashed a kernel through fastboot. Downside is the internal was blank upon booting back....but it at least works again.
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Hey, I have htc evo 3d gsm (shooteru). I unlocked the bootloader using htcdev.com and installed clockworkmod recovery. Then I changed cid to HTC__001 and tried to flash a gingerbread ROM in preparation for using the flashmaniac tool to downgrade my hboot (1.53.0007 -> 1.49.0007).
But when I tried to flash the gb rom the recovery said that installation finished but the phone did nothing after reboot. So I took out the battery and went into bootloader and everything looked the same as before the flash attempt. So I tried once again with same result. Then I powered off the phone and now when I turned it on again it only shows the HTC logo for a few seconds and then nothing (the buttons at the bottom have their lights turned on though).
Any ideas?
Yes, hboot version not compatible with gb rom, and or boot partition didn't get flashed. Unlocked but s-on doesn't let boot partition have write if booted into recovery in a normal way.
So yoy can get boot.img from install zip and flash with fastboot
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Or you can reinstall from recovery if booted from fastboot command.
fastboot boot recovery.img
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jcfunk said:
Yes, hboot version not compatible with gb rom, and or boot partition didn't get flashed. Unlocked but s-on doesn't let boot partition have write if booted into recovery in a normal way.
So yoy can get boot.img from install zip and flash with fastboot
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Or you can reinstall from recovery if booted from fastboot command.
fastboot boot recovery.img
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Somehow got it at least to bootloader, no idea how, just tried taking out battery a few times and charging it a bit and it worked.
Thanks for the advice, didn't realize there was a difference between these flashing methods.
randomguyhtc said:
Somehow got it at least to bootloader, no idea how, just tried taking out battery a few times and charging it a bit and it worked.
Thanks for the advice, didn't realize there was a difference between these flashing methods.
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Power + volume down when turning on will get you into bootloader
Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D, remember all development is done on my phone, not a computer
jcfunk said:
Power + volume down when turning on will get you into bootloader
Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D, remember all development is done on my phone, not a computer
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I know , it just didn't work for some reason before.
So I flashed the boot.img and now it's stuck in a boot loop. Tried going to cwm recovery and wiping various caches etc and flashing again, and flashing boot.img again but it still goes into boot loop.
I would just use the flashmaniac's tool anyway because I don't care about any data on the phone or anything, but it seems that it requires the phone to be booted before it can start the downgrade.
What should I do? Try to flash other roms maybe? The one that I have now is EU_Shooter_U-1.20.401.8_ROOTED.
So I extracted a rom.zip from a RUU but it won't flash from cwm "Can't open /sdcard/rom.zip (bad)", should I try to flash it with adb/fastboot? I'm worried that the zip may be broken (even though archive manager integrity check says its fine).
Would this work with shooteru/GSM?
[TOOL] Ultimate Recovery Tool 3.1 (Unbrick, Downgrade, VM Radio Fix/Reset)
I'm thinking it might be a way to sidestep the boot loop problem that I have now, just relock the bootloader and follow the instructions until I get HBoot 1.40.something like the guy in the video?
Do I need some special drivers when using the RUU executables on Windows?
So I've got it to work. The problem was what jcfunk said (both of the things he mentioned, actually), I was trying to flash a GB rom when I should have tried an ICS rom instead (lol). After going to ICS RUU, I did the wire trick (unlimited.io) and now everything works nicely and I can get the latest roms.
Glad to hear.