Hey guys I just joined the site a few days ago after being sent here by some guys from some Audio forums, which is my main hobby. I guess you could say Im kind of a techy but am just now getting in to laptop building and things like that so I am still a newb. Anyways I just got the HTC DNA which I like quite a bit but Id like a little more out of it such as little better battery life, more customization, and to get rid of the bloat ware installed. On that note however I have never done anything much with phones since this is my first Droid after using Iphones which is why Im starting this thread...
I have been reading around and am still quite lost as to what I need to do to get what I wanted (battery life, customization, and to get rid of bloatware). I really like the ViperDNA ROM after watching the video but not sure if....
1. It will do what I want?
2. How to install it/make it run properly?
3. If there is something better?
So if you guys could walk me through what it takes to run something like that I would greatly appreciate you helping out some one new to this whole "Rooting" thing since this is my first Droid... If I can return the favor by helping out with your Car audio or talking guns with anyone Id be glad to!
Better n' Reverse said:
Hey guys I just joined the site a few days ago after being sent here by some guys from some Audio forums, which is my main hobby. I guess you could say Im kind of a techy but am just now getting in to laptop building and things like that so I am still a newb. Anyways I just got the HTC DNA which I like quite a bit but Id like a little more out of it such as little better battery life, more customization, and to get rid of the bloat ware installed. On that note however I have never done anything much with phones since this is my first Droid after using Iphones which is why Im starting this thread...
I have been reading around and am still quite lost as to what I need to do to get what I wanted (battery life, customization, and to get rid of bloatware). I really like the ViperDNA ROM after watching the video but not sure if....
1. It will do what I want?
2. How to install it/make it run properly?
3. If there is something better?
So if you guys could walk me through what it takes to run something like that I would greatly appreciate you helping out some one new to this whole "Rooting" thing since this is my first Droid... If I can return the favor by helping out with your Car audio or talking guns with anyone Id be glad to!
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I love the ViperRom! It has every customization imaginable and is very professional looking. It helps with battery life but you can use pretty much any kernel you want with a rom and that probably has as much or more affect on battery life. You need to be rooted and have adb installed on your pc - are you to this point yet?
Here is a good link by droidmodd3rx that walks through most things on video. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2012346
Also did you accept Verizon ota update in the last week? If so I am not sure you can root yet, they will have to work out a new method for that.
TJMac44 said:
I love the ViperRom! It has every customization imaginable and is very professional looking. It helps with battery life but you can use pretty much any kernel you want with a rom and that probably has as much or more affect on battery life. You need to be rooted and have adb installed on your pc - are you to this point yet?
Here is a good link by droidmodd3rx that walks through most things on video. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2012346
Also did you accept Verizon ota update in the last week? If so I am not sure you can root yet, they will have to work out a new method for that.
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It asked me today if I wanted to update and I held off since I read something about it not working with the new update... So Im still on the 1.15.605.4 Software number...
Also what is this ADB I need to have installed on my PC?
Newer "B" than Better-n-Reverse!
Better n' Reverse said:
Also what is this ADB I need to have installed on my PC?
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This is my second Droid phone, but I am interested in rooting this beast (HTC DNA). But I think I might temporarily be out of luck as my Software Number is 2.04.605.2 71 ORD.
I'll sit tight if this is true, but once there is a rooting option for this update can someone PLEASE, please, please post a V-E-R-Y detailed and simplified method for rooting?
I have to do whatever it take to get rid of "DROOOIIIDDD" on start up. Seroiously, that is my primary reason for looking into this rooting business. I'm such a sad case
Cheers!
It looks like its quite the long process if you don't have SDK and ADP already installed which you will need to unlock the bootloader...
Better n' Reverse said:
It looks like its quite the long process if you don't have SDK and ADP already installed which you will need to unlock the bootloader...
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Here is a guide for installing adb
http://www.jailbreakeye.com/android/install-adb-fastboot
Here is a video that I went by to install my adb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaNM-lt_aHw
Here is page for new easy way to unlock bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2109862
And here is page with video guides to Root, install custom recovery and install kernels and Roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2012346
You also need to install usb drivers on your pc. If you have't already done so you can get them here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2000896
It seems overwhelming but it really isn't if you read/watch things carefully and follow instructions it is pretty easy and fun.
TJMac44 said:
Here is a guide for installing adb
http://www.jailbreakeye.com/android/install-adb-fastboot
Here is a video that I went by to install my adb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaNM-lt_aHw
Here is page for new easy way to unlock bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2109862
And here is page with video guides to Root, install custom recovery and install kernels and Roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2012346
You also need to install usb drivers on your pc. If you have't already done so you can get them here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2000896
It seems overwhelming but it really isn't if you read/watch things carefully and follow instructions it is pretty easy and fun.
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Thanks for putting all that together for me! What is the purpose of the USB drivers?
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Thanks for putting all that together for me! What is the purpose of the USB drivers?
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So your computer can see your phone.
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So your computer can see your phone.
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Awwww ok... I got SDK loaded just trying to get it open...
Well I followed the video exactly and I cant get ADP to run when I type in ADP the command still and have double checked everything...
Better n' Reverse said:
Well I followed the video exactly and I cant get ADP to run when I type in ADP the command still and have double checked everything...
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depending on what you named your directories are you going to the platform-tools directory? you need to type adb not adp, lower case not caps, and then there needs to be a command after adb. Try adb devices.
Better n' Reverse said:
Well I followed the video exactly and I cant get ADP to run when I type in ADP the command still and have double checked everything...
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You set up your system variables crooectly?
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Well I followed the video exactly and I cant get ADP to run when I type in ADP the command still and have double checked everything...
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It's adb not adp
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TJMac44 said:
depending on what you named your directories are you going to the platform-tools directory? you need to type adb not adp, lower case not caps, and then there needs to be a command after adb. Try adb devices.
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I believe so...
Bigandrewgold said:
You set up your system variables crooectly?
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Like I said I followed that vid exactly so...
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It's adb not adp
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Ya thats what I meant just wasnt paying attention last night
Well I got it unlocked finally but now when I go to flash the Recovery I just get an error... Sometimes the "emulator" one, "waiting on the device" , Or just cant the find file... Just doing it straight from the comand I open in the file or using Hansoon2000's tool...
Quick question
Hey, going to do a little thread jacking here. It seems like this would be the best place to ask my question. I'm a long-time iOS user that just switched and silly me accepted the OTA 2.04.605 update. Now, if I performed a hard reset wouldn't that put my software back to its factory settings and would allow me to unlock my bootloader? Sorry if this annoying just trying to make sure it'll work before I go through the hassle of restoring. Thanks for any help!
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Well I got it unlocked finally but now when I go to flash the Recovery I just get an error... Sometimes the "emulator" one, "waiting on the device" , Or just cant the find file... Just doing it straight from the comand I open in the file or using Hansoon2000's tool...
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Your phone needs to be in fastboot for you to find it. Connect the phone, boot into the bootloader, enter fastboot, open a new command prompt, and try "fastboot devices". you should see the phone.
If you can't find the file then you're not in the right directory. Make sure you navigate to the folder that contains the file then run the command. (or you can just give it the full path to the file)
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Hey, going to do a little thread jacking here. It seems like this would be the best place to ask my question. I'm a long-time iOS user that just switched and silly me accepted the OTA 2.04.605 update. Now, if I performed a hard reset wouldn't that put my software back to its factory settings and would allow me to unlock my bootloader? Sorry if this annoying just trying to make sure it'll work before I go through the hassle of restoring. Thanks for any help!
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No, I don't think that'll help. The factory reset basically wipes memory and restores the original ROM. The OTA updates the radios / kernel. But don't quote me on that. I'll let a dev who knows better comment.
drumz0rz said:
No, I don't think that'll help. The factory reset basically wipes memory and restores the original ROM. The OTA updates the radios / kernel. But don't quote me on that. I'll let a dev who knows better comment.
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I think you are right because I have not heard of anyone suggesting this, and it was just my noob idea! Thanks for the help.
ASAPscotty said:
Hey, going to do a little thread jacking here. It seems like this would be the best place to ask my question. I'm a long-time iOS user that just switched and silly me accepted the OTA 2.04.605 update. Now, if I performed a hard reset wouldn't that put my software back to its factory settings and would allow me to unlock my bootloader? Sorry if this annoying just trying to make sure it'll work before I go through the hassle of restoring. Thanks for any help!
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This question has been answered, but I thought I'd provide a little more detail to their answers:
On android, the memory is divided into several partitions (you might think of it like different disk drives), including a /boot, /system, and /data partition. The /boot partition is where the kernel (the heart of the android o/s) resides; the /system (where the bulk of the android o/s resides); the /data is where your apps and personal data reside. The /boot and /system partitions require system administrator level rights in order to change the information stored there (the system administrator account on android/linux is known as "root" or "superuser").
The update that came from VZW changed elements in the /system and /boot directories, using a superuser key to grant the update permission to change the files on those partitions.
Unfortunately, a factory reset only essentially re-formats the /data partition, wiping out all the user information stored there, but doesn't change the /system or /boot partitions.
The root process essentially hacks the device to gain system administrator rights to the android phone, using exploits in the android o/s. This is essentially a cat and mouse game. The update sent by VZW/HTC patches the exploits that were used to gain root access (that is why it is always dangerous to accept updates from VZW/HTC).
Hopefully the developers on this website will be able to find another exploit/weakness, and provide a way for those who have phones that have the update to obtain root, unlock the bootloader (another partition), and gain s-off (another level of turning a security flag to "off" so that even more partitions can be accessed/changed (ie.the /radio partition).
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Well, there we go. Dun wanna wait anymore, and I unfortunately are not too clever myself. So! I propose a root bounty. Whoever manages to root the device first and post a guide here will get it. If you don't have an Xperia play, I can do and upload dumps/test out new root methods for you if you contact me.
Some rules tho:
- It has to be possible for the average user without the use of additional hardware or commercial software (as in, software we have to buy)
- It doesn't have to work on devices that still have a locked bootloader, altho that would be very awesome.
- It has to work on the stock Sony Ericsson Software. Unless you can create a fully functional Cyanogenmod. Then I'll donate $100 to you instantly.
For starters, I throw $35 into the pot.
$20 by gnasher666
I'll go $20 for root
Meister_Li said:
- It has to work on the stock Sony Ericsson Software. Unless you can create a fully functional Cyanogenmod. Then I'll donate $100 to you instantly. .
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this will be a problem, there is most definately a sig check on the file it pushes to your phone through bundled software. A modified boot.img can be pushed and flashed to the phone with fastboot. Also the update software detects the fact you unlocked the bootloader and it basically doesn't work on those phones anymore.
not to **** in your cereal, but making a modified kernel and push through fastboot is just a matter of doing it, not a whole lot of skill will be required.
like I said in the fastboot thread, if someone who has not unlocked their bootloader can upload the recovery image package that the bundled software downloads and mirrors it, it will make things a lot quicker.
johnsongrantr said:
this will be a problem, there is most definately a sig check on the file it pushes to your phone through bundled software. A modified boot.img can be pushed and flashed to the phone with fastboot. Also the update software detects the fact you unlocked the bootloader and it basically doesn't work on those phones anymore.
not to **** in your cereal, but making a modified kernel and push through fastboot is just a matter of doing it, not a whole lot of skill will be required.
like I said in the fastboot thread, if someone who has not unlocked their bootloader can upload the recovery image package that the bundled software downloads and mirrors it, it will make things a lot quicker.
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I'm aware of that. I just mean that we should still be able to use the normal Sony Ericsson Android software, so root on the current software of the phone, even if the boot image or kernel have been replaced with other ones.
I just want to avoid loopholes, like someone saying: "I got root! But only if you replace everything and don't actually plan on using your phone because nothing else works!"
I will have my device coming this week.
please keep an eye on this thread for the arc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035306&page=11
i will be updating my device before unlocking to get all the files needed. (hopefully)
I sure hope the phone can be rooted soon to much bloatware I want to get rid off
You cant get the boot.img with an unlocked one either I have got 2 one locked one open.
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waz000000 said:
You cant get the boot.img with an unlocked one either I have got 2 one locked one open.
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why do you need the boot.img for root?
rooting the system should be sufficient
johnsongrantr said:
this will be a problem, there is most definately a sig check on the file it pushes to your phone through bundled software. A modified boot.img can be pushed and flashed to the phone with fastboot. Also the update software detects the fact you unlocked the bootloader and it basically doesn't work on those phones anymore.
not to **** in your cereal, but making a modified kernel and push through fastboot is just a matter of doing it, not a whole lot of skill will be required.
like I said in the fastboot thread, if someone who has not unlocked their bootloader can upload the recovery image package that the bundled software downloads and mirrors it, it will make things a lot quicker.
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There is no bundled software in the box. Which one are you talking about?
also,
What is wrong with this dump
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1022224
?
Thank you for sharing with us your ideas
FrAsErTaG said:
why do you need the boot.img for root?
rooting the system should be sufficient
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Agreed, but id like to try and install CW and get a proper recovery screen sorted.
waz000000 said:
Agreed, but id like to try and install CW and get a proper recovery screen sorted.
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A custom recovery would be awesome. However, the Play doesnt seem to have a recovery partition.
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NielDK said:
A custom recovery would be awesome. However, the Play doesnt seem to have a recovery partition.
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not stock, but you can always make one, other SE devices don't have a *proper* recovery because they didn't have full access to the bootloader.
I'm curious what mode holding the back button on while plugging in the device, it appears to be different than holding search
johnsongrantr said:
not stock, but you can always make one, other SE devices don't have a *proper* recovery because they didn't have full access to the bootloader.
I'm curious what mode holding the back button on while plugging in the device, it appears to be different than holding search
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Yep, it seems to be another kind of flash mode, altho I wasn't able to get any response out of the device with the usual fastboot and/or adb commands.
Hopefully this might be recovery mode. And that would open for custom recovery. Allthough I didnt find recovery partition, this might be because that MTD block is hidden. Root may show
Meister_Li said:
Yep, it seems to be another kind of flash mode, altho I wasn't able to get any response out of the device with the usual fastboot and/or adb commands.
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I thought I should jump in here and clarify a few things. Bounty threads are allowed here at XDA as long as no donations are given up front. Meaning what you are doing here is just fine, as long as no one is "collecting" the donations up front.
A bounty thread can motivate development.
So...people who want to participate should NOT DONATE now they should PLEDGE and when you feel that the goal has been met THEN donate to the developer directly.
XDA will not mediate disagreements about these matters...so you do this at your own risk.
Have fun!
Thanks for clearing that up - that's how I planned it, actually. As soon as someone accomplishes root, I'll send my donation his way and I hope that others will too!
that works as I hoped it would. I'm good for the money once root access is available.
Personally, I think root will be a lot harder than cfw as it will potentially allow access to parts of the software Sony don't want you playing with.
fingers crossed some clever person finds an exploit sooner rather than later.
I would chuck in $20 if the Neo could be included....
Just spent an hour on the phone with sony ericsson trying to get a direct link to the recovery image to no avail.
I got 20 usd for the person who gets me a copy of that recovery image.
Once you get me that, I can make a kernel with root out of it ill give it away for free with instructions on how to flash it (given unlocked bootloader)
I wish I woulda did this myself before I unlocked my bootloader. Kinda frusterrated after dealing with their tech support.
I have a locked one still cant get img files,
Right im trying a system restore on the new one (locked bootloader) im hoping the recovery image will be downloaded onto the computer and i can extract from there, lets see huh/
well it restored but cant find the image, it's pissing me off now spent to long doing sh!t.
connected to the phone to ADB pushed SU no permission chmod busybox no permission, gahhh we need that boot.img or system.img but how the hell do we get it?!?
Hey everyone, I started this guide myself after coming to the conclusion that there wasn't any real clear or even good guide to flashing a recovery after having to use the HTCDEV tool to unlock your bootloader. If you had to use the HTCDEV tool method it is becasue your bootloader is version 1.50 and the revolutionary method will not work for you at this point in time.
This is my own guide I wrote and is soley my own work despite what some insecure noobs think on these forums. I'm not claiming to have discovered this method first, I'm just sharing my knowledge in a neat little guide to just be of any help to those who need it!
Please visit here if you havent used the HTCDEV Tool yet to unlock your bootloader. [http://htcdev.com/bootloader/]
After using the HTCDEV tool you will need
a recovery and Superuser permissions to have root access. The only recovery I was able to flash and get working correctly using this method was the exact version of cwm that you can download from this guide. I was not able to get TWRP or any other recovery to work this way...
**make sure you have ADB set up on your computer (download AndoridSDK and open up SDK Manager and install the add on packages)**
Step 1: Download the cwm zip from this post and place the .img file in your
androidsdk/tools folder. Then download the su zip folder and place this on the root of your SD card
Step 3: Reboot the phone into bootloader (Vol down + Power), then select fastboot usb next.
Step 4: open up your command prompt and enter these lines of command
Code:
CD C:\AndroidSDK\tools
(your's might look different)
Code:
fastboot flash recovery c:\androidsdk\tools\cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter(1).img
**you should now see that it will flash the recovery in your command promt window**
Step 5: When its done flashing the recovery go ahead and boot into recovery and flash the su zip file so you will have root permissions!!
You should be done after this you can flash roms or reboot normally.
Nevermind.
Couple things wrong/could be done better with this post, no offense, just things you'll want to correct or add.
~ You're going to want to explain how to get ADB going, because as of the past few versions, it's very convoluted to get.
~ You can't directly reboot into Fastboot (at least, not without being fully rooted already). The phone must be fully turned off, and before you even do that, you need to turn off the "fast boot" option in the Android power settings completely off. That "fast boot" option is completely unrelated to Fastboot mode but if you leave "fast boot" checked on, the phone doesn't fully power off when you press and hold power.
~ As far as formatting goes, you'll want to wrap the command prompt lines in code tags which are these: [.code].[./code] (no periods). That way, it looks like this:
Code:
cd C:\AndroidSDK\tools
The same goes with the fastboot command, because otherwise it's confusing as to what the entered code really should be.
~ You've packaged the recovery as a RAR, when in reality, you don't actually need to package it up as anything, you can directly upload the img. Also, for the sake of convenience, because not everyone has the same ADB path (and by extension, not everyone will be able to copy and paste the command you put up) you can rename the image to just "recovery.img" because when you're tying the fastboot recovery flash command out, it's irritating to type out the full name of the recovery.
The HTC unlock method does not give you S-Off. You'll still be S-On, but you're able to install a recovery then flash the SU zip. Its important to note that the newest version of cwm that I was able to get working was 4.0.1.4. I was not able to get any version of TWR working. You are also unable to flash custom boot.img's, making kernel modification impossible.
Thanks for the input! I will revise the guide just wanted something quick for people out there that were thinking that they could not have any recovery after using the htc dev tool, and thus not being able to flash any custom roms.
I never got TWRP flashed either, or any other version of cwm except the one I posted on the thread...but its better than no recovery and it gives you the ability to obtain root access so you can also use rooted apps.
I have now used both revolutionary and the HTCDEV tool multiple times, the HTCDEV tool being a bigger pain in the rear than I had figured but it was only because no other recovery would install except for cwm via fastboot adb.
As for custom kernels, maybe using a rom with a baked in kernel would be a good option since it would flash together with the rom.
Also, It would not let me attatch the file as a .img file there were errors so I had to zip them in order to attatch them in my thread.
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Thanks for the input! I will revise the guide just wanted something quick for people out there that were thinking that they could not have any recovery after using the htc dev tool, and thus not being able to flash any custom roms.
I never got TWRP flashed either, or any other version of cwm except the one I posted on the thread...but its better than no recovery and it gives you the ability to obtain root access so you can also use rooted apps.
I have now used both revolutionary and the HTCDEV tool multiple times, the HTCDEV tool being a bigger pain in the rear than I had figured but it was only because no other recovery would install except for cwm via fastboot adb.
As for custom kernels, maybe using a rom with a baked in kernel would be a good option since it would flash together with the rom.
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...why did you use the HTC Dev tool after Revolutionary? Do you realize what you've done by doing that?
I hope what you meant was that you had the 2.3.4 stock update and tried to use Revolutionary, found out it didn't work, and then tried the HTC Dev tool, because running the HTC Unlock after successfully using the Revolutionary tool is not the best idea on the planet.
The downside to using HTC's Unlock (for those who think 'oh, i have root and recovery, i'm ok) is that you can't use custom kernels or updated Radio stacks.
Baked in kernel won't matter, the boot partition (as far as I can tell) is still locked.
So you just troll chat rooms and kang people's work and claim it as your own eh? Way to kang this entire writeup. You didn't figure this out.
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First off I didnt use both rooting methods...I used revolutionary on my own evo and had to use the devtool on a friends....I'm not that stupid I know the difference between the two. The reason I started this post was because when I was having difficulties when flashing a recovery on my freinds phone after using the dev tool I couldn't find any help or thread on getting this to work. Maybe I didn't look hard enough but the only help I got was off android forums and there was a real vague description on getting the recovery to flash...I was trying to help not troll...nor did I calim this was MY discovery at all in my thread lol.
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First off I didnt use both rooting methods...I used revolutionary on my own evo and had to use the devtool on a friends....I'm not that stupid I know the difference between the two. The reason I started this post was because when I was having difficulties when flashing a recovery on my freinds phone after using the dev tool I couldn't find any help or thread on getting this to work. Maybe I didn't look hard enough but the only help I got was off android forums and there was a real vague description on getting the recovery to flash...I was trying to help not troll...nor did I calim this was MY discovery at all in my thread lol.
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That's ok, I assumed that you didn't run both on your phone, I just wanted to make sure. I think the guy above me might be going overboard though.
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First off I didnt use both rooting methods...I used revolutionary on my own evo and had to use the devtool on a friends....I'm not that stupid I know the difference between the two. The reason I started this post was because when I was having difficulties when flashing a recovery on my freinds phone after using the dev tool I couldn't find any help or thread on getting this to work. Maybe I didn't look hard enough but the only help I got was off android forums and there was a real vague description on getting the recovery to flash...I was trying to help not troll...nor did I calim this was MY discovery at all in my thread lol.
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Liar. You copied everything out of the Synergy chat room after someone else did it and there are chat logs to prove you kanged it.
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Thank you I appreciate constructive criticism I know you were just trying to help and my post was pretty noob I don't know why McLabia is trippen though...oh well not worried about it I have much to learn and you got to start somewhere!
McLabia said:
Liar. You copied everything out of the Synergy chat room after someone else did it and there are chat logs to prove you kanged it.
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Your joking right???? I have never even used synergy chat room bro...I created this noob post myself and im being 100 percent honest you need to chill and be a little respectful. I'm for sure not a liar and did not "Kank" this post from anyone dude why would I need to steal info about flashing a recovery??? Wow, some people have their pants on way too tight lol.
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Thank you I appreciate constructive criticism I know you were just trying to help and my post was pretty noob I don't know why McLabia is trippen though...oh well not worried about it I have much to learn and you got to start somewhere!
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Im not tripping. I'm pointing out the fact that you straight trolled the chat and the posted this like it was yours. You did nothing. Someone else did. Straight up thief.
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Im not tripping. I'm pointing out the fact that you straight trolled the chat and the posted this like it was yours. You did nothing. Someone else did. Straight up thief.
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Your outta your mind homie I didn't steal this from anyone and i definetely wasn't in a chat room go ahead and show me some proof then lets see it, prove that im a liar and a theif your going to look like such an idiot when you prove yourself wrong lol...man I thought this was a joke but this guy is too serious
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Your outta your mind homie I didn't steal this from anyone and i definetely wasn't in a chat room go ahead and show me some proof then lets see it, prove that im a liar and a theif your going to look like such an idiot when you prove yourself wrong lol...man I thought this was a joke but this guy is too serious
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Incoming by the person that Actually figured this out and putting another kanger on blast.
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This doesn't even prove anything!!! Its not even close to what i posted LOL. Buddy you need to get a life man I wasn't in the chatroom and what I posted is completely different...what your saying then is that everyone has kanged something at one point in time...just because a topic was brought up and there's a post about elsewhere means it's stolen?? I hope you get all your issues figured out in your sad life bro I'm going to continue mine content on the fact that I'm not a kanger lol you say I have alot of respect for the devs and users on XDA and would never steal some ones work for the sole purpose of stealing the spotlight from them...I don't care about that I don't even have that kind of time in my day troll chatrooms to "kang" peoples work. You sound like a 16 year old emo girl get a grip...I came up with this on my own and I'm proud of it!
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This doesn't even prove anything!!! Buddy you need to get a life man I wasn't in the chatroom and what I posted is completely different...what your saying then is that everyone has kanged something at one point in time...just because a topic was brought up and there's a post about elsewhere means it's stolen?? I hope you get all your issues figured out in your sad life bro I'm going to continue mine content on the fact that I'm not a kanger lol you say
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Lol. Busted and still denying it. Sad. I hope your phone bricks.
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Lol busted from two screenshots that show absolutely nothing to prove...
my phone won't brick because I know how to dev on it, and I don't need chatrooms to do it
looks like your Busted for being a Nub
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Lol busted from two screenshots that show absolutely nothing to prove...
my phone won't brick because I know how to dev on it, and I don't need chatrooms to do it
looks like your Busted for being a Nub
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LOL. Two screenshots that show the time that it was done compared to your post. Give it up thief. Youre a terrible liar and a straight up kanger.
Ok, I tried to post this in the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE All-In-One Toolkit V2.1 [1-31-2013] thread, but I don't have enough posts to be allowed to post there.
I started the root process, and got to the point where I was asked to accept the "fake" restore, and NOT accept it, however after letting this portion run for close to an hour, I unplugged the phone. How much time should this step take? Also, what is the time frame from start to finish to root the phone using the toolkit?
Thanks guys!
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Ok, I tried to post this in the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE All-In-One Toolkit V2.1 [1-31-2013] thread, but I don't have enough posts to be allowed to post there.
I started the root process, and got to the point where I was asked to accept the "fake" restore, and NOT accept it, however after letting this portion run for close to an hour, I unplugged the phone. How much time should this step take? Also, what is the time frame from start to finish to root the phone using the toolkit?
Thanks guys!
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took me 10 min, you need to acept the restore on the device after errors apear btw
jose51197 said:
took me 10 min, you need to acept the restore on the device after errors apear btw
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Ok, the errors were what was taking forever. Are you saying that once they start I can accept the restore, and not to wait until they are done and I get back to a prompt on the CMD window?
Also I didn't think the all in one worked. Check out mdmower's unlock script.
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Ok, the errors were what was taking forever. Are you saying that once they start I can accept the restore, and not to wait until they are done and I get back to a prompt on the CMD window?
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you need to acept restore for exploit to work properly
I couldn't get the root to work. It told me to open a hex editor and look for a specific value, but the value in my file didn't match what they said it would, and as a result I had to perform a factory reset. Oh well.
nytro44 said:
I couldn't get the root to work. It told me to open a hex editor and look for a specific value, but the value in my file didn't match what they said it would, and as a result I had to perform a factory reset. Oh well.
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The developer of that all-in-one app doesn't stop by this forum section very often. You're better off following one of these threads:
Team Infernal FakeCid AUTOMATIC bootloader unlock
[Script] Automated Unlock/SuperCID/Temp-Root scripts for Windows and Linux
Thanks mdmower! I think I've decided not to root the phone, since I can't find one that seems to work. I'm not looking for a new OS, just wanted to root it, mainly to get rid of some of the bloat apps.
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Thanks mdmower! I think I've decided not to root the phone, since I can't find one that seems to work. I'm not looking for a new OS, just wanted to root it, mainly to get rid of some of the bloat apps.
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It's not difficult with mdmower's automated script. I know very little about this process and I had no trouble performing the procedure by myself. I recommend the superSU package to flash in to get the phone rooted. I did this a few weeks ago and it's working great.
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hi everyone.. I recently upgraded my phone to the LG G2, and in doing so I have kept my Droid DNA for the purpose of getting into rooting, and customizing. I have always been fascinated with smart phones , and operating systems, and would like to get to know how to dig into them. I know stock systems very well, and optimize every phone I get up to the stock allowance. Now I want to lift my limitations, and this is the perfect phone to do it with. so if yu could please kindly give me some advice on where to start,. I have been lurking these forums for quite some time, and I find it overwhelming, since I don't know a good starting point. I will continue reading/learning before I tap into this OS, but I just need to know basics, then I will begin to understand the framework..if I have this in the wrong section, im sorry, ill find it if you move it. if you can help , thanks in advance.
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hi everyone.. I recently upgraded my phone to the LG G2, and in doing so I have kept my Droid DNA for the purpose of getting into rooting, and customizing. I have always been fascinated with smart phones , and operating systems, and would like to get to know how to dig into them. I know stock systems very well, and optimize every phone I get up to the stock allowance. Now I want to lift my limitations, and this is the perfect phone to do it with. so if yu could please kindly give me some advice on where to start,. I have been lurking these forums for quite some time, and I find it overwhelming, since I don't know a good starting point. I will continue reading/learning before I tap into this OS, but I just need to know basics, then I will begin to understand the framework..if I have this in the wrong section, im sorry, ill find it if you move it. if you can help , thanks in advance.
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I suppose unlocking and S-off should be your starting point, if I understand the question correctly.
If your DNA is on the latest firmware 3.x.x then Rumrunner will get this done for you.
Then install a custom Recovery, ClockWorkMod (CWM) or TeamWinRecoveryProject (TWRP).
Back up your OE Rom by making Nandroid (done in recovery).
After that you can flash whatever ROM you choose.
I have 2 DNAs, on one I have ViperDNA 2.5.0 and on the other CyanogenMod 11.0 nightly.
Above all, have fun :good:
Thanks, Yes... that does answer my question. And I am on firmware 3. Android 4.2.2. Is there any specific advice you can give me to avoid any fatal errors?
btw. what lead me to create a this thread, was that I heard I need rumrunner , so I went to the website, DL the file. after extracting the file for my device, and executing soju.exe, when it ask if im aware of the implications or whatever "type yes or no" when I type yes, It just keeps asking me over and over lol. so I got no where. so I did some digging and found tons of different threads ,, some of which say use this file.... or that tool kit, or this program.... or that method, some that seem to no longer works etc. so it just confused me on what I need to do with my particular phone. 4.2.2 firmware 3 sense 5.0
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btw. what lead me to create a this thread, was that I heard I need rumrunner , so I went to the website, DL the file. after extracting the file for my device, and executing soju.exe, when it ask if im aware of the implications or whatever "type yes or no" when I type yes, It just keeps asking me over and over lol. so I got no where. so I did some digging and found tons of different threads ,, some of which say use this file.... or that tool kit, or this program.... or that method, some that seem to no longer works etc. so it just confused me on what I need to do with my particular phone. 4.2.2 firmware 3 sense 5.0
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This http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559232 should be all you need for unlock and S-off.
This http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994662 is the Recovery I use, TWRP.
When using Rumrunner you must follow the instructions EXACTLY.
Make sure your drivers are working properly.
Make sure your device is recognized by ADB and Fastboot.
Rumrunner assumes you have studied, and are familiar with ADB and Fastboot commands.
If not read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=879701
Make sure your firewall and any anti virus are disabled.
Enjoy :fingers-crossed:
Make sure you use a capital y when typing yes, everything needs to be exact.
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Jaggar345 said:
Make sure you use a capital y when typing yes, everything needs to be exact.
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Yip that was it. figured out adb/fastboot commands out too. So I am finally getting a start. I really appreciate it guys. thanks
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Wanting to do the same thing
So I am also trying to do this same thing, on same firmware and sense versions, but when rumrunner gets to the very first step were it reboots into the bootloader, it never gets past the waiting for fastboot stage. My phone just sits at the bootloader menu and the countdown runs out. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Any help is appreciated.
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So I am also trying to do this same thing, on same firmware and sense versions, but when rumrunner gets to the very first step were it reboots into the bootloader, it never gets past the waiting for fastboot stage. My phone just sits at the bootloader menu and the countdown runs out. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Any help is appreciated.
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Sounds like either your ADB or Fastboot are not working properly.
Fix them and you should be fine.
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So I am also trying to do this same thing, on same firmware and sense versions, but when rumrunner gets to the very first step were it reboots into the bootloader, it never gets past the waiting for fastboot stage. My phone just sits at the bootloader menu and the countdown runs out. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Any help is appreciated.
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What os are you running? Like sdamark said it sounds like your drivers aren't installed properly.
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I have Windows 8.1 on the computer I'm trying this on. I just read that might cause some problems. I'm going to try it on my Windows 7 laptop in a little bit and see if that helps
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I have Windows 8.1 on the computer I'm trying this on. I just read that might cause some problems. I'm going to try it on my Windows 7 laptop in a little bit and see if that helps
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Windows 8.1 does not get along with the dna. It's best to use Windows 7
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Jaggar345 said:
Windows 8.1 does not get along with the dna. It's best to use Windows 7
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That's not entirely true. You have to disable driver signature enforcement in Windows 8.x then install the ADB driver. Microsoft doesn't want anyone unknowingly installing drivers by accident. They make it so that you know what you are doing and doing it on purpose.
http://youtu.be/NM1MN8QZhnk?t=29s
Got it!
I did all the same things on my Windows 7 laptop and it worked perfectly the first time. It really was Windows 8.1 that was the problem. I'll be sure to follow that link and make sure all the rest of my drivers work in the future. Thanks.
TL;DWR: I want to go back to absolute zero and revert my phone to factory. I'm new to android and just followed a youtube video guide to root and unlock boot loader and now don't know how to go back.
Hey guys, I am completely new to android and have been with iPhone for about 7 years so please forgive me for my questions as they are elementary in comparison with the topics that are typically discussed on here.
I decided to switch it up and try an M8 cause the build quality and screen really excited me so I sold my iPhone and made the switch. I was in absolute love for about a week while on stock. Just learning android and all it's small quirks was fun for me.
but now, I have the phone up for sale, I'm amazed at how convoluted it is just to return to stock after rooting and roming. I spent 6 hours last night with a phone that wouldn't boot and just hang at the opening htc one opening boot animation.
I installed TWRP, unlocked the boot loader and used Hassoon2000's all in one toolkit to root as well. I used this video posted on the toolkit thread on here to help guide me.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krw6H4gQ6g0&feature=youtu.be
I followed the video to a tee with some stops on my side cause what he said in the video didn't always happen on my end, so I would unplug my phone and plug it back in and continue where I left off until the whole process worked. It's at the very end when he used twrp to reboot back into his "normal phone" that my phone just hung on the HTC boot animation.
I have all neccasary drivers and software installed to run this the toolkit and still received the "error: no device found" from time to time when using the kit. so you can imagine all the hair I pulled out coming from jailbreaking an iPhone with one click to trying just to root my device to disable ads and not can't even use my phone.
after some digging to find what I thought what supposedly a stock rom/img/Whateverthenameis for my phone, I breathed a sigh of relief and flashed it using tarp adb side load option and it finally booted up. I now however don't have working Wi-Fi and some apps that came preinstalled on my phone are missing. I don't like and just feel like it's a buggy mess.
long story short, I just want to go back to absolute zero. all the way stock; I don't even care about keeping any root or unlock. It would be nice so I can adblock but I don't care about it if it will stop me from going back to zero.
Here are all the tools I used to ruin my android experience aka the tools I mentioned above:
Toolkit (thread): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699065
rom/img/whateveritscalled that i used to get back into a buggy phone: http://www.androidfiles.org/?developer=M8&folder=StockRoms
video guide I used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krw6H4gQ6g0&feature=youtu.be
I ran all this on a Windows 7 64-bit desktop machine.
Did you flash the Shipped RUU?
orangekid said:
Did you flash the Shipped RUU?
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I barely understood how to flash the rom I found to get my phone back on but how do I flash an ruu and where do i get it?
orangekid said:
Did you flash the Shipped RUU?
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I would also love to know how to do this, I desperately need help
I think there was a shipped RUU for the M8 that could be used to go full stock, I'll see if I can find it.
RUU = Rom Update Utility, which was named that back in the old WinMo days. This would just be a file that you either flash thru SD via fastboot or thru your computer.
orangekid said:
I think there was a shipped RUU for the M8 that could be used to go full stock, I'll see if I can find it.
RUU = Rom Update Utility, which was named that back in the old WinMo days. This would just be a file that you either flash thru SD via fastboot or thru your computer.
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If you could find that it would be most appreciated
I just looked and couldn't find one. Would this be the only way to revert to stock from either a bad flash, boot loop or just plain want to be stock again. I want to root but I'm just not confident enough to use the toolkit without any handups. At least if I knew how to get back to stock I wouldnt worry as much.
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Word around was that there has been no RUU released for our device yet. There is a stock rooted TWRP recovery image on the Android Development forum but that's probably the closest you will get. I'm not sure if a straight up factory reset would do it or not, but you would need to flash the stock recovery as well. Overall a pretty drawn out process, especially if you are unfamiliar with adb and fastboot. You might have to wait for a RUU
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Word around was that there has been no RUU released for our device yet. There is a stock rooted TWRP recovery image on the Android Development forum but that's probably the closest you will get. I'm not sure if a straight up factory reset would do it or not, but you would need to flash the stock recovery as well. Overall a pretty drawn out process, especially if you are unfamiliar with adb and fastboot. You might have to wait for a RUU
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What would happen if I clicked att software update in settings? would it do something or no? Would it crash the whole phone?
TheEmpyre said:
Word around was that there has been no RUU released for our device yet. There is a stock rooted TWRP recovery image on the Android Development forum but that's probably the closest you will get. I'm not sure if a straight up factory reset would do it or not, but you would need to flash the stock recovery as well. Overall a pretty drawn out process, especially if you are unfamiliar with adb and fastboot. You might have to wait for a RUU
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I thought I saw a leaked RUU floating around that did the job..
RACEnSK8 said:
What would happen if I clicked att software update in settings? would it do something or no? Would it crash the whole phone?
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It probably would not find one, but if it did nothing good would happen, it won't successfully take an OTA with a custom ROM, recovery, etc..
Non-rooted nand backup,which can be used to go back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51953376&postcount=352
Wonders_Never_Cease said:
Non-rooted nand backup,which can be used to go back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51953376&postcount=352
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I think I need to find someone to help me, because I never had to deal with rooted devices before. So i wouldn't even know what to do with the files you posted
RACEnSK8 said:
I think I need to find someone to help me, because I never had to deal with rooted devices before. So i wouldn't even know what to do with the files you posted
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It's pretty simple actually.
If you are using TWRP recovery, just place this in that folder on your SD card, boot into recovery, and hit "restore"
it will restore a stock ROM on your device.
Use the recovery version he mentions though.
orangekid said:
It's pretty simple actually.
If you are using TWRP recovery, just place this in that folder on your SD card, boot into recovery, and hit "restore"
it will restore a stock ROM on your device.
Use the recovery version he mentions though.
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How do I figure out what recovery i have
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How do I figure out what recovery i have
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reboot the phone into recovery (your power menu might have the option) and it will give you the version.
You can also access it from fastboot, or adb (typy adb reboot recovery)
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I think I need to find someone to help me, because I never had to deal with rooted devices before. So i wouldn't even know what to do with the files you posted
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Yea, android phones are a complete different world then that of iPhones. I was in your shoes a yr after the ip4 release. I didn't jump right in...I didn't flash or root my 1st phone for months. To be fair, not all android phones have difficult root/restore methods...most I've used were 1 click, same goes for jb programs. The only thing I can think of that iPhone had a slight edge was if you bricked from a bad app or jb...DFU and restore thru iTunes but then you worry about restoring to the new firmware...waiting for the next exploit and praying its not tethered. If iPhone is your thing...great but don't bounce from android after your 1st set back...it happens to all of us.
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orangekid said:
reboot the phone into recovery (your power menu might have the option) and it will give you the version.
You can also access it from fastboot, or adb (typy adb reboot recovery)
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I went into recovery and it says PhilZ Touch 6.25.5
Clockworkmod v6.0.4.7
nash2000 said:
Yea, android phones are a complete different world then that of iPhones. I was in your shoes a yr after the ip4 release. I didn't jump right in...I didn't flash or root my 1st phone for months. To be fair, not all android phones have difficult root/restore methods...most I've used were 1 click, same goes for jb programs. The only thing I can think of that iPhone had a slight edge was if you bricked from a bad app or jb...DFU and restore thru iTunes but then you worry about restoring to the new firmware...waiting for the next exploit and praying its not tethered. If iPhone is your thing...great but don't bounce from android after your 1st set back...it happens to all of us.
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Yeah, luckily I went from WinMo to iOS, so I went from "if you flash one wrong file you're bricked" to "I cannot brick this device if I try"
coming back to Android was like the WinMo days.
Depends what you have too, my daily is a Nexus 5, pretty easy to do anything on it. Samsung are really easy too, you just Odin a factory tar no matter where you are for the most part.
But HTC is the difficult one, all these tokens and issues and hboot versions and patches etc...
You get used to it though, and then it doesn't seem so daunting...
In this case, these are things OP needs to know if he is going to mess with any Android phones, basic things like recovery and basic ADB / fastboot commands etc...
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I went into recovery and it says PhilZ Touch 6.25.5
Clockworkmod v6.0.4.7
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Ok,
You need to flash TWRP:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2695709
orangekid said:
Ok,
You need to flash TWRP:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2695709
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So how do I do that?
Sorry for being such a noob, but I just want my wifi to work lol