Hello XDA, long time lurker, first time poster. Thank you for all the info over the years
OK, here's where I'm at, after being without my rezound for several months due to broken screens I finally got off my butt and fixed it. I rooted and flashed the phone a long time ago and reading up again I have no idea what I should be doing in order to get the latest stuff. hboot, radios, etc. To prove how long its been I flashed CleanROM 4.3 using the old/new firmware patch...lol I never even installed the factory OTA ICS.
so my questions are...
Do I relock the phone and flash the Original image and let the update process go as Verizon intended then start from scratch?
Do I bite the bullet and do S-Off to make the update process easier?
I'm pretty rusty with the processes. I appreciate any help pointing me to the correct process to take, I'm just confused since I'm so far behind lol.
Thanks
Facklestix said:
Hello XDA, long time lurker, first time poster. Thank you for all the info over the years
OK, here's where I'm at, after being without my rezound for several months due to broken screens I finally got off my butt and fixed it. I rooted and flashed the phone a long time ago and reading up again I have no idea what I should be doing in order to get the latest stuff. hboot, radios, etc. To prove how long its been I flashed CleanROM 4.3 using the old/new firmware patch...lol I never even installed the factory OTA ICS.
so my questions are...
Do I relock the phone and flash the Original image and let the update process go as Verizon intended then start from scratch?
Do I bite the bullet and do S-Off to make the update process easier?
I'm pretty rusty with the processes. I appreciate any help pointing me to the correct process to take, I'm just confused since I'm so far behind lol.
Thanks
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Personally what i would do, is relock your phone and update to the latest radios for s-on which you can find here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250494&page=4 and its under post 35 then follow the instructions on post 59 of same thread
then load up a amon ra which you can download from post 2 on this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2070947
I dont see the need for s-off, i can do everything that i need to do with s-on with that extra layer of security i guess. But some ppl love the s-off, so if you wanna try that, then i say go ahead, it would def make it a billion times easier to update to the latest and greatest
Thanks for the fast reply!
Sounds easy enough reading the links. I think I may have been over complicating it in my head with all the reading I've done the last couple days since fixing my phone back up. Going to give it a go tomorrow morning when I have some free/quiet (no kids!)
Facklestix said:
Thanks for the fast reply!
Sounds easy enough reading the links. I think I may have been over complicating it in my head with all the reading I've done the last couple days since fixing my phone back up. Going to give it a go tomorrow morning when I have some free/quiet (no kids!)
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Yeah, thats easy to do. Its really not as complicated as it may sound, and maybe 30 mins TOPS of your time if that from start to finish. The longest parts would be the flashing of everything. Good luck with everything
Good to hear I'm really looking forward to trying out some new ROMS. I flashed the current one and never bothered with it again just because I had some issues getting that one to work. Was OK after I applied the old/new firmware patch. Then a couple weeks later the OTA update for ICS was released, did a little bit of reading on that but just ended up deciding not to mess around lol. Now my wife's Rezound is behaving better than mine since she left hers stock and I'm jealous lol.
Looks like I have to sign into HTCdev again to get an unlock token since I lost all my login info lol. Gonna have to set up all the ADB stuff too since I lost the WIndows VM I originally unlocked it with lol.
thanks for the warm welcome to xda, nice "Don't be a n00b video" too btw
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Good to hear I'm really looking forward to trying out some new ROMS. I flashed the current one and never bothered with it again just because I had some issues getting that one to work. Was OK after I applied the old/new firmware patch. Then a couple weeks later the OTA update for ICS was released, did a little bit of reading on that but just ended up deciding not to mess around lol. Now my wife's Rezound is behaving better than mine since she left hers stock and I'm jealous lol.
Looks like I have to sign into HTCdev again to get an unlock token since I lost all my login info lol. Gonna have to set up all the ADB stuff too since I lost the WIndows VM I originally unlocked it with lol.
thanks for the warm welcome to xda, nice "Don't be a n00b video" too btw
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yea, there has been alot of dev for the rezzy now. a bunch of JB roms and other great stuff, Neo, Shrike, Chad and others but not sure off hand have all done amazing work and worked hard getting us JB AOSP roms and stuff. My phone has never run better.
Welcome to the forums btw
I will admit I was surprised to see so much new dev after coming back. when I first started messing with my rezzy I was kinda sad about the lack of ROMS and kernels available, I didn't even see a CM ROM out for it. Most likely due to coming from an original droid that had dozens of options lol. But I'm stoked to see all the new stuff. I wanna say I read here somewhere that the dev kinda stalled out while waiting for HTC to leak/update to ICS. Prolly gonna jump right into JellyBean once I'm where I need to be, the link to the Infection ROM looks smexxy!
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I will admit I was surprised to see so much new dev after coming back. when I first started messing with my rezzy I was kinda sad about the lack of ROMS and kernels available, I didn't even see a CM ROM out for it. Most likely due to coming from an original droid that had dozens of options lol. But I'm stoked to see all the new stuff. I wanna say I read here somewhere that the dev kinda stalled out while waiting for HTC to leak/update to ICS. Prolly gonna jump right into JellyBean once I'm where I need to be, the link to the Infection ROM looks smexxy!
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Totally agree...was frustrated when I first got mine for lack of support but I also got it right when we were waiting for the ril so ICS was at a hault. It seems since the ril was hacked, created what ever they did it just kinda blew up ICS all over now jb def no lack if support
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Facklestix said:
Looks like I have to sign into HTCdev again to get an unlock token since I lost all my login info lol. Gonna have to set up all the ADB stuff too since I lost the WIndows VM I originally unlocked it with lol.
thanks for the warm welcome to xda, nice "Don't be a n00b video" too btw
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In case it helps, I attached my "android flashing" folder with what you need for using fastboot/ADB.
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In case it helps, I attached my "android flashing" folder with what you need for using fastboot/ADB.
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thanks, I just saw this after reflashing amon ra. I've gotten it all flashed and everything, but after a few seconds of the clean rom boot animation its locking up and Im pulling the battery. :/
I dont need to reflash the Old Firmware Patch.zip anymore since completing the updates correct?
I had planned on a news ROM anyways, should I just flash the new ROM?
THANKS for all the help so far
also eansrvi
success! had a few issues flashing the ROM, surely user error with the proper sequence but I got it running the jb ROM that clmowers linked to.
only set a bit of it up but man Im glad I updated lol, SOOO much better. Now just to hope the battery life is better.
cant say thanks enough.
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success! had a few issues flashing the ROM, surely user error with the proper sequence but I got it running the jb ROM that clmowers linked to.
only set a bit of it up but man Im glad I updated lol, SOOO much better. Now just to hope the battery life is better.
cant say thanks enough.
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Hey buds. I'm glad you got it working and everything up to date. You be happy with all the features and performance of 2.5. Glad I could help out!!
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tylessso the
Well, after no issues throughout the day I finally got bit! Phone was having horrible battery life, me thinking since the phones been sitting for a few months I would do full charge, boot into recovery and wipe the battery stats and see how it goes. Well after the wipe and reboot Im getting the horrid boot loop haven't changed anything since the first initial boot after flashing the ROM, other than deleting the images I flashed the ROM with from the sd card. I'm not sure how it could have got borked.
any ideas?
Your on infection 2.5 correct?
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OK it seems to be hit n miss on this ROM some people are reporting great luck and then the others are reporting boot loops. I myself haven't had n issue with boot looping. When some people have done was this.
First was to reflash 2.5
Some have also tries the boot.IMG from 2.4 it seems that it has fix it for some and not others. If it hasn't fixed the problem people are jumping back to 2.4. Worse case I have a clean backup from a fresh install. I could upload that to my db and send you a link. You could try flashing that as well.
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Your on infection 2.5 correct?
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OK it seems to be hit n miss on this ROM some people are reporting great luck and then the others are reporting boot loops. I myself haven't had n issue with boot looping. When some people have done was this.
First was to reflash 2.5
Some have also tries the boot.IMG from 2.4 it seems that it has fix it for some and not others. If it hasn't fixed the problem people are jumping back to 2.4. Worse case I have a clean backup from a fresh install. I could upload that to my db and send you a link. You could try flashing that as well.
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Correct, I flashed the 2.5. no worries on the db upload, I'm at work and cant mess around with it. Ill try the 2.4 boot.IMG when I get back to the house. Guess I should have tried a reboot after the initial setup lol.
Understandable. Were not totally sure why its only effect certain ppl. If it was ROM related it would seem like it word effect everyone. Try that n let me know if I don't respond shoot me a pm. I get those notification faster then the forum ones for some reason
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What radios did you end up flashing? Was it the latest global?
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Understandable. Were not totally sure why its only effect certain ppl. If it was ROM related it would seem like it word effect everyone. Try that n let me know if I don't respond shoot me a pm. I get those notification faster then the forum ones for some reason
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What radios did you end up flashing? Was it the latest global?
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Yes, flashed the latest global radios. Confirmed by looking at the wifes stock phone lol. Quick question, where is the DL link to the 2.4 IMG? only seeing the 2.5 over at http://androidrevolutions.com/neo/files/ gonna try and move the boot.IMG to the sd card from the work PC, may or may not work since they have them locked down pretty tight but I'm gonna at least try.
http://d-h.st/zCJ
That's 2.4
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So yours looks like this? Just trying to see if I can narrow down the boot loop issue
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So yours looks like this? Just trying to see if I can narrow down the boot loop issue
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yepz, exactly as your screencap
Related
hello, with last night gingerbread leak many of us unrooted users or myself a rooted user who was to lazy to download the rooted verison because the download link was broken. are now stuck with know way of going back. now not everyone cares about beeing stuck but my self and others miss out of the option to root i personaly miss my bamf asop rom that i was falling in love with. from what i gather we are in a holding pattern at the moment i was wondering if any of the great devs over here had attempted or mad any progess in rooting this last leak or if we have found a method to role back to mr2 so we could root that. any insight would be appricated
Didn't alpharev and unrevoked just release a new method that works with the tbolt? I know they released its a beta, but it works on the inc2 with gb
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i dont think that will work for the tbolt
Before saying it won't work on TBolt try it out. Also I believe it does work. I'm not sure if it will work with this new leak but it works on the TBolt from what I've seen.
i do apolgize the post went out before it was finished and because im new to this fourm i have to wait 5mins before making any changes. i would love to try it its worth a shot can someone post me a link and ill report back if it works
this is exactly why i do not install leaked radios or leaked shipped ruu's.
I know it works on the Inc 2 and I'm almost positive that it included the tbolt in the list of devices when your downloading the beta code. It allows you to root the shipped gb on the Inc 2, may work on this version of gb as well.
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just trade your TBolt for an LG Revolution. everyone says that one's the best.
Just go over to the Inc 2 forum here on xda and in general section there should be a thread about rooting gb.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219246
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ok i think i can see the light next issue when i download the program and run it the screen just shows for a second and then goes away is there any other way to get the serial number because it does look like this will work
yodatom10 said:
ok i think i can see the light next issue when i download the program and run it the screen just shows for a second and then goes away is there any other way to get the serial number because it does look like this will work
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The Revolution and AlphaRevX sites appear to be down for the time being, so even if it does work, it won't without being able to obtain a key for the beta release through the website.
Assuming you still have S-off and a recovery, i.e. you didn't flash the RUU, all hope isn't lost. However if you did, I'm glad I'm not you at the moment.
loonatik78 said:
The Revolution and AlphaRevX sites appear to be down for the time being, so even if it does work, it won't without being able to obtain a key for the beta release through the website.
Assuming you still have S-off and a recovery, i.e. you didn't flash the RUU, all hope isn't lost. However if you did, I'm glad I'm not you at the moment.
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no stupid me did not wait for the download to be fixed flashed the ruu. and am stuck with s on and sense
yodatom10 said:
ok i think i can see the light next issue when i download the program and run it the screen just shows for a second and then goes away is there any other way to get the serial number because it does look like this will work
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Isn't it under the battery or on the back cover? Or somewhere in settings, about?
Were you able to get a beta key?
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kallyjk said:
Isn't it under the battery or on the back cover? Or somewhere in settings, about?
Were you able to get a beta key?
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i found the serial number in the about section and it spit out a beta key were do i go from there
rooting on gingerbread is pretty much the same process as before, just subbing out psneuter for fr3vo.
I GOT ROOT WOHO thanks to all xda is a amazing place
This is why I would encourage everyone who is rooted to install that hard patched hboot in the dev forum and this problem wouldn't exist. Also not flashing RUUs carelessly Helps but I digress. The only problem with the patched hboot is getting back to s-on is a bit harder. You have to use fastboot with a special command to flash an s-on hboot. Personally I think everyone who is rooted should learn how to use fastboot and ADB anyway but once again digressing. (prob not a real word LOL)
As far as fixing the issue hopefully the Revolutionary tool will still work on that build just have to check the hboot version. If not, as stated previously replacing psnueter with frEVO in the original downgrade process should work.
Edit: sorry a little late I suppose.
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Glad this all worked out for you Yoda, you sounded pretty peeved over at AC Hope you learned a lesson!
Wow, glad you got it fixed. At least now you'll know to be more patient in the future ;-)
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I would really like to dual boot between joelz's rezound bamf .8 rom and bamfx rom.
Is it possible to run this app even though the rezound is unsupported? If so I'm not sure what to enter for the manual variables. I also am not sure if s-on will prevent the functionality of this app.
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I would really like to dual boot between joelz's rezound bamf .8 rom and bamfx rom.
Is it possible to run this app even though the rezound is unsupported? If so I'm not sure what to enter for the manual variables. I also am not sure if s-on will prevent the functionality of this app.
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lol, I feel like I've read this message about 3 times now. Contact the dev for app boot manager.
Idk where you might have possibly came to that idea. But im just wondering if it will work if the variable are entered correctly. If not what apps will work to dual boot roms.
cincyelite22 said:
Idk where you might have possibly came to that idea. But im just wondering if it will work if the variable are entered correctly. If not what apps will work to dual boot roms.
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Can't dual boot with that app since you have to switch kernels in hboot. Might be able to dualboot two gb roms or two ics roms though
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I checked Boot Manager's forum and it looks like one of their dev's has a Rezound and is working on getting it to work.
Hey, just wanted you all to know that I am good friends with Gflam and Conap both of the devs at Init2winitapps. I am also a moderator in the forums over there. I have been talking to Gflam alot lately about a bunch of stuff and I can verify that at this moment Conap is working on officially suppporting the rezound. It may take a little while but I have complete faith in both of them to get this up and running. I also believe that they are working on getting the Droid Razr working but dont qoute me on that.
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They also have a new file explorer out called slide explorer with awesome features unlike any other file explorer... check it out!
We released boot manager with rezound support yesterday it's pretty straight forward to use it's the same as all the other devices you just have to drop the boot.img or ph98IMG in the rom zip that the developer of the rom usually supplies and then just run the install as you would any other device (see our how to video for more instructions)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU0VJ1jmbx8
When they release the s-off tool for rezound will you guys change the app accordingly?
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it's conaps phone so i know he'll be keeping it up to date so yea you guys will be kept in the loop for sure
By the way apophis9283 what happened to you in gtalk you're not in my friends list any more tried to tell you about it as soon as we released but you weren't there did i delete you by accident or did you go invisible or something?
Lol, gflam. I thought you deleted me.... I woke up one day and you werent there. Kinda like a one night stand....
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hmm well that's odd ha anyway i'll pm you my gtalk again send me a request
glad yall have it working been waiting for this app to work on the rezound!
Great work guys
I cant wait till we get s-off, then it will be just like it was on my og inc
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I know someone mentioned this in the Bamf Evita thread. But I also experienced freezing on my rom using boot manager. Now I dont want to call this out as a bug because I was in a rush to setup my second rom and I accidently hit ext2, dont know if that could have caused it, and I forgot to drop a boot img in the rom also, so it ended up failing to install the second rom. However, i didnt get a chance to do it correctly and noticed freezing and lock ups.
So, now that we have S-OFF, what's the progress on getting Boot Manager to fully work on S-OFF? Anxiously awaiting a fully-functional Boot Manager so that I can go ROM-crazy! Lol!
Seriously, I'm patient. Just curious as to an estimate of when we might see Boot Manager using S-OFF on the Rezound.
Thanks for all your hard work guys!
i hope they are working on it now and will release an update soon
so give it time.
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Works fine for me...
Works fine for me as well. Ive booted between innef gb and newts onexxx ics just fine.
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so yall are saying it works fine on s-off ? im asking bc i havent tried installing any new roms with it yet
I have finally after a week now from flashing the ICS Leak and being on S-On have figured out a workaround to get back to Stock 2.17 Deodexed for now with all features working. I will post a step-by-step guide tomorrow since this took all day and I havent been able to celebrate Mothers Day..
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I have finally after a week now from flashing the ICS Leak and being on S-On have figured out a workaround to get back to Stock 2.17 Deodexed for now with all features working. I will post a step-by-step guide tomorrow since this took all day and I havent been able to celebrate Mothers Day..
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Good stuff, I'm sure it wasn't easy. Will work for the folks that has hboot 1.4 S-off?
lilredzmd said:
I have finally after a week now from flashing the ICS Leak and being on S-On have figured out a workaround to get back to Stock 2.17 Deodexed for now with all features working. I will post a step-by-step guide tomorrow since this took all day and I havent been able to celebrate Mothers Day..
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kinda vague, but i guess well see. Thanks
lilredzmd said:
I have finally after a week now from flashing the ICS Leak and being on S-On have figured out a workaround to get back to Stock 2.17 Deodexed for now with all features working. I will post a step-by-step guide tomorrow since this took all day and I havent been able to celebrate Mothers Day..
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If by revert to 2.17 with all features working (data, calls, 4g) then yeah we've been able to do that, unless you've reverted the VM lockscreen, SystemUI dropdown, and dailer banner, then It's been done.
Why not do the entire post after mothers day?
Genesis Nova said:
If by revert to 2.17 with all features working (data, calls, 4g) then yeah we've been able to do that, unless you've reverted the VM lockscreen, SystemUI dropdown, and dailer banner, then It's been done.
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He's faster than Freeza and Unknownforce. Lol.
so many threads,1 thing I cant understand,what was the problem with vm,just a lockscreen,UI banner?
flashing 2.17+##786#+hands free activation works fine...
vin255764 said:
so many threads,1 thing I cant understand,what was the problem with vm,just a lockscreen,UI banner?
flashing 2.17+##786#+hands free activation works fine...
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There are some people with additional issues, though it's difficult to tell if the issues are from trying to fix the banner in various ways or the firmware itself.
That said, some of us need to fix this banner issue. I personally intend to sell this phone very soon in order to fund my Evo 4G LTE. Sell price will obviously be hurt if the thing shows Virgin mobile.
I mean.....It's fairly easy to get back to 2.17 software especially if you are s-off.
The difficulty comes with getting rid of the Virgin Mobile banner and reverting the PRI. Then there's the intermittent 3G issues, and possible Wimax problems as well.
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so many threads,1 thing I cant understand,what was the problem with vm,just a lockscreen,UI banner?
flashing 2.17+##786#+hands free activation works fine...
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Ignorance is bliss.
Lot more than a banner is f'd up.
'Coming soon' threads like this aren't advised. Be weary that this thread may be locked or deleted by a moderator until you have something available.
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'Coming soon' threads like this aren't advised. Be weary that this thread may be locked or deleted by a moderator until you have something available.
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While I would tend to agree normally for things like ROMs and kernels; this is a little different. People are currently replacing their phones over this issue. If he has truly fixed the problem, having this thread before he can get the full guide together and post it up as well as sort out any testing may stave off some of those people from getting rid of their 3d...that said...it probably could have been done in the other thread.
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I mean.....It's fairly easy to get back to 2.17 software especially if you are s-off.
The difficulty comes with getting rid of the Virgin Mobile banner and reverting the PRI. Then there's the intermittent 3G issues, and possible Wimax problems as well.
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That, and problems such as: 1: receiving messages late and 2: sometimes messages won't send and even toggling airplane mode won't fix the problem until I reboot once or twice, maybe even three times....
Geez I hate that, especially if the text is important
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so there is a fix or not?
This post is useless..
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Shenanigans.
/thread
Sorry but I smell troll..... If this is real I will apologize
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Sorry but I smell troll..... If this is real I will apologize
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Really hope that's not the case! I'm sick of having no data! Probably shouldn't have posted until they were ready to share....
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Either he never flashed the firmware with the radio part or he is full of it when it comes to removing the Virgin Banners. I can believe he downgraded to 2.17. I have tested this multiple times. I broke my data once, and successfully recovered it. I am hoping for Unknownforce and Freeza to save the day. I donated my radio partition to Unknownforce which I am sure others have done so too.
Please close this thread and let keep the other one going, or at least merge it.
He's XDA's Bracka Obama... Gives hope for brighter future and words of prosperity that one day your stuff will work..... Then fails to deliver to the people because he's an ass.
My name is Ralph Nader and I give the people real hope. Follow me and drink the grape Koolaid with me my children of the phones. There is a comet named Richard Petty waiting to take us to distant galaxies to buy quazenauts, sub neuro photon rectal beams, and the best gadgets for cheap. Cheaper than L-lo.
So follow me or CALL US AT 1800GHOSTBUSTERS
ITS SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE!!!!
This was about as useful as the OP. Kthxbye.
I was due for an upgrade a few months back and never owned a smart phone but was able to get this phone free 2 weeks ago so obviously took it. Was hoping to get a few of you photon lovers to guide me in the best direction to get the best perfomance out of it. I have gotten the phone rooted and that is as far as I went. Due to so many mixed messages as to what are the best setups I was just wondering if a few of you that have had long time success with a particular setup could give me some steps. Thank you very much for any help.
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I was due for an upgrade a few months back and never owned a smart phone but was able to get this phone free 2 weeks ago so obviously took it. Was hoping to get a few of you photon lovers to guide me in the best direction to get the best perfomance out of it. I have gotten the phone rooted and that is as far as I went. Due to so many mixed messages as to what are the best setups I was just wondering if a few of you that have had long time success with a particular setup could give me some steps. Thank you very much for any help.
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I guess my personal input is
1 -- if you are in an area where you can get 4G speed, then stop and just enjoy it
2 -- use it awhile and if it does what you want to do, then stop and just enjoy it.
3 -- remember that ICS is coming soon. if you are willing to use an alpha ROM without 4G, and there is also something you Must have, then consider a custom ROM. And then enjoy it!
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I guess my personal input is
1 -- if you are in an area where you can get 4G speed, then stop and just enjoy it
2 -- use it awhile and if it does what you want to do, then stop and just enjoy it.
3 -- remember that ICS is coming soon. if you are willing to use an alpha ROM without 4G, and there is also something you Must have, then consider a custom ROM. And then enjoy it!
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1-- 4G isn't a big deal to me since it is in limited areas around here and my 3G isn't horrible.
2-- I am enjoying messing with it, just figured if I can give it a performance boost I would.
3-- As far as ICS goes, I have it on my asus tablet and love it but been getting mixed messages on when that will be available for us if at all. If we do get it, I'm assuming any changes I make can be reversed ( correct me if I'm wrong ). Also thanks for your reply.
i love the photon but it will never be 4gbunlocked so that sucks. i run gummy rom installed with kitchen sink. i have zero problems with anything. ive ran every rom on here. kitchen sink gummy is best. be careful about installing bravia through kitchen sink i could never get it to boot so i left it out. beats audio is cool though, as is the bigger ics keyboard.
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Seatttlereign said:
i love the photon but it will never be 4gbunlocked so that sucks. i run gummy rom installed with kitchen sink. i have zero problems with anything. ive ran every rom on here. kitchen sink gummy is best. be careful about installing bravia through kitchen sink i could never get it to boot so i left it out. beats audio is cool though, as is the bigger ics keyboard.
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I would really appreciate if you could give me a run down on how to get this on my stock photon, also did you happen to oc you cpu? I have read alot of the threads on different roms but it becomes a little confusing for first time, also knowing how to revert back would be good too. Thanks alot.
bigblue4life said:
1-- 4G isn't a big deal to me since it is in limited areas around here and my 3G isn't horrible.
2-- I am enjoying messing with it, just figured if I can give it a performance boost I would.
3-- As far as ICS goes, I have it on my asus tablet and love it but been getting mixed messages on when that will be available for us if at all. If we do get it, I'm assuming any changes I make can be reversed ( correct me if I'm wrong ). Also thanks for your reply.
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If 4g is of no concern to you then i would definitely suggest that you unlock. The little tweaks and such you can make to stock rom just doesnt even compare to what throwing a custom on it would do for ya. The reason i would suggest doing that as soon as you can is because the latest updates will permanently lock your bootloader, this also includes the ics update that is soon to come. It cant be reversed at this time unfortunately. Do yourself a favor and dont get locked down to a rom that you will never be able to get rid of.
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willysp said:
I guess my personal input is
1 -- if you are in an area where you can get 4G speed, then stop and just enjoy it
2 -- use it awhile and if it does what you want to do, then stop and just enjoy it.
3 -- remember that ICS is coming soon. if you are willing to use an alpha ROM without 4G, and there is also something you Must have, then consider a custom ROM. And then enjoy it!
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you and your 4g addiction. 4g is overrated.
unlock that phone and get some ICS on it! you will surely enjoy. even some of the GB custom roms. all of it's quite fun! :silly:
Acvice said:
If 4g is of no concern to you then i would definitely suggest that you unlock. The little tweaks and such you can make to stock rom just doesnt even compare to what throwing a custom on it would do for ya. The reason i would suggest doing that as soon as you can is because the latest updates will permanently lock your bootloader, this also includes the ics update that is soon to come. It cant be reversed at this time unfortunately. Do yourself a favor and dont get locked down to a rom that you will never be able to get rid of.
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That to me was well said thank you. That being said,unlocking is the first thing I am to do correct? Then I will be able to explore different roms and such correct? If this is the first step then I'm off to learn how to unlock this thing.
Here's a great reference: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1393519
Ok so I managed to get this thing unlocked and would now like to know the best roms....thanks everyone.
bigblue4life said:
Ok so I managed to get this thing unlocked and would now like to know the best roms....thanks everyone.
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Cybiks pure CM7 if you want everything to work flawlessly. Cm9 if you can stand a couple bugs and want bleeding edge ics. If you choose cm9 be sure to read the cm9 fixes thread for proper installation procedure.
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Has anyone had good success with Kitchen Sink and Gummy rom other than the guy earlier in the thread?
na7q said:
you and your 4g addiction. 4g is overrated.
unlock that phone and get some ICS on it! you will surely enjoy. even some of the GB custom roms. all of it's quite fun! :silly:
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In http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28393959#post28393959
I said
4G is Much faster, but I travel a lot and rarely am able to keep a 4G connection for more than 30 seconds or a minute or so. And more like 1G in my house, but I use 6M WiFi so OK. So, 4G for me is worthless.
Addiction? LOL!
Peace !
I have tried CM9 and Gummy from Kitchen Sink and for both roms can not get past the boot screen.
Ignore this. Didnt mean to double post, i is drunk.
Yep, success with both. Tell me your entire installation procedure for each and ill try to point you in the right direction. Its probably just a simple mistake. Also, the versions from kitchen sink are not the latest versions. Installing a rom the good old fashioned way is less convenient but less prone to error.
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I have tried CM9 and Gummy from Kitchen Sink and for both roms can not get past the boot screen.
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I don't think kitchen sink has been updated lately. there are more recent threads for each rom. this will help with cm9 questions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22915493
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Which version of cm9 are most people using? I grabbed the latest from Jokers site and seems good except I have no phone service lol.
Two different versions of cm9 and neither have a mobile network. I am using jokers recovery v3 to flash. not sure what I am doing wrong and damn the rom runs soo smooth, any help is appreciated. I am putting the roms on my sd card booting into recovery, doing a data wipe and cache then installing the zip from my sd. It boots into the rom fine although it does say something about an error once booted but the only problem I see is no mobile network.
Go to cm9 fixes thread, grab cm9 version 3.1. Wipe system/dalv/data/cache, install 3.1, boot, reboot to recovery, wipe cache and dalvik, install latest cm9, install gapps, reboot.
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Hi everyone, I haven't posted here in a long time, (mostly because I find most answers) but this hasn't been talked about much.
I would like some clarification as to what is going on with TWRP recovery for the HTC EVO 4G LTE.
Ok so basically Iv been here with ICS for a while now because I refuse to update due to this. I am on 2.13.651.1 I would like the update to 3.16.651.3. I came across a post that someone was talking about TWRP touchscreen not being responsive, so I have not updated due to fear this will happen to me. If you would like to look here is the post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126626.
Now since this was a while ago, im not sure if the issue is fixed or if it is still going on. I am just looking to see if anyone has had experience with this, or if everything has worked fine. Also im not new to rooting or development stuff, im just cautious with my $500 phone, I personally dont want to brick it.
Here would be my method for updating.
1. S-ON with fastboot oem lock
2. Take OTA update to 3.16.651.3
3. S-OFF via HTC DEV
4. Root
5. Get everything back by titanium backup.
Yes I know I probably left some steps out but that was just a quick summary. Anyway If anyone has ran into this, or even if you have taken the update and have not had a problem please let me know, so I can go on and do this. I would really like JB on my LTEVO.
BTW I do know I could use a custom ROM but I like to stay stock for some weird reason.
Thank you in advance to any help or feedback.
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Hi everyone, I haven't posted here in a long time, (mostly because I find most answers) but this hasn't been talked about much.
I would like some clarification as to what is going on with TWRP recovery for the HTC EVO 4G LTE.
Ok so basically Iv been here with ICS for a while now because I refuse to update due to this. I am on 2.13.651.1 I would like the update to 3.16.651.3. I came across a post that someone was talking about TWRP touchscreen not being responsive, so I have not updated due to fear this will happen to me. If you would like to look here is the post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126626.
Now since this was a while ago, im not sure if the issue is fixed or if it is still going on. I am just looking to see if anyone has had experience with this, or if everything has worked fine. Also im not new to rooting or development stuff, im just cautious with my $500 phone, I personally dont want to brick it.
Here would be my method for updating.
1. S-ON with fastboot oem lock
2. Take OTA update to 3.16.651.3
3. S-OFF via HTC DEV
4. Root
5. Get everything back by titanium backup.
Yes I know I probably left some steps out but that was just a quick summary. Anyway If anyone has ran into this, or even if you have taken the update and have not had a problem please let me know, so I can go on and do this. I would really like JB on my LTEVO.
BTW I do know I could use a custom ROM but I like to stay stock for some weird reason.
Thank you in advance to any help or feedback.
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I'll be home shortly and I'll send you a pm and help you out
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bigdaddy619 said:
I'll be home shortly and I'll send you a pm and help you out
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Ok thank you. Anyone else have anything?
MrT246007 said:
Ok thank you. Anyone else have anything?
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You should def click the thanks button for bigdaddy916. Dude is a big helper around these parts and deserves it.
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scottspa74 said:
You should def click the thanks button for bigdaddy916. Dude is a big helper around these parts and deserves it.
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Oh I def will. I noticed over time that he helps a lot and very much appreciate it. I swear if i get JB up and running on my phone soon, I will be so excited and very thankful for everything that contributed.
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