Okay so I have been trying to root and I have tried everything I can find.
I have a fully upgraded phone so Revolutionary won't work for me out of the box and so I am trying to HTCDev unlock.
The problem though, is that I can't get Windows 8.1 to recognize my device. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers multiple times trying to get it to work. ADB works fine and can see the Thunderbolt but fastboot will not.
Nothing I have found has changed anything.
I also have a laptop with Ubuntu, would that work better?
You need to do it from a Windows 7 or lower computer. In order for the bolt to be seen in fastboot on Windows 8 it would require an update to the fastboot drivers on the phone which is very very unlikely.
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disconnecktie said:
You need to do it from a Windows 7 or lower computer. In order for the bolt to be seen in fastboot on Windows 8 it would require an update to the fastboot drivers on the phone which is very very unlikely.
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Would trying it in Ubuntu work? Although almost all the tutorials seem to assume you are doing it through Windows.
mortambo said:
Would trying it in Ubuntu work? Although almost all the tutorials seem to assume you are doing it through Windows.
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Yes it should. Although, to unlock, s off and root ics on the bolt revolutionary isn't going to work straight up. You will have to downgrade the hboot version in order to be fully unlocked.
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The tutorial I am following is leading me through unlocking with HTCdev, and installing SuperUser, would I still have to downgrade and use Revolutionary?
Sorry, complete newb.
mortambo said:
The tutorial I am following is leading me through unlocking with HTCdev, and installing SuperUser, would I still have to downgrade and use Revolutionary?
Sorry, complete newb.
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Before you continue with the tutorials can you verify what android version you have for me?
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Android version 4.0.4
HTC Sense 3.6
hboot 1.08
If any of that helps.
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Android version 4.0.4
HTC Sense 3.6
hboot 1.08
If any of that helps.
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That is exactly what I needed to know. You need to go to infectedrom.com and use the guide that is there to unlock and s off. The problem with what you posted earlier is that even if you unlock with HTCdev your hboot is going to prevent revolutionary from working. You have to downgrade your hboot in order to use Revolutionary.
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Can you give me a direct link? Because the one I was using last night from InfectedROM was just walking me through the htcdev unlock.
Edit: I found it...seems it has me load different things from the other one I was following.
It's the Lt. Belspur post. But I finally got fastboot to work! So it's looking promising. Thank you very much.
stuck on kindle screen
i tried to root my kindle hd d01400 and it was stuck on kindle screen then i ran fire fire fire and now its repeating kindle fire tried every thing cant get windows xp 32 bit 2 install drives i installed the googles inc drives but it keeps on telling me can find drives there installed just keeps picking bup as unknown device getting pist off i dont know if its the computer or me and sum one help me before i throw it up against a wall
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Can you give me a direct link? Because the one I was using last night from InfectedROM was just walking me through the htcdev unlock.
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http://www.forums.infectedrom.com/showthread.php?p=67914
I see where you're stuck now. You can do it in Ubuntu but you may get stuck at some point. I would definitely recommend doing it using Windows 7.
temper98 said:
i tried to root my kindle hd d01400 and it was stuck on kindle screen then i ran fire fire fire and now its repeating kindle fire tried every thing cant get windows xp 32 bit 2 install drives i installed the googles inc drives but it keeps on telling me can find drives there installed just keeps picking bup as unknown device getting pist off i dont know if its the computer or me and sum one help me before i throw it up against a wall
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Wrong forum. You should ask in the Kindle fire forums because I haven't owned one or even handled one in person for that matter. It might would help if you were on newer than xp. Vista at least. Idk though
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That is exactly what I needed to know. You need to go to infectedrom.com and use the guide that is there to unlock and s off. The problem with what you posted earlier is that even if you unlock with HTCdev your hboot is going to prevent revolutionary from working. You have to downgrade your hboot in order to use Revolutionary.
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Edit: I missed your other post, but that is exactly the tutorial I've been following. I'm near the end...see the following problem. :/
Okay, so I'm almost to the end...I'm to the point of putting the .19 ROM on my sd card and loading it into hboot.
What happens is that it recognizes it, loads it, checks it, and then goes back to hboot.
The suggestions from the post I am following say to try reformatting the SD card, or a different image. I have done both. Any other suggestions?
And by the way, thank you so much for your help, I really appreciate it.
mortambo said:
Edit: I missed your other post, but that is exactly the tutorial I've been following. I'm near the end...see the following problem. :/
Okay, so I'm almost to the end...I'm to the point of putting the .19 ROM on my sd card and loading it into hboot.
What happens is that it recognizes it, loads it, checks it, and then goes back to hboot.
The suggestions from the post I am following say to try reformatting the SD card, or a different image. I have done both. Any other suggestions?
And by the way, thank you so much for your help, I really appreciate it.
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Make sure you don't have the file named PG05IMG.zip.zip
Windows, by default, hides well known file extensions, so it may have gotten zip attached to it twice, one of which is not visible.
So remove the visible ".zip" extension and try again...
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Make sure you don't have the file named PG05IMG.zip.zip
Windows, by default, hides well known file extensions, so it may have gotten zip attached to it twice, one of which is not visible.
So remove the visible ".zip" extension and try again...
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Done. Still the same result. Goes through loading the file, checking the file, and then just back to hboot.
I'm having the same issue. Does anyone have a GOOD copy of this Zip?
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Hi everyone,
I've found the information in these forums to be very helpful and have never posted on anything before, but I have a question that I'm not finding a good answer for.
I successfully unlocked my bootloader and rooted last night and am now running scrosler's CleanROM. However I want to return to stock using the RUU from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338916
When I run the RUU I am getting stuck at the HTC recovery screen, and the windows installer tells me that the RUU is not compatible. I tried extracting the rom.zip, renamed it to PH98IMG.zip, copied it to the SDcard and load it in HBOOT, but it won't work either.
Any ideas? I mainly just want to make sure I have a working method to return to stock just in case I accidentally brick the phone at some point, but otherwise I'm good for now.
You run the ruu from your pc if it's like other htcs
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Hi everyone,
I've found the information in these forums to be very helpful and have never posted on anything before, but I have a question that I'm not finding a good answer for.
I successfully unlocked my bootloader and rooted last night and am now running scrosler's CleanROM. However I want to return to stock using the RUU from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338916
When I run the RUU I am getting stuck at the HTC recovery screen, and the windows installer tells me that the RUU is not compatible. I tried extracting the rom.zip, renamed it to PH98IMG.zip, copied it to the SDcard and load it in HBOOT, but it won't work either.
Any ideas? I mainly just want to make sure I have a working method to return to stock just in case I accidentally brick the phone at some point, but otherwise I'm good for now.
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You need to have a recovery backup. Then you can always go back.
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Neither of these answers attempt to address the issue of why the RUU doesn't work.
Have you tried both?
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Here's a more specific account of what happens when I run the RUU.
I get the progress bar that says "Sending......." but then after a few seconds I get the following error:
Error [155] unknown error
The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android phone
Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again
I've spent the last hour Googling this error and have found that it is a known error with other HTC devices but can't find any info on the Rezound.
Found this helpful thread for a similar issue with the Desire:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029401
Tried starting the RUU with the phone already in fastboot but that didn't change anything.
What does it do when you copy the zip to the sd card and run it?
marclile said:
What does it do when you copy the zip to the sd card and run it?
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I get the little progress bar in the upper right corner of HBOOT that shows it is reading the file, however it doesn't present me with the option to flash it. Instead it just skips to the HBOOT menu.
phackney said:
I get the little progress bar in the upper right corner of HBOOT that shows it is reading the file, however it doesn't present me with the option to flash it. Instead it just skips to the HBOOT menu.
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Interesting, I wonder if anyone has ran it this ruu successfully
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Figured it out. On a hunch I re-locked the bootloader and tried running the RUU using the Windows installer and it worked. It must be some sort of security check thing. I'll just unlock the bootloader again after it's done flashing. It might be good for someone with more seniority on the forum to make this information more visible in case anyone else runs into this issue.
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Figured it out. On a hunch I re-locked the bootloader and tried running the RUU using the Windows installer and it worked. It must be some sort of security check thing. I'll just unlock the bootloader again after it's done flashing. It might be good for someone with more seniority on the forum to make this information more visible in case anyone else runs into this issue.
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I agree. It probably needs to be added to the post that has the ruu files and it.
Glad you got it working.
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marclile said:
I agree. It probably needs to be added to the post that has the ruu files and it.
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Can you make that happen?
phackney said:
Can you make that happen?
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i can't change the post but i'll post something in that thread.
Any idea on how to get the phone to relock if "fastboot oem lock" goes to "waiting for device" without responding?
I'm in a similar situation, but I cannot seem to get my phone to relock.
Nevermind. I forgot to get into bootloader mode via adb.
phackney said:
Figured it out. On a hunch I re-locked the bootloader and tried running the RUU using the Windows installer and it worked. It must be some sort of security check thing. I'll just unlock the bootloader again after it's done flashing. It might be good for someone with more seniority on the forum to make this information more visible in case anyone else runs into this issue.
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Thank you. Had the same error. Felt like an idiot when I read your post. Can't believe I didn't think of that first.
So how do you re-lock? Thanks
Fastboot oem lock
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can someone post the link for the latest RUU? The only one I can find is a paid link.
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Jewel
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http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Jewel
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Which of those is the latest one or best one to use if we have to unroot and roll back to stock? I have only had this particular phone a few days and am still getting up to speed. Thanks!
Use the 2.13 ruu.
Had the same issue happen to me and wanted to check if anyone has the link to the latest RUU if this is not it. any help is appreciated.
Thanks
jumbeemann said:
Had the same issue happen to me and wanted to check if anyone has the link to the latest RUU if this is not it. any help is appreciated.
Thanks
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The latest RUU 3.16.651.3 is not available anywhere
jumbeemann said:
Had the same issue happen to me and wanted to check if anyone has the link to the latest RUU if this is not it. any help is appreciated.
Thanks
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Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2197909
You must be S-off to run this tool.
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FinZ28 said:
Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2197909
You must be S-off to run this tool.
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I need some help, and as I always say I don't ask for help unless I really can't find a solution. I tried unlocking my bootloader using the HTCDev method, but when I try to flash the unlock code bin file it gets stuck saying its sending and never moves. Same happened weeks back with my HTC Mytouch 4g Slide and I had somehow got it to work after fiddling here and there. I have HTC Sync uninstalled (I even reinstalled it to uninstall it again and keep the drivers) and I even eliminated my PDANet which seems to cause issues in situations like this. Rebooted my computer literally over 10 Times, same bull. I just can't remember how I got it working on my MyTOUCH. SO...I'm on hboot 2.09 and was wondering if these files would downgrade the hboot or something. All drivers seem to be proper, so I don't see why I'm having issues. I'm familiar with the adv and fastboot tools, I even made the android folder on the main harddrive directory that every post recommends , have the unlock_code.bin there but its the issue of not pushing. I have an old PC but if it worked on my MyTOUCH at one point I doubt it has anything to do with it.
So I wanted to know if its possible to downgrade the hboot to use a different method.
The method of rooting the phone is the same regardless of Hboot, so downgrading won't help you. Click the link in my sig and go to the section that contains the bootloader unlocking tools. Click on the WinDroid toolkit and see if you have any luck with that, instead.
FinZ28 said:
The method of rooting the phone is the same regardless of Hboot, so downgrading won't help you. Click the link in my sig and go to the section that contains the bootloader unlocking tools. Click on the WinDroid toolkit and see if you have any luck with that, instead.
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Not root, unlocking the bootloader. It says Sending and never does a thing. It should say Okay immediately after pushing the file but its not doing anything for me. Its supposed to quickly give you a disclaimer on your phone to select whether or not to unlock the BL, but all my phone does is sit in fastboot mode. So I wanted to know if these stock restore things can downgrade the HBOOT as well so I can unlock it in a different manner instead of HTCDev's method. I've been stuck with a locked bootloader for a week since purchasing this phone. My MyTouch4g slide had the same issue but I had done something that got it going, in this case, I've tried everything. Also these self made executable programs like WinDroid give me a "not a valid Win32 application" message on my laptop. They just won't run at all.
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Not root, unlocking the bootloader. It says Sending and never does a thing. It should say Okay immediately after pushing the file but its not doing anything for me. Its supposed to quickly give you a disclaimer on your phone to select whether or not to unlock the BL, but all my phone does is sit in fastboot mode. So I wanted to know if these stock restore things can downgrade the HBOOT as well so I can unlock it in a different manner instead of HTCDev's method. I've been stuck with a locked bootloader for a week since purchasing this phone. My MyTouch4g slide had the same issue but I had done something that got it going, in this case, I've tried everything. Also these self made executable programs like WinDroid give me a "not a valid Win32 application" message on my laptop. They just won't run at all.
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There is no other method to unlock the bootloader aside from HTC Dev. Doesn't matter what Hboot version you're on or what software version you have. Even programs like regaw_leinad's toolkit uses HTC Dev-it just automates the entire process.
Shoot Bigdaddy619 a PM. He should be able to get you straightened out.
FinZ28 said:
There is no other method to unlock the bootloader aside from HTC Dev. Doesn't matter what Hboot version you're on or what software version you have. Even programs like regaw_leinad's toolkit uses HTC Dev-it just automates the entire process.
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Hmm come to think of it your right I have seen the scripts mention HTCDev. So what can I do to get it to flash that Unlock_code.bin? HTC Sync is uninstalled, PDANet is also gone, the drivers have been left behind. My device does show up as a fastboot device and the Device Manager shows the phone as MyHTC when on fastboot, what am I missing? Its all set but just stays there...
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Hmm come to think of it your right I have seen the scripts mention HTCDev. So what can I do to get it to flash that Unlock_code.bin? HTC Sync is uninstalled, PDANet is also gone, the drivers have been left behind. My device does show up as a fastboot device and the Device Manager shows the phone as MyHTC when on fastboot, what am I missing? Its all set but just stays there...
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You did get the email from HTC with the unlock token and place it in your ADB tools folder, right?
Crossvxm said:
Hmm come to think of it your right I have seen the scripts mention HTCDev. So what can I do to get it to flash that Unlock_code.bin? HTC Sync is uninstalled, PDANet is also gone, the drivers have been left behind. My device does show up as a fastboot device and the Device Manager shows the phone as MyHTC when on fastboot, what am I missing? Its all set but just stays there...
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I could help you on teamviewer PM me if you wish
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I could help you on teamviewer PM me if you wish
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About time
FinZ28 said:
About time
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lol
But it seems when I offer to help they disappear
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lol
But it seems when I offer to help they disappear
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No LOL went outside for a second. I would definitely let you help, BUT I'm using an OLD Dell laptop. So old I think cavemans existed when it was invented. My HP is in repair. Bought it new, came faulty, sent for repair. Came back, new issues, right back to HP, so I'm using this wifiless crap for now. I haven't bothered buying it a WiFi adaptor since its so darn old. I mean what can be done with 128mb of ram? Imagine.
It has USB 1.0 ports, I read some discussions that it maybe the case, but the same was said about my old MyTouch 4G Slide and the token went thru eventually.
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You did get the email from HTC with the unlock token and place it in your ADB tools folder, right?
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Yes I even sent the code a second time to make sure the file didn't magically get corrupted.
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No LOL went outside for a second. I would definitely let you help, BUT I'm using an OLD Dell laptop. So old I think cavemans existed when it was invented. My HP is in repair. Bought it new, came faulty, sent for repair. Came back, new issues, right back to HP, so I'm using this wifiless crap for now. I haven't bothered buying it a WiFi adaptor since its so darn old. I mean what can be done with 128mb of ram? Imagine.
It has USB 1.0 ports, I read some discussions that it maybe the case, but the same was said about my old MyTouch 4G Slide and the token went thru eventually.
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Yes I even sent the code a second time to make sure the file didn't magically get corrupted.
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Well if you need assistance feel free to PM I'll see what I can do to help
I cant seem to get by this step. Stuck on step 9 of DirtyRacun
My RUU.zip is in the Dirtyracun folder on Ubuntu LiveCD and have verified the checksum. Ihave seen by a google search that other people outher have had this problem (pastebin) but I havent been able to find a solution. Can anyone help me? Everry thing has worked in the s-off process til now...
Have you tried the support channel? Are you on 3.16? If not you can use FacePalm
I had firefox crash on me and this RUU takes forever to download. Right now I am stuck at the HTC logo and cant move forward. I have tried the IRC but i sat there for 30 min looking at no response. I have downloaded this thing 4 times now.
if I ty fastboot reboot, it tells me I ont have fastboot installed? I wouldnt mind trying something else if I could get my phone back!
Hmmmm I never used DirtyRacun so can't really help much IRC is your only choice sorry
Edit did you try flushing it again?
Yes, like 3 or 4 times!..Downloading again...
Any luck?
Any luck yet? I'm getting the same error.
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Yes, like 3 or 4 times!..Downloading again...
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do you have htc sync installed? it seems that you need to have this installed to have the phone recognized for fastboot it happened to me and I have used dirty racun twice as I had my evo replaced twice this month, install it and then try to run the fast boot commands, good luck!
Mac problem?
Could the problem is that I'm running Ubuntu from my MAC? See this post:
Can't post the link, but found this on androidforums:
That's based on HTCdev unlock, so as mentioned, use MyBackup Pro and SMS Backup+ to save what you may, that unlock will do a factory data reset, all user data and apps will go away.
That will give you full root, with an s-on unlocked bootloader.
The option to get a s-off unlocked bootloader is only open to you if you have a Windows platform to run the Dirty Racun tool - either in Windows mode or from a Live CD using Ubuntu. (This has to do with how the Mac platform maps access to the usb ports, the Unlimited.IO team's stuff doesn't support it.)
If you do have a PC and want to try Dirty Racun, go here -
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do you have htc sync installed? it seems that you need to have this installed to have the phone recognized for fastboot it happened to me and I have used dirty racun twice as I had my evo replaced twice this month, install it and then try to run the fast boot commands, good luck!
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Yes, they don't support mac... Or windows virtual machines, nor live usb... Get a windows machine and try a dual boot or the live cd...
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So, I have gone through the whole process of rooting my phone, unlocking it. I have TWRP on it, Titanium backup (thankfully), Goo Manager. It is S-on. I have 2.09 Hboot. My TWRP-jewel is 2.5.0.0. Ok, now onto my question, I am trying to get CM-10 to load but it doesn't go any further than the load screen. No matter what I try. I have even tried switching to JellyBAM but all to no avail. Can someone offer me tips as to what I may have done or be doing wrong? Thanks in advance
[Q] trying to put CM10 on my rooted phone
Forgive me if I put this in the wrong group, but I feel this is probably the right one for it. I have Hboot 2.09. I have TWRP. I have S-on. I want to put CM10 with Gapps onto my phone but every way I have tried, CM10 just sits there and loops around, the longest being an hour. I figured some time was possible, but come on. Over on Google+, people are telling me to flash this and flash that, fastboot this or that. I have no idea what they are trying to say to me. I am loving learning all of this but I need a little more explanation than just flash something. I realize that flash has something to do with commands. I am running windows 8 if that helps on my laptop. My TWRP version is 2.5.0.0. I don't know if my phone has gone through the latest update or not. Thanks for any help you can give me!
You have to install the kernel separately from the ROM since you're S-on. Click the link in my sig for more info.
You most likely have the newest touch panel driver, so you can only use ROM's based off the latest OTA, software version 3.16. Your touchscreen won't work otherwise. You can gain S-off and downgrade your touch panel driver, at which point you can run AOSP ROM's like CM.
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tabidee said:
Forgive me if I put this in the wrong group, but I feel this is probably the right one for it. I have Hboot 2.09. I have TWRP. I have S-on. I want to put CM10 with Gapps onto my phone but every way I have tried, CM10 just sits there and loops around, the longest being an hour. I figured some time was possible, but come on. Over on Google+, people are telling me to flash this and flash that, fastboot this or that. I have no idea what they are trying to say to me. I am loving learning all of this but I need a little more explanation than just flash something. I realize that flash has something to do with commands. I am running windows 8 if that helps on my laptop. My TWRP version is 2.5.0.0. I don't know if my phone has gone through the latest update or not. Thanks for any help you can give me!
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First of all you might be on the newest touch panel driver, and that's the first thing that gets you in trouble because aosp roms don't work with that, as of now, it might work later... Who knows... Secondly you need to flash the boot.img separately thru fastboot because your are s-on and on 2.09... To make your life easier try to get s-off either thru facepalm or dirty racun... That way you can flash any rom and also downgrade your touch panel driver to get aosp working on your phone... If you flash viper rom it has a senseless option so you can use nova and get stability and some sort of aosp look... Good luck!
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Yes, S-off is the way to go if you want to run CM. Otherwise, try meanbean or viper or sharkie or any other sense based Rom. They should work fine.
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I have tried to do facepalm. When I put the code in (I'm assuming it goes in the command window), I get messages like "adb not valid command". Even though my phone is most definitely rooted, says unlocked. Should I redownload android-sdk? Thanks again!
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tabidee said:
I have tried to do facepalm. When I put the code in (I'm assuming it goes in the command window), I get messages like "adb not valid command". Even though my phone is most definitely rooted, says unlocked. Should I redownload android-sdk? Thanks again!
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ADB commands must be issued when the phone is mounted as media share not as fastboot. Connect your phone as if you were transferring files between it and your pc.
Something new to try since you're on the latest OTA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321072
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atheistevofreak said:
ADB commands must be issued when the phone is mounted as media share not as fastboot. Connect your phone as if you were transferring files between it and your pc.
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I do have it connected to the computer like that. Do you mean I have to go into TWRP and mount it that way? I tried it that way too. I downloaded and whole new android SDK to see if that is the problem. If not, I am going to factory reset my phone and start over. I can't imagine why I was able to root the phone, get it unlocked, but now I can't do anything else with it. Not even get adb commands to recognize it.
tabidee said:
I do have it connected to the computer like that. Do you mean I have to go into TWRP and mount it that way? I tried it that way too. I downloaded and whole new android SDK to see if that is the problem. If not, I am going to factory reset my phone and start over. I can't imagine why I was able to root the phone, get it unlocked, but now I can't do anything else with it. Not even get adb commands to recognize it.
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If I were you I would try the new S-off method I posted above. It's Windows friendly
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thank you
FinZ28 said:
If I were you I would try the new S-off method I posted above. It's Windows friendly
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I know that I have been a particularly trying noob this week and I apologize. I tried to go back and thank the ones that helped me along the way and i did realize I double posted. I apologize for that too. So a big thank you!!!!!!!!!:good:
Message is for user tabidee tho if anyone else can help..koo..but I doubt u want tow
This is for tabidee hey I was reading ur stuff on xda developers and I have a question. If u can help if not its cool. Ok so i got my sprint evo and I went to try to root it. I went thru a process that with the steps combined with htcdev site got me to say unlock my bootloader. I used hoot 2.09 and I was supposed to flash this pimg175 zip to i guess install a recovery. Well that won't work at all... I cant get my s on switched to s off and so i am stuck with according to the hoot screen a tampered, unlocked with s on, unrooted phone. I am so confused with all the steps and files I had to download, rename and save to various folders that I gave up. With my phone at its current state what do I do next? I deleted all the files from the day I unlocked it but if you can explain to me... And explain like if I was a five year old cuz I'm that dumbfounded on this subject... But if u can maybe walk me thru the rest of the process or walk me thru a undoing of what I done so far. I'm lisa. My email is [email protected]
Check out the link below. It's a GUI for rooting and has everything you need to get your phone rooted. You'll need to install the recovery first then superuser, which will give you root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2436217
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Whoever has time and is bored.....come help me one on one
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This is for tabidee hey I was reading ur stuff on xda developers and I have a question. If u can help if not its cool. Ok so i got my sprint evo and I went to try to root it. I went thru a process that with the steps combined with htcdev site got me to say unlock my bootloader. I used hoot 2.09 and I was supposed to flash this pimg175 zip to i guess install a recovery. Well that won't work at all... I cant get my s on switched to s off and so i am stuck with according to the hoot screen a tampered, unlocked with s on, unrooted phone. I am so confused with all the steps and files I had to download, rename and save to various folders that I gave up. With my phone at its current state what do I do next? I deleted all the files from the day I unlocked it but if you can explain to me... And explain like if I was a five year old cuz I'm that dumbfounded on this subject... But if u can maybe walk me thru the rest of the process or walk me thru a undoing of what I done so far. I'm lisa. My email is [email protected]
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Can someone just email me on the side and we can come up with a good day n time to IM or even a phone call covenrsation so we can go step by step and hook my phone up right. I'm just way too dumbfounded on the whole thing at this point.... The weed probably coulda waited... Lol.. [email protected]
kinda
datbitch said:
Can someone just email me on the side and we can come up with a good day n time to IM or even a phone call covenrsation so we can go step by step and hook my phone up right. I'm just way too dumbfounded on the whole thing at this point.... The weed probably coulda waited... Lol.. [email protected]
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I had to do moonshine with wubi lunbuntu linux terminal. Rooting is easy u do it from google play look for 4.2.2 roms that are ok with s-on. mean is easy.
so I still have to connect my sh*t to da pc and go thru some more steps with this lunbuntu thing before though rite? BTW... the HTC software update won't complete itself so I'm still 4.1 I think
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My evo is rooted, ive got twrp recovery installed, and i recently tried flashing a rom and its not working for me . i have S-ON and i heard you need S-OFF to flash roms properly. Ive been looking around for a tool to S-OFF my evo on windows(HBOOT 2.09.0000) and i have yet to find one! is there a tool available to do this? if so, is it going to factory reset my device? will i ave to re-root and unclock the boot loader? as you can probably tell, Im new to the whole rooting and rom ing thing. I would like to be able to flash roms, so any help would be appreciated, thanks!
iamstafford said:
My evo is rooted, ive got twrp recovery installed, and i recently tried flashing a rom and its not working for me . i have S-ON and i heard you need S-OFF to flash roms properly. Ive been looking around for a tool to S-OFF my evo on windows(HBOOT 2.09.0000) and i have yet to find one! is there a tool available to do this? if so, is it going to factory reset my device? will i ave to re-root and unclock the boot loader? as you can probably tell, Im new to the whole rooting and rom ing thing. I would like to be able to flash roms, so any help would be appreciated, thanks!
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Try the method I described in the thread I came up with this morning - if you're comfortable with doing everything. It wasn't too hard to do. I just had to convert the jargon into words I could understand.
Try using the Moonshine method first though! It's easy and straightforward - if it will recognize your device (which it wouldn't recognize mine for some reason).
Here's what I did.
Good luck!
iamstafford said:
My evo is rooted, ive got twrp recovery installed, and i recently tried flashing a rom and its not working for me . i have S-ON and i heard you need S-OFF to flash roms properly. Ive been looking around for a tool to S-OFF my evo on windows(HBOOT 2.09.0000) and i have yet to find one! is there a tool available to do this? if so, is it going to factory reset my device? will i ave to re-root and unclock the boot loader? as you can probably tell, Im new to the whole rooting and rom ing thing. I would like to be able to flash roms, so any help would be appreciated, thanks!
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Take a look at the link in my sig. It should answer some of your questions.
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iamstafford said:
My evo is rooted, ive got twrp recovery installed, and i recently tried flashing a rom and its not working for me . i have S-ON and i heard you need S-OFF to flash roms properly. Ive been looking around for a tool to S-OFF my evo on windows(HBOOT 2.09.0000) and i have yet to find one! is there a tool available to do this? if so, is it going to factory reset my device? will i ave to re-root and unclock the boot loader? as you can probably tell, Im new to the whole rooting and rom ing thing. I would like to be able to flash roms, so any help would be appreciated, thanks!
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A second what venkman21 says, moonshine is the easiest method and works with all versions of Windows. Took me about 7 minutes and I was s-off and loving it. Good luck.
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SoFaKiNgStOkeD said:
A second what venkman21 says, moonshine is the easiest method and works with all versions of Windows. Took me about 7 minutes and I was s-off and loving it. Good luck.
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I tried moonshine. it didnt work! i have usb debugging on, i installed the android sdk tools and yes they are working properly. i am hooked up to a usb 2.0 port. but, whenever i run the program, it says Error ccannot check for updates, and at times it says error, run distiller again and read. any help?
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I tried moonshine. it didnt work! i have usb debugging on, i installed the android sdk tools and yes they are working properly. i am hooked up to a usb 2.0 port. but, whenever i run the program, it says Error ccannot check for updates, and at times it says error, run distiller again and read. any help?
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I get the same error messages. For the update one, make sure your firewall and anti-virus are off. That solved mine. For the "Error run distiller again" issue, that's what brought me here. Pleases let me know if you solve this!
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I tried moonshine. it didnt work! i have usb debugging on, i installed the android sdk tools and yes they are working properly. i am hooked up to a usb 2.0 port. but, whenever i run the program, it says Error ccannot check for updates, and at times it says error, run distiller again and read. any help?
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I think the "run distiller again and read" part means you pushed some buttons and otherwise touched or maimed your phone while Moonshine is working. I solved my issue. I was unzipping Moonshine to one folder then cutting the visible files out and pasting them to a separate folder. This left behind a hidden file. Solved problem by unzipping directly to my SDK platform tools folder which contains adb.exe and fastboot.exe. Worked first try. I'd already stopped firewalls, turned off anti-virus and tried to switch to usb file sharing during install (which is why I was told to "read". None of those were required this time. Never touched phone even though it was not in correct file sharing mode, and it still worked.