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Hello guys, I'm a noob in xda. I bricked my htc incredible s.. i was hoping to give it for a try to save my phone up by finding solutions here by asking you guys.
So here's my problem:
My htc incredible S was rooted on stock rom for half a year, and when i received OTA update, i was restricted from performing OTA because i had a custom recovery installed on my phone. And so, yeah. I was reckless.
I didn't read properly and know that i cant install any ota updates from htc, but i found a way in order to let my phone to be able to perform OTA updates again, and thats by intalling a ruu. But, due to my phone was a HTC_asia_wwe ver ( which the ruu is very hard to be found) , i searched and browsed almost every forum, but there's none with download links available, so i downloaded a stock rom with PG32IMG.zip and flash it when it gets on bootloader (htc devices will always scan for PG32IMG.zip when we get into bootloader right?) I had all things succeed. When i was trying to reboot into my os, it keeps repeat the boot vibration with the HTC logo on it. ( keeps come out the HTC logo, then turn black awhile, then come out again..keep repeating non stop and i can only turn off my phone by taking off the battery)
I can boot into bootloader but i cant access everything. even when i access recovery , it goes the same too, keep out the logo, reboot, out logo, reboot. And also when i plug in to my PC, it keeps shows up android 1.0 device too and my adb cant find the device serial. I really hope there's some way to fix my phone....I hope I'm posting in the correct section...I'm really needed for help..thanks guys.
It sounds like ur having a bootloop problem which I honestly don't understand y u would have that problem. All I can really tell u is that if I remember correctly is that if u can boot up into ur bootloader then that means ur device is not bricked.
Edit: If u have the stock ruu for ur phone then u can make ur own ruu zip to flash through the bootloader but u will need some software that creates it for u. I remember seeing it somewhere here on the forums. I just don't remember off the top of my head if u need to be s-off to flash through ur bootloader or not.
:-? Hopefully that helps u out a bit.
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i'm s off but i can hardly find the ruu for my version of rom aka htc asia wwe rom..i need somemore information and help about it. thanks btw
Have u tried here
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033922
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There's no HTC asia wwe rom available in there..Thanks..
I'm confused in all kind of things now..
Try searching ruu vivo HTC Asia wwe in Google i saw a couple of links u might want to checkout
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even if i can find a ruu, my phone cant connect to my pc now..it detects it as android 1.0 and the sdk wont work on it
**** haha forgot about that little detail....well if I find anything that can help u I'll let u know
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Ok bro apparently not seeing ur device in adb and android 1.0 problem is a driver problem. Sounds like a quick fix just take a look at the attached link it might help u out a little
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=737728
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hey Bro, you can find the asian rom on this site. I had to find it to S-On my Inc S again. I can't remember how I found it, but someone put a link to megashare for it. Need to do a search on the forumns
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122805&page=34
Found it
gee, thanks guys for your help. I will inform about my status later. I gotta go and try the solutions first
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hey Bro, you can find the asian rom on this site. I had to find it to S-On my Inc S again. I can't remember how I found it, but someone put a link to megashare for it. Need to do a search on the forumns
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122805&page=34
Found it
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I'm sorry, As you can see, I'm from Malaysia and Malaysia already blocked some file sharing sites and megaupload is one of it. I only hope that i can find one from mediafire or else i have to wait for someone to help me ...
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Since you're s-off, can you not flash a recovery through your bootloader? From there you should be able to either flash a rom or restore your backup if you made one.
I'm hoping that you've learned your lesson and will read more in the future. I can't stress enough the importance of doing your own research and knowing what you're doing before you do so. Since I'm sure you know that now, I'll shut up.
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Since you're s-off, can you not flash a recovery through your bootloader? From there you should be able to either flash a rom or restore your backup if you made one.
I'm hoping that you've learned your lesson and will read more in the future. I can't stress enough the importance of doing your own research and knowing what you're doing before you do so. Since I'm sure you know that now, I'll shut up.
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yes i have a problem flashing a recovery from bootloader and idk why. i archived my cwm. into PG32IMG.zip but it still wont flash from bootloader, it just read through it..
and yeah, thanks for your advice. I guess i just miss one step before i put on the rom, and thats wipe the cache and dalvik.. i've learnt my lesson. Thank you so much.
htc vivo ota bricked
hello tried to flash cwm in fastboot mode but i get an error:
unknown partition
cannot determine image filename for cwm-etc...
any chance to flash cwm in a PG32IMG.zip in order to flash a custom rom and save the phone?
thanks
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I'm sorry, As you can see, I'm from Malaysia and Malaysia already blocked some file sharing sites and megaupload is one of it. I only hope that i can find one from mediafire or else i have to wait for someone to help me ...
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filefactory.com/file/c0af346/n/RUU_Vivo_Gingerbread_S_hTC_Asia_HK_2.12.708.4_Radio_20.2805.30.085AU_3805.04.03.27_M_release_189979_signed.exe
Try this one. try connecting your phone in fastboot and installing the ruu from windows. Android 1.0 that says in windows sounds fine to my
Alright to start off I just got a new LG optimus V. It is rooted with gingerbread and i have messed around with some roms.. Not knowing that i needed to worry about diff basebands and what not -.-. Now i am currently looking for the correct CM7 i think N series. For the New baseband!? also.. with the nightlys how would i update to them and what not when they are posted? If this doesnt make any sense I'M SORRY lol I'm trying to figure all this out.. So please don't be to rude! I can take some remarks lol
No one?
even if you have gtalk to help would be great.. I wont take much of your time just get me in the right direction and i should be good! please and thank you
Calm down, man...
First question, since I don't know how things go with US carriers: When you go to settings->about phone, what is your firmware version? V10[x] or v20[x]?
This is the way to know your baseband. v10 is old and v20 is new. Although, since you're on Gingerbread I suspect it is a v20 (hence having the new baseband).
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I don't know if the Optimus V is just a new branding or if it has a different hardware of some sort, but if it's OK I do think the official CyanogenMod nightlies are a good choice. If you encounter bugs that you can't live with, then my second recommendation would be the unofficial CyanogenMod N2 ROM from Adam with the kernel franco.Kernel.v1.1-12112011. It was the last kernel from Franco to feature the stock touch screen drivers, which makes the ROM much smoother than his last kernel (from December 6) that comes with the ROM .
well how about this.. scratch all that and now im trying to figure out how to get unstuck from the LG screen and no i cant get into Clockwork recovery or whatever.
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well how about this.. scratch all that and now im trying to figure out how to get unstuck from the LG screen and no i cant get into Clockwork recovery or whatever.
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What did you do before you got stuck on that?
Do you really want to know? and if i say don't call names lmao
I went to the clockwork recovery and tried to install a rom.. and i did everything i was suppose to do like wipe and all and then installed it and it got stuck to it.. so i went back to the recovery and factory reset.. thought maybe if i just do that and put it back to stock ill leave it alone.. but now its stuck
Also im a little new to all this.. and if anyone would mind walking me thrwe the steps my gtalk account is [email protected] would BE AMAZING.. if its fixable other wise ill just return it for a new one tmr.. but hope i dont have to do that
Okay so I tried using the main SBF tutorial on the dev forum here and that SBF file didn't work for my Milestone X2. I'm pretty sure the main problem is that I'm on ACS (Alaska Communication Systems) and they're using 2.3.6 and probably some strange baseband versions. I got some "boot error 1" or something.
Anyway, I can't find a .sbf file for the ACS version of my phone. I was able to get the phone to boot again using this nTelos sbf, but I wasn't able to make calls or anything and saw a flashing triangle on my status bar.
So I guess a few questions I have are..
1) Does anyone know of a .sbf file that would work for this?
2) Can I somehow edit the nTelos ROM to work with my carrier?
3) If I take it to ACS will they be able to flash the sbf file for me? Or at least supply me with it....
4) Have I voided my warranty by doing this?
Any information is helpful. Thanks!
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Figured I'd give everyone a quick update. I got the phone replaced. I went in and played dumb. She asked if I tried to root it and I said "what's that? I think I've got a virus!!" She had no idea how to fix it so she just gave me a rapid replacement.
I would really like to get the SBF files so I can at least try the 2.3.6 root and not worry about messing it up this time, but any company in Alaska is pretty hard to deal with for anything at all.
Thanks for your help XDA! I miss my Skyrocket
I'm not sure if flashing a sbf file voids warranty. I imagine that it does because if done improperly or the sbf file is bad it could brick the phone. You're most likely going to have to take the phone to them.
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you probably have to flash your phone in a similar method as a flash to cricket or metropc wireless except with your carriers information.
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you probably have to flash your phone in a similar method as a flash to cricket or metropc wireless except with your carriers information.
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Not sure I fully understand, could you give a little more information please? Kind of nervous about taking it in.
was it just the flashing triangle that means you have to activate the phone?
maybe that's all you need to do?
SBF files are given to us by Motorola. I wouldnt think you would void your warranty by using them unless its a leaked version or something. But even then, you could play stupid and just say you didnt know. They might buy it.
I mean if all else fails ask for an sbf from your service provider.
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Figured I'd give everyone a quick update. I got the phone replaced. I went in and played dumb. She asked if I tried to root it and I said "what's that? I think I've got a virus!!" She had no idea how to fix it so she just gave me a rapid replacement.
I would really like to get the SBF files so I can at least try the 2.3.6 root and not worry about messing it up this time, but any company in Alaska is pretty hard to deal with for anything at all.
Thanks for your help XDA! I miss my Skyrocket
Glad you got it taken care of! Hopefully this time your modding goes smoother
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Glad you got it taken care of! Hopefully this time your modding goes smoother
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Many thanks I shouldn't have made the attempt to downgrade first in the first place. This time I think I'll just attempt a simple root, which I've read worked for another ACS Milestone X2 2.3.6 user. After a root I can install ReRecovery and make a NANDROID backup right? Just in case anything goes wrong again? I haven't fully looked into it since I'm not rooted yet, but I'm assuming ReRecovery is just another thing similar to ClockWorkMod, which I have experience with. Too bad there are no 2.3.6 roms that I've seen :< I really hate this stock ROM and all its bloat.
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She asked if I tried to root it and I said "what's that? I think I've got a virus!!"
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Lol
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yes, I do not blame you. There are parts of the stock rom I like but generally I do not like it. I just rooted my phone 2.3.6 method and it worked. My only advice is to download Super user from the market before you start the process.
I am working on a fix . So 236 can work on any carrier. Wanna help?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1616211
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& got myself a mx2 bastard & a pickle!
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I am working on a fix . So 236 can work on any carrier. Wanna help?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1616211
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& got myself a mx2 bastard & a pickle!
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I do want to help, but do not want to risk anything until I can get my phone setup to a point where I can always flash back to this ACS 2.3.6. Is that essentially done once/if I get ReRecovery on the phone?
Yea RR should be flashed whenever you leave cwr!
You could test on your acs.
Trying to get hw virtual serial port to work see the cricket link. I had all this working back in july. Damn.
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Our phone is crippled, cwr restore does not restore bootloader & other stuff.
Hello. Yesterday was my birthday and i got a used note 1 from my cousion. I came from the HTC evo 3D and i know how to fully root s-off, roms..etc. And i would really like to learn how to do the same to this phone as well. As of right now it has the 4.0.4 firmware on it ICS. I have never owned a samsung phone before and im really new to all of this for the note. I will thank any help i get! I cant wait to start flashing ROMS and kernels to this phone!! . Also once i flash the recovery how do i boot into it? And will i be able to flash roms directly from the phone? I know there is a program called odin that is used to flash recoverys and kernels i think. Last question would be.. Where can i find usb drivers for windows 8.1 for the note 1. Thanks again!
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Hello. Yesterday was my birthday and i got a used note 1 from my cousion. I came from the HTC evo 3D and i know how to fully root s-off, roms..etc. And i would really like to learn how to do the same to this phone as well. As of right now it has the 4.0.4 firmware on it ICS. I have never owned a samsung phone before and im really new to all of this for the note. I will thank any help i get! I cant wait to start flashing ROMS and kernels to this phone!! . Also once i flash the recovery how do i boot into it? And will i be able to flash roms directly from the phone? I know there is a program called odin that is used to flash recoverys and kernels i think. Last question would be.. Where can i find usb drivers for windows 8.1 for the note 1. Thanks again!
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All of your questions can be answered here!
If you still can't find what your looking for try here!
All of the latest, and oldest custom roms can be found here, and here!
If you are still needing an answer you can try here! and when all else fails post your question here.
Welcome to the i717 forum!
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Oh and happy belated birthday! Mine is today!!!
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All of your questions can be answered here!
If you still can't find what your looking for try here!
All of the latest, and oldest custom roms can be found here, and here!
If you are still needing an answer you can try here! and when all else fails post your question here.
Welcome to the i717 forum!
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Oh and happy belated birthday! Mine is today!!!
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Ugh!! I flashed the twrp recovery fine. I went to try and flash a rom it didnt work and now i cant boot my phone wtf........Can i please have more help...
What rom did you flash? Some kit Kat roms require you using cwm recovery. Try flashing a different rom.
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What rom did you flash? Some kit Kat roms require you using cwm recovery. Try flashing a different rom.
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Well I just flashed a jellybean 4.1.2 ROM and it is working perfect. But I still want kitkat. I don't remember the name of the one I tried to flash. My main question is when I flash jb, ICS, or kitkat. Do they all just work after flash or do I need some kinda different boot thing like my HTC needed? Last thing is I could not find a flashable cwm recovery through Odin. Do I have to flash it with an app through the phone? PS: If it is as easy to flash things to this phone as easy as I think that would be awesome. So far I am LOVING THIS THING. Samsung might be my new favorite brand.. I had to do so many things to my HTC evo 3D just for custom kernels to be on it. Thanks for any help I get.
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Update: Flashed cwm non touch recovery through the app. And I also flashed the candy shop kitkat 4.4.2 ROM, upon boot the WiFi would not work so I am back on the jb 4.1.2 ROM and I am now downloading hellybean jb 4.3 now. I wiped the data before I installed the kitkat ROM and there is no option in recovery to wipe the system so I guess every ROM I install it will overwrite which is kinda weird. I will try to flash the touch version of cwm later.. The one on the forum you gave me says access denied on my phone when I try to download the latest one. But It did work on my pc so I'll get it from there..
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Glad your researching!
I also recommend reading the rom descriptions, and instructions. Some builders will clue you in as to which recovery to use, and what gapps need flashed.
I also recommend skimming thru the posts to see what issues other users may have had. They might of given you a clue as to why the Wi-Fi didn't work.
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Glad your researching!
I also recommend reading the rom descriptions, and instructions. Some builders will clue you in as to which recovery to use, and what gapps need flashed.
I also recommend skimming thru the posts to see what issues other users may have had. They might of given you a clue as to why the Wi-Fi didn't work.
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Can you possibly tell me what I can do to make my games run faster on this phone? I ran quadrant and got 3100 as the score. That seems a bit low in my opinion. Or maybe you can tell me what rom is faster. Idk.
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I've tries latest v65-sdk22 and it doesn't want to install in twrp. Sdk21 version just bootloops or freezes at bootup. Any ideas?
It has its in download. Beta.
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It has its in download. Beta.
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not very clear information. please explain?
I'm pretty sure there is no version that is compatible with our HAM2 on Lollipop, yet.
Perhaps we have to modify the build.prop again?
Which reminds me, I still have yet to root my phone.
I have tried the build prop theme changes and about everything I can think of ...both versions for 5.1 hang at boot.
It took forever for xposed to come out for Lollipop because that's when Android made the official jump from Dalvik to ART. Then it appears that certain manufacturers modify the ART runtime on top of that.
It looks like Huawei is one of those companies. Samsung also did it, but they have such a huge fan base that they had a dev that came up with a work around. It's possible that someone will do the same for Huawei eventually, probably for another phone or tablet that could possibly work for us, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
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It took forever for xposed to come out for Lollipop because that's when Android made the official jump from Dalvik to ART. Then it appears that certain manufacturers modify the ART runtime on top of that.
It looks like Huawei is one of those companies. Samsung also did it, but they have such a huge fan base that they had a dev that came up with a work around. It's possible that someone will do the same for Huawei eventually, probably for another phone or tablet that could possibly work for us, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
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I looked into it and it will prevent booting. Likely to do with emui. Tom is waiting on kernel source so he can make a stock rom. Xposed will then work. Patience is key.
Stock rom? As in, AOSP? Or what?
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Stock rom? As in, AOSP? Or what?
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CyanogenMod, which is close to AOSP.
Anyway, eye candy aside, I think this update is pretty crap. I thought things were supposed to be ironed out in the, uh, beta.
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Anyway, eye candy aside, I think this update is pretty crap. I thought things were supposed to be ironed out in the, uh, beta.
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I've also noticed that if the headphone jack is removed when some audio is playing, sound does not automatically transfer to the speakers. I really hope Tom will find some time to port CM to the HAM2. Its been 7 months since his github page was last updated !
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Whilst on the topic of xposed, does anyone share my predilections for Kitkat over Lollipop ? Everything seems to work on Kitkat !!
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I've also noticed that if the headphone jack is removed when some audio is playing, sound does not automatically transfer to the speakers. I really hope Tom will find some time to port CM to the HAM2. Its been 7 months since his github page was last updated !
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Whilst on the topic of xposed, does anyone share my predilections for Kitkat over Lollipop ? Everything seems to work on Kitkat !!
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Yes, in fact, I tried to go back, but my internal sd card is broken on anything prior to Lollipop now. So I'm stuck.
Tom was originally going to make KK first. Maybe with the new kernel release he can out something together.
WHat ?
Yes, in fact, I tried to go back, but my internal sd card is broken on anything prior to Lollipop now. So I'm stuck.
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@ArkAngel06 are you saying that once we update to lollipop we can't go back, or is it that the internal stroage does not get formatted back to the way it was w/ JB ?
TIA Davinci
@ArkAngel06 are you saying that once we update to lollipop we can't go back, or is it that the internal stroage does not get formatted back to the way it was w/ JB ?
TIA Davinci
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Anyone elses quote/multi quote and other buttons missing on XDA???
Anyways, I tried to do it the lazy way and it doesn't work and it breaks my internal SD card. I tried to do it the official way and install just fails.
You may have better luck.
@medwatt people keep mentioning a KK build....B148 is the only build I ever see prior to b309, but b148 is JB, so what build is KK? I have always been on 4.3 prior to 5.1.
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My quote buttons gone as well, I just got caught up on your other thread discussing this all.
Won't the new twrp 2.8.7.3 L take care of this with the new check script?
keep us updated I'm working 16 hrs x 3 days so no real play time.
Tomorrow I might attempt a 4.3 downgrade. Getting real tired of the bugs, and I dearly miss Viper and Xposed. I have root but didn't flash TWRP so hopefully the official way will work.
Today I even did a factory reset but it seems to have made things worse somehow.
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My quote buttons gone as well, I just got caught up on your other thread discussing this all.
Won't the new twrp 2.8.7.3 L take care of this with the new check script?
keep us updated I'm working 16 hrs x 3 days so no real play time.
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I am using the new unified TWRP, here is what I have tried, with the outcomes.
Use unified TWRP to restore a JB backup I made before LP>>>Won't boot, just boots TWRP over and over.
Use unified TWRP to install Xordos' b148 flashable>>>Boots, but internal SD card is unwritable.
Use old JB version of TWRP to install Xordos' b148 flashable>>>Same as unified TWRP, broken internal SD
I also had a lot trouble doing the official downgrade. Most of the problem was me not reading the instructions, and thinking I just had to throw the b148 dload/update.app on my sdcard, but there is alittle more to it than that. Also, i think you need to have the newest stock recovery installed. I tried it with TWRP installed, obviously it loaded TWRP instead of the stock recovery and failed. I then flashed a stock recovery that I had on my PC, thought it was the new one but I could be wrong, but that also failed. So I just did a full official LP upgrade again with the LP update.app, that gives you all the right stuff and I was then able to do the official downgrade.
I just did that like 5 minutes ago and it appears to be working! So, it looks like its going to be a loooong process going from LP to JB, or vice versa. Wish you could just use TWRP, but I don't think you can.
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Tomorrow I might attempt a 4.3 downgrade. Getting real tired of the bugs, and I dearly miss Viper and Xposed. I have root but didn't flash TWRP so hopefully the official way will work.
Today I even did a factory reset but it seems to have made things worse somehow.
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You know, Viper works on Lollipop? You have to install busy box, install the viper driver, disable low power audio, and start the app after every reboot, but it works!
Sigh. OK I will get the step daughters CC and make a flashable rom.zip from it. Didn't really want to go back to messing with roms much but it looks like there is a need. Can't do it tonight I have a sick 3 year old. I will tomorrow. Maybe afterwards I can make a flashable L zip to make going back and forth easier. Haven't done the L flash yet... But looks like cake walk. Sadly it will overwrite anything you have on the phone.
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Ark, from what I have looked at xposed will not work with emui lollipop.
You know, Viper works on Lollipop? You have to install busy box, install the viper driver, disable low power audio, and start the app after every reboot, but it works!
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Do you think the Viper driver will fix my stupid audio cutting out bug? If it will, then maybe I'll stay with 5.1.
Edit: Actually, thanks for reminding me. I hate the whole "start apps on boot manually even though it says start on boot" thing.