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MyTouch 3G Questions..

So my girl is getting a MyTouch today and I want to root it. Found the 1 touch root **** and am going to give that a shot. My question is...is cyanogens 1.4 recovery and hykuros latest spl compatible with the MyTouch? I already have a rooted g1...i was just wondering on the cross compatibilty seems those things were devised with the dream in mind.
Thanks..any answers appreciated.

I haven't tried Haykuro's SPL and I definitely wouldn't try it with the tragic results it had on some G1's before reading a lot of success stories. Cyan's recovery should work fine but Amon's works better for MyTouch.

So my girl is getting a MyTouch today and I want to root it. Found the 1 touch root **** and am going to give that a shot.
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Laughed a little when I first read that, trust my dirty mind..

Lol...that does sound bad. Well I asked because I wanna use cyans recovery(the not having to name every .zip is kind of extremely nice and convenient) so that things go faster.

Honestly77 said:
Lol...that does sound bad. Well I asked because I wanna use cyans recovery(the not having to name every .zip is kind of extremely nice and convenient) so that things go faster.
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you should be fine with amon_ras' recovery, they allow the flash any zip. as far as running custom rom's on mytouch, dont be suprised, or panic if your screen gets blurry after you wake the phone up. we have a thread going about roms that work and ones that get blurry: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550179
good luck! i hope you get a mytouch that plays nice! congrats...

how to 1 click root and install Amon_Ra's recovery in one shot
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-root-the-mytouch-3g-or-g1-in-one-click/

G1 1.6 official firmware

I have a question I've been trying to resolve looking through the threads and have been unable:
I have a g1 that's rooted running android 1.5, and from what I can tell its either on the official t-mobile firmware or the developers firmware... I want to upgrade to android 1.6 mostly just for the text to voice and the voice navigation in google maps. I don't really want to load custom roms though... Is there anyway to load into android 1.6 and keep root, but have everything else the standard firmware?

developer.htc.com/adp.html
You can grab the official ADP1v1.6 firmware and write that to your device for a stock-but-root system image. (note: stupid people will tell you that it doesn't have root. They are incorrect, it most definitely DOES.)

lbcoder said:
developer.htc.com/adp.html
You can grab the official ADP1v1.6 firmware and write that to your device for a stock-but-root system image. (note: stupid people will tell you that it doesn't have root. They are incorrect, it most definitely DOES.)
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It just gives the impression of not having root by flashing the stock recovery (which many people consider root for some reason)

oh lovely, after following those steps. The radio went fine the phone rebooted fine, but after the recovery image, the phone hangs on the android screen for a long time, and then pops up with continues force close error messages. I also can no longer boot into recovery it gives me a picture of a phone with an exclamation point.
Anyone have any ideas?

oh n/m. That exclamation point screen was in fact the recovery screen, it was different before i installed this. I formatted the memory card and wiped the data, and that seemed to do the trick, I'm up and running in 1.6 developers build. thanks guys =-)

Yeah, when I read your previous message I was about to suggest that...

Newbie-ish question
Hey all,
I know this sound a bit amateur, but I was just wondering if it were possible to flash the same G1 Dev Rom onto my Rogers HTC Dream running the newest "perfect" firmware. I would imagine that the HTC one is officially signed so the phone wouldn't have any trouble accepting this...can anyone confirm? I just wanted to make sure before I go ahead and do anything as I'm new to the whole Android thing. Thanks!

n64_ali said:
Hey all,
I know this sound a bit amateur, but I was just wondering if it were possible to flash the same G1 Dev Rom onto my Rogers HTC Dream running the newest "perfect" firmware. I would imagine that the HTC one is officially signed so the phone wouldn't have any trouble accepting this...can anyone confirm? I just wanted to make sure before I go ahead and do anything as I'm new to the whole Android thing. Thanks!
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You're right. You're definitely an amateur
1) There is *no such thing* as a "G1 Dev". There is an "Android Dev Phone 1" (aka "ADP1"). G1 and ADP1 are both HTC DREAM, as is the thing that was sold by robbers (although the robbers-crippled dream has some minor differences).
2) Though signed, it still won't write onto your phone since it is signed with a DIFFERENT SIGNATURE.
3) If you *did* manage to write it, you would be effectively bricked since the ADP1 kernel won't boot on the robbers-crippled-dream. At this point, it *might* be possible to write the same firmware that you already have on it again to fix the brick, but since nobody has gotten to this stage, it is unknown.

Haha glad I didn't go ahead and do anything stupid, then! Thanks for enlightening me!
Cheers

n64_ali said:
Haha glad I didn't go ahead and do anything stupid, then! Thanks for enlightening me!
Cheers
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Don't worry, because of the incorrect signature, you couldn't have hurt it even if you tried.

Hosed Unrevoked thread

Figured I'd start a thread for all of us suckers that went with Unrevoked and want to back down or switch methods.
Has anyone that did the Unrevoked 2 / ClockWorkMod method of root successfully backed down to stock and / or converted to Toast?
What method did you use.
Thanks

Smac61 said:
Figured I'd start a thread for all of us suckers that went with Unrevoked and want to back down or switch methods.
Has anyone that did the Unrevoked 2 / ClockWorkMod method of root successfully backed down to stock and / or converted to Toast?
What method did you use.
Thanks
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*raises hand*
4G still hosed. I was on Unrevoked v1 which hosed my 4G.
Did the dummy's guide to rooting found on this forum.
Still no 4G, but my MAC is now correct.

If you still have partial root try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715915
Might not fit your situation but might help somebody out

just use Toasts ruu to get back to stock then reroot using his guide.
p.s. whats wrong with unrevoked2, does 4g not work with it or something?
Im in a no 4g zone so.................

ifly4vamerica said:
If you still have partial root try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715915
Might not fit your situation but might help somebody out
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Just did that. No go.

I have tried a lot of things to restore my 4g. I reset my MAC to original using:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715525
I have converted to Damage Control: Still no working 4g.
I have tried basically everything I can think of including going back to stock.
At this point I think I am going to flash the original hardware and do the OTA update....then take it in and show that my 4g isn't working.

This has been bugging me for a while, and this seems like the right thread to ask this question in. If a lot of roms require Toast's root method, and Unrevoked has given issues, is there a reason that people are still using Unrevoked's root method over Toast's? Not to hate on the Unrevoked guys, but this has been bugging me.

i have tried everything, i dont know what to do!!

jonathaflores said:
i have tried everything, i dont know what to do!!
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What EXACTLY are you trying to do?

restore 4G after using the Unrevoked 1 to update to the new firmware, but it just busted my 4g i have gonne back to stock, i am bout to take it to sprint and act dumb!!

jonathaflores said:
restore 4G after using the Unrevoked 1 to update to the new firmware, but it just busted my 4g i have gonne back to stock, i am bout to take it to sprint and act dumb!!
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This may be the only option. I have the same issue.
As far as using unrevoked over toast, it was just the first one I used to get root when I got the phone. I went with it because it was easy. I have since used toast to install other items in an attempt to restore 4g. I will use toast in the future now that I am familiar with it.

okay, so i used unrevoked.apk to root then used unrevoked2 to flash recovery. are you saying that 4g is now completely gone from my phone?

yep sir, Unrevoked its busting 4g!!

I was using unrevoked.apk at first, as I didn't want to wipe my EVO. I had to wipe it anyway to move from the I/O account to my personal one, so I though "might as well root now." I like having ENG SPLs, and unrevoked2 wasn't out yet, so it wasn't a difficult decision.
I was terribly disappointed in every custom ROM I tried. They would run hot, the battery sucked, and they'd randomly reboot when I wasn't even touching them. I finally had enough and went back to a stock system.img with unrevoked.apk installed, and everything worked fine. I only use root to have full access in adb anyway - I don't really mess with task killers or the like. I'm not interested in a custom ROM until FroYo AOSP.
I applied the unrevoked version of the latest OTA patch last night. Let's see how that goes…

im confused. why is this just now being brought up. unrevoked has been around for awhile. I haven't heard anyone complain until now. Is it something Unrevoked has done recently, or are we just now realizing the issue?

It is a known issue. Unrevoked released a response to the OTA for users to update without breaking root. The initial release broke 4g for almost everyone who applied it (maybe everyone). They pulled the release and a day later put up a new one that works (as far as i know). Those who used the first release still have no 4g. To the best of my knowledge, no one has been able to fix the 4g issues caused by the initial unrevoked2
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Read the second bullet under FAQs: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/evo_ota_2_patch

Why the f*** is there ANOTHER thread on this...
There's already 3 threads relating to this, one of which I made that goes into detail and another which talks about changing MAC and it still doesn't work.
There is no solution, stop making new threads hoping to find one.
If you want a solution, wait for unrevoked to announce one.

bandagraph said:
It is a known issue. Unrevoked released a response to the OTA for users to update without breaking root. The initial release broke 4g for almost everyone who applied it (maybe everyone). They pulled the release and a day later put up a new one that works (as far as i know). Those who used the first release still have no 4g. To the best of my knowledge, no one has been able to fix the 4g issues caused by the initial unrevoked2
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Read the second bullet under FAQs: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/evo_ota_2_patch
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ok, so this just pertains to the OTA?
cause I haven't dont the OTA.

it doesnt matter, we jut got screw, taking my phone to sprint on monday, two days to find a solution, or i am taking my phone back to sprint!!

jonathaflores said:
it doesnt matter, we jut got screw, taking my phone to sprint on monday, two days to find a solution, or i am taking my phone back to sprint!!
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LMAO - you really think the people at your "local sprint" store are smarter than these guys at XDA?
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[Q] New User of Magic, Rooting Query...

I have a new Magic (32b Google/Vodafone Ed) and I am hoping this is an ok question to ask... Any help, is much appreciated!
I've been searching through forums and seeking help wherever I can and not getting anywhere fast with information I'd like.
Firstly, when I bought the phone (2nd hand) it came with Cyanogen on it.
But there were all sorts of issues and so I had to do some fast learning, to fix it.
I managed to find out how to flash the phone, and reinstall the Restore functionality on the phone......
Once that was done, I was loving it and started installing apps.
I thought I had it perfect, so decided to install a theme (I didn't know it was untested) so when I flashed it, it locked the phone into a boot loop.
I spent 24 hours trying to understand how to 'fix' it as I restored a NAND backup which wasn't mine, and ended up with the phone back to it's factory default Vodafone Android 1.6 version with the old owners picture lock code!!!
A friend ended up 'fixing' it, I believe by getting a good copy of the default OS and flashing it with the fastboot menu.
After he did that, Vodafone here released an over-air update, so the phone is now running the default HTC Android version, but on 2.2.1
What I would like to know, is before I embark on the rather terrifying task of trying to put Cyanogen back on, is what are the benefits to rooting the phone vs the risks?
I understand that the risk of 'bricking' the phone is very real, and if I screw it up, I could basically destroy the phone, but do the benefits outway the risk?
I now have been given the Goldcard, plus install files for Cyanogen the original owner used to root the phone, so I am reasonably confident that it will work fine - as it was running Cyanogen beautifully (other than a couple minor glitches) when I got the phone.
If I root the phone and install Cyanogen, what benefits do I get over the stock 2.2.1 install?

IMHO the real true benefits from rooting is the complete freedom and the ability to really make the phone your own.the question you asked has been asked so many times and truthfully the real reward comes with actually rooting the phone yourself.
1. itll free up ram on the phone allowing you to do things faster(this depend on what rom you get too)
2. you can put apps on a part of your sd card which will keep your phone going fast just dont over do it
3. overclocking and underclocking to speed it up even more
4. the themes! me personally i dont care too much for themes people complain so much about them but its whatever.
5. the customization is really endless
the real reward comes with finally exhaling that breath after you first start rooting your phone lol.

thisishoot said:
the real reward comes with finally exhaling that breath after you first start rooting your phone lol.
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Well... now that I know I'll get for sure!!! As I know how rough it was when I broke it hahaha
As for the rest, you aren't able to change things like themes without rooting??
Pretty girly I know, but that's one of the main things I really want to do with it!
Being faster would be a help too as I have found over the past few days, that sometimes it can be quite slow..... Would Cyanogen speed it up a bit?

thecharmed01 said:
Well... now that I know I'll get for sure!!! As I know how rough it was when I broke it hahaha
As for the rest, you aren't able to change things like themes without rooting??
Pretty girly I know, but that's one of the main things I really want to do with it!
Being faster would be a help too as I have found over the past few days, that sometimes it can be quite slow..... Would Cyanogen speed it up a bit?
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Most stable ROM's will help with performance, CyanogenMod being one of them. The myTouch has a CPU rated for 576 MHz(if I recall correctly), but it comes from the factory underclocked at 384 MHz. Most ROM's have an OC kernel in them and will just require that you install SetCPU to control the CPU speed. As for your worries about bricking your phone, nowadays you don't even have to have a Goldcard. You can simply root with one of the many one-click root programs, use ROM Manager to flash a custom recovery (I prefer Amon Ra, but you can also use ClockworkMod) and create a backup of your untouched ROM, and then flash a new ROM from there. It's really all quite simple now IMHO, unlike when I originally rooted my phone using the Goldcard method.

hmm, is there a tut for that somewhere? As the only tutorial I have atm is the Cyanogen one which requires a Goldcard, dropping back to an older version, then rooting the phone?
I'd love to see another way of doing it?

Here's one and there's also the z4root app. You used to be able to use Universal Androot, but the exploit it used was patched in that 2.2.1 update you got.

Do you have any idea if the HTC Magic is compatible with that? As if it is, it is looking most intriguing!

thecharmed01 said:
Do you have any idea if the HTC Magic is compatible with that? As if it is, it is looking most intriguing!
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All three of the methods I mentioned will work for the Magic. The one I linked should work fine.

is it ok to flash

ist ok tho flash
S-OFF/nand Unlock Hero CDMA (hboot) - OP "regaw_leinad
then this
S-OFF/eng-spl Hero CDMA (fastboot) - OP "darchstar"
whats the best root option

oostah said:
ist ok tho flash
S-OFF/nand Unlock Hero CDMA (hboot) - OP "regaw_leinad
then this
S-OFF/eng-spl Hero CDMA (fastboot) - OP "darchstar"
whats the best root option
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That's what I did. But RUU may make odd things happen, a few users who did BOTH and then RUU'd lost s-off functions but still had s-off. So if you're going to do both just commit to never RUUing. If you want fastbooot commands you need darchs. Darchs is undone by RUU. If you are good with just HERCIMG.zips then regaws wil do, but will NOT be undone by RUU.

i know this is somewhat off topic.. but i love the title of this thread..
its like a feeling we all have at first.. we are a little embarrased after our first flash.. and ask ourselves "is it ok to flash??".. then we end up flashing everywhere and all of the time..
sorry oostah, i had to let that out..

pstevep said:
i know this is somewhat off topic.. but i love the title of this thread..
its like a feeling we all have at first.. we are a little embarrased after our first flash.. and ask ourselves "is it ok to flash??".. then we end up flashing everywhere and all of the time..
sorry oostah, i had to let that out..
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lol thats cool man. after bricking im just trying to be care full. and with the new things out i want the best way to get my hero rooted and s 0ff thanks for the reply

il Duce said:
That's what I did. But RUU may make odd things happen, a few users who did BOTH and then RUU'd lost s-off functions but still had s-off. So if you're going to do both just commit to never RUUing. If you want fastbooot commands you need darchs. Darchs is undone by RUU. If you are good with just HERCIMG.zips then regaws wil do, but will NOT be undone by RUU.
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il duce you have some flashable splash screens i had the but cant find them. im surching the threads for them with no luck. can you point me in the right direction. the ones in your self help sticky dont have your slash screen.
edit i found the post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11590270&postcount=83

oostah said:
il duce you have some flashable splash screens i had the but cant find them. im surching the threads for them with no luck. can you point me in the right direction. the ones in your self help sticky dont have your slash screen.
edit i found the post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11590270&postcount=83
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Oostah, I was sorry to read about your phone issues and I thought it was great how you didn't give up and got it solved.
The 1st time I went S-off, I only used Darch's Eng Spl. I RUU'd to try and solve my phones intermittent (Rom flashing) issues. So, I lost S-off obviously and used Regaw's to root and then decided to do Regaw's S-off (since I had the 1.47 bootloader now), then, I did Darch's as well even though I don't use fastboot commands often, but it's a nice option to have. I didn't know about the issues that Il Duce brought up (but he would know since he is so active on XDA). I know that there are many who have gone the same route to get S-off.
It has been a lifesaver for me when I lost my recovery some how. If you just want temporary s-off, you might just want to just do Darch's since Regaws is permanent at this point.
Good luck and Happy Flashing!

oostah said:
ist ok tho flash
S-OFF/nand Unlock Hero CDMA (hboot) - OP "regaw_leinad
then this
S-OFF/eng-spl Hero CDMA (fastboot) - OP "darchstar"
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and to your original question, i only used darch's eng-spl, because i was wary of the same issues that il duce was mentioning (although i have no intentions of ruuing).. but i have read of others doing it that way and it works for them.. for me i only deal with the eng-spl, because if i ruu and reroot i dont mind reflashing it..

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and to your original question, i only used darch's eng-spl, because i was wary of the same issues that il duce was mentioning (although i have no intentions of ruuing).. but i have read of others doing it that way and it works for them.. for me i only deal with the eng-spl, because if i ruu and reroot i dont mind reflashing it..
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very true thanks for the help and info.

Drunkpilot said:
Oostah, I was sorry to read about your phone issues and I thought it was great how you didn't give up and got it solved.
The 1st time I went S-off, I only used Darch's Eng Spl. I RUU'd to try and solve my phones intermittent (Rom flashing) issues. So, I lost S-off obviously and used Regaw's to root and then decided to do Regaw's S-off (since I had the 1.47 bootloader now), then, I did Darch's as well even though I don't use fastboot commands often, but it's a nice option to have. I didn't know about the issues that Il Duce brought up (but he would know since he is so active on XDA). I know that there are many who have gone the same route to get S-off.
It has been a lifesaver for me when I lost my recovery some how. If you just want temporary s-off, you might just want to just do Darch's since Regaws is permanent at this point.
Good luck and Happy Flashing!
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when i got it back to recovery and the bootloader. i should have flashed a radio before trying to flash the s-off. the s-off and radio didnt play nice to gether. 95% sure that i could have got it back. but i no how now to get it back if any one gets in that state. HTC is going to replace it. its only 9 months old and HTC have a 1yr warranty. my phone new one should here any time now.

pstevep said:
and to your original question, i only used darch's eng-spl, because i was wary of the same issues that il duce was mentioning (although i have no intentions of ruuing).. but i have read of others doing it that way and it works for them.. for me i only deal with the eng-spl, because if i ruu and reroot i dont mind reflashing it..
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the more i think about it if was able to use fastboot commands i would have been up and running in no time.. thats way i was asking about doing both.

il Duce said:
That's what I did. But RUU may make odd things happen, a few users who did BOTH and then RUU'd lost s-off functions but still had s-off. So if you're going to do both just commit to never RUUing. If you want fastbooot commands you need darchs. Darchs is undone by RUU. If you are good with just HERCIMG.zips then regaws wil do, but will NOT be undone by RUU.
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Duce,pstevep,and oostah I had the same issues that Duce described but it was of no big concern ,because I'm on a different phone.But I've been trying to keep up with you guys over in the Mild_salsa thread and help.So before I got my new phone a I used regaws s-off and Darchs together ,evrything was groovy as they say.I when I get my new phone ,I unroot my hero and then I start to try to help with your mms issues over in the other thread.Lo and behold I can't flash any HECRIMG's from the bootloader,can't figure it out then I come upon this thread :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971550
Seems when I put my 2GB card back in my hero and re-formatted it I didn't notice that it was set to formatt at FAT not FAT32. So I take it out today and re-formatt to FAT32 and (How does that chef from LA. say BAAMM!) my bootloader now recognizes the HERCIMG.zip.(I just tested it again took out my card formatted it to FAT booted into bootloader and it didnot recognize the HERCIMG,took it out reformatted it in FAT32 and BAAMM! lol it recognized ther HERCIMG.)
So as I'm not a wordsmith like Duce and pstevep I'll leave the helpin and splainin to them as they do a momentus job round here helpin others along with TK,User ,Kuyoko and many others,anyone left out was not intentional.
oostah glad you won your battle although it may not have turned out like you wanted,but ultimately you will have a Hot little Hero in your hands
Peace guys

FdxRider said:
Duce,pstevep,and oostah I had the same issues that Duce described but it was of no big concern ,because I'm on a different phone.But I've been trying to keep up with you guys over in the Mild_salsa thread and help.So before I got my new phone a I used regaws s-off and Darchs together ,evrything was groovy as they say.I when I get my new phone ,I unroot my hero and then I start to try to help with your mms issues over in the other thread.Lo and behold I can't flash any HECRIMG's from the bootloader,can't figure it out then I come upon this thread :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971550
Seems when I put my 2GB card back in my hero and re-formatted it I didn't notice that it was set to formatt at FAT not FAT32. So I take it out today and re-formatt to FAT32 and (How does that chef from LA. say BAAMM!) my bootloader now recognizes the HERCIMG.zip.(I just tested it again took out my card formatted it to FAT booted into bootloader and it didnot recognize the HERCIMG,took it out reformatted it in FAT32 and BAAMM! lol it recognized ther HERCIMG.)
So as I'm not a wordsmith like Duce and pstevep I'll leave the helpin and splainin to them as they do a momentus job round here helpin others along with TK,User ,Kuyoko and many others,anyone left out was not intentional.
oostah glad you won your battle although it may not have turned out like you wanted,but ultimately you will have a Hot little Hero in your hands
Peace guys
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this good to know thanks for sharing man. i just wish i could have pulled that off. for others that may get in that kind bind. i have read all around the net of similar problems. that they never got fixed. but i did learn alot and hope to be able to help others if need.