This is a Step-by-Step fool proof guide to getting your T-Mobile myTouch 3g (32b) back to factory firmware with the ability to once again receive all official T-Mobile OTA (Over-The-Air) Updates.
*Note* There are two files named updated.zip that are both needed. We will keep them seperated by two folders needed at two totally different steps during installattion.The fisrt gets us back to 1.6 and the other gets us the newer radios for1.6...and Yes it works. Files are official....Nay-Sayers! LOL
*Note*
Optional SD Card Format
From the settings menu of the phone, Scroll down to "SD Card & phone storage." Press "Unmount SD Card." Next press "Format SD card." If you go this route you will have to reinstall all media you had on the SD Card, i.e. pics, music...etc
STEP 1
Create a Folder named ANDROID on the desktop. In that create 3 sub-folders. Name the 3 sub-folders in this order: Cupcake, Donut Update 1, Donut Update 2
STEP 2
You need a copy of SAPPIMG.img. It puts the phone back to the "Cupcake" or 1.5 Firmware Version.
Download it from:
http://www.mediafire.com/?yezotmjyuww
Save it in the Cupcake folder you just created.
STEP 3
Plug your phone into your PC and click "USB Connected" on the Notification Tab, then mount image. Your PC can now read and write to your SD Card. Find your downloaded copy of SAPPING.img and copy it to your SD Card. Unmount, unplug and power off your phone.
STEP 4
Reboot phone into boot mode by holding down volume down key while pressing the power key. It should boot into HBOOT and automatically run the SAPPIMG.img you just copied onto the SD card Click. Follow the onscreen instructions to initiate the automated update. Use trackball to accept.
If it did not boot to HBOOT, read the screen and do what it says to "Reboot to HBOOT." From there everything else should once again be automated. Follow the onscreen instructions to initiate the automated update. Use trackball to accept. Once the update is done and it says "Installation Complete," reboot by pressing Home and Back buttons together.
STEP 5Once rebooted, do the initial setup. Once setup is complete, plug the phone back into the PC and re-mount the SD Card. It is safe to delete the SAPPIMG.img file from the SD Card now. You can also check to make sure the Firmware Version 1.5 is correct and installed by going to Settings-> About phone.
STEP 6You need to Download the second file needed named update.zip. It gets us back to Android 1.6
Download it from:
http://www.mediafire.com/?t3zlwdzzqqx
Save it in Donut Update 1 folder. Once download is complete, copy the file update.zip to the SD Card like before. Unmount, unplug, and power off the phone.
STEP 7Reboot the phone into recovery mode by this time holding down the Home and Power buttons together this time. A picture with tirangle and phone will show press Home and Power again to get to the actual recovery screen. You now have 2 options to apply this update...either or:
*Note* Use trackball to navigate the cursor in this new menu
1. Apply update.zip from SD Card. This option will leave all user data that you previously put on the phone after the SAPPIMG install, i.e. Contacts, Apps, Settings...etc.
2. Wipe/Factory reset. This option will completely remove all user data from the phone. A clean slate if you will. If you choose this option, when the reset finishes, Make sure you do Option 1 Apply update.zip from SD Card. Once the update is done and it says "Installation Complete," reboot by pressing Home and Back buttons together.
STEP 8
Once rebooted, if you chose option 2 in the previous step you have to redo the initial setup. Plug the phone back into the PC and re-mount the SD Card. It is safe to delete the update.zip from the phone now. You can also check to make sure the Firmware Version 1.6 is correct and installed by going to Settings-> About phone.
STEP 9
You need to Download the third file needed named update.zip. It gets us back the latest radios.
Download it from:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ojnnyrjzneg
Save it in Donut Update 2 folder. Once download is complete, copy the file update.zip to the SD Card like before. Unmount, unplug, and power off the phone.
STEP 10 = Finale
Reboot the phone into recovery mode by this time holding down the Home and Power buttons together this time. A picture with tirangle and phone will show press Home and Power again to get to the actual recovery screen. You now have 2 options to apply this update...either or:
*Note* Use trackball to navigate the cursor in this new menu
1. Apply update.zip from SD Card. This option will leave all user data that you previously put on the phone after the SAPPIMG install, i.e. Contacts, Apps, Settings...etc.
2. Wipe/Factory reset. This option will completely remove all user data from the phone. A clean slate if you will. If you choose this option, when the reset finishes, Make sure you do Option 1 Apply update.zip from SD Card. Once the update is done and it says "Installation Complete," reboot by pressing Home and Back buttons together.
Once rebooted, if you chose option 2 in the previous step you have to redo the initial setup. Plug the phone back into the PC and re-mount the SD Card. It is safe to delete the update.zip from the phone now. You can also check to make sure the Firmware Version 1.6 is correct and installed by going to Settings-> About phone. That is it!
Now you are good to go and are waitng for T-Mobile and their 2.0 or whatever other goodies they decide to throw or not to throw our way.
Didn't work for me. Step 4 did not install. Instead, it said "invalid signature"
Why was this posted? There are about a thousand other threads regarding how to 'unroot' your phone to factory defaults.
sombionix said:
Why was this posted? There are about a thousand other threads regarding how to 'unroot' your phone to factory defaults.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So go look at another post! Just that simple.
once you get to cupcake you can just wait a couple hours then you will get an ota update to update to doughnut and the newest radio so i dont see the point in doing all of this work when just isntall cupcake and wait
Great thread! This is much better than waiting for the ota updates!
no ota to 1.6
I have been on 1.5 for 24hrs and no ota back yo 1.6?
Then follow the steps to manually flash the updates from here that is what o did.
Technically I think the updates are only if you have internet with tmobile and can take up to 72 hours.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G using XDA App
outlawnunn said:
I have been on 1.5 for 24hrs and no ota back yo 1.6?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
M9x3mos said:
Then follow the steps to manually flash the updates from here that is what o did.
Technically I think the updates are only if you have internet with tmobile and can take up to 72 hours.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Never took me more than 24 hours.
Restoring data with mybackup or titanium backup can actually prevent the update from installing, so if you're not getting it, do a factory reset and don't install anything that isn't from the market until you've received your update.
Does this method also remove the Recovery?
Can I install just the stock rom but keep my recovery? If I do this, will it disable my ability to flash custom roms without re-exploiting the phone?
Thanks phate
I just did this but now I'm stuck at the green android welcome screen with no data service and I'm out of the country. Am I pretty much ****ed? Four corners trick doesn't seem to work. Tried it like a hundred times.
Well this did not work out so well.
Everything seemed to go fine. After the last step, rebooted the phone, and it came up with a picture of a box with an arrow, so I just let it sit there. Came back an hour or so later and the screen was off. No charging light or anything.
Pressed power button and nothing. Tried everything I can think of. So do you think I bricked the phone some how or did the phone just die.
Oh, Battery was fully charged, and it was plugged in while doing the downgrade from CM 6 back to stock.
ziggy34 said:
Well this did not work out so well.
Everything seemed to go fine. After the last step, rebooted the phone, and it came up with a picture of a box with an arrow, so I just let it sit there. Came back an hour or so later and the screen was off. No charging light or anything.
Pressed power button and nothing. Tried everything I can think of. So do you think I bricked the phone some how or did the phone just die.
Oh, Battery was fully charged, and it was plugged in while doing the downgrade from CM 6 back to stock.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If the phone refuses to boot you could always apply sappimg.nbh again and this time just let it download 1.6 ota. It only takes about a day or so.
Phateless said:
If the phone refuses to boot you could always apply sappimg.nbh again and this time just let it download 1.6 ota. It only takes about a day or so.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Phone won't power on or anything. When plugged in, there is no charging light.
It's just DEAD.
Edit: I've tried two other batteries and another charger also.
Anyone who has used this method to downgrade, or someone using stock firmware, could you enter the phone information menu by dialing *#*#info#*#* tell me what call redirect says, true or false? I want to verify something.
amazinglarry311 said:
Anyone who has used this method to downgrade, or someone using stock firmware, could you enter the phone information menu by dialing *#*#info#*#* tell me what call redirect says, true or false? I want to verify something.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm all stock but rooted with universal androot. Is that oem enough?
amazinglarry311 said:
Anyone who has used this method to downgrade, or someone using stock firmware, could you enter the phone information menu by dialing *#*#info#*#* tell me what call redirect says, true or false? I want to verify something.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok, downgraded two phones, one worked ok, the other I guess is bricked.
anyways on the one that worked, Call Redirect: false
And can anyone help with the other phone?
when plugged in to either computer or A/C, there is no charge light,
read a couple posts above for more info on the problem I am having.
amazinglarry311 said:
Anyone who has used this method to downgrade, or someone using stock firmware, could you enter the phone information menu by dialing *#*#info#*#* tell me what call redirect says, true or false? I want to verify something.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i did as your said and call redirect says
Call redirect: False
what were you trying to verify?
Mine is also false, I'm also curious to know what you are verifying?
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G using XDA App
Related
Hello,
I recently bought a nexus one from Craigslist. I thought it hadn't been tampered with but it turns out that it is rooted. I read you can tell its rooted when theres an open lock underneath the nexus sign when loading it. I don't know how he rooted but its preventing me from updating to the pinch and zoom capabilities. Always get (status 7) error. So I want to unroot the phone, update it then perhaps later root it. Is there a way I can unroot it with a Mac?
Thanks for the help!
Extra info about my phone (if it makes a difference)
Firmware version
2.1
Baseband version
32.19.00.16U_4.02.02.14
Kernel version
2.6.29-gad36b87
[email protected] #1
Build Number
ERD79
It's rooted without an unlocked bootloader? I doubt that, or maybe you have the only one in existence.
You can always just flash this:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/hy2yj42my3i/gapps-passion-ERE36B-2-signed.zip
in recovery and you'll get the multitouch update.
mortzz said:
It's rooted without an unlocked bootloader? I doubt that, or maybe you have the only one in existence.
You can always just flash this:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/hy2yj42my3i/gapps-passion-ERE36B-2-signed.zip
in recovery and you'll get the multitouch update.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Dude did you not read his first post? It has an OPEN lock. There is a way you can get the update. Man
Extra info about my phone (if it makes a difference)
Firmware version
2.1
Baseband version
32.19.00.16U_4.02.02.14
Kernel version
2.6.29-gad36b87
[email protected] #1
Build Number
ERD79
change your thread title. Its seriously misleading....[HOW TO] is for threads TEACHING how and not for questions or requests.
shonanthebarbarianTP2 said:
Dude did you not read his first post? It has an OPEN lock. There is a way you can get the update. Man
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How do I update it then? I have always gotten (status 7) error. Better yet how do I unroot it? Any ideas?
As of right now, theres no way to unroot a phone. But if I were you, id consider upgrading it to CyanogenMod (search in nexus one development for it) that enables the multi-touch capabilities.
Its not possible
The best you could do is this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614850
But anyway, why unroot, a rooted phone is much better
How about you look around the site and see wah u can actually do with your phone now
Just look for modaco's 1.7 , download it. Put your phone into recovery by powering down then hold volume down, down while holding that down press n hold power button. A white screen should come up. Leave it be until the green lettering disappears. Then press volume down to navigate to "recovery". Once in recovery use trackball to navigate to USB toggle . Click on it via trackball. Now plug ur phone into your comp via micro USB cable. Go to "my computer" on ur comp. Double click removable disk to open ur SD card. Delete everything from ur SD. Go to where u saved modacos 1.7 drag it to your empty SD card. Now click ur track ball to disable USB connection. Unplug your phone. Go to wipe. Click on it with ur track ball. Now click wipe data. Let it do its thing. Then wipe dalvik cache. Let it do its thing. After that push volume down to get back to ur menu. Go to flash update. Click on it and click on the zip you just put on ur Sd card. Let it do its thing and you're done.
1. Download a ROM of your choice, and then load it on to your SD card in the root directory.
2. Shut the phone off.
3. Hold down the volume down button, and hit + hold the power button at the same time.
4. Continue holding until the phone boots up
5. Scroll down to recovery by hitting the volume down button once.
6. Press the power button once.
7. Scroll down with the scrollball to Wipe
8. Wipe device/factory reset
9. Wipe cache
10. Click the volume down again
11. Scroll to Flash update/zip
12. Scroll to the ROM you downloaded and loaded to your zip, and then click
13. Click the trackball again to accept.
Now, you really just have to make sure the ROM you downloaded has the pinch to zoom, which most have. I don't believe you'll lose root, but you should at least gain the features you're looking for.
Your Nexus One is unlocked, not rooted. There is difference.
Thanks everyone for the help! I ended up needing to install the Amon RA recovery image and then installed the MoDaCo ROM. Works good but I read that Cyanogen is better with better features. I think I will now install the Cyanogen ROM. Not sure what he means by updating the radio if needed though. My radio is RADIO-4.02.02.14
If anyone knows if this is ok then I would appreciate it, I will try to research and see if it's ok too.
Thanks again!
Remember to do a nandroid backup in case you either screws something up or you wish to go back to your previous Rom (saves time and headache).
As far as i know updating the radio is optional, you just download it, nandroid backup, update like a rom, and reboot, IMPORTANT ON REBOOT IT WILL GO TO A LOADING SCREEN WHERE IT UPDATES THE RADIO DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING OR PULL BATTERY OR YOU MAY BRICK YOUR PHONE-FOR REAL. With that said after the radio loads it will take you back to recovery, then nandroid again if you want(never hurts), wipe and flash cyanogens rom then the gapps add on and then reboot and youre good to go.
I just download all the files but I noticed that the radio is a .img file
Not sure how I can install it... any suggestions?
I have successfully flashed my Sprint THC hero with no problems.
My issue though is flashing the phone to 2.1d. i can't for the life of me follow these directions and I am really stumped on the process of doing a nandroid and flashing the ROM.
I downloaded the nandroid from this site but not sure where I put the directory with the files at. Can anyone break this process down into "ejpyle terminology"?
My problems are:
- where to copy the nandroid directory
- where to put the 2.1d ROM
- do i need this busybox that everyone is talking about?
Successfully flashed what? And what method.
If you mean you successfully ROOTED your Phone then huzzah, that's step one complete.
Part of the rooting process should include putting a recovery image on the phone. If you did that correctly then do this, power off the phone.hold down the home button and power it back up. In a few seconds you should boot into a recovery menu with options to do a nandroid backup/restore turn on the usb connection to move files to the phone from your pc, and flashing a zip. If you don't have this recovery menu then you need to install it.
I don't think you have downloaded a Nandroid, I think you have downloaded an "update.zip" as we so affectionitly call them around here. This is a term used from the first set of recovery tools we had, where we had to rename update files update.zip to be loaded. Thankfully the recovery software has been updated to let us store and use multiple files.
So you probable have fresh-cdma-hero-2.0d.zip downloaded.
Plug your phone into USB and set it to Mount SD Card or what ever it says in 1.5
Copy this file to the root of the sdcard. don't put it in to any folders just F:\ or whatever the drive letter is.
THEN
Unmount the sdcard or turn off the disk drive mode (Cant remember what 1.5 calls it)
THEN
Power off the phone.
Power the phone back on whilst holding the home key. When you feel the vibration (let your girl hold it if she wants ROFL) let go and it will boot into recovery.
THEN
Go to Wipe...do Factory Reset
THEN
Wipe dalvik
THEN
Go back to Flash Update from SDcard
Select the update file above and hit the home key to flash it.
The phone SHOULD install and go back to the main screen of recovery.
THEN select
Reboot
THEN
Wait a hell of a long time 10+ minutes is NOT uncommon (it has to rebuild dalvik and other stuff)
THEN
When the phone boots hit Always Allow for the memory settings app.
THEN
Setup all your google info again.....
THEN
You should be good to go
AND DEN????????
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
EDIT:
I am SURE that I left a step out above, just go with the flow and wipe everything under the wipe menu. It's laid out so a monkey can do this stuff...hence the reason I am able to.
gunnyman said:
Successfully flashed what? And what method.
If you mean you successfully ROOTED your Phone then huzzah, that's step one complete.
Part of the rooting process should include putting a recovery image on the phone. If you did that correctly then do this, power off the phone.hold down the home button and power it back up. In a few seconds you should boot into a recovery menu with options to do a nandroid backup/restore turn on the usb connection to move files to the phone from your pc, and flashing a zip. If you don't have this recovery menu then you need to install it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thank you thank thank you... you have me going in the right directions.
Quesion..what is the best (most reliable without as many bugs) ROM to load that is 2.0-1?
ejpyle said:
thank you thank thank you... you have me going in the right directions.
Quesion..what is the best (most reliable without as many bugs) ROM to load that is 2.0-1?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not to be rude, because you seem like a decent enough person, but please read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668905 before asking anything else. Most of your answers are there, and 'search' will find the rest.
Kcarpenter said:
I don't think you have downloaded a Nandroid, I think you have downloaded an "update.zip" as we so affectionitly call them around here. This is a term used from the first set of recovery tools we had, where we had to rename update files update.zip to be loaded. Thankfully the recovery software has been updated to let us store and use multiple files.
So you probable have fresh-cdma-hero-2.0d.zip downloaded.
Plug your phone into USB and set it to Mount SD Card or what ever it says in 1.5
Copy this file to the root of the sdcard. don't put it in to any folders just F:\ or whatever the drive letter is.
THEN
Unmount the sdcard or turn off the disk drive mode (Cant remember what 1.5 calls it)
THEN
Power off the phone.
Power the phone back on whilst holding the home key. When you feel the vibration (let your girl hold it if she wants ROFL) let go and it will boot into recovery.
THEN
Go to Wipe...do Factory Reset
THEN
Wipe dalvik
THEN
Go back to Flash Update from SDcard
Select the update file above and hit the home key to flash it.
The phone SHOULD install and go back to the main screen of recovery.
THEN select
Reboot
THEN
Wait a hell of a long time 10+ minutes is NOT uncommon (it has to rebuild dalvik and other stuff)
THEN
When the phone boots hit Always Allow for the memory settings app.
THEN
Setup all your google info again.....
THEN
You should be good to go
AND DEN????????
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
EDIT:
I am SURE that I left a step out above, just go with the flow and wipe everything under the wipe menu. It's laid out so a monkey can do this stuff...hence the reason I am able to.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You rock....You just taught a death and blind monkey how to do it. Thanks man!!!!! I will be sure to have my wife hold the phone for the vibrate thing. LMFAO
ejpyle said:
thank you thank thank you... you have me going in the right directions.
Quesion..what is the best (most reliable without as many bugs) ROM to load that is 2.0-1?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There is no best one. The 2.1 ROMS are all very stable. Just avoid the ones that say {DEV} in the thread title because they are under development and likely have lots of stuff broken in them.
Decide what you want for yourself, beauty, speed, both? A good hint is to look for the ROM threads that have the most pages attached to them these are the ROMS that have the most discussion and help within them.
ejpyle said:
You rock....You just taught a death and blind monkey how to do it. Thanks man!!!!! I will be sure to have my wife hold the phone for the vibrate thing. LMFAO
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
DO NOT FLASH THE 2.1 Signed RUU Test ROM
OR I WILL FIND AND KILL YOU!
gunnyman said:
There is no best one. The 2.1 ROMS are all very stable. Just avoid the ones that say {DEV} in the thread title because they are under development and likely have lots of stuff broken in them.
Decide what you want for yourself, beauty, speed, both? A good hint is to look for the ROM threads that have the most pages attached to them these are the ROMS that have the most discussion and help within them.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks man, if I win the power ball lottery I will be sending you all a private message.
one more quickie though, If Sprint releases the 2.1 before I become eligible for AARP will I have to flash back to the 1.5 version before updating my device with it?
Kcarpenter said:
I don't think you have downloaded a Nandroid, I think you have downloaded an "update.zip" as we so affectionitly call them around here. This is a term used from the first set of recovery tools we had, where we had to rename update files update.zip to be loaded. Thankfully the recovery software has been updated to let us store and use multiple files.
So you probable have fresh-cdma-hero-2.0d.zip downloaded.
Plug your phone into USB and set it to Mount SD Card or what ever it says in 1.5
Copy this file to the root of the sdcard. don't put it in to any folders just F:\ or whatever the drive letter is.
THEN
Unmount the sdcard or turn off the disk drive mode (Cant remember what 1.5 calls it)
THEN
Power off the phone.
Power the phone back on whilst holding the home key. When you feel the vibration (let your girl hold it if she wants ROFL) let go and it will boot into recovery.
THEN
Go to Wipe...do Factory Reset
THEN
Wipe dalvik
THEN
Go back to Flash Update from SDcard
Select the update file above and hit the home key to flash it.
The phone SHOULD install and go back to the main screen of recovery.
THEN select
Reboot
THEN
Wait a hell of a long time 10+ minutes is NOT uncommon (it has to rebuild dalvik and other stuff)
THEN
When the phone boots hit Always Allow for the memory settings app.
THEN
Setup all your google info again.....
THEN
You should be good to go
AND DEN????????
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
EDIT:
I am SURE that I left a step out above, just go with the flow and wipe everything under the wipe menu. It's laid out so a monkey can do this stuff...hence the reason I am able to.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I hope the possible step left out above does not give me "another" bricked phone.
ejpyle said:
I hope the possible step left out above does not give me "another" bricked phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think I may have left out a step if you have apps on your sd card...
NOT WAIT I LEFT OUT THE DO A NANDROID BACK UP FIRST!!!!!!!!!!! DO THAT FIRST!!!! HOLY CRAP I HOPE YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING YET!!! DO A NANDROID!!!!!!!
Nope no chance at all of that as far as I can tell.
The only bricks we have seen are from people downloading GSM software or dropping a brick on their phone...that sounded funnier in my head.
smw6180 said:
Not to be rude, because you seem like a decent enough person, but please read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668905 before asking anything else. Most of your answers are there, and 'search' will find the rest.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Because you too seem like a decent person I will share this with you....
I followed a thread on here at the beginning of march to install a ROM and the directions (which I followed exact) bricked my phone. I spent hours reading up on this website to find out after the fact that the RUU might have a bug and some users will have issues. With that said, I decided to ask questions. This site has a lot of cleanup going on (no disrespect to anyone here as you are all VERY intelligent) and I do not think that someone as myself would be comfortable just "searching" for the answer without asking questions first with respect to the experience we have had in the past.
Kcarpenter said:
I think I may have left out a step if you have apps on your sd card...
NOT WAIT I LEFT OUT THE DO A NANDROID BACK UP FIRST!!!!!!!!!!! DO THAT FIRST!!!! HOLY CRAP I HOPE YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING YET!!! DO A NANDROID!!!!!!!
Nope no chance at all of that as far as I can tell.
The only bricks we have seen are from people downloading GSM software or dropping a brick on their phone...that sounded funnier in my head.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
LOL I have not done it yet. I am about to copy this nandroid - file name "nandroid-2.0.zip" to my SDCARD. then i will do it.
ejpyle said:
LOL I have not done it yet. I am about to copy this nandroid - file name "nandroid-2.0.zip" to my SDCARD. then i will do it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So you have gotten me curious now, where did you pick up that file at?
My only guess is that someone has posted a nandroid of their device and zipped it. Most of the Rom downloads are ROMNAME.zip....
You can always try to load it, it won't load if its not setup properly inside for a rom.
And about your going back to 1.5 to update to sprints 2.1:
IF YOU UPDATE TO SPRINTS OTA 2.1 UPDATE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ROOT AGAIN UNTIL SOMEONE FINDS ANOTHER EXPLOIT!!! WHICH COULD BE NEVER!!
Kcarpenter said:
So you have gotten me curious now, where did you pick up that file at?
My only guess is that someone has posted a nandroid of their device and zipped it. Most of the Rom downloads are ROMNAME.zip....
You can always try to load it, it won't load if its not setup properly inside for a rom.
And about your going back to 1.5 to update to sprints 2.1:
IF YOU UPDATE TO SPRINTS OTA 2.1 UPDATE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ROOT AGAIN UNTIL SOMEONE FINDS ANOTHER EXPLOIT!!! WHICH COULD BE NEVER!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I got it from here....
http://dx.infernix.net/nandroid-2.0.zip
when you boot into recovery, what do you see?
If you rooted correctly and put a recovery image on there there isn't anything else you have to do to enable Nandroid.
ejpyle said:
I got it from here....
http://dx.infernix.net/nandroid-2.0.zip
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok, so this leads me to another question. Where is the thread that links to this download?
The reason I am worried about this file now that I see it:
It's only 942kb - WAY to small for a rom or nandroid.
gunnyman said:
when you boot into recovery, what do you see?
If you rooted correctly and put a recovery image on there there isn't anything else you have to do to enable Nandroid.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I had a triangle with an exclamation point.
I am copying the recovery to my SDCARD now... recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2
ejpyle said:
I had a triangle with an exclamation point.
I am copying the recovery to my SDCARD now... recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
1.6.2 is the latest. Not a whole lot different from 1.5.2 but some bugs where fixed and you can get the nifty Green Nexus Carebear back ground.
Kcarpenter said:
1.6.2 is the latest. Not a whole lot different from 1.5.2 but some bugs where fixed and you can get the nifty Green Nexus Carebear back ground.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I copied everything you indicated to my card. When I press HOME and PWR together I get a triangle with an exclamation point. Did this monkey not do something right?
WELCOME
to the WINDOWS Bell Atrix 0.37.4 update guide on how to go from 2.2.1 to 2.2.2! (without problems )
===================================================================================================================================================
WARNING
Do not attempt any of these steps if you are on an international firmware. You will probably brick your phone. This guide was made to help people who are having trouble updating from 0.37.4 to the new bell 2.2.2.
Bell users:
Please note that flashing files to your phone and modifying system contents can brick your phone. However, the method I am sharing worked flawlessly for myself and others.
Before beginning:
You need root access on your phone. If you are not sure what root access is, you shouldn't be having problems updating, because you wouldn't have modified system files. Regardless, here is a thread on how to root a bell atrix.
Guide:
Step 1:
Download Titanium Backup from android marketplace, and back up all of your apps and games. This is necessary only if you want to have an easy reinstall of most of your apps and games, as we will be wiping data off of the phone. (if you have another backup program, it should work just fine. Make sure it saves the backup to a folder that you can copy onto your computer)
Step 2:
Remove the external microsd card from your phone (if you have one). This is simply for safety purposes, as we don't want any data being wiped off of this (we don't need the microsd any time during the process).
Now, copy (or cut) all of the data from your internal storage to your computer, just in case, and we are about to wipe data off of your phone.
Step 3:
Format your phone. This can be done two different ways.
The first method is the simplest:
Menu -> Settings -> Privacy -> Factory Data Reset.
The second method (if for some reason you can't do the first) is:
Turn off your phone. Turn it back on while holding the volume down key. It will show the word FastBoot. Keep pressing the volume down key until you reach android recovery. Press the volume up key. Wait patiently. Once a little man appears, there should be a menu. If there isn't, press both the bottom left and bottom right corners of the screen simultaneously. That should bring up the menu. (give it a few tries, it takes me 8-10 lol). From this menu, press volume down until you get to wipe data, then press ok on the bottom left corner (give this a few tries too).
Step 4:
Your phone should now be acting like you just bought it. It should, upon reboot, prompt you to enter your country.. etc. Make sure you either use your existing motoblur account, or create a new one. It is just important for you to have a blur account for the update process (my phone gave me hell when I didn't have one). Do what is necessary to get your phone up and running again.
Step 5:
This is where the fun begins. Reroot your phone usinggladroot(or any other root method you know how to use). Download Superuser, install it, then download Root Checker from android marketplace to confirm root access. Whenever a Superuser popup comes up, confirm / say yes (and make sure the remember box is checked).
Once you have confirmed root access, proceed to the next step.
Step 6:
Download Tenfar's CWM recovery, and install the apk on your phone. Follow the instructions inside of the app to install recovery and enable recovery mode.
Step 7:
Download these two files, and put them in the root of your internal storage. (By root, I mean in the very first directory, ie. F:/put file here)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23800522/Blur_Version.0.37.4.MB860.BellMobility.en.CA.zip
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23800522/Blur_Version.0.37.4.MB860.BellMobility.en.CA.crc
Step 8:
We are now ready to start fixing up the phone, and preparing it for the update.
First of all, we need to make sure ADB (the program we will be using on our computer) has root access on our atrix when it is plugged into our computer via usb.
Before plugging in your atrix via usb, enable USB debugging via:
Menu-> Settings-> Applications -> Development -> Check USB Debugging.
Now plug the atrix into your computer, and set the USB connection to: None. Check to make sure USB Debugging is in your notification bar.
Download these files onto your computer if you do not have the adb files yet. Extract the files preferably into the root of your hard drive (ie C:/ ) is just makes things easier this way.
Now open up command prompt.
If it is not in the directory where the adb.exe file is, you will need to type:
cd C:/
into command prompt. This says "change directory to C:/" (or wherever you put the files, could be cd C:/Program Files/ could be anywhere. wherever you extracted them to.)
Once in this new directory, type this into command prompt and press enter:
adb devices
If a device pops up (mine said TY290380 or something like that) that means that it recognizes your atrix. That is great news. We now have to enable ADB root access on the phone.
If nothing pops up, or it says some sort of error, you are not in the directory where adb.exe is located. Navigate to the proper directory.
Now, type the following command:
adb shell
One of two things can happen here. It will either create a new line with a $, or a new like with a #.
blah blah C:/ adb shell
$
or
blah blah C:/ adb shell
#
If a $ came up, you need to prepare a command BUT DONT PRESS ENTER YET. Type in "su", but dont hit enter. Now go to your phone and unlock your screen. After you unlock your screen and can see your homepages, press enter on your keyboard doing the "su" command. Now look at your phone. A superuser request should appear. Hit yes, and make sure that "remember" is checked. If not, it is ok, as long as the su command went through on your screen. it should now show a # on your command line.
For those of you who had a # on your command line, type in shsu and hit enter, then type in su and hit enter (just to play it safe ).
We are now ready to flash the first files to our device. You can close the command window.
Step 9:
Download this file. It is the original unmodified system partitions and files (thank you NFHimself). Extract the file using winrar or 7zip.
Change your USB connection on your phone to: Mass Storage, wait a minute or so, and then put the extracted file "mmcblk0p12.bin" in your internal storage on your phone. (ie. F:/ )
Step 10:
Dismount the phone from your usb devices via windows hardware manager. Unplug your atrix from your usb. Reconnect it, and choose connection type: none. Make sure usb debugging is in your notification bar.
Now, re-open command prompt. Renavigate to the directory where your adb files are located using the "cd C:/" command (or wherever your files are). Once there, perform "adb devices". Make sure a device is there. Next, perform the command "adb shell". You should have a #. Type in shsu, hit enter, now su, hit enter (just to be sure).
Now copy this command and hit enter (you have to right click paste into cmd prompt):
dd if=/sdcard/mmcblk0p12.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p12
This will begin the flashing process, which will restore all stock system partitions allowing us to update properly. However, it's not over yet .
Mine took a few mins, do not panic. Simply wait for it to say "Complete" in x amount of seconds or whatever. Your phone may crash, but it should boot up fine (if not, that is why we have installed Tenfar's CWM )
After it is complete, turn off your phone. Keep it connected to the computer.
Step 11:
Boot up your phone holding volume down. Navigate to android recovery using volume down. Volume up. Open up the menu with the bottom left bottom right press. Go to clear cache. Press OK. Now reboot your phone.
You can now update through settings and it should work properly. If not, respond in here and I will guide you a few more codes, but it should work.
The phone should now boot up, and it should be running android version 2.2.2.
Regard this thread for how to root the new bell update. Just a heads up, it wiped my internal storage and SD card, so remove and backup that stuff. Lol. But it did root.
Now reinstall your backup program, and get your phone going again!
If you have any questions or problems please post them here and I will reply ASAP, personal messages are hard to keep track of. Thanks again to NFHimself for supplying files and code.
Cheers!
PS: I just finished exams, yay!?
Please say if you notice anything misspelled, etc. Gratzi
You are the f***in man for posting this. Thumbs up to NFHimself for his contribution too!
Links
Crud, your links for the files in dropbox aren't working.
Silvercloak5098 said:
Crud, your links for the files in dropbox aren't working.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You sure? I clicked them both myself to make sure they work.
How don't they work?
FYI: I'm reuploading them to megaupload as we speak anyways
IrshaadH said:
You are the f***in man for posting this. Thumbs up to NFHimself for his contribution too!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
When I got my phone to update to 2.2.2 it felt amazing.
I just wanted to spread the love
Thank you so much!! You don't know how frustrated I've been all day! The only problem I had was that my root was gone after I flashed it, but I just updated through settings and it worked flawlessly
tyrkk said:
Thank you so much!! You don't know how frustrated I've been all day! The only problem I had was that my root was gone after I flashed it, but I just updated through settings and it worked flawlessly
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
NP! Just glad you got your update.
I changed the steps so that the last step is simply updating via settings. If that doesn't work for people I will help them out in this thread with the more complicated coding way.
Cheers!
Couldn't step ten be used to revert to stock from an international sbf?
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
Ok..quick question. You said not to install for those using any international version. I have run the Telstra sbf at one point..as well as had the Greyblur rom on. Before installing the Telstra I had made a backup using CWM, and a few days ago I had to revert to my old backup due to a rogue app. In my About phone, it tells me my System version is Blur_Vision.0.37.4MB860.BellMobility.en.CA with a Build number of OLYA_U4_0.37.4.
Would this be still safe for me to do seeing's how it seems i'm back to my "Bell sbf" or is there still going to be some Telstra files in there that could cause me some problems?
I made it through to the end of step 10 and the phone was looking good. Then when I shut off the phone and tried to go into Android Recovery, it keeps going to the triangle symbol and I have to reboot.
After a couple times of that I decided to check Android Recovery from inside the app list and it said I no longer have root access.
Any ideas what to do now??
Rickroller said:
Ok..quick question. You said not to install for those using any international version. I have run the Telstra sbf at one point..as well as had the Greyblur rom on. Before installing the Telstra I had made a backup using CWM, and a few days ago I had to revert to my old backup due to a rogue app. In my About phone, it tells me my System version is Blur_Vision.0.37.4MB860.BellMobility.en.CA with a Build number of OLYA_U4_0.37.4.
Would this be still safe for me to do seeing's how it seems i'm back to my "Bell sbf" or is there still going to be some Telstra files in there that could cause me some problems?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Depends on whether or not you're still on the telestra framework. If you're confident with your ability to recover from a potential brick via early usb enumeration id go for it.
bdking2 said:
I made it through to the end of step 10 and the phone was looking good. Then when I shut off the phone and tried to go into Android Recovery, it keeps going to the triangle symbol and I have to reboot.
After a couple times of that I decided to check Android Recovery from inside the app list and it said I no longer have root access.
Any ideas what to do now??
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Edit: See my lower post first, then this one
Open up the menu in android recovery by tapping both the bottom left corner and bottom right corner of the screen at the same time.
It should show you an error if there was one.
Does the phone boot fine?
You should lose root access. When you flash the .bin it restores your bell to stock like you got it from the store. That allows you to update.
Most importantly open up the recovery menu when you see the triangle by tapping the bottom left and right corners simultaneously. Itll take a few tries.
IrshaadH said:
Couldn't step ten be used to revert to stock from an international sbf?
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, since you are on an international framework it will probably brick your phone.
That .bin file contains the system partitions from the stock bell framework.
If you want to try go ahead but I think the odds are against you
bdking2 said:
I made it through to the end of step 10 and the phone was looking good. Then when I shut off the phone and tried to go into Android Recovery, it keeps going to the triangle symbol and I have to reboot.
After a couple times of that I decided to check Android Recovery from inside the app list and it said I no longer have root access.
Any ideas what to do now??
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Bdking I have another idea. if you can boot up your phone, re-root it using any normal methods, then install CWM. Boot into CWM recovery mode and clear the cache from there. Then do step 11.
Chances are the update file is hanging out in your cache so when the android recovery sees that it immediately tries to install the messed up package.
Thats why you should clear cache on CWm because it wont try to install anything automatically from the cache. Then do step 11.
Hope it helps, Mag.
No my phone boots fine. And now I can get into android recovery to clear cache and have done so. But before I read your response I rooted my phone again.
Should I just restart everything?
bdking2 said:
No my phone boots fine. And now I can get into android recovery to clear cache and have done so. But before I read your response I rooted my phone again.
Should I just restart everything?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No you should be good to go try to update via settings.
You flashed the bin right?
If so you're good to go
I flashed the bin for sure. But wasn't sure about the process because I rooted again.
bdking2 said:
I flashed the bin for sure. But wasn't sure about the process because I rooted again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Root shouldnt change anything only deodexing/webtop mod/ theming should mess it up.
If you flashed the bin go for it. Worst thing that can happen is that the update fails.
In that case, redo step 10, then do step 11.
Magnetox said:
No, since you are on an international framework it will probably brick your phone.
That .bin file contains the system partitions from the stock bell framework.
If you want to try go ahead but I think the odds are against you
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So, there is absolutely NO WAY I can get back to the Bell framework from 2.1.1 without an actual Bell sbf?
IrshaadH said:
So, there is absolutely NO WAY I can get back to the Bell framework from 2.1.1 without an actual Bell sbf?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
NFHimself knows a way.
But hes a master of code.
Pm him, he might be able to help you.
He was happy he got his bell 2.2.2 thoough. so im assuming it wasnt easy.
24 hours with the tab...
I am new to the tab and i am not going to root yet. I want to use it as ASUS intends it to be, for right now.
Anyways, it came 3.0.1, and i when i ask it to update it tells me no new updates are available. Battery is fully charged, wifi signal is great.
Anything else i can do?
PS- I am saving a review until i get the update, but typing this message was at best frustrating.
Cheers!
Im trying to figure this out as well. Im planning on calling Asus today and ask for help I'll share how to do it as soon ask figure it out
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Agnog said:
Anyways, it came 3.0.1, and i when i ask it to update it tells me no new updates are available. Battery is fully charged, wifi signal is great.
Anything else i can do?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Download the update manually from the Asus website, save it in your TF's internal memory, then try going to the update page and it should detect the file and allow you to install it. If it doesn't come up straightaway try rebooting your TF and try the update page again.
jonitfcfan said:
Download the update manually from the Asus website, save it in your TF's internal memory, then try going to the update page and it should detect the file and allow you to install it. If it doesn't come up straightaway try rebooting your TF and try the update page again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Something isn't right because your tablet should update automatically once it gets a connection.
I think you an install the update manually.
1)Download the firmware from Asus, unzip it and put the contents for the ASUS/Updates/ folder on the root directory of the external SD card. Rename it to EP101_SDUPDATE.zip
2) Boot into recovery - hold volume down, press power button. Your TF will turn on and say it's going to blow up in 5 secs. Press volume up within 5 secs. Don't delay because you could wipe your data if you press volume up too late.
3) get some popcorn and watch the magic happen. Afterwards, it will reboot, you'll see a progress bar to indicate that it is flashing. Then it should boot into sweet honeycomb.
4) Delete or rename the EP101_SDUPDATE.zip for something else, or else it will flash every time you go to stock recovery.
Edit: I think the firmware has to match your current build, i.E., US, TW, WW. Check your build info to be sure.
gee one said:
I think you an install the update manually.
1)Download the firmware from Asus, unzip it and put the contents for the ASUS/Updates/ folder on the root directory of the external SD card. Rename it to EP101_SDUPDATE.zip
2) Boot into recovery - hold volume down, press power button. Your TF will turn on and say it's going to blow up in 5 secs. Press volume up within 5 secs. Don't delay because you could wipe your data if you press volume up too late.
3) get some popcorn and watch the magic happen. Afterwards, it will reboot, you'll see a progress bar to indicate that it is flashing. Then it should boot into sweet honeycomb.
4) Delete or rename the EP101_SDUPDATE.zip for something else, or else it will flash every time you go to stock recovery.
Edit: I think the firmware has to match your current build, i.E., US, TW, WW. Check your build info to be sure.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am following your instructions and all I am getting is the Android with the exclamation mark symbol when I reboot from recovery.
Agnog said:
I am following your instructions and all I am getting is the Android with the exclamation mark symbol when I reboot from recovery.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nevermind, I got it. I was being dumb.
3.1 goodness.
Agnog said:
Nevermind, I got it. I was being dumb.
3.1 goodness.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What you do to get it to work im having the same issue with the exclamation mark symbol.........
EDIT
....ok i took a shot and did EXACTLY (read carefully) what was in the directions... i removed all the folders that were part of the udpate ( ASUS\UPDATE) I put the .zip on the root of the sdmicro... this contradicts what the SOP says to do with the manual update but hey it works ...thanks
EDIT EDIT
This should be added to the STICKIY as a way to update!!
gremmie said:
What you do to get it to work im having the same issue with the exclamation mark symbol.........
EDIT
....ok i took a shot and did EXACTLY (read carefully) what was in the directions... i removed all the folders that were part of the udpate ( ASUS\UPDATE) I put the .zip on the root of the sdmicro... this contradicts what the SOP says to do with the manual update but hey it works ...thanks
EDIT EDIT
This should be added to the STICKIY as a way to update!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Agreed. I misunderstood the directions at first - my fault for being a noob. I ended up using the full SD slot on my dock, but the math was the same.
HUGE thanks to gee one.
Rooting & Flashing To Stock 2.1
1. Download the files below
2. Copy "ESPRIMG.zip" to the root of your sd card on your phone
3. Extract "Super-Click 2.3.1" & "Mt3s Rooter" to their own folders on your computer
4. Navigate to settings on your phone. Select "Connect to Pc", choose "Charge Only"
5. Navigate to "Applications" then select "Devolpment" and make sure "USB Debugging" is on
6. Run the .exe files within each of the folders (Run .exe as Admin if your using Vista/Win7)
7. In SuperOneClick, select "Shell Root", wait for it to finish rooting
8. In the mt3gs rooter program, click on "Root Me"
You will need to turn on the phones WIFI within 30 seconds so be quick and then wait for it to restart.
9. Once your phone is rebooted it should be in BOOTLOADER Mode. Press volume down to select fastboot (If it doesnt show fastboot then select Bootloader and it will then show the menu with fastboot).
Once fastboot is highlighted, press the power button once.
It will check for ESPRIMG.zip and should show a progress bar in the top right.
After waiting a while it will ask you if you want to update, press volume up.
When it is finished it will ask to reboot, press volume up to do so. (If phone says on Mytouch circle for too long just take out the battery and restart)
If you want to put CM7 on your phone do instructions below.
Installing CM7 with Google Apps
1. Rename "update-cm-7.0.3-Slide-signed.zip" to "update.zip"
3. Copy "Update" & "gapps-gb-20110613-signed" to the root of your phone
4. Turn your phone off. Once off press and hold the volume down and power button at the same time.
5. It will look for the ESPRIMG again, after its done you will see the menu. Highlight "Recovery" and press the power button
6. A Red Triangle screen will show. Press volume up and power, then select "Wipe data/factory reset" then done do the same with "Wipe cache partition
7. After all that you will select "Apply sdcard:update.zip"
8. Select reboot system now
9. Once phone is restarted go into the app drawer and open ROM Manager.
10. Scroll down and select "Download Rom" then select install and then select the option it shows. It should say that Clockwork Mod installed.
11. Now select "Install Rom from SD Card" and select "gapps-gb-20110613-signed" and press OK twice.
It will reboot and show it installing.
Once done it will reboot again and your done. (Btw it will have you sign in and such)
DOWNLOAD THESE FILES:
SuperOneClick 2.3.1-
http://depositfiles.com/files/n0dcxce3t
Mt3s Rooter-
http://depositfiles.com/files/hn8tn6141
or
http://www.mediafire.com/?7yq3wo5yl3odz4k
HTC Espresso Stock Rom (ESPRIMG for 2.1 stock rom)-
http://www.4shared.com/file/OsmF_ZD7/ESPRIMG.html
CM7 Rom for Mytouch 3G Slide-
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get/update-cm-7.0.3-Slide-signed.zip
Google Apps-
http://cmw.22aaf3.com/gapps/gapps-gb-20110613-signed.zip
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
MyTouch 3G Slide Drivers (These Might Help With Failed ADB Connectivity)
http://secure.htc.com/US/support/t-mobile-mytouch-3g-slide/downloads/
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
I pieced this together so I don't take full cred. I know this works because I did it to my phone as I typed it
If this works make sure to post it. Also remember to give thanks. This was not easy to figure out.
problem
what if it says cannot roll back bootloader while espring is updated it says bypassed
It bypasses normally
Why not use ClockWorkMod recovery as update.zip and use that to flash roms and things from there?
Just didn't wanna do it that way
thank you so much for posting this i have been trying to gain root ever since i got my phone which was last year thank you
I cant flash update.zip it keeps saying cant mount sd and when i reboot it says i dont have an sd card i need help im stuck with 2.1 and cant load a rom
not working
Didnt work for me.
superoneclick worked saying i had temporary adb root, then i would run mts rooter and it seems like that when the cmd prompt comes up that it doesnt work.
on the first part it said
"cd: can't cd to /sqlite_stmt_journals"
then after I turn wifi on and the cmd prompt goes again I get:
"./exploid not found" and " secretlol not found"
any help?
one small hiccup
Used these instructions to root a friend's phone last night. There was one deviation we had to deal with:
5. It will look for the ESPRIMG again, after its done you will see the menu. Highlight "Recovery" and press the power button
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
While we could see the menu the phone only gave us the choice to run update (YES) or reboot (NO). Recovery was inaccessible. We ran the update (with the bootloader bypassed) then when asked to reboot we chose (NO) and then could select RECOVERY and follow the steps above.
Yes, we did repeat the UPDATE.ZIP process but this time it did not skip Bootloader. Soon CM7 was up and running.
Hope this helps and thanks for the great instructions.
i need some help my says i dont have sd card when it boots up .Also it wont let me apply the update.zip .it says cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk0
cant find /sdcard/update.zip
Ive already reloaded ESPRIMG aboput 15 times im stuck with a useless phone please help
Also my pc wont recognize my phone so i cant use adb or anything
angelo420 said:
I cant flash update.zip it keeps saying cant mount sd and when i reboot it says i dont have an sd card i need help im stuck with 2.1 and cant load a rom
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Some sd cards work better than others. Sandisk with a little 4 work great. Try to reformat it with a pc and I think it needs to be Fat32
jasonftfw said:
Didnt work for me.
superoneclick worked saying i had temporary adb root, then i would run mts rooter and it seems like that when the cmd prompt comes up that it doesnt work.
on the first part it said
"cd: can't cd to /sqlite_stmt_journals"
then after I turn wifi on and the cmd prompt goes again I get:
"./exploid not found" and " secretlol not found"
any help?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Your pc is not detecting your phone. Try installing HTC Sync from the Mytouch 3Gs support page. Also make sure to run it as an administrator while being logged in on a admin account
I actually rooted mine while placing the phone in SYNC Mode after removing the sync program and pressing back button on phone to have it stop looking for SYNC...Just remove SYNC program from the computer not the drivers for the phone to be recognized.
Your pc is not detecting your phone. Try installing HTC Sync from the Mytouch 3Gs support page. Also make sure to run it as an administrator while being logged in on a admin account
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I downloaded the htc sync software from htc dot com /us/support/t-mobile-mytouch-3g-slide/downloads/ (xda's settings stop me from submitting a link as this is my first post), I then tried to rerun the SuperOneClick and it failed saying "ADB server is incorrect version" or something similar. I copied the ADB.exe from the HTC Sync app directory into the SuperOneClick, and wham bam it worked. Of course the MT3Rooter failed with the same error, so I repeated the copy and I had root.
Thanks for your help everyone, it is very appreciated by this sorta geek.
PS: As a software geek and a 42 year old jerk, it hurts my heart that XDA has to run such nasty anti-spam settings just to keep crap off this forum. Ends up penalizing the users with good intentions. I totally see why it has to be done, and I support the effort, just is sad that it has to be this way.
how do you achieve s-off though? does downgrading, also downgrade your bootloader?
the goldcard app is not working, the site is down to generate keys.
Insanityrains: I have two stupid questions. Is there something I'm missing here? You don't have consecutive numbers for your instructions. Should I follow them in the order you have posted or in the order of the numbers?
Dumb question 2: Where is the download link for the ESPRIMG.zip file?
Thanks for your instructions! I hope it works for me.
UPDATE
I followed the steps to the letter. It worked seamlessly. Thanks insanityrains for putting all this together and the developer who actually figured this out!! However, few things I had to learn by doing it over and over again:
The first part worked awesome! (i.e. rooting and installing 2.1). It will keep saying there were errors and stuff but keep doing what insanityrains says to do.
The second part (installing CM7 with google apps was the hurdle for me): Follow his numbering in post #1 (once again, I'm refering to the second part) to understand what I'm saying below.
Before you begin, you don't need the ESPRIMG file anymore once you have rooted and installed 2.1 (the first part). So delete that file from the root of your SD card. By doing this, you can skip the annoying wait as it tries to reinstall 2.1 on your phone. Now for the two mistakes I did.
1. The first step was a silly mistake, but very much possible for someone to commit. Just rename the file "update" and dont add ".zip" like I did. Everytime I try installing the ROM it kept saying "cannot locate update.zip". I was scratching my head for a few times before I realized the mistake
2. Step #5. It will search for the ESPRIMG file and it is not going to find that. Select "recovery" then
For noobs, dont freak out while doing it. It was scary for me to root the phone. But once I did it fine, it was fun!
so in order to install roms you have to rename them to update zips?
anybody even here anymore?
theres too many outdated rooting guides on here. i already know i cannot achieve s-off now that we accepted the OTA. i already tried to root and it went fine but the clockwork recovery will not work. also when i boot into the 2.1 rom that i downgraded to i see there is no superuser app but it appears i am rooted because most root apps work minus wireless tether. i just want root and to run a semi stock non cm7 type rooted rom. is this possible with s-on or not?
if so can someone point me in the right direction please?
Worked!!!
Thanks insanityrains. Followed the steps and it worked. I would echo comments re: Menu choice for "Recovery" (see updates with fezmonger and ganjagarn).
Again - thanks!
fixxxer2008 said:
anybody even here anymore?
theres too many outdated rooting guides on here. i already know i cannot achieve s-off now that we accepted the OTA. i already tried to root and it went fine but the clockwork recovery will not work. also when i boot into the 2.1 rom that i downgraded to i see there is no superuser app but it appears i am rooted because most root apps work minus wireless tether. i just want root and to run a semi stock non cm7 type rooted rom. is this possible with s-on or not?
if so can someone point me in the right direction please?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I thought someone on here said that you could use clockwork mod but you probably have to put it in, i can't help since I rooted my phone with the original method that was much easier.
Have you tried installing rom manager and letting it flash clockworkmod recovery?
jacewt said:
I thought someone on here said that you could use clockwork mod but you probably have to put it in, i can't help since I rooted my phone with the original method that was much easier.
Have you tried installing rom manager and letting it flash clockworkmod recovery?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i was working on it for a client, i gave up. thanks anyways.