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My phone keeps booting into recovery mode.
Power on -> Blank -> Reboot -> Recovery
I had the new SPL (the saphire ported one), JF's recovery (i still have it on) and JF1.51.
This happened since i tried to flash the HTC ADP update.zip.
I have tried using the hardSPL, reflashing the saphire SPL, tried flashing back to JF1.5, Rodgers but nothing seems to work
Any ideas?
EDIT: I just checked and it didnt flash the saphireSPL! i dont think adb shell push is copying the update.zip's to the SD card.
EDIT:
SOLUTION:
I was right in that it wasn't copying the updates to the sd card, i borrowed a friends G1, used it to put on the saphireSPL, flashed (and it worked this time), got into fastboot (the hardSPL fastboot didnt seem to work), and restored my nandroid backups! yey! now to try JAC's build
if you want to adb push in recovery, you'll need to mount the sdcard first or it will appear to have transfered, but actually done nothing.
next time, try
Code:
adb shell mount /sdcard
adb push update.zip /sdcard/update.zip
ravenge said:
if you want to adb push in recovery, you'll need to mount the sdcard first or it will appear to have transfered, but actually done nothing.
next time, try
Code:
adb shell mount /sdcard
adb push update.zip /sdcard/update.zip
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Thank you, that'll come in really handy for when i dont have a spare Dream or card reader about!
ravenge said:
if you want to adb push in recovery, you'll need to mount the sdcard first or it will appear to have transfered, but actually done nothing.
next time, try
Code:
adb shell mount /sdcard
adb push update.zip /sdcard/update.zip
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Oh my god... this (hopefully) has fixed the problem I've had for the past two days - I've spent so long reading every thread on here about the SPL problems, etc. I had a feeling the problem was the update wasn't working correctly, but I had no idea why. (It didn't complain, but just went very quickly - much to quick to be doing a full os upgrade).
Thanks!!!
umm how would i even run that script?cuz i keep bootlooping
Jerzdre said:
umm how would i even run that script?cuz i keep bootlooping
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On Phone:
Recovery -> ALT+X -> Console
On PC
Command prompt
"cd <directory where you have update.zip>"
"adb shell mount /sdcard"
"adb push update.zip /sdcard/update.zip"
On Phone
Hold 'Home' and then:
On PC:
"adb shell reboot"
ravenge said:
if you want to adb push in recovery, you'll need to mount the sdcard first or it will appear to have transfered, but actually done nothing.
next time, try
Code:
adb shell mount /sdcard
adb push update.zip /sdcard/update.zip
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but you can abd push to the ext2 portion of the sd card without mounting while in recovery, correct?
i have my phone updated to 2.1 and rooted. Want to overclock it now but not sure what im supposed to do with the kernel-overclock-update-v3.zip. I have the original PB00IMG.zip i updated and rooted my phone with, am i supposed to use it somehow?? New to this would appreciate any help.
Just use this, Flash it and it will make ur life easyier.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=685581
so phone will be stock again right? have to re dload apps and sync contacts and **** again right?
hmm... or u can try to flash the kernel-overclock-update-v3.zip to the one you have
be sure to nand backup first
when i put the kernel-overclock-update-v3.zip on the root of the sd card and power up holding the volume down button it doesn't find the kernel-overclock-update-v3.zip and doesn't install it...? in other word how do i flash it, doesn't seem to be working like when i originally flashed and rooted.
did you flash recovery?
duckingzebra said:
when i put the kernel-overclock-update-v3.zip on the root of the sd card and power up holding the volume down button it doesn't find the kernel-overclock-update-v3.zip and doesn't install it...? in other word how do i flash it, doesn't seem to be working like when i originally flashed and rooted.
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Hey man,
When you rooted did you flash the Amon-Ra recovery image? If so put the update zip on the root of your sd. Power down your handset. hold the volume UP and the power on will bring you to the recovery menu. Here you have options for back up,flash from zip etc...once there you can select whatever rom/update you want to flash. Remember nandroid is your friend always back up. Also as far as apps etc...check out Titanium back up or one of the other free back up apps in market. I hope this helps you out.
volume up + end button = Recovery
ok, im following the steps to III: Flashing a Custom Recovery. and when i get to the step :adb push recovery.img /sdcard it says :cannot start recovery.img: No such file or directory...is the recovery.img also supposed to gon on the root of my sd card? or just the tools folder, cause its there?
yes its suppose to be on the root of the sdcard too
still says cannot stat 'recovery.img': no such fire or directory
am i supposed to replace /sdcard with /J (which is what my phone comes up as in my computer) -tried that still didn't work...
can u link me to the tut u are using?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=647707
QUOTE=TopazAaron]
duckingzebra said:
did you see the tutorial i linked? still cant figure it out.
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ok
put the Recovery image in the tools/ in the sdk
after that plug ur phone into the comp
now being there in cmd navigate to the /tools/ folder
then type or copy and paste
adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
adb push recovery.img /sdcard
adb push flash_image /system/bin
adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
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now if you still have issues, let me know, sorry i didnt reply, i got busy with other things.
thanks for ur pm tho[/QUOTE]
ok now instead of saying :cannot start recovery.img: No such file or directory
it says error: device not found, when i open my computer my sdcard in my phone shows up and i can open it...
That is really wierd, try joining the irc u may get more help there
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TopazAaron said:
That is really wierd, try joining the irc u may get more help there
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Sorry newser here, irc??
Is your phone actually rooted? To check, turn on your phone, then turn on USB debugging through Settings/Applications/Development/USB debugging. Plug your phone into the computer via the USB cable.
In the run box of your computer, type cmd, then enter.
When the command window shows up, changed you your SDK tools directory. On my system it would be:
cd c:\android-sdk-windows\tools
Then run the following command
adb shell
You're rooted if it comes back with
#
If it comes back with
$
try the typing
SU
if it does not change from $ to # then you might want to try rooting again, and be sure to install the Amon_RA recovery
typing exit multiple times will back you out of adb, and the cmd window.
Hope that helps.
Edit: Of course that works for 2.1 leak 3 users as well.
Easier way for you tho, if you boot to hboot with the send and end buttons, you should see hboot with S off if you're rooted. If it's S On you're not.
Ok I got A Problem. Went to flash a new rom after backing my current one up with rom manager everything went fine till I went to flash it and now it says
E: Failure at line 7 symlink dumpstate SYSTEM:bin/dumpcrash
I dont have a working phone. Tried several different roms and nothing.
what do I need to do??
can u boot in to recovery mode " vol up + power button " ? and dont use Clockworkmod recovery as its known to have issues with the eris.
use the other recovery.
Thanks T.A.
Yes I can Boot into recovery thats it.
How do I go about Flashing a New Recovery Manager
Topaz is right.... Amon_RA FTW !
How do I install that now though. I have been searching through forums looking cant find a step by step
Forgot to say I was a Leaker before they found the method.
would this work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725096&highlight=Flash+Amon's+recovery
metzy75 said:
How do I install that now though. I have been searching through forums looking cant find a step by step
Forgot to say I was a Leaker before they found the method.
would this work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725096&highlight=Flash+Amon's+recovery
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might work, I imagine you could also try this....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725047
this gives you the S-OFF bootloader and Amon_RA for recovery
you might wait to see if others weight in on the best approach here.
Already turned S-OFF the only reason I have clock work is because my noobie ass used rom manager for convience
metzy75 said:
Already turned S-OFF the only reason I have clock work is because my noobie ass used rom manager for convience
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"noobie ass" is funny.
jcase's approach in your link is probably all you need then
Phones about to get thrown at the wall. Nothing is working, do the adb push moves file fine then couple commands down it says not there
metzy75 said:
Phones about to get thrown at the wall. Nothing is working, do the adb push moves file fine then couple commands down it says not there
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if you do
adb devices
does its show a device HTCxxxxxxxxxx (some alphanumeric)?
Do this
Code:
adb push recovery.img /data/local/
adb push flash_image /data/local/
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/recovery.img
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/flash_image
adb shell /data/local/flash_image recovery /data/local/recovery.img
adb reboot recovery
try this in fastboot ( SEND + POWER )
not sure u can push files into /data/local/
hopefully it will work and if not and all fails.
put a rom on sd card and boot into recovery and hopefully clockworkmod recovery will flash it.
Yep, really have no idea what to do. I run the commands in what you gave me and the stupid thing says file its there when i use root command to navigate there its right there. idk whats going on.
TopazAaron said:
Do this
Code:
adb push recovery.img /data/local/
adb push flash_image /data/local/
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/recovery.img
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/flash_image
adb shell /data/local/flash_image recovery /data/local/recovery.img
adb reboot recovery
try this in fastboot ( SEND + POWER )
not sure u can push files into /data/local/
hopefully it will work and if not and all fails.
put a rom on sd card and boot into recovery and hopefully clockworkmod recovery will flash it.
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doesn't show its connected, I have fastboot USB showing on the eris
tried flashing many roms no good same error
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=651669
May help in that it includes the Amon_RA file and offers a different approach...
good luck
have you ever heard of the jitterbug?
Sjflowerhorn said:
have you ever heard of the jitterbug?
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Idk what a jitter bug has to do with this. But I got the recovery changed but nothing still flashes.
Got to line 8 instead of line 7
says cant chown/mod /system/bin
(no such file or directory
E: failure at line 8
set_perm_recursive 0 2000 07550
Sjflowerhorn said:
have you ever heard of the jitterbug?
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holy crap... i almost fell outta my chair!!!! LOL (i used to tell this lady at work all the time.... you NEED a jitterbug!!!).
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in any case...
metzy75... you said you backed up (a NAND backup i'm assuming)... are you able to restore your backup? or same failure? different message?
metzy75 said:
Idk what a jitter bug has to do with this. But I got the recovery changed but nothing still flashes.
Got to line 8 instead of line 7
says cant chown/mod /system/bin
(no such file or directory
E: failure at line 8
set_perm_recursive 0 2000 07550
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what ROM are you trying to flash?
zach.xtr said:
what ROM are you trying to flash?
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Just Official eris one that came with that all in one zip. and plain jane as wwell
Plain Jane fails at line 7 and offical eris line 8
tenzomonk said:
holy crap... i almost fell outta my chair!!!! LOL (i used to tell this lady at work all the time.... you NEED a jitterbug!!!).
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in any case...
metzy75... you said you backed up (a NAND backup i'm assuming)... are you able to restore your backup? or same failure? different message?
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Backups all failed.
Hay, my name's Nick, been reading the posts for a while, decided to join. Iv'e been wanting to root my T-mobile vibrant so i can get a more streamlined ROM will less features to make the ones i use go smoother and faster and get the full potential out of the device. I rooted it no problem with one click root, installed clockwork rom manager, and titanium backup, installed clockwork recovery (i love the clockwork orange icons by the way) put the latest "insanity 0.6.7.zip" in the root of the internal SD, and hit the "install rom" option on the rom manager and selected the .zip, and it made my phone go into the standard recovery mode, no option to install any .zip files. So i opened the rom manager and manually put it into CWM recovery so i could manually install the rom. It looked like it was going to work, but then it sent my phone back to the recovery screen with white text that said "install update.zip" so i did what it said, and it sent my phone into a boot loop. I can get into recovery mode, but when ever i try to recover my backup or access any files it says "no files found, operation canceled" or something like that. It also fails to mount via USB. I can get it to go to download mode but have not tried odin yet, because im on a mac (working on getting bootcamp working now to run windows)
Odin seems like my only option now right? anyone have any idea ware I went wrong? it must have been the incorrect update.zip file right?
I dont think u flashed a vibrant rom
Just mount your internal sd from clockwork and copy over a vibrant rom, and flash
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have any idea why it wont let me mount my sd card? that makes me worried it wont connect to a Pc in download mode but i haven't had the opportunity to try that yet.
I'd download your rom of choice, there are a ton that are perfect fit first timers. Trigger and Bionix-V seem very stable. Pop your external sd into your computer, copy the .zip for the rom, go into recovery, select install from zip and flash your rom.
Odin is last resort. I'm not familiar with insanity, but maybe it was a bad download?
when it booted up it went to my normal "vibrant" screen, then to an unfamiliar "galaxy s 19000" screen. Im assuming there is a difference between galaxy s and vibrant right?
jRi0T68 said:
I'd download your rom of choice, there are a ton that are perfect fit first timers. Trigger and Bionix-V seem very stable. Pop your external sd into your computer, copy the .zip for the rom, go into recovery, select install from zip and flash your rom.
Odin is last resort. I'm not familiar with insanity, but maybe it was a bad download?
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tried that, when i try to to install zip from sdcard it says "no files found"
i assume it's looking for files on the internal and not the external right? so i tried mounting the external sd card from the mounts and storage menu, and i got an error message that said "E:INFO is WRONError mounting SDEXT !"
In recovery, do you see any folders when you click install from zip, or is that when you get an error message?
If you see folders, can you navigate to external_sd?
i click "install zip from SD" and it brings me to a menu with the options to apply sdcard.update.zip or choose zip from sd card, and when try ether one of those options it says "No Files Found"
I have a rom in a zip on the root of my external now, just cant get to it.
Too bad i cant help trying to fix things that aren't broken
niik000 said:
i click "install zip from SD" and it brings me to a menu with the options to apply sdcard.update.zip or choose zip from sd card, and when try ether one of those options it says "No Files Found"
I have a rom in a zip on the root of my external now, just cant get to it.
Too bad i cant help trying to fix things that aren't broken
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not your external sd, zip should be on your internal sd
since you can get into recovery you can try using adb to push the zip from your computer to the phone
install android sdk and drivers for vibrant then using command prompt navigate to the following directory in the android-sdk folder
\platform-tools\
then execute the following command again in cmd prompt
adb push <dir for zip> /sdcard
if that doesnt work then odin will be your only choice and you must be in download mode to do that
niik000 said:
i click "install zip from SD" and it brings me to a menu with the options to apply sdcard.update.zip or choose zip from sd card, and when try ether one of those options it says "No Files Found"
I have a rom in a zip on the root of my external now, just cant get to it.
Too bad i cant help trying to fix things that aren't broken
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If you can access xda from your phone,download a vibrant rom from there.
Once it's downloaded,it will be in the root of your internal sd,under download.You can then flash it in cwm,or when the download is complete,click on it and choose Rom Manager to open it,and you can flash it from there.
Here's a link to Bionix 1.3.1,on xda.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925548
amandadam said:
If you can access xda from your phone,download a vibrant rom from there.
Once it's downloaded,it will be in the root of your internal sd,under download.You can then flash it in cwm,or when the download is complete,click on it and choose Rom Manager to open it,and you can flash it from there.
Here's a link to Bionix 1.3.1,on xda.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925548
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That's useful for me as well.!
shreddintyres said:
not your external sd, zip should be on your internal sd
since you can get into recovery you can try using adb to push the zip from your computer to the phone
install android sdk and drivers for vibrant then using command prompt navigate to the following directory in the android-sdk folder
\platform-tools\
then execute the following command again in cmd prompt
adb push <dir for zip> /sdcard
if that doesnt work then odin will be your only choice and you must be in download mode to do that
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do i need an update.zip? or just the bionix-v-1.3.1.zip? or am i supposed to rename the bionix zip to update.zip?
niik000 said:
do i need an update.zip? or just the bionix-v-1.3.1.zip? or am i supposed to rename the bionix zip to update.zip?
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Never rename rom zips to update.zip leave it at bionix.zip and flash through clockwork mod recovery.
now i cant figure out how to get any of the ADB commands to work, i have ADB running and it put a list of commands in he terminal but when i try any of those commands it says "command not found"
i tried
"adb devices" (c-bash: adb: command not found)
"./adb devices" (directory not found)
and "devices" (-bash: devices: command not found
)
am i doing something wrong?
niik000 said:
now i cant figure out how to get any of the ADB commands to work, i have ADB running and it put a list of commands in he terminal but when i try any of those commands it says "command not found"
i tried
"adb devices" (c-bash: adb: command not found)
"./adb devices" (directory not found)
and "devices" (-bash: devices: command not found
)
am i doing something wrong?
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first you have to be in the android sdk directory and second you must run the sdk manager process and download the rest of the sdk, the bit that you download from the website does not include the full android sdk, you will also need to have java runtime environment 5 or later installed on your pc.
also if you are running adb in linux you need to sudo or su adb commands
in linux you will need to restart the adb daemon
su
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
hope this helps
i ran the SDK and AVd manager and installed the rest of the SDK packages, then found the ADB file and drug it into the terminal, that gave me the list of commands. I plugged in the phone and tried "adb devices" and it said "command not found" tried quitting and restarting terminal a few times and still nothing
shreddintyres said:
first you have to be in the android sdk directory and second you must run the sdk manager process and download the rest of the sdk, the bit that you download from the website does not include the full android sdk, you will also need to have java runtime environment 5 or later installed on your pc.
also if you are running adb in linux you need to sudo or su adb commands
in linux you will need to restart the adb daemon
su
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
hope this helps
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when i enter "su" it asks for a password, but it will not let me type anything. Iv'e never really worked with commands like this but im interested in learning, thats kind of why i decided to mess with the phone
niik000 said:
when i enter "su" it asks for a password, but it will not let me type anything. Iv'e never really worked with commands like this but im interested in learning, thats kind of why i decided to mess with the phone
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thats a security feature within linux it wont show what you are typing but rest assured its registering keystrokes, and you dont drag and drop to terminal
assuming the androidsdk is in your home directory you would type
cd /home/username/android-sdk/platform-tools
then ./adb devices (this is just a check to make sure your phone is being recognized)
i type
/Users/<my username>/android-sdk-mac_x86/platform-tools
and it tells me
/Users/<my username>/android-sdk-mac_x86/platform-tools: is a directory
then i type ./adb devices
and it says
-bash: ./adb: No such file or directory
im getting really confused, it seems like im making a really simple mistake i just cant figure out what im doing wrong
niik000 said:
i type
/Users/<my username>/android-sdk-mac_x86/platform-tools
and it tells me
/Users/<my username>/android-sdk-mac_x86/platform-tools: is a directory
then i type ./adb devices
and it says
-bash: ./adb: No such file or directory
im getting really confused, it seems like im making a really simple mistake i just cant figure out what im doing wrong
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ok so you are doing this from mac then? i apologize as i have no experience messing with android using a mac, id imagine itd be much like linux although terminal commands may be different. If i were you id google using adb commands in mac os and see what you can find, personally i use windows normally and am only just learning how to work linux
Looking for anyone with a new NS4G to dump a copy of the radio. I messed up and flashed a rom that had a gsm radio attached. rendering my phone useless as far as phones go.
root
post a good root method and how to do the dump. I can have it hotlinked in 1 hour
i used http://jaxov.com/2011/02/how-to-root-android-2-3-3-gingerbread-on-nexus-s/
worked just fine.
Once you're rooted, do
Code:
adb shell dd if=/dev/mtd/mtd5 of=/sdcard/ns-cdma-radio.img count=12583040
Then upload that ns-cdma-radio.img somewhere ;D
?
ok thanks, i will link it when finished
the dumped file will be in my phone memory, correct?
ryandoubleu said:
ok thanks, i will link it when finished
the dumped file will be in my phone memory, correct?
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It will be on your internal storage that you can mount as a drive on your pc, yes.
may take...
may take longer than an hour as I am doing the SDK install
ryandoubleu said:
may take longer than an hour as I am doing the SDK install
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You don't need the platform api, just the SDK tools/platform-tools , that'll save you a lot of download time.
yes i should have mentioned that. i didn't install the SDK either just the tools.
just like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878786
hmm
fastboot command wont work? troubleshooting as we speak
ryandoubleu said:
fastboot command wont work?
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instal drivers?
look to the 2nd rooting method i posted. the 2nd file you download are the drivers. you would install it when your phone is in fastboot mode then go to device manager and upgrade the driver
unzip the rar file and make sure to select x86 or x64 driver for your pc.
you should be able to type "fastboot devices" hit enter and it will return your phone if you have the drivers installed
Also the simplest method to get the drivers might be to put phone into fastboot mode, plug USB to computer, then install PDA Net (which automatically installs the phone drivers). I personally could not get the drivers to install manually on Windows 7, had to use the PDA Net method.
CMD is giving my a Permission Denied with this command
adb shell dd if=/dev/mtd/mtd5 of=/sdcard/ns-cdma-radio.img count=12583040
ryandoubleu said:
CMD is giving my a Permission Denied with this command
adb shell dd if=/dev/mtd/mtd5 of=/sdcard/ns-cdma-radio.img count=12583040
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Try this: (I am assuming you've already finished rooting and installed superuser)
run adb shell
that should give you a "$" prompt in your command window (you've just shelled into your phone)
then type "su" (without the quotes)
On your phone, a superuser request should pop up on the screen, hit Allow
Your command prompt should change to a #
then type
dd if=/dev/mtd/mtd5 of=/sdcard/ns-cdma-radio.img count=12583040
*EDIT: made a typo in the original writeup of this post and left out the count parameter*
(no adb shell required before the dd command this time since you're already shelled into the phone)
here it is
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H3Z7RQLZ radio image for you
Also, from the first root method I cant find this file and move forward
4. Tap on the gray box that says Mount R/W
5. Tap and hold on the file install-recovery.sh and rename this file to install-recovery.sh.old
6. Once renamed, download and install the app called ROM Manager from Android Market
7. Once installed, open ROM Manager app and choose Flash ClockworkMod Recovery option.
ryandoubleu said:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H3Z7RQLZ radio image for you
Also, from the first root method I cant find this file and move forward
4. Tap on the gray box that says Mount R/W
5. Tap and hold on the file install-recovery.sh and rename this file to install-recovery.sh.old
6. Once renamed, download and install the app called ROM Manager from Android Market
7. Once installed, open ROM Manager app and choose Flash ClockworkMod Recovery option.
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i didn't do that i just ran ROM manager and flashed the latest Clockwork. you're backing up the old recovery. in that step, good idea, sure. needed, not really.
joebags said:
i didn't do that i just ran ROM manager and flashed the latest Clockwork. you're backing up the old recovery. in that step, good idea, sure. needed, not really.
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Actually the point of renaming that script is to prevent clockwork from being overwritten by the stock recovery.
The default stock rom is set up to re-flash the stock recovery from cache on bootup if it detects that it's been changed (which is very annoying if you *want* clockwork recovery).
thank you very much for uploading that for me
now correct me if i'm wrong netarchy but i would use fastboot to flash the img file?
I just want to double check before i mess up once again. i'm pretty smart and a quick learner but not a pro like yourself
worked?
joebags said:
i didn't do that i just ran ROM manager and flashed the latest Clockwork. you're backing up the old recovery. in that step, good idea, sure. needed, not really.
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the radio.img got you working?