i have a question about my 32b mytouch3g,
If i flash a rom over and over, (for exaple install cyanogenmod 4, then insatll super csdiv4, then install cm5, then super csdiv4, then cm 5, then super csdi)
Can it damage the phone in anyway,
Cause now after i wipe cm6 from my mytouch and install super csdi it boots up into a black screen..
Also is there any rom faster then super csdi?
Thanx for your help!
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No harm done. You may end up with a frisky phone if you are not wiping (fastboot erase system -w) in between desserts.
There is a limited number of times that you can overwrite nand flash memory before you start to kill it.
The number is very very high, something like 100000+, but it still exists and you should be aware of it.
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i was trying to theme my phone, when i pushed it to the phone, it crashed, and got stuck in a boot loop... i then booted it into recovery, and flashed my old rom back, but now i'm stuck at the white screen with the htc logo, i can still get into the clockwork mod recovery...
my question is how do i get back into my rom?
damn, sorry this was meant for the desire subforum, i will make a new post there... just close this thread...
If you still need help it sounds like you didnt brick Ur phone otherwise it wouldn't start at all. If you have access to recovery then what I would do is format , system,data, cache, etccc... except SD card of course them reflash your Rom again .
Still doesn't work then I would use RUU_supersonic factory stock shipped Rom then root again using unrevoked 3.2 which is full root and nand unlock
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MODS: I am unsure of where to post this so sorry for the trouble.
So I work for Tmobile and love showing off my rooted mytouch 4g in all its glory.
So I requested a warranty exchange and got a TAIWAN VERSION w/ GOOD SCREEN in return. Like Day and Night.
Upon Receiving my warranty exchange phone it was 2.2.1. I attempted the same Visionary Root Process, (however was there some extra file i needed to DL? i forget)
After rooting my new phone, S-Off, I had flashed FAUX stock kernel 0.4.0b.
THEN THIS HAPPENS:
I cant get past the mytouch 4g splash screen. The first logo that appears. It gets stuck or bootloops. I can HBOOT and get into recovery 3.0.0.5
This is all i can do...i already asked for another warranty exchange...but in the meanwhile..how can i fix this problem or what did i do wrong?
ALSO can you backup one mytouch 4g and load it back up on another mytouch 4g with the same sd card? Thanks!
I had this problem with my MT4G when I flashed his kernal. It seems that his kernals are not designed to work with every 4g device. I hope you did a nandroid backup on the device. I was never able to get past the mytouch splash screen with his kernals
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Well, at since you can get into recovery there should be a number of things you can do to get your phone to boot.
Download a new ROM to flash, if you are on clockwork 3 then you need CM7.
Clockwork has usb drive ability, turn it on, transfer the ROM then flash.
If you can get into HBoot or Recovery on ANY phone, you're safe. Hell, if you can't get into HBoot, your phone wouldn't even start up since HBoot is basically the equivalent to BIOS.
THE VERSION OF CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY YOU USE IS CRITICAL!!!
The version you are using is for Android 2.3 only.
Flash a v2 Recovery with adb or fastboot and reinstall your kernel, or install CM7.
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I am trying to do this. How would I get my comp.to.recognize the devise. Sometimes it says mass storage device detected sometimes not. So I need cm7 rom to b able.to boot?
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Tiltpoet said:
I am trying to do this. How would I get my comp.to.recognize the devise. Sometimes it says mass storage device detected sometimes not. So I need cm7 rom to b able.to boot?
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If you've ever connected it via USB, it should have installed the drivers automatically (at least on Windows). I think the ADB driver only installs if you had "USB Debugging" checked. Mass Storage usually only refers to mounting the SD card; the driver for ADB is different. Look for something like Android Phone or Android ADB Interface in your device manager (again assuming Windows).
If you have ADB set up, try running the adb devices command. If it spits back the serial number of your phone, you should be okay to proceed.
Don't exchange the phone, fix it...
Just use another phone to copy the latest CM7 to the root of your sdcard and flash, if that doesn't work do the same thing with a PD15IMG.zip file to the root of your sdcard, hboot and restore to stock.
I have no problem with someone doing a warranty exchange for a hardware issue, but if you break your phone, don't make someone else pay for it...
i ended up solving the problem by doing what some of you had suggested. I flashed CM7 and WAH-LaH! when the phone got past the splash screen into CM7 i was on cloud 9.
Now What are the benefits of running CM7? as opposed to going back to Sense w/ Faux kernel again?
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how would i go back to a sense type rom again? would i go back into rom manager and flash a different recovery?
XDA you have been so helpful!
___bonus__also the haptic feedback on this phone was not as strong as my original..though idk if its just me or not..should i call tmobile and stop shipment of the OTHER phone? how is it i have a taiwan version plum W/ good screen?
There are no Sense-based Gingerbread (Android 2.3) ROMs available now ... Best practice its to make a Nandroid backup of CM7 with your installed CWM Recovery, then flash a version 2.x of CWM Recovery to install any Froyo (Android 2.2) based ROM.
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Tiltpoet said:
i ended up solving the problem by doing what some of you had suggested. I flashed CM7 and WAH-LaH! when the phone got past the splash screen into CM7 i was on cloud 9.
Now What are the benefits of running CM7? as opposed to going back to Sense w/ Faux kernel again?
PLUS
how would i go back to a sense type rom again? would i go back into rom manager and flash a different recovery?
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Good to see it is working.
Its mostly personal preference at this point. Sense on the MT4G is pretty responsive and has some nice features. CM7 has its own tweaks and features. You loose the sense widgets but many can be replaced with alternatives in the market. You gain and loose relative in both ROMs So try out both and decide.
Use ROM Manager app to flash a new recovery. One of the 2. versions, then flash a froyo based ROM.
what about flashing kernels..are those "roms"
is cm7 itself pretty battery efficient? i still downloaded setcpu and set it to 11---.
2.XXX ..u mean like 2.5.1.4 for example..sorry not lookin at the phone atm.
++bonus
i also dl the cynogyn updater or wut not..wut url do i add for themes?
Tiltpoet said:
what about flashing kernels..are those "roms"
is cm7 itself pretty battery efficient? i still downloaded setcpu and set it to 11---.
2.XXX ..u mean like 2.5.1.4 for example..sorry not lookin at the phone atm.
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i also dl the cynogyn updater or wut not..wut url do i add for themes?
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Kernels are not ROMs, the kernel is the underlying software of an OS. The kernel talks to the hardware and lets different parts of the OS communicate. Kernels are ROM specific, or Framework specific. A sense ROM can not use a AOSP kernel and vice versa.
CM ROMs can be good on battery, or not. It all depends on personal use and how you set it up.
That is a good recovery to use when flashing sense ROMs.
Not sure about the updater. If it is the one I am thinking, it hasn't been updated in a while. I think it has been abandoned in favor of ROM Manager. CM updater did come in some of his older ROMs, before ROM manager became the norm.
So I can or cannot flash fauxs kernel. I really liked the smartass profile. Also..I'm on cm 7 now...y do I get force closes on my market.
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As people have already said, you used the wrong version of clockwork, also, use clockwork to flash a new rom. And make sure you use the right version.
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So I can or cannot flash fauxs kernel. I really liked the smartass profile. Also..I'm on cm 7 now...y do I get force closes on my market.
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Try fix permissions. If that does not work, do a full wipe (factory reset). If that still does not work, try re-flashing the ROM.
If you flashed a new kernel before you started having issues, this may fix it, or you may need to wipe caches and re-flash the kernel.
So i went to this website called udromDOTcomfrom my phone and downloaded the Evo - UD 3.3.1 onto my phone. Then i went to ROM Manager and installed the ROM from the /downloads folder. I of course backed everything up and when it was installing it said installing, then i just happened to walk away at that moment so i didnt see if any errors came up or anything but then the phone restarted and now i am stuck at the HTC Evo 4G white screen. Any help on how to get past this screen. HELP ME PLEASE
Try this. If you made a backup, nandroid back to it. Go into your favorite file manager and move the Rom file to the root of your sd card. Then boot back into recovery and flash the Rom again.
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from your description, you forgot to wipe. you are switching from sense to aosp, which is like switching from apples to oranges. you really need to wipe everything. second, i wouldn't use ud. they are just a modified cm7 (and for a long time, they denied it was anything close to cm7, enev though everyone and his brother could tell that they were the same. there was even proof in signatures of the files) so they are slower to update. i'd use the latest cm7 nightly, which is based on android 2.3.4, or the latest stable, which is based on 2.3.3.
And third, stop using Rom Manager to flash things with
I wiped everything and I used Cualkin (sp) Wipe. Now I can't even get into the bootloader to see my SD card. The screen (hboot) is just saying Fastboot , Recovery, Clear Storage, Simlock, HBoot USB. I go to recovery and all I get is the white HTC loading screen. I know it's not bricked. I don't know what to do next. :/
I did the same thing.. Let me see if I can find what I used to UN-BONE it..
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Hey guys, I just bought a used Mytouch 4G today, this phone is seriously awesome!! I used to have an Xperia X10, but I sold it to get this one!. Now flashing stuff on the X10 is super simple, everything is mostly one click! Here though, theres s-off, flashing radios and whatnot, recovery, etc.
Anyways, the phone I bought came with the crappy tmobile sense froyo, so I used visionary to permaroot and one of these tutorials to do s-off and get clockworkmod with rom manager! Now I have a question, about the radio do I have to flash it before I flash a new rom or after? Also do I just flash the new rom with recovery and i'm done, or are there any extra steps needed? Also is the kernel the same way?
Thanks!
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Hey guys, I just bought a used Mytouch 4G today, this phone is seriously awesome!! I used to have an Xperia X10, but I sold it to get this one!. Now flashing stuff on the X10 is super simple, everything is mostly one click! Here though, theres s-off, flashing radios and whatnot, recovery, etc.
Anyways, the phone I bought came with the crappy tmobile sense froyo, so I used visionary to permaroot and one of these tutorials to do s-off and get clockworkmod with rom manager! Now I have a question, about the radio do I have to flash it before I flash a new rom or after? Also do I just flash the new rom with recovery and i'm done, or are there any extra steps needed? Also is the kernel the same way?
Thanks!
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radio is flashed through the bootloader, renamed as PD151IMG.zip. i would suggest the panache radio, but all phones are different, and each have different results with different radios. doesn't matter when you flash the radio. all radios for the MT4G are found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059347
flashing roms: before you flash a rom, BE SURE TO CHECK THE MD5SUM!!
this can be done using the free mand5 app from market. next, move the ROM.zip to your SDcard, reboot into clockworkmod recovery, DO A NANDROID BACKUP and DO A FULL WIPE.
full wipe is:
-wipe data
-wipe cache
-wipe dalvik cache (under advanced menu)
at least twice
after doing the full wipe, just select the ROM.zip and flash it.
first boot usually takes longer than usual.
flashing kernels is similar, but easier:
-DO NANDROID BACKUP
-wipe cache
-wipe dalvik
-flash kernel.zip
enjoy pure awesomenesss!!!
also, i would suggest you check out Virtuous Unity, a VERY nice rom created by the Virtuous team. link is here: http://www.virtuousrom.com/
oh yes I've had my eye on the virtuous rom, it looks very nice indeed! Thanks!
just one question, how do I boot into bootloader without using adb? Is it volume down+power??
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oh yes I've had my eye on the virtuous rom, it looks very nice indeed! Thanks!
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sure no problem
abdurahman said:
just one question, how do I boot into bootloader without using adb? Is it volume down+power??
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Either adb reboot bootloader or volume down+power Button. Make sure fastboot is OFF
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if you have rom manager (you said you did), in rom manager there's an option to reboot into recovery. from there if you flashed one of the custom roms, most of them when you choose to power off have an option to reboot into recovery as well.
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if you have rom manager (you said you did), in rom manager there's an option to reboot into recovery. from there if you flashed one of the custom roms, most of them when you choose to power off have an option to reboot into recovery as well.
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Check out my YouTube channel. Same name as my XDA name. I have pretty much every thing you'll need to know about how to flash, radios, ROM's etc. Good luck buddy.
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Thanks for the help everyone! I've gotten a new radio, the unity rom, and the demonspeed kernel running at 1.6 ghz!!
One more thing, is it normal to have a laggy homescreen in the sense rom? Like the drawer is super laggy too!
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Thanks for the help everyone! I've gotten a new radio, the unity rom, and the demonspeed kernel running at 1.6 ghz!!
One more thing, is it normal to have a laggy homescreen in the sense rom? Like the drawer is super laggy too!
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sometimes it might lag a little. but most of the time, it shouldn't lag one bit.
comparing the speed of sense to AOSP, it's gonna be a bit slower pretty much most of the time, but it's still pretty smooth and not that laggy all things considered
gratz on having fun with your phone
ok my evo has been messing up alot lately. it all started with the front camera like 2 weeks ago the front camera does not work at all and certain roms will not boot. i flashed roms almost every week and always superwiped and everything. i am using Amon RA 3.11 right now i am running MetrogenMod (CM7). Yesterday my phone was in a bootloop that would only boot at the splash screen and reboot over and over again. It became a "usb brick" and it wouldnt detect the sd in recovery but i was able to fix it using adb in fastboot with this guide. flashed the rom all over and now its working except for the ffc. i think some of the files in the internal memory are corrupted but i have not been able to find anything to fix it. i have flashed many roms, RUU, updated radios. i am running out of ideas. Can anyone help me?
my phone:
s-off
revolutionary
Hboot 6.16.1002
radio: 2.15.00.0808
HW: 004
by the way the roms i can run are: Radiance(sense 3.5), Energy (sense3.5) MIUI ICS, CM7.1, CM7.2 rc1, Metrogenmod, stock, 4korners,
this roms only boot up for 3 minutes and then reboot over and over every 3 minutes (yes they boot correctly but as i am trying to set it up it reboots): MIUI GB, rainy day, TN shooter rom for evo 4g
Try doing a fresh install with re formatting your sd card as well. Use Amon Ra to format sd and upgrade to ext 3.
Of course back up what you want on sd, but remember, not all data transfers from one version of android to another well. i.e. app data from gb won't function well on ICS and the opposite too.
Though ultimately, it could be a hardware failure. In which case take out to Sprint and get it replaced... That is about all you can do at that point.
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Try doing a fresh install with re formatting your sd card as well. Use Amon Ra to format sd and upgrade to ext 3.
Of course back up what you want on sd, but remember, not all data transfers from one version of android to another well. i.e. app data from gb won't function well on ICS and the opposite too.
Though ultimately, it could be a hardware failure. In which case take out to Sprint and get it replaced... That is about all you can do at that point.
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well i already did that many times, i wipe everything 3 times manually, format the sd card, partitioned it, and all that but it still has that problem. since i dont have sprint (im flashed to metropcs) i will just look for another evo