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[Q] Anything to try before using a goldcard to fix Perfected SPL?

Okay so my original post is below and thanks to DonJuan692006 I see that I need to flash my ROM with recovery.
But as described below, I can't flash the ROM with fastboot, adb or terminal.
So my question now is is there anything to try other than using a goldcard to fix the Perfected SPL?
Thanks.
Okay I'm fairly computer literate but admittedly know next to nothing about the Android OS or smartphones in general (as you'll soon see).
Anyway a friend gave me her rooted myTouch 3G and everything worked fine on it, but all of her crap was still on it and so, wanting to start fresh, I went through the menu and did a factory reset.
After doing this I went to sign into my Google account but couldn't because I don't have a data plan. I borrowed a friend's SIM card who does have a data plan and everything appears to work fine, i.e. "Your Google account is now linked to this phone." and I even get new mail notification in the status bar, but when I click on "Finish setup", I get:
The application Setup Wizard (process com.android.setupwizard) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again
And I'm then prompted again to sign in to my Google account... and the process repeats.
I've been reading through forums all day but I honestly don't even know what I should be looking for.
I'm pretty clueless here... so any help is greatly appreciated.
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You need yo reflash the ROM your using via recovery. A search will get you where you need.
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Okay so it looks like I won't be able to flash using any of the common methods.
fastboot won't work because I have the HBOOT-1.33.0006 perfected SPL.
adb won't work because I can't get my phone to show up under "adb devices" (though it shows up fine under "fastboot devices")... I've reinstalled different versions of the USB drivers many times to no avail.
terminal won't work because I can't get past the initial Google sign in screen to access any apps.
So is creating a goldcard to fix the perfected SPL the only thing left to do? Is there anything else I can try?
Thanks again.

Did you try booting into recovery? With the phone off hold the home button and press the power button. Continue to hold the home button while the phone boots. You should get a recovery menu. Post what you see there.
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Yes I'm able to do that. I see
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Android system recovery <2e>
Use trackball to highlight;
click to select.
reboot system now [Home+Back]
apply sdcard:update.zip [Alt+S]
wipe data/factory reset [Alt+W]
wipe cache partition
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command

The first thing I would suggest doing is to update your recovery. Can someone help him out with using ROM Manager to install ClockWorkMod or AmonRa's recoveries? I've never personally used ROM Manager to do anything so I don't want to tell you how to do it.

Wouldn't both Amon_RA's and the ClockworkMod's recovery.img files require the telnet client (I don't it installed and currently can't get past the initial Google sign in to access any apps even if I did)? Or is there another way to update the recovery?

Ah right. So do this. Download CM 5.0.8-DS and the Google Add-on. Rename CM to update.zip and put it on the root of your SD card. Boot into recovery, click the two wipe options and follow the on-screen instructions, and click flash update.zip and let it do its thing. Reboot which should get you into the ROM, may take a few minutes to boot. Then rename the Google Add-on to update.zip and put it on the root of your SD card (you will have to move the first update.zip file off the SD card first). Boot back into recovery and select flash from update.zip again, reboot after it finishes and you should be good. You can then download ROM Manager and slap on a new recovery.
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Okay when trying to flash CM (renamed to update.zip), I get the following:
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-- Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E: No signature (567 files)
E: Verification failed
Installation aborted.
I verified the zip file (before renaming it to update.zip) with MD5 if that makes a difference.

Weird, where did you download it from?
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I downloaded it from the CyanogenMod forum... but oh well I ended up just making a goldcard and now everything's good.
Thanks for the help.

JxhnG said:
I downloaded it from the CyanogenMod forum... but oh well I ended up just making a goldcard and now everything's good.
Thanks for the help.
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NOO.. Dude yoyu seriously overread into this.
If it already had been rooted, there is no point in making a goldcard as you will just screw something up. And all this because you didnt just hit the home button again. When that error pops up, all you have to do is close it and hit home and your done.
You dont need a telnet client and havent really for a while, especilly if your already rooted.
Gold cards are for phones that have not been rooted so dont waste your time.
Your best bet is, turn on the phone. let it boot. This is where people mess up because they have no patience. If that error pops up, just hit the home button. Sign into Wifi, Go to market, get Rom Manager. Go into rom manager, Flash Clockwork recovery, go to download roms, download the newest Cyanogen, install it and clock where it says download gapps. Backup and wipe. Now let it do its thing, reboot, have some patience for about 10 min and do it again, now your starting from scratch.
Again, Im glad you did soem research as most people dont here, but you read way to far into it and looked up rooting from scratch which you dont need to do

HELP! stuck SAMSUNG boot screen

i was following some instructions on removing voodoo and during odin restore i wiped all data and catch and now the phone is stuck on the SAMSUNG boot screen and i cant turn the phone off. I can get into stock recovery but it wont let me go into clockwork : E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1

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i believe voodoo is still your probem. i was getting that when i went in to recovery when i last removed voodoo. i would suggest following this guide.
cant post link so search "{FIXED} 0.00 internal storage problem" <- name of topic.
for step 3 the auto uninstaller worked for me but iv seen others saying it didnt work for them.
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development eh

thefunkbot said:
i was following some instructions on removing voodoo and during odin restore i wiped all data and catch and now the phone is stuck on the SAMSUNG boot screen and i cant turn the phone off. I can get into stock recovery but it wont let me go into clockwork : E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
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wrong place to post bud..

Run the voodoo uninstaller.zip and then wipe data and cache.
Since you can't get into cwm, flash the pit and system through Odin first then the kernel and finally cwm. After that just apply uninstaller and wipe data and cache
Sent from my Fascinate

These suggestions would be nice but I can't get into download mode and I can't dab push the uninstaller.zip either

thefunkbot said:
These suggestions would be nice but I can't get into download mode and I can't dab push the uninstaller.zip either
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What is keeping you from getting into download mode?

You can't get into download or debugging?

i cant get into download mode because the phone wont turn off

Pull the battery

NOsquid said:
Pull the battery
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wow i feel like such a retard.... i just discovered that u can actually take off the back of the phone lol.

Yeah that helps

okay i actually got everything restored now
but i have one new problem... i keep getting an error that my sdcard was removed... then i have to take it out and put it back in and then reboot... then like 10 minutes later it does it again.

[Q] recovery isnt working

i installed a rom (royal ginger), it loads but after it loads it reboots the phone and does the same thing all over again, i rent to recovery to do a full wipe and re install and it comes up with "E: Cant open /cache/recovery/log" and some more errors, how do i fix this problem? i hope i havent bricked my phone

lanceydavid said:
i installed a rom (royal ginger), it loads but after it loads it reboots the phone and does the same thing all over again, i rent to recovery to do a full wipe and re install and it comes up with "E: Cant open /cache/recovery/log" and some more errors, how do i fix this problem? i hope i havent bricked my phone
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What exactly did u do to get that error??? Did u wipe data,cache,delvik & format system,i always format sd card also in case the sd card has a currupt file... did it automatically give the errors once u flashed?? Did u check the mdsum on the file to make sure u had a full zip file??? What recovery did u use 3.0.2.4 or 3.0.0.6??Sorry need to ask questions in order to help lol.... Ive heard of people fixin their phones with the part7backup-xxxxx.bin file & the pd15 file....just stick those to the root of the sd card go into recovery & let the phone to its thimg..

@cmdmilitia13 Thanks so much for even trying to help! i have clockworkmod recovery 3.0.0.5 .... i flashed, worked perfectly, installed the rom the last night, woke up in the morning, phone wouldnt turn on, took out battery, and when it finally loaded, it kepts rebooting back to the loading screen.... i went back to recovery, tried to wipe data and cache, wont work, did delvik, and didnt say if it was successful or not but i formatted sd card, as soon as i try to format system it says:
E: Cant mount /cache/recovery/command
E: Cant mount /cache/recovery/log and etc.
as soon as i try a wipe it says the similar

lanceydavid said:
@cmdmilitia13 Thanks so much for even trying to help! i have clockworkmod recovery 3.0.0.5 .... i flashed, worked perfectly, installed the rom the last night, woke up in the morning, phone wouldnt turn on, took out battery, and when it finally loaded, it kepts rebooting back to the loading screen.... i went back to recovery, tried to wipe data and cache, wont work, did delvik, and didnt say if it was successful or not but i formatted sd card, as soon as i try to format system it says:
E: Cant mount /cache/recovery/command
E: Cant mount /cache/recovery/log and etc.
as soon as i try a wipe it says the similar
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Royalginger requires recovery 3.0.0.6 or 3.0.2.4....3.0.0.5 was mainly for cm7 but clockwork updated to flash froyo & gingerbread now... I believe u can dwnload a cm7 rom to the sd card frm the pc then try to flash that if that dnt wrk then if u rooted by using gfree method & have the 0.85.2007 bootloader it should of created a part7xxxx.bin file & that will help unrootin the phne & startin frm scratch again...

Theres a couple threads on here that could help u out,ur not fully bricked tho... I had this issue about 3 months ago when there barely was a fix now at least u have a chance..

i have the 0.86.0000 bootloader, will that be a problem? if not if i google how to unroot i should be able to find it easily?

i also downloaded cm7 tried to install, and the same rom and issues still pop up, so i guess my only choice is to unroot, but how do i unroot without using terminal?

lanceydavid said:
i also downloaded cm7 tried to install, and the same rom and issues still pop up, so i guess my only choice is to unroot, but how do i unroot without using terminal?
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I believe u need to have that 0.85.2007 bootloader but look around the Q&A threads & look for the subjects that says bricked or I think im bricked,those would help u out,im headin to wrk so cnt helo u now sorry...

lanceydavid said:
i also downloaded cm7 tried to install, and the same rom and issues still pop up, so i guess my only choice is to unroot, but how do i unroot without using terminal?
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If you rooted with gfree, go back to the thread that guided you. It has instructions on how to unroot. Basically you want to place part7backupxxxxxx.zip on the root of your SD, download PD15IMG.zip, place on root of SD, then load bootloader and let it do it's thing, responding when prompted. If you can't mount the card you're going to have to find a way to mount it outside of the phone, either with an adapter or a card reader.

darinmc said:
If you rooted with gfree, go back to the thread that guided you. It has instructions on how to unroot. Basically you want to place part7backupxxxxxx.zip on the root of your SD, download PD15IMG.zip, place on root of SD, then load bootloader and let it do it's thing, responding when prompted. If you can't mount the card you're going to have to find a way to mount it outside of the phone, either with an adapter or a card reader.
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Doesnt he need the eng 0.85.2007??

cmdmilitia13 said:
Doesnt he need the eng 0.85.2007??
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Nope. I'm on 86 and have rooted and unrooted this phone about 30 times helping people and trying stuff.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App

cmdmilitia13 said:
Doesnt he need the eng 0.85.2007??
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You need the engineering bootloader to use adb, both will run the PD15IMG.zip.

darinmc said:
You need the engineering bootloader to use adb, both will run the PD15IMG.zip.
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Thanks good to knw,i just thought u needed it since everyone talks about it...

cmdmilitia13 said:
Thanks good to knw,i just thought u needed it since everyone talks about it...
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The reason we talk about is pretty simple. .85 allows you to use ADB commands and flash stuff via the HBoot engine. Where .86 does not allow you to. So if you get in "semi-brick" mode you can 9/10 times get your self up and rocking.
had it happen earlier today as a matter of fact.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1040463
and this one rings a bell....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035413
They were both what most people would call bricked, but since they had the .85 engineering screen we could get them up and running.

Need Stock-i500-VZW-Kernel.tar.md5

Hosed my Fascinate by trying to flash a recovery through Odin -> The recovery also had a kernel in the file that I didn't realize. Phone attempts to boot then reboots into recovery. I would prefer not to do a factory reset until I try reflashing the right kernel.
I am aware of this thread that used to have the file I need, but evidently the guy has removed it from his Dropbox now. Does anyone have a copy they can throw up for me? I think I could use the recovery image, too, but it is a little bit easier to find so don't go to great lengths for the recovery.
Will reflashing the correct kernel even fix my problem? I haven't touched /system. Should all my stuff still be there when I get back in?

Skyroket said:
Hosed my Fascinate by trying to flash a recovery through Odin -> The recovery also had a kernel in the file that I didn't realize. Phone attempts to boot then reboots into recovery. I would prefer not to do a factory reset until I try reflashing the right kernel.
I am aware of this thread that used to have the file I need, but evidently the guy has removed it from his Dropbox now. Does anyone have a copy they can throw up for me? I think I could use the recovery image, too, but it is a little bit easier to find so don't go to great lengths for the recovery.
Will reflashing the correct kernel even fix my problem? I haven't touched /system. Should all my stuff still be there when I get back in?
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If you have access to your sd card via windows, look for http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459905 on kernels. The stock is in post 1 at the bottom with the rest of the links. Download it, copy to your sd card and install it via recovery and it should work. If not, find droidstyle's guide, download the CWM 2.5 flash that in Odin, then install kernel.
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Edit: Got it. Thanks!! It's booting up fully!!
Nothing below this line matters anymore, but I am leaving it for Google arrivals. The problem I list in this post was caused by excessive copying of the files. I first downloaded the file from the internet, copied it from Firefox downloads folder to my desktop, copied it up to my LAN server, copied it over to my Motorola Droid Bionic SD card, unmounted the SD card and put it into the Fascinate for installation.
The RIGHT way that worked was removing the network component. I just plugged the Bionic into the PC and mounted USB storage mode, copied files over, unplugged, let the SD card remount on the Bionic, manually unmount on the Bionic, remove the card and put it into the Fascinate.
Thanks for being patient with me. Your thread is obvious at the top of the forum but I ignored that method because it was flashing zips in recovery, which I couldn't get into at the time. I got the CWM 2.5 to work, and I did make a successful nandroid backup (will a factory reset restore the kernel, now that I have a backup?).
I did try to flash both versions of that stock kernel kernel-eh03-GB.zip and kernel-eh03-GB_signed.zip and get the same error on both. I even tried with a different SD card:
-- Installing: SDCARD:kernel-eh03-GB.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Can't open /sdcard/kernel-eh03-GB.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.​
I've tried downloading the files again, too. I wonder if it's worth noting that I did previously try to mount the SD card to Windows from CWM. It mounted, but when I tried to copy the file over, Windows told me the media was write-protected. WTF? Haven't seen that since floppies.
I think I'm going to call it a night and if I don't hear anything else on this in the morning I'll just do a factory reset and see if that restores the kernel. Then I can reinstall CWM and restore my backup. *long sigh*
Thanks again, man.

Skyroket said:
Thanks for being patient with me. Your thread is obvious at the top of the forum but I ignored that method because it was flashing zips in recovery, which I couldn't get into at the time. I got the CWM 2.5 to work, and I did make a successful nandroid backup (will a factory reset restore the kernel, now that I have a backup?).
I did try to flash both versions of that stock kernel kernel-eh03-GB.zip and kernel-eh03-GB_signed.zip and get the same error on both. I even tried with a different SD card:
-- Installing: SDCARD:kernel-eh03-GB.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Can't open /sdcard/kernel-eh03-GB.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.​
I've tried downloading the files again, too. I wonder if it's worth noting that I did previously try to mount the SD card in CWM. It mounted, but when I tried to copy the file over, Windows told me the media was write-protected. WTF? Haven't seen that since floppies.
I think I'm going to call it a night and if I don't hear anything else on this in the morning I'll just do a factory reset and see if that restores the kernel. Then I can reinstall CWM and restore my backup. *long sigh*
Thanks again, man.
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Thats alright, dont worry about it man. Yeah it does sound like you need a factory reset. your phone isnt accepting the download. for ****s and giggles tho, try not using CWM to put the file onto your SD card, and plug it directly into your computer and redownload and transfer that way and see if it takes, if not then you'll definatly have to factory reset. Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070 Follow section 4 to return to stock. That should fix it.

Please note my previous edit. Thanks, again!

Skyroket said:
Please note my previous edit. Thanks, again!
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Lol didn't see that till after I clicked reply. No problem. Glad you got it working bro
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[Q] LG G2 D802 restart issue.

So i'm using 5.0.2 crdroid rom and everything was working until now. My phone first freezes for a secound and than restarts. it does this every 1-3 hours. Idk why and it ussualy happens when i press something(like picture share,camera and so on).Also when I wipe my system,data,cache and dalvik when i try to install another rom I get an error saying unable to mount /system and when i try to mount it with adb it says system not found so I have to use a backup of an older version to make everything work :/ . If I forgot anything please let me know and if someone could help i would really appriciate it. Thanks for reading.

D3va said:
So i'm using 5.0.2 crdroid rom and everything was working until now. My phone first freezes for a secound and than restarts. it does this every 1-3 hours. Idk why and it ussualy happens when i press something(like picture share,camera and so on).Also when I wipe my system,data,cache and dalvik when i try to install another rom I get an error saying unable to mount /system and when i try to mount it with adb it says system not found so I have to use a backup of an older version to make everything work :/ . If I forgot anything please let me know and if someone could help i would really appriciate it. Thanks for reading.
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What twrp are you using? If you are using the 2.8.4.0 then uncheck mtp in mount the freezes are probably rom related all aosp roms are in beta stage

I'm using TWRP v2.8.1.1 and mtp is on disabled. Thanks for the advice though.

I updated to a new recovery v2.8.4.0 I hope it will work now

unmount of /system failed; no such volume i get that error :S
I left it install for 20 minutes just to see will that error matter and seems like it doesn't matter. The rom installed at the end. Thanks for help.