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My phone isn't a brick but it might as well be, I flashed a CM7 build but didn't much like it so I never bothered to add the Google Apps, instead, I did a restore to my original MyTouch 4G backup but.... it didn't work, got a flashing screen, etc. so back to the CM7 build, now I can't run ROM Manager, it goes to the red triangle symbol, I can't run ADB, it won't find my phone, I can't root, it just keeps saying S=ON! Since I didn't add the Google Apps and can't now, I can't use the phone!
Am I out a MyTouch 4g? Is there anything that'll fix it?
xs11e said:
My phone isn't a brick but it might as well be, I flashed a CM7 build but didn't much like it so I never bothered to add the Google Apps, instead, I did a restore to my original MyTouch 4G backup but.... it didn't work, got a flashing screen, etc. so back to the CM7 build, now I can't run ROM Manager, it goes to the red triangle symbol, I can't run ADB, it won't find my phone, I can't root, it just keeps saying S=ON! Since I didn't add the Google Apps and can't now, I can't use the phone!
Am I out a MyTouch 4g? Is there anything that'll fix it?
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What google apps are you looking for, 99% of them can be found online and installed. Have you tried the online Android market (it can send downloads directly to your device) https://market.android.com/
You might be able use visionary to temp root the device, that will get you started
Bupahs said:
What google apps are you looking for, 99% of them can be found online and installed. Have you tried the online Android market (it can send downloads directly to your device) https://market.android.com/
You might be able use visionary to temp root the device, that will get you started
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Online market won't install because I've flashed my HD2 to Android so it keeps saying that everything is already installed.
Visionary won't temp root, nothing will, don't know why? Do you know just how many rooting proceedures there are on the WWW? I've tried each that I've found 3 or more times with no luck.
I'm going to try to see if the online market will allow me to install Root Explorer, that may help me some....
It won't. There seems no way to change phones???
xs11e said:
My phone isn't a brick but it might as well be, I flashed a CM7 build but didn't much like it so I never bothered to add the Google Apps, instead, I did a restore to my original MyTouch 4G backup but.... it didn't work, got a flashing screen, etc. so back to the CM7 build, now I can't run ROM Manager, it goes to the red triangle symbol, I can't run ADB, it won't find my phone, I can't root, it just keeps saying S=ON! Since I didn't add the Google Apps and can't now, I can't use the phone!
Am I out a MyTouch 4g? Is there anything that'll fix it?
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When you tried to restore, did you flash the recovery back to version 2.x? You need a 2.x recovery (use 2.5.1.2) to flash CM6, stock, and other Froyo roms. This should let you restore back to stock. Supposedly clockworkmod 3.0.0.6 can flash back and forth between Froyo and Gingerbread roms, but I haven't tried it yet.
Thanks but whatever version of Clockworkmod I have is what I have since the critter won't allow anything to be changed???
I can't get into Clockworkmod so I think changing versions won't help but I can't change so it's sort of moot at this point. The phone will do either one of these things:
1. Boot normally into the partial CM7 build which isn't usable as explained elsewhere.
2. It'll do the hold Vol Dn and hit power boot but then it won't do anything, the only option that works is normal boot and then I'm right back into CM7.
3. I can select "restore" or boot normally and select ROM Manager and hit boot into recovery and it'll reboot to the error screen, red triangle with ! sign on it.
That is the stock Recovery (which doesn't do anything but display the lovely triangle).
If Rom Manager is running in your broken CM7 system, you could re-flash Clockwork Recovery.
You can also flash a Clockwork Recovery image using adb or Fastboot.
xs11e said:
Thanks but whatever version of Clockworkmod I have is what I have since the critter won't allow anything to be changed???
I can't get into Clockworkmod so I think changing versions won't help but I can't change so it's sort of moot at this point. The phone will do either one of these things:
1. Boot normally into the partial CM7 build which isn't usable as explained elsewhere.
2. It'll do the hold Vol Dn and hit power boot but then it won't do anything, the only option that works is normal boot and then I'm right back into CM7.
3. I can select "restore" or boot normally and select ROM Manager and hit boot into recovery and it'll reboot to the error screen, red triangle with ! sign on it.
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As mentioned the red triangle is the stock recovery. Not sure how you flashed CM7 with the stock recovery but for some reason it sounds like that is all you have on your phone. FYI...If you hold the vol up and power button at the red triangle screen it should boot you into the stock recovery.
A couple of things that caught my eye. You say that your phone now says s=on. did it used to say s=off? When you say you went back to CM7 after trying to flash your backup, what steps did you take to try and go back? Was your backup made thru Rom Manager? Did you try to use Rom Manager to restore your backup?
First thing I would try is a full wipe and factory reset from the stock recovery if you can get there. You need to try and get CM7 to load correctly. If you can do that then you should be able to flash a new recovery. You dont need s=off to flash roms but you do need root.
Do you still have root acces? Ie: can you use SuperUser? Try a few root apps and see if they as for su permission.
jggimi said:
That is the stock Recovery (which doesn't do anything but display the lovely triangle).
If Rom Manager is running in your broken CM7 system, you could re-flash Clockwork Recovery.
You can also flash a Clockwork Recovery image using adb or Fastboot.
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Thanks, ROM manager is running but re-flashing Clockwork Recovery doesn't help anything, it completes successfully but any attempt to do anything with it gets me to the red triangle.
I wish I could flash a recovery image using ADB or Fastboot, neither will function.
TrueBlue_Drew said:
As mentioned the red triangle is the stock recovery. Not sure how you flashed CM7 with the stock recovery but for some reason it sounds like that is all you have on your phone. FYI...If you hold the vol up and power button at the red triangle screen it should boot you into the stock recovery.
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Correct, that's all that's there or at least all I can access so far. Vol up + pwr does boot me into stock recovery but that doesn't help.... <sigh>
A couple of things that caught my eye. You say that your phone now says s=on. did it used to say s=off? When you say you went back to CM7 after trying to flash your backup, what steps did you take to try and go back? Was your backup made thru Rom Manager? Did you try to use Rom Manager to restore your backup?
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Yes, I did have S=off to flash. Steps trying to go back were none, really, after the restore failed the phone wouldn't do anything as detailed in my posts. The backup was made through Rom Manager and that's what I used to try the restore.
First thing I would try is a full wipe and factory reset from the stock recovery if you can get there. You need to try and get CM7 to load correctly. If you can do that then you should be able to flash a new recovery. You dont need s=off to flash roms but you do need root.
Do you still have root acces? Ie: can you use SuperUser? Try a few root apps and see if they as for su permission.
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Wiped and factory reset several times with no change in the problem. I'd love to get CM7 to load correctly but since I didn't originally load the GAPPS it's pretty useless, no gmail, no contacts or calendar, no Android market (which means all that's on the phone is all I can get, the online market won't work as mentioned in a previous post.) I cannot flash a new recovery, that's what I've been trying to do for several days now.
I do have root access, I can use SuperUser but it doesn't seem to do anything. Attempts to re-root have failed.
i feel ya bro, the reason I am asking these questions is to try and figure out what you have tried and not tried. CM7 isnt useless if you can get it to load. Just because you dont have the gapps installed, that shouldnt do anything but make you not have the market and google apps. Do you have adb set up and will it recognize your device? The biggest question is why would it have turned s=on and why wouldnt rom manager be able to flash a new recovery. Rom manager has a problem making/flashing backups using 3.0.0.X recoveries so that is where this problem started I think. Thats why I am trying to get you a clean working CM7. Does it give you a error when trying to install recovery through rom manager? Have you tried going to applications/manage applications/all/Rom Manager and clearing the data?
If you have su access you might also be able to flash a new recovery via terminal emulator.
Thanks, I appreciate the help and sympathy! I've fixed it in a very unorthodox way, it involved going to T-Mobile's website, changing phone to Blackberry 9700, moving SIM to 9700 and switching data plan to Blackberry.
Dang, that's a little screen....
The reason I'm maybe not giving you all the information you need is that I have very bad arthritis in my hands and I try to type as little as possible, I'm sorry if I'm not being clear but don't hesitate to ask if you need more info.
Not having the gmail means no sync, can't import contacts or calendar, no apps means what I have on the phone is ALL I HAVE, I can't get anything else. That's why I say it's unusable.
ADB does not recognize the device.
Installing recovery through Rom manager results in red triangle.
I did clear Rom manager data as you suggested but it didn't help.
How could I flash recover through terminal emulator, I do have that and can access it and typing SU does give me the # prompt so that's helpful maybe? I'd need step by step directions because I'm very unfamiliar with using terminal emulator, I've only used it to follow directions given in the rooting instructions.
xs11e said:
Thanks, I appreciate the help and sympathy! I've fixed it in a very unorthodox way, it involved going to T-Mobile's website, changing phone to Blackberry 9700, moving SIM to 9700 and switching data plan to Blackberry.
Dang, that's a little screen....
The reason I'm maybe not giving you all the information you need is that I have very bad arthritis in my hands and I try to type as little as possible, I'm sorry if I'm not being clear but don't hesitate to ask if you need more info.
Not having the gmail means no sync, can't import contacts or calendar, no apps means what I have on the phone is ALL I HAVE, I can't get anything else. That's why I say it's unusable.
ADB does not recognize the device.
Installing recovery through Rom manager results in red triangle.
I did clear Rom manager data as you suggested but it didn't help.
How could I flash recover through terminal emulator, I do have that and can access it and typing SU does give me the # prompt so that's helpful maybe? I'd need step by step directions because I'm very unfamiliar with using terminal emulator, I've only used it to follow directions given in the rooting instructions.
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to flash a recovery image via terminal emulator if you are on cm7 is:
Type "su" and then enter the code below after putting the recovery on your sd card. Make sure you name it recovery.img
Code:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/[COLOR=black]recovery.img[/COLOR]
LMK if that works.
Thanks, I'm not sure what I expected but what happened is exactly nothing:
Put Recovery.img on card, booted up phone, started Terminal Emulator got:
export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
$ su
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
#
And that's it, nothing happened at all, just went back to the # prompt.
xs11e said:
Thanks, I'm not sure what I expected but what happened is exactly nothing:
Put Recovery.img on card, booted up phone, started Terminal Emulator got:
export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
$ su
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
#
And that's it, nothing happened at all, just went back to the # prompt.
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As long as you named it recovery.img and not Recovery.img it should have worked. Try to boot into recovery by powering off your phone and then holding the vol but and power button at the same time. Then chose recovery. Or if you on CM7 just hold power button for a sec and then reboot and recovery.
LMK if that works.
I checked the name several times, booting into recovery just takes me to the red triangle, I've tried that many times before, nothing's changed.
I suspect it's a brick?
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I checked the name several times, booting into recovery just takes me to the red triangle, I've tried that many times before, nothing's changed.
I suspect it's a brick?
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ok, I still dont believe its a brick. Are you running a rom at all? I mean does it boot into CM7 even though you dont have Gapps? Or is it totaly stuck on bootloop all the time. I am going to send you a PM with my Gtalk. Add me if you want and maybe it will make it a little easier to communicate and help.
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ok, I still dont believe its a brick. Are you running a rom at all? I mean does it boot into CM7 even though you dont have Gapps? Or is it totaly stuck on bootloop all the time.
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It boots right up in CM7, if I'd added the Gapps at the beginning I'd just be running it happily I think? I'd be able to sync and get needed apps from the market, etc. etc.
I am going to send you a PM with my Gtalk. Add me if you want and maybe it will make it a little easier to communicate and help.
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Thanks, I'd really prefer to do it this way. Why? Because I'm really sick of messing with it and I hate to spend much time working on it now, I've resigned myself to having a very costly paperweight! Using the thread here allows me to check in once or twice a day when the urge strikes, besides, I really don't IM, never have, never could figure it out. I don't text either, it's blocked at T-Mo's website and on my phones as well. I'm not really a technophobe but I'm 99.2 % one.....
That's fine. I was just trying to maybe make it a little easier in ya.
If you can install a .apk I can send you the market and a few things. We can try to get a few things going that way if you want. If we can get the market going you can get gmail and every thing else from there. will attach the market and tell you how to install if you want
Sent from my HTC Glacier
If he's still s=on, he's not going to be able to flash recovery. You need to get s=off.
Grab the .apk for Visionary. Grab gfree. Grab an apk for a terminal emulator if you don't have one. Put them all on your sdcard, boot into CM7, and follow the instructions for the gfree method here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
If you don't have a file manager to get to them, you could try SMS'ing the download links to the phone and installing through the browser for the .apk's.
TrueBlue_Drew said:
That's fine. I was just trying to maybe make it a little easier in ya.
If you can install a .apk I can send you the market and a few things. We can try to get a few things going that way if you want. If we can get the market going you can get gmail and every thing else from there. will attach the market and tell you how to install if you want
Sent from my HTC Glacier
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I can't install an APK. I got all the Google apps and put them on the SD card, if I click on one I get "couldn't parse the file" what ever that means?
Actuall, it did install the Market apk but it won't open.....
I had the Liberty 1.5 ROM on my Droid Rooted with Rom Manager Clock Work recovery and everything was fine until..
I found a file on the web called Monster_D2_2.3.2_4.5.153 I used Clock Work recovery and installed it.
Now my phone says I have Android Version 2.3.3 Build Number STAB
Kernal Version: 2.6.32.9-gd72dc5da20523
It's running fine but I have lost ClockWork Recovery. I can not root the phone after trying several different methods. I can not install anything on it with its stock recovery without getting a signiture failure in the stock recovery and worst of all I can not uninstall it or overwrite it with anything I have loaded on the SD card.
I would be happy to remove this build and re-install Liberty.
I would be even more happy If I could just get this rooted and have my clockwork recovery back.
can anyone help me by pointing me to a thread or link that can help?
Thanks SO much
Gingerbread Dead :0
The problem is that there isn't a known process for rooting Gingerbread (except for installing a pre-rooted ROM)
SBF back to stock, and then you should be able to root, install clockworkmod, and then reinstall Liberty.
pcwebiz said:
I had the Liberty 1.5 ROM on my Droid Rooted with Rom Manager Clock Work recovery and everything was fine until..
I found a file on the web called Monster_D2_2.3.2_4.5.153 I used Clock Work recovery and installed it.
Now my phone says I have Android Version 2.3.3 Build Number STAB
Kernal Version: 2.6.32.9-gd72dc5da20523
It's running fine but I have lost ClockWork Recovery. I can not root the phone after trying several different methods. I can not install anything on it with its stock recovery without getting a signiture failure in the stock recovery and worst of all I can not uninstall it or overwrite it with anything I have loaded on the SD card.
I would be happy to remove this build and re-install Liberty.
I would be even more happy If I could just get this rooted and have my clockwork recovery back.
can anyone help me by pointing me to a thread or link that can help?
Thanks SO much
Gingerbread Dead :0
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Yup, SBF is the way to go.
SBF Guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770224 (be sure to use RSDlite 4.9)
SBF Download:
h t t p://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/droid-2-discussion/5323-tbh-mydroidworld-present-droid-2-2-3-20-triple-threat.html
If you made a backup of liberty before you installed 2.3.3, after you root and put clockwork on, you should be able to just restore it.
It's always good to do as much research as you can before trying anything like that.
I installed VRZ_A955_2.3.20_1FF_01.sbf
Then I was able to root the phone and use my root applications. The device is very slow and too sketchy to complete anyone task so it was a failure.
Now with your advice I should get back on the right track. Thank You very much for the response. I thought for a moment I might have to drop my phone on the pavement and go to phoneclaim dot com. But you cant learn anything taking the easy way out. lol I'll post the outcome.
pcwebiz said:
I installed VRZ_A955_2.3.20_1FF_01.sbf
Then I was able to root the phone and use my root applications. The device is very slow and too sketchy to complete anyone task so it was a failure.
Now with your advice I should get back on the right track. Thank You very much for the response. I thought for a moment I might have to drop my phone on the pavement and go to phoneclaim dot com. But you cant learn anything taking the easy way out. lol I'll post the outcome.
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Yup, as long as you can get the phone into bootloader mode, the phone isn't bricked.
Hope everything works out!
Sent from my Liberated DROID 2
I've had that performance problem after SBF'ing as well. I think I cleared data and rebooted a couple times to address the issue...
Complete Recovery!
Thank You SO much!
I began having a black screen.after a few weeks on gingerbread so I decided to sbf back to froyo but it failed now my phone gives the MOTO logo and goes directly to a black screen. I can't get it into flash mode even with holding the arrow up key. I'm out of ideas here so I'm really hoping to find a way to get this working again without being worried that its truly bricked. Any help would be greatly appreciative.
Have you been able to boot into anything else, such as the stock recovery?
I have a rooted EVO 4G that I rooted with Unrevoked after I got the OTA update to FroYo. I removed a bunch of apps with Titanium that in hindsight I probably should have just froze, as I can't manually install any updates without getting an error message. I believe this is due to the update trying to install to a missing app. If I reinstall the original ROM, is there any way to save the paid apps I have on the phone? Suggestions?
you could with titanium, just hit the apps then backup.
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I have a rooted EVO 4G that I rooted with Unrevoked after I got the OTA update to FroYo. I removed a bunch of apps with Titanium that in hindsight I probably should have just froze, as I can't manually install any updates without getting an error message. I believe this is due to the update trying to install to a missing app. If I reinstall the original ROM, is there any way to save the paid apps I have on the phone? Suggestions?
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If you want to download the original rom and still remain rooted, download the Stock ODEXED 3.70 rom from the link below and flash it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874251
Make sure you go into recovery, wipe EVERYTHING in the wipe menu except your SD card and then flash the rom. Afterwards, be patient during the initial boot. When you've booted into your homescreen and signed in with your Google credentials, start the Market app. Your paid apps should be listed under the MY APPS tab.
After you get your device exactly how you want it, reboot into recovery and make a nandroid backup. Get used to doing that each time you make a change to your device. Doing so will allow you to return your device to exactly how it was before the changes were made in case you don't like the changes. All of your apps will be intact as well as your homescreens.
EyeNoU said:
I have a rooted EVO 4G that I rooted with Unrevoked after I got the OTA update to FroYo. I removed a bunch of apps with Titanium that in hindsight I probably should have just froze, as I can't manually install any updates without getting an error message. I believe this is due to the update trying to install to a missing app. If I reinstall the original ROM, is there any way to save the paid apps I have on the phone? Suggestions?
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your paid apps, if downloaded from the market, will always show in the market, and you can redownload them from any new rom you flash. they are attached to your google account.
you can use any of multiple backup methods if you want (titanium is my fav too), but your paid apps will always show in the market.
ROM won't flash.
Says to switch to edify scripting? What now?
I think that has something to do with the version of recovery u are using.... Try amon ra's beta test version for recovery or if you are more comfortable with clockwork use version 3.0.0. They both work
HTC EVO 4G
EyeNoU said:
Says to switch to edify scripting? What now?
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Old packages are not compatible with the newest version of Clockwork Mod Recovery (3.0+) so you need to downgrade to a 2.x release, which is simple to do via Rom Manager. Or you can find a newer package to use instead. I would suggest going with the 2.x version of CWM Recovery.
Or... you can just grab the latest PC36IMG.zip and throw that on the root of your SD card, then reboot to bootloader by holding volume down while powering on. That'll set everything back to the way it came. Make sure you grab the right PC36IMG.zip that you need before flashing...
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Well, now I really get a chance to show my ignorance. When I got to the point that I was getting error message, I panicked as I needed the phone at work the next day. I went with the "reboot now" option in recovery mode not knowing what else to do. The phone rebooted with FroYo installed and still rooted. All the downloaded apps were gone.
One of the main worries I had was I didn't know if I could get out of recovery mode after the wipe without having flashed a new ROM. It appears I was able to.
Also, is there any way to load files to the SD card if I get hung up like again?
I guess the advice I most needed is to download the older version of CWM into ROM Manager, and make a backup immediately, and also once I get all apps reloaded and have the phone tweaked to my liking?
The first thing you should do is boot into recovery and make a nand backup. If you are just learning probably use rom manager and get the paid version. Once you have a backup you should not have any worries. You should be able to access your SD card from recovery.
Up until today I never did anything to my droid x as far as rooting and roms. I kept everything completely factory and android was at its latest version which is gingerbread 2.3.3 and system version 4.5.605.MB810.Verizon.en.US.
My goal today was to finally experiment this and install Liberty Rom. I completely failed because of all the version complications and plenty of other errors. Before I describe my final problem I should backtrack and let you know exactly what I did today so you can possibly get me out of this mess.
1. The very first thing I did was follow all of the steps at a forum on droid-life "How To: Get Rooted Gingerbread On DROID X" sorry it won't let me post the link.
After all of this I ended up with gingerbread again, but I guess a rooted version. No idea why this was the tutorial I followed when trying to install liberty. Throughout the tutorial I ended up buying "Droid X BootStrapper" because the tutorial had me use it.
Right after this tutorial I bought an app called Rom Toolbox for $5.00 downloaded Liberty through it and was trying to install through it. Every time it rebooted I would get a black screen. Never worked so many issues probably because I flashed the wrong sbf or something.
Here are the programs that I ended up buying today:
z4root (free), DroidXBootStrapper ($2.00), Rom Toolbox ($5.00).
That is everything I have done and all of the apps I own. Can someone please start fresh and give me short instructions to start from scratch on how to get the latest and greatest version of Liberty on my droidx from where I'm stuck at now. I want to completely start over and I am willing to do anything. I hope the apps I bought help and I also want to assume 2 of them probably do the same thing and I didn't need them.
Buying those tools will at least help support 2 members of the community (Koush & JRummy).
I'm pretty sure Z4Root does not work on the GB versions of DX firmware. That's probably why nothing is working. You aren't actually getting root.
you are on the .605 version of GB (when you see references to .602, .605, etc ...)
To get root, start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1258599
You may also want to download the Droid2 recovery rather than the DX. The D2 version is a little newer and I think avoids a slight bug on later kernels when Debug is on. The D2 version works just fine on the DX. It can be downloaded free from here:
http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/08/droid-x-recovery.html
Once you are rooted and have recover properly working, you should be able to use the Rom Toolbox to download and install Liberty. Just make sure you read carefully about the 'version' requirements on any ROM.
Oh ok so I was rooting it wrong.
I easily rooted the phone using Pete's Motorola Root Tools. I realized that Rom Toolbox Pro accesses clockwork recovery when the phone is rebooted instead of the phone just restarting fully. But, I still want to start fresh and do everything from the start again. Please let me know if you have any suggestions in the way or order I am doing things. My phone is currently up rooted at 4.5.596 and rooted by Pete's Motorola Root Tools but I want to start over from the beginning so here is what I am going to do:
Note: Before I do anything I am going to format my SD card for a fresh start.
1. Use RSD_Lite 4.9 to Flash my phone back to 2.3.340 using a file called VRZ_MB810_2.3.34_1FF_01.sbf. I always do this part with no problem.
2. Do a hold power+home then search and do a system wipe/restore. Then Activate service, sign into gmail etc.
3. Now that the OS is loaded (the old version with the grey bars 2.3.340) I am going to root my phone using Petes Root Tools. (I hope I can root it with this tool when the firmware is this version.)
4. Put the 3 zip files I have on my SD card to upgrade to GB 588. Also put my GB 596 file on here.
5. I will download 1 app. D2BootStrapper. Bootstrap recovery, reboot into recovery. Install all 3 zip files from SD card. Now I boot up in GB 588.
6. Now I go right back into D2BootStrapper. Bootstrap recovery, reboot into recovery. Install GB 596. Now I have GB 596 rooted and loaded.
7. After this, shouldn't I be able to download Rom Manager Premium and Rom Toolbox Pro and test as many roms as I want? always reverting back to my original backup.
I noticed after installing liberty I was getting all kind of force close popups. And the phone wouldn't connect to service. But then I just held power + home then hit the up/down arrows and did a wipe/restore and it loaded liberty and everything works. Is this normally what has to be done when installing roms?
If there is anything wrong with my process please let me know. Whew I can't believe all that I learned in 1 day.
You've got a lot of steps there that really aren't necessary. When you install a ROM like Liberty, it replaces EVERYTHING in /system. Thus, about all that is left from a .596, .588, .602, etc install is the kernel. The Kernel doesn't change very often in Motorola builds. The last change was on .602. Thus, for your purposes there is no difference between .602 and .605 (FYI, .605 was just a keyboard fix over .602).
So, if you search around, you should find an SBF or AIO flash file to get you to .602.
Or you can simply take the OTA update from VZW after SBF'ing to .340
Once you've flashed your Rom, be sure to clear data/factory reset. You should then start with a clean system.
Alright, if you don't mind can you please let me know what steps I can avoid.
I didn't think it was possible to have a rooted .605 but I guess I was wrong.
So my goal should be to get to .605, then root it. Then install roms from there?
On your first post you said you were on .605. I'm assuming that is still the case.
If so, then root it with pete's tool (I think you've already done that).
Install D2bootstrap, then ROM Toolbox and install your rom from there.
I have to be honest, in that I've not used Liberty in a while, nor have I used Rom Toolbox. It shouldn't be a problem, just make sure that the version of Liberty you are using is for the GB kernel. Some of the older versions of Liberty (Which I did use, and like) were for the Froyo kernel (in that case, stay on .340 and do your upgrades).
Make sure you wipe data in recovery after installing the ROM. Lots of 'Boot Loops' are due to not wiping data after flashing a new rom.
Yeah
Yeah I read up on all of that. I actually might not end up going with Liberty. Going to try others like ICX. But before I do any of this I need to get to .605.
No I am not at .605 I believe that's where my phone was before I started all of this.
Right now I am flashing back to 2.3.34
Once I am back up and running there. Can you please recommend the easiest way to get to .605 and that will be my final question.
.605 should update automatic. If not you can disable the updater using titanium backup by freezing system updater.
1. Use petes tools install cwm as well
A. Droid x bootstrap get this
B. Titanium backup. Backup your apps
2. Make a backup using cwm and backup apps with tb
3. Put the rom zip files on the sd card.
4. Reboot to recovery. Reformat system data etc
DO NOT REFORMAT THE SD CARD.
5. Wipe cache davik etc.
6 flash rom. And reboot.
7 run tb for your apps
Should be a smooth and clean install. The roms are already rooted so no need to worry about that. Hope this helps
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We aren't supposed to link to other forums, so expect this link to get removed.
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?399-UPDATED-GUIDE-LINKS-DX-SBF-s
I would point you to a link here, but couldn't find a quick/easy link to what I wanted.
In this list is an SBF file for .602. Since you seem comfortable with doing SBF's, I would just SBF straight to .602 and root it from there.
Don't know much about ICX, but would encourage you to look at the CM7DXGB thread over at Rootzwiki as well.
ohh, well I just went to Settings > About Phone and its auto updating to .605
Am I not going to be able to root it after this update or should it be fine.
HunterT said:
ohh, well I just went to Settings > About Phone and its auto updating to .605
Am I not going to be able to root it after this update or should it be fine.
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Pete's Root tool should root .605 just fine.
One last thing
As far as Clockwork recovery goes.
Should I always be in the latest version 5.0.2.0 (the blue version)
Or the old version 2.something (the green version)
Why is there 2 version and why would I ever want to flash back to the old version 2.something?
Zaphod-Beeblebrox said:
Pete's Root tool should root .605 just fine.
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Pete's will work on .605 I did two the other day
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HunterT said:
As far as Clockwork recovery goes.
Should I always be in the latest version 5.0.2.0 (the blue version)
Or the old version 2.something (the green version)
Why is there 2 version and why would I ever want to flash back to the old version 2.something?
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Couple things most of the updates are to add support fix minor bugs etc.
I run the one from petes all the time I forget which version. I haven't had problems.
On my mt4g slide I had to flash a modified verson of clockwork due to my phone being newer and not as much support
With that said its not a difficult process to get a new recovery image. You would need terminal emulator and root explorer. Couple of great guides on here on how to do so. Also other methods as well.
All in all the ones that pete's give you should suffice. Unless your one of the extreame types of people who want the newest or like messing around.
Just remember backups can make the process and hassle of soft bricking your phone much easier to fix and takes a few mins to do.
Look around the forums lots of great information from the devs, experts, etc
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HunterT said:
As far as Clockwork recovery goes.
Should I always be in the latest version 5.0.2.0 (the blue version)
Or the old version 2.something (the green version)
Why is there 2 version and why would I ever want to flash back to the old version 2.something?
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The newer version changes the way backups are stored. The new format is smaller and quicker.
Among other issues/bug fixes as mentioned before, but the backup issue is important as the new version will not restore the old style backups.
Currently Running Miui 2.7.1.3 i believe the numbers are, whichever the latest version of the rom is. It installed no problem, was merely updating to try to fix theme issues from 2.6, and here is where the problem begins:
So i was browsing my phone and realised that i didn't have superuser on there, wondering why because usually every rom i ever ran had it automatically on there, installed it off of another site, the elite version, and from there everything got screwed up, i don't know what happened or why it started but, i could no longer run busybox, TBU, setcpu, nothing that requires root, due to the fact that superuser was denying root. I had no clue why, i've been reading threads for hours similar to "Superuser denying root" and such, and to no avail, the problem is still there, i have set superuser to both prompt and allow when asking for root, and neither worked, so i figured a clean fresh reflash of MIUI would help, however even after wiping and a clean install, root does not work, ive read some articles describing to just unroot and root again however it's been so long since ive rooted a phone, can anyone direct me to the best way to do this without having to do an ODIN and set up my phone allover again, keep in mind that it is still S-Off. What am i doing wrong?
I also have tried to clear data for superuser, as well as install multiple versions, neither have worked.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
ROBLEM SOLVED:
To those with similar problems to this who have ruled out other reasons, described in this thread, abandon Superuser and download SuperSU instead, it fixed my problem.
Odin is for Samsung Phones and if u lost root redownload the rom or Google super user and download the binaries and just flash them.
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I tried all that, anyway im in the middle of a stock restore right now and trying to reroot but stuck at the damn visionary step >.<
I am now stuck with S-on and back in a stock rom, downgraded, and visionary still doesnt work, i give up
Try gfree method
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You're very likely doing so much wrong..
MIUI has an option in settings - "allow superuser privileges". You didn't turn it on, and it's off by default. That's it. And from there you went to a whole new level of going the wrong way.
No amount of restoring to stock and re-rooting can help you. Root privileges aren't phone-specific, they're ROM-specific, and relevant only for the ROM currently on the phone. Reflash the ROM with something else - and existence or inexistence of root will depend on this "something else". Thus I fail to understand, what were you looking for when restoring to stock. It was as irrelevant as could possibly be.
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You're very likely doing so much wrong..
MIUI has an option in settings - "allow superuser privileges". You didn't turn it on, and it's off by default. That's it. And from there you went to a whole new level of going the wrong way.
No amount of restoring to stock and re-rooting can help you. Root privileges aren't phone-specific, they're ROM-specific, and relevant only for the ROM currently on the phone. Reflash the ROM with something else - and existence or inexistence of root will depend on this "something else". Thus I fail to understand, what were you looking for when restoring to stock. It was as irrelevant as could possibly be.
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I believe you got two troubleshootings steps backwards.
After you have searched and exhausted every troubleshooting step you found (which obviously wasn't thorough), you should have posted in the MIUI thread about the problem. They might have scolded you a little before answering, but you would have gotten your answer.
Flashing back to stock is ALWAYS your last resort. It should only be done after scouring the web for answers, then asking for the answer, and when there is no other alternative - FroYo PD15IMG.zip.
Jack is blunt, but as he's as right as always.
I'm not one to deny mistakes, that sure was stupid of me not to look, i guess i just thought there were deeper problems than just the rom having it turned off, anyway i'm doing the downgrade now and it should work, thank you for the help its appreciated
Jack_R1 said:
You're very likely doing so much wrong..
MIUI has an option in settings - "allow superuser privileges". You didn't turn it on, and it's off by default. That's it. And from there you went to a whole new level of going the wrong way.
No amount of restoring to stock and re-rooting can help you. Root privileges aren't phone-specific, they're ROM-specific, and relevant only for the ROM currently on the phone. Reflash the ROM with something else - and existence or inexistence of root will depend on this "something else". Thus I fail to understand, what were you looking for when restoring to stock. It was as irrelevant as could possibly be.
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Could you point me to this "allow superuser privileges"? I have restored with recovery and have yet to find such a setting.
If you are referring to the permission guard, it allows everything, and there is no setting to simply turn it on
No, not this one. It's been some time since I sold my Nexus One, which was running MIUI back at the time, but I understand that in the newer MIUI there is an app or setting, called LBC guard, which controls both Superuser access and app permissions. Try looking it up.
P.S. I remember CM team member post, saying that the newer CM9 also come with root privileges turned off by default, because they decided it's a safer way.
Right, and the Permission Guard is run by LBC guard, there is no way to set anything different from what i have, i believe its a problem with the busybox binaries and superuser binaries, i'm trying to use this SuperSU instead of superuser to see if that will work. If i remember correctly before all this happened i may have hit uninstall busybox by accident and that may be why its not working, could be that ive never had busybox working and haven't been able to install it due to the SU problem
EDIT: Yes i have solved it now, SuperSU actually makes the prompts for superuser come up now, im using it instead of superuser entirely, must be deeper problems with original superuser
If you had SuperSU installed on the system and additionally installed the regular Superuser, or the other way around - these two are incompatible on binaries AFAIK, and mixing the applications without cleaning up the build and using the correct binary could cause what you were experiencing.
Yes your probably correct only i had two separate versions of superuser that didnt overwrite and that must be where the binaries got messed up
The 1st thing I usually do when I install a new rom, is install SuperSU, update the binaries then I use Titanium to uninstall Superuser.
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Drakona.cookie said:
Currently Running Miui 2.7.1.3 i believe the numbers are, whichever the latest version of the rom is. It installed no problem, was merely updating to try to fix theme issues from 2.6, and here is where the problem begins:
So i was browsing my phone and realised that i didn't have superuser on there, wondering why because usually every rom i ever ran had it automatically on there, installed it off of another site, the elite version, and from there everything got screwed up, i don't know what happened or why it started but, i could no longer run busybox, TBU, setcpu, nothing that requires root, due to the fact that superuser was denying root. I had no clue why, i've been reading threads for hours similar to "Superuser denying root" and such, and to no avail, the problem is still there, i have set superuser to both prompt and allow when asking for root, and neither worked, so i figured a clean fresh reflash of MIUI would help, however even after wiping and a clean install, root does not work, ive read some articles describing to just unroot and root again however it's been so long since ive rooted a phone, can anyone direct me to the best way to do this without having to do an ODIN and set up my phone allover again, keep in mind that it is still S-Off. What am i doing wrong?
I also have tried to clear data for superuser, as well as install multiple versions, neither have worked.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
ROBLEM SOLVED:
To those with similar problems to this who have ruled out other reasons, described in this thread, abandon Superuser and download SuperSU instead, it fixed my problem.
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Anyone else with this problem go in the permissions app and enable root as miui uses its own root for security reasons.
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MIUI uses a customized superuser app. Use it and follow the instructions. Cnote ports the ROM. He knows what he's talking about.
Hello, I am a newbie and looking for a miracle. I am going to apologize for the length of this message in advance. Couple days ago I perm rooted the HTC Glacier Mytouch 4g using the instructions at //wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_glacier . As instructed, I downgraded the software to 1.17.531.2 and then perm rooted with S-Off on the device. Then, I installed the cyanogenMod 7.2.0-glacier (stable version) with the google apps. Everything worked great and was happy.
Right after I installed AdFree from Googleplay, I had issues but problem may not be caused by this app. Googleplay gave me a message of an “error no connection”. I got a message that the “ADWLauncher failed to launch” over and over again which prevented me from doing anything else. I was able to reboot the phone in between the notifications of the ADWLauncher failure. When I was back up and running, I got the same message of Googleplay “error no connection” and ADW failure very quick after start up. I pulled the battery and did a hard power up (volume down plus power button at same time). This is when things got worse. The Hboot starts up and wants to update, which I did but then I could not choose recovery mode to install a backup. If I choose not to update Hboot, then I only have the option to restart the phone. I can see on top of the screen “Glacier PVT SHIP S-OFF” .
Wait – things get worse. I am no longer running the cyanogenmod ROM but am back to the downgraded ROM 1.17.531.2. I still can’t download from googleplay because I get the message “Error no connection”, even though I am running on the old ROM. I can’t download apps from the phone, but I can push apps to phone from my googleplay account. I did push the ROM Manager app to the phone. When I start the ROM Manager, I get the message “You must root phone for ROM to function. Superuser was not found at “/system/bin/su” or “/system/xbin/su”.
I tried to start the recovery through adb using “adb reboot recovery”, but I get a power off symbol (a red circle) and phone freezes. I need to pull the battery to reboot.
Again sorry for the length. I am hoping for a miracle. Since I can’t do anything in the hard power up mode, I need to find a way to fix through adb or fastboot. Does anyone know how to get the Superuser installed through adb or fastboot? Is there a way to flash another custom ROM that has a superuser installed through adb or fastboot?
BTW. Gmail works fine.
thanks
Droid-2 said:
Hello, I am a newbie and looking for a miracle. I am going to apologize for the length of this message in advance. Couple days ago I perm rooted the HTC Glacier Mytouch 4g using the instructions at //wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_glacier . As instructed, I downgraded the software to 1.17.531.2 and then perm rooted with S-Off on the device. Then, I installed the cyanogenMod 7.2.0-glacier (stable version) with the google apps. Everything worked great and was happy.
Right after I installed AdFree from Googleplay, I had issues but problem may not be caused by this app. Googleplay gave me a message of an “error no connection”. I got a message that the “ADWLauncher failed to launch” over and over again which prevented me from doing anything else. I was able to reboot the phone in between the notifications of the ADWLauncher failure. When I was back up and running, I got the same message of Googleplay “error no connection” and ADW failure very quick after start up. I pulled the battery and did a hard power up (volume down plus power button at same time). This is when things got worse. The Hboot starts up and wants to update, which I did but then I could not choose recovery mode to install a backup. If I choose not to update Hboot, then I only have the option to restart the phone. I can see on top of the screen “Glacier PVT SHIP S-OFF” .
Wait – things get worse. I am no longer running the cyanogenmod ROM but am back to the downgraded ROM 1.17.531.2. I still can’t download from googleplay because I get the message “Error no connection”, even though I am running on the old ROM. I can’t download apps from the phone, but I can push apps to phone from my googleplay account. I did push the ROM Manager app to the phone. When I start the ROM Manager, I get the message “You must root phone for ROM to function. Superuser was not found at “/system/bin/su” or “/system/xbin/su”.
I tried to start the recovery through adb using “adb reboot recovery”, but I get a power off symbol (a red circle) and phone freezes. I need to pull the battery to reboot.
Again sorry for the length. I am hoping for a miracle. Since I can’t do anything in the hard power up mode, I need to find a way to fix through adb or fastboot. Does anyone know how to get the Superuser installed through adb or fastboot? Is there a way to flash another custom ROM that has a superuser installed through adb or fastboot?
BTW. Gmail works fine.
thanks
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I would download a recovery image and use fastboot to install it. Maybe something is wrong with your recovery.
fastboot flash recovery recoveryname.img
Then wipe system, do a factory reset, and wipe dalvik-cache before flashing a ROM. Also, re-download your ROM.
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I would download a recovery image and use fastboot to install it. Maybe something is wrong with your recovery.
fastboot flash recovery recoveryname.img
Then wipe system, do a factory reset, and wipe dalvik-cache before flashing a ROM. Also, re-download your ROM.
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Thanks - I will need to try this later