Please, flame me not for I have read and read until I can read no more.
I am just confused and what to make sure I am following the right thread.
My Wife used Visionary r14 for some reason to permaroot her phone and it rebooted and is now stuck on the HTC Boot screen.
I go into Hboot and it shows S-on.
I do a factory reset to no avail.
From my understanding, there is still hope. Please what do I need to do to get her phone back working.
And attempting to flash back says that Main is older.
She is still stock with STOCK RECOVERY, everything.
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.82.0000
MMICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Sept 2 2010, 17.59.38
Thanks a million
Anyone? Please, some help. I have been glued to this forum all night.
You need to hex edit the pc10img.zip file. And if you had actually read enough, you would know that visionary bricks phones.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 running Cyanogenmod.
Go to the dev forum. There is a thread there about "how to recover your semi-brick". Follow that and read the steps to get back to stock and flash a stock PC10img.zip
Next time, don't let her run Visionary. Just do rage/gfree method and call it good.
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I know this question has been asked because I have searched through these forums and most of google. I cannot find a straight answer on how to unbrick this phone. I will explain how it happened so maybe somebody will know what to do.
So I rooted the phone fine and downloaded rom manager and flashed clockwork mod recovery. I made a image back up and then proceeded to flash a custom overclock kernel. When the phone rebooted, it just went to the mytouch 3g screen and then sits at a black screen and never loads.
I am able to get into fastboot, but it is COMPLETELY STOCK fastboot. No special spl or whatever. I have tried using fastboot commands on the computer to flash recoveries but still no luck. Any command always ends up with Failed: remote not allowed.
I swear, I have spent the past 4 hours looking for a solution and I have tried everything I've seen on this site and nothing works. I'm hoping someone knows something that I haven't found yet.
My question is, how do I get the stock fastboot to let me flash??
Here is the fastboot menu info..
Sapphire pvt 32a ship s-on
hboot-1.33.0013 (sapp31000)
cpld-13
radio-2.22.28.25
Find the right sappimg.zip, flash it in hboot, and start over
Thank you sir. Even though I don't know exactly what that is, I will research and figure it out. If I have any issues, I'll be back.
Ok, so for anyone who might find themselves in the same predicament that I was in, here is how to get out..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893004
basically create a gold card, use the appropriate sappimg.img and you will have an unlocked bootloader to flash everything back.
Back Story:
Okay...title says it, I need help. I used to follow this forum actively, and had my MT4G rooted and running thunderbolt ROM way back when, but I had to change service....I tried to restore my MT4G so that I could sell to someone who wasn't tech savvy, anyways...I thought I had bricked my device, but recently I somehow got it back to booting and recovery accessible...don't know how...but while it is rooted the s-on remains on, and im struggling on how I should go about turning it off.
Problem:
Arose from flashing a PD15.img without reverting to the stock radio first. I now have rooted MT4G with S-ON. I need help turning S-OFF and then if someone could direct me to a fool-proof way to restore it to stock.
What my boot loader looks like, should it be helpful..
MYT4G
GLACIER PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.86.0000
MICROP-0429
RADIO-26.09.04.26_M
eMMC-boot
Sep 27 2010, 11:12:59
I would appreciate any help. I originally tried to pursue these answers on my own but found it very time consuming, as I have lost touch with this device forum...I do not have much time, LONG days, minimal internet access.
try this link is has a lot of info..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=866175
UPDATE: Topic title should read 'unlocked'.
Had to start another topic for this. Just recently got my DZ but it came with android 2.3.3 so I thought 'bugger' and thought I would need to downgrade. I bought my phone 'factory unlocked' which I assumed just meant network unlocked.
BUT, I've just booted into the bootloader and it says I'm S-OFF. Does this mean it's a real S-OFF or similar to the engineering HBOOT S-OFF?
Would there be any way to root it without downgrading/custom rom do you think?
Anyone more experienced shed some light?
if it says SHIP S-OFF then you should have true s-off.
In which case getting perm root is simple, follow this guide, but only run the 'Gaining Temp Root' and '
Temp-Rooting to Backup' sections.
This should stick with a reboot, so you will have perm-root.
-Nipqer
Brilliant! This will definitely work even on the stock rom won't it? I only want root for setcpu for underclocking.
Gonna charge it up and give it a shot. Does my hboot version or anything else matter before I try this?
Just for info it says this in bootloader:
VISION PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.0013
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.10.04.03_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 11 2011,23:36:27
Thanks.
Well I went ahead and tried it and it worked great, I now have root!
I have noticed however that setcpu doesn't appear to allow underclocking with the stock rom. I thought maybe that would be ok. When I move the sliders, nothing changes.
Now that I'm rooted with S-OFF on gingerbread, can I install custom kernels?
If you install rom manager you can install clockworkmod recovery, and install a new rom/kernel through that.
-Nipqer
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium
Good stuff, you answered my next question which was how to get clockworkmod on.
Many Thanks.
hi this is my problem
tmobile mytouch 4g (sorry for the caps, just to write accurate, as it is)
GLACIER PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.89.0006
MICROP-0429
RADIO-26.13.04.19_M
eMMC-boot
Jul 15 2011,16:45:17
it won't boot, only tmobile mytouch 4g logo freezed, if i enter hboot and try to factory reset it freezes, just that, found and tried PD15IMG sd card, with msg too old....
PD15IMG_Glacier_Gingerbread_S_TMOUS_2.19.531.1_Radio_12.58.60.25_26.11.04.03_M_release_200756_signed
and
PD15IMG_Glacier_TMOUS_1.17.531.2_Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155771_signed
so is there any stock or newer than 26.13.04.19_M, so i can flash it to stock, or how to downgrade, if there is no root or temp and it doesn't boot, or i have to use jtag?
thank you very much indeed
No root, doesn't boot to the point where you can connect through ADB and temp-root (or ADB turned off), stock, S-ON and on latest OS build already - I'm afraid you have nothing to do.
hi
thank you very much indeed for your attention
i believe that i can conect it as adb if i put it in hboot, but how to temp root if i read, that the version is not rootable only after downgrade, maybe edit to downgrade?
hopefully, im trying to help a friend with this phone, and i dont want to try jtag only as the last option
ADB only works in the OS. Since you can't boot the OS even to initial stages, ADB won't work.
You can connect fastboot in bootloader, not ADB. But fastboot won't allow you anything before you're S-OFF and have engineering bootloader flashed. There is no operation to S-OFF the phone from bootloader, you need OS for that. And again, you don't have OS - you can't boot.
Which leaves you with nothing to do.
well
so it seems that either or i get the newest ruu or zip, with the same or newer rom, or the real chance, is that i should use jtag to fix it, i have 2 samsung ace, 1 hd2, and maybe after those ill try to solder this one to fix the boot, i was hopping to avoid this but not a chance, i have the tools and some experience, so lets do it
but thank you very much indeed for your time and help
I download a file from another site since I'm having the same exact problem. I was using darkside rom perfectly and i left my phone changing the screen that was broken. Then when i pick up my phone today i saw the same thing that you post. As I said, i download a PD15IMG gingerbread and ask me if i want to update and i say yes....but i dont know how long it will take since im doing that right now....and i think it just froze lol....
atv said:
hi this is my problem
tmobile mytouch 4g (sorry for the caps, just to write accurate, as it is)
GLACIER PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.89.0006
MICROP-0429
RADIO-26.13.04.19_M
eMMC-boot
Jul 15 2011,16:45:17
it won't boot, only tmobile mytouch 4g logo freezed, if i enter hboot and try to factory reset it freezes, just that, found and tried PD15IMG sd card, with msg too old....
PD15IMG_Glacier_Gingerbread_S_TMOUS_2.19.531.1_Radio_12.58.60.25_26.11.04.03_M_release_200756_signed
and
PD15IMG_Glacier_TMOUS_1.17.531.2_Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155771_signed
so is there any stock or newer than 26.13.04.19_M, so i can flash it to stock, or how to downgrade, if there is no root or temp and it doesn't boot, or i have to use jtag?
thank you very much indeed
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Not 100% but I think this might help you(if you haven't tried it already )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901477
and again, not sure how useful this would be to you, but...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845756
I have followed this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25372466&highlight=s-off+still#post25372466 to the roots of it and i still cant get s-on! Any one willing to help?! after i do the last step it still says s-off but this time with 85.000 hboot! do i have to flash the PD15IMG so i can have s-on after that last step?!
OKAY! i did the type ./gfee --secu_flag on" now if i redo the PD15IMG will i have s-on?!!?!?!
Did you restore the part7backup?
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA
Part7backup doesn't matter much. If gfree was run and pd15img will be flashed after it, S-ON will be restored.
Jack_R1 said:
Part7backup doesn't matter much. If gfree was run and pd15img will be flashed after it, S-ON will be restored.
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So what's his problem then? I'm not being sarcastic. If he got S-OFF with gfree and used gfree to turn the security flag back on, then...?
With Eng HBOOT the security flag isn't being checked - so he sees S-OFF even though the flag itself might be ON. PD15IMG with stock bootloader will revert his HBOOT to stock, which will reflect the actual flag status.
You guys were great help but I tried everything on what you guys showed me. But nothing seemed to work.. I sent the phone back unrooted but the flag still said s-off even without the eng boatloader... They sent me a replacement mt4g and it had the same issue with the screen being washed off. I talked with them (someone hung up on me twice, pissed me off) and they decoded to send me the sensation 4g. I am now going to be here and there trying to port good roms for you guys to enjoy on the mt4g! By the way, sense 3.6 on HTC isn't that different. Don't get too excited about it folks... Well thanks a lot for you're help ladies and gentlemen! Gcashiel singing off.
Ps. Pm Me if you like any sensation roms for me to port over!