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greetings...i've read far too many threads on not being able to boot into "recovery" and "download" and haven't found anything to fix me...
i can successfully get into "recovery" but when i try to reinstall the packages it starts to run a recovery with Clockworkmod etc...it stops and reboots into recovery...this will go on and on...
now when i try to boot into "download" i can't, i've tried many methods none work.
any help?
rooted/clockwork recovery/nandroid back up prior to trying the vibrant7
same problem here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7904808#post7904808
The K-Zoo Kid said:
same problem here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7904808#post7904808
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sweet...well, not sweet...PM me if you find a fix: i'll do the same, i have a replacement on the way via t-mobile.
for the record, i've successfully gotten in to download mode and used Odin to get back to factory...twice, once for fun and once for resurrection...i don't know what went wrong, except while nandroiding maybe i backed up a bogus recovery rom before i flashed. i can't get past Vibrant, and i don't even see the battery recharge display either when i usb, i'm letting the battery run down to try and get to the green battery icon to try a "download" mode??? i've read of a move while you see the charging screen but i haven't been able to get there... oh well, live and learn. i am also searching for a way to boot from the removable sd card that has a system or recovery rom on it..nothing yet.
also, i've read people discussing newer models being blocked from download...well like i said i've done this with this phone before but i got a new SIM last week and this is the first attempt with the new SIM???? maybe a coincidence...
take battery out, plug in usb to pc, hold vol up n down, replace battery, boom download mode.
dsuycott said:
sweet...well, not sweet...PM me if you find a fix: i'll do the same, i have a replacement on the way via t-mobile.
for the record, i've successfully gotten in to download mode and used Odin to get back to factory...twice, once for fun and once for resurrection...i don't know what went wrong, except while nandroiding maybe i backed up a bogus recovery rom before i flashed. i can't get past Vibrant, and i don't even see the battery recharge display either when i usb, i'm letting the battery run down to try and get to the green battery icon to try a "download" mode??? i've read of a move while you see the charging screen but i haven't been able to get there... oh well, live and learn. i am also searching for a way to boot from the removable sd card that has a system or recovery rom on it..nothing yet.
also, i've read people discussing newer models being blocked from download...well like i said i've done this with this phone before but i got a new SIM last week and this is the first attempt with the new SIM???? maybe a coincidence...
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Alright i will doo... and you restored from odin after the problem started...?
I flashed the stock kernel and everything is good... Its in the OP of Eugenes rom.
98classic said:
take battery out, plug in usb to pc, hold vol up n down, replace battery, boom download mode.
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thanks for the reply...i've done that a bazillion times...won't go, i even went to the tmobile store in my hood and no go on their end...
The K-Zoo Kid said:
Alright i will doo... and you restored from odin after the problem started...?
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not after, i had restored from odin about two weeks ago...
Did you read my post about The stock kernal in eugenes original post?
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Did you read my post about The stock kernal in eugenes original post?
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yes(but i'm over saturated right now, i might have missed something) ...i'm dead in the water, i can't get to the point of anything seeing my device...my computer won't see it except as unknown usb device, no partitions show up, adb doesn't recognize it in any way...maybe i'm a [email protected], but i don't see anyway to flash it without at least getting in to download mode, or somehow pushing a .zip at the sd for a recovery??? technically figuring out that stuff is beyond my remaining brain cells...this seems like a dicey way for the phone to rely on when restoring to factory.... it would be nice to have the device look at All available partitions, internal/removable, for a recovery system or have an altogether different sd in the phone for a -R dedicated recovery volume....don't know, i'm a noob at this android stuff sooo....
Ok, so I was playing around with the new Root Tools app and made a few, what I thought were safe, tweeks to the system and rebooted the phone. It gets past the M screen, runs the boot animation and then starts the boot animation again. No way out except to pull the battery.
How can I get it out of this endless bootloop? If I have to factory reset and start again from scratch, so be it. I would just like to know how.
I've tried holding down different button combinations on boot but haven't come up with the right sequence I guess.
I've also tried pulling the battery as the animation starts, then putting it back in and rebooting which is supposed to call up the recovery mode, but it doesn't. I'm not sure what to try next? I wish these things had a reset button
It's a Droid 2 Rooted with the stock rom running Froyo 2.2. I have the Bootstrap recovery loaded and did a backup with the clockwork recovery. I also have, and use, Titanium Backup Pro for Root.
After bootlooping pull the battery and put it back in. Then plug the droid 2 in with the cable either wall or USB will work. Then turn it on and it should get you recovery. The phone has to be completely off when you plug it in though.
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EDIT: I tested it and USB won't work (at least for me) better off just using the wall plug.
Thanks, but that not working either. When I plug in the cable after the battery pull it starts up automatically and goes to the battery charge screen. I then shut it off and start it back up with no battery but plugged in and it goes right back into the boot loop after the M screen.
The batter charge screen is what you want. Just press the power button after you get the charge screen and you'll be booted into clockwork.
But in order to factory reset from a bootloop you have to flash an .sbf theres a few different tutorials. One in Windows, Another in linux/mac, and another in linux but for windows machines through an Ubuntu livecd(that I made).
Oh, OK I thought it was going to go right into recovery mode. Good to know.
I finally figured out how to get into the stock recovery and bootloader, so I tried to run the stock restore but after it wiped the data, it couldn't find the recovery file! So then I read in another post about using RSDlight 4.9 to do an sdf restore so I used that method. Of course while it was flashing I did come across your Ubuntu method and that does look like it would be a simpler process. I'm going make one of those CD's to have for next time.
Anyway, I was able to get it back to stock. It looks like most of my stuff is still on the SD card, so that's a bonus! I'll have to re-root before I can restore everything via Titanium, but that's going to be tomorrow's project. As for now just happy to to have my phone back. Especially before the wife (who has been telling me for weeks to stop F'in with it) found out .
I really appreciate that you took the time to help, thanks again!
No problem.
Could you change your Thread title to include [SOLVED]. Thanks
Can you please explain to me how you fixed this problem? I am currently having this problem now.
Please do not open/post in multiple threads for the same issue. This is a waste of time as we can see you have an open thread. Please reply to my response in your original thread for further assistance. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824254)
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Could you change your Thread title to include [SOLVED]. Thanks
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Ok, your wish is my command! ;-)
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Can I close this?
Yes. This issue has been resolved.
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Yes. This issue has been resolved.
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Ok, thanks
Just a quick post to let anyone that is interested know that VISIONary appears to work (to some extent at least) on the HTC Wildfire.
I have only used the 'Temproot now' option but that works well enough to give me root and let me install and run Titanium backup to backup my apps. No lasting changes are made when using this option so the root is lost at reboot but you can simply run it again when you need root access again.
There is a Permroot and Temproot at boot option but I havn't been brave enough to try those yet. (anyone brave enough to test these options? ;P)
In case anyone is wondering why I have gone this route instead of using the unREVOKED tool... it is because using VISIONary allows me to get root access without the seriously annoying 'unable to charge phone when switched off' bug that happens with the Wildfire after using the current unREVOKED tool. If that bug gets fixed I would probably use unREVOKED again but until then this is a good second best for me.
Big props to paul @ MoDaCo for this sweet tool.
Thanks i may try this
Dude as far as I know (and I've been looking for this bug quite a long time) the problem does not have nothing to do with unrevoked, but with the recovery that is "pre-installed" with it, in this case with ClockwordMod.
ricardoft said:
Dude as far as I know (and I've been looking for this bug quite a long time) the problem does not have nothing to do with unrevoked, but with the recovery that is "pre-installed" with it, in this case with ClockwordMod.
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Yes, I understand this but until unrevoked release a version with a different recovery version the problem stills exists. I believe that you can flash the htc recovery instead of the ClockworkMod recovery and not get this problem. But if I do that, I don't get ClockworkMod (and most importantly the ability to nandroid backup) so I might as well just use this temproot method.
As I said in my original post, if an updated unrevoked is released with a fixed "pre-installed" recovery I would use that method but until then this works for when I want root.
with unrevoked you can install custom recovery if exist for wildfire, unrevoked dont edit recovery, it is clockworkmod team work
Or you can charge while your phone is ON instead , I do, cause I don't like getting missed calls etc.
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rolks said:
with unrevoked you can install custom recovery if exist for wildfire, unrevoked dont edit recovery, it is clockworkmod team work
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Hpez said:
I believe that you can flash the htc recovery instead of the ClockworkMod recovery and not get this problem.
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As I said above, I know you can use the HTC recovery and the problem goes away but then so does ClockworkMod and the important ability to be able to be able to make nandroid backups. There is a thread here in the forums about this bug and in it someone contacted Koush (Clockworkmod author) and he said it was not a bug with ClockworkMod.
So I don't really know where the problem lies, only that VISONary gives us another option to use in situations when we really must have root, until this problem is resolved in someway.
kevin2516 said:
Or you can charge while your phone is ON instead , I do, cause I don't like getting missed calls etc.
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What happens in this situation; your battery goes low to the point your phone switches off (maybe a night out and you forgot to charge you phone etc) now because your battery is so low, your phone won't switch on. Now, if you can't switch your phone on because your battery is too low and you can't charge your phone when it is switched off....... how do you use your phone again?
Now I understand this situation will very probably not happen but it is an example of why this bug is annoying.
Hpez said:
What happens in this situation; your battery goes low to the point your phone switches off (maybe a night out and you forgot to charge you phone etc) now because your battery is so low, your phone won't switch on. Now, if you can't switch your phone on because your battery is too low and you can't charge your phone when it is switched off....... how do you use your phone again?
Now I understand this situation will very probably not happen but it is an example of why this bug is annoying.
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Dude you probably don't have read the hole thread. If you had, you probably know that POWER + VOLUME DOWN + TRACKPAD will reboot your phone and you can use it without removing your battery ; ) And yes, this method works fine so now we have 2 methods to root our phones. Yeah! : )
ricardoft said:
Dude you probably don't have read the hole thread. If you had, you probably know that POWER + VOLUME DOWN + TRACKPAD will reboot your phone and you can use it without removing your battery ; ) And yes, this method works fine so now we have 2 methods to root our phones. Yeah! : )
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Ok, so you can press POWER + VOLUME DOWN + TRACKPAD to reboot to save having to take the battery out (thats cool, I didnt know that, thanks for the info) to get the phone working again but will the phone charge when it is off? If not, then the situation is still the same.
I guess phone charge every time, connected or disconnected. The only problem is the orange light, that stays up no matter what you do (until you reboot or pull the battery out) xD
So if I root with underevoked I can't recharge phone when it's not turned on?
And what can u do with temproot? I mean can you flash roms and kernells? plz help
dud3me said:
So if I root with underevoked I can't recharge phone when it's not turned on?
And what can u do with temproot? I mean can you flash roms and kernells? plz help
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There is a thread discussing this bug, you would be best to have a read of it as it explains the problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=769062
As for the temproot question; no you can't flash ROMS, you need Clockworkmod for that but the temproot allows you to use apps that need root access (e.g. Titanium backup).
Hpez said:
As for the temproot question; no you can't flash ROMS, you need Clockworkmod for that but the temproot allows you to use apps that need root access (e.g. Titanium backup).
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Y would i want to use that
VISONary+ doesn't seem to work any more on the Wildfire after the latest 2.21 OTA update.
VISIONary Permroot
Hi everyone, after reading through this thread I wasn't sure if anyone had successfully tried permroot using VISIONary. (I wasn't having too much luck with the Unrevoked method).
Just tried it now, and as others have found the temproot works just fine. The permroot however just doesnt want to work! I mean it doesnt brick the phone thankfully but it just didnt work for me.
I have a rooted X stuck at the M logo(I can get to the stock recovery) and I want to know if there's a way to get to Clockworkmod.
I have Koush's bootstrap and Clockworkmod installed, so all I need is something that will trigger the bootstrap.
The backstory is that I was uninstalling Blur applications from ApeX and got a little overzealous, and now it won't boot(probably waiting for an application that's never going to start).
Ive heard that if you hold the down volume button when powering on, it will send you to bootstrap.
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I have a rooted X stuck at the M logo(I can get to the stock recovery) and I want to know if there's a way to get to Clockworkmod.
I have Koush's bootstrap and Clockworkmod installed, so all I need is something that will trigger the bootstrap.
The backstory is that I was uninstalling Blur applications from ApeX and got a little overzealous, and now it won't boot(probably waiting for an application that's never going to start).
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Try plugging in a usb cable and pull the battery and put it back in, turn it on with the usb still in.
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I think you're in for an SBF Flash. I had a similar problem the other day (tried to install a new rom...foolishly didn't make sure the battery was charged.) I tried all the above and then wound up doing a flash. Once I was back to stock the then gained root (another story) I quickly loaded Bootstrapper & restored my primary ROM (Darkslide 4.1) and am now a happy camper again.
I eventually gave up and SBF'd to stock, rooted, and then reinstalled ApeX. I was able to keep /data through the whole process, so I didn't lose too much. Is there any way to set up clockworkmod that it will always load in place of the default recovery system?
IWHBYD said:
I eventually gave up and SBF'd to stock, rooted, and then reinstalled ApeX. I was able to keep /data through the whole process, so I didn't lose too much. Is there any way to set up clockworkmod that it will always load in place of the default recovery system?
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Install Koushs bootstrap recovery.
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Install Koushs bootstrap recovery.
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I've had it installed the entire time. By default it only bootstraps/loads clockworkmod if you tell it to(specifically you need to be able to write to /data/.recovery_mode) so you can't just boot into it when your phone is off.
What I want is a way to essentially replace the stock recovery app.
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I've had it installed the entire time. By default it only bootstraps/loads clockworkmod if you tell it to(specifically you need to be able to write to /data/.recovery_mode) so you can't just boot into it when your phone is off.
What I want is a way to essentially replace the stock recovery app.
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So does Koush and the rest of the Droid X owners...
Rubix has this feature sorta. If u install rubix drod implemented a beta fix that should boot into recovery if the battery is left out for x mins typically 3-5. From what I understand as long as the /system isn't formatted after installing rubix even if u use a different Ron this fix will still work. Might be worth installing rubix just to get this feature... and chances are if u haven't tried it before u might not want to leave rubix
Unless someone cracks the bootloader there is no easy to overwrite the stock recovery on droid x
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Coming from an Unrevoked Forever Incredible, I've been searching for the same thing. Found this on another forum:
Getting Into Clockwork In a Pinch for Droid X
I saw a write up on this in another thread and I thought we needed it here too. I use this trick a lot and took it for granted that everyone knew it. Say you can't get into your phone to reboot into recovery through the Bootstrap App. Here are the Steps to get into Clockwork and Restore a Backup.
1) Make Sure your Phone is Plugged into the Charger.
2) Battery Pull.
3) With the Phone still Plugged into the Charger replace the Battery.
4) Wait until your Phone enters the Charging State. ( The Battery Icon Charging)
5) Hit your phone's power button, it should Boot into Clockwork Recovery. It works like a Charm for me everytime.
I figured that^ out on accident. If your stuck in the M you obviously have to battery pull but this will also work if you just reboot with a wall charger plugged in.
If you install the liberty rom, there is a feature that allows you to go into CWM every time you turn on the phone in the settings menu
I was running virtuous primodonna. i wasnt doing anything, but my phone randomly illuminated with a black screen. i pulled the batter and when i rebooted it stayed at splash screen, then the screen showed random screwed up lines and all this. then it rebooted by itself and went to recovery. I've wiped my data and cache and dalvik but nothing works. i've tried restoring backups but it says that its failing to recover the system. please someone help
If no one knows. can someone please provide me with a rom that will brick my phone so it WONT BOOT UP WHATSOEVER. that way i can go to the tmo store for replacement? so they cant go into recovery and figure out i've rooted it. PLEASE someone
tradejak66 said:
I was running virtuous primodonna. i wasnt doing anything, but my phone randomly illuminated with a black screen. i pulled the batter and when i rebooted it stayed at splash screen, then the screen showed random screwed up lines and all this. then it rebooted by itself and went to recovery. I've wiped my data and cache and dalvik but nothing works. i've tried restoring backups but it says that its failing to recover the system. please someone help
If no one knows. can someone please provide me with a rom that will brick my phone so it WONT BOOT UP WHATSOEVER. that way i can go to the tmo store for replacement? so they cant go into recovery and figure out i've rooted it. PLEASE someone
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Let's not brick your phone intentionally just yet! Try getting hold of a PD15IMG.zip (2.2.1 or 2.3.4, either works unless you want to root again, then go for 2.2.1). Boot into bootloader with the PD15IMG on the root of your SD, then let it update. If it doesn't and says Fail-PU, then you are bricked and could send it back to T-Mobile. Or you could try flashing another ROM. Hope this helps!
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Let's not brick your phone intentionally just yet! Try getting hold of a PD15IMG.zip (2.2.1 or 2.3.4, either works unless you want to root again, then go for 2.2.1). Boot into bootloader with the PD15IMG on the root of your SD, then let it update. If it doesn't and says Fail-PU, then you are bricked and could send it back to T-Mobile. Or you could try flashing another ROM. Hope this helps!
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tried that too..... and i dont want to send it back to t-mobile since they can still look and see its rooted. so yes thats why i need to brick it lol. please.
tradejak66 said:
tried that too..... and i dont want to send it back to t-mobile since they can still look and see its rooted. so yes thats why i need to brick it lol. please.
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OK since that did not work, place the PD15IMG on your SD, and when it is updating, pull the battery. That will brick it for sure (I think..). Press thanks if I helped.
invasion2 said:
OK since that did not work, place the PD15IMG on your SD, and when it is updating, pull the battery. That will brick it for sure (I think..). Press thanks if I helped.
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k hold up let me try
tradejak66 said:
I was running virtuous primodonna. i wasnt doing anything, but my phone randomly illuminated with a black screen. i pulled the batter and when i rebooted it stayed at splash screen, then the screen showed random screwed up lines and all this. then it rebooted by itself and went to recovery. I've wiped my data and cache and dalvik but nothing works. i've tried restoring backups but it says that its failing to recover the system. please someone help
If no one knows. can someone please provide me with a rom that will brick my phone so it WONT BOOT UP WHATSOEVER. that way i can go to the tmo store for replacement? so they cant go into recovery and figure out i've rooted it. PLEASE someone
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do this: wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache
wipe dalvik
flash the original ROM (the one you have a backup of, but not the actual back up)
THEN restore the backup, it shouldnt get stuck at system anymore
i had a similar problem and this helped. hopefully it works for you
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OK since that did not work, place the PD15IMG on your SD, and when it is updating, pull the battery. That will brick it for sure (I think..). Press thanks if I helped.
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I've tried twice and it still boots :0
tradejak66 said:
I've tried twice and it still boots :0
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Whoops. I think it's flashing a new radio then. Flash the radio just like you did with the PD15IMG and take the battery out during the process. If it still boots, I'll look into how to brick it lol!
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Whoops. I think it's flashing a new radio then. Flash the radio just like you did with the PD15IMG and take the battery out during the process. If it still boots, I'll look into how to brick it lol!
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lol. start looking now just in case.
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Whoops. I think it's flashing a new radio then. Flash the radio just like you did with the PD15IMG and take the battery out during the process. If it still boots, I'll look into how to brick it lol!
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I can't even access the recovery anymore. i have the PD15image thing pop up everytime so i cant get to the sd card whatsoever. i took out my sdcard then tried to access the recovery but it doesnt work
Actually, I think we've done a pretty successful job, because, they can't access the recovery, the PD15img keeps saying Fail-PU. the only thing left is S-Off, which i hope they dont notice >.>
tradejak66 said:
Actually, I think we've done a pretty successful job, because, they can't access the recovery, the PD15img keeps saying Fail-PU. the only thing left is S-Off, which i hope they dont notice >.>
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I think you're fine honestly. Good luck matey!
Get a 12v power supply, cut the end off and strip the wires. Take the battery out and touch the wires to the phones battery contacts a couple times. Replace battery try to power on. If it doesn't turn on your done, if it does try again. Tell them it was on the charger and shut off when you unplugged it and wouldn't turn on.
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tradejak66 said:
I can't even access the recovery anymore. i have the PD15image thing pop up everytime so i cant get to the sd card whatsoever. i took out my sdcard then tried to access the recovery but it doesnt work
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I had a similar problem when the splash screen got stuck last night flashing a new radio. I took the sdcard and plugged it in the netbook, accessed the root rolder and renamed the PD15IMG.zip so the HBOOT wouldn't read the file. It stopped the HBOOT from reading the file so I could access Recovery then reflashed my recovery file. I forgot to do the data wipe/dalvik before I flashed the radio lol.
This is an AWESOME how to brick your phone on purpose guide good job guys
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OH GOD tmobile is out of MT4g's and i had to order one from HTC. they specificly stated they will make sure its not rooted and all that >.> I asked the woman what rooting was if that helped but obviously i dont think it will. Im pissed my pants when i heard that sentence. HTC is obviously more prone to finding root then T-mobile who will just throw the phone away 0_0
tradejak66 said:
OH GOD tmobile is out of MT4g's and i had to order one from HTC. they specificly stated they will make sure its not rooted and all that >.> I asked the woman what rooting was if that helped but obviously i dont think it will. Im pissed my pants when i heard that sentence. HTC is obviously more prone to finding root then T-mobile who will just throw the phone away 0_0
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and then youre gonna be waiting another 2 months to recieve the replaced/repaired/refurbished phone..
you could have just made it work instead of completely bricking it
its an HTC android.. very, VERY hard to perma-brick
grimey01 said:
and then youre gonna be waiting another 2 months to recieve the replaced/repaired/refurbished phone..
you could have just made it work instead of completely bricking it
its an HTC android.. very, VERY hard to perma-brick
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Where there's a will (and a hammer) there's a way.
grimey01 said:
and then youre gonna be waiting another 2 months to recieve the replaced/repaired/refurbished phone..
you could have just made it work instead of completely bricking it
its an HTC android.. very, VERY hard to perma-brick
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Yea its hard to permabrick unless you don't want to brick it from what I hear...
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grimey01 said:
and then youre gonna be waiting another 2 months to recieve the replaced/repaired/refurbished phone..
you could have just made it work instead of completely bricking it
its an HTC android.. very, VERY hard to perma-brick
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your assuming that it was software that broke >.> it was most likely hardware since it broke in this manner and no flashing, resets, anything helped. and its 2 weeks btw lol.