i think i may have just broken my phone. i was trying to stock restore my mt4g so i can return it to tmobile tomorrow. i messed up and unrooted my phone before i did anything (dont know what the hell i was thinking).is there a way to get around this is anyway.please help im begging
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i think i may have just broken my phone. i was trying to stock restore my mt4g so i can return it to tmobile tomorrow. i messed up and unrooted my phone before i did anything (dont know what the hell i was thinking).is there a way to get around this is anyway.please help im begging
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From your description we still cant tell what happened, what step or where it bricked or what.
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i think i may have just broken my phone. i was trying to stock restore my mt4g so i can return it to tmobile tomorrow. i messed up and unrooted my phone before i did anything (dont know what the hell i was thinking).is there a way to get around this is anyway.please help im begging
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Well if you unrooted just re-root it and you should be set.
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the phone is not booting at all its stuck on the tmobile screen when i turn the phone on. i still have access the cwr screen and hboot screen.but i cant actually get into the phone at all
notnice564 said:
the phone is not booting at all its stuck on the tmobile screen when i turn the phone on. i still have access the cwr screen and hboot screen.but i cant actually get into the phone at all
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986522
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986522
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for me to use that link s=off remember i unrooted already.so theres no way for me to flash a rom to a phone that s=on . or is there?
notnice564 said:
for me to use that link s=off remember i unrooted already.so theres no way for me to flash a rom to a phone that s=on . or is there?
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Well s=on is different then being unrooted.
you can have s=on and be rooted and has s=off and be unrooted. You never stated you went and turned s=on.
have you tried flashing the PD15IMG via the HBoot screen?
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Well s=on is different then being unrooted.
you can have s=on and be rooted and has s=off and be unrooted. You never stated you went and turned s=on.
have you tried flashing the PD15IMG via the recovery screen?
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PD15IMG needs to be flashed from hboot, not recovery.
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PD15IMG needs to be flashed from hboot, not recovery.
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*Face Palm*
I know better i have no idea why i said that.
thanks for the help guys... i just called tmobile and told some bs and they sending another 1 out because i still have warranty .i was going to send it to them anyways but for something else. but thank u guys for all your support realllly cool to see members willing to help out like that.
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When I started playing with my Hero I did not know about making a recovery image. Now I want to put it completely back to stock unrooted. Would it be possible for someone to give me their factory recovery image so I can flash mine back to factory stock? Also, would that make it so the ota's would work again?
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When I started playing with my Hero I did not know about making a recovery image. Now I want to put it completely back to stock unrooted. Would it be possible for someone to give me their factory recovery image so I can flash mine back to factory stock? Also, would that make it so the ota's would work again?
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You can get the ruu from the sprint website. Just flash it and it removes your root access.
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Would that also put all the factory apps back on too? I want to make it like it was just bought.
cremator75 said:
Would that also put all the factory apps back on too? I want to make it like it was just bought.
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That's exactly what the RUU does. Once you do it, you can't go back, i.e., you can't nandroid back since there's no custom recovery to boot to.
c00ller said:
That's exactly what the RUU does. Once you do it, you can't go back, i.e., you can't nandroid back since there's no custom recovery to boot to.
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This sounds exactly like what I want to do. I found the file on Sprint's sit, but the instructions are a little vague, like what mode do I put my phone in when I connect the usb? Could someone give a quick rundown of how to do it? I just want to make sure I do it right so I don't brick my phone.
Also, will this work if I already removed some of the Sprint apps?
Just plug in your phone and have it on, it doesn't matter what screen it's on our what rom or apps or anything that you have
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danaff37 said:
Just plug in your phone and have it on, it doesn't matter what screen it's on our what rom or apps or anything that you have
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Thanks guys, it worked like a champ!
I remember with the old MT3G that SAPPIMG.nbh was like our ultimate safety net. As long as we could get into bootloader we could at least get back to OEM Cupcake. I like the idea of being able to bring the phone back to 100% OEM.
I've seen the PD15IMG.zip for MT4G floating around but not a lot of documentation on how to use it.
Can anyone confirm that it works the same way? Does flashing it override whatever is on the phone and bring us back to a perfectly OEM image, complete with S-ON and root access gone without a trace?
Lastly, is it safe to flash from S-OFF or do I need to turn S-ON first?
Thanks!
Yes and yes. Unless you used gfree to get radio s off in which case you need to use the s on guide at the bottom of that post.
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Yes and yes. Unless you used gfree to get radio s off in which case you need to use the s on guide at the bottom of that post.
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Thanks, Granks!
Nope, no radio s-off. I figure I'll just call T-mobile and ask if I want to sim unlock it.
As for the guide to forcing update - there's a second pd15img.zip file (20mb or so) and then an update.zip. Are both really necessary to unroot, stay stock, and get current to 2.2.1?
Or can I just use the first pd15img.zip (311mb) and then the update.zip and skip the middle part, which from what I've read seems to temporarily root/s-off the phone?
The original pd15img.zip will be 2.2. You will need the second one to update it to 2.2.1.
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The original pd15img.zip will be 2.2. You will need the second one to update it to 2.2.1.
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So that's a total of 2 update.zips, not three. That's what I thought. I just want to be sure since I don't know exactly what these updates do, only their intended usage...
Thanks!
Np
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Wow. Perfect timing. So if one followed the original s-off/root thread without gfree, all we need to do is flash that to be stock again? Can someone link the image?
I have a replacement phone coming, so this will simplify my exchange.
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mattjmartin said:
Wow. Perfect timing. So if one followed the original s-off/root thread without gfree, all we need to do is flash that to be stock again? Can someone link the image?
I have a replacement phone coming, so this will simplify my exchange.
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Here you go.
http://www.filedropper.com/pd15imgglaciertmous1175312radio1228b60140e26030226mrelease155771signed
mirror.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/caa....140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155771_signed.zip
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This will get you to 2.2, not sure if the ota will still come.
http://db.tt/6GFTLxj
I believe this is the update to 2.2.1. Let me know how it works.
http://db.tt/oDkWb2k
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Thank you sir! Nice touch with the dropbox links too, made it even easier for me! I'll be back on in a few hours to let you know how it all went!
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Thank you sir! Nice touch with the dropbox links too, made it even easier for me! I'll be back on in a few hours to let you know how it all went!
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Not a problem! It can be so hard to track all this **** down, that's why I've started collecting links in my sig in case anyone else happens to need them. Time to update my sig and add in the MT4G links too.
Do I need to flash the stock recovery first?
EDIT: I'm getting an "main version is older" error when trying to flash over cyanogenmod 6.1. I'm going to nandroid back to my stock image with root and see if I can flash it over that. Hopefully I can. Any ideas anyone?
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Do I need to flash the stock recovery first?
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To flash the file in the OP? No, you flash this through hboot and it will wipe your phone, replace your recovery, unroot you and restore you to S-ON.
Basically it returns your phone to an out of the box state.
Phateless said:
To flash the file in the OP? No, you flash this through hboot and it will wipe your phone, replace your recovery, unroot you and restore you to S-ON.
Basically it returns your phone to an out of the box state.
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I guess I should be a bit quicker on my edits! Anyway, when flashing through hboot over CM6.1 I get "main version is older" errors. I was going to nandroid back to stock + root but it is now bootlooping when nandroiding back to stock. This is frustrating. I still get the same "main version is older" error over my stock nandroid as well.
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I guess I should be a bit quicker on my edits! Anyway, when flashing through hboot over CM6.1 I get "main version is older" errors. I was going to nandroid back to stock + root but it is now bootlooping when nandroiding back to stock. This is frustrating. I still get the same "main version is older" error over my stock nandroid as well.
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Are you doing a full wipe between your nandroids? If you still have S-OFF you can fastboot reflash cwm recovery and then restore or flash whatever the heck you want.
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Are you doing a full wipe between your nandroids? If you still have S-OFF you can fastboot reflash cwm recovery and then restore or flash whatever the heck you want.
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I did not know it was wise to wipe between nandroids...
Just for reference, I'm trying to restore to stock so I can ship it back to t-mobile. So far all I have accomplished is doing a nandroid restore to stock + s -off + root, yet somehow it is bootlooping... I may use fastboot to flash the stock recovery and try to restore it then.
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I did not know it was wise to wipe between nandroids...
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That's your problem right there. In recovery before you nandroid restore do WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET. Then restore your nandroid and it should boot right up.
Or are you doing this through Rom Manager? Boot into recovery and do this manually so you can wipe/reset before you restore. I just restored from cm7 this morning. Heck, I nandroid back and forth between Sense and CM6 about twice a week. Literally...
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I did not know it was wise to wipe between nandroids...
Just for reference, I'm trying to restore to stock so I can ship it back to t-mobile. So far all I have accomplished is doing a nandroid restore to stock + s -off + root, yet somehow it is bootlooping... I may use fastboot to flash the stock recovery and try to restore it then.
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easiest way is to follow my guide for unrooting
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easiest way is to follow my guide for unrooting
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I didn't follow the ultimate guide so I just went straight to flashing the image file in hboot but it gives me a "main version is older" error and kicks me out... I am on CM 6.1, what could be the reason?
I have 3 ideas for what my problems could be: 1) CM Kernal (does nandroid restore the kernal?) 2) Not wiping in clockwork before nandroid restore (hopefully I still have clockwork) 3) Bad PD15IMG.zip download (like an idiot I downloaded it from the device itself...)
I will work on it again tomorrow and be back to this thread.
Thanks again for the help guys!
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I didn't follow the ultimate guide so I just went straight to flashing the image file in hboot but it gives me a "main version is older" error and kicks me out... I am on CM 6.1, what could be the reason?
I have 3 ideas for what my problems could be: 1) CM Kernal (does nandroid restore the kernal?) 2) Not wiping in clockwork before nandroid restore (hopefully I still have clockwork) 3) Bad PD15IMG.zip download (like an idiot I downloaded it from the device itself...)
I will work on it again tomorrow and be back to this thread.
Thanks again for the help guys!
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Oh wow, definitely download from a computer. It's a 311mb file. Did you check the md5sum?
Mine seems fast over wi-fi.....
Phateless said:
Oh wow, definitely download from a computer. It's a 311mb file. Did you check the md5sum?
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Hi i need help with installing a zip in recovery. when i go to recovery i dont see anything that says install from sd. Why not? do i have to be rooted first or what? Please help.
dwell718 said:
Hi i need help with installing a zip in recovery. when i go to recovery i dont see anything that says install from sd. Why not? do i have to be rooted first or what? Please help.
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you need to be rooted and s-off.
Do you have clockworkmod recovery?
the black background with the uhh orange? letters? or is it blue? i forget for the mt4g.
Teo032 said:
you need to be rooted and s-off.
Do you have clockworkmod recovery?
the black background with the uhh orange? letters? or is it blue? i forget for the mt4g.
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no i dont have that. Do i need to be rooted to use that? And where do i get it from? Thanks
acquire S-off and root on your mytouch 4g first, then download and install ROM Manager from the market, and install clockworkmod recovery 5.0.2.0 from there.
saranhai said:
acquire S-off and root on your mytouch 4g first, then download and install ROM Manager from the market, and install clockworkmod recovery 5.0.2.0 from there.
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Im Running 2.3.4 So i dont think i can root that. And im clueless on how to Turn S-off, i was about to try Revolutionary method but it doesn't support Mytouch4g only slide.
dwell718 said:
Im Running 2.3.4 So i dont think i can root that. And im clueless on how to Turn S-off, i was about to try Revolutionary method but it doesn't support Mytouch4g only slide.
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please search.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912&page=12
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please search.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912&page=12
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holy sh*T i just noticed your thanks meter lol, it's been on an exponential growth or something. you've been actively helping recently lol.
Teo032 said:
holy sh*T i just noticed your thanks meter lol, it's been on an exponential growth or something. you've been actively helping recently lol.
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LOL what? it's been like that for a while...
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please search.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912&page=12
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Ive tried once before and Bricked my first MT4g, Dont seem to get how to do it. Its not detailed enough for me lol. Im a little slow when it comes this.
do you know of any videos on how to?
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Ive tried once before and Bricked my first MT4g, Dont seem to get how to do it. Its not detailed enough for me lol. Im a little slow when it comes this.
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well... then i'm not sure how to help you :/
you can't root and gain S-off for the MT4G without downgrading first as of now...
dwell718 said:
Ive tried once before and Bricked my first MT4g, Dont seem to get how to do it. Its not detailed enough for me lol. Im a little slow when it comes this.
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You need to downgrade back to froyo then it'll allow.you to root. Do.some research so you don't ruin another phone
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do you know of any videos on how to?
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LOL it's funny, cause another guy in another thread asked me the same question
but know, i don't know of any videos.. sorry
In what process did you brick your phone? the only time you can brick you phone would be when you're flashing the RUU. or doing anything to the bootloader.
1. set up ADB (its a program on the computer) it's simple, you just install it.
2. make sure your computer detects your phone (charging + usb debugging modes)
- you can check by typing "adb devices" in the command prompt when you're in your adb-sdk folder or whatever you name it.
3. download all the downgrading zips, extract them all to where you installed ADB mine is C:\SDK\platform-tools\
4. open command prompt and go to whereever you installed ADB and check to see if your device is connected "adb devices"
5. punch in all those commands in the guide. It's all very detailed. It's all straightforward. There are a lot words and stuff but just follow the directions religiously.
It shouldn't take anymore than 30 mins to set up and everything.
If you already have ADB installed, and the dled files. you could easily finished everything in 5-10mins.
did a quick Google search....
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?deskto...e.com/watch?v=c4B4y0CQUDo&v=c4B4y0CQUDo&gl=US
watch the series. by mackster248.
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Hello my power button is almost broken so i am trying to restore to stock and there is some many diffrent ways i have this
[ROM]Glacier_Gingerbread_S_TMOUS_2.32.531.1_Radio_12.62 .60.27_26.13.04.19_M_release
if i restore to this will i have s-on
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Hello my power button is almost broken so i am trying to restore to stock and there is some many diffrent ways i have this
[ROM]Glacier_Gingerbread_S_TMOUS_2.32.531.1_Radio_12.62 .60.27_26.13.04.19_M_release
if i restore to this will i have s-on
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yes, of course. it will replace your bootloader, which WILL replace your S-off with S-on.
Thank You
Thank you for that information just to clarify so after i put this on my phone i could send it right into t-mobile no problems.
Edited: will it change my splash screen back and will it get rid of clockworkmod
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Thank you for that information just to clarify so after i put this on my phone i could send it right into t-mobile no problems.
Edited: will it change my splash screen back and will it get rid of clockworkmod
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umm it should change your splash screen I THINK. i'm not entirely sure on that...
but even if you did change your splash screen, as long as your phone is on stock, i'm pretty sure you'll be able to get a replacement for no problems
if i'ved helped, please hit thanks!
Look at the Wiki for MyTouch 4G
Flashing in a stock release did not restore s-on for me. it did replace the bootloader, but I was still s-off.
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dclaw_fantum said:
Flashing in a stock release did not restore s-on for me. it did replace the bootloader, but I was still s-off.
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well which method of root did you use? gfree or root.sh?
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yes, of course. it will replace your bootloader, which WILL replace your S-off with S-on.
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If gfree was used for S-off, no amount of PD15IMG flashing will restore S-on. gfree needs to be executed again, with the right flag to restore S-on.
So! I called up HTC about my phone and how it's been turning off and the 3 vibrates and blinking LED. The guy told me I can send it back, but if they find anything out of warranty, I will be charged. I'm running CM7, and will be charged if they find it. However, since my phone can't be turned off, I can't boot into the bootloader to flash the PD15IMG for froyo. So I need your help to brick this phone so they can't see that I'm running CM7, but keep it under warranty!
Thanks!
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So! I called up HTC about my phone and how it's been turning off and the 3 vibrates and blinking LED. The guy told me I can send it back, but if they find anything out of warranty, I will be charged. I'm running CM7, and will be charged if they find it. However, since my phone can't be turned off, I can't boot into the bootloader to flash the PD15IMG for froyo. So I need your help to brick this phone so they can't see that I'm running CM7, but keep it under warranty!
Thanks!
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Um. It can be turned off. Take the battery out.
and you don't need power buttons to boot into boot loader Esp if you are running CM7.
from your adb input either CMD on the computer or Terminal Emulator via the android market.
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
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Um. It can be turned off. Take the battery out.
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They told me to take the battery out, but they said if they find any unrecognized software on it I'll be charged, so I'm assuming they'll be attempting to get into the phone lol.
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They told me to take the battery out, but they said if they find any unrecognized software on it I'll be charged, so I'm assuming they'll be attempting to get into the phone lol.
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So why not use ADB to restore the part7***** backup, then boot into bootloader via adb and flash the PD15IMG?
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So why not use ADB to restore the part7***** backup, then boot into bootloader via adb and flash the PD15IMG?
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I'll try that, but I'm worried about when I have to turn the phone off, because it could be hours before I get it back on again.
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I'll try that, but I'm worried about when I have to turn the phone off, because it could be hours before I get it back on again.
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i can tell you, you will have to reboot the phone with ADB. It won't go into an "off" state. but it will be rebooted a few times via the process.
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i can tell you, you will have to reboot the phone with ADB. It won't go into an "off" state. but it will be rebooted a few times via the process.
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Alright, I'll give it a shot then. Thanks!
Rebooting into bootloader through ADB is a no go. Phone is off and wont turn back on now
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theholyfork said:
Rebooting into bootloader through ADB is a no go. Phone is off and wont turn back on now
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Step 1) go to local hunting/sports store
Step 2) buy stun gun
Step 3) take off back cover of phone. Turn on stun gun. Run it along phone
Step 4) you're done
I've also read hooking up positive and negative leads to a car battery does the trick, although I wouldn't suggest that..
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Nicgraner said:
Step 1) go to local hunting/sports store
Step 2) buy stun gun
Step 3) take off back cover of phone. Turn on stun gun. Run it along phone
Step 4) you're done
I've also read hooking up positive and negative leads to a car battery does the trick, although I wouldn't suggest that..
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Lmao good one.
Does anyone know if S-Off voids your warranty? Or if flashing the stock PD15IMG turns S-On? Cause I got it to turn on and was able to flash the Froyo PD15IMG
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Lmao good one.
Does anyone know if S-Off voids your warranty? Or if flashing the stock PD15IMG turns S-On? Cause I got it to turn on and was able to flash the Froyo PD15IMG
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If you're "s-on" with 2.2.x you should be okay.
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If you're "s-on" with 2.2.x you should be okay.
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Does flashing the froyo PD15IMG restore s-on? Cause if it doesnt I'm s-off still
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Does flashing the froyo PD15IMG restore s-on? Cause if it doesnt I'm s-off still
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it should... unless you rooted using the gfree method...
then you need the part7backup file...
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it should... unless you rooted using the gfree method...
then you need the part7backup file...
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Aaand I did. Can I temp root with visionary and do this? Or do I have to reroot through .gfree?
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Aaand I did. Can I temp root with visionary and do this? Or do I have to reroot through .gfree?
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since you are s-off you can just temp root > perm root with VISIONary.
I bricked my first mt4g almost a year ago.
I was rooted via gfree but never did the eng-hboot, so I decided to return to stock cause I thought something was wrong with my phone and that restoring can't be any harder than apple devices...boy was i wrong. I flashed the stock img in hboot and it was game over. T-mo sent me a replacement though cause they couldn't figure out what was wrong with it, it said i had s-on and everything [^_^[]
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I bricked my first mt4g almost a year ago.
I was rooted via gfree but never did the eng-hboot, so I decided to return to stock cause I thought something was wrong with my phone and that restoring can't be any harder than apple devices...boy was i wrong. I flashed the stock img in hboot and it was game over. T-mo sent me a replacement though cause they couldn't figure out what was wrong with it, it said i had s-on and everything [^_^[]
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Nice lol. I was able to get s-on again so I'll be sending it back today without worry!
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