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Here is the latest just in and probably the best way to do it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748021
This thread claims they can roll back the PRI from the 1.3x to 1.4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748335
Below is the old way to do it and helped to get point in the right direction but do not use
This is huge if its true!!!
IF you did not root yet and did not upgrade to 2.2.
Then using Unrevoked 3 you can root, and then use simple root .2
upgrade to a custom rom for 2.2, keep your PRI 1.4 for the best 3g speeds, and get wifi tether!!!!
The post is at
//forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=130864
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New info from DeathBySnuggles post #4 below was able to after using unrevoked 3 then used simple root .2 and was able to keep PRI 1.4
This is HUGE
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Can I go back??? I want ROOT !!!!!!!!! Bad OTA 2.2 Froyo, BAD! I want to hit "undo"
I am personally running Ava's V3rA froyo rom and am running pri 1.40_003. There is a discussion about it in the development forum. I'm not sure if its an anomaly but I orginially rooted with unrevoked 3 then simpleroot. Not sure if it was just a glitch or what. I will know this weekend when I do the same to my wife's phone.
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Enjoy the non full root of unrevoked. This is NOT groundbreaking right now. Unrevoked alone does NOT give you full root NAND access to write the system which is why some Roms will NOT work with it.
hUGE
DeathBySnuggles said:
I am personally running Ava's V3rA froyo rom and am running pri 1.40_003. There is a discussion about it in the development forum. I'm not sure if its an anomaly but I orginially rooted with unrevoked 3 then simpleroot. Not sure if it was just a glitch or what. I will know this weekend when I do the same to my wife's phone.
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oKAY THIS IS HUGE AND GROUND BREAKING
Please right down exactly everything you did!!!
You have total rooted and still have PRI 1.40
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Did you unrevoked3 then do av'a froy rom then run simple root or what exactly and if you replicate on your wifes phone please post your exact steps.
Thanks a Million
sgt. slaughter said:
Enjoy the non full root of unrevoked. This is NOT groundbreaking right now. Unrevoked alone does NOT give you full root NAND access to write the system which is why some Roms will NOT work with it.
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Sorry to correct your ignorance, but from Unrevoked 3 and later, full nand unlock was added.....That's why in the OP it says
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"Then using Unrevoked 3.1 you can root, upgrade to a custom rom for 2.2, keep your PRI 1.4 for the best 3g speeds, and get wifi tether!!!!"
. Pay attention bud.....
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edtate said:
Sorry to correct your ignorance, but from Unrevoked 3 and later, full nand unlock was added.....That's why in the OP it says
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"Then using Unrevoked 3.1 you can root, upgrade to a custom rom for 2.2, keep your PRI 1.4 for the best 3g speeds, and get wifi tether!!!!"
. Pay attention bud.....
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If this is infact the case then why do Devs still say Unrevoked is not a full root. you can do unrevoked and still upload some custom roms, but some will cause errors if not fully rooted.
I'd believe if it did in fact give full root then you wouldn't see every dev saying that if you dont have NAND then do one of the many manual unlocks in the dev section.
This is from the kernel thread directly:
netarchy said:
An important note for UNREVOKED users:
Unrevoked is not a full root, and there is a very good chance that if you're not fully and properly rooted you may run into issues not only with this kernel, but quite possibly several features in other custom roms.
I personally have no confidence in unrevoked, ESPECIALLY after unrevoked 2 screwed up 4g for a lot of people.
I highly advise fully and properly rooting your phone, complete with nand unlock.
For windows users, you can use SimpleRoot to root your phone.
Linux users can use Bash SimpleRoot.
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If unrevoked did give full root accesss it would of been much more widely talked about on here and not just 1 person saying they noticed it. The 2nd person that reported keeping the pri, used simple root AFTER unrevoked and even still has an error at times though as its being discussed in another thread now.
I could NOT flash the fresh rom until after I used simpleroot. Unrevoked 3 was not enough.
The "error" that I still receive is when entering the bootloader there is a message that appears three times saying "no image found". And forgive my naivete but if the zip image is supposed to live on my SD card, it doesn't and never has. I've looked.
Despite the error, I have had no issue at all flashing roms, themes, kernels, boot animations, fonts etc.
Again, my process was root with unrevoked 3. Lived with that for a while. Then did the ENTIRE simpleroot process, step 1 included. Then I started successfully flashing roms. I'm on pri 1.40_003, prl 60669, and the latest .28 radio.
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I used Unrevoked 3 based on step-by-step instructions found at unlockr.com. However, little did I know, even though one of the steps said I would have NAND unlocked if I followed instructions, I didn't have full NAND unlocked. So I went back and used toast's step 2 found in the development forum to unlock NAND. Now I've flashed Fresh 3.1.0.1 along with netarchy's froyoized-3.7.6b kernel and have 4G, free wifi, the works. So far no problems other than draining battery. My PRI version is 1.34_003. Phone is working super stupid fast at 4G speeds.
FYI the only downfall of the netarchy kernel (which I needed to get the wifi to work) is the camera goes back to 3mp, but who cares...that's still huge in my book.
Hope that helps
nikkibailey1968 said:
I used Unrevoked 3 based on step-by-step instructions found at unlockr.com. However, little did I know, even though one of the steps said I would have NAND unlocked if I followed instructions, I didn't have full NAND unlocked. So I went back and used toast's step 2 found in the development forum to unlock NAND. Now I've flashed Fresh 3.1.0.1 along with netarchy's froyoized-3.7.6b kernel and have 4G, free wifi, the works. So far no problems other than draining battery. My PRI version is 1.34_003. Phone is working super stupid fast at 4G speeds.
FYI the only downfall of the netarchy kernel (which I needed to get the wifi to work) is the camera goes back to 3mp, but who cares...that's still huge in my book.
Hope that helps
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Was your camera set to 8mp before flashing netarchy's kernel? If so take a picture and check the details. Chances are the resolution is 3264x1952 which is 8mp. Lots of discussion about it in that thread.
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im on fresh 3.1 with netarch 3.7.8b pri is 1.4 used unrevoked 3
RESULTS REPLICATED!!
I just followed the same process on my wife's Evo and she is now running Ava's V3rA themed with PRI 1.40_003.
Exact process:
1. phone was stock with the 2 previous OTA's installed.
2. Rooted with Unrevoked 3 (not 3.1)
3. Installed wireless tether, titanium, rom manager. Superuser = super good
4. Ran simpleroot .2 ALL steps
5. After each step I checked and the PRI was still 1.40_003 each time
6. Ran ROM manager and flashed Ava's V3
7. Ran ROM manager and flashed V3rA
8. Ran ROM manager and flashed themes and radio updates.
Rofl with cm6 how do u check the pri ? I've looked with no luck
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DeathBySnuggles said:
Was your camera set to 8mp before flashing netarchy's kernel? If so take a picture and check the details. Chances are the resolution is 3264x1952 which is 8mp. Lots of discussion about it in that thread.
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DeathBySnuggles: I had indeed had camera setting before flashing netarchy of 8mp....now with new kernel, I'm getting 2048x1216
But I'm not going to complain....with these settings I was able to take about 30 pics plus 5 4minute videos at a concert last night without running out of space on my sd card
Thinking about trying his new kernel, but I"m very happy with the way my phone is running right now, but will keep people posted if I do
Sporkman said:
Rofl with cm6 how do u check the pri ? I've looked with no luck
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Settings-> About Phone-> Software Information-> PRI is next to last item right above PRL.
nikkibailey1968 said:
DeathBySnuggles: I had indeed had camera setting before flashing netarchy of 8mp....now with new kernel, I'm getting 2048x1216
But I'm not going to complain....with these settings I was able to take about 30 pics plus 5 4minute videos at a concert last night without running out of space on my sd card
Thinking about trying his new kernel, but I"m very happy with the way my phone is running right now, but will keep people posted if I do
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Strange. Most people are seeing whatever they were set to before the kernel is what the camera is actually shooting. In fact, people are flashing the stock kernel, setting the camera resolution, then flashing netatchy's with success. But if you are happy with 3mp then no worries. I'm one of those I paid for 8mp I want 8mp dammit people!
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DeathBySnuggles said:
RESULTS REPLICATED!!
I just followed the same process on my wife's Evo and she is now running Ava's V3rA themed with PRI 1.40_003.
Exact process:
1. phone was stock with the 2 previous OTA's installed.
2. Rooted with Unrevoked 3 (not 3.1)
3. Installed wireless tether, titanium, rom manager. Superuser = super good
4. Ran simpleroot .2 ALL steps
5. After each step I checked and the PRI was still 1.40_003 each time
6. Ran ROM manager and flashed Ava's V3
7. Ran ROM manager and flashed V3rA
8. Ran ROM manager and flashed themes and radio updates.
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be sure to reply back in the other thread and follow that one since you've got this info now.
sgt. slaughter said:
Settings-> About Phone-> Software Information-> PRI is next to last item right above PRL.
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i dont have Software Information
i have
status
battery use
legal info
system tutorial
Awhile ago i tried rooting my phone with a tutorial from The Unlockr and it went well except i could get S to turn off and it would not perma root. Does anyone know of a tutorial for the newest version of Hboot that can root the phone? I found a tutorial that works with the G2 and Desire Z without ADB but i am not sure if it will work with the Mytouch 4g.
Sorry if this is in the wrong section and thanks in advance.
I see that you're new here. Please use the search function, this has been discussed a thousand times before.
HBoot 0.86.0000 is the bootloader that comes shipped with all Glaciers. It is NOT new and DOES NOT prevent you from rooting. The engineering bootloader (0.85.2007) is obtained either by flashing it manually or by using the root.sh method to root your phone, such as by following the instructions on theunlockr.com. If you ask most people, they'll recommend using the gfree method that is stickied in the development subforum for this device.
Well when i tried to root my phone the Hboot version in the tutorial was .84 and i realized that after i tried it again because i made a mistake but i did get it rooted but S was not turned off when it should have been and when i rebooted the phone was not rooted anymore and it ran terribly slow. Is there a way to sort of create an image of my phone so if anything goes wrong i just load it and my phone goes back to the way it was with all of the apps and such?
doat said:
Well when i tried to root my phone the Hboot version in the tutorial was .84 and i realized that after i tried it again because i made a mistake but i did get it rooted but S was not turned off when it should have been and when i rebooted the phone was not rooted anymore and it ran terribly slow. Is there a way to sort of create an image of my phone so if anything goes wrong i just load it and my phone goes back to the way it was with all of the apps and such?
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Not until you're rooted and have installed a custom recovery. Then you can make a Nandroid backup.
TeeJay3800 said:
Not until you're rooted and have installed a custom recovery. Then you can make a Nandroid backup.
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and with the Nandroid backup i can restore my phone to exactly the way it was before the root or to a point where i can unroot the phone?
doat said:
and with the Nandroid backup i can restore my phone to exactly the way it was before the root or to a point where i can unroot the phone?
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The backup will allow you to return your phone to stock state in every way except for root. You'll have follow a separate procedure to unroot your phone.
TeeJay3800 said:
The backup will allow you to return your phone to stock state in every way except for root. You'll have follow a separate procedure to unroot your phone.
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fantastic, can someone please link me to a tutorial that will work for me? Also what ROM would you guys suggest? I am looking to keep the phone's functions but I want something that will make the phone faster.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=924923
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=863899
Give those a read-through. I've never done them myself, but I'm pretty sure you don't use a backup to unroot and bring back to stock.
doat said:
fantastic, can someone please link me to a tutorial that will work for me? Also what ROM would you guys suggest? I am looking to keep the phone's functions but I want something that will make the phone faster.
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Royalglacier should work if you want sense or cyanogen if you want gingerbread or royalginger. Also what method of rooting did you use?
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doat said:
Also what ROM would you guys suggest? I am looking to keep the phone's functions but I want something that will make the phone faster.
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Do you want Sense or the vanilla Android look?
TeeJay3800 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=924923
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=863899
Give those a read-through. I've never done them myself, but I'm pretty sure you don't use a backup to unroot and bring back to stock.
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There's the stock nandroid listed in development. Not sure if it will unroot though. But if you want to just restore everything (and unroot) copy the PD15IMG.ZIP to your SD and boot into bootloader
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Nicgraner said:
Royalglacier should work if you want sense or cyanogen if you want gingerbread or royalginger. Also what method of rooting did you use?
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I cannot post links yet but it involved the Terminal Emulator Method
3a. Start terminal emulator up on your device.(I prefer this method b/c you can see the output.)
a. type "su" + enter to gain root privileges.
b. Type "cd /sdcard/root" + enter.
c. Type "sh root.sh" + enter.
d. Follow the on screen prompts.
Which is best Gingerbread, royalginger, or sense? I read that gingerbread is great.
TeeJay3800 said:
Do you want Sense or the vanilla Android look?
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Can you show me both? I am fairly new to the smartphone world lol.
doat said:
Which is best Gingerbread, royalginger, or sense? I read that gingerbread is great.
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You're confusing terms. Gingerbread is just Google's code name for Android 2.3. RoyalGinger is a specific Gingerbread-based ROM. Sense is another type of ROM (my personal favorite because the UI is so attractive). The best Sense ROM in my opinion is in my sig.
doat said:
Can you show me both? I am fairly new to the smartphone world lol.
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Just go a Google Image or YouTube seach for HTC Sense, and check out what the UI looks like. The other UI is the standard Android look that ROMs like CM7 and RoyalGinger have.
TeeJay3800 said:
You're confusing terms. Gingerbread is just Google's code name for Android 2.3. RoyalGinger is a specific Gingerbread-based ROM. Sense is another type of ROM (my personal favorite because the UI is so attractive). The best Sense ROM in my opinion is in my sig.
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I figured the Ginger roms were similar since they are both called Ginger lol. Well as i said i am looking to keep the phone's functions but just make it faster with a light rom or something like that.
I just checked out both interfaces and I like the Android UI better than sense, especially the new droid UI.
doat said:
fantastic, can someone please link me to a tutorial that will work for me? Also what ROM would you guys suggest? I am looking to keep the phone's functions but I want something that will make the phone faster.
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Go with RoyalGlacier to keep the phone fully functional and hassel free. Its a faster version of stock. Evil's Desire HD rom is also a good choice for a pure sense experience. Everything works on both rom's.
Lakeshow423 said:
Go with RoyalGlacier to keep the phone fully functional and hassel free. Its a faster version of stock. Evil's Desire HD rom is also a good choice for a pure sense experience. Everything works on both rom's.
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Awesome that is exactly what i want, pretty much the same thing as stock but faster. Now i just need to find a tutorial that will work with my phone and back it up. Is it difficult to install ROMs for a noob? Also how is the battery life on RoyalGlacier?
doat said:
Awesome that is exactly what i want, pretty much the same thing as stock but faster. Now i just need to find a tutorial that will work with my phone and back it up. Is it difficult to install ROMs for a noob? Also how is the battery life on RoyalGlacier?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858021 read this tutorial. The second part is the instructions on how to flash. There is a YouTube video made by mackster also. Read carefully then make a backup (nandroid) before anything. Happy flashing!
So I installed the new Sense 3.0 Fusion ROM and it's awesome. I couldn't figure out how to edit the app shortcuts that appeared on the lockscreen, though, so I posted over on a different forum and the admin answered it for me. I felt dumb, however, that someone like me - and like all of us I'm sure - who consider themselves somewhat tech-savvy sometimes can't figure out the solution to seemingly easy questions. The answer, by the way, is to go into the personalize menu then choose lockscreen and hit settings -- I know it sounds dumb, and I thought I had already tried that. My point is, sometimes we're too afraid to ask questions that seem dumb so we never do. I'll do my best to answer your questions, and remember, Google and xda are your friends. Maybe you can even post fun tricks you've found and we can all help each other a little. If this is a stupid idea then I'll just let it fade off into oblivion...
Q: what is the origin of the word "kang"?
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h22aboi said:
Q: what is the origin of the word "kang"?
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I believe it originated due to a dev named KingKlick. He was notoriously called out for stealing other peoples work and naming it his, thus the CM team created the work "Kang" due to him.
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's it.
Q: are there any dangers in using PD15IMG.zip?
Q2: I see people having issues where recovery won't mount system or cache partitions, which pretty much bricks their phone. Is there any indication to what causes this, and how can i avoid those issues?
I dont no of any danger flashing the PD15IMG.zip. I used it on a MT4G that I was selling (due to cheap silicone) and it put the phone to out of the box Stock. Good as New.
vabeach454 said:
I dont no of any danger flashing the PD15IMG.zip. I used it on a MT4G that I was selling (due to cheap silicone) and it put the phone to out of the box Stock. Good as New.
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Can I ask what rooting method you used?
kimbernator said:
Can I ask what rooting method you used?
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I used visionary 14 with Root.Rar file to acheive Perma-Root. I have also rooted using the g-free method (the semi-automated one) and have went back to stock using the PD15IMG.zip as well, with no problems.
You've used pd15img from both rooting methods? I only ask because I thought I read somewhere that pd15img can have issues with the rooting method that didn't use gfree. But if you've done it then no worries
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kimbernator said:
Q: are there any dangers in using PD15IMG.zip?
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PD15IMG.zip can be various things, I've seen it as taking you back to 100% stock and as flashing a new radio. Going back to stock with it I've read is easy enough (and I've done it once and I rooted with visionary/unlocker method), and I hear warnings all the time about just putting it on the sdcard and booting into bootloader to change the radio but it worked fine for me.
As with everything read the entire, or most of, forum before along anything you're not comfortable with.
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I have used PD15IMG on a visionary root as well with no issues.
A question that I did have and felt like a goof asking it was not being able to get into my recovery by holding down volume down + power. The issue was that it would constantly load the PD15IMG when I tried this and would not allow me the option of booting into recovery because I kept that file on there anmed PD15IMG.
Once I took it off of the sd card, I was able to boot straight into recovery without issue. My workaround now, because I like to keep it on my sd card in case of emergency is simply keeping root explorer on there and it allows me to change the name of the file to whatever I want, allowing a boot into recovery by the v+p method and If I need it, I can just rename it through root explorer and it will load and put me back to stock!
And FWIW, I think this thread is a fantastic idea!
My noob question is I want to flash different roms but they say ext 3/4. Do I have to partition my sd card this way and can I do this with CW recovery? I don't want to lose info on my card. I am gfree rooted and running faux froyo kernal. Thx.
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warmonger26 said:
My noob question is I want to flash different roms but they say ext 3/4. Do I have to partition my sd card this way and can I do this with CW recovery? I don't want to lose info on my card. I am gfree rooted and running faux froyo kernal. Thx.
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If you partition and SD card you will lose everything.
i also would advice against using ROM Manager for it. I'd use ADB if it were my phone...
http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-to-manually-partition-your-sd-card-for-android-apps2sd/
warmonger26 said:
My noob question is I want to flash different roms but they say ext 3/4. Do I have to partition my sd card this way and can I do this with CW recovery? I don't want to lose info on my card. I am gfree rooted and running faux froyo kernal. Thx.
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If u have cwr 3.0.2.4 u dnt have to worry bout ext 3/4,it handles both.. Ext 3-froyo/Ext 4-gingerbread...
Mytouch 4g-White
Root Method-gfree
Permrooted s=off
CWR-3.0.2.4
Rom-Royalginger v2.0
Kernel-ckisgen-smartass-v1.1
Can anyone help me with this WiFi problem I'm having. I posted a topic called "wifi error" I jus want to know if I can fix this or should I call tmobile and get another mt4g. Please yall.
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Hey I wanted to ask if anyone's WiFi says error then a constant reboot happens. I've already took the battery out. I thought it was jus on the ROM I was using at the time, but this is three roms later, and now it says CAN'T SCAN FOR NETWORKS. and keeps toggling on and off. Can anyone help me. I Will send you the logcat if needed.
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Daveighsdad said:
Hey I wanted to ask if anyone's WiFi says error then a constant reboot happens. I've already took the battery out. I thought it was jus on the ROM I was using at the time, but this is three roms later, and now it says CAN'T SCAN FOR NETWORKS. and keeps toggling on and off. Can anyone help me. I Will send you the logcat if needed.
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If you are completely wiping when you install ROMs and don't use Titanium to restore backups I would try flashing the radio (at your own risk of course) or running the PD15IMG.zip and reverting to stock. If you aren't wiping completely do it, if you are using titanium know that it can cause errors when restoring data.
Thanks bro I'm going to try and flash the radio. I'm currently running the fusion ROM is there a particular radio u recommend or should o flash the one I'm using.
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Flashing A New Radio
If I wanted to flash the latest radio for the mt4g, do I need adb to do so? Or could I just put it on the root of my sdcard and boot up to the hboot screen?
I was reading the threads for unrooting the mytouch and from what I read they only work if you rooted with gfree. I rooted via root.sh and I do have a nandroid of my stock rom. Anyone know how I would go about unrooting my phone? I am receiving a warranty replacement and I am very desperate. Any help will be greatly appreciated!
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here are a couple links for you:
read this one first and make sure you are on the stock radio
use this method to unroot
clarknick27 said:
here are a couple links for you:
read this one first and make sure you are on the stock radio
use this method to unroot
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Thanks for responding, but the unroot method you posted is the one I talked about in the op. The very first sentence in that thread says "will only work if you rooted via gfree" (not exact words but close). Which I did not root with gfree.
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doh! my bad.... well the easiest way would be to flash the stock PD15IMG.zip in the bootloader. download this file here, name it PD15IMG and put it in the root of your SD. turn off the phone then boot into hboot(hold vol down+power button), the bootloader should automatically find the file then ask you to update. hit yes and and it should start flashing. make sure you are on the stock radio before doing this
clarknick27 said:
doh! my bad.... well the easiest way would be to flash the stock PD15IMG.zip in the bootloader. download this file here, name it PD15IMG and put it in the root of your SD. turn off the phone then boot into hboot(hold vol down+power button), the bootloader should automatically find the file then ask you to update. hit yes and and it should start flashing. make sure you are on the stock radio before doing this
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Thanks. Do I have to be on a stock rom before flashing the PD15IMG file? Or can I be running any rom and just put the file on the root of my sd card and let it install? Will it automatically put the stock rom back on?
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Where can i find stock radio??? Also will this change bootloader as my loader now is CWM?
Thanks!
Towle said:
Thanks. Do I have to be on a stock rom before flashing the PD15IMG file? Or can I be running any rom and just put the file on the root of my sd card and let it install? Will it automatically put the stock rom back on?
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Figured it out. Everything is back to stock and surprisingly my phone is running smoother and faster than it has since I have been using custom roms.
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@Towle- if youre on virtuous fusion with the updated radio, flash a different rom that doesnt require the radio. then revert to the stock radio, then you can go ahead and flash the stock PD15IMG in hboot. yes it will put the stock rom back on the phone and restore it back to factory conditions
@cabello80- radios can be found here
and no it will not change your hboot
Towle said:
Figured it out. Everything is back to stock and surprisingly my phone is running smoother and faster than it has since I have been using custom roms.
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awesome
BTW, theres also a zip file containing all the apps and files that were loaded stock on the SD card. download it, upzip it, and put it on an SD to really go back to stock
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awesome
BTW, theres also a zip file containing all the apps and files that were loaded stock on the SD card. download it, upzip it, and put it on an SD to really go back to stock
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Those aren't included? It seems like I have all stock apps. So if I just leave it as it is right now is there any way tmobile can tell it was ever rooted?
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Towle said:
Figured it out. Everything is back to stock and surprisingly my phone is running smoother and faster than it has since I have been using custom roms.
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If you're phone is running great then why are you needing a warranty exchange?
kalel33 said:
If you're phone is running great then why are you needing a warranty exchange?
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It's running great software wise. My power button and charging port barely work.
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Hello, yes, first post!
I am trying to root HTC Mytouch 4G.
I have adb and fastboot and am working through Mac OS terminal. That has worked great!
I was using this guide for gfree tem root and gfree perm root. http://simply-android.com/discussion/960/guide-how-to-permroot-g2-with-g-free-safest-method/p1 - originally starting here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834228, but wanting to use Gfree instead of vision for the permanent root part.
I pushed all the Gfree temp files to the sd card (su, superuser.apk etc) and ran the Terminal Emulator prompts to attain temporary root. I got the desired "forked #### childs" message - but when I reset term, the terminal just went to a blank terminal window - the guide says that Terminal will exit. Finally, after I pressed some keys it force closed. After that I could not re open Terminal Emulator at all. The system also seemed bogged down at this point, everything was lagging until I rebooted. Obviously I was unable to continue with the Gfree perm prompts - never having gotten a root prompt in Terminal Emulator, as I could not get it to reopen.
I retried this after several reboots (maybe 10 times). I always got through the "rage" prompts just fine to the "forked #### childs" message.
I hope that someone may know what is wrong with Terminal Emulator or why it would not reset and give me the root "#"prompt to continue with permanent root.
Thanks in advance - trying to get 10 posts to ask the actual developer - but even then the thread is 3 years old.
If you're rooting a mt4g why are you following guides to root a g2? You probably want to try a mt4g guide instead...
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Upncoming,
First off thanks for answering.
Second, I understood that you could root the my4g with the g2 instructions.
Finally, I could not try VISIONary because the link does not have a file anylonger.
Do you know a sure fire mytouch 4g method? The phone is sim unlock and s=on. I have the ota update to gingerbread and would like to root from there without reverting to Froyo, if possible.
Thank you in advance
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Ooh wow... Ok. For starters, you're going to have to downgrade. Here are some helpful links for you.
Visionary: http://www.modaco.com/topic/330718-visionary-download-link/ it's at the bottom of the thread.
Downgrade guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
Root with gfree: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
Wish I could help more, but I'm heading out the door. Good luck!
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To Root your HTC Glacier, Just use this tool.
HTC Quick Root v1.1.13 - ROOT ANY HTC!
That worked flawlessly for me, when nothing else would. I was having the same problems with Terminal and all.
Thank you. I'm aware of these steps. The problem is that visionary 14 didn't exist there anymore . Did you try to download it?
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Cool, but is this the 'rooter' tool that has messed up many phones?
There is an article that starts this is pretty much unsupported .
And do you know if it requires going back to Froyo or 2.2.1 from 2.3?
Thanks very much for your reply.
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potatotree said:
Cool, but is this the 'rooter' tool that has messed up many phones?
There is an article that starts this is pretty much unsupported .
And do you know if it requires going back to Froyo or 2.2.1 from 2.3?
Thanks very much for your reply.
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The visionary method works of you just typed visionary.apk into Google you would get it........but if you have a bad emmc when it reaches the part to get s off root.sh won't work if u follow the guide on the unlockr.com u will be ok. You would just need to get visionary from else where and when it reaches the part to get permroot and u have to use the terminal instead of the instructions in the guud go down to the comments and get the file that the guy said worked for him and follow those instructions and u will get s off at which point you may go back to the unlocked to continue to get a custom recovery and ROM.............if your phone starts behaving strange beware the bad emmc chips and take precautions right away
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I know that this mytouch has the emmc that is considered to be bad. Should I forget about rooting all together?
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potatotree said:
I know that this mytouch has the emmc that is considered to be bad. Should I forget about rooting all together?
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Your choice. I have the bad emmc and im a massive flasher. nothing wrong yet
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N_otori0us_ said:
Your choice. I have the bad emmc and im a massive flasher. nothing wrong yet
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Take my advice and enjoy it while it lasts...... Even non modded ones go..... I also have the bad emmc
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Cool. I had seen some others who just go with it. This mt4g has been super stable, I really don't know what symptoms to look for with a failing chip.
I did just download holo and it runs well and feels modified, much more usable than sense.
I guess I just want to mod so the annoying limitations are gone.
Thanks for the reassurance.
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upncoming said:
Ooh wow... Ok. For starters, you're going to have to downgrade. Here are some helpful links for you.
Visionary: http://www.modaco.com/topic/330718-visionary-download-link/ it's at the bottom of the thread.
Downgrade guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
Root with gfree: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
Wish I could help more, but I'm heading out the door. Good luck!
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Ps thanks. This link for visionary works . I'll try it when I have a few hours to tinker .
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N_otori0us_ said:
Your choice. I have the bad emmc and im a massive flasher. nothing wrong yet
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Agreed. I too have this bad chip, and I have flashed several roms, kernels, and radios without a problem.
Please be advised, OP, you MUST downgrade to Froyo then root using the G-FREE. You are having the EXACT same problems I had when I first tried it a long time ago. Nothing else works, period. Trust me on this. It will save you hours of aggravation.
If you don't want to downgrade to Froyo then forget about it.
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Agreed. I too have this bad chip, and I have flashed several roms, kernels, and radios without a problem.
Please be advised, OP, you MUST downgrade to Froyo then root using the G-FREE. You are having the EXACT same problems I had when I first tried it a long time ago. Nothing else works, period. Trust me on this. It will save you hours of aggravation.
If you don't want to downgrade to Froyo then forget about it.
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Awesome, I appreciate it. I haven't addressed this because I've been playing with my phone and lost the ich to work on it. This is my wife's 4G and the more I use it the more I think it is a great phone -size, sleekness, screen and speed are all really nice. Too bad they don't start allowing people to add RAM to phones. (Unless it is possible and I just don't know it) That could keep older "cult" phones in play longer, much like Custom roms, but from a hardware standpoint. Anyway...
Ps - what roms have you had three best experience with for the mytouch?
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potatotree said:
Awesome, I appreciate it. I haven't addressed this because I've been playing with my phone and lost the ich to work on it. This is my wife's 4G and the more I use it the more I think it is a great phone -size, sleekness, screen and speed are all really nice. Too bad they don't start allowing people to add RAM to phones. (Unless it is possible and I just don't know it) That could keep older "cult" phones in play longer, much like Custom roms, but from a hardware standpoint. Anyway...
Ps - what roms have you had three best experience with for the mytouch?
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I am currently on Dark Unicorn v2.5 and it's insane amazing. Minus the lack of 720p recording, it's bomb-diggity! :victory:
If I would have to pick a best experience, I would say Stock 2.3.4 because everything works. Ha ha
Others:
Android Revolution HD
CM7.2
Yeah Dark Unicorn, and Synthetic's AOSPX. Pac-man and venom touch have good tweaks for their rom though .
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Interesting. Do you get markedly better performance with dark unicorn, due to the deoxing and kernal?
Honestly, debloating is a big factor in why I root.
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