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Ok so I've had my hero for a while and I saw all these things about rooting and flashing roms so I decided I'd do it. I used unlockr's amazing videos to root and flash RA heroc 1.2.3. I think this is an old recovery but i'm not sure. I want to flash back to stock and unroot it. I have seen some stuff about RUU(whatever that is) but for the life of me I can't figure out how to do it. From what I've read around here there are alot of smart people working on this and I'm sure someone knows how to do it. To be honest I don't even remember how I rooted it or did it right without messing everything up. Any help with this is much appreciated. Or at least point me in the right direction.
dukeoflbg said:
Ok so I've had my hero for a while and I saw all these things about rooting and flashing roms so I decided I'd do it. I used unlockr's amazing videos to root and flash RA heroc 1.2.3. I think this is an old recovery but i'm not sure. I want to flash back to stock and unroot it. I have seen some stuff about RUU(whatever that is) but for the life of me I can't figure out how to do it. From what I've read around here there are alot of smart people working on this and I'm sure someone knows how to do it. To be honest I don't even remember how I rooted it or did it right without messing everything up. Any help with this is much appreciated. Or at least point me in the right direction.
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Why would you want to go back to stock? o_0
Edit: Try this or this.
OtisFeelgood said:
Why would you want to go back to stock? o_0
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Because he realizes he's in over his head and isn't comfortable. Seems valid to me.
Riggs is half right. I'm in way too deep and the things I see ya'll doin, I don't really need a $500 paper weight. I don't even know what Rom I'm running now. Under phone info it says gumbo 1.5c. I tried to use damagecontrol's but it stuck on the HTC screen several times and that kind of stuff scares me.
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dukeoflbg said:
Riggs is half right. I'm in way too deep and the things I see ya'll doin, I don't really need a $500 paper weight. I don't even know what Rom I'm running now. Under phone info it says gumbo 1.5c. I tried to use damagecontrol's but it stuck on the HTC screen several times and that kind of stuff scares me.
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The first time you install a rom it usually takes awhile at first boot(5-10 mins). And if it says "gumbo 1.5c" under phone info then you're running........Gumbo 1.5c. ;x
I don't really need a $500 paper weight
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I understand what you're saying but it's pretty hard to brick these phones. If you flashed a GSM radio yeah. I've read about some crazy issues but the devs and community always work it out. Pretty much though just follow the guides and you're golden.
Props to all of you. I appreciate the work and never get tired of trying new ROMs and themes. I've had this phone for 6 months and I spend enough time with it that my wife hates it!
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When you flashed damagecontrop did you wipe data and dalvik. With most Roms you need to wipe these otherwise you will be stuck in a hour loop. When iI firstvrooted I hag no clue about any of this stuff and I now no more than I thought I would. Basically, I have turned my phone into a hobby. If you are worried about anything, just leave your phone as is and wait till the 2.1 release and use that ruu.
i have a non-rooted HTC incredible, however it's stuck in an endless boot loop. I can enter recovery, but that's about it.
any suggestions as to what i can do?
hard reset may work
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i tried hard resetting it. this did not solve the problem.
ok. if you are not rooted, take ot back to big red and get a replacement. from what i hear, the incredible is not that well made. i know that on my inc-- sometimes haptic feedback gives out, sound gives out, amd it overheats
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jdkoreclipse said:
ok. if you are not rooted, take ot back to big red and get a replacement. from what i hear, the incredible is not that well made. i know that on my inc-- sometimes haptic feedback gives out, sound gives out, amd it overheats
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i am the second owner of the incredible, and apparently, the warranty only applies to the original owner.
Are you root?
When and how did this start happening?
jdkoreclipse said:
ok. if you are not rooted, take ot back to big red and get a replacement. from what i hear, the incredible is not that well made. i know that on my inc-- sometimes haptic feedback gives out, sound gives out, amd it overheats
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Sounds like you got a bad one. Mine is perfect. No issues.
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Sounds like you got a bad one. Mine is perfect. No issues.
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im actually thinking of taking it back and getting a moto droid. i love the dinc, but it is poorly made.
Too bad i cant return, as i got it on release day. maybe if i can pick a good fight with the vzw guy, i could swap it out.
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Are you root?
When and how did this start happening?
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i'm not rooted. i was just using the phone normally and then it randomly rebooted. now it's stuck in a loop.
do you guys think if i apply a manual non-rooted update it would fix the problem?
if yes, where can i get a link to download this?
RUU
You should try running any of the stock RUU's; maybe even the most recent one (although I make no warranty; and this is at your risk). Perhaps your reboot loop is a heat related issue due to a faulty radio which is working too hard.
http://www.shipped-roms.com/shipped/Incredible/
has the RUU's although it is not clear as to how long.
I am on my 2nd incredible; first one overheated and would then would do a 4-13 white screen / black screen / white screen / ... until it would move on.
theanswer said:
i'm not rooted. i was just using the phone normally and then it randomly rebooted. now it's stuck in a loop.
do you guys think if i apply a manual non-rooted update it would fix the problem?
if yes, where can i get a link to download this?
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edit: post is useless.
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Try the RUU that was posted.
jdmba said:
You should try running any of the stock RUU's; maybe even the most recent one (although I make no warranty; and this is at your risk). Perhaps your reboot loop is a heat related issue due to a faulty radio which is working too hard.
http://www.shipped-roms.com/shipped/Incredible/
has the RUU's although it is not clear as to how long.
I am on my 2nd incredible; first one overheated and would then would do a 4-13 white screen / black screen / white screen / ... until it would move on.
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these RUUs require the phone to be turned on though. i cant get past the boot screen
theanswer said:
these RUUs require the phone to be turned on though. i cant get past the boot screen
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download the downgrade image. it will be found in the ota thread in the dev section.
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download the downgrade image. it will be found in the ota thread in the dev section.
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just want to confirm, you want me to follow this:
http://androidforums.com/all-things...16-how-revert-back-earlier-version-hboot.html
theanswer said:
just want to confirm, you want me to follow this:
http://androidforums.com/all-things...16-how-revert-back-earlier-version-hboot.html
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put this on the root of ypur sd card, boot into bootloader, and let the phone do the rest. YOU MAY LOSE ALL DATA
http://www.mediafire.com/?yum40znzwmmmtyl
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jdkoreclipse said:
put this on the root of ypur sd card, boot into bootloader, and let the phone do the rest. YOU MAY LOSE ALL DATA
http://www.mediafire.com/?yum40znzwmmmtyl
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just tried this, and it did not solve the problem. any other suggestions?
thanks for the help btw, i really appreciate it.
theanswer said:
just tried this, and it did not solve the problem. any other suggestions?
thanks for the help btw, i really appreciate it.
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ruu, hard reset, and stock img, that is it. Your dinc is hosed. I hope you have insurance??? (this is the part where you say yes)
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Welp
While it may not help you, it can't hurt to say. I was having huge reboot issues ... highest number was 13 initial white screen / black screen cycles. I could also NEVER get into Recovery (I could get into HBOOT but when I chose recovery, it would do TWO reboots, the second being full). A battery pull was usually needed.
However, the one thing that allowed me into recovery, etc., was to let the phone charge overnight to 100% and let it be. In the morning, the phone was charged and cool. At that point, I could easily get into recovery, start up, etc.
While I am sure you have tried this; just wanted to note to make sure your phone is cool and you did a battery pull for at least 10 minutes.
I too have this issue
I also have a stock incredible that I bought second hand, which when i bought it, I checked to make sure the device was ok. When I activated it like 2 minutes later it entered a reboot loop. I thought it might be a botched PRL so I went to the Verizon Rep (I met the seller at vz store) and he performed a forced activation. It continued the reboot loop so I took it home. I noticed that if I was outside or near a window, the phone would act normally. I used this discovery to root it and install a recovery. I flashed a few kernel/rom/radio combinations including stock rooted but there was no luck. I flashed back to RUU and it continued to reboot loop. The next day I reversed the activation back to my Eris. 20 minutes later the phone is perfect. I reactivated the device and it commenced rebooting immediately. I took it back to the store and they noted the same behavior. I'm pretty sure it's a faulty radio but since it wasn't activated on the original # they couldn't warranty it. They did tell me if the original owner activates it, they will warranty it so were gonna do that. I hope nobody else has this issue, but if you have this problem, try RUU, and if that doesnt fix it, it's likely hardware failure
Just jumped ships from sprint and got my facinate. Today rooted with one click and tried installing clock work. Thmanage rom manager. All seems well then suddenly my phone freezes for ten minutes I have to do a battery pull. Phone wont boot in anyway or form now. No lights or signs of life other than if I hold the power button as long as its pressed. A device labeled SEC S5PC110 Test B/D appears in device manager. And that'd all it will do. Thinking about exchanging it tomorrow afternoon. Just letting the community know what happened to me any thoughts as how or what happened might be able to help future mishaps
I'd try doing an odin flash. Just search the forums for the step by step. If u can get the phone into flash mode.
Yeah dude, definitely try Odin. Did you try flashing cwm from within ROM manager? I ask because that doesn't work for our phones yet, and it wouldn't surprise me if that could cause problems. I would use Odin to flash it back to stock, and then use the very thorough guide on here on how to get cwm going.
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hilarious post title.. good luck tho man. my only word of advice (tho it won't help u now) is to run back ups before you do anything major
illtema said:
hilarious post title.. good luck tho man. my only word of advice (tho it won't help u now) is to run back ups before you do anything major
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Hard for him to do a backup when he got bricked installing CWM LOL
Possibly bootlocked.
Newer Fascinates seem to be locked. Don't know if there is any way to tell which you've got without attempting a modification of the system....which would of course, result in the above nastiness....
I would think that if newer fascinates were boot locked, so would mesmerizes and I first flashed the stock files for Verizon on my phone then went to elements zinc (which is awesome BTW) installed voodoo 1200 kernel and everything is working great for me. Could just be that he got a bunk phone or something
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Possibly bootlocked.
Newer Fascinates seem to be locked. Don't know if there is any way to tell which you've got without attempting a modification of the system....which would of course, result in the above nastiness....
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I'm thinking it's just Noob users who are bootlocked...
My phone is only a week old everything went fine root,cwm...
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I would think that if newer fascinates were boot locked, so would mesmerizes
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Why would you think that? Same hardware!=same software...or we'd all be running USC's kernel/ROM.
Could just be that he got a bunk phone or something
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Could be...which is why I said "possibly" instead of "definitely".
Couldn't get to the flash mode even to use odin, went back today and bestbuy swapped it out for me thinking I just got a bad phone, I could also shake the thing and hear raddling with the usb door shut to so im not really surprised. The new one seems to be working better already, eill try root tonight,
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I could also shake the thing and hear raddling with the usb door shut
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Volume toggle. I bet the new one does it.
good day.
chopper the dog said:
Volume toggle. I bet the new one does it.
good day.
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He's right, the volume rockers rattle like a sumbitch.
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My Fascinate is just twp weeks old and One Click and CWM worked just fine for me. BTW I am running JTs super clean rom. Lovin this phone!
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This is why manufacturing companies are locking down phones now. That phone wasn't bricked it could have easily been fixed. OP. Please read and try to learn what u r doing. As well try to have a semi understanding of how u can fix ur phone if u mess it up. I would bet that your phone could have been up and running in 15 minutes.
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ksizzle9 said:
This is why manufacturing companies are locking down phones now. That phone wasn't bricked it could have easily been fixed. OP. Please read and try to learn what u r doing. As well try to have a semi understanding of how u can fix ur phone if u mess it up. I would bet that your phone could have been up and running in 15 minutes.
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x10
This is counter development long term.
I further submit that in the future, all root processes require a ten question exam on the users knowledge to work.
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Mine crashes sometimes. Even with all original OS. I just pull the battery and all is good.
My volume rocker doesn't rattle, so there is that plus.
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Greetings to all. Last week while powering up my phone, I accidentally entered into the Bootloader screen. It found the last T-mobile update that I had done (I forgot to remove it from the SD) and I hit yes to update (at the time thinking it was a new update). After it finished with the update, my phone booted back up to the familiar "zebras" T-mobile stock lock screen. At this point, my touchscreen was, and still is, completely non-responsive.
With the very basic knowledge that I have with Androids, I searched for and downloaded many different PD15IMG.zip files (always re-named PD15IMG properly), dropped them onto my SD (one by one of course), booted into the Bootloader screen and applied the update. In every instance, when my phone finished updating and loaded the familiar zebras, same problem. I even tried a Factory Restore (several times) with the same result. Also, USB Debugging was never turned on on the phone.
Now, here is where it gets interesting: when I was looking closer at my lock-screen, I noticed that the date is set to: Jan. 6, 1980!? I am at the "end of my rope" here and am only repeating the same steps at this point as if something magical is going to happen....
Any and all help would be most appreciated!
Brian
Are you S-On of S-Off?
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I am not sure what that means, my knowledge with these things is elementary at best. I was running a stock T-mobile rom if that answers your question.
noah1127 said:
I am not sure what that means, my knowledge with these things is elementary at best. I was running a stock T-mobile rom if that answers your question.
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when you boot into the bootloader... at the top
does it say Glacier PVT S-On or S-Off?
Ok, just looked it up; I believe I am S-off, because I have had custom roms installed before.
....actually, it says: Glacier PVT S-On
noah1127 said:
Ok, just looked it up; I believe I am S-off, because I have had custom roms installed before.
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you have a custom recovery installed?
I had at one point installed Clockworkmod if that is what you are asking, but to be honest, realized that it was beyond my understanding and never used it. I did never uninstall it however....I hope I am answering your questions correctly, sorry.
noah1127 said:
I had at one point installed Clockworkmod if that is what you are asking, but to be honest, realized that it was beyond my understanding and never used it. I did never uninstall it however....I hope I am answering your questions correctly, sorry.
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You did have it installed, but you flashed other PD15IMGs right? That flash would replace the recovery to stock recovery, so I'm guessing you don't have a custom recovery.
Ok, right, that makes sense. So I would say everything is stock again.
...any advice at all?
If you are not rooted and can't get it to boot then your options are few. Warranty exchange a possibility?
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It does boot, everything looks fine (except for the date of 1980!?), I can see the wallpaper and the "lock/unlock-bar", battery status, etc. I just can not swipe the "lock-bar" down to unlock the phone, the touchscreen is completely non-responsive.
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It does boot, everything looks fine (except for the date of 1980!?), I can see the wallpaper and the "lock/unlock-bar", battery status, etc. I just can not swipe the "lock-bar" down to unlock the phone, the touchscreen is completely non-responsive.
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Does it respond to any touches on the screen or does it just timeout and turn the screen off?
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No response what-so-ever, it just times out and goes blank.
My gut tells me it has something to do with the date being 30 years off (1980) ...but I am new to all this!
BTW, there has been no physical damage, I have not dropped it or anything like that.
I really do appreciate your time!
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Ok, right, that makes sense. So I would say everything is stock again.
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That would be correct! Still unsure about the touchscreen unresponsiveness though...sorry.
No problem, I appreciate your time!
What about the 1980 date, have you ever heard of anything like that before?
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No problem, I appreciate your time!
What about the 1980 date, have you ever heard of anything like that before?
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I wouldn't get too hung up on it. Could just be a messed up setting... Unless you believe someone from the past is trying to communicate with you.
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..."Unless you believe someone from the past is trying to communicate with you." I wish!
No, I just thought that like on a computer, if the date is far in the past it can mess up the "communications" within the device. The date was correct before and then after the "update" is went back to 1980, was just wondering if that is "confusing" the phone...I know it worked on me!!
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I wouldn't get too hung up on it. Could just be a messed up setting... Unless you believe someone from the past is trying to communicate with you.
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lmao, obviously HE'S from the past, where the MT4G doesn't exist! reason why his touchscreen won't work
well... i would wait... sometimes it might magically work again O_O
Just a question. I've been flashing my phones for years now but I have a question which has only come up now because I've never had a phone for as long as this MyTouch4G which I love... Is it basically accepted that at some point after several months, a ROM will begin to malfunction? Is it inevitable that at some point things just start acting wonky maybe with downloading and deleting of apps and media and so on? Or am I just experiencing crashing and slow downs for no reason?
Opinions? Thoughts?
I don't have issues with crashing, but in my experience ROMs started to slow down after a few days and it just gets worse with time. A Cache and Dalvik Cache wipe can help, but after awhile I just have to start fresh.
I'm sure that some of my crashing has to do with apps on the sd card. It's funny, ont the mytouch 3g slide the big concern was running out of room on the phone cause you couldn't transfer apps to the sd card. Now that you CAN use the sd card, half the apps cause problems not running from the phone. Ridiculous.
Anyway, more to the point then, you don't think the ROM causes any kind of crashing at all?
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I'm sure that some of my crashing has to do with apps on the sd card. It's funny, ont the mytouch 3g slide the big concern was running out of room on the phone cause you couldn't transfer apps to the sd card. Now that you CAN use the sd card, half the apps cause problems not running from the phone. Ridiculous.
Anyway, more to the point then, you don't think the ROM causes any kind of crashing at all?
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Not if it wasn't at the beginning. Not for me, anyway. You have to maintain your phone im much the same way you do a pc to prevent junk from building up and bogging it down. Get rid of bloat and unnecessary apps, clear caches, delete folders, etc.
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tinpanalley said:
Just a question. I've been flashing my phones for years now but I have a question which has only come up now because I've never had a phone for as long as this MyTouch4G which I love... Is it basically accepted that at some point after several months, a ROM will begin to malfunction? Is it inevitable that at some point things just start acting wonky maybe with downloading and deleting of apps and media and so on? Or am I just experiencing crashing and slow downs for no reason?
Opinions? Thoughts?
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Well I was using core droid since it came out and never had a problem with it. But yesterday it froze while watching a youtube video. I took out the battery and put it back in and i got a bricked phone.... I'm not sure if its because i used it for a while or because my eMMC died or something.
Geez... so, what, these phones are MADE to only last like a year and a half now? Lord...
None of the ROMs I've flashed have had any issues... My Glacier is amazing
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saranhai, what do you mean in your instructions that "A custom recovery, 4EXT is recommended"?
Nevermind, I know what 4EXT is now. Only problem is that I'm so comfortable with the linux look of CWM that I don't feel good using anything else.
tradejak66 said:
Well I was using core droid since it came out and never had a problem with it. But yesterday it froze while watching a youtube video. I took out the battery and put it back in and i got a bricked phone.... I'm not sure if its because i used it for a while or because my eMMC died or something.
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If you can still get into recovery and hboot, your phone is not bricked
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saranhai, what do you mean in your instructions that "A custom recovery, 4EXT is recommended"?
Nevermind, I know what 4EXT is now. Only problem is that I'm so comfortable with the linux look of CWM that I don't feel good using anything else.
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I just said that you needed a recovery image like cwm or 4ext to flash. Well to each his own opinions
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You really like the Revolution mod?
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If you can still get into recovery and hboot, your phone is not bricked
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Sorry I wasnt clear enough. The phone won't turn on whatsoever. No recovery, No hboot. T-mobile tried getting into recovery and they failed. Its it bricked. not soft bricked.
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Geez... so, what, these phones are MADE to only last like a year and a half now? Lord...
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Well, the technology evolves so rapidly they aren't really all that much use after 2 years.
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"the technology evolves so rapidly they aren't really all that much use after 2 years"
Well, that's subjective. There is nothing that the newest phones can do that I need. My media uses are significantly less than the average person though. I don't watch video or listen to music on my phone.
tinpanalley said:
You really like the Revolution mod?
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what mod?
the ROM?
yes, Official Android Revolution HD is AMAZING.
I'm sorry I misspoke. The ROM. I knew it sounded dumb when I typed it.
Hey, does anyone happen to know if any of the Sense 3.5 ROMs have the stock Sense version without any color edits or custom themes made by people? I just want it the way it originally looked.
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Hey, does anyone happen to know if any of the Sense 3.5 ROMs have the stock Sense version without any color edits or custom themes made by people? I just want it the way it originally looked.
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Official ARHD:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22694501#post22694501
everything's stock. ROM itself is smoother than butter
I did try it but is there any way you can get the Quick Launch widget from Bliss for it?
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