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[Q] how do I???

this was my original post.....
did what all my friends told me to do, who have the evo apparently a bad mistake. used unrevoked to root my evo, worked perfect. stoked!! downloaded titanium backup, backed up everything, worked great. still happy. went to install a rom (i guess) it told me i needed to change my kernel and had a link to the market for a kernel downloader. downloaded the app looked through bout five different kernels, all had good reviews and stable... downloaded the one with the most downloads (6700 or something). asked download? i said yes. asked flask now? i said yes. it said flash complete reboot coming... rebooted got to the HTC EVO 4G white screen sat there for bout 15 seconds and shut off tried to reboot again same thing. bout ten times in a row so i pulled the battery. did a hard reset didnt fix, did a wipe, didnt fix.... did not make a nandroid back up...oops
anyone know what i can do please help.. thank you
some people said i can download a new rom drag it to my sd card once the card is mounted to the computer. so i tried (3 different roms) and it will not let me drag it to the sd card folder once i put it on my desktop. how do i fix my phone???? lol

Are you dragging the ROM from computer to SD while in recovery?

mlin said:
Are you dragging the ROM from computer to SD while in recovery?
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no my phone will not boot up i just have the sd card mounted phone by my side off. i was told to drag the rom into sd card then reinstall into phone go to recovery mode and unzip the filed rom from the sd card through the phone using the volume buttons and lock button to select.
but it wll not let me drag the rom into the sd card to even get that far

Answer is to find another kernel (stock or otherwise) and put it on the SD Card. Then boot into Recovery and flash it.

Sounds like you may have loaded an ASOP kernel on a Sense Rom. What you are gonna need to do is pull out the SD Card and connect to your computer with a USB adapter so SD Card reader if you Laptop/PC has one. Download a SENSE Rom kernel and flash that in Recovery. If that doesn't work. put the phone back to stock and start over. Also, you might want to copy the Titanium Backup folder to your PC, just in case.

Post in the wrong section?
Install the correct kernel for my rom?
Give enough info so people can help me?
Ruin my phone by being a moron?
Not know how to use adb, fastboot or the bootloader because I rooted with a method that teaches me nothing about the phone?
Sorry was just playing the "finish my thread title game"
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Rem3Dy said:
Post in the wrong section?
Install the correct kernel for my rom?
Give enough info so people can help me?
Ruin my phone by being a moron?
Not know how to use adb, fastboot or the bootloader because I rooted with a method that teaches me nothing about the phone?
Sorry was just playing the "finish my thread title game"
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You're so mean lmao, but so true. Bottom line, a little research never hurt anyone. Hopefully, this will be a lesson learned. Good luck op.
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[Q] Stuck in Bootloop

Okay... I have seen you alot in the q and a and you seem to be super helpfull.
I was wondering if you could please please please help me!!
let me tell you where i was. Okay so on my mytouch 4g i was running fauxs new 2.3 leak http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059379
And i saw that he put out a new kernal. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079754
And i wanted to give it a go. So followed all the steps... wipe cash and dalvik everthing was going perfect. Then it rebooted, and i got stuck in a bootloop. Witch not a big deal just go back to recovery.
Well I did and it went into Hboot it tries to load some image and fails. And then the only option it gives me is to update this radio_v2 thing.
So I think my recovery is broken. PLEASE HELP ( what steps do i need to do now? I havent ever worked with adb or hboot engineering.
I used the visionary root method i had s off

Jerald2 said:
Okay... I have seen you alot in the q and a and you seem to be super helpfull.
I was wondering if you could please please please help me!!
let me tell you where i was. Okay so on my mytouch 4g i was running fauxs new 2.3 leak http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059379
And i saw that he put out a new kernal. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079754
And i wanted to give it a go. So followed all the steps... wipe cash and dalvik everthing was going perfect. Then it rebooted, and i got stuck in a bootloop. Witch not a big deal just go back to recovery.
Well I did and it went into Hboot it tries to load some image and fails. And then the only option it gives me is to update this radio_v2 thing.
So I think my recovery is broken. PLEASE HELP ( what steps do i need to do now? I havent ever worked with adb or hboot engineering.
I used the visionary root method i had s off
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If your computer has an SD reader use a micro SD adapter to delete the pdi15.img from the root of your card. Then you will be able to then boot back into recovery and flash the rom or new kernel again. I hope this helps you out.
Edit: pd151.img
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Lol wow - I am in this exact same scenario - placed both kernel and radio on my sd card, flashed the kernel, got stuck at boot loop, and can't get back to recovery to flash the "first time" kernel because hboot only gives me the option of updating radio...
So...I unfortunately don't have an sd card reader on my computer to easily remove the pd15 radio file...is there any way around this? Or is removing the pd15 file from my sd card the only solution??
Ok...I remembered my girlfriend's computer has an sd card reader, I put mine in, and when I try to remove the pd15 radio file, it says it can't be deleted...WTF!? What should I do??
So it looks like the card is "read only" on my girlfriend's computer...but I can't put it into my computer to change the read/write permissions!!! Argh...!!!

I sorted it out....phew! I mounted a different sd card via my phone, fixed the kernel issue by running 'firs time' kernel, and was able to power up phone. Looking good now.

Jerald2 said:
Okay... I have seen you alot in the q and a and you seem to be super helpfull.
I was wondering if you could please please please help me!!
let me tell you where i was. Okay so on my mytouch 4g i was running fauxs new 2.3 leak http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059379
And i saw that he put out a new kernal. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079754
And i wanted to give it a go. So followed all the steps... wipe cash and dalvik everthing was going perfect. Then it rebooted, and i got stuck in a bootloop. Witch not a big deal just go back to recovery.
Well I did and it went into Hboot it tries to load some image and fails. And then the only option it gives me is to update this radio_v2 thing.
So I think my recovery is broken. PLEASE HELP ( what steps do i need to do now? I havent ever worked with adb or hboot engineering.
I used the visionary root method i had s off
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Move the pdm15.zip off you micro card or rename it,thats why you can't get to recovery
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Fixed!!
I fixed it thanks to you guys! I put my sd card in my moms phone and deleted it then tried agian this time getting into recovery
flashed the first time kernal and worked like a charm. Thanks guys!! One problem I did notice is when i over clocked the phone completely froze any solutions?

Evo 4g STOCK S-On Stuck in a boot loop

Ok so my girls evo 4g is still stock and NONrooted. She was having some connection issues and we called up sprint. They had me punch in some numbers in a menu that came up buy pressing ##somenumbers#. after i entered the numbers they told me to a promt came up saying "press ok to reboot" and i did that. after that the phone is now stuck in a boot loop. They dont know wtf happened so they are sending her a replacement but since its on "back order" (wonder why, they're always on backorder lol) they say itll prob take about 1 week or 2 before we get it and in the meantime i dont need her tieing up my phone (its MINE gdamit) im wondering what i can do. The phone will go into Hboot and Android recovery (3e) so i was considering trying to install the PC36img on her phone but i dont want to screw anything up. and since i cant get bast the boot screen i dont know what to look for so i dont mess up.
Again:
STOCK NONroot (ever)
S-On
Boot loop
please help.
Thank you

Will it let you get to the hboot? Pull out the battery for a few seconds then reolace it. Hold power and volume up. If you can get to the hboot you might be able to do a factory reset or even relash the stock rom
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bakin8r said:
Will it let you get to the hboot? Pull out the battery for a few seconds then reolace it. Hold power and volume up. If you can get to the hboot you might be able to do a factory reset or even relash the stock rom
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it will let me into hboot and from there i can go into recovery. BUT when in recovery i get the phone icon with 3 green arrows going in a circle then shortly after it turns to a phone icon with a red triangle/exclimation. when i get the text to come up it Android System Recovery <3e> in blue text and gives me the following options
Reboot System now
Apply update from sdcard
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
and then under it in yellow text i get the following:
E:can't open /cache/recovery/command
E:can't mount /data/data/recovery/log
E:Can't open /data/data/recovery/log

Put the sdcard in a card reader and put in a ruu zip pcmwhatever.zip at the root of the card, boot into hboot and say yes to all prompts once it finds the file in hboot. Remember, it must be. Stock sprint ruu
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Art2Fly said:
Put the sdcard in a card reader and put in a ruu zip pcmwhatever.zip at the root of the card, boot into hboot and say yes to all prompts once it finds the file in hboot. Remember, it must be. Stock sprint ruu
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well thats what i was thinking of doing but cant seem to find a recent one and ive been to Shipped roms but im not sure what the latest ota one is
the current image version on the phone rite now is 4.24.651.1

I will help you out if you haven't found the solution by the time I get home. Basically find the zip of 4.24, rename it PC36IMG.zip and put it on the root of the SD card. Boot into hboot and it will scan and find the file. Follow the prompts and you should be good.
The site to get it from is Goo.inside.me or something like that. It would be in the Supersonic section

Nick N said:
I will help you out if you haven't found the solution by the time I get home. Basically find the zip of 4.24, rename it PC36IMG.zip and put it on the root of the SD card. Boot into hboot and it will scan and find the file. Follow the prompts and you should be good.
The site to get it from is Goo.inside.me or something like that. It would be in the Supersonic section
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thats exactly my problem i cant seem to find a 4.24 zip that hasn't been messed with and ive been searching all over the place

i think i just found it... ill keep you posted

I cant seem to find the stock 2.3.3 either.. in the hboot try scrolling down to clear storage and try a factory reset, otherwise you will need to flash the stock rom. If I can find one I will post a link

http://goo-inside.me/supersonic/ruu/4.24.651.1

bakin8r said:
I cant seem to find the stock 2.3.3 either.. in the hboot try scrolling down to clear storage and try a factory reset, otherwise you will need to flash the stock rom. If I can find one I will post a link
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Thank YOU to dougjamal for the link in your signature
I got the 4.24 img here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884060
and the phone is back to normal (for now)

while your at it you might as well root the thing

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while your at it you might as well root the thing
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i might just do that lol

Possibly bricked.

Ok.. so.
I had a not-working clockwork mod, and like an idiot I used the rom manager via android to flash a new rom. So - that rom is stuck in its boot up logo over and over (team kang). And isn't moving despite waiting 10 minutes, and my clockwork mod is non functional. I can see the options in CMW but if I click one of them - I dont get the options to chose a zip/it does reboot. It simply gives me the hat with the refresh logo and no options. So CWM is not functional.
Fastboot boots, but recovery sends me to non functional CWM.
S = off, and the phone is/was rooted.
Any advise?

I hope someone is awake... lol

Try to use adb/fastboot to flash 4ext recovery. Or a new cwm recovery. You really need a functioning recovery.
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Just sayin.. 4ext is a better recovery. However, if you prefer cwm, that is up to you. But if you can use adb to flash recovery, please do it, then from hboot go into recovery and flash a known working Rom...
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So your saying volume down while power on, boot up adb on the computer/fastboot on the phone and I can somehow push a 4ext to the phone? I'll give it a try but I'm lost at the moment.
Closest I came up with was downloading the stock rom/putting it on SD card and loading it up that way.
I'll go back to DEV and check into how to flash it, but I was under the impression you had to have a working rom.

...are you making selections in recovery using the trackpad?

There is no trackpad? Volume up and down.
I just flashed 2 versions of CWM and finally got options with the touch version - then of course I lost MY sd card somewhere? Which is such a joy because I'll never find it. So I am now going to load up a rom on the SD card then install it.
Ok, got the rom installed, for my personal SD card - the other phone is booting up now, if it doesn't work atleast I can mount the SD card through CMW and such. TY original poster, I didn't actually realize you could flash files directly from the computer to the phone.
This all started when I rooted this phone because it was having battery issues/wasn't running right, then it needed to update but wouldn't because CWM was installed - so I tried to put a different rom on it but that didn't work.
YES!!!! It has booted into android just now. Score.
TY posters.

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There is no trackpad? Volume up and down.
I just flashed 2 versions of CWM and finally got options with the touch version - then of course I lost MY sd card somewhere? Which is such a joy because I'll never find it. So I am now going to load up a rom on the SD card then install it.
Ok, got the rom installed, for my personal SD card - the other phone is booting up now, if it doesn't work atleast I can mount the SD card through CMW and such. TY original poster, I didn't actually realize you could flash files directly from the computer to the phone.
This all started when I rooted this phone because it was having battery issues/wasn't running right, then it needed to update but wouldn't because CWM was installed - so I tried to put a different rom on it but that didn't work.
YES!!!! It has booted into android just now. Score.
TY posters.
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no trackpad? do you have the Mytouch 4G?
the trackpad is the square like button in the bottom middle of the phone...
well anyway, i'm glad you figured it out and got it working.

nimkiel said:
There is no trackpad? Volume up and down.
I just flashed 2 versions of CWM and finally got options with the touch version - then of course I lost MY sd card somewhere? Which is such a joy because I'll never find it. So I am now going to load up a rom on the SD card then install it.
Ok, got the rom installed, for my personal SD card - the other phone is booting up now, if it doesn't work atleast I can mount the SD card through CMW and such. TY original poster, I didn't actually realize you could flash files directly from the computer to the phone.
This all started when I rooted this phone because it was having battery issues/wasn't running right, then it needed to update but wouldn't because CWM was installed - so I tried to put a different rom on it but that didn't work.
YES!!!! It has booted into android just now. Score.
TY posters.
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Cmon...not even a clik on the thanks button? Those are like battle scars! I'm just kidding..glad it worked out for you. It hurts me to hear about a bricked mt4g. They are a dying breed...
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I actually didn't know there was a like button as this was one of my first posts really. But if you want an update, I flashed it through ADB and got a working bootloader then loaded ICS which completely didn't work.
This phone is for my mom's so I reflashed it to that Virtuous Unity rom/shes now complaining of some battery drain. I didn't install setcpu because they have something else running I saw? But maybe it needs to be setup? Either way I'll just install setcpu next time I see her.
Oh, as for the trackpad... *cough*. I've held the phones many times (hundreds), but never actually realized there was a trackpad on it. My mom used it in front of me shortly after I fixed her phone..

Getting more than a day out of a Sense 4 rom with decent use. Releasing this to the public in a couple days as INDIAN MADNESS, give it a shot

[Q] Challengings for Brain users like me!

Hi guys,
First of all, i apologize if I post in a wrong forum, kind of new in XDA. Wanted to thank you all, because, even though, I didn't register, your forum helps me A LOT with android phones... I'm facing a situation with an HTC, and as I surfed the web, and no one seems to have the same problem, I'm adressing it in this forum.
I bought an refurbished mytouch 4g glacier on amazon. When it came, in addition to be locked (not a big problem), I couldn't enter the settings (the linked program is no longer installed on your phone) and worst, there is no dialpad. I assumed that the owner tried to flash it with a corrupt version...
As it is for me a brain challenge, i decided to try to fix it...
I made a factory reset with the buttons (pwr+vol down), same thing! I tried recovery, I think with the S-ON, it didn't work (red triangle). I tried to use wifi to download things or a file manager, but you'll need to access the settings options, and I don't have access. I download SDK manager, but the phone needs to be usb debugging to be found by pc, and I can't access the settings options. I download an usb debugging apk, put it in the sd card, but as there is no file explorer, I could access it...
This is why I asked your help. This is a Glacier pvt ship s-on, with green fonts, (cyanogen 7?: there were a difference with green fonts and orange fonts...)
Thanks in advance.
STO02

Try flashing PD15IMG in bootloader.
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whytry23000 said:
Try flashing PD15IMG in bootloader.
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Ditto. If you don't know whether the phone is rooted, I would just flash the PD15IMG of the stock 2.3.4 ROM by loading the file onto the root of the SD card and booting into the bootloader (volume down + power). Then if after you are sure it works you want to root it, you can always go on from there.
In terms of figuring out which ROM you have, since you can't get to the 'about phone', if your boot animation just has the Tmobile MyTouch 4g logo on a white background, followed by a circular green MyTouch logo, then you are probably on the stock ROM. If it was CM7 or anything else, it would usually have a different custom boot animation.
Good luck!

You can also tell which stock version you are running: 2.2.1 has no quick settings tab in the notification drawer while 2.3.4 does.
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Try flashing PD15IMG in bootloader.
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Thank you for your quick answer... I have already done this 5 days ago. I downloaded the PD15img, put it in the sd card (actually, i didn't know which extension to put in the sd card, so i unzip the file and i let the zip one: i put both in the sd assuming the phone will use the best extension it needs!). I use pwr+ vol down, nothing happen.
Any ideas? Maybe if i found an update version of the pd15img?
Thanks for your help

Guys, I'm blessed...Not because I found the solution yet, but because I found you thinking with me!
It seems I have the 2.3.4, because, as you said, I have the quick drawer icon. I have already try the bootloader, but i will try again from the beginning. I will download again the pd15img (if it was a problem while downloading) and revert to you in 2 hours.
Thank you again!

It should be a file named PD15IMG.zip. Any file by that name placed in the root of the sd card will be flashed through the hboot bootloader. Don't unzip it. If it is named exactly that, when you boot into the bootloader via vol down + power, it should scan for it, and if it detects the file, it will ask if you want to update.
Be sure you are using the right PD15IMG.zip file (2.3.4 Stock). There are a lot of files by that name, since it is used to flash all kinds of things (radios, etc.). Looks like it might be available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1476745&highlight=pd15img&page=10

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Ditto. If you don't know whether the phone is rooted, I would just flash the PD15IMG of the stock 2.3.4 ROM by loading the file onto the root of the SD card and booting into the bootloader (volume down + power). Then if after you are sure it works you want to root it, you can always go on from there.
In terms of figuring out which ROM you have, since you can't get to the 'about phone', if your boot animation just has the Tmobile MyTouch 4g logo on a white background, followed by a circular green MyTouch logo, then you are probably on the stock ROM. If it was CM7 or anything else, it would usually have a different custom boot animation.
Good luck!
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I do have the Tmobile MyTouch 4g logo on a white background, followed by a circular green MyTouch logo. I'm on the stock rom then? Is that make any difference or I can still process with downloading pd15img? Anyway, that's worth the try!
I'll keep you posted

It does sound like you are definitely on stock 2.3.4 since you have the stock boot animation, and the notification bar quick drawer that was introduced with gingerbread 2.3.4.
It only makes a difference if you aren't rooted. If you weren't rooted and flashed a different ROM it probably wouldn't work, and you could get stuck in a boot loop (couldn't get past the hboot menu). But, the fix would be to flash the stock PD15IMG anyway, so you should be fine. Either way, nothing is going to happen unless you flash something, because it sounds like system files have been deleted.
I'm still kind of a noob, but I feel pretty confident with that. I've messed up before and recovered from hboot with a PD15IMG file. Your hboot and recovery sound like they are stock. Just be sure once you have it working that you remove or rename the PD15IMG file from your sdcard, otherwise it will keep trying to flash it when you boot into the bootloader.

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unqualified said:
It should be a file named PD15IMG.zip. Any file by that name placed in the root of the sd card will be flashed through the hboot bootloader. Don't unzip it. If it is named exactly that, when you boot into the bootloader via vol down + power, it should scan for it, and if it detects the file, it will ask if you want to update.
Be sure you are using the right PD15IMG.zip file (2.3.4 Stock). There are a lot of files by that name, since it is used to flash all kinds of things (radios, etc.). Looks like it might be available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1476745&highlight=pd15img&page=10
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I followed your link and downloaded the pd15img from there. i placed it in the sd...It detects it like earlier and still give me the message: sd checking....loading pd15img.zip....no image or wrong file image.
Any more ideas?

Some ideas here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035044
one person suggested making sure the sd card is FAT32 formatted, seemed to help his issue.
Also, you might want to be sure that even if it gives you that error message, there isn't a loading bar on the right hand side of the screen making progress. If I recall the last time I did it, it wasn't obvious it had worked, and loaded for a few minutes before popping up with 'do you want to update?'

Did you try both the 2.3.4 and the '2.3.4 new' file found on the aforementioned page?
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unqualified said:
Some ideas here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035044
one person suggested making sure the sd card is FAT32 formatted, seemed to help his issue.
Also, you might want to be sure that even if it gives you that error message, there isn't a loading bar on the right hand side of the screen making progress. If I recall the last time I did it, it wasn't obvious it had worked, and loaded for a few minutes before popping up with 'do you want to update?'
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Good and bad news!!!
The good news: It really makes a difference indeed to format the sd in Fat32. Although i formated it many times, as I used to see FAT, I didn't know there were another option for FAT32. Well, after format it in FAT32, i put the file in the sd card: pd15img loads successfully...
Bad news: I hurrily check if I can access the option: "the linked program is no longer installed on your phone".
At least, we know formating sd card in FAT32 does make a difference!.
Maybe I should try another new rom like 2.3.6?
Any ideas is welcomed!
Thank you

Wow, head scratcher. If you were rooted with a custom recovery I'd say you probably need to format the system partition and wipe data and cache before flashing, but obviously you can't do that. Might be worth trying a few times to force it through?
I think this is out of my league at this point. Hopefully someone smarter than me will pop in!
Only other thought is maybe something can be done through fastboot? But I wouldn't know what.

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whytry23000 said:
Did you try both the 2.3.4 and the '2.3.4 new' file found on the aforementioned page?
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Yes I did! I even try the 2.2.1...All of them load successfully, but still without succes. It's like they are installed somewhere in the phone, but the original that has the problem never moved.
Is that because S is on?

Re:challengings
unqualified said:
Wow, head scratcher. If you were rooted with a custom recovery I'd say you probably need to format the system partition and wipe data and cache before flashing, but obviously you can't do that. Might be worth trying a few times to force it through?
I think this is out of my league at this point. Hopefully someone smarter than me will pop in!
Only other thought is maybe something can be done through fastboot? But I wouldn't know what.
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Thank you a lot for your help. It's been useful cause I learned a lot, much more than alone. If I get through this, I will post.
My next thinking is to download USB debug apk into the phone, so maybe, it will enable the option and I could use adb. But in order to do that, i should pay to unlock it...(wondering if it worth it). As soon as i put a sim in it, i know my carrier would install the apn settings for me automatically, so i would be online and be able to download. I try the wifi options, but i couldn't connect.
Could you help me with the unlock?
Thanks in advance

I think that recovery file is for 2.2.1......
Get S-Off bro. Doesn't the stock image have a file explorer? I don't remember.