After successfully rooting my glacier (gfree method), I attempted to flash RoyalGinger & CM7 (obviously at separate times)... When I try to 'choose zip from sd', I see the files, choose them & then clockwork says 'No files found'... Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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Are u checking the md5sum? Are u placing the file on the root of the sd card? Never seen that issue before...
Mytouch 4g-white
Permrooted s-off
Root Method-gfree
CWR-3.0.2.4
Rom-Royalginger v2.1
It shows up in my dowloads folder as a folder titled 'RoyalGinger_v2'. I drop that into my sd & safely eject.
[edit: after choosing 'choose zip from sd- I see RoyalGinger, choose it, but rather than flashing, two options of 'system' or 'META-INF' appear.]
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It shows up in my dowloads folder as a folder titled 'RoyalGinger_v2'. I drop that into my sd & safely eject.
[edit: after choosing 'choose zip from sd- I see RoyalGinger, choose it, but rather than flashing, two options of 'system' or 'META-INF' appear.]
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Are you checking the MD5SUM?
please check
___ Yes
___ No
It sounds as if you have a bad download. When you go
Code:
flash .zip from SD card > let me pick > the file you want
It shouldn't give you any choices. It should just flash it right away.
If you do not know how to check the MD5SUM it's really simple
Code:
adb shell md5sum /[location]/<file.zip>
and match it to the MD5SUM posted from where you downloaded the ROM.
Md5 says 'no such file or directory'.
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Do you have it saved as a zip file? From what your saying it doesn't sound like it..
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From the xda forum-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978643
I click on the download link next RoyalGinger 2.1... It goes to a page with 'RoyalGinger_v2.1_N.zip' . There's 7 different download buttons... Is there a specific one?
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cbutt said:
From the xda forum-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978643
I click on the download link next RoyalGinger 2.1... It goes to a page with 'RoyalGinger_v2.1_N.zip' . There's 7 different download buttons... Is there a specific one?
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When i see the MutliUpload site i use the one for MegaUpload.
And make sure to not unzip the package.
Thank you. Changed settings not to automatically unzip. Running RoyalGinger 2.1. THANK YOU!
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Not to be mean but this entire thread could have been avoided if someone [OP] would have not rooted before knowing what they were doing. Anyone with any working knowledge of their device would have known that the file does not get unzipped.
There are way too many people rooting their devices and thus clogging up XDA with threads that could have been avoided just by simply learning their device and reading, reading, reading and re-reading before attempting to do something just because they thought it was cool to do.
JMHO though
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Not to be mean but this entire thread could have been avoided if someone [OP] would have not rooted before knowing what they were doing. Anyone with any working knowledge of their device would have known that the file does not get unzipped.
There are way too many people rooting their devices and thus clogging up XDA with threads that could have been avoided just by simply learning their device and reading, reading, reading and re-reading before attempting to do something just because they thought it was cool to do.
JMHO though
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I will agree with you, however ....
1) Everyone starts somewhere. You were once a n3wb getting p3wnd once as well.
2) This person is doing the correct thing. They are asking more experienced users, what they are doing. And how to correct the issue. Nothing wrong with asking questions.
3) XDA is known as the "GOTO PLACE" for all things hackery/slashery/and modified phones. It's easy for them to find this place when it shows up on nearly EVERY google search done regarding Android or WinMo phones.
To the [OP]. At this point in time i would recommend stepping back, after you get your phone up and running, and take some time to read up and study. IF you want to get into hacking your phone i'm all for it. Just don't go in with blinders on. It can get pretty deep pretty quick.
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Okay, I rooted my N1 with Universal Androot and removed the stock Froyo Twitter app without backing it up. (Shame on me.) Now, I can't update to 2.2.1 because of it (a status 7 error complaining about not finding /system/app/Twitter.apk)
I have, at the advice of some other forum posts I've read, installed Twitter from Android Market and backed it up to the sd. Renamed it Twitter.apk and used the Terminal Emulator to copy it to /system/app. That worked and the file is there, but the update still will not apply. Do I also need a .odex file? Is there any way to update at this point?
Any help would be super appreciated. THANKS!
if this is the new twitter app would you be kindly enough to share it..lol
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grab it from an older update like from frf91 update.. then do adb push /system/app
if you cant do that...
put the twitter app in sdcard then go to terminal and do
cp /sdcard/twitter /system/app
reboot then apply it.. i had trouble with amazon and i did it that way and it worked well
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put the twitter app in sdcard then go to terminal and do
cp /sdcard/twitter /system/app
reboot then apply it.. i had trouble with amazon and i did it that way and it worked well
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That's exactly what I did. It didn't work.
I'd love to pull the app from a FRF91 build but I have no idea how that's done.
Flash a GAPPS update (try the on listed with CM6)
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Flash a GAPPS update (try the on listed with CM6)
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It looks as though I can't flash the GAPPS without unlocking the bootloader and installing a new recovery, correct? I'm really not that motivated if that's the case. I appreciate the information.
OK, just download the GAPPS, then use something like estrongs file manager to unzip to a folder of choice (with estrongs, longpress and select extract).
The Twitter apk will be in the extract folder/system/app. Just click the apk to install...
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BTW, if you have root, you may as well install a custom recovery (without touching the bootloader).
Easy way with ROM Manager (has Clockworkmod and Amon-Ra), or use adb if you wanna learn something...
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Thanks for the tips. I'll check it out tomorrow when I can make a data transfer. I am doubtful that installing from the zip will solve much since I already loaded the app and its already in the system folder.
could someone verify whether or not the Twitter app has a corresponding odex file that I might need?
I ran into the same problem when I removed Amazon Mp3, but I was impatient so I ended up reflashing the stock rom and then updating.
There is a thread that has all n1 updates look for it and download froyo fr91 update then unzip it go to system app and look for twitter apk then put in sdcard and do commands again .. I tried to do with market twitter and it failed so I did it the way I'm explained andnworkd
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ilostchild said:
There is a thread that has all n1 updates look for it and download froyo fr91 update then unzip it go to system app and look for twitter apk then put in sdcard and do commands again .. I tried to do with market twitter and it failed so I did it the way I'm explained andnworkd
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You sir, have saved my life. I swear I used that same exact Twitter.apk but I must not have. I used 3 different apks all with the same result but the one in the zip I found somewhere in this forum worked perfectly. I appreciate all the help and feel like such a 'tard for not trying something so seemingly simple earlier.
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You sir, have saved my life. I swear I used that same exact Twitter.apk but I must not have. I used 3 different apks all with the same result but the one in the zip I found somewhere in this forum worked perfectly. I appreciate all the help and feel like such a 'tard for not trying something so seemingly simple earlier.
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No problem man.. glad you got it working.. now reroot the phone and back up all the apps from then phone.. doin adb pull /system/app
Flash a Custom ROM
1. Make sure you are permrooted and S =off. Also make sure you are able to get into recovery before you start flashing stuff. Download rom from XDA developers and save it to your computer.
2. Once it is saved, plug in your phone via USB cable and mount the SD card so we can save files to the sd card.
3. Copy the ROM’s .zip file over to the root of the sd card (NOT in any folders on the sd card, just on the root of the card) (do NOT extract it, leave it as a .zip).
4. In the custom recovery screen, select Nandroid then Backup and backup your current ROM.
5. Then select Wipe Data and wipe caches.
6. Then select Apply ".zip from sd card" and choose the ROM you downloaded earlier.
7. Once it is done flashing, click reboot system. Once it reboots, you are all set. Enjoy!
I am not responsable for damage to your device from flashing. Do this at your own risk.
Credit for these steps: http://theunlockr.com/2010/11/15/ho...-on-a-phone-after-using-visionaryhboot-s-off/
Hey devs let me know if something need to be corrected in the steps.
Must be perm rooted and s off to flash roms.
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I am not sure if i should post this under MT4G android development section. Let me know.
topgun303 said:
I am not sure if i should post this under MT4G android development section. Let me know.
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I would say general because this is certainly not a question..
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that was nice of you to put that together... I'm sure it'll come in usefully for a lot of people that are still new with flashing and a lot of people who are sick of answering questions on how to flash lol both sides win with this one
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I would say general because this is certainly not a question..
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I look at it as answer to a question. Just my opinion.
topgun303 said:
I look at it as answer to a question. Just my opinion.
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thats true I gotta agree with that one... this is the Q&A forum after all
have any of you guys tried the unlockr.coms method of perm rooting?? I used it for my g2 and it worked but idk if it will work like a charm with the mt4g..also do we have to use visionary r14 or a different version because the link it gives us is visionary r14
Same as it was originally done though G2 then MT4G was developed. You can use it with ease nothing to worry about.
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UPDATE: Here I found you Youtube videos how to do step by step.
TempROOT> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gylaXOCNzqU
PermROOT> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy_aqKoeev4
Use the howto from Theunlockr video posted above it maybe easier for you to follow.
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Worked great for me, and easy as pie
Im sorry for any stupid/ noob questions, but in your honest opinion aside from having root access and being able to remove pre installed apps, what are the other benefits from going thru the root process?
You can overclock (make phone faster) also set cpu profiles to make phone cpu to run at lowest mhz to save battery. install customs romsthat have better customization and also have the newest android software before anyone else. .
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kingvaj23 said:
install customs romsthat have better customization and also have the newest android software before anyone else. .
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Just remember that this'll disable any OTA updates that'll come out for your phone...
But who needs ota updates we already have gingerbread if your rooted
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+1
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jriv said:
But who needs ota updates we already have gingerbread if your rooted
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LOL thats why I was laughing as it being on XDA lol and who would want to use OTA stock base in first place?
after I purchased my phone, I immediately hit the internet and looked up some info on the MT4G and saw the Unlockr method for rooting and following the guide made it very easy. 2 thumbs up for me, and yes visionary 14 works
Sounds good I'm gonna use that method once my replacement gets here wednesday
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Best...simpliest...and easy
Temp and permarooted w the steps given....1 try and it was golden and flashing was easy
Highly recommended!
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i just got the mt4g and i wanna root it but i dont wanna lose swype like i did when i root my mt3gslide. is there a way i can get swype on 4g after i root it?
@RoyalTaco:
Several of the roms have swype. Including "iced glacier" and "evil's desire hd" (which I'm using now as I type. Love swype)
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RoyalTaco said:
i just got the mt4g and i wanna root it but i dont wanna lose swype like i did when i root my mt3gslide. is there a way i can get swype on 4g after i root it?
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Rooting a MT4G will not remove any applications. Swype is pre-installed, and will stay that way. The only way to "lose" Swype is to flash a ROM that does not include it. In that case, you can go to the Swype website and download it directly by signing up for the beta.
oh ok thx guys. Using this method i after i reboot the phone i keep getting S-On. what could i be doing wrong?
unlockr
I get this far
1. On your phone, go to Settings > Applications > Development > and make sure USB Debugging is ON (it MUST be ON) and make sure Fastboot is checked OFF (if it exists in your settings, otherwise don’t worry about it).
2.Download Visionary from here
3. Plug in your phone via USB cable and mount the sd card so we can transfer files to it.
4.Copy the Visionary .apk file to the root of your phone’s memory card (NOT in any folder just on the sd card itself).
5. Then simply open any file manager app on your phone (like Linda File Manager for free from the Market for example) find the visionary apk file in the file manager and click it and follow the prompts to install it.
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When I open the file manager app (i tried Linda and OI File Manager) the file isn't there.
I know I did everything, I tried several times, but nothing. Any advice?
Jonathan
lanternslight456 said:
... the file isn't there.
I know I did everything...
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If the file isn't there, I can imagine only three possibilities. Choose one. These are the only reasonable possibilities, but as we're not psychic, you'll have to figure out which it might be of these three.
You did not transfer the file to the SD card at all.
You transferred it to the wrong directory on the SD card .
You're looking for it in the wrong directory.
Could it be something else? Sure. Perhaps you renamed the file. Perhaps you switched SD cards.... but if you're using the same SD card, and you did not rename the file, then one of those three are the likely candidate.
Here's the info I know from what I've done in regards to these options (I'm going to try again tonight though)
1. You did not transfer the file to the SD card at all.
My computer can see the file on the lettered drive, (the USB port it's plugged into) there is no other address info in the address bar other than the lettered drive
2. You transferred it to the wrong directory on the SD card .
Again, same as above
3. You're looking for it in the wrong directory.
In the file explorer on the phone the address in the directory is just /
again I'm going to try tonight but maybe this info can clear it up. I'm learning a lot about these things and how they work so thanks for all the help!
Jonathan
unLockr
II. Flash the S-OFF Hboot Image and Gain Perm Root
1. Download the rooting files:
* T-Mobile MyTouch 4G / HTC Glacier S-OFF/Rooting Files
2. Extract the files somewhere to your computer.
3. Plug your phone in via USB cable and mount the SD card so we can transfer files to it.
4. Copy the entire root folder from inside the extracted folder from step 2 to the root of your sd card on your phone (NOT in any folders, just on the SD card itself).
5. Unplug the phone.
6. Go to the Market on your phone and download/install Android Terminal Emulator (free).
4. Open the Terminal Emulator app and type the following with hitting enter at the end of each line (to get the touch screen keyboard to come up hit the menu button then toggle soft keyboard):
su
cd /sdcard/root
sh root.sh
5. Now, wait for it to finish.
6. After that is done, reboot the phone. When it boots back up, turn it off and back on holding down Volume Down and Power until the HBoot screen comes up. Confirm it says S-OFF at the top. If so, you have S-OFF.
i do steps 1-5 but when i get to step 6 and reboot my phone while holding volume down i have S-ON and not off! any ideas what i can be doing wrong. btw i did the temp root b4 trying this.
I have rom mgr premium installed and i have tried flashing from there although it says it has successfully when I get into bootloader its another story. I have tried terminal emulater, putting the pc36img.zip on my sd card and nothing seems to work. when in bootloader and it tries to install the pc36 zip it says wrong file or no image. I need some help here. Im running cm7.0.3.1 and it runs very smooth. But this recovery issue is on my last nerve! Help please......
OK, you just need a pc36img.zip recovery file. I say use Amon Ra.
Make sure it;s named PC36IMG.ZIP just like I wrote it.
Put it on the root of your SDCard, boot up, holding volume down and power button at the same time.
NOW it will find the pc36img file and flash your recovery.
It doesnt recognize the zip file! I have tried that several times and I keep getting the same response. No image or wrong image!!! I dont understand why!!!
Hey guy,,is your bootloader S-off?
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Yes.... S-off
Try this,,,place your PC36IMG,zip on root of SD,,not in any folders,,then see if it will flash in hboot,,make sure it is named exactly as stated,,if using a Windows pc,,leave off the ,zip ext,,
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root of sd?
I just want to be sure here.. I have root explorer on my phone. This is what I have been doing with the pc36img.zip file. I download from media fire with my phone, then I go into root explorer, click on SD card, download folder then I look for the zip I just downloaded. Then I copy the zip and paste it in a folder called root. Does that sound correct? Here is a screen shot(I hope)
Don't place in any folders,,,that's the mistake,,root explorer,download folder,copy pc36ing,hit back button 1 time,then paste,,boot into bootloader,hboot will find it,just follow onscreen instructions,,hope this helps,,
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I'm not seeing the boot folder??????
I see a folder called bootanims?? Is that it?
Dude, by ROOT FOLDER, that means not in ANY folders on your SDCard. Just put it on the card itself. The path needs to be /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip and the way I have it capitalized is how it MUST be.
Also, make sure with root explorer that it doesn't say PC36IMG.zip.zip
No,,go to the pc36img,,the one you downloaded,,copy,now hit back once,paste pc36img here,.now back out of root explorer,,,power phone off,,,hold volume down and hold power button till bootloader screen turns on,,it will find ing file and ask if you want to update,,volume up for yes,,let it flash,,then it will ask for reboot,,volume down for no,,press volume down 1 time,,then press power,,will now load into recovery
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Hipkat,,been trying to help him for hours now,,he's close to me,,about ready to see if he'll meet up and I'll to it for him,,
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Roldham,,,check your PM,,I sent you one,,
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Alright! I figured it out! I'm a bit of a noob but I definetly appreciate all the help. Thanks!
roldham71 said:
Alright! I figured it out! I'm a bit of a noob but I definetly appreciate all the help. Thanks!
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No problem guy,,very glad you got it,,look in your messages,,
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I'll say this from the start, I'm a total newbie when it comes to smartphone rooting, modding and developing.
So today I decided to go ahead with my Bell mobility HTC Desire Z and get it rooted.
I read through the forums ans all the threads related to desire z and vision phones.
Knowing that I had a version of 1.84 I knew that a downgrade was the only way for me. Got a goldcard created, downgraded to 1.34 got all the nifty tools and finally rooted the phone permanently and loaded Cyanogen mod7.
All this to say that the Xda community put up some damn fine guides.
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Right on dude grats, total new device on cm7.
Im also on a bell dz but on the rogers network. Loved the look on the bell reps face when i told her i was gonna use it on rogers and she laughed at me, 2 hours later i went back to make her eat her words...it was priceless.
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Welcome to the community and great on you to root and load up a custom rom. I also have the Bell DZ but on the Telus network running Virtuous G-Lite. Few people would do what you did (patience and reading before acting) so props to you!
Have fun with the device
Thx guys!
Definitely noticed that it's running faster with Android 2.3.3 also. I'm quite happy with the modification.
Had to test it on mine first before I started playing with my friends DZ... he's been hounding me to do it for a few weeks.
I had free time on my hands and I honestly have to mention that I did screw up once on the initial rooting, took a second pass at it and figured out what I did wrong.
It's been running fine since 3pm EST yesterday. Had to load all my apps again which was a pain at first but it's slick now.
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I'll say this from the start, I'm a total newbie when it comes to smartphone rooting, modding and developing.
So today I decided to go ahead with my Bell mobility HTC Desire Z and get it rooted.
I read through the forums ans all the threads related to desire z and vision phones.
Knowing that I had a version of 1.84 I knew that a downgrade was the only way for me. Got a goldcard created, downgraded to 1.34 got all the nifty tools and finally rooted the phone permanently and loaded Cyanogen mod7.
All this to say that the Xda community put up some damn fine guides.
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Hi im sort of a newb to this and im in the same situation as you. can you help me with rooting my bell htc desire z? i used a guide to create a goldcard. but when i got to the step that needed the misc.img, it said u need super user. but i didnt have root or temp root and visionary dosent work to temp root. how can i pass the step of finding the misc.img and changing it?
All right which part are you stuck at. I need the link to the guide your following... After I created my goldcard there's a process using hxd hexeditor to make some changes to your IMG file that you'll need to save to the SDcard top header so that when you try to use PC10IMG.zip will validate correctly and allow you to downgrade.
This is the processed I fallowed to get my Goldcard.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832503
Part 1 GoldCard
1) Format the microSD card to FAT32 format (in card reader).
2) Put the microSD card in your device and boot it.
3) Open Up an ADB shell this doesnt need to be ran as root.
4) Enter 'adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc2/mmc2:*/cid' and press enter. You should get a very long number copy it.
5) Visit this page, paste in your number and reverse it.
6) Visit this page, enter your reversed number and create your goldcard image, which will be e-mailed to you.
7) Open the HxD hex editor. If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, you must run the application as administrator.
8) Go to the 'Extra' menu and select 'Open Disk'. Under physical disk, select Removable Disk (your microSD card), uncheck 'Open as Readonly' and click OK. Note that you should select physical disk NOT the logical disk. This is important!
9) Go to the 'Extra' menu again and select 'Open Disk Image'. Open the goldcard image that you received by email.
10) You should now have two tabs - one is your removable disk, the other is your goldcard image. Press OK when prompted for 'Sector Size' (selecting 512 (Hard disks/Floppy disks)) and click OK.
11) Click on the goldcard image tab. Go to the 'Edit' menu, choose 'Select All' then select the 'Edit' menu again and select 'Copy'.
12) Click on the 'Removable Disk' tab. Highlight offset (line) 00000000 to offset (line) 00000170 (including the 00000170 line), then click on the 'Edit' menu and select 'Paste Write'.
13) Click on the 'File' menu and select 'Save', accepting the warning.
This will allow you to be able to use PC10IMG.zip to be able to downgrade to 1.34. From that point on fallow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...cess_.28Permanent_Root_.2F_.22Permaroot.22.29
Point #7.
Hopefully this helps you.
-/ I'm located in Ottawa so if your in my city I could help you out. Cheers mate.
well were somewhat near by. im in toronto, ontario lol. ok i got past that step but the step im stuck on is when i go into the boot loader after i created a new misc.img, it says no image or wrong image?
Morning mate.
You actually need the PC10IMG. Zip on your sdcard root that's the recovery OS
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i do have it on my sd card rooot. but i downloaded as the zip file from a friend because i couldent find the zip file from the ruu
also since were in the same timezone, do you think you could stayonline for a few minutes to help me?
I'm not home. But if you followed the goldcard process once in recovery it should detect the img file and verify it before asking to complete recovery.
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I followed the guide exactlly, and everything was good until part 4 where i had to go into bootloader. i copied the pc10img file to the root and when i do the hboot, it says checking for imp then it says no img or wrong img.
All right then you haven't done the goldcard process correctly. Did you use the hxd hexditor to open the misc.img file and copy the top part as indicated to the sdcard header on the hexditor tool?
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i think i did it right but il try again and get back to you thanks
ok one quick question. i have the wwe ruu. once i run that, where do i find the .zip file on my computer?
Having any more luck?
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no, i think i can solve the problem if i can just find the original .zip file from the 1.34.405.5 ruu. everytime i run it i cant find the .zip file. i have been using another one right now. where do i find the .zip file?
Hey,
I wouldn't know since I didn't get the ruu pack. I just downloaded the PC10IMG. Zip file.
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