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A few days ago, I tried to upgrade the firmware to the latest for the SDHC support and it the middle of it it froze.. I reset and only get the ASUS welcome screen.. A hard-reset produces a black screen and nothing more.
I've been searching this site for 2 hours trying to figure out how to fix my A626 .. I've found a bunch of things, but don't seem to be getting there.
I found the nk.nb0 file and tried putting that on an SD card.. Managed to figure out the bootloader thing.. If it's not plugged in via USB, I get a blank screen for a second, then "FAT16" comes up in blue on the top of the screen (in landscape orientation) .. It sits at that longer than I'm willing to wait (so far about 5 minutes) ..
I then tried it plugged into USB, i get a blue screen with all sorts of stuff about usb and "ready for download" .. I figured this is when the usbloader.exe would work .. But I get this far:
Attempting to open Intel PXA27X USB Development Board
FAILED to open \\?\usb#vid_0b05&pid_420f#5&85e63a3&0&3#{25dbce51-6c8f-4a72-8a6d-
b54c2b4fc835} 5
OpenUsbDevice::SetupDiEnumDeviceInterfaces fail 1
Failed to open (\\?\usb#vid_0b05&pid_420f#5&85e63a3&0&3#{25dbce51-6c8f-4a72-8a6d
-b54c2b4fc835}) = 0DEV not open
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and when i try to load the .nb0 file using usbloader:
try to open \\.\wceusbsh001
try to open \\.\wceusbsh002
try to open \\.\wceusbsh003
try to open \\.\wceusbsh004
try to open \\.\wceusbsh005
USB pipe opening error
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Is there something I'm missing here? I'm not too interested in modifying my rom or anything. I just want it to work again (preferrably with the update installed so I can use my new 4gb sdhc card.. which is the whole reason i bricked the damn thing in the first place) ..
I may just let it sit on this fat16 screen for a while.. get some rest or something.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
whoa wait... after plugging the cable into the computer a few times it finally did something... seems like i'm loading SOMETHING onto it...
Ok wow, it's working now.. and whatever I loaded is supporting the sdhc card ... i'm happy happy..
figures i'd only solve the problem if i made an ass of myself on a message board
sorry for replying to an old thread.. but just wanted to know if you currently have windows 6.2 on your pda.
uhsarp said:
sorry for replying to an old thread.. but just wanted to know if you currently have windows 6.2 on your pda.
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Never heard about WM 6.2 ... Currently it's WM 6.5
Dirk
this belongs in the Q&A section
thank you
Hi, i searched and couldnt find anything... I just installed ubuntu and have been dual-booting with windows Vista for several weeks now. My question is im a windows (redheaded step)child and im not too familiar with linux' inner workings yet...so i have not been doing anything to "safely remove" my G1 when in ubuntu, cuz i thought that such an option doesnt exist...problem is now i think ive corrupted all my data on my SDcard and i was just hoping that someone could tell me how to do this correctly in ubuntu? Do i hafta mount it, and THEN unmount it before i should unplug it? I dont even know if this is the problem, but ive been watching my logcat and it gives me some Dbus error when i plug in USB and it doesnt come up on the phone with option to mount SDcard, and windows doesnt recognize my device anymore. Pretty sure i corrupted my SD, im pretty sure i can fix it without help, if someone could just tell me the proper procedure for removing devices from ubuntu? thanks in advance...
-BMFC
I dual boot ubuntu on my mac OSX, which emulator are you using (fusion VM, virtualbox etc...?)
(1) When you've properly mounted your SD card it should show up on your ubuntu Desktop. Just go to Places > Desktop and you should be able to eject the SD card (two if you are partitioning them and AppstoSD) by pressing the "eject" button. The SD card should show up in the left window pane.
(2) Also, you probably have corrupted your SD card and are going to have to reformat it, losing all of your data.
(3) Somewhere in your emulator there should be a USB button to see which devices are plugged into your host computer, and which ever one you select your emulator will read.
(4) Finally, you don't provide enough information for a real answer...
(a) What ubuntu are you running?
(b) Do you have appstosd?
(c) have you done a nandroid backup?
(d) Which emulator/virtual environment are you running?
Hope this helps.
In Nautilus (the file manager) there will be a little orange eject symbol next to the drive. Clicking it will unmount the drive, which you should ALWAYS do before pulling any kind of removable media out of the socket. Unmounting is the *nix equivalent of "ejecting" in Windows.
If you're running a command line setup, the command to unmount is
Code:
sudo umount /media/(insert mount name here)
Hope that helps!
I too dual boot and noticed they i wouldn't get the "usb connected" on the G1. After some tweaking a few options; i noticed I would get the USB connected IF my usb debugging was ON. [settings- applications- developement- usb debugging]. I have to check for Ubuntu and uncheck for windows. I hope that helps
you see the problem is that ive never actually mounted my G1 in ubuntu, i just plugged it in to charge...so i never had to unmount it and theres no "safely remove" function, that i could find, so i figured that linux was just secure enough that it didnt require safely removing devices....oops...in answer to your questions, first im not running any VM...im ACTUALLY dual-booting. i have windows vista and ubuntu Jaunty running side-by-side, on a compaq presario f700. I DO have USB debugging ENABLED, and right now im running JF1.42rc33 still, im prolly gonna be wiping and upgrading to SOMETHING today, i was kinda just holding off cuz i like my theme, but my phones f-in up so nows as good a time as any to start fresh. I dont use a2sd, just my caches for market, browser, and maps are on sd. Ive been having trouble on my g/f's hp Pavilion pc running windows vista...we both have g1's and HERS is stock, unrooted, and she just got the OTA a couple days ago, since then the computer has been hating on MY phone, it says the drivers screwed and it wount bring up the option on my phone to mount the sdcard. hers still works fine, and mine still works fine hooked up to my laptop, just not hers...so i dunno if THATS a cupcake issue or if its cuz i didnt remove it from ubuntu right...im gonna format my sd AND wipe my phone, and ill get back to you guys moentarily, thanks for all your replies.
-BMFC
If all you were doing is charging, and you didn't mount it, then your original assumption was correct. You don't need to unmount something that was never mounted.
mm0
ok well then somebody help me out with this: i have tried for two days to get my sdcard to format, and IT JUST WONT. I cant get it to even be recognized by my girlfriends computer, but her G1 running UNrooted TMOCupcake still works fine, kinda makes me wonder if hers didnt get some kinda updated driver packed with it? The cupcake, i mean, not the phone...i dunno. Anyways my phone WONT mount in ubuntu at all, it shows up but when i try to mount it it says "No media on Volume" and wont open it at all. so in windows it ACTS like its doin everything i want it to do...i tried to format my sd yesterday and i sat here and watched it the whole time, and when it finshed it said: "Format Completed SUCCESSFULLY." so i SAFELY REMOVED IT, unplugged and plugged back the usb, and when it came up EVERYTHING WAS STILL THERE!!!! my problem seems to be my sdcard/doom folder...it tells me that the folder \doom is ENTIRELY UNREADABLE.
ahem...on a side note, all these things happened at once...(same day)
1. My g/f got the OTA cupcake update...
2. I updated some apps from the market, the one that im suspecting right now is called "Cards(-)" by Coderminus. After i updated it, i went to play Doom, and instead of playing like usual, when i hit the "Play" button, it just exitted to home. So i checked my logcat and the Cards(-) app caused ALL KINDS of runtime errors, and so i uninstalled this app.
3. My market starts crashing all of a sudden. I cleared the cache and it SEEMED to fix it...for now.
4. Uninstalled Doom (ver. 1.29.666) and then went and deleted my doom folder.(I thought) Reinstalled newest version of Doom (ver. 1.31.666)
5. Tried to redownload the WADs to play, and i could get it to play, as long as i didnt try to download the sound files. Everytime i tried to get the sounds, it would act fine, but then when id go to play the game itd just exit to home again....
6. Repeated step 5. like 6 times....
This was all like 2 days ago? 3 days ago? and ive been messing with it ever since, and my PHONE is fine, but my SDCARD appears to be, for lack of a better term, ****ED. i cant even format it, ive tride 3 times, it just all comes right back when i plug it back in...i even tried to put an update.zip in my sdcard and update from JF1.42RC33 to (I was gonna try Dude's 1.2b) so i put that in there, and removed it and when i went into my file manager on the g1, the update wasnt there! i cannot seem to be able to make ANY changes to my sd...SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!
-BMFC
Try ti format your card from within your phone. Unfortunately that's the only issue I can help you with.
Edit: try doing a system wipe on your girlfriends phone from the recovery menu. It should solve the crashes. You will wave to reinstall all your apps tho.
ubernicholi said:
Try ti format your card from within your phone. Unfortunately that's the only issue I can help you with.
Edit: try doing a system wipe on your girlfriends phone from the recovery menu. It should solve the crashes. You will wave to reinstall all your apps tho.
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I...didnt even know that was possible...im not seein any options to do that...you know some terminal commands for that or somethin? Cus when i got into my file manager (i use aFile, cuz it has wireless transfer) i cant even delete anything from there, ANY folder i try to delete it just says "Failed to delete (folder name)"...so if you know how to do that then hook me up and ill try it...
-BMFC
EDIT: i think you misunderstood, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG with my girlfriends phone...its just that she got the US OTA and it happened at the same time as all this other, so i thought maybe it might have had some effect on how mine interfaces with her comp...honestly i doubt it, but until someone tells me im wrong im not ruling it out...
On your phone Goto your settings menu, sdcard and phone memory, unmount your card and then select format
No dice, seems you may be on a diff. ROM than me, i dont have that option, i unmount the card, and thats all that happens, it unmounts it...no format option...
-BMFC
Damn that sucks. Does your girls phone have that option? I wish I could help you out. But I'm at a loss
Sdcard IMPOSSIBLE TO FORMAT....need ADVANCED help!!!
hi i posted a thread here for help, and i did so cuz i need help from someone INTELLIGENT. The mods have now moved my post to the "General section" of the dream forum, where i cant get **** for help. The reason i didnt just post in that section, where it goes, is CUZ NO ONE CAN OR WILL HELP ME OVER THERE....i need a devs help or somethin...THATS why i posted in the dev section...cus its pointless to try to get support from end users...i might as well just sit in the bedroom with NO COMPUTER asking MYSELF what the answer is...so first off id like to thank the AWESOME mods here for burying my post head-high in a section that i cant get any support in, EVER. THEN, id like to ask some dev(s) or SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY INTELLIGENT, please go to
this thread
and read, and im BEGGING you for help!!! To whoever helps me figure this out i would gladly donate to WHATEVER cause you have!!!! Honestly, if you ONLY read MY posts, you wont miss anything important, except some guy with the SAME SKILL LEVEL AS ME telling me to wipe SOMEBODY ELSES PHONE and see if that works...****.
SOMEONE PLEASE try to help me out before the AWESOME mods here at xda move this post, too. Im not sorry im posting in the wrong secrtion cuz this is where the help is and thats REALLY what i need right now. So MODS, you can move my posts all day long, ill just make a new one linking to the old one till i get some support...suspend me...BAN me, i dont care, ill just keep coming back with new usernames and accounts until i get some help, cuz THATS WHAT THE F*CK SUPPORT FORUMS ARE FOR. Im really pissed at whatever mod moved my post, cuz the SECOND i posted that thread initially, i got like 4 or 5 replies, thats why i LOVE this forum, cuz it has GREAT SUPPORT, when you can actually get your question seen by a dev, that is. but as soon as my post got moved i got several replies from one DUMBASS that was TRYING to help, and ill give him that he was just tryin to help, but i have a problem with my phone, and this guy tells me i should WIPE MY GIRLFRIENDS PHONE. WOW. Just wow. Someone please go read my problem and post there, or post here, with some answers....MODS PLEASE DONT MOVE THIS THREAD I AM TRYING TO GET SOME HELP!!!!
-BMFC
yea *****ing like a 4 year old will you nowhere. no one owes you anything.
If you have a camera, try using that to format your memory card. Hope it works.
lol ok first off take it easy on the mods here, i'm speaking of your other post, they try to keep these forums clean and it isnt an easy job all things considered.
the way i see it you have 2 options.
1. Throw your card in a digital camera and use the camera to format it. I works most the time when a computer wont, several times my pc wouldn't recognize/format a card but my ****ty digital camera had no problem.
2. if that doesn't work, splurge the $8.99(or less) it costs to get a new sd.
I've even seen 8gig class 6 cards for around $20 and 4gig class 4 cards for $10.
edit: wow just a min too late
MY PHONE DIED AFTER I FLUSH MY PHONE AFTER FLUSHING THIS BETA BUIL,THERE IS NO LIGHT AND I CANT CHARGE AND CANT TURN ON MY PHONE,,PLEASE HELP...
http://www.multiupload.com/1GEN8PQPMU
EDIT:wolla its working,found the solution here.just pulled out the battery 30 min and back..live on my hd2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=596484&highlight=BRICK&page=31
I don't know how darkstone's name got into this thread, but football made it clear that you should not flash the ace build to your hd2. just re-flash the stock rom and your phone should be fine. hope this helps
The 4th line of his post said:
THIS ROM ONLY FOR COOKERS DO NOT TRY TO FLASH ON DEVICE!
I am not a dev .. let's hope they can help you. But it has been said endless number of times - first read, then read again, then several times more until every word is clear to you ... then try to flash ... on your own risk. Always.
ima take a guess and say you flashed a beta rom FOR the Desire HD on your HD2...incompatible ROM. your phone is bricked for good.
Learn to f**king read man. Im a newb and read that.
maybe not bricked for good, he shouuld be able to flash a ruu for his phone containing winmo and be good to go again, but who knows
I think he flashed a beta ROM darkstone made. It was just like any other Android build, made to launch from the sdcard. What happened exactly? You flashed it and it booted fine then just died?
yea who knows, it's nebulous. - Michael Scott
Take your battery and microsd card out and leave it for a few hours. Then plug in the battery but LEAVE THE SD CARD OUT and try booting up your phone into Windows.
Also how did you put those files on your phone since they are for the Storage Card. Did you try to copy them to your internal memory in some way?
You REALLY shouldnt try test versions unless you know what you are doing which im very sure you didnt..
Mark.
Wait... what?
OK, so you managed to get a hold of the files that I'm sharing with devs, and you somehow flash those files on to your phone (how is that even possible) ?
You must of flashed your phone using the EXE file on the first post of this thread right? If you did, then you should have not been so careless. Clearly on the first post it states that this is for developers only, this was not to be flashed.
Do not blame my files for something that you have done. Those files were not intended to be spread on this forum, however I have no problem if people do wish to post about it.
Time for you to call HTC and see if you can get a replacement...
he didnt release to the public for a reason I knew somebody was going to download it lmao
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Wait... what?
OK, so you managed to get a hold of the files that I'm sharing with devs, and you somehow flash those files on to your phone (how is that even possible) ?
You must of flashed your phone using the EXE file on the first post of this thread right?
Do not blame my files for something that you have done. Those files were not intended to be spread on this forum, however I have no problem if people do wish to post about it.
Time for you to call HTC and see if you can get a replacement...
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Thats actually what i was wondering, how did he kill his phone flashing something from the SD card?
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Wait... what?
OK, so you managed to get a hold of the files that I'm sharing with devs, and you somehow flash those files on to your phone (how is that even possible) ?
You must of flashed your phone using the EXE file on the first post of this thread right?
Do not blame my files for something that you have done. Those files were not intended to be spread on this forum, however I have no problem if people do wish to post about it.
Time for you to call HTC and see if you can get a replacement...
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There is a thread with a copy of your irc chat and a link to your test build. Do you want me to delete the link to the files?
Mark.
wait yea you're right. it's not a "flushable" ROM..i just downloaded the file and it's just another Android build that you put on the SD card. Not sure what the OP "flushed" but yeah, taking the SD card out and restarting the phone should do the trick. Am I missing something? Can you actually brick your phone booting android from Haret?
DarkStone1337 said:
Wait... what?
OK, so you managed to get a hold of the files that I'm sharing with devs, and you somehow flash those files on to your phone (how is that even possible) ?
You must of flashed your phone using the EXE file on the first post of this thread right? If you did, then you should have not been so careless. Clearly on the first post it states that this is for developers only, this was not to be flashed.
Do not blame my files for something that you have done. Those files were not intended to be spread on this forum, however I have no problem if people do wish to post about it.
Time for you to call HTC and see if you can get a replacement...
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I was watching the conversation and when you posted it on linux-chat I knew somebody was going to do it....i swear lmao
mskip said:
There is a thread with a copy of your irc chat and a link to your test build. Do you want me to delete the link to the files?
Mark.
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Nope it's fine
I don't mind links being posted, but people need to be careful with them.
There was a reason that I didn't post that link, the build was incomplete and still had issues.
Thanks though
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wait yea you're right. it's not a "flushable" ROM..i just downloaded the file and it's just another Android build that you put on the SD card. Not sure what the OP "flushed" but yeah, taking the SD card out and restarting the phone should do the trick. Am I missing something? Can you actually brick your phone booting android from Haret?
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There is always a slight chance of messing Windows Mobile up but as long as you have HardSPL installed you can easily flash a new rom and get everything working again so nothing much to worry about.
Mark.
mskip said:
There is a thread with a copy of your irc chat and a link to your test build. Do you want me to delete the link to the files?
Mark.
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It was I who put the link, without malice, thought it could be shared, i wrote clearly that it was a BETA BUILD for devs try.
If you want, i delete de post.
i just put the beta rom on my Sd card and pressed haret,then it stuck on bootlader,i taked off battery and on nothing happent.there is no light or nothing,i try to charge but nothing happens,no sync(sory for my engl.)
he said ace beta not just an android sd sh**t it said for cookers only
hi all,
a few hours ago i install HoneyVillain 1.2 and i have 2 problems,
1) on every boot i got a message " no sim inserted" but my tablet hasnt any working sim slot.is there any way to remove this message?
2) on every boot i got an error message the application systemupdater (process com.FD.updater) has stopper unexpectedly.please try again if i select force close i can work with no further problems.if i left it for a while my tablet rebooting and i get the same message again..any solution??
thanks in advance
android-noob said:
hi all,
a few hours ago i install HoneyVillain 1.2 and i have 2 problems,
1) on every boot i got a message " no sim inserted" but my tablet hasnt any working sim slot.is there any way to remove this message?
2) on every boot i got an error message the application systemupdater (process com.FD.updater) has stopper unexpectedly.please try again if i select force close i can work with no further problems.if i left it for a while my tablet rebooting and i get the same message again..any solution??
thanks in advance
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You SN is aptly named
Literally two posts below yours http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1230744&highlight=ro+carrier
Perhaps the response was helpful to android-noob, I'm not sure. However, I have searched for quite a while and don't see anything relating to the questions that result in actual help to fix the problems. I certainly take full credit for being an android idiot but we all start somewhere when we're trying to learn new things. I've been trying to learn from reading and this is quite honestly the best forum for everything that has to do with phones and tablets.
I would appreciate a simple link or response that might be of help to fix the problem of suddenly getting the errors listed by the first poster if you would be so kind.
Thank you for any help you can give.
docvicki said:
Perhaps the response was helpful to android-noob, I'm not sure. However, I have searched for quite a while and don't see anything relating to the questions that result in actual help to fix the problems. I certainly take full credit for being an android idiot but we all start somewhere when we're trying to learn new things. I've been trying to learn from reading and this is quite honestly the best forum for everything that has to do with phones and tablets.
I would appreciate a simple link or response that might be of help to fix the problem of suddenly getting the errors listed by the first poster if you would be so kind.
Thank you for any help you can give.
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Let's see. I did provide a link in my response, and the last post on the page of the link I gave had the fix for the sim card message. How much more spoon feeding will you require?
first you need file manager with root access
Sim card messages:
Go to system there is a file called build.prop ,open it and add the line ro.carrier=wifi-only,you can add this line on the bottom of the file for example and les and save the file.
Reboot and the simcard message should be gone.
For the fd.updater problem:
That is because the build prop is changed so the update service doesn't recognize it.
That is no problem I delete this in my roms so you won't have that stupid message.
What you can do is go to system/app, find fd.updater.apk and fw.updater (i think that is the correct name) and rename them by putting a .bak behind the name of the apps.
Reboot and the messages should be gone.
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first you need file manager with root access
Sim card messages:
Go to system there is a file called build.prop ,open it and add the line ro.carrier=wifi-only,you can add this line on the bottom of the file for example and les and save the file.
Reboot and the simcard message should be gone.
For the fd.updater problem:
That is because the build prop is changed so the update service doesn't recognize it.
That is no problem I delete this in my roms so you won't have that stupid message.
What you can do is go to system/app, find fd.updater.apk and fw.updater (i think that is the correct name) and rename them by putting a .bak behind the name of the apps.
Reboot and the messages should be gone.
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If he's not going to read the same answer on the link I posted, what makes you think he's going to read your post?
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Let's see. I did provide a link in my response, and the last post on the page of the link I gave had the fix for the sim card message. How much more spoon feeding will you require?
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Woweeeeeee.spoon feeding sucks I been there for 12 weeks twice this year while recovering from shoulder surgery.then again less then a month ago.
Op I do not have this or any of the other known issues with the custom roms.thou I know they can bring some extra speed and apps.
Kjy can you go spoon shopping for me.Erica needs some new winter boots.
Giggles.
Goodluck. OP ..
BACKUP THE BUILD .prop file before you edit it.
Thanks for your reply and for being so kind in it. I was able to repair my problems right after I posted, which is why I rarely post. I have no formal computer education, self taught. I normally do pretty well but run into problems once in a while that stump me. This forum is a true Godsend to a 63 year old woman. Thanks again.
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Thanks so much.
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kjy2010 said:
If he's not going to read the same answer on the link I posted, what makes you think he's going to read your post?
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I'm nice to old ladies,
Honeyvillain 1.2 problems
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I'm nice to old ladies,
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Yes you are, your Mother would be proud. Seriously, thanks.
Hello everyone I have just bought a new Samsung focus rev 1.3 and I migrated from android and I wanted you all to guide me abut unlocking rom., magdlr , side loading apps etc.. right now am on stock mango.......... plz help me.... thankd
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devilthehellraiser said:
Hello everyone I have just bought a new Samsung focus rev 1.3 and I migrated from android and I wanted you all to guide me abut unlocking rom., magdlr , side loading apps etc.. right now am on stock mango.......... plz help me.... thankd
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1. Stock roms. Custom ROMs: DFT+Magldr, mi7rom, CleanDFT
2. Dev unlocking through WindowsBreak project
3. To deploy XAPs you need Winco's mini WP7 SDK and Winco's deployer wXapAssistant
4. Deploy these 2 apps immediately: Samsung tools (to prevent relock) and WP7 Root tools (file explorer, registry editor etc)
I also suggest you read this thread, it's a bit oudated but it contains all the needed tools today.
This is what you need to start with, good luck!
Nice, concise post, EnderPsp.
EnderPsp said:
1. Stock roms. Custom ROMs: DFT+Magldr, mi7rom, CleanDFT
2. Dev unlocking through WindowsBreak project
3. To deploy XAPs you need Winco's mini WP7 SDK and Winco's deployer wXapAssistant
4. Deploy these 2 apps immediately: Samsung tools (to prevent relock) and WP7 Root tools (file explorer, registry editor etc)
I also suggest you read this thread, it's a bit oudated but it contains all the needed tools today.
This is what you need to start with, good luck!
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Thanks for your concise email and the wiki.
Is there any step by step guide for first time flashing? It seems I am stuck with a ver1.3 demo mode phone and need to flash it to fix it. Any help and advise is highly appreciated.
Thanks.
cyclops13 said:
Thanks for your concise email and the wiki.
Is there any step by step guide for first time flashing? It seems I am stuck with a ver1.3 demo mode phone and need to flash it to fix it. Any help and advise is highly appreciated.
Thanks.
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Sure, read here (part of step 1 of my Noob friendly unlock post)
EnderPsp said:
Sure, read here (part of step 1 of my Noob friendly unlock post)
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Thanks! This steps seem simple enough for me to follow.
I am in a dilemma, help me out guys. I bought a used phone for $90 and its in a pretty good condition overall except for the demo mode issue. I have the option of opting for a replacement, but I am not sure whether the replacement would be as good as this one.
The phone is scratch-less and cosmetically in pretty good shape. I also checked the diagnostic menu and there was no issue found to my noobie eyes. The usual burn in problem with demo units is also not present. I could not check the calling features as its in demo mode. Is there anything else I should look for?
So what should I do? Keep this and flash with a stock ROM (which I am sure inputs by you all will definitely get me through) or I should just go ahead and take a replacement?
EDIT: Any inputs guys???
EnderPsp said:
Sure, read here (part of step 1 of my Noob friendly unlock post)
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So I have decided to keep this phone and flash it to a stock ROM.
I was going through the posts referred by you (very helpful) and can figure that the bootloader is working fine. Will start the flashing when I get home from work.
One of the points mentioned in the tutorial says that the battery should be 80% charged before starting with the flashing process - which makes sense. BUT, I am having some issues here. The demo mode seems to be a battery hog, so even if I have plugged the phone to the charger, the battery is getting charged really slow (probably the battery is bad as well). Its been a few hours since I have plugged it in and its still probably at 20% and the phone is getting pretty warm at the back and the front. Is this going to be a problem???
cyclops13 said:
So I have decided to keep this phone and flash it to a stock ROM.
I was going through the posts referred by you (very helpful) and can figure that the bootloader is working fine. Will start the flashing when I get home from work.
One of the points mentioned in the tutorial says that the battery should be 80% charged before starting with the flashing process - which makes sense. BUT, I am having some issues here. The demo mode seems to be a battery hog, so even if I have plugged the phone to the charger, the battery is getting charged really slow (probably the battery is bad as well). Its been a few hours since I have plugged it in and its still probably at 20% and the phone is getting pretty warm at the back and the front. Is this going to be a problem???
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Flashing implies some risk, so having more battery definitely helps. By my experience, 40% is enough but I recommended 80% for the general case (to cover all possibilities). But considering your battery is slow charging, I would do 2 things to charge faster:
- set airplane mode
- turn screen off
So when you reach 40% you should be fine for flashing stock ROM. But I don't know all the particular details so you need to consider all. Normally, flashing a stock ROM takes about 10 mins, so it doesn't require a lot of battery.
And just to be clear, for demo phones I first recommend you return the phone, since these aren't normally sold to users. But that is your choice and again, I don't know all the particularities (for demo phones) or even if flashing a stock rom actually works, for that matter.
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Flashing implies some risk, so having more battery definitely helps. By my experience, 40% is enough but I recommended 80% for the general case (to cover all possibilities). But considering your battery is slow charging, I would do 2 things to charge faster:
- set airplane mode
- turn screen off
So when you reach 40% you should be fine for flashing stock ROM. But I don't know all the particular details so you need to consider all. Normally, flashing a stock ROM takes about 10 mins, so it doesn't require a lot of battery.
And just to be clear, for demo phones I first recommend you return the phone, since these aren't normally sold to users. But that is your choice and again, I don't know all the particularities (for demo phones) or even if flashing a stock rom actually works, for that matter.
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SUCCESS!!! Thank you guys!
All the posts were really helpful. Now I can confirm that the demo version phones can be fixed by this method!
Registry Editor
Guys, I see a lot posts about editing the registry entries to tweak stuff. I need to change my default live ID and found a suggested way to change that through registry edit. BUT how do I do it? I am not having enough posts, so cant post in the dev threads.
My bad, the answer was right in this thread! I gotta windowbreak and then install WP7Roottools to edit the registry!
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1. Stock roms. Custom ROMs: DFT+Magldr, mi7rom, CleanDFT
2. Dev unlocking through WindowsBreak project
3. To deploy XAPs you need Winco's mini WP7 SDK and Winco's deployer wXapAssistant
4. Deploy these 2 apps immediately: Samsung tools (to prevent relock) and WP7 Root tools (file explorer, registry editor etc)
I also suggest you read this thread, it's a bit oudated but it contains all the needed tools today.
This is what you need to start with, good luck!
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Did everything till step 3, but at 4 not able to proceed. No matter what I do, it wont detect that my device is connected. Please help..
cyclops13 said:
Did everything till step 3, but at 4 not able to proceed. No matter what I do, it wont detect that my device is connected. Please help..
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Kill every program you've opened. Skype messes up the connection. If you're able to sync in Zune, it should work. Also
- don't close Zune while you do that
- make sure you're synced fully in Zune, not in Guest mode
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Kill every program you've opened. Skype messes up the connection. If you're able to sync in Zune, it should work. Also
- don't close Zune while you do that
- make sure you're synced fully in Zune, not in Guest mode
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Tried doing it afresh as well, did a hard reset and then windowbreak - did not work. I did connect to Zune but did not do a complete sync, will do that tonight and check.
It works! Thanks again EnderPsp!
Glad it's sorted for you in the end!
cyclops13 said:
Did everything till step 3, but at 4 not able to proceed. No matter what I do, it wont detect that my device is connected. Please help..
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EnderPsp said:
Kill every program you've opened. Skype messes up the connection. If you're able to sync in Zune, it should work. Also
- don't close Zune while you do that
- make sure you're synced fully in Zune, not in Guest mode
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cyclops13 said:
Tried doing it afresh as well, did a hard reset and then windowbreak - did not work. I did connect to Zune but did not do a complete sync, will do that tonight and check.
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cyclops13 said:
It works! Thanks again EnderPsp!
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Help! I am stuck again.. No matter what, the device shows disconnected! I just downloaded the Nokia Drive XAP and trying to install it since more than 2 hours. Reinstalled everything, still wont work! Its so frustrating!
cyclops13 said:
Help! I am stuck again.. No matter what, the device shows disconnected! I just downloaded the Nokia Drive XAP and trying to install it since more than 2 hours. Reinstalled everything, still wont work! Its so frustrating!
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Can you please post your PDA/Phone? (*#1234# in Diagnosis)
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Can you please post your PDA/Phone? (*#1234# in Diagnosis)
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PDA: i917UCKH1
Phone: i917UCKH1
Sorry for the delayed response, I was out for the weekend. Any thoughts on what would go wrong? I still have the WP7 Root Tools installed and it seems to be working fine!
cyclops13 said:
PDA: i917UCKH1
Phone: i917UCKH1
Sorry for the delayed response, I was out for the weekend. Any thoughts on what would go wrong? I still have the WP7 Root Tools installed and it seems to be working fine!
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That's good, you don't have KK2 and if Root Tools works, it's a problem with your PC, your phone is fine! Make sure you close all programs that may use https connection. I also recommend the reading here (pasting some relevant bits):
Steps for unlocking:
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6. Open TCPView. (tcpview.exe inside of the downloaded archive) Click on the heading marked "Local Port" until the arrow next to it is pointing up.
7. Look on the Local Port column for any entries labeled "HTTPS". These programs MUST be closed for Chevron to work properly. Common culprits are Skype, and XAMPP. Use Task Manager (CTRL+ALT+Delete) to ensure they are closed if you run into issues.