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Unbricking mytouch/g1 ( soft bricks only but no harm trying )

I found a site with someone who bricked their phone but found a loop hole. I have never bricked my phone and hoping i never will but for those who have bricked their phone here are some steps to try to unbrick it! HOPE IT HELPS! SEND FEED BACK!!
So you can’t access bootloader or recovery and the only thing that works is the blue led trick when pressing trackball + power button??
Try the procedure below.
Step 1: Turned Phone off by taking out the battery.
Step 2: Prepared SD card
Put SD card in card reader and formatted it as FAT32, copied the DREAIMG.nbh onto it.
Or try Sapphimg.nbh
Step 3: Put SD card back in phone
Step 4: Hold Vol down + Power + track ball together and put battery to start phone
Step 5: Run update
IF THAT DIDNT WORK!
TRY THIS!
Step 1: Turning Off Your Phone
Because you have a bricked phone, you can't just hold the power button. So if your phone is not already off then you're going to want to take out the battery.
Step 2: Preparing Our SD card
Take out your SD card and put it into an SD card reader or some type of other adapter so that we can view it from our computer. If you cannot view the SD card on your computer then you're going to need a new SD card.
Download DREAIMG-RC29.zip and unzip the file.
Reformat the SD card to FAT32 and copy the DREAIMG.nbh onto it.
Safely eject the SD card.
Put the SD card into your device.
Step 3: Wipe The Phone
Hold home and press the power button.
When you see the image of an ! mark, open your keyboard and press Alt + L if you cannot see any command options.
Do a factory reset by pressing Alt + W or just using the trackball.
When the reset is done, go ahead and hold the camera button and select the reboot system now option with your trackball.
Step 4: Flashing The Phone
Once the grey screen pops up (or the white screen if your phone was rooted with JesusFreke) it will ask you to hit a button to start installing the image…press that button. DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO STOP THIS PROCCESS. It will take about 8-12 minutes.
When the image has completed the installation (it will say completed), go ahead and press the green, red, and menu buttons at the same time. The phone will reboot.
And your done! Your phone is now unbricked!.
The G1 screen will hang there for a good minute or two, but be paticiant, it will boot. Now you have a choice. Try to hack your phone again, because you're in the correct state to have another go, or, you can stick with the official Android. Now if you choose to stick with the official Android, here's what you do.
Step 1: Upgrading to Android 1.0 RC33
Download the file signed-PLAT-RC33-from-RC30.zip
Rename the file to update.zip and copy it to your SD card
Reboot your phone into recovery mode. Power off the phone first and then hold down the Home key while powering it back on.
The recovery mode is finished loading when you see the ! mark inside the triangle. Press Alt + L to display the list of options.
Press Alt + S to flash the file update.zip.
Wait for the update to apply. Your phone may reboot during this process so be patient.
Press Home + Back if prompted to reboot your phone.
Step 2: Upgrading to Android 1.5 CRB43
Download the file signed-kila-ota-148830.de6a94ca.zip
Repeat the steps from above to flash the update file.
Step 3: Upgrade to Android 1.5 CRC1
Download the file signed-kila-CRC1-from-CRB43-FIX.7ca4a1d7.zip
Repeat the steps from above to flash the update file.
Step 4: Upgrade to Android 1.6 DRC83
Download the file signed-kila-DRC83-from-CRC1.c41b93c1.zip
Repeat the steps from above to flash the update file.
PM FOR THE DIRECT WEBSITES!

sad cause this will get locked soon.

domuhhnic said:
sad cause this will get locked soon.
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why? all we need is someone who can confirm this is true on xda and it will be stickied EVERYWHERE

LOCKED?
domuhhnic said:
sad cause this will get locked soon.
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Why will this get locked??

Yuppie
oshizzle1991 said:
why? all we need is someone who can confirm this is true on xda and it will be stickied EVERYWHERE
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Exactly .. but i dont know anyone with a bricked phone so i cant ask them if it works.. if it gets locked (whatever that means) i'll repost it!

id be interested to see if this works... although its assuming you have a dream/g1 .. did you post this in the g1 section?

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digitaljeff said:
id be interested to see if this works... although its assuming you have a dream/g1 .. did you post this in the g1 section?
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Yes, I have a HTC MAJIC/MYTOUCH .. nope i have not posted it there but i will now

i tried to update radio and now :
So you can’t access bootloader or recovery and the only thing that works is the blue led trick when pressing trackball + power button??
Try all of this methods , but no result..
phone just shows htc magic when i turn it on usually, and nothing!
what can i do?

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Im still looking of ways to unbrick phones

Possible hint!
Has anyone tried using adb .. Reflashing the recovery img??

...another hint..
kemimarie said:
Has anyone tried using adb .. Reflashing the recovery img??
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run fastboot boot recovery-image.img or whatever you named your recovery image. It'll display "waiting for device..." message just keep pluging it in, unplugging, popping the battery and eventually your device will respond and boot into recovery.
Someone bricked and i did it... twice trying to flash the eng 2010 SPL. It worked the third time and my device is up and running again with an engineering SPL.
if your device is stuck on the first splash but displays in red "Fastboot USB" message in the upper left corner of the screen, DO NOT power it down. run the above mentioned command and reflash.

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Found another hint
ch3w said:
confirmed...
-I Connected USB.
-I inserted the battery.
-I booted the phone while holding the HOME key.
-The phone still froze at the first splash screen, but then suddenly, the waiting fastboot command detected the phone and booted the recovery image!
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try that on your g1/mytouch!

kemimarie said:
try that on your g1/mytouch!
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this method worked on my second bricked magic, still trying it on the first one but... no luck yet. i had the same problem with both of them tho

kemimarie said:
run fastboot boot recovery-image.img or whatever you named your recovery image. It'll display "waiting for device..." message just keep pluging it in, unplugging, popping the battery and eventually your device will respond and boot into recovery.
Someone bricked and i did it... twice trying to flash the eng 2010 SPL. It worked the third time and my device is up and running again with an engineering SPL.
if your device is stuck on the first splash but displays in red "Fastboot USB" message in the upper left corner of the screen, DO NOT power it down. run the above mentioned command and reflash.
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fastboot boot recovery?
boot.img and recovery.img are two totally different things.
The recovery (amon_ra is preferred)
The boot.img is where the kernel, ramdisk, etc resides.
you must've meant fastboot flash boot boot.img
or
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
but not both.

ch3w said:
this method worked on my second bricked magic, still trying it on the first one but... no luck yet. i had the same problem with both of them tho
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YAAYY!! Im glad to hear you say you had some success!

Binary100100 said:
fastboot boot recovery?
boot.img and recovery.img are two totally different things.
The recovery (amon_ra is preferred)
The boot.img is where the kernel, ramdisk, etc resides.
you must've meant fastboot flash boot boot.img
or
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
but not both.
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I just copied and pasted from a website.. THEY did that and it worked for them lol

bricked Mytouch3g
Bricked mytouch3g -- brandnew phone. Just tried to flash cyanogen test3 and everything went fine but then I rebooted and all I have is vodafone boot screen, nothing else works but the blue led which will not load any img. adp doesn't work it never detects a phone no matter what you do. It was the first flash too. Crazy how HTC didn't make a built in hard reset like you have on windows mobile phones. You wonder if they want people to crash there phones so they have to replace them ect etc.

Hello.
My phone has the same problem.
Anything that is needed done. But no no avail.
My phone is brick.
Help help help

Mod edit: not dev related, moved to general

[Q] I can't pass through "ClockMod Recovery". I am stuck, PLEASE HELP, I NEED YOU

[Q] I can't pass through "ClockMod Recovery". I am stuck, PLEASE HELP, I NEED YOU
HELLO ALL,
I USED THIS LINK http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
TO ROOT MY MY TOUCH 4G PHONE AND IT WORKED FINE UNTIL I ATTEMPT TO INSTALL OVERCLOCKING SOFTWARE FROM>>>
http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/14/ho...ted-s-off-t-mobile-mytouch-4g-or-t-mobile-g2/
AND AFTER DOING WHAT THEU SAID MY PHONE JUST ACTED CRAZY/
EVERYTIME I TRIED TO TURN THE PHONE ON IT VIBRATES CONTINUESLY AND NEVER GETS TO THE OS. SO I LEFT IT ON FOR NIGHT LIKE THAT AND I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING OBVIOUSLY BETTERY WAS COMPLETLY DRAINED ( AFTER ALL THE VIBRATING BACK AND FORTH)
ANYWAYS, NOW IT JUST TURNS ON AND STAYS AT " MY TOUCH 4G SCREEN WHERE ITS WHITE AND THAT WRITING" IT JUST FREEZES.
IF I TRY TO HOLD VOL DOWN AND CLICK POWER BUTTON, I GET TO THE PAGE WHERE ITS WHITE AND FASTBOOT, RECOVERY, FACTORY RESET,SIMLUCK,IMAGE CRC MENU.
I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING IN THAT MENU INLUDING FACTORY RESET, NOTTING WORKS.
WHEN I ALSO TRY RECOVERY FROM THERE I CAN GET TO "ClockMod Recovery" BUT I CANT EVEN ACCES INSTALL ZIP FROM SDCARD, WHEN I TRY THAT ALL I SEE IS A BLACK SCREEN AND A HAT AND A BIG EYE UNDER IT.
THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING,

Step one, slow down
step two, turn off the caps.
Step three it's obvious that you have s=off if you have clockwork ROM on your phone.
At the top of your phone What recovery image do you have? 3.0.0.5? or a 2.x one?

thank you for responding, I have v3.0.0.5 version
i have v3.0.0.5 version

ilkercatal said:
i have v3.0.0.5 version
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as long as you do not have any errors on your recovery image about not being able to mount anything....to get your phone working you can do one of two things.
1)You can flash any Gingerbread based ROM either from Cyanogen(mod) or from TeamRoyal. Those all can be found in our Development section from your recovery image.
2) you can flash the PD15IMG and restore you phone back to 100% via the HBoot (engineering) screen, that can be found in our development section as well.

no luck
I get notting but a black screen with hat and eye under, everytime i try to choose anything from clockworkmod menu.I have adb installed on my pc and it regonizes my device , is there a way to reset the phone from there? maybe?

ilkercatal said:
I get notting but a black screen with hat and eye under, everytime i try to choose anything from clockworkmod menu.I have adb installed on my pc and it regonizes my device , is there a way to reset the phone from there? maybe?
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Are you usin power botton or track pad to select the options?
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App

You can also check the semi brick thread in here. There is a link to a nice guide to revert back to stock. Exact same issue!
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App

ilkercatal said:
I get notting but a black screen with hat and eye under, everytime i try to choose anything from clockworkmod menu.I have adb installed on my pc and it regonizes my device , is there a way to reset the phone from there? maybe?
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when you select something you need to select it with the track pad. If you use the power button you'll get the text will disappear.
the only way you can use ADB to flash stuff is if you have the engineering bootloader. If you just followed TheUnlockr's method then you do not have it.

i use volume buttons and power button to select it

oh ok now i used the mouse button select and i can select but now the phone is keep resrarting every like 10 seconds with a vibrate, nottting happens just restarting over and over. Where should I go next?
( remember fartest i can go is the "colockworkmod")

ilkercatal said:
i use volume buttons and power button to select it
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As he mentioned above, you need to use the trackpad buttons to make selections, NOT the power button.
If you can successfully reboot into recovery, just wipe the phone completely and flash a new ROM...

ilkercatal said:
oh ok now i used the mouse button select and i can select but now the phone is keep resrarting every like 10 seconds with a vibrate, nottting happens just restarting over and over. Where should I go next?
( remember fartest i can go is the "colockworkmod")
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If you navigate to "advanced" and select it will it give you a new set of options?
if it does try the "mount USB" and plug it into a computer and see if you can surf the SD card via a computer.

KenpoAP said:
Are you usin power botton or track pad to select the options?
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i restored from the back up I created before rooting, It took like 2 minutes and I reboot now I have the screen where its says my touch 4g and just stays there. I think my back up file is no good mabe?>, I alsoe noticed when holding vol down and power but the menu comes after it it says on top" glacier pvt ship s-off" does it mean anything?

TeeJay3800 said:
As he mentioned above, you need to use the trackpad buttons to make selections, NOT the power button.
If you can successfully reboot into recovery, just wipe the phone completely and flash a new ROM...
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thank you for help but where do you get a new rom and how do you flash it?

ilkercatal said:
i restored from the back up I created before rooting, It took like 2 minutes and I reboot now I have the screen where its says my touch 4g and just stays there. I think my back up file is no good mabe?>, I alsoe noticed when holding vol down and power but the menu comes after it it says on top" glacier pvt ship s-off" does it mean anything?
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3.0.0.5 is only compatible with 2.3 ROMS.
use this to flash it
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.p...pdate_Guide#First_Method_.28via_RomManager.29
and you'll want to use the "from recovery" method.

ilkercatal said:
i restored from the back up I created before rooting, It took like 2 minutes and I reboot now I have the screen where its says my touch 4g and just stays there. I think my back up file is no good mabe?>, I alsoe noticed when holding vol down and power but the menu comes after it it says on top" glacier pvt ship s-off" does it mean anything?
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Your ok! Maybe your bu is2.2 Try any of the 2.3 roms out there and post back!
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Isn't there are flashable 3.0.0.6?
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I have 3.0 05
But As I was instructed I have downloaded PD151MG file and put it on my sd card and reboot my phone to the engineering menu and right away it asked me if I want to update to PD151Mg file and I clicked yes I guess this new rom will work for me
As of now it is updating.... I will let you guys know later for the result ( I hope I am not doing something even worst )

Mathato said:
Isn't there are flashable 3.0.0.6?
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There is a flashable 3.0.0.6 image that True_blue Scripted but you have to get into the ROM to do it.
ilkercatal said:
I have 3.0 05
But As I was instructed I have downloaded PD151MG file and put it on my sd card and reboot my phone to the engineering menu and right away it asked me if I want to update to PD151Mg file and I clicked yes I guess this new rom will work for me
As of now it is updating.... I will let you guys know later for the result ( I hope I am not doing something even worst )
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Once you are done with the PD15IMG you will have to reroot your phone. IT will return it to a 100% stock fashion.
after you re-root the phone please flash the 3.0.0.6 to help save any confusion down the road.

neidlinger said:
There is a flashable 3.0.0.6 image that True_blue Scripted but you have to get into the ROM to do it.
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The original 3.0.0.6 was made by option94, and you can flash it from your existing recovery or fastboot, so booting into a ROM is not necessary.

Legend Won't Boot to Recovery

Hey guys,
I'm trying to boot into recovery mode on my Legend, but I've had no success as of now. I've tried using Rom Manager to boot to recovery and I've tried backing up my current Rom as well, but all I get is a phone with a red exclamation mark beside it. I've tried booting into fastboot, (Holding down the volume down button and power button) and hit the "Recovery" button, but still no luck. Any solutions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.
PS: Sorry for posting two threads in two days.
EDIT: Solved. For those having a similar problem, all I had to do was run the recovery once from my PC using the file "Recovery-windows" in the Legend tools. It had to push the recovery files into my Legend again because I factory reset it a couple weeks ago. I've been trying to fix it for hours, love getting to the bottom of things.

This also works:
When you get to the red triangle of doom press volume up and power. Then using the volume buttons to navigate and the power button to select choose "install update.zip" (something like that, I honestly can't remember what of actually says) then observe as your phone ends up in recovery.
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Hi,
I am new to HTC legend. I have a similar problem, can you please tell me what uyou refer to by "run the recovery once from my PC using the file "Recovery-windows" in the Legend tools." What program is that and how do I get it?
Thanks in advance.

Collectric: have you tried holding the volume up button and then pressing the power button?
For me it takes a few moments of pressing power but then a green box appears and i can move on.
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Of course I pressed power and volume down, that's basic.
Unfortunately, I made a stupid mistake and tried to replace the recovery file using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423
which was prepare for Samsung phone (having the naive thought that Android is the same Android for every one ).
Since then I lost the possibility to go into recovery mode, and the author of the above mentioned program is not answering me, so now I am tryoing to look for a way to "recover" recovery mode ....
Thanks anyhow...

Well when I rooted my phone with theunlockr.com they gave us a legend tools folder and it has the recovery tools to push the recovery files into the phone which worked for me and I can then go into recovery freely I'll give you the link soon.
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EDIT: Okay here it is http://theunlockr.com/2010/06/07/how-to-root-the-htc-legend/ make sure you download ONLY the "Legend Rooting Tools" and ONLY that you don't need anything else. Unzip the Legend Root Folder in the root of C:/ Also please do not follow the steps they mentioned as your phone is already rooted.
Here are the steps you should do:
1. Unzip the Legend Root Folder to "C:/"
2. Go to the folder in the "C:/" it should be called "R4-legend-root"
3. Put your phone in recovery mode using the power + volume down and click recovery in the PHONE not the PC.
4. When you're on the red triangle of doom (Make sure you are!) click "Recovery-windows" in the PC (Again located in the r4-legend-root folder which you unzipped)
5. A black box should come up pushing the files to your phone
6. Your phone should be in recovery mode
7. You can now go into recovery mode freely using ROM Manager instead of the computer like I do.
PS: Sorry for the late reply I was off on vacation.

Many thanks man, no need to apologize...
Well, the whole point is that strangely enough I CAN'T go into recovery mode on my phone...
Since that stupid act of trying to work with the Samsung program, when I press power and volume down I get into "Factory mode" which gives me the options to test my device, clear the flash and Reboot.
I don't even have the option to go into recovery mode...
I can try and copy all those files manually, as my phone is rooted. I will copy the files from PC into my SD then move them with my phone "total commander" into the proper folders in the root flash.
Does it sound like a plan?
Thanks again

Hi,
As you probably guessed, root is read only, so I met a dead end. I have no way to go into recovery mode thus can't replace any file in root.
I tried to reboot to recovery using "adb reboot recovery", the phone reboots and get stuck with green HTC on the screen - I had to remove battery, put back, press power with volume down to enter "Factory mode", select reboot and get again normal operation.
Any innovative idea?
Thanks in advance...

Maybe you can try to reroot your phone using the unlockr.com method. But I'm not a specialist at these kinds of issues, I wish to be more help. But is there any you can try to reroot your phone using theunlockr.com method?

Yes, I am working on it but I am not so optimistic as, on the way, they also instruct to go into recovery mode. Anyhow, till I discover something better I'll give it a shot.
Many thanks on your assistance.

As I suspected, its a vicious circle, all the repair methods eventually end in the recovery mode. To recover recovery mode I have to go into recovery mode - sad but seems to be true. I will try to open a new thread maybe there is some Android sage with some trick in the sleeve for me....
Thanks again

I'm sorry I couldn't be of help. If you do manage to get it fixed please tell me how you did it because it would be very useful to know recovery mode is essential for every phone. Thank you and sorry again.
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HTC Legend doesn't boot into recovery even after pushing recovery files through PC
Hi guys, I have a rooted HTC Legend and was trying a new ROM "New Sense ROM" and after I installed it, I am not able to root into recovery mode even the ROM Manager says "Successfully installed Clockwork Mod Recovery". It gets stuck at /!\ Red Exclamation Mark. I tried pushing recovery files to phone using PC from 'r4-legend-root' folder which I got from www.theunlockr.com but it simply doesn't woirk. What may be the problem? Please Help.

asifisbest said:
Hi guys, I have a rooted HTC Legend and was trying a new ROM "New Sense ROM" and after I installed it, I am not able to root into recovery mode even the ROM Manager says "Successfully installed Clockwork Mod Recovery". It gets stuck at /!\ Red Exclamation Mark. I tried pushing recovery files to phone using PC from 'r4-legend-root' folder which I got from www.theunlockr.com but it simply doesn't woirk. What may be the problem? Please Help.
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when at the /!\ screen press; volume + and powerbutton, and see if that helps

I had a problem with the red exclamation mark when trying to load the recovery image on my phone after rooting with the method on theunlockr.com.
To solve it download a recovery image from here, rename it "update.zip" and placed it in the root of your sdcard.
Then boot up your phone and attempt to load recovery as before by pressing the power button and volume DOWN. When you get to the red exclamation mark screen, press and hold volume UP and the power button. This should bring up the Android system recovery. Select flash update.zip and this will flash and load the recovery image.
See here.

adrianwallis said:
I had a problem with the red exclamation mark when trying to load the recovery image on my phone after rooting with the method on theunlockr.com.
To solve it download a recovery image from here, rename it "update.zip" and placed it in the root of your sdcard.
Then boot up your phone and attempt to load recovery as before by pressing the power button and volume DOWN. When you get to the red exclamation mark screen, press and hold volume UP and the power button. This should bring up the Android system recovery. Select flash update.zip and this will flash and load the recovery image.
See here.
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Hey, I've been doing this for few months now every time I need to enter recovery after I recovered from a bootloop for installing CM7.
However, is there a way to permanently remove this 'wrong' feature by having to manually click update.zip every time? Can I just restore my Legend back to the original state where it would automatically enter recovery without having to press "Vol Up + Power Button" combo and applying update.zip?
Thanks!

chongyixiong said:
Hey, I've been doing this for few months now every time I need to enter recovery after I recovered from a bootloop for installing CM7.
However, is there a way to permanently remove this 'wrong' feature by having to manually click update.zip every time? Can I just restore my Legend back to the original state where it would automatically enter recovery without having to press "Vol Up + Power Button" combo and applying update.zip?
Thanks!
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If you look at the top line of the bootloader screen it will have the phrase
'S-ON' somewhere; this means 'security on'. The result is that the /system and /recovery partitions are read-only.
There are instructions here on how to S-OFF the Legend. (xda discussion thread here)
I haven't done it myself. Personally, I felt that the risks of bricking and the time spent researching and doing it outweighed the benefits of a writeable /system and /recovery partition.

adrianwallis said:
If you look at the top line of the bootloader screen it will have the phrase
'S-ON' somewhere; this means 'security on'. The result is that the /system and /recovery partitions are read-only.
There are instructions here on how to S-OFF the Legend. (xda discussion thread here)
I haven't done it myself. Personally, I felt that the risks of bricking and the time spent researching and doing it outweighed the benefits of a writeable /system and /recovery partition.
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So are you saying that this "extra step" resulted from the fact that my phone is still S-ON? If that is so, I guess the benefits of this read-only system allows me to flash ROMs much easier (without having to connect to ADB).
Thanks!

I'm not sure if this is gonna help, but you can try pressing the "BACK" button while pressing power on?

please help me for unbrick my Iconia

hi 2 all
I want to brief how made brick my tab step by step
first of all i had an Acer_A500_4.010.43_COM_GEN1 3.1 stock rom on my tab that i upgrade it to 3.2 Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN1 by tablet then i decided to root my tablet for installation custom rom and i downgrade to 3.01 rom by this typic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276227 method 1 i reverted successfully and after rooting i installed and tested this 3 roms (taboonay 2.2-thor 14.2&light speed 1.07) but each one had some problems like google map or gps or rotation screen so i installed a 3.1hc stock rom Acer_A500_4.010.41_COM_GEN1 and rooted that worked good but i had mistake and i forget erase update.zip file from my sd card
4days ago Mistakenly I turn on my tablet with recovery mode and iconia automattically gone to update mode (rom installation) i did nothing but this opration was stopped at 80% and my wrong was here i could not be patient and shut down my tab by power button and i bricked my tablet
after that i test all method for unbrick it like not stable rom , Chinese and whitout Chinese roms using of stock rom like Acer_A500_4.010.38_COM_GEN1
without any success only in not stable rom processes gone to 95 % and then stoped and nothing
after update to chinese rom it stopped at 30 % with yellow triangle sign
and then happend something bad and i loose my CWM
NOW if i want to go to recovery mode by pressing power+vol down keys Iconia show me a message
secure boot: image SOS checksum fail!
and in normal booting I have a locked black screen with nonworking touchables button and android word at left top of screen and clock & 15% battery sometimes it show a message for shutting down
i cant go to setting menu for active my usb debugging and my pc do not recognize my tablet
i cant hard reset my tab because it hanged in 2 message for 30 mins and i cant go to recovery mode and customer services says your device is out of warranty because rotting that
but Fortunately I have my UID
excuse me for long story
any body help me please
thank all of you

that is amazing over 150 visit of this help request without any answer please give me a Proposal
thanks

I have a501 .....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419164

the chinese rom and checksum error are supposed to happen.
the chines rom is an old unstable version but is provided so we can root it to install cwm and flash a working rom.
after the checksum error you needed to power off and then using the buttons enter recovery mode and go to 'Fix checksum error' in advanced menu - after that reboot.
you should do the following:
a)go back and read the entire post on what to do because you missed the last part
or
b)try the backdoor method
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just read your entire post again...there's alot going on there isnt there?
have you tried flashing the update.zip again with 3.0.1 on it...get back to the chinese rom, from there install iconia root and root it. Then install cwm and you should be all good - if that doesnt work then use timmyDeans backdoor method it does it for you, all you need to do is install acer recovery installer to install cwm, backup the original stock recovery when the app asks you, you will need it to OTA Update successfully...

Doesn't flashing stock rom remove cwm?

bendystrawboy said:
Doesn't flashing stock rom remove cwm?
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yeh i just had trouble when i OTA'd last nite on the 2nd update, had to flash stock before it would install, but i may have restored the wrong one from acer recovery installer beforehand...a definite possibility!!!

by flashing from method 1 my racovery mode came back again and i can recover only from update.zip
but when i want to install Extract_unBrick_UPDATE it stop at 30% and my tab goes to turn off and when i press power button it turnnig on and turn off very soon and can not boot
I test non stable rom and flash with this rom proccess goes to 90% and stop
what can i do now? this is my tablet screen
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7237922040/Photo_0007.jpg
http://s2.picofile.com/file/7237923010/Photo_0008.jpg
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7237924301/Photo_0009.jpg
thank u

darvis said:
by flashing from method 1 my racovery mode came back again and i can recover only from update.zip
but when i want to install Extract_unBrick_UPDATE it stop at 30% and my tab goes to turn off and when i press power button it turnnig on and turn off very soon and can not boot
I test non stable rom and flash with this rom proccess goes to 90% and stop
what can i do now? this is my tablet screen
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7237922040/Photo_0007.jpg
http://s2.picofile.com/file/7237923010/Photo_0008.jpg
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7237924301/Photo_0009.jpg
thank u
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Unbrick it using my tool listed here, guarantee you it will fix your problems.
Just download it and follow the instructions in the readme.pdf.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20680452&postcount=137

timmyDean said:
Unbrick it using my tool listed here, guarantee you it will fix your problems.
Just download it and follow the instructions in the readme.pdf.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20680452&postcount=137
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hello master
i am so glad for your attention to my problem
i use from your rom before that pictures are shown above and my tablet show ((pass)) and pc show congratulation to me but u see nothing change but Hopefully that fix my cvm problem an now ican use from update.zip rom but my screen didn't any change and i cant do anything by tablet
I don't know anything about backdoor method is it useful for my problem ?
i have 2 problems
1-i cant wipe and erase my whole data even when i press vol+ and power keys and toggle lock screen button it shown two message for erasing cash but it do anything
2-my PC don't recognize my tablet i have to flash your rom with APX mode
i have a question do your rom need to CUPID file ? because there isn't any cupid file in your Rom
please help me sir because you are a greet master
thanks

darvis said:
hello master
i am so glad for your attention to my problem
i use from your rom before that pictures are shown above and my tablet show ((pass)) and pc show congratulation to me but u see nothing change but Hopefully that fix my cvm problem an now ican use from update.zip rom but my screen didn't any change and i cant do anything by tablet
I don't know anything about backdoor method is it useful for my problem ?
i have 2 problems
1-i cant wipe and erase my whole data even when i press vol+ and power keys and toggle lock screen button it shown two message for erasing cash but it do anything
2-my PC don't recognize my tablet i have to flash your rom with APX mode
i have a question do your rom need to CUPID file ? because there isn't any cupid file in your Rom
please help me sir because you are a greet master
thanks
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V3 which I pointed you to is STOCK 3.2.1 with root. Once you get there you will be stable. If you want CWM then you will have to install it. It is NOT in the flash because the flash is stock ONLY with root. But since you have root, you can install CWM.
The serial number does NOT need to be saved in any file. Just follow the instructions.

timmyDean said:
V3 which I pointed you to is STOCK 3.2.1 with root. Once you get there you will be stable. If you want CWM then you will have to install it. It is NOT in the flash because the flash is stock ONLY with root. But since you have root, you can install CWM.
The serial number does NOT need to be saved in any file. Just follow the instructions.
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sorry sir
I used your v3 rom and install it by apx mode it installed and I saw ((pass)) on my tablet after botting and after acer logo and android word i have same problem yet
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7238522040/Photo_0010.jpg
http://s2.picofile.com/file/7238522903/Photo_0011.jpg
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7238523331/Photo_0012.jpg
however thank you very much for your attention
sincerely yours

darvis said:
sorry sir
I used your v3 rom and install it by apx mode it installed and I saw ((pass)) on my tablet after botting and after acer logo and android word i have same problem yet
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7238522040/Photo_0010.jpg
http://s2.picofile.com/file/7238522903/Photo_0011.jpg
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7238523331/Photo_0012.jpg
however thank you very much for your attention
sincerely yours
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Ok, now just download the stock image for your country and put it on your external sdcard. Use the power and volume + key which will launch stock recovery (which you now have flashed) and it will flash your tablet with the one located on your sdcard. This will have you back stock.

timmyDean said:
Ok, now just download the stock image for your country and put it on your external sdcard. Use the power and volume + key which will launch stock recovery (which you now have flashed) and it will flash your tablet with the one located on your sdcard. This will have you back stock.
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sorry sir
what did you mean about power and volume + key?
do you mean power and vol down keys for recovery mode?

darvis said:
sorry sir
what did you mean about power and volume + key?
do you mean power and vol down keys for recovery mode?
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You have a "volume" switch on top of your tab (long silver switch on left side)
You control volume from this. Vol+ make sound go up (the right side of it)
Press it on the left side, and volume goes quiet (vol-)
So, as he said, with the tablet OFF, hold the VOL+ side of the button, then select PWR (power)
You have 2 recovery modes.
1. CWM Recovery (vol- & Pwr) (after you have root and cwm installed)
2. Stock Acer recovery (vol+ & Pwr)
Step number 2 with the stock acer recovery, should install the stock rom you copied to your sd like TimmyDean said earlier.

Moscow Desire said:
You have a "volume" switch on top of your tab (long silver switch on left side)
You control volume from this. Vol+ make sound go up (the right side of it)
Press it on the left side, and volume goes quiet (vol-)
So, as he said, with the tablet OFF, hold the VOL+ side of the button, then select PWR (power)
You have 2 recovery modes.
1. CWM Recovery (vol- & Pwr) (after you have root and cwm installed)
2. Stock Acer recovery (vol+ & Pwr)
thanks a lot
Step number 2 with the stock acer recovery, should install the stock rom you copied to your sd like TimmyDean said earlier.
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thank u sir
but there is a question
1-in CWM recovery we can use from Update.zip files
but in Stock Acer recovery (vol+&power ) which one of files must be copied at sd card ?

darvis said:
thank u sir
but there is a question
1-in CWM recovery we can use from Update.zip files
but in Stock Acer recovery (vol+&power ) which one of files must be copied at sd card ?
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Answer me please

darvis said:
Answer me please
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Please rewrite what you are trying to do. I have no idea what you are talking about?
Are you asking about stock recovery and flashing form a SD Card? If so, copy update.zip to your SD card and then run recovery. If you have CWM, then use it to select the update from the SD Card.
It's not clearly as to exactly what you have loaded and what you are trying to do?
LASTLY: You cannot take a backup from CWM and have the stock recovery install it. Stock recovery will only install update.zip which must be signed by ACER.
TD

timmyDean said:
Please rewrite what you are trying to do. I have no idea what you are talking about?
Are you asking about stock recovery and flashing form a SD Card? If so, copy update.zip to your SD card and then run recovery. If you have CWM, then use it to select the update from the SD Card.
It's not clearly as to exactly what you have loaded and what you are trying to do?
LASTLY: You cannot take a backup from CWM and have the stock recovery install it. Stock recovery will only install update.zip which must be signed by ACER.
TD
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Hello sir
in upper post u tell me i must go to recover mode by pressing power & vol+
but only i can go to stock recovery with pressing power & vol-(not vol+)
is there any other method for going to recovery mode by (vol+) ?
because Mr Moscow Desire said in his upper post (post no 14 of this thread)
if yes how ?
if not ..... just thank u

there is only one recovery on your device..
you should slowly repost your exact trouble.. then do EXACTLY as someone tell you to fix it..
There is only one recovery on your device . If YOU FLASH CWM RECOVERY .. it overrides the acer recovery.
so if you dont have cwm revovery .
nevermind repost your system rom you are using .. rather or not you know what recovery you have .. Then someone can help you...
LOST BLONDE BABE I AM .. GIGGLES
gOOD LUCK..

Sorry you're having difficulty.
Please go here and download the is tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307539
Do EXACTLY what it says to do in the PDF

[SERIOUS HELP] My Nexus One cannot reboot

My Nexus One is rooted (I forgot how I did it).
Last night suddenly my phone went off and could not reboot anymore. It stayed on "X" screen forever. I tried to hard reset (i.e. Pressing volume down and power button). Then I pressed "Recovery" and then it went restart and stayed on "X" screen forever again. What can U do?
Please help, I am a new root user. please teach me step by step to do so. thanks.

Turn it off. Hold the trackball while starting it up. If you have usb debugging on and working fastboot drivers, you can wipe your phone (fastboot -a in cmd) and flash an img file of like a stock ROM.
Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk

Thanks Theshawty, donno why my Nexus One can't even boot up now

wingod513 said:
Thanks Theshawty, donno why my Nexus One can't even boot up now
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I had read some other members did some tricks to their phone by remove the SD card and reboot the phone. BTW, is the battery fully charged? Try to pull the battery and then put it back on.

wingod513 said:
My Nexus One is rooted (I forgot how I did it).
Last night suddenly my phone went off and could not reboot anymore. It stayed on "X" screen forever. I tried to hard reset (i.e. Pressing volume down and power button). Then I pressed "Recovery" and then it went restart and stayed on "X" screen forever again. What can U do?
Please help, I am a new root user. please teach me step by step to do so. thanks.
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Step by step new ROM for nexus one and restoring....
ADDITIONAL information for people who don't know to use passim.zip and update.zip
1-passimg.zip
a-Download the Passion_Google_WWE_2.16.1700.1_FRG33_MFG_Shipment_ ROM.z
ip link ( 1st link)
b-Rename the file to passimg.zip ( in windows take care of renaming it passimg.zip.zip)
c-copy it into the root of your SD card
d-turn of your phone
e-Press and hold the power button + vol. down button until a white screen showing android buddies skating at the bottom appears
f- the phone will automatically read the passimg.zip ( will load and then check it) after it is check it will ask you to press volume up to confirm the updates
g-the device will reboot then go to the SD card and DELETE THE PASSIMG.IMG file
then it is done
2-update.zip
a- download the corresponding update file from the steps above
b- rename the file to update.zip( again in windows take care of the update.zip.zip rename problem)
c- copy the file to the root of your SD card
d- turn off the phone
e-Press and hold the power button + vol. down button until a white screen showing android buddies skating at the bottom appears
f-wait for 4 sec. the using the volume down and up buttons to go up and down go the RECOVERY and then press the power button to select
g-it will load the nexus logo then will show the android buddy with an exclamation mark .... press power button + volume up button
h-choose using the trackball the apply SD card:update.zip option
the phone will go through some process verifying package... verifying software version and the end the phone will restart to finish the update ( Notice: in some updates it doesn't restart automatically so just choose the "reboot system now" option)
i- AFTER THE PHONE RESTART ALWAYS REMEMBER TO DELETE THE OLD UPDATE.ZIP FILE TO PUT THE NEW ONE FOR THE NEXT UPDATE according to the above steps
Hope this post is helpful for some people and if there is any missing steps or mistakes i would like if someone help me with an advice
Download linksonly the link of the stock rom i had to upload it cause it isn't available anymore on the google servers)
-stock ROM "FRG33"==> http://www.multiupload.com/NTA9DANZGC
-from FRG33 to GRI40 ==> http://android.clients.google.com/p...b119f8.signed-passion-ota-102588.656099b1.zip (thanks to efrant)
-Update FRG33 to FRG83 ==>http://android.clients.google.com/p...01ae02c.signed-passion-ota-60505.766a101a.zip
-Update FRG83 to FRG83D ==> http://android.clients.google.com/p...signed-passion-FRG83D-from-FRG83.ecb21b75.zip
-Update FRG83D to FRG83G ==> http://android.clients.google.com/p...igned-passion-FRG83G-from-FRG83D.2854b06b.zip
-Update FRG83G to GRI40 ==>http://android.clients.google.com/p...signed-passion-GRI40-from-FRG83G.81304b2d.zip

taodan said:
I had read some other members did some tricks to their phone by remove the SD card and reboot the phone. BTW, is the battery fully charged? Try to pull the battery and then put it back on.
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I tried this already but still not work, I had brought my phone to some third party mobile repair centre, they said my N1 is CPU broken and will cost around US$96 to replace with a new CPU (HTC need around US$190 for mother board). I paid US$96 anyways. not sure if it worth.
cnalbant said:
Step by step new ROM for nexus one and restoring....
ADDITIONAL information for people who don't know to use passim.zip and update.zip
1-passimg.zip
a-Download the Passion_Google_WWE_2.16.1700.1_FRG33_MFG_Shipment_ ROM.z
ip link ( 1st link)
b-Rename the file to passimg.zip ( in windows take care of renaming it passimg.zip.zip)
c-copy it into the root of your SD card
d-turn of your phone
e-Press and hold the power button + vol. down button until a white screen showing android buddies skating at the bottom appears
f- the phone will automatically read the passimg.zip ( will load and then check it) after it is check it will ask you to press volume up to confirm the updates
g-the device will reboot then go to the SD card and DELETE THE PASSIMG.IMG file
then it is done
2-update.zip
a- download the corresponding update file from the steps above
b- rename the file to update.zip( again in windows take care of the update.zip.zip rename problem)
c- copy the file to the root of your SD card
d- turn off the phone
e-Press and hold the power button + vol. down button until a white screen showing android buddies skating at the bottom appears
f-wait for 4 sec. the using the volume down and up buttons to go up and down go the RECOVERY and then press the power button to select
g-it will load the nexus logo then will show the android buddy with an exclamation mark .... press power button + volume up button
h-choose using the trackball the apply SD card:update.zip option
the phone will go through some process verifying package... verifying software version and the end the phone will restart to finish the update ( Notice: in some updates it doesn't restart automatically so just choose the "reboot system now" option)
i- AFTER THE PHONE RESTART ALWAYS REMEMBER TO DELETE THE OLD UPDATE.ZIP FILE TO PUT THE NEW ONE FOR THE NEXT UPDATE according to the above steps
Hope this post is helpful for some people and if there is any missing steps or mistakes i would like if someone help me with an advice
Download linksonly the link of the stock rom i had to upload it cause it isn't available anymore on the google servers)
-stock ROM "FRG33"==> http://www.multiupload.com/NTA9DANZGC
-from FRG33 to GRI40 ==> http://android.clients.google.com/p...b119f8.signed-passion-ota-102588.656099b1.zip (thanks to efrant)
-Update FRG33 to FRG83 ==>http://android.clients.google.com/p...01ae02c.signed-passion-ota-60505.766a101a.zip
-Update FRG83 to FRG83D ==> http://android.clients.google.com/p...signed-passion-FRG83D-from-FRG83.ecb21b75.zip
-Update FRG83D to FRG83G ==> http://android.clients.google.com/p...igned-passion-FRG83G-from-FRG83D.2854b06b.zip
-Update FRG83G to GRI40 ==>http://android.clients.google.com/p...signed-passion-GRI40-from-FRG83G.81304b2d.zip
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Thanks, I will try this after my phone get fixed.

cnalbant said:
-stock ROM "FRG33"==> http://www.multiupload.com/NTA9DANZGC
-Update FRG33 to FRG83 ==>http://android.clients.google.com/p...01ae02c.signed-passion-ota-60505.766a101a.zip
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These links not working, please help me update. thanks

are you sure you just didn't lose your recovery

rugmankc said:
are you sure you just didn't lose your recovery
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Sorry, what do you mean?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

wingod513 said:
Sorry, what do you mean?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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If your bootloader is unlocked, just flash a new recovery from fastboot Otherwise unlick it anyway.
Sent from my Hypersensed Nexus One using xda.

race55 said:
If your bootloader is unlocked, just flash a new recovery from fastboot Otherwise unlick it anyway.
Sent from my Hypersensed Nexus One using xda.
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The bootloader of my N1 is unlocked, I am not familiar with fastboot thing. My friend helped mine root and he is out of my country now. Gotta follow cnalbant's steps and see.

Install ClockworkMod Recovery on Nexus One Manually
Step 1: Download ClockworkMod Recovery: recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.1-passion.img (there are more current, look at the xda)
Step 2: Set up ADB for Nexus One
Step 3: Put the downloaded recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.1-passion.img in C: drive
Step 4: Turn Nexus One off and connect it to PC via USB
Step 5: Hold the Power button + Trackball together to start Nexus One in fastboot mode
Step 6: Once in fastboot mode, open Terminal / Command Prompt and run following command:
fastboot devices
This command will check if your device is connected in fastboot mode or not.
Step 7: Now run following command (place the file recovery in the same folder where the fastboot):
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.1-passion.img
This will install Clockwork recovery on your Nexus One.
That’s it, enjoy!

You can either follow the above guide or this amon ra recovery guide
forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Nexus_One/Recovery_Images
Amon ra is another recovery just like clock workmod
B4 using adb download the drivers of adb and fastboot
www.mediafire.com/?bhxmn903d6cz9eg
When you connect ur phone use device manager to locate the connection on win 7 and select install drivers frm folder and install frm the extracted folder of adb driver
Sent from my HTC Nexus One using XDA