Hi, Im new and need some help! - myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, im new to this forum, and this is actually my first post =P, i looked through this website and saw alot of things that i reallly liked (Like the MIUI rom).
I've never done anything to my phone lol and i was wondering if anyone here can walk me through from beggining to end on how to get my phone the MIUI rom.
My phone is a never rooted before mytouch 4g from t-mobile. ive nver done any of this, and i would just like your help. ive tried google and stuff, there are guides, but there are all peace by peace. i just dont want to mess up and "brick" my phone. So anyone out there can walk me through i would greatly appritiate it =D, and if there is a shortcut to this like one click auto install?( idk if that actually excists XD)
Anyways thanks in advance.
Btw i like this forum, found bunch of cool new apps that i never knew about (Go Launcher Ex) XD

shahzod said:
Hi, im new to this forum, and this is actually my first post =P, i looked through this website and saw alot of things that i reallly liked (Like the MIUI rom).
I've never done anything to my phone lol and i was wondering if anyone here can walk me through from beggining to end on how to get my phone the MIUI rom.
My phone is a never rooted before mytouch 4g from t-mobile. ive nver done any of this, and i would just like your help. ive tried google and stuff, there are guides, but there are all peace by peace. i just dont want to mess up and "brick" my phone. So anyone out there can walk me through i would greatly appritiate it =D, and if there is a shortcut to this like one click auto install?( idk if that actually excists XD)
Anyways thanks in advance.
Btw i like this forum, found bunch of cool new apps that i never knew about (Go Launcher Ex) XD
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what android version are you on? check by going to settings/about phone
also, you should read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281085

thanks for the quick respone =D, i think i got the new 2.3.4 i got the update like a month ago =P

shahzod said:
thanks for the quick respone =D, i think i got the new 2.3.4 i got the update like a month ago =P
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then you will have to downgrade. follow THIS GUIDE
also, verify your eMMC chip before rooting. CHECK HERE

shahzod said:
thanks for the quick respone =D, i think i got the new 2.3.4 i got the update like a month ago =P
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follow link above and Downgrade, sucks that you updated, but don't worry you can downgrade to the awesome 2.2.1!
It's quite difficult to brick the phone if you follow the steps exactly. the only time you may brick the phone is when it is during the process of flashing the stock 2.2.1 rom, and you pull the battery or something. So make sure you're battery is charged! and secure.

i understood the downgrade part but im very confused about emmc thing, whats adb?

shahzod said:
i understood the downgrade part but im very confused about emmc thing, whats adb?
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see THIS GUIDE

saranhai said:
see THIS GUIDE
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thanks ill get back to you when i find out whts my phones eMMC thing

ok there seems to be a porblem, when i type cat /proc/kmsg | grep 'mmc0:0001' it says it found nothing and something about permission =/ and i read a little and was wondering is it because my MT4g is 2.3.4?

shahzod said:
ok there seems to be a porblem, when i type cat /proc/kmsg | grep 'mmc0:0001' it says it found nothing and something about permission =/ and i read a little and was wondering is it because my MT4g is 2.3.4?
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ah, when you try that command, it has to be tried through adb, and the phone has to be in a custom recovery, like clockworkmod or 4EXT. since you don't have a custom recovery currently installed, it won't work. so try the other command, through terminal emulator.

saranhai said:
ah, when you try that command, it has to be tried through adb, and the phone has to be in a custom recovery, like clockworkmod or 4EXT. since you don't have a custom recovery currently installed, it won't work. so try the other command, through terminal emulator.
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can u tell me the command i cant find it >.< and i did download Terminal Emulator already
EDIT found it

saranhai said:
ah, when you try that command, it has to be tried through adb, and the phone has to be in a custom recovery, like clockworkmod or 4EXT. since you don't have a custom recovery currently installed, it won't work. so try the other command, through terminal emulator.
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GOT SEM04G? whats that mean?

shahzod said:
GOT SEM04G? whats that mean?
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It's a good one your fine
Sent from my Tweaked out RCmix3D myTouch 4G via xda premium !

Tez MyTouch said:
It's a good one your fine
Sent from my Tweaked out RCmix3D myTouch 4G via xda premium !
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so whats next XDD

shahzod said:
so whats next XDD
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congrats! now you can proceed to downgrade and root

saranhai said:
congrats! now you can proceed to downgrade and root
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****t im reading through it right now seems difficult XD and its pritty late here i migh start of fresh on saturday lol,btw is there possibly a video on how to downgrade?

shahzod said:
****t im reading through it right now seems difficult XD and its pritty late here i migh start of fresh on saturday lol,btw is there possibly a video on how to downgrade?
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not sure if there is a video, but here's a link... it looks more organized and spread out than the link i posted before... hope it's easier to follow
LINK: http://theunlockr.com/2011/10/25/how-to-downgrade-the-g2-desire-z-desire-hd-and-mytouch-4g-back-to-froyo/

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just got my htc hero

what should i do first anyone wanna help me here??? what are good apps, or roms to try and stuff. new to android just looking for some help.
my idiot friends did it i signed in on his comp
start by looking in the guide wiki page read everything you cn in there so that you completely understand what you are doing. then the first thing to do is root.
use the pre-kitchen. it's the easiest way to get root on your phone.
find it in the ROMS sticky wiki.
ROMs are also in the sticky wiki. i'd say go with fresh 1.1 or gumbo 1.5c for now, and when you get a better knowledge of what's going on then maybe test on like 2.1 and stuff.
thorpe24 said:
what should i do first anyone wanna help me here??? what are good apps, or roms to try and stuff. new to android just looking for some help.
Also I'm a ******
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Did anyone else realize he just called himself a ******?
jaehyun01 said:
Did anyone else realize he just called himself a ******?
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did he just edit that in? that wasn't there before lol
jaehyun01 said:
Did anyone else realize he just called himself a ******?
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ok that was added after I posted not sure what thats all about.

Going back to stock 2.1 on Nexus One

Heey guys, first topic here
So my problem is, I downloaded Desire ROM last month. It's kinda buggy not cus its Alpha so I wanna go back to stock.
So do you know how to do it? Please tell me :]
-geForge
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614850
geForge said:
Heey guys, first topic here
So my problem is, I downloaded Desire ROM last month. It's kinda buggy not cus its Alpha so I wanna go back to stock.
So do you know how to do it? Please tell me :]
-geForge
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hmm, you are new here. you know how i can tell?
you didnt search.
i didn't use search but i browsed though some sides with topics and i googled.
so yea...
Paul22000 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614850
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I don't understand a s*** of that tutorial. Is there any other way?
geForge said:
I don't understand a s*** of that tutorial. Is there any other way?
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You shouldn't have deviated from stock in the first place. I would even go as far to say you shouldn't have even rooted your phone. You're going to get flamed....... You should have searched, and that tutorial is pretty basic. Figure the **** out
wesbalmer said:
You shouldn't have deviated from stock in the first place. I would even go as far to say you shouldn't have even rooted your phone. You're going to get flamed....... You should have searched, and that tutorial is pretty basic. Figure the **** out
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I agree.
However, I will admit that "tutorial" makes my eyes bleed. I cringe every time I have to link to it.
geForge said:
I don't understand a s*** of that tutorial. Is there any other way?
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Click the link in my signature.
Instead of the zip files in my thread, download the zip file from the shipping ROM thread (" You may get the Original Shipping Image from HERE or thru Modaco HERE. [22607 build] ").
before going back to stock i recommend trying cm.5.0.6 rom, its 10x better then stock.
This may not be to your liking, but why not go with Cyanogen? Its UI is optimized for the Nexus One. Combined with HelixLauncher it's even more kick a$$.
Maybe i should try cyanogen
I heard that its really good :] And it is full version? not alpha like desire ROM, right? :]
geForge said:
Maybe i should try cyanogen
I heard that its really good :] And it is full version? not alpha like desire ROM, right? :]
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its not an alpha version, everything works.
Just follow the steps in the guide...
I hope someone updates the guide and puts some screenshots...
here u go... i use this alot and has helped me in the past
http://theunlockr.com/category/howto/android_how_tos/nexus-one-how-tos/
they're not buggy but compared to cyan the battery life just sucks. I don't think many people use those ROMS as their primary OS.

[Solved]Has anyone successfully s-off'd a desire z, if so, how?

Edit: "Rom Development" is only meant for very advanced technical discussion directly related to ROM development activity and the delivery of actual ROMs and ROM components ONLY. Nothing else goes in here. Moved thread to "General." Please refer to "[REF] STOP! Read before posting!" ~TheRomMistress
Could you please share your method?
Edit: use at your own risk, tutorial is on a later post in this thread.
JD
There's a load of technical info on S-OFF at http://tjworld.net/wiki/Android/HTC/Vision/HbootAnalysis
steviewevie said:
There's a load of technical info on S-OFF at http://tjworld.net/wiki/Android/HTC/Vision/HbootAnalysis
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Please tell me that was a wind up, lol
we need a set method of getting s-off like the g2's s-off, is there anyone out there who has has success?
JD
It wasn't a wind-up. That guy has a Desire Z (he did a very comprehensive tear-down), and he's deep into s-off and hboot etc. So if anyone knows, he does. I believe he's IntuitiveNipple on IRC.
If I were you I would ask this question over on the G2 forums, where there's a lot better chance of finding someone who has done it.
steviewevie said:
If I were you I would ask this question over on the G2 forums, where there's a lot better chance of finding someone who has done it.
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Im not sure that we can use the same method though...
This forum is near on dead of dev's, as soon as the hboot is live for both phones im hoping they will merge the two sections into HTC Vision.
JD
paulobrien has done it, see pic :
steviewevie said:
paulobrien has done it, see pic :
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Thats like saying jesus can walk on water,
I would like to see a mere mortal do it first, paul has not released any info on the hboot process as of yet;(
JD
JupiterDroid said:
Thats like saying jesus can walk on water,
I would like to see a mere mortal do it first, paul has not released any info on the hboot process as of yet;(
JD
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hahaha nicely put.
The reality is there is no hboot readily available for the D-Z users yet. Gotta wait and see what the brains come up with.
Bumped
Hey All,
(I'm not responsible for any damage that may be caused by flashing this)
I have a great news for all of us. I was stupid enough to test it myslef first
So, here I present You the engineering hboot for our lovely device.
It's ripped from quite old DesireZ dev rom, namely: 1.05.0.0, it laid on my drive for week or so
Here's the proof that phone booted corectly, I suggest You to backup all your data.
Bye,
Pavel
steviewevie said:
paulobrien has done it, see pic :
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That's not fair Paul's got newer version ...
Edit: though, it doesn't look like ENG hboot
MrPaveL said:
Hey All,
(I'm not responsible for any damage that may be caused by flashing this)
I have a great news for all of us. I was stupid enough to test it myslef first
So, here I present You the engeneering hboot for our lovely device.
It's ripped from quite old DesireZ dev rom, namely: 1.05.0.0, it laid on my drive for week or so
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Hi Pavel,
Can we get an md5sum on that file, just to be sure?
BRad Barnett said:
Hi Pavel,
Can we get an md5sum on that file, just to be sure?
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Here: hboot_7230_0.84.2000_100908.nb0
Code:
2ce1bdd5e4c1119ccfcecb938710d742
Thanks.. works great!
You are a saviour, sir!
BRad Barnett said:
Thanks.. works great!
You are a saviour, sir!
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I'm glad it worked ;-) But the compliment should go to guys who allowed Us flash this baby.
In this case, I'm just a delivery boy (Ah Futurama again ;-)).
Little bit OT: I really enjoyed last season, I still can't understand, how they were able to pull off so many jokes about physics ... and it still was soo original plus funny.
Bye,
Pavel.
Hi pavel and brad,
i'll get my desire-z next week and wanted to know how to flash this hboot judging by the extension just place that file on the /sdcard and boot in hboot would flash it right away but I wanted to be sure
I don't wanna brick my newly phone.
how do I run this hboot??? i did the perm root... and my phone is rooted but need to get s-off..
Armani G said:
how do I run this hboot??? i did the perm root... and my phone is rooted but need to get s-off..
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Just like in the G2 thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833965
dd if=/data/local/hboot-eng.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
would I have to rename it?? because on the g2 thread its a .img?
Armani G said:
would I have to rename it?? because on the g2 thread its a .img?
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hmm. was wondering this myself.

[Q] Root help please Coming from the Evo

Hey guys,
first thanks to all the devs on this site period point blank!
ok now to my question and I know I'll get a answer from a great community like xda (this is my home)
I'm trying to root my Mytouch 4g tonight following trues method, and while I'm sure this has been brought up in the past even though I didn't see it. I for the love of god cannot get ADB to recognize my Mytouch4g. are there any specific drivers I need to download first before trying the TRUE method?
sorry guys for the q if it's a repost but I would love to get this beast rooted before the nights over and couldn't find an answer after searching for the past half hour all most
***nevermind yes I'm an Idiot lol you do need the drivers from http://www.htc.com/us/support/t-mobile-mytouch-4g/downloads/ ... I feel so so sooo dumb right now***
Not sure what method you are trying but if you are talking about my ADB method, I will be happy to help you out. You shouldnt need to DL anything. The drivers should be on your SD card.
TrueBlue_Drew said:
Not sure what method you are trying but if you are talking about my ADB method, I will be happy to help you out. You shouldnt need to DL anything. The drivers should be on your SD card.
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sorry about that bud I thought TRUE was Grankins method that he posted, got it sorted out and am now rooted, but I am curious as to where just for future reference where the drivers are located on this phone on the sdcard or internal? and thank you very very very much for the quick response, it's devs like you that make me love this site!
Triketra said:
sorry about that bud I thought TRUE was Grankins method that he posted, got it sorted out and am now rooted, but I am curious as to where just for future reference where the drivers are located on this phone on the sdcard or internal? and thank you very very very much for the quick response, it's devs like you that make me love this site!
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Its all good, just wasnt sure what method you were using. The True permaroot one. I gotcha now.
You should have a file on your sd card that says HTCDrivers.exe or something like that. If you just click on it it will automaticly install them for you. If you dont have the file for some reason or you cant find them try PDA.net. Or hit me back and I will post them.
TrueBlue_Drew said:
Its all good, just wasnt sure what method you were using. The True permaroot one. I gotcha now.
You should have a file on your sd card that says HTCDrivers.exe or something like that. If you just click on it it will automaticly install them for you. If you dont have the file for some reason or you cant find them try PDA.net. Or hit me back and I will post them.
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bad As$ thanks man, I'll look for it in a bit, and after one night with this phone, I'm gonna start studying up and learning it thoroughly because I really really want to cook up something tasty for this community, you guys give so much, I think it's high time I try to give something back the best I can. Again thank you for the VERY quick response to my OP

Flash failed

I'm using twrp 2.6.3.2 and i tried to install cm11 on my g2. It failed. I dont have a back up because I was following instructions from a friend over email and he forgot to mention it. Can I do anything?
icenate said:
I'm using twrp 2.6.3.2 and i tried to install cm11 on my g2. It failed. I dont have a back up because I was following instructions from a friend over email and he forgot to mention it. Can I do anything?
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Apparently not.
(sorry, I couldn't resist)
solver404 said:
Apparently not.
(sorry, I couldn't resist)
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Im actually quite scared right now. Not that helpful
icenate said:
Im actually quite scared right now. Not that helpful
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I'm scared too, I can't find the development anywhere in the OP.
icenate said:
Im actually quite scared right now. Not that helpful
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If you try asking this in the Q & A section, you'll probably get a lot more help than by asking in a section that is reserved for actual Development...
icenate said:
I'm using twrp 2.6.3.2 and i tried to install cm11 on my g2. It failed. I dont have a back up because I was following instructions from a friend over email and he forgot to mention it. Can I do anything?
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Try posting your question here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/help
People get kinda hyper if you post in the wrong place. I'm coming off of a Samsung Galaxy and just got a LG G2 a couple of days ago so I'm new in these neck of the woods also. While cruising the LG G2 forums I read something about using "Flashtool" and using a .tot file to get back to stock. I have no idea what that is yet but it might get you started in the right direction. Don't freak out, there are plenty of guys out there that will help if they can.
Good luck,
LJ

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