Can someone help me please? - myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was attempting to root the phone using visionary and I think I accidentally checked the run Visionary at startup box or something. The phone isn't rooted. It booted once and the lock screen would be able to slide down, but it would just go to the Mytouch intro screen. I have rooted dozens of phones and have never had anything this strange happen before.
Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

DefineIndecline said:
I was attempting to root the phone using visionary and I think I accidentally checked the run Visionary at startup box or something. The phone isn't rooted. It booted once and the lock screen would be able to slide down, but it would just go to the Mytouch intro screen. I have rooted dozens of phones and have never had anything this strange happen before.
Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
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Do a factory reset in recovery
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I've done it like, five times. Still does the same stuff.

I say go to t mobile store say it want boot let the t mobile clerk fiddle wit it sooner or later he offers u a replacement or my4gs
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Or just flash the pd image. If you need it let me know and ill upload it for you. Do you want 2.2, 2.2.1, or 2.3.4? Lol

I tried a PD image last night, but for all I know it could be anything. If you can upload one, that'd be cool. Either one of those would be fine with me. preferably the 2.2 version.

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[Q] Help please....

hello...could anybody help me please...i was updating my htc magic to [ROM][32b] Official AOSP 2.2 OTA...but after i copied the update to sd,and i rebooted at the recovery menu i couldn't scroll to select the update.zip..it takes very long n i decided to pull out the battery n restart it again..unfortunately it went wrong somewhere n the phne keep on restarting again and again...i've tried to hard reset and all...but it won't works...help pleasee...
no replies yet...that's very sad..
If you can get to the recovery screen try wiping and factory reset.and flash a different rom. If that doesn't work. You can always do the unroot method by using the smping.mbh file or something like that. Look up how to unroot in google and you should know what I mean. Hope this helps
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lucasleiva said:
If you can get to the recovery screen try wiping and factory reset.and flash a different rom. If that doesn't work. You can always do the unroot method by using the smping.mbh file or something like that. Look up how to unroot in google and you should know what I mean. Hope this helps
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thanks lucas..but,the problem is that i can't get the recovery...it's keep on restarting again and again..??any idea?
Well then you need to unroot your mytouch it basically puts it back in factory settings and you do it through fast boot. I'm guessing you have the original mytouch this how I did it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lReoBy848PI
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lucasleiva said:
Well then you need to unroot your mytouch it basically puts it back in factory settings and you do it through fast boot. I'm guessing you have the original mytouch this how I did it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lReoBy848PI
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thanks lucas...i'll giv it a try now...let see...
giggsy_lel said:
thanks lucas...i'll giv it a try now...let see...
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ok..tried..same thing goes again....it can't load up the recovery menu...started until the splash screen "htc magic" n restarted again...hemm...seems like a big probl!damn it!!...
giggsy_lel said:
ok..tried..same thing goes again....it can't load up the recovery menu...started until the splash screen "htc magic" n restarted again...hemm...seems like a big probl!damn it!!...
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You don't need to get in recovery screen. Turn the phone off and hold the up volume button and the power button and fast boot the sapping.nbh file
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What I did is:
Through fastboot I flashed SAPPIMG.nbh. It put my phone to the cupcake (1.5). Then I installed rooted HTC 1.6 update. After that I flashed any Rom I wanted.
Tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=586363
PS: This is the only working way I know since I am a noob too and finally got it going. Tried almost every rom in this section
lucasleiva said:
You don't need to get in recovery screen. Turn the phone off and hold the up volume button and the power button and fast boot the sapping.nbh file
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okay done!thats very helpfull lucas...seems i tried to reboot wrongly...insted of pressing the volume up button,i pressed the down button...my bad! luckily the original stock rom is ok!so i dont need to restore to factory settings...now the only thing i had to do is,just update the cupcake to eclairs... now i have to read very2 carefully i think..coz there is alot of ways to root n update...hemm...which u suggest easier lucas??thanks alot dude...
You're very welcome. this method had saved my phone from being bricked like a hundred times.if the g2 had a fail safe like that I would of already rooted it. Glad I could help
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yo lucas...sorry for the late reply..now the phone had the same problem again...i just tried to do recovery using ROM manager..but after it saves everything and reboot and the splash screen looping continuosly again..damn it..it's my 2n tiime now..grrrr!!i tried ur method n it didn't work...n seems there is alot of people with this same problem when i tried to search around..seems there is no better solutions yet for this "semi-brickd" problems..
So you can't put it back to stock? If you manage to get it back to stock by doing the same thing you did beforev you should try using a different recovery. aman-ra's recovery is the best for me. But I can't see how you can't get into the fastboot screen by pressing power and volume up,that's never failed for me. If its really impossible you should have tmobile replace it. I don't think they can tell you hacked it if they can't even get into fastboot.sorry if I took long to answer
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lucasleiva said:
So you can't put it back to stock? If you manage to get it back to stock by doing the same thing you did beforev you should try using a different recovery. aman-ra's recovery is the best for me. But I can't see how you can't get into the fastboot screen by pressing power and volume up,that's never failed for me. If its really impossible you should have tmobile replace it. I don't think they can tell you hacked it if they can't even get into fastboot.sorry if I took long to answer
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no probl lucas..i do apprcte ur replies to me.. i really don't know wats happening..n seems there is no ways other than sendng it to the manufacturer..if it's the motherboard problem...i'm doomed!!hopefully not...

Trouble with Recovery...

I finally got my "Alltel Bee" rooted last nite using super one click. Before I roll out any custom roms etc, I'd like to make sure I get a backup, and my phone is hanging on the alltel logo whenever I try to boot into recovery (whether I boot in from Rom manager or from Hboot.) I always end up pulling the battery and rebooting the phone.
I do have an idea as to how I got to this point, and I have only myself to blame, but in my frustration of trying to root this thing I did try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743289 and recovery has hung like this ever since.
I've got root now, and have installed Rom manager, used that to flash clockwork recovery, yet I still have the issue. After a few google searches, I've seen some suggest that fixing file permissions can fix this, and I've done that as well with no change.
Where do I turn next?
So after some more searching and reading and such, I've discovered that even though I have root access, booting into HBOOT shows S-ON still. Could this be the issue in my inability to get a recovery written? Anyone know how to deal with it?
How do you know it is a hang in recovery? If you see the triangle and nothing happens, just click the power button once and usually you will land in the recovery mod menu.
I don't get the triangle at all. I get the initial Alltel logo and that's it. I've waited several minutes before pulling the battery before, but I don't get to the triangle or the menu.
Super one click will only do a temp root. There are no hard roots for the bee that i am aware of. DO NOT TRY UNREVOKED AS IT IS FOR THE BUZZ AND COULD YOUR BEE OR A FROYO BUZZ
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Doh! Thanks, I guess I'll wait patiently. (My network switches from Alltel to AT&T inside of 2 months, at which time I'll be provided an Aria.)
Still, it would be nice to customize this thing a bit before it turns into an mp3 player
Send me a boot.img from the bee and I'll get you a recovery
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Even though i dont have the bee would yoi mind clarifiying jacob
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If I get a boot image from a shipped rom, I can extract the kernel and build a recovery image
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I'm more than willing to help, How do I pull what you need?
I also have the SDK installed, I've been looking into writing some code for this new toy...
edit: I think I have what I need to get this pulled. Ill see if I can find some time for it this weekend.
willing to help
just starting out. complete noob
But if i can help in any way let me know. in the same boat as the original poster. our section of Alltel is being acquired by at&t and switching to the aria. but would love to help any way i can
Would love to get my "bee" rooted to play with it some more to get familiar with it all
Just got through doing a romdump. Which files do you want?
I am also having this issue... has anyone successully extracted a recovery image for the bee?

super slow after rooting

i used the method mentioned here
hxxp://theunlockr.com/2010/11/15/universal-android-rooting-method-visionary-method/
and it shows i still have SU permission... but everytime my phone re starts, it opens visionary and says rooting phone...
but the thing is, my phone is snail slow now... and when i go back to the main screen, it takes forever and says loading... then my normal screen shows up... its also taking forever to do simple things, such as open text msg's
any suggestions on this problem?
Lol i think you didnt properly s-off and prem-root your phone. Go to G2/disireZ android dev... locate the thread about prem rooting. There should be 3 methods. 1 gfree(safest) 2. Unforgivens method( fastest) and 3. Rage method( dont know) well yea... hope u get rooted and if anybody sees my post can you guys better explain lol thanks
Edit: lol just go to stickes and there should be a thread that talks about guilds and roms.
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shows my phone is rooted, and su lets me access it, also just tried to dl setcpu and it has access as well....
just the phone is still stupid slow.. and i want to fix that
Okay... what rom are u using?
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stock, i have not touched anything yet, tryign to get input on which is the best sense rom to dl...
basically i just want to clean up the phone, remove all bells crap from it, and speed it up a lil bit....
Quick thing i want u to do. Can u turn off your phone and hold vol down + power and tell me what it says on the upper left of the screen
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ya it says s-on still.... whats the easy way to get rid of this... and as i said i just want to speed up this phone a lil bit
Lol do you want full root? Or just speed up your phone?
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both, id like the option to upgrade to a nice optimized sense rom, and to speed up the phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833965 ( 1st method of prem rooting) (fastest)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...Subsidy_Unlock.2C_SuperCID.2C_and_Radio_S-OFF
( this is the gfree method the safest) i advice to follow this sinces its the safest
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but since it says my phone is rooted already, can this cause problems? or can i un root and re do it?
Lol alrighty. When you get prem-root/s-off you should flash virtuous Rom(sense) or cyan RC1 Rom(stock android feel).
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No lol you are not rooted. You have temp root. If your hboot says s-on then your not rooted. I advice not to mess with the prem root button on visionary.
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no no what im saying is that since my phone says its s-on still, but it says its rooted... how can i start fresh, by say unrooting my phone, or is there some way i can just hop in the middle here....
im new to all this and i dont want to screw up my phone lol
Your using visionary right? Since you have s-on after you reboot your phone it should be unrooted again. Just make sure you turn off the start at boot thing on visionary
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Dont use visionary, use the other two. There have been to many problems with Visionary.
i did turn it off, and setcpu still has access it says.... so where can i confirm on the phone is it is or is not rooted....
Does h-boot say S-Off?
Like i said before. Turn off your phone hold vol down + power. If it says s-off on the left top of the screen the your rooted. Well i used unforgivens way of prem rooting and no issues. S-off (security off)
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nope says s-on

Can someone point me in right direction for root and cwm install?

First off, let me explain what's happening. Just by my post title you are probably thinking, use the search button. I have and will, but my situation might be a little different.
I had unlocked my phone, rooted it and installed cwm in the past. A friend of mine came over this past weekend and offered to install a custom rom on my Atrix as he did with his and he would show me what to do to update it, restore, or try different roms later. Well I had to leave for a hour and while I was gone he messed something up. He had then essentially returned my phone to stock. It's no longer rooted and when I start my phone it no longer says unlocked. Do I need to go through the unlock process again or can I just root and install cwm? Can anyone tell me where I should start?
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JohnnyDanger said:
First off, let me explain what's happening. Just by my post title you are probably thinking, use the search button. I have and will, but my situation might be a little different.
I had unlocked my phone, rooted it and installed cwm in the past. A friend of mine came over this past weekend and offered to install a custom rom on my Atrix as he did with his and he would show me what to do to update it, restore, or try different roms later. Well I had to leave for a hour and while I was gone he messed something up. He had then essentially returned my phone to stock. It's no longer rooted and when I start my phone it no longer says unlocked. Do I need to go through the unlock process again or can I just root and install cwm? Can anyone tell me where I should start?
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Have to flash pudding again. Then install cwm and play from there. Most ROMs here are pre-rooted, so no need to root anything.
Thank you. That's what I will do.
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[Q] Help! Power Button Broken, Cant reboot into bootloader (calling all gurus)

Trying to return phone to stock and CANNOT enter the bootloader for it to recognize my stock image on the sd card because the darn power button is broken/stuck.
I try adb reboot bootloader and that sends me into FASTBOOT, NOT bootloader
any other way to get to bootloader (without use of the power button) or flash back the stock rom?
Thanks!
There is an app on market called quick boot that you could try. Hope it doesn't boot into fastboot too. Otherwise just try to flash an unrooted stock rom, that might work for what you need.
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I use an app called Widgetsoid, which includes the ability to make a widget that can reboot your phone, Can be set up so that you choose how to reboot (Recovery, Power off, etc).
Requires SU access to reboot with the widget, and please be aware that when I had a couple different roms, the widget simply failed to reboot at all -- for example it works fine when I'm running Darkside Sense 4.0, failed to work at all on meXdroidMod Ghost Chili's rom.
Hope this might help ya out
I found an app called button remapper thanks to I forgot who.
It will remap power,but...
It will not work to turn the phone on,and once you use it to get to recovery,you will need the power button to scroll through,so you'd still be in trouble if its completely broke.
Pm me and I could send you the file when I'm on the computer tonight.
If you want to try.
Or search for button remapper on xda.I don't think its in the market.
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Can't you use the trackpad in recovery to navigate?
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Dwill107 said:
Can't you use the trackpad in recovery to navigate?
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yeah, it's what you're supposed to do lol
saranhai said:
yeah, it's what you're supposed to do lol
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That's what I thought. Its how I get around in recovery, I hate our power button
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Oh come on.
How about if you go to install zip from sdcard,or wipe/reset,did I miss something where you can use the trackpad to go back,when there is no go back option?or like I was saying,you would need to hit that trusty power button to ho back.
I don't know,I might have missed it after flashing about 500times.
But pretty sure I use the power button all the time to go back after wiping data,then cache,power to ho back,wipe dalvik,power to go back,install zip from sdcard,power to go back,then reboot system.
Have I been doing it wrong?
Btw,this android keypad on tdj's 7.2 just fast.whoohoo.
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Oh yeah.lol that.smartbutt.
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Oh ummm.forgot about the back button.my bad.lol.
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sunlaw2 said:
Oh ummm.forgot about the back button.my bad.lol.
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You do realize there's an edit button, right? And power button does not function as a back key (or at least never has for me..
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Hardly ever say this,nut you do realize you can **** off! Edit that *****.
Edit:just kidding,but **** off.
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Getting a bit sidetracked here, I am trying to revert to stock ROM and cannot because the Power button is broken on this piece of crap and I cannot get to bootloader.
• adb reboot bootloader and that sends me into FASTBOOT, NOT bootloader and does not load image
• no option in Settings > Power or Settings > Applications to disable fastboot (I have gingerbread)
• using CWM recovered > Install zip from file does not work
Can anyone advise a way to revert to stock image without HBOOT, that actually works and does not require the power button?
P.S. this whole thing has really made be disenchanted with the mess that is android right now. Since it seems that it really android is not open or owned by google. Instead owned by the carriers. I should not feel like a criminal for wanting a basic android phone. Makes me almost want to scrap and get an iPhone.
Firstly, its not the Android OS that's the problem. Its your broken ass phone so calm down. If your thinking Android is not open, go ahead and get an iPhone and you'll see what a not open OS is really like.
Secondly...
I read you have Clockwork recovery installed. Flashing this image through Clockwork will at least make it look stock. It is said you will lose root but probably keep S-ON.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901477
You might also want to check out this program here before you try the link above. I havent used it but it seems like it might be something worth checking out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193915
@ajm
Why are you trying to revert to stock if you don't mind me asking? Are u sending it to HTC for them to fix it? They wont care if your rooted they will just wipe your phone and put in the mysense gingerbread rom. I highly advise u to contact HTC and check your warranty. I sent in NY CM7 mt4g and they fixed the power button for free.
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@ajm
Why are you trying to revert to stock if you don't mind me asking? Are u sending it to HTC for them to fix it? They wont care if your rooted they will just wipe your phone and put in the mysense gingerbread rom. I highly advise u to contact HTC and check your warranty. I sent in NY CM7 mt4g and they fixed the power button for free.
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Sending it to t-mobile, not HTC for return (they already sent replacement); I thought they would mind??
silentsnow31802 said:
Firstly, its not the Android OS that's the problem. Its your broken ass phone so calm down. If your thinking Android is not open, go ahead and get an iPhone and you'll see what a not open OS is really like.
Secondly...
I read you have Clockwork recovery installed. Flashing this image through Clockwork will at least make it look stock. It is said you will lose root but probably keep S-ON.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901477
You might also want to check out this program here before you try the link above. I havent used it but it seems like it might be something worth checking out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193915
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Thanks, frustrated is all. Taking it out on Android OS, but really peeved at GOOG
- for having caved into the carriers by letting them bastardize the OS with their mods, forcing me to feel like criminal in modding and jumping through hoops to get a vastly better experience
- for not outbidding verizion on that wireless spectrum and becoming a carrier themselves
Was original N1 owner (first week) and will prob sqitch to galaxy nexus (as soon as they get on more carriers)
Thanks on the suggestions, tried to reflash through CWM several times and keeps giving me installation aborted.. will download again (in case is corrupted) and try again; Interesting other suggestion, will take a look at, but not much time, have to send back replacement tomor
Thx again
You can also try this. It is a nandroid restore somebody made. It seems a bit more involved because it looks like you need to use an older version of clockwork recovery. If I am correct you can find an older version of the recovery and flash it through rom manager, but dont quote me on that one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845756
When I had a MT4G and the EMMC chip died I hooked the phone to a 12 volt battery and fried it. I then called and told them I plugged the phone in to charge one night and the next morning it would not power on. They replaced it no questions asked and I never heard anything about it again.
My mom's power button went out as well. Tmo and HTC flat out refused a replacement MT4G, Saying it was a "known issue". I called them about 10 times total about this problem. They just want to sell me another phone. Full price. Since i've called them so many times they wont even do a Insurance claim.
If this is a "known problem" why the f isn't it being taken care of properly?
Has anyone else had this problem with customer service?

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