Thanks for your time and help. I have tried to research this before posting.
the problem:
My girlfriend's HTC Glacier has the bad emmc chip. It started with the random restarts earlier this week. It has been getting more and more sluggish over time. On the way home today, it lost all network connectivity, even after a restart, then pulling battery, sim, and sd, replacing then restarting.
What has been done to the phone so far:
It was unstable several months ago at which time I permarooted it, unlocked it, and flashed the rooted gingerbread update from the permaroot post here on xda. ( we didn't try to rdma it because it was an ebay purchase and already past manufacturer warranty) I did not flash the engineering bootloader (wish I had and that will probably be one of my first steps now). It has cwm flashed and a backup of the rom. It is turned off now while deciding how to proceed. Other than that, It has had no custom roms flashed or anything else of the sort.
What I am hoping is possible:
I have a Samsung 16GB class 10 (rated up to 23 MB/s read and 21 MB/s write). I am wondering if it is possible to create a bootable sd and run cm7 (for example) like the nook color.
Is this possible? Would it require a custom kernel to bypass the emmc and use the sd card as the rom instead?
Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated. I am hoping to help my girlfriend nurse this phone to the end of her contract. Is it worth the effort or is it a lost cause?
if you can still boot into the android system... go to market and find Bootmanager.. it's $2.99 but wayy worth it.
but also, read my guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394238
hope it helps.
Boot manager by init2winit apps on the market
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Thanks, that is one of the threads that I hadn't gotten to yet, but was already open in a tab. I will post an update. I am curious about the possibility of running roms from the sd card.
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Thanks, that is one of the threads that I hadn't gotten to yet, but was already open in a tab. I will post an update. I am curious about the possibility of running roms from the sd card.
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I can run 5 from my SD
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Do you think that multibooting would be a workaround for the failing emmc? I will be trying it out.
I am going to follow saranhai's guide and try to stabilize the phone as much as possible first.
I had read that flashing the engineering bootloader is important, would you say that that should be my priority?
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Do you think that multibooting would be a workaround for the failing emmc? I will be trying it out.
I am going to follow saranhai's guide and try to stabilize the phone as much as possible first.
I had read that flashing the engineering bootloader is important, would you say that that should be my priority?
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i don't think any software related thing can be a workaround for the failed eMMC chip...
once the chip is dead, it's dead. you can't write anything to it. you can't flash ROMs, you can't wipe anything, you can't even boot the device up. if the bootloader is showing Fail-PU when you're trying to restore back, then sorry friend, but it's gone...
as we see it now, nothing besides replacing the hardware itself will fix it.
yes, having the Engineering bootloader is a definite must, that's how you flash radios and such.
As an update, amidst nonstop FC's, I got the engineering bootloader pushed to the phone and installed.
I wiped the cache and dalvic then restored to a cwm recovery. It seems stable so far, but only time will tell.
As soon as I get a chance, I will be installing boot manager and setting it up to boot from the sd. I am glad to get the phone somewhat stable before trying though. I hope that it will take the strain off the emmc and let us keep it going through the end of contract.
Thank you for your help!
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Okay, for an awesome solution to the problem: his and hers Samsung Galaxy SII Epic 4G Touches!!
Woot!!!
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driftinganomaly said:
Okay, for an awesome solution to the problem: his and hers Samsung Galaxy SII Epic 4G Touches!!
Woot!!!
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Haha well there ya go! You could send me your old mytouch if ya don't need it anymore
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Ok, I've looked and searched and googled for the last few weeks now. I have a mytouch 4g that is on the stock rom w/ ota update. I do have perm root and s-off, per the thread here on xda. However, I can't get it to flash anything at all. Either in the hboot (bootloader) or in clockwork. I tried to flash a the cm7 (had on my hd2 and loved it) in clockwork, says can't open /directory addy with rom, then has this: (bad) installation aborted. I tried to flash a stock image to try and start over, the pd15img, had it named correctly etc. It goes for a sec, then says the .nbh files are missing for 3 different things. Can anyone help or is this phone effed? I can use it just fine, but the stock rom sucks and has stupid drm, which doesn't let me play most of my music. If someone can help and has paypal I WILL make a donation to you, I'm not rich, but am a busy father of 2 divorced with a full time job. PLEASE HELP!!!!
What cwm are you running?
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3.0.0.5, I went to older versions of cwm also and still no dice at all. I am at a loss. I am by no means an expert, but have jailbroken iphones forever and did all the work on my hd2, so I'm not a complete noob but I still consider myself to be compared to others.
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3.0.0.5, I went to older versions of cwm also and still no dice at all. I am at a loss. I am by no means an expert, but have jailbroken iphones forever and did all the work on my hd2, so I'm not a complete noob but I still consider myself to be compared to others.
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That's why you can't flash the stock image, which is Froyo based. 3.0.0.5 can only flash Gingerbread ROMs. However, that doesn't explain why CM7 won't boot for you, since 3.0.0.5 should successfully flash that. My suggestion would be to flash CWM 3.0.0.6 (can handle all ROMs) and then try re-flashing CM7 or the stock ROM.
I'll give it a whirl right now....will report back
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11322299&postcount=1
There's the download for it. I meant to put it in my previous post.
I was pretty sure I tried this a while ago, and I was right, still nothing. It says the same thing, (bad) installation aborted, before all of that it says can't open /filedirectory. Seriously peeved at this phone at this point. It will not flash anything at all.
It could also be a corrupt SD card, or even though you have S-OFF, your phone isn't actually fully rooted (seems unlikely though since CWM is successfully installed). I'm sure someone else will chime in here eventually.
i have a couple spares, i'll check it out real quick. usually my comp will tell me if there is an issue with the sd card, so I'll try another quick like. I have and am using an sdhc patriot that is ok per tmobile, and i have an 8 and 16gb laying around also
edit it was a kingston in there. would that make a difference?
Another thread of this issue? Really?
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camalus said:
Another thread of this issue? Really?
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That's a helpful post bro lol
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camalus said:
Another thread of this issue? Really?
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Another non helping condescending comment!!?? Really? Really? Unless this has been fixed and you can point me to the post, I will kindly ask you to eff off and leave this thread. I have not found a fix and still can't put a custom rom on my phone that doesn't have drm. Respectfully, dude just trying to get his phone working the way it should.
Could also be a bad download. Id delete the old redownload whatever rom your wanting. Make sure you do a full wipe of everything and wouldn't hurt to do out a second time.
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Could also be a bad download. Id delete the old redownload whatever rom your wanting. Make sure you do a full wipe of everything and wouldn't hurt to do out a second time.
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Was just thinking about that. Is there any difference in doing it right on the phone compared to a pc?
Not that I have noticed. I get the same amount of bad downloads on pc our my phone. Buy when it does happen I just download again and wipe everything again. There is a list here somewhere of everything to wipe, can't remember off the top of my head.
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Not that I have noticed. I get the same amount of bad downloads on pc our my phone. Buy when it does happen I just download again and wipe everything again. There is a list here somewhere of everything to wipe, can't remember off the top of my head.
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How many bad downloads have you gotten? I always download ROM files with my PC, and then transfer them to the SD via the USB cable. I always verify the MD5 when I can, but most devs don't provide that these days.
I gotten about 11 since I have had this phone. Thinking its something to do with my router. Noticed I drop connection for a second randomly. which can cause file to be corrupt. To lazy to get a new router lol
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You two rock, booting into it now, if you both have paypal, just pm me your email addys, I'll send you enought for a 6 pack each, at least what it costs here. Seriously thank both of you. I am in and golden!!!!!
cubs_rule23 said:
You two rock, booting into it now, if you both have paypal, just pm me your email addys, I'll send you enought for a 6 pack each, at least what it costs here. Seriously thank both of you. I am in and golden!!!!!
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Glad you got it working! Payment is totally out of the question. The XDA community is sort of a "pay it forward" sorta thing. If I had paid everyone that's helped me with things over the years, I'd be broke!
Besides, even if you did pay him, he'd use the money for a bottle of Jonnie Walker anyway
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So I installed the new Sense 3.0 Fusion ROM and it's awesome. I couldn't figure out how to edit the app shortcuts that appeared on the lockscreen, though, so I posted over on a different forum and the admin answered it for me. I felt dumb, however, that someone like me - and like all of us I'm sure - who consider themselves somewhat tech-savvy sometimes can't figure out the solution to seemingly easy questions. The answer, by the way, is to go into the personalize menu then choose lockscreen and hit settings -- I know it sounds dumb, and I thought I had already tried that. My point is, sometimes we're too afraid to ask questions that seem dumb so we never do. I'll do my best to answer your questions, and remember, Google and xda are your friends. Maybe you can even post fun tricks you've found and we can all help each other a little. If this is a stupid idea then I'll just let it fade off into oblivion...
Q: what is the origin of the word "kang"?
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Q: what is the origin of the word "kang"?
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I believe it originated due to a dev named KingKlick. He was notoriously called out for stealing other peoples work and naming it his, thus the CM team created the work "Kang" due to him.
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's it.
Q: are there any dangers in using PD15IMG.zip?
Q2: I see people having issues where recovery won't mount system or cache partitions, which pretty much bricks their phone. Is there any indication to what causes this, and how can i avoid those issues?
I dont no of any danger flashing the PD15IMG.zip. I used it on a MT4G that I was selling (due to cheap silicone) and it put the phone to out of the box Stock. Good as New.
vabeach454 said:
I dont no of any danger flashing the PD15IMG.zip. I used it on a MT4G that I was selling (due to cheap silicone) and it put the phone to out of the box Stock. Good as New.
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Can I ask what rooting method you used?
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Can I ask what rooting method you used?
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I used visionary 14 with Root.Rar file to acheive Perma-Root. I have also rooted using the g-free method (the semi-automated one) and have went back to stock using the PD15IMG.zip as well, with no problems.
You've used pd15img from both rooting methods? I only ask because I thought I read somewhere that pd15img can have issues with the rooting method that didn't use gfree. But if you've done it then no worries
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Q: are there any dangers in using PD15IMG.zip?
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PD15IMG.zip can be various things, I've seen it as taking you back to 100% stock and as flashing a new radio. Going back to stock with it I've read is easy enough (and I've done it once and I rooted with visionary/unlocker method), and I hear warnings all the time about just putting it on the sdcard and booting into bootloader to change the radio but it worked fine for me.
As with everything read the entire, or most of, forum before along anything you're not comfortable with.
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I have used PD15IMG on a visionary root as well with no issues.
A question that I did have and felt like a goof asking it was not being able to get into my recovery by holding down volume down + power. The issue was that it would constantly load the PD15IMG when I tried this and would not allow me the option of booting into recovery because I kept that file on there anmed PD15IMG.
Once I took it off of the sd card, I was able to boot straight into recovery without issue. My workaround now, because I like to keep it on my sd card in case of emergency is simply keeping root explorer on there and it allows me to change the name of the file to whatever I want, allowing a boot into recovery by the v+p method and If I need it, I can just rename it through root explorer and it will load and put me back to stock!
And FWIW, I think this thread is a fantastic idea!
My noob question is I want to flash different roms but they say ext 3/4. Do I have to partition my sd card this way and can I do this with CW recovery? I don't want to lose info on my card. I am gfree rooted and running faux froyo kernal. Thx.
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My noob question is I want to flash different roms but they say ext 3/4. Do I have to partition my sd card this way and can I do this with CW recovery? I don't want to lose info on my card. I am gfree rooted and running faux froyo kernal. Thx.
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If you partition and SD card you will lose everything.
i also would advice against using ROM Manager for it. I'd use ADB if it were my phone...
http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-to-manually-partition-your-sd-card-for-android-apps2sd/
warmonger26 said:
My noob question is I want to flash different roms but they say ext 3/4. Do I have to partition my sd card this way and can I do this with CW recovery? I don't want to lose info on my card. I am gfree rooted and running faux froyo kernal. Thx.
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If u have cwr 3.0.2.4 u dnt have to worry bout ext 3/4,it handles both.. Ext 3-froyo/Ext 4-gingerbread...
Mytouch 4g-White
Root Method-gfree
Permrooted s=off
CWR-3.0.2.4
Rom-Royalginger v2.0
Kernel-ckisgen-smartass-v1.1
Can anyone help me with this WiFi problem I'm having. I posted a topic called "wifi error" I jus want to know if I can fix this or should I call tmobile and get another mt4g. Please yall.
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Hey I wanted to ask if anyone's WiFi says error then a constant reboot happens. I've already took the battery out. I thought it was jus on the ROM I was using at the time, but this is three roms later, and now it says CAN'T SCAN FOR NETWORKS. and keeps toggling on and off. Can anyone help me. I Will send you the logcat if needed.
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Hey I wanted to ask if anyone's WiFi says error then a constant reboot happens. I've already took the battery out. I thought it was jus on the ROM I was using at the time, but this is three roms later, and now it says CAN'T SCAN FOR NETWORKS. and keeps toggling on and off. Can anyone help me. I Will send you the logcat if needed.
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If you are completely wiping when you install ROMs and don't use Titanium to restore backups I would try flashing the radio (at your own risk of course) or running the PD15IMG.zip and reverting to stock. If you aren't wiping completely do it, if you are using titanium know that it can cause errors when restoring data.
Thanks bro I'm going to try and flash the radio. I'm currently running the fusion ROM is there a particular radio u recommend or should o flash the one I'm using.
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Flashing A New Radio
If I wanted to flash the latest radio for the mt4g, do I need adb to do so? Or could I just put it on the root of my sdcard and boot up to the hboot screen?
How do I get it to stop?
I'm running Ice Glacier V1.1.6 and there was a official software update for the MT4G yesterday, I was dumb and told it to update (which would unroot me) and when it started to update it went into ClockworkMod recovery, I tried to reboot it but it will start and then try to update again and bring me back to recovery. I mounted the SD card and looked around but I could not find the update to delete it so it stops trying. anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks guys, Its been doing this all day and I really wanna use my phone
(already looked all around google and here before I made the thread)
Kalash779 said:
How do I get it to stop?
I'm running Ice Glacier V1.1.6 and there was a official software update for the MT4G yesterday, I was dumb and told it to update (which would unroot me) and when it started to update it went into ClockworkMod recovery, I tried to reboot it but it will start and then try to update again and bring me back to recovery. I mounted the SD card and looked around but I could not find the update to delete it so it stops trying. anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks guys, Its been doing this all day and I really wanna use my phone
(already looked all around google and here before I made the thread)
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Wow you still running iced glacier? There are way better stable roms now a days. Might want to check them out.
Maybe flashing a different rom will stop it from trying to update.
But I'm also curious. Doesn't also give you an option to yes continue with the update or not to continue?
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Wow you still running iced glacier? There are way better stable roms now a days. Might want to check them out.
Maybe flashing a different rom will stop it from trying to update.
But I'm also curious. Doesn't also give you an option to yes continue with the update or not to continue?
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what would you recommend for a new ROM? at the time I rooted it (like 5 months ago) everyone was recommending it as the fastest stable one around, haven't really thought about changing it but would like faster one.
and No, If it had the option this would be so much easier haha, It just starts it it's self, It will say "shutting down" then will say it is loading the new update then halfway threw it says it failed to read the signature and will turn on recovery
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what would you recommend for a new ROM? at the time I rooted it (like 5 months ago) everyone was recommending it as the fastest stable one around, haven't really thought about changing it but would like faster one.
and No, If it had the option this would be so much easier haha, It just starts it it's self, It will say "shutting down" then will say it is loading the new update then halfway threw it says it failed to read the signature and will turn on recovery
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Try royal ginger, without sense. Its very lightweight and fast as hell. I run it with DemonSpeed kernel.
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AntonJart said:
Try royal ginger, without sense. Its very lightweight and fast as hell. I run it with DemonSpeed kernel.
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thanks I'll try it out
Imma load a new ROM to see if it will fix the issue but first I need to back up all my apps, anyone know how to if it wont let me use the phone for more then a min before throwing me into recovery again, I use Titanium backup but have no been able to make a new back up with the new apps I've downloaded in the last couple weeks, also have a lot of app date I need to move onto the SD card
alright in recovery I'm doing a back up right now, Then Im going to restore it and hopefully it solves the issue. If it does I will delete the thread.
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Just did a backup from recovery and am about to restore my system, will my backup be safe? if I do a system restore does it touch my SD card at all?
ughhhhhhhhh! just a full restore and it still turned off and went into recovery, can someone please help?? If all else fails then I will put a new ROM on, but I really want to fix it first so I can back up all my apps. anyone know a way to fix it??
Kalash779 said:
ughhhhhhhhh! just a full restore and it still turned off and went into recovery, can someone please help?? If all else fails then I will put a new ROM on, but I really want to fix it first so I can back up all my apps. anyone know a way to fix it??
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If you do a back up of a currupted rom you will restore a currupted rom. Did you try flashing a different rom?
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ended up restoring alot farther back which fixed it, lost a couple apps but its all good, now running royalginger and its working pretty cool, pretty sleek design
I am very experienced with my Samsung Droid Charge for Verizon, and I am trying to help my friend with his mytouch 4g. Basically I don't know how to do anything on a HTC phone. On Samsung we have a Windows program called ODIN that can flash anything to the phone (stock software, CWM, kernels, ROMs, radios, backup/restore, repartition). Most of the above we also do with CWM, which we get into by holding volume down, home, and power. Are there equivalents for all this on HTC?
Also, are there any fully working AOSP (preferably ICS or JB) ROMs? Sense would be fine just to get the bloat off. Does S-on or S-off make a difference? That is kind of confusing to me. Note that I would want a generally finished ROM that you can just flash once and not look at again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1388962
knock yourself out.
btw, yes, for HTC Devices, S-Off (basically unlocked bootloader) is required for root access and ROM/mods flashing.
saranhai said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1388962
knock yourself out.
btw, yes, for HTC Devices, S-Off (basically unlocked bootloader) is required for root access and ROM/mods flashing.
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Thanks. Also how easy is it to hard brick this phone? The Charge is nearly impossible, with the only reports of hard bricks unplugging the cable when flashing something in ODIN, or a corruption when changing file systems on the internal memory.
JihadSquad said:
Thanks. Also how easy is it to hard brick this phone? The Charge is nearly impossible, with the only reports of hard bricks unplugging the cable when flashing something in ODIN, or a corruption when changing file systems on the internal memory.
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I tried really hard to brick this phone to show my friend its safe to root. No luck lol
Though I did have the good eMMc. Some mt4g's shipped with a bad eMMC which sometimes causes partitions to get corrupt and not Mount correctly therefore rendering the device useless.
Look up failed pu errors on this forum, also there is a tutorial to determine which eMMc your device has.
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Yes check your emmc chip to see which one the phone has 50% of the people here will tell you it doesn't matter if u have the good or bad one but its always good to check.
Yes its hard to brick this phone unless u flash a wrong radio because I've flashed from different devices kernels and my phone is still alive..
somehow... but always ALWAYS have a NANDROID just in case and follow the guide Saranhai posted...
Like every ICS / JB ROMs theirs not 1 that stands out to be Perfect they all have their bugs since this device only got Gingerbread but test them for yourself and see which one works the best for your friend and his daily uses of the phone.
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Yes check your emmc chip to see which one the phone has 50% of the people here will tell you it doesn't matter if u have the good or bad one but its always good to check.
Yes its hard to brick this phone unless u flash a wrong radio because I've flashed from different devices kernels and my phone is still alive..
somehow... but always ALWAYS have a NANDROID just in case and follow the guide Saranhai posted...
Like every ICS / JB ROMs theirs not 1 that stands out to be Perfect they all have their bugs since this device only got Gingerbread but test them for yourself and see which one works the best for your friend and his daily uses of the phone.
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Yeah i figured about ICS/JB. We have a cm9 and cm10 ROM with like half the hardware working and then the dev got stuck. What would you say is the best ROM to flash just once and be done with it? I would probably root, tibu, nandroid, and flash the ROM then restore apps.
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Yes check your emmc chip to see which one the phone has 50% of the people here will tell you it doesn't matter if u have the good or bad one but its always good to check.
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I think differently. I've never known and don't plan on looking up the emmc on my phone. If I ever had a doubt or fear about anything I did on this device, I probably wouldn't be developing at all. I'd have to say it doesn't matter because at the end of the day no matter what chip you have it should be YOU who decides what you do with your device. Not the other way around.
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I am having a mytouch 4g now running stock rom 2.1. The phone came with S-Off. So if i download the 2.3 update, would it turn my phone back to S-on???
Also does the S-Off mean that if i want to root the phone, i would just need to flash the superuser.zip? or what???:silly:
Or Where will i continue from in case i want to root the phone. Also my device is "M4G2DE".
THANKS
mickeyasamoah said:
I am having a mytouch 4g now running stock rom 2.1. The phone came with S-Off. So if i download the 2.3 update, would it turn my phone back to S-on???
Also does the S-Off mean that if i want to root the phone, i would just need to flash the superuser.zip? or what???:silly:
Or Where will i continue from in case i want to root the phone. Also my device is "M4G2DE".
THANKS
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Glacier#Root
http://oldwiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/HTC_Glacier:_Full_Update_Guide
Those are two pretty good guides. Honestly you have to first read, read and read some more to understand what you have and what can be done with it. Also in development there are answers to your questions under the stickys. Updating your phone would more than likely put it back to full stock status. Also why upgrade to an already 2 yr old software version.
I would recommend fully rooting your phone and the cyanogen method was easier to me. Also remember to google like crazy....
playya said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Glacier#Root
http://oldwiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/HTC_Glacier:_Full_Update_Guide
Those are two pretty good guides. Honestly you have to first read, read and read some more to understand what you have and what can be done with it. Also in development there are answers to your questions under the stickys. Updating your phone would more than likely put it back to full stock status. Also why upgrade to an already 2 yr old software version.
I would recommend fully rooting your phone and the cyanogen method was easier to me. Also remember to google like crazy....
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Thanks but i read a guide which said that the emmc chips in the mytouch 4g normally corrupts after wiping or factory reset. So i am a little confused. There have been many instances that people have bricked their mytouch 4g.
mickeyasamoah said:
Thanks but i read a guide which said that the emmc chips in the mytouch 4g normally corrupts after wiping or factory reset. So i am a little confused. There have been many instances that people have bricked their mytouch 4g.
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Why do you have two of the same thread?
Listen, here is the deal with the eMMC. Some are faulty, some aren't. If you have a crappy one, flashing CAN speed up the process of the chip giving out. If the chip does goes kaput, though, it always was. The only "bad" chips are the ones that fail. I and many others one here have a glacier with the type of chip people ignorantly refer to as "bad." I have flashed hundreds, perhaps thousands of times and it still works just fine. Understand?
estallings15 said:
Why do you have two of the same thread?
Listen, here is the deal with the eMMC. Some are faulty, some aren't. If you have a crappy one, flashing CAN speed up the process of the chip giving out. If the chip does goes kaput, though, it always was. The only "bad" chips are the ones that fail. I and many others one here have a glacier with the type of chip people ignorantly refer to as "bad." I have flashed hundreds, perhaps thousands of times and it still works just fine. Understand?
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what he said..... Hey I just got this phone on loan and rooted it and moved on to flashing.. not for nothing but this phone dont cost that much if something goes wrong... but if you are scared may I suggest leave this forum alone because it may have you doing things you are not comfortable with. - Just a suggestion
Hey. I have rooted and installed cyanogemod 7 okay??? So thanks but ur suggestion isnt helping.
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mickeyasamoah said:
Hey. I have rooted and installed cyanogemod 7 okay??? So thanks but ur suggestion isnt helping.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda app-developers app
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confused? I am glad to see you rooted and if you used the method by CM then you are also SIM unlocked. Now stroll over to Development section and you can either flash the 2.3 stock rom or my suggestion the 4.2.2 rom by cnote74.
Your device is now freely yours!
mickeyasamoah said:
I am having a mytouch 4g now running stock rom 2.1. The phone came with S-Off. So if i download the 2.3 update, would it turn my phone back to S-on??? - MY ANSWER WOULD BE YES.... WHY RISK IT
Also does the S-Off mean that if i want to root the phone, i would just need to flash the superuser.zip? or what???:silly: - YOU WOULD NEED A CUSTOM RECOVERY TO FLASH ANYTHING
Or Where will i continue from in case i want to root the phone. Also my device is "M4G2DE".
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http://oldwiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/HTC_Glacier:_Full_Update_Guide
I agree with this one. This is how I got my MT4G rooted and custom roms installed just about a week ago.
Hey OP you ok... My suggestion still not working?
playya said:
Hey OP you ok... My suggestion still not working?
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He PM'ed me. He got it worked out.