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[Q] Does PD15IMG.zip work just like SAPPIMG.nbh for mt3g and can I flash with S-OFF?

I remember with the old MT3G that SAPPIMG.nbh was like our ultimate safety net. As long as we could get into bootloader we could at least get back to OEM Cupcake. I like the idea of being able to bring the phone back to 100% OEM.
I've seen the PD15IMG.zip for MT4G floating around but not a lot of documentation on how to use it.
Can anyone confirm that it works the same way? Does flashing it override whatever is on the phone and bring us back to a perfectly OEM image, complete with S-ON and root access gone without a trace?
Lastly, is it safe to flash from S-OFF or do I need to turn S-ON first?
Thanks!

Yes and yes. Unless you used gfree to get radio s off in which case you need to use the s on guide at the bottom of that post.
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grankin01 said:
Yes and yes. Unless you used gfree to get radio s off in which case you need to use the s on guide at the bottom of that post.
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Thanks, Granks!
Nope, no radio s-off. I figure I'll just call T-mobile and ask if I want to sim unlock it.
As for the guide to forcing update - there's a second pd15img.zip file (20mb or so) and then an update.zip. Are both really necessary to unroot, stay stock, and get current to 2.2.1?
Or can I just use the first pd15img.zip (311mb) and then the update.zip and skip the middle part, which from what I've read seems to temporarily root/s-off the phone?

The original pd15img.zip will be 2.2. You will need the second one to update it to 2.2.1.
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grankin01 said:
The original pd15img.zip will be 2.2. You will need the second one to update it to 2.2.1.
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So that's a total of 2 update.zips, not three. That's what I thought. I just want to be sure since I don't know exactly what these updates do, only their intended usage...
Thanks!

Np
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Wow. Perfect timing. So if one followed the original s-off/root thread without gfree, all we need to do is flash that to be stock again? Can someone link the image?
I have a replacement phone coming, so this will simplify my exchange.
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mattjmartin said:
Wow. Perfect timing. So if one followed the original s-off/root thread without gfree, all we need to do is flash that to be stock again? Can someone link the image?
I have a replacement phone coming, so this will simplify my exchange.
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Here you go.
http://www.filedropper.com/pd15imgglaciertmous1175312radio1228b60140e26030226mrelease155771signed
mirror.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/caa....140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155771_signed.zip

Phateless said:
This will get you to 2.2, not sure if the ota will still come.
http://db.tt/6GFTLxj
I believe this is the update to 2.2.1. Let me know how it works.
http://db.tt/oDkWb2k
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Thank you sir! Nice touch with the dropbox links too, made it even easier for me! I'll be back on in a few hours to let you know how it all went!

mattjmartin said:
Thank you sir! Nice touch with the dropbox links too, made it even easier for me! I'll be back on in a few hours to let you know how it all went!
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Not a problem! It can be so hard to track all this **** down, that's why I've started collecting links in my sig in case anyone else happens to need them. Time to update my sig and add in the MT4G links too.

Do I need to flash the stock recovery first?
EDIT: I'm getting an "main version is older" error when trying to flash over cyanogenmod 6.1. I'm going to nandroid back to my stock image with root and see if I can flash it over that. Hopefully I can. Any ideas anyone?

mattjmartin said:
Do I need to flash the stock recovery first?
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To flash the file in the OP? No, you flash this through hboot and it will wipe your phone, replace your recovery, unroot you and restore you to S-ON.
Basically it returns your phone to an out of the box state.

Phateless said:
To flash the file in the OP? No, you flash this through hboot and it will wipe your phone, replace your recovery, unroot you and restore you to S-ON.
Basically it returns your phone to an out of the box state.
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I guess I should be a bit quicker on my edits! Anyway, when flashing through hboot over CM6.1 I get "main version is older" errors. I was going to nandroid back to stock + root but it is now bootlooping when nandroiding back to stock. This is frustrating. I still get the same "main version is older" error over my stock nandroid as well.

mattjmartin said:
I guess I should be a bit quicker on my edits! Anyway, when flashing through hboot over CM6.1 I get "main version is older" errors. I was going to nandroid back to stock + root but it is now bootlooping when nandroiding back to stock. This is frustrating. I still get the same "main version is older" error over my stock nandroid as well.
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Are you doing a full wipe between your nandroids? If you still have S-OFF you can fastboot reflash cwm recovery and then restore or flash whatever the heck you want.

Phateless said:
Are you doing a full wipe between your nandroids? If you still have S-OFF you can fastboot reflash cwm recovery and then restore or flash whatever the heck you want.
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I did not know it was wise to wipe between nandroids...
Just for reference, I'm trying to restore to stock so I can ship it back to t-mobile. So far all I have accomplished is doing a nandroid restore to stock + s -off + root, yet somehow it is bootlooping... I may use fastboot to flash the stock recovery and try to restore it then.
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mattjmartin said:
I did not know it was wise to wipe between nandroids...
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That's your problem right there. In recovery before you nandroid restore do WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET. Then restore your nandroid and it should boot right up.
Or are you doing this through Rom Manager? Boot into recovery and do this manually so you can wipe/reset before you restore. I just restored from cm7 this morning. Heck, I nandroid back and forth between Sense and CM6 about twice a week. Literally...

mattjmartin said:
I did not know it was wise to wipe between nandroids...
Just for reference, I'm trying to restore to stock so I can ship it back to t-mobile. So far all I have accomplished is doing a nandroid restore to stock + s -off + root, yet somehow it is bootlooping... I may use fastboot to flash the stock recovery and try to restore it then.
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easiest way is to follow my guide for unrooting

jjjackson56 said:
easiest way is to follow my guide for unrooting
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I didn't follow the ultimate guide so I just went straight to flashing the image file in hboot but it gives me a "main version is older" error and kicks me out... I am on CM 6.1, what could be the reason?
I have 3 ideas for what my problems could be: 1) CM Kernal (does nandroid restore the kernal?) 2) Not wiping in clockwork before nandroid restore (hopefully I still have clockwork) 3) Bad PD15IMG.zip download (like an idiot I downloaded it from the device itself...)
I will work on it again tomorrow and be back to this thread.
Thanks again for the help guys!

mattjmartin said:
I didn't follow the ultimate guide so I just went straight to flashing the image file in hboot but it gives me a "main version is older" error and kicks me out... I am on CM 6.1, what could be the reason?
I have 3 ideas for what my problems could be: 1) CM Kernal (does nandroid restore the kernal?) 2) Not wiping in clockwork before nandroid restore (hopefully I still have clockwork) 3) Bad PD15IMG.zip download (like an idiot I downloaded it from the device itself...)
I will work on it again tomorrow and be back to this thread.
Thanks again for the help guys!
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Oh wow, definitely download from a computer. It's a 311mb file. Did you check the md5sum?

Mine seems fast over wi-fi.....
Phateless said:
Oh wow, definitely download from a computer. It's a 311mb file. Did you check the md5sum?
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Constant Boot Loop and can't get to recovery

I was trying to flash my EVO to Boost mobile and this is where my trouble began. After I had went through the steps of flashing I had to reboot. Upon reboot I get a constant reboot. When I try to go to recovery it goes to the htc screen and then keeps rebooting. I have tried flashing clockwork...I have tried the PC36IMG.zip...I have tried many stock RUU's and none of them work. Has anyone ever heard of this because of flashing? I have a link to a vid I posted on youtube....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yszd4CamDs

alnova1 said:
I was trying to flash my EVO to Boost mobile and this is where my trouble began. After I had went through the steps of flashing I had to reboot. Upon reboot I get a constant reboot. When I try to go to recovery it goes to the htc screen and then keeps rebooting. I have tried flashing clockwork...I have tried the PC36IMG.zip...I have tried many stock RUU's and none of them work. Has anyone ever heard of this because of flashing? I have a link to a vid I posted on youtube....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yszd4CamDs
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In your video you said you tried the latest ruu. In your video you state that it is version 3.30. The latest ruu is 3.70. I would try using that ruin first.
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Rem3Dy said:
In your video you said you tried the latest ruu. In your video you state that it is version 3.30. The latest ruu is 3.70. I would try using that ruin first.
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I might have said 3.30 but it was 3.70. As a matter of fact I have tried older and new ones and none of them help.

You running the .zip RUU or the .exe?

NewZJ said:
You running the .zip RUU or the .exe?
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I have tried both and none of them have worked. Is one in your opinion better than the other?

Both good, use one when other won't work, have you tried flashing recovery in bootloader?

NewZJ said:
Both good, use one when other won't work, have you tried flashing recovery in bootloader?
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Yes I have and after I flash and try to go to recovery it just does the same thing...boot loop..over and over.

Does your bootloader say s- on?

NewZJ said:
Does your bootloader say s- on?
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No...its off...

Checked the ruu zip md5 match?

NewZJ said:
Checked the ruu zip md5 match?
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Yes I did...I just can't figure it out.

I'm stumped, you need expert, find xhaus

NewZJ said:
I'm stumped, you need expert, find xhaus
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I have looked some of his threads that seem to be my problem but I can't get them to work for me. I'm at a loss...

The only thing that comes to mind is to flash stock recovery. Then s-on then the ruu zip

NewZJ said:
The only thing that comes to mind is to flash stock recovery. Then s-on then the ruu zip
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I just tried to flash a stock recovery...supposedly and it still didn't work. I'm thinking I need to get s-on but can't. I have to admit I'm pretty good at rooting and the whole rom thing but have never had a problem like this so I might be over my head. I thought I found a link to a stock recovery but maybe Im looking in the wrong place.

Can't open /cache/recovery/log errors. need help!!

Need tons of help! I've been searching the forums for almost 24 hours now trying everything and still can't get it fixed. I rooted and got s-off on my wife's MyTouch 4g. I installed ROM Manager and flashed the latest CWMR 5.0.2.0. I did a full Nandroid backup. Then I tried flashing a Gingerbread ROM over the Froyo rom. It went to white MyTouch screen and never left it. I finally gave up and went back to recovery. When I try to restore using Nandroid, I get this:
Error while formatting /system!
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recover/last_log
I can get into HBOOT, Fastboot and Recovery just fine.
I tried the RUU exe floating around and it always fails trying to reboot bootloader.
I tried letting it autoupdate the stock PD15IMG.zip floating around it always fails.
I've tried flashing different recoveries including older CWMRs and always get error about remote not enabled.
I'm at my wit's end. I'm leaving town tomorrow and need to at least get back to the nandroid backup before I leave. Any advice?

Wrong section dude ! Read the forum rules .
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Your bricked. You suffer from a bad chip. Your only Hope is flashing the pcblahblah.zip thru fastboot and Hope it works.

Undeadk9 said:
Your bricked. You suffer from a bad chip. Your only Hope is flashing the pcblahblah.zip thru fastboot and Hope it works.
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I put PD15IMG.zip on the sdcard. HBOOT checks the file and prompts me to update. When I choose yes, each option shows Fail-PU.
Is there something I'm missing here? Any help is appreciated. Sorry if it's in the wrong section. Can someone move the thread? Thank you.

[QUOTEI =chapaj;18334465]I put PD15IMG.zip on the sdcard. HBOOT checks the file and prompts me to update. When I choose yes, each option shows Fail-PU.
Is there something I'm missing here? Any help is appreciated. Sorry if it's in the wrong section. Can someone move the thread? Thank you.[/QUOTE]
I had the same problem, bad chip, just keep the ROM you are currently running, if you try to flash some thing you will have a semi brick.I couldn't never solve that problem.
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chapaj said:
I put PD15IMG.zip on the sdcard. HBOOT checks the file and prompts me to update. When I choose yes, each option shows Fail-PU.
Is there something I'm missing here? Any help is appreciated. Sorry if it's in the wrong section. Can someone move the thread? Thank you.
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Fail-pu means dead chip. Sorry but your device is done.
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coupetastic-droid said:
Fail-pu means dead chip. Sorry but your device is done.
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not necessarily.. i recovered one of my MT4G's thats had this issue... Engineering bootloader is what saved my ass...OP, Did you flash the Eng bootloader when rooting your device??

That's the problem. I wasn't able to successfully flash a ROM so it's useless.
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I rooted using a 1-click method I found here. I don't have the link in front of me. How can I check which one I have?
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=/ I believe you should've flashed engineering bootloader before wiping your current ROM. Is your phone under warranty?

[Q] help with pd15img

hi, want help with pd15img update file. the question is which file i should download from here http://www.4shared.com/folder/xDsyJF52/_online.html
im pretty confused , which is the best??

well Im assuming that youre rooted since youre wanting to flash the PD15IMG...but what exactly are you trying to do? downgrade, return to stock Froyo, flash stock Gingerbread? would you like to retain root while flashing PD15IMG? you gotta help us out before we start helping you dude

aznprodgy said:
well Im assuming that youre rooted since youre wanting to flash the PD15IMG...but what exactly are you trying to do? downgrade, return to stock Froyo, flash stock Gingerbread? would you like to retain root while flashing PD15IMG? you gotta help us out before we start helping you dude
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+100
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aznprodgy said:
well Im assuming that youre rooted since youre wanting to flash the PD15IMG...but what exactly are you trying to do? downgrade, return to stock Froyo, flash stock Gingerbread? would you like to retain root while flashing PD15IMG? you gotta help us out before we start helping you dude
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i just want to upgrade to gingerbread, im not rooted.

ok well if you just want to upgrade to Gingerbread with stock MySense and not root your device, download the file PD15IMG (2.3.4 new). Put it on your SD card and name it PD15IMG.zip(without the .zip), then boot into fastboot by turning the phone off, then hold vol down + power button to turn the phone on into the bootloader. it should automatically recognize the file and then prompt you if you would like to update or not

I'm rooted, so only curious.. could you do the same thing to upgrade to ICS?
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benjamn said:
I'm rooted, so only curious.. could you do the same thing to upgrade to ICS?
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nah, theres no ICS update for the Glacier because of the stupid MySense more than likely

I wanna unroot do I just put the froyo pdm15img or watever its called in SD card then in bootloader ?
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alexriio said:
I wanna unroot do I just put the froyo pdm15img or watever its called in SD card then in bootloader ?
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depends on which way you rooted your phone and what radio you are on
gfree- follow the method in the thread to unroot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
visionary- make sure you are on the stock radio, then yes put the Froyo PD15IMG file on the root of your SD card then reboot into the bootloader. doing this will also put you back on stock MySense

aznprodgy said:
ok well if you just want to upgrade to Gingerbread with stock MySense and not root your device, download the file PD15IMG (2.3.4 new). Put it on your SD card and name it PD15IMG.zip(without the .zip), then boot into fastboot by turning the phone off, then hold vol down + power button to turn the phone on into the bootloader. it should automatically recognize the file and then prompt you if you would like to update or not
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I have downloaded 4 times from 4shared but the file was corrupted and cannot recognize. I have renamed to PD15IMG. Any other link? Thanks

hayati1 said:
I have downloaded 4 times from 4shared but the file was corrupted and cannot recognize. I have renamed to PD15IMG. Any other link? Thanks
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Here ya go..clik thanks if I helped..good luck.
http://www.4shared.com/zip/OrXR0864/PD15IMG_234_.html
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Still same. My phone won't recognize the image file in bootloader. May be I don't have a talent...

Did you rename it PD15IMG.zip and place it on the root of your sd card? It can't be in any folder, and must be PD15IMG.zip and not PD15IMG.zip.zip (sometimes it gets a double zip when you rename it) it not talent..or else Id be screwed!
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jjbadd385 said:
Did you rename it PD15IMG.zip and place it on the root of your sd card? It can't be in any folder, and must be PD15IMG.zip and not PD15IMG.zip.zip (sometimes it gets a double zip when you rename it) it not talent..or else Id be screwed!
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I have android 2.3.4 software 2.32.531.1 with s-off. The phone has a problem with a camera app. I just want to restore without root( scared to try ). I renamed it with PD15IMG without .zip because the file is a zip file. The bootloader saw the folder but then it said no image
Thanks for your advice.
Managed to downgrade to 2.2.1 and s-off. Go to the next level, try to root and flash rom....

Froze during update
Hi friends. My MT4G (not rooted) was freezing on the boot screen (T-Mobile MT4G with white background screen), so I flashed gingerbread 2.3.4 using PD15IMG_Glacier_Gingerbread_S_TMOUS_2.32.531.1_Radio_12.62.60.27_26.13.04.19_M_release_227522_signed as it is supposed to be done, and it worked fine. I was already updating my apps when it froze again, so I removed the battery and went back into hboot loader, and asked to update again. It started fine, but froze when updating Bootloader (1st step). I has been there for 3 hours+, and I don't know what to do to exit the updating process, since I can't pull the battery. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

[Q] Question about Mytouch 4g that lost root

A month ago I rooted my Mytouch 4g and flashed Toasted Marshmellow with no problems. I wanted to go to Synthetic Nightmare's ICS rom since JB seemed a little too glitchy and used ROM Manager to do the flashing for me. However,when my phone booted back up, the white H-boot screen popped up instead of CWM. Instead of pulling the battery out, I accepted the update which brought my phone back to stock froyo. I still have s-off and my phone is no longer rooted. I tried to permroot and flashanother rom again today only for my phone to be stuck ont the Mytouch 4g screen.
I don't know if I should go back to s-on and try the process of s-off and permroot again?
Thoughts!

Have you tried pushing recovery back to your phone with adb? Or if u r stuck on the white logo screen u will have to use adb to communicate with your phone, to regain root? Someone? Possibly if u tried to reflash a rom then your boot.img may be different than the rom since you weren't rooted? I don't know, I'm just thinking out loud..brainstorming
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shellybell said:
A month ago I rooted my Mytouch 4g and flashed Toasted Marshmellow with no problems. I wanted to go to Synthetic Nightmare's ICS rom since JB seemed a little too glitchy and used ROM Manager to do the flashing for me. However,when my phone booted back up, the white H-boot screen popped up instead of CWM. Instead of pulling the battery out, I accepted the update which brought my phone back to stock froyo. I still have s-off and my phone is no longer rooted. I tried to permroot and flashanother rom again today only for my phone to be stuck ont the Mytouch 4g screen.
I don't know if I should go back to s-on and try the process of s-off and permroot again?
Thoughts!
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Ok, push the pd15img.zip into bootloader and reset back to stock if you haven't already done so. Then do the gfree rooting method to gain Perma root.
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THEindian said:
Ok, push the pd15img.zip into bootloader and reset back to stock if you haven't already done so. Then do the gfree rooting method to gain Perma root.
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I'm able to push the pd15.img with no problems and was able to successfully root through visionary, but now it seems I can't flash any roms. I've tried numerous times only to get either stuck at the mytouch 4g screen and once it got an error and the installations was aborted. Everytime this happens, I have to repush pd15.img and re-root. It's been going on since yesterday and am so frustrated to the point I'm ready to give up.
I love having custom roms, but this is stupid!

Also, try using 4ext recovery instead of CWM. Maybe you will not get an error. Wipe data, cache & dalvik, the format everything except sdcard. Then install zip from sd (rom of your choice)
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shellybell said:
I'm able to push the pd15.img with no problems and was able to successfully root through visionary, but now it seems I can't flash any roms. I've tried numerous times only to get either stuck at the mytouch 4g screen and once it got an error and the installations was aborted. Everytime this happens, I have to repush pd15.img and re-root. It's been going on since yesterday and am so frustrated to the point I'm ready to give up.
I love having custom roms, but this is stupid!
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Try sticking twrp recovery image on fastboot and see if that works
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Also, make sure you have busybox installed
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jjbadd385 said:
Also, try using 4ext recovery instead of CWM. Maybe you will not get an error. Wipe data, cache & dalvik, the format everything except sdcard. Then install zip from sd (rom of your choice)
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. 4ext worked like a charm. You are freaking awesome!
Thank you to everyone else who responded to my question!

shellybell said:
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. 4ext worked like a charm. You are freaking awesome!
Thank you to everyone else who responded to my question!
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Yup that's why I recommend it its the best. Also take any pd15img.zip files on the root of your SD card and either move it into another folder or delete it completely to avoid any similar problems from happening.
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Synthetic.Nightmare said:
Yup that's why I recommend it its the best. Also take any pd15img.zip files on the root of your SD card and either move it into another folder or delete it completely to avoid any similar problems from happening.
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So far loving ICS. I didn't even think to delete the file, but will do that!

shellybell said:
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. 4ext worked like a charm. You are freaking awesome!
Thank you to everyone else who responded to my question!
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Any error in installing a rom I have ever heard of, 99% of the time has been from cwm recovery. I've used both, but I'd never use anything but 4ext now. Glad you're up & going again...
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