Hi guys,
First of all, i apologize if I post in a wrong forum, kind of new in XDA. Wanted to thank you all, because, even though, I didn't register, your forum helps me A LOT with android phones... I'm facing a situation with an HTC, and as I surfed the web, and no one seems to have the same problem, I'm adressing it in this forum.
I bought an refurbished mytouch 4g glacier on amazon. When it came, in addition to be locked (not a big problem), I couldn't enter the settings (the linked program is no longer installed on your phone) and worst, there is no dialpad. I assumed that the owner tried to flash it with a corrupt version...
As it is for me a brain challenge, i decided to try to fix it...
I made a factory reset with the buttons (pwr+vol down), same thing! I tried recovery, I think with the S-ON, it didn't work (red triangle). I tried to use wifi to download things or a file manager, but you'll need to access the settings options, and I don't have access. I download SDK manager, but the phone needs to be usb debugging to be found by pc, and I can't access the settings options. I download an usb debugging apk, put it in the sd card, but as there is no file explorer, I could access it...
This is why I asked your help. This is a Glacier pvt ship s-on, with green fonts, (cyanogen 7?: there were a difference with green fonts and orange fonts...)
Thanks in advance.
STO02
Try flashing PD15IMG in bootloader.
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Try flashing PD15IMG in bootloader.
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Ditto. If you don't know whether the phone is rooted, I would just flash the PD15IMG of the stock 2.3.4 ROM by loading the file onto the root of the SD card and booting into the bootloader (volume down + power). Then if after you are sure it works you want to root it, you can always go on from there.
In terms of figuring out which ROM you have, since you can't get to the 'about phone', if your boot animation just has the Tmobile MyTouch 4g logo on a white background, followed by a circular green MyTouch logo, then you are probably on the stock ROM. If it was CM7 or anything else, it would usually have a different custom boot animation.
Good luck!
You can also tell which stock version you are running: 2.2.1 has no quick settings tab in the notification drawer while 2.3.4 does.
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Try flashing PD15IMG in bootloader.
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Thank you for your quick answer... I have already done this 5 days ago. I downloaded the PD15img, put it in the sd card (actually, i didn't know which extension to put in the sd card, so i unzip the file and i let the zip one: i put both in the sd assuming the phone will use the best extension it needs!). I use pwr+ vol down, nothing happen.
Any ideas? Maybe if i found an update version of the pd15img?
Thanks for your help
Guys, I'm blessed...Not because I found the solution yet, but because I found you thinking with me!
It seems I have the 2.3.4, because, as you said, I have the quick drawer icon. I have already try the bootloader, but i will try again from the beginning. I will download again the pd15img (if it was a problem while downloading) and revert to you in 2 hours.
Thank you again!
It should be a file named PD15IMG.zip. Any file by that name placed in the root of the sd card will be flashed through the hboot bootloader. Don't unzip it. If it is named exactly that, when you boot into the bootloader via vol down + power, it should scan for it, and if it detects the file, it will ask if you want to update.
Be sure you are using the right PD15IMG.zip file (2.3.4 Stock). There are a lot of files by that name, since it is used to flash all kinds of things (radios, etc.). Looks like it might be available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1476745&highlight=pd15img&page=10
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Ditto. If you don't know whether the phone is rooted, I would just flash the PD15IMG of the stock 2.3.4 ROM by loading the file onto the root of the SD card and booting into the bootloader (volume down + power). Then if after you are sure it works you want to root it, you can always go on from there.
In terms of figuring out which ROM you have, since you can't get to the 'about phone', if your boot animation just has the Tmobile MyTouch 4g logo on a white background, followed by a circular green MyTouch logo, then you are probably on the stock ROM. If it was CM7 or anything else, it would usually have a different custom boot animation.
Good luck!
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I do have the Tmobile MyTouch 4g logo on a white background, followed by a circular green MyTouch logo. I'm on the stock rom then? Is that make any difference or I can still process with downloading pd15img? Anyway, that's worth the try!
I'll keep you posted
It does sound like you are definitely on stock 2.3.4 since you have the stock boot animation, and the notification bar quick drawer that was introduced with gingerbread 2.3.4.
It only makes a difference if you aren't rooted. If you weren't rooted and flashed a different ROM it probably wouldn't work, and you could get stuck in a boot loop (couldn't get past the hboot menu). But, the fix would be to flash the stock PD15IMG anyway, so you should be fine. Either way, nothing is going to happen unless you flash something, because it sounds like system files have been deleted.
I'm still kind of a noob, but I feel pretty confident with that. I've messed up before and recovered from hboot with a PD15IMG file. Your hboot and recovery sound like they are stock. Just be sure once you have it working that you remove or rename the PD15IMG file from your sdcard, otherwise it will keep trying to flash it when you boot into the bootloader.
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It should be a file named PD15IMG.zip. Any file by that name placed in the root of the sd card will be flashed through the hboot bootloader. Don't unzip it. If it is named exactly that, when you boot into the bootloader via vol down + power, it should scan for it, and if it detects the file, it will ask if you want to update.
Be sure you are using the right PD15IMG.zip file (2.3.4 Stock). There are a lot of files by that name, since it is used to flash all kinds of things (radios, etc.). Looks like it might be available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1476745&highlight=pd15img&page=10
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I followed your link and downloaded the pd15img from there. i placed it in the sd...It detects it like earlier and still give me the message: sd checking....loading pd15img.zip....no image or wrong file image.
Any more ideas?
Some ideas here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035044
one person suggested making sure the sd card is FAT32 formatted, seemed to help his issue.
Also, you might want to be sure that even if it gives you that error message, there isn't a loading bar on the right hand side of the screen making progress. If I recall the last time I did it, it wasn't obvious it had worked, and loaded for a few minutes before popping up with 'do you want to update?'
Did you try both the 2.3.4 and the '2.3.4 new' file found on the aforementioned page?
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Some ideas here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035044
one person suggested making sure the sd card is FAT32 formatted, seemed to help his issue.
Also, you might want to be sure that even if it gives you that error message, there isn't a loading bar on the right hand side of the screen making progress. If I recall the last time I did it, it wasn't obvious it had worked, and loaded for a few minutes before popping up with 'do you want to update?'
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Good and bad news!!!
The good news: It really makes a difference indeed to format the sd in Fat32. Although i formated it many times, as I used to see FAT, I didn't know there were another option for FAT32. Well, after format it in FAT32, i put the file in the sd card: pd15img loads successfully...
Bad news: I hurrily check if I can access the option: "the linked program is no longer installed on your phone".
At least, we know formating sd card in FAT32 does make a difference!.
Maybe I should try another new rom like 2.3.6?
Any ideas is welcomed!
Thank you
Wow, head scratcher. If you were rooted with a custom recovery I'd say you probably need to format the system partition and wipe data and cache before flashing, but obviously you can't do that. Might be worth trying a few times to force it through?
I think this is out of my league at this point. Hopefully someone smarter than me will pop in!
Only other thought is maybe something can be done through fastboot? But I wouldn't know what.
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Did you try both the 2.3.4 and the '2.3.4 new' file found on the aforementioned page?
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Yes I did! I even try the 2.2.1...All of them load successfully, but still without succes. It's like they are installed somewhere in the phone, but the original that has the problem never moved.
Is that because S is on?
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Wow, head scratcher. If you were rooted with a custom recovery I'd say you probably need to format the system partition and wipe data and cache before flashing, but obviously you can't do that. Might be worth trying a few times to force it through?
I think this is out of my league at this point. Hopefully someone smarter than me will pop in!
Only other thought is maybe something can be done through fastboot? But I wouldn't know what.
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Thank you a lot for your help. It's been useful cause I learned a lot, much more than alone. If I get through this, I will post.
My next thinking is to download USB debug apk into the phone, so maybe, it will enable the option and I could use adb. But in order to do that, i should pay to unlock it...(wondering if it worth it). As soon as i put a sim in it, i know my carrier would install the apn settings for me automatically, so i would be online and be able to download. I try the wifi options, but i couldn't connect.
Could you help me with the unlock?
Thanks in advance
I think that recovery file is for 2.2.1......
Get S-Off bro. Doesn't the stock image have a file explorer? I don't remember.
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I am stock at tmobile screen, it doesnt go any further
i went in recovery it returns as
E:Can't Mount /cache/recovery
all the way down
the "fastboot erase recovery" returns with "FAILED (remote: not allowed)" and the "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" returns the same thing. Any other suggestions???
I tried to restore pd15img and
it works little bit, and it asked me to upgrade, i pressed the volume up
1 BOOTLOADER - Fail-PU
partiton update fail!
update fail!
This has happened to quite a few people lately and I don't think they have been able to come back from it. Out of curiosity though, what caused this? Were you flashing something and this happened? Do you have the engineering bootloader? Attached is a thread of someone with the same problem, and like I said, there are a couple more out there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984790
I change roms many times, and recovery many times, this time i had been using 3.006 modified with battery charge.
didnt have a problem until i put the royalglacior 1.5 version.
than i could use the wifi, it gave me an error, i rebooted few times, and always error, and finally gave up.
I had the same fastboot errors when trying to flash from 3.0.0.5 to 2.5.1.2 after i mistakenly flashed 2.5.1.2 when i had cm7. You may need to update your sdk. I had to install my HTCdrivers on a new box and Download the tools folder from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928370 to get it working.
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I change roms many times, and recovery many times, this time i had been using 3.006 modified with battery charge.
didnt have a problem until i put the royalglacior 1.5 version.
than i could use the wifi, it gave me an error, i rebooted few times, and always error, and finally gave up.
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First, there is only RoyalGlacier v 1.2 as of the latest for now. Since you used that CWM 3.0.0.6 while battery charge off, there is a chance it might have reverted back to CWM 3.0.0.5 and RoyalGlacier requires 3.0.0.6 and stock restore requires 2.5.1.4 but your recovery may be 3.0.0.5. Try flashing a ROM that just requires 3.0.0.5. For future reference, use this version of CWM 3.0.0.6 from here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944681). That sticks and never reverts back to .5.
Thanks for replies, n advices.
I have tried every which way possible to put the recoveries, and all failed.
I have had 3.0.0.6 modified for a while. was not going back and forth with 2.5.1.4
anyone else come out of this mess,
if not is there a way to get it to even at s - on and unroot?
I dont think so, but worth to ask
thanks
I'm having the same issue where it gets stuck at the Tmobile spash screen and when i boot into clockwork, it gives me the cache error. Formatting it through clockwork doesnt work, and when i try to restore it it also give me an error. I tried to format through adb but that hasn't worked either, unless I'm typing in the command wrong
I dnt believe there is a way to fix that issue,i had that issue awhile back on my 1st mytouch 4g,i had cm7 & made the mistake of tryin to nandroid restore a backup which I forgot was stocked froyo & everythin flashed ok but got stuck in bootloop,so battery pulled went to recovery & had all those errors u mentioned & never found a fix.....called tmobile,got a replacement no problems 2 mnth later & warranty still there..... Now I have clockwork 3.0.0.6 & havent ran into that issue yet,goodluck let us knw if u find a fix....
Permrooted s=off-MyTouch 4g-White
Eng-0.85.2007
Rom-RoyalGinger
I like balls
I am not using tmobile. I know it is covered under HTC but wont they refuse if they see s off?
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I am not using tmobile. I know it is covered under HTC but wont they refuse if they see s off?
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Im not really to sure,a friend of mine had the same issue & went thru HTC & got a replacement so want im guessin is they dnt care but dnt hold it against me,it could of been 1 of those lucky times. All he said was that the phone wnt boot & they just sd it was a known issue & sent him another one...
well I think I've successfully bricked my mt4g. It was working fine until I installed the latest clockwork version and RoyalGinger, tried to restore some applications + data with mybackup root but it froze. Then it was stuck on a bootloop, went back into clockwork and started getting the "can't mount cache" errors. Now it's stuck on the T-Mobile splash screen if I try to do a normal boot, bootloader works and it also goes into clockwork, but it's not able to do any factory resets/wipe. Tried the factory image file and it fails on the first 5 or 6 items, skips another item and hangs at flashing the radio. Now it needs to be replaced and T-Mo is out of stock of the red mt4g's, so I have to wait until they have stock of red ones, then it's going to suck if I get one with a bad screen. I got offered a black one, but I just like my red one too much.
did you include the part file when flashing the PD15IMG.zip?
"there needs to be part7backup-1294463706.bin file on your sd card with the PD15IMG.zip file...both on the root of sd card."
I'm thinking that the file comes stock on the sdcard, but when we format our sdcard it wipes it. I know I personally ran the PD15IMG.zip file twice on my phone and both times it worked great, but both times I did it before I wiped my sdcard (and I do remember a ridiculous amount of extra stuff on the sdcard when it came with the phone).
darinmc said:
did you include the part file when flashing the PD15IMG.zip?
"there needs to be part7backup-1294463706.bin file on your sd card with the PD15IMG.zip file...both on the root of sd card."
I'm thinking that the file comes stock on the sdcard, but when we format our sdcard it wipes it. I know I personally ran the PD15IMG.zip file twice on my phone and both times it worked great, but both times I did it before I wiped my sdcard (and I do remember a ridiculous amount of extra stuff on the sdcard when it came with the phone).
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That part7-xxxxx.bin file is created when u root with the gfree method,it doesnt come stock on the sd card... what method did u use to root...dnt use unlockr.com methods,its old & doesnt give true oerm root...
I made an assumption, i just used the basic root.sh script so I didn't read into the gfree method (see no need). I just know that people who have had trouble reverting to stock with the PD15IMG.zip fixed the issue by putting that part7backup file on the root of their sdcard.
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I made an assumption, i just used the basic root.sh script so I didn't read into the gfree method (see no need). I just know that people who have had trouble reverting to stock with the PD15IMG.zip fixed the issue by putting that part7backup file on the root of their sdcard.
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gfree method would of gave u S off & that backup file,really I dnt think theres a fix for that just yet,without that file..... For future reference never restore data fron any backup app(ex.titanium,astro erc) u can only restore apps cause then u restorin data from a different rom & tryin to put it on a current rom that probably isnt the same...
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gfree method would of gave u S off & that backup file,really I dnt think theres a fix for that just yet,without that file..... For future reference never restore data fron any backup app(ex.titanium,astro erc) u can only restore apps cause then u restorin data from a different rom & tryin to put it on a current rom that probably isnt the same...
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no idea where this is coming from. I was just offering a suggestion to the op. As you can clearly see I am not the op. I do not have issues. I simply made an assumption about the gfree method, which was cleared up, though I still think it's a very real possibility that the op didn't put the part7 file on the root of his sdcard when he flashed the pd15img.zip. Either way, I thank you for your advice, but I'm not the one seeking it here.
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no idea where this is coming from. I was just offering a suggestion to the op. As you can clearly see I am not the op. I do not have issues. I simply made an assumption about the gfree method, which was cleared up, though I still think it's a very real possibility that the op didn't put the part7 file on the root of his sdcard when he flashed the pd15img.zip. Either way, I thank you for your advice, but I'm not the one seeking it here.
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My fault I should of double read,i have an issue with just skimmin thru things & look what happens lol...
Has anyone found a fix for this? Same issue.
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Has anyone found a fix for this? Same issue.
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nope nothing yet,not that I knw off...
this was my original post.....
did what all my friends told me to do, who have the evo apparently a bad mistake. used unrevoked to root my evo, worked perfect. stoked!! downloaded titanium backup, backed up everything, worked great. still happy. went to install a rom (i guess) it told me i needed to change my kernel and had a link to the market for a kernel downloader. downloaded the app looked through bout five different kernels, all had good reviews and stable... downloaded the one with the most downloads (6700 or something). asked download? i said yes. asked flask now? i said yes. it said flash complete reboot coming... rebooted got to the HTC EVO 4G white screen sat there for bout 15 seconds and shut off tried to reboot again same thing. bout ten times in a row so i pulled the battery. did a hard reset didnt fix, did a wipe, didnt fix.... did not make a nandroid back up...oops
anyone know what i can do please help.. thank you
some people said i can download a new rom drag it to my sd card once the card is mounted to the computer. so i tried (3 different roms) and it will not let me drag it to the sd card folder once i put it on my desktop. how do i fix my phone???? lol
Are you dragging the ROM from computer to SD while in recovery?
mlin said:
Are you dragging the ROM from computer to SD while in recovery?
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no my phone will not boot up i just have the sd card mounted phone by my side off. i was told to drag the rom into sd card then reinstall into phone go to recovery mode and unzip the filed rom from the sd card through the phone using the volume buttons and lock button to select.
but it wll not let me drag the rom into the sd card to even get that far
Answer is to find another kernel (stock or otherwise) and put it on the SD Card. Then boot into Recovery and flash it.
Sounds like you may have loaded an ASOP kernel on a Sense Rom. What you are gonna need to do is pull out the SD Card and connect to your computer with a USB adapter so SD Card reader if you Laptop/PC has one. Download a SENSE Rom kernel and flash that in Recovery. If that doesn't work. put the phone back to stock and start over. Also, you might want to copy the Titanium Backup folder to your PC, just in case.
Post in the wrong section?
Install the correct kernel for my rom?
Give enough info so people can help me?
Ruin my phone by being a moron?
Not know how to use adb, fastboot or the bootloader because I rooted with a method that teaches me nothing about the phone?
Sorry was just playing the "finish my thread title game"
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Rem3Dy said:
Post in the wrong section?
Install the correct kernel for my rom?
Give enough info so people can help me?
Ruin my phone by being a moron?
Not know how to use adb, fastboot or the bootloader because I rooted with a method that teaches me nothing about the phone?
Sorry was just playing the "finish my thread title game"
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You're so mean lmao, but so true. Bottom line, a little research never hurt anyone. Hopefully, this will be a lesson learned. Good luck op.
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I'm not going to be able to give you much help apart from this.
Please provide more details, what rom you were running before you had problems, were you trying to do anything that may caused the bootloop. The more details you provide the easier it is for people to help you.
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Oh sorry I was trying to unroot my other g2 I managed to get s-on but now I still have CWM recovery and s-on and I can't flash anything.
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The only thing that I can think of is to flash the Gingerbread Tmobile G2 rom posted by Football.
Remember after you flash it you will not be able to root again or get S-Off, at least for now, but you will have a fully working Gingerbread Tmobile G2.
So use this as a last resort, to use it download the rom, make sure its named PC10IMG.zip and place it on the root of your sd card, if you cant mount your sd card in the phone remove it and use a card reader on your computer to place the PC10IMG on the root of your sd card, once this is done place it back into your phone, then hold volume down + power button, it will boot into bootloader and detect the PC10IMG and ask if you want to update, use the volume button to select yes, then let it do its thing and reboot, you should now have a fully working Gingerbread TMobile G2.
Heres the Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074391
ok im gonna give it a go. thanks!!!
it worked thank you so much.
joemm said:
The only thing that I can think of is to flash the Gingerbread Tmobile G2 rom posted by Football.
Remember after you flash it you will not be able to root again or get S-Off, at least for now, but you will have a fully working Gingerbread Tmobile G2.
So use this as a last resort, to use it download the rom, make sure its named PC10IMG.zip and place it on the root of your sd card, if you cant mount your sd card in the phone remove it and use a card reader on your computer to place the PC10IMG on the root of your sd card, once this is done place it back into your phone, then hold volume down + power button, it will boot into bootloader and detect the PC10IMG and ask if you want to update, use the volume button to select yes, then let it do its thing and reboot, you should now have a fully working Gingerbread TMobile G2.
Heres the Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074391
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made a thread about this also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102350
but my issue was different,i wasn't unrooting the device,i was trying to flash a new rom. check the last post in that thread please. i flashed the mexdroid mexperia rom and put the pc10img zip file back on the sd card after the whole wiping data/cache and backing up my old rom...yet it only turns on to be stuck at the htc screen and wont start. i have the marvel bootanimation on there,and that doesn't even pop up. any help would be great.
should i do the same as you reccomended already or can i go by it a different way?
Okay... my MT4G won't boot up.
I rooted my phone. I have s=off. That's not where the problem lies.
The problem is me being a dumbass. I tried getting the Netflix.apk app to work on my MT4G, and I read a guide where you had to mess around with something from the system file to trick the app into thinking your phone was a Nexus S. So, I tried that, and powered down my phone. Now it won't boot up past the "MyTouch 4G" logo.
I tried booting into safe mode, to see if I could go back in and change it, but it won't let me. Any ideas on how to fix this? Tried a factory restore, didn't work. Also not running a custom rom either - was still using the stock rom.
Reflash a stock-type rom?
Driveshaft said:
Okay... my MT4G won't boot up.
I rooted my phone. I have s=off. That's not where the problem lies.
The problem is me being a dumbass. I tried getting the Netflix.apk app to work on my MT4G, and I read a guide where you had to mess around with something from the system file to trick the app into thinking your phone was a Nexus S. So, I tried that, and powered down my phone. Now it won't boot up past the "MyTouch 4G" logo.
I tried booting into safe mode, to see if I could go back in and change it, but it won't let me. Any ideas on how to fix this? Tried a factory restore, didn't work. Also not running a custom rom either - was still using the stock rom.
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Did you happen to make a backup to restore to? Other than that i think the stock image PD15IMG may be what ya need.
eqjunkie829 said:
Did you happen to make a backup to restore to? Other than that i think the stock image PD15IMG may be what ya need.
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This will kill root and S=OFF. I wouldnt advise until we know that he OFFICIALLY borked his rom lol
@OP, What exactly did you edit??
Also, if you dont have a backup, i would try flashing this, its the stock rom + root and its debloated.
Also, factory restore would help because it only wipes /data and /cache
whereas you said you edited something in /system
Hope this helps!!
Yeah that sounds like a better idea, just flash a stock like rom after wiping caches data and system. And once you get it fixed make a backup or two, always a good idea to make one before changing anything important in the phones file system.
eqjunkie829 said:
Yeah that sounds like a better idea, just flash a stock like rom after wiping caches data and system. And once you get it fixed make a backup or two, always a good idea to make one before changing anything important in the phones file system.
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Yep, and with nandroid, if something goes wrong with w/e system edit you are trying, you can restore /system only. opposed to wiping/reflashing or restoring the whole backup.
Basically, skv012a had the right idea here lol
And by stock-type I meant pre-rooted stock, maybe even debloated like Orange Glacier.
JDV28 said:
This will kill root and S=OFF. I wouldnt advise until we know that he OFFICIALLY borked his rom lol
@OP, What exactly did you edit??
Also, if you dont have a backup, i would try flashing this, its the stock rom + root and its debloated.
Also, factory restore would help because it only wipes /data and /cache
whereas you said you edited something in /system
Hope this helps!!
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Tried to edit the build.prop file in /system - followed this guide and edited what it told me to (ro.product.model=Nexus S, ro.product.manufacturer=Samsung).
Also, tried to follow that guide in the link you posted, but when I go into recovery, I get a red triangle. I have to press volume-up and the power button to get anything to come up. Then when I do, all I get is this in blue text:
Android system recovery <3e>
Use volume key to highlight;
click power key to select
Reboot system now
Apply sdcard:update.zip
Wide data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
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And below that in yellow text is:
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command
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Driveshaft said:
Tried to edit the build.prop file in /system - followed this guide and edited what it told me to (ro.product.model=Nexus S, ro.product.manufacturer=Samsung).
Also, tried to follow that guide in the link you posted, but when I go into recovery, I get a red triangle. I have to press volume-up and the power button to get anything to come up. Then when I do, all I get is this in blue text:
And below that in yellow text is:
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uh oh. ok, download pd15img, put it on the root of your sd card, and boot into hboot (volume down and power). it will automatically load the file, hit volume up to confirm when it asks, this will put you back to stock.
JDV28 said:
uh oh. ok, download pd15img, put it on the root of your sd card, and boot into hboot (volume down and power). it will automatically load the file, hit volume up to confirm when it asks, this will put you back to stock.
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Uh-oh indeed. I did that, and when it went to load it, it said "no image or wrong image". Gives me the same error message it gives this guy (already Googled it to try and find a solution, no luck). I have a 16GB SanDisk memory card, FAT32, only about 1GB left. Would formatting it do the trick? I want to try and avoid that at ALL costs, but if I have to...
Sd Checking ...
Loading ... [PD15DIAG.zip]
No Image!
Loading ... [PD15DIAG.nbh]
No Image or Wrong Image!
Loading ... [PD15IMG.zip]
No Image!
Loading ... [PD15IMG.nbh]
No Image! or Wrong Image!
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EDIT: Might also be worth a mention - I put my MicroSD card into an adapter, put it into my laptop, and looked around on the SD card. Found the "boot.prop" file that started the problem, opened it in Word Pad, and edited it so the "Nexus S" and "Samsung" were back to "HTC Glacier" and "HTC". Saved it, tried booting, but to no avail.
Which brings me to my next question, I have a boot.prop file in /system on my SD card, and a boot.prop file on the root of my SD card. Should there be two of these files? I looked at one in Word Pad, and it had a lot of mentions of CyangogenMod on it, even though I bought the phone brand new a month ago and NEVER flashed CM on it. Can copy/paste the contents of both boot.prop files and put them on here if it would be any help.
Driveshaft said:
Uh-oh indeed. I did that, and when it went to load it, it said "no image or wrong image". Gives me the same error message it gives this guy (already Googled it to try and find a solution, no luck). I have a 16GB SanDisk memory card, FAT32, only about 1GB left. Would formatting it do the trick? I want to try and avoid that at ALL costs, but if I have to...
EDIT: Might also be worth a mention - I put my MicroSD card into an adapter, put it into my laptop, and looked around on the SD card. Found the "boot.prop" file that started the problem, opened it in Word Pad, and edited it so the "Nexus S" and "Samsung" were back to "HTC Glacier" and "HTC". Saved it, tried booting, but to no avail.
Which brings me to my next question, I have a boot.prop file in /system on my SD card, and a boot.prop file on the root of my SD card. Should there be two of these files? I looked at one in Word Pad, and it had a lot of mentions of CyangogenMod on it, even though I bought the phone brand new a month ago and NEVER flashed CM on it. Can copy/paste the contents of both boot.prop files and put them on here if it would be any help.
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now the issue unrelated to that file. you are sure you have pd15img.zip on your sd card? it CAN NOT be inside any folders. formatting won't be necessary
Lol, wow. >_> I'm a dumbass. I was unzipping the file, and putting them into the root of my SD card. Not putting just the zip file itself in my SD card.
Deleted all the files off my SD card I put on, re-downloaded the ZIP file, put JUST that on the root of my SD card. It flashed it, saw the bar on the upper-right hand corner do it's work, and pressed the power button when it was done to reboot.
Aaand, still nothing. Phone is still stuck at MyTouch 4G logo, and looping over and over.
'Bout to download this, and try to flash that. Would it matter any? Or have the same effect?
Yea try that then report back GL
Nope, no dice. >_> Couldn't even get hboot to attempt to flash it.
pd15iag.img
Sorry about the double post, just wanted to bump this up and update what I've tried.
1. Someone told me to push a recovery image via ADB
- Tried doing this. ADB recognizes my device, but says it's offline. I'm guessing it's because my phone won't actually boot up. I have to go into recovery mode (still getting red triangle) to get ADB to recognize my device in the first place - once I do that, it just says offline next to it. So I can't push anything via ADB.
2. Tried flashing a stock-like rom
- Last night, I tried flashing PD15IMG and it did nothing. Today, I tried flashing Royal Glacier, but it didn't recognize it. I had it on the root of my SD card (nothing else but that on there now) and it still tries to flash "PD15IAG.img" even though it's not on my SD card and I have no idea what it is. :\
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Soooo, yeah. >_> I decided to try a new SD card. Brand new, been sitting around the house for awhile. Bought it at Radioshack when they were on sale. Loaded PD15IMG onto it, put it in, flashed it, and now my phone works. I guess it was a faulty SD card? I dunno. Glad it's working now - thanks everyone for the help.
Ok so my girls evo 4g is still stock and NONrooted. She was having some connection issues and we called up sprint. They had me punch in some numbers in a menu that came up buy pressing ##somenumbers#. after i entered the numbers they told me to a promt came up saying "press ok to reboot" and i did that. after that the phone is now stuck in a boot loop. They dont know wtf happened so they are sending her a replacement but since its on "back order" (wonder why, they're always on backorder lol) they say itll prob take about 1 week or 2 before we get it and in the meantime i dont need her tieing up my phone (its MINE gdamit) im wondering what i can do. The phone will go into Hboot and Android recovery (3e) so i was considering trying to install the PC36img on her phone but i dont want to screw anything up. and since i cant get bast the boot screen i dont know what to look for so i dont mess up.
Again:
STOCK NONroot (ever)
S-On
Boot loop
please help.
Thank you
Will it let you get to the hboot? Pull out the battery for a few seconds then reolace it. Hold power and volume up. If you can get to the hboot you might be able to do a factory reset or even relash the stock rom
Sent from rooted Evo CM7
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Will it let you get to the hboot? Pull out the battery for a few seconds then reolace it. Hold power and volume up. If you can get to the hboot you might be able to do a factory reset or even relash the stock rom
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it will let me into hboot and from there i can go into recovery. BUT when in recovery i get the phone icon with 3 green arrows going in a circle then shortly after it turns to a phone icon with a red triangle/exclimation. when i get the text to come up it Android System Recovery <3e> in blue text and gives me the following options
Reboot System now
Apply update from sdcard
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
and then under it in yellow text i get the following:
E:can't open /cache/recovery/command
E:can't mount /data/data/recovery/log
E:Can't open /data/data/recovery/log
Put the sdcard in a card reader and put in a ruu zip pcmwhatever.zip at the root of the card, boot into hboot and say yes to all prompts once it finds the file in hboot. Remember, it must be. Stock sprint ruu
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Put the sdcard in a card reader and put in a ruu zip pcmwhatever.zip at the root of the card, boot into hboot and say yes to all prompts once it finds the file in hboot. Remember, it must be. Stock sprint ruu
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well thats what i was thinking of doing but cant seem to find a recent one and ive been to Shipped roms but im not sure what the latest ota one is
the current image version on the phone rite now is 4.24.651.1
I will help you out if you haven't found the solution by the time I get home. Basically find the zip of 4.24, rename it PC36IMG.zip and put it on the root of the SD card. Boot into hboot and it will scan and find the file. Follow the prompts and you should be good.
The site to get it from is Goo.inside.me or something like that. It would be in the Supersonic section
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I will help you out if you haven't found the solution by the time I get home. Basically find the zip of 4.24, rename it PC36IMG.zip and put it on the root of the SD card. Boot into hboot and it will scan and find the file. Follow the prompts and you should be good.
The site to get it from is Goo.inside.me or something like that. It would be in the Supersonic section
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thats exactly my problem i cant seem to find a 4.24 zip that hasn't been messed with and ive been searching all over the place
i think i just found it... ill keep you posted
I cant seem to find the stock 2.3.3 either.. in the hboot try scrolling down to clear storage and try a factory reset, otherwise you will need to flash the stock rom. If I can find one I will post a link
http://goo-inside.me/supersonic/ruu/4.24.651.1
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I cant seem to find the stock 2.3.3 either.. in the hboot try scrolling down to clear storage and try a factory reset, otherwise you will need to flash the stock rom. If I can find one I will post a link
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Thank YOU to dougjamal for the link in your signature
I got the 4.24 img here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884060
and the phone is back to normal (for now)
while your at it you might as well root the thing
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while your at it you might as well root the thing
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i might just do that lol