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wiped my htc shift hard drive, now what

I tried numerous times to install win7 HP on the shift... at times it did not recognize my dvd drive, powered or not, I ended up formatting the hard drive and now I don't have a bootmgr to help install vista back.
Are there any updated streams on putting win 7 on the shift.
Why does the drive show and not show... keeps asking me to install a cd/dvd driver...
Now, of course, nothing on the hard drive and I cannot find the rescue partition to rebott vista... I'd much prefer getting win 7 on the shift...
I even tried using a usb drive...
DougB

Vista rescue partition is hidden, thats why you didn't find it from HD, but you can access it by pressing Fn+F9 while booting.
Or you can install Windows 7 from USB-key:
To creat bootable Win7 install USB-key/USB-drive:
1. Copy all files from Windows 7-DVD (or ISO-file) to C:\WINDOWS7\
2. Open command prompt in administrator mode (start - all programs - accessories - command prompt - right click - run as administrator)
3. Plug in USB-disc or USB-stick (must be at least 4GB) and type these commands:
- type CD\
- type DISKPART
- type LIST DISK
- type SELECT DISK X (where X is the memory stick disk number you got from LIST DISK)
- type CLEAN (CAUTION; THIS WILL ERASE ALL THE CONTENTS OF THE SELECTED DISK)
- type CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
- type SELECT PARTITION 1
- type ACTIVE
- type FORMAT FS=FAT32 QUICK
- type ASSIGN
- type EXIT
- type XCOPY C:\WINDOWS7\*.* /S /E /F E:\ (E:\ is the name of usb stick, if your key has an other letter, of course put your) (after *.* and after each letter preceded by / there's a space!)
Reboot, at startup push FN+F10, choose your usb key and install Windows7.
This will not affect your HTC SHIFT Vista recovery partition.
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replacement acer splash liquid a1

Seeking help to change the splash screen on my liquid as you do?

Install Boot Animation Lite or
Download : =>
mediafire.com/download.php?txdnmtmrynj
to install it:
liquid connected with your usb cable (debug enabled)
Place the downloaded file above in the tools directory of your pc sdk
bootanimation.zip rename it (beware of hidden file extension)
Then in the command prompt on the PC (run then type cmd)
tools enter cd c: \ ------- \ android-sdk-windows \ tools>
adb run commands as follows:
adb remount (after validation should appear: "remount succeeded")
adb push bootanimation.zip / system / media / bootanimation.zip
adb reboot
sorry for my bad english

Thanks friend, but I do not want to change the bootanimation would like to change the initial image before bootanimation splashscreen .... can someone explain the procedure? thanks in advance to all.

[Q] HELP! changed windows and phone is now unusable!

so my laptop recently crashed and the ony way to get it back was to re-installl windows which is what i did, but after setting my laptop back up i try to install the new cm7 v1.8 but when i go into cmd and type fastboot.exe -w
it comes back with " fastboot .exe" is not recognized as an internal or external command
i have tryed to install the fastboot drivers ( but i cant seem to find how to, because the computer recognizes the phone as fastboot and doesnt have a problem with it). can anyone please help i have been trying for 3 days now and i have no phone :'(

hi friend
I think u need to check the following thinks
1) had you placed the total folder which contains necessary file (the folder must contain the following files . adb.exe , AdbWinApi.dll , AdbWinUsbApi.dll , boot.img , fastboot.exe , flash_all.bat , flash_all_nowipe.bat , flash_boot_nowipe.bat , flash_system_nowipe.bat , system.img )
if you downloaded V1.8 from the link then the file will not have this all file so you need to download all this so if you are not able to download just mail me at [email protected] i will send all this file then you can able to carry out the flashing of ROM as per the following guide
Checklist:
adb - needed to flash the ROM
fastboot - needed to flash the ROM
AdbWinApi.dll - needed to flash the ROM
AdbWinUsbApi.dll - needed to flash the ROM
boot.img - the boot part of the ROM
system.img - the actual OS
***EXTRACT THE CONTENTS OF THIS ZIP FILE IN A FOLDER CALLED ANDROID ON THE C: DRIVE (you need to create the folder)***
1. Open CMD with administrator privileges (Search for CMD in the start menu and right click on 'cmd' and click 'Run as Administrator' )
2. Prepare the phone by switching it off and holding 'Volume Down' + 'Camera' whilst powering on again, the phone should then display the LG logo then show a blank screen, this indicates the phone is now in fastboot mode.
(i) connect the phone to the computer via USB cable, and wait for the necessary drivers to install
2. Then type into the cmd window:
'cd C:\Android' (without the '')
(i) Then type:
'fastboot.exe -w' (without the '')
(ii) Once that's completed, type:
'fastboot.exe erase system' (without the '')
(iii) Once that's completed, type:
'fastboot.exe flash system system.img (without the '')
(iv) Once that's completed, type:
'fastboot.exe flash boot boot.img' (without the '')
(v) Once that's completed, type:
'fastboot.exe reboot' (without the '')

Have u changed tha envoirnment parameters?
Sent from my GT540 using XDA App

i am assuming that you have to download sdk for the adb files? the thing is i didnt download it before and it all worked through cmd? and im not sure what the enviromentable thing is ?

there are some downloadable packages on xda wich have all the files needed extracted from the android sdk. Just download the android sdk and use cmd to go to the tools directory and use fastboot. it will work (possibly have to copy some dll files from an other directory to ..\tools\

thanks everyone for their help!! will download these files for future use. but found this and downlaoded it and it install for me!! XD
http://download975.mediafire.com/zchh935v5omg/hw03ruc1qeiancu/Install+SwiftDroid+v
by the way do you know where i could find the extracted files?http://media.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Just Write
cd C:\Android ... or where ever you extracted it and hit enter

[ROOT][GUIDE] Stock Lollipop 14.5.A.0.270 using Ubuntu! Xperia Z1 Compact

Dear all,
This took me forever to figure out, so I'd thought I'd share how I rooted my Xperia Z1 Compact (Mini) using Ubuntu 14.10. (You could do this using Windows by skipping Step 2).
First, these were the problems I encountered using other methods:
- Using kingroot worked, but it was very suspicious (there's a nice thread that listed all the mysterious behaviours of kingroot - I can't find it so please just search for it).
- I never tried PRF Creator, since it was yet another Windows app.
- Flashing any boot.img into boot would cause an eternal boot loop.
- Thus I had to use Sony's Emma to enable flashing a recovery.img into recovery; but for this, I needed VirtualBox, and for VirtualBox, I needed USB 2.0 (3.0 didn't work).
- Old versions of SuperSu would never work. The only version that worked is the BETA 2.49.
So here are the steps that worked for me. (I don't guarantee that it will work for you). Make sure you back everything up and unlock your bootloader (you can relock it again using FlashTool).
Here are the steps in brief (details below):
0. Get Ubuntu to recognise your device.
1. Make sure you have stock firmware (either officially by Sony Update, or by flashing a .ftf using FlashTool).
2. Use VirtualBox and a copy of Windows straight from Microsoft (yes, it's free and legal).
3. Use Sony's Emma on Windows to do a "TA update".
4. Back on Ubuntu use fastboot to flash a recovery (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img).
5. Boot your phone into recovery and flash the SuperSu.
The Details:
0. Get Ubuntu to recognise your device
On Ubuntu, open a terminal and type:
Code:
gksudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
type:
Code:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0fce", MODE="0664", GROUP="plugdev"
Save, then exit.
Then type this command:
Code:
sudo service udev restart
Next, test that it's working:
Code:
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb
sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot
On your phone, enable USB debugging:
Settings -> About Phone -> Build Number (tap Build Number 7 times until developer options enabled)
Settings -> Developer options -> USB debugging
Connect your phone to your Ubuntu and type:
Code:
adb devices
This command may cause your phone to alert you that your computer is trying to modify your phone. Allow it. Then type the above command again in your ubuntu and you should get something like this:
Code:
List of devices attached
XXXXXXXXXX device
where XXXXXXXXXX is your serial number.
1. Get stock Lollipop (14.5.A.0.270) on your phone
You can either get the update straight from Sony or download it and flash it using FlashTool.
From Sony:
If your bootloader is unlocked, relock it using FlashTool (click on the BLU button)
Use the update tool on your phone: Settings -> About Phone -> Software Update.
Using FlashTool:
Download FlashTool and unzip it.
In a terminal cd into the FlashTool folder and type:
Code:
./FlashTool
(you may have to give it permissions first: chmod +x FlashTool)
Click on the "BLU" button to unlock your bootloader (this is necessary for any fastboot command, see below).
Click on the XperiFirm button (the last one on the right that says "XF"). Select a firmware of your choice. Then click on the line under the PayPal symbol that says "14.5.A.0.270..." (for some reason, there's no button, just a line of text). Then click Download. If you didn't change the default "User home", the files will be downloaded to your home directory in .flashTool/firmwares/Downloads
Once it finishes downloading, close the XperiFirm windows in order to return to FlashTool. FlashTool will then take some time converting the stock firmware into a flashable .ftf file (placing it in .flashTool/firmwares).
Once it's done, click on the button with the lightning symbol, select Flashmode and then your firmware and click Flash. It will wait for you to connect your phone in Flashmode (turn phone off, hold the volume down button and then connect the USB cable). Once it detects your phone, FlashTool will flash your firmware, again taking some time.
2. Install VirtualBox with a Windows 7 Guest
Install VirtualBox and the Extension Pack from the virtualbox website (make sure the version of the extension pack is the same as the version of virtualbox. I used 5.0.
Download the image of Windows 7 (what I used) available free from the Microsoft Dev download page (dev.modern.ie/tools/vms/linux/). Unzip it and then double click it to open it in VirtualBox. Follow the VirtualBox prompts to install it (Microsoft recommends assigning between 1 and 2 GB of RAM).
Before running the guest machine, select the Windows 7 machine in Virtualbox and click on "Storage" then "USB". Make sure that USB controller is enabled, and select USB 2.0. (It never worked with USB 3.0 for me. Also, my laptop has one USB 2.0 port and one USB 3.0 port, and I had to make sure I used the correct port.)
3. Install and run Sony's Emma
The following will only work with an unlocked bootloader. Use FlashTool to unlock it (BLU button - see step 1 under FlashTool).
Run the guest Windows and install Emma (developer.sonymobile.com/services/flash-tool/). In the downloaded zip file for Emma, copy the customization.ini file to C:\Program Files\Sony Mobile\Emma\
Run Emma.
Turn off your phone and put it in flash mode (hold volume down and then connect usb). At the top of the VirtualBox window that shows your Windows running, click on the Devices menu, then USB, then "Sony D5503...". Your guest Windows should now detect your phone, and so will Emma.
In Emma, in the list of "Services" on the right, select the one that ends with "TA Update" and flash. When it's done, close Emma and VirtualBox.
4. Flash a recovery
On Ubuntu, download a recovery image. I used this one: Z1_DooMLoRD_AdvStkKernel_FW-757_v04.zip from this page:
http://doomlord.xperia-files.com/ (scroll down a bit to find it). Unzip this file and rename it to recovery.img
Then in a terminal type:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
This command flashes to "true" recovery as opposed to the command "fastboot flash boot boot.img" which installs into boot. I'm no expert, and I'm not sure what the difference is between boot and recovery, but you need Emma to enable recovery. (I tried doing things the boot way, ie, without Emma, but it resulted in a bootloop.)
Note also that this recovery is based in CWM. I read somewhere that TWRP won't work using this method, but I never tried it.
5. Use recovery to flash SuperSu
Download BETA-SuperSu-v2.49.zip from here (this is the only version of SuperSu that worked for me; earlier versions failed).
Copy this file into your SD card (using a card reader, or boot up your phone normally and connect it to your computer).
Boot into recovery: Turn off your phone. Press the power button and volume down button together. When the phone vibrates the first time, release the power button (but keep holding the volume down button). When the phone vibrates again, release the volume down button.
On the recovery menu, select "Install zip" and then choose your the BETA-SuperSu-v2.49.zip from your sdcard. When it's done flashing, go back and select "reboot system now". It might complain that "Root access possibly lost. Fix". Ignore it and select "No".
Your phone should now start up and SuperSu should appear in your app drawer. If you open it, it should start up with no complaints. (Or install the app Root Checker just to be sure).

AFAIK Virtualbox doesn't add your user automatically to vboxusers group which is required to share USB devices between the host and guest machine.
You can do that by running
Code:
sudo usermod -aG vboxusers <your username>

Makenai said:
Code:
sudo usermod -aG vboxusers <your username>
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thanks for the tip, I would like to note that there's a missing blank space and ' - ' symbol in the sentence, it should be like this:
Code:
sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers <your username>
Regards

Hi,
i did everything until step 3 where i loaded 14.5.A.0.270. I didn't do "TA update"
My question is: because after that i used a lot the phone and configured many things, is it possible con continue with step 4 and later, without loosing any data?
cheers

While every documentation is useful - post's subject does not exactly corresponds to action.
Using Windows under Ubuntu is still using Windows.
As far as I am aware there is flashtool working directly on Linux platform.
This allows to get rid of virtual devices, host-to-guest device delegations, problems with direct hardware access from guest, something what always may be potential source of problems.

Hi there, now 5 years later i got hold on this device and i want to root this very same model.
Unfortunately important links are dead. I can't find a trustworthy recovery image for this device since doomlord.xperia-files is gone. (4. Flash a recovery)
Can anybody help?

Unbrick redmi 4 prime

I ask to help to unbrick the phone. Prehistory. After an unsuccessful firmware phone has a brick. The phone is not detected by the computer (Unknown device). Reinstalling the drivers does not help, closing testpoints does not solve the problem. The only option is to create a bootable flash drive and flash it from under it. To do this, you need a complete dump of the phone. This is the request. Please make a complete dump of the phone with the extension * .img. Script for adb I attach Adb shell su Adb shell dd if = / dev / block / mmcblk0 of = / sdcard / image.img I am hope for your help

Damagar84 said:
I ask to help to unbrick the phone. Prehistory. After an unsuccessful firmware phone has a brick. The phone is not detected by the computer (Unknown device). Reinstalling the drivers does not help, closing testpoints does not solve the problem. The only option is to create a bootable flash drive and flash it from under it. To do this, you need a complete dump of the phone. This is the request. Please make a complete dump of the phone with the extension * .img. Script for adb I attach Adb shell su Adb shell dd if = / dev / block / mmcblk0 of = / sdcard / image.img I am hope for your help
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And how will you be able to "flash it under it"?

I wrote the same on the basis of a dump, create a bootable flash and from under it my own