Hi guys
I was wondering if there is a way to update my phone with out rooting..
I am not to keen on rooting and trying to flush a cooked rom..
i am looking for the latest vision of android as i am running 1.1 at the moment and it has no market
thanx for all the help
if you're doing an official rom, then yes, you can. search the interwebs for an official 1.5 link, and also grab the market activator program from google's code base. once you download the official 1.5 rom, rename it update.zip, put it on your sd card and reboot into recovery mode (home+power when the phone is off). when the triangle and disk screen comes up, push alt+s on the keyboard to apply the update. after its done, your phone will reboot. you will then be running "cupcake", which is 1.5.
after that, if your market still isnt working, install the activator and run it. your phone will reboot when its done and the market will be working.
kusotare said:
if you're doing an official rom, then yes, you can. search the interwebs for an official 1.5 link, and also grab the market activator program from google's code base. once you download the official 1.5 rom, rename it update.zip, put it on your sd card and reboot into recovery mode (home+power when the phone is off). when the triangle and disk screen comes up, push alt+s on the keyboard to apply the update. after its done, your phone will reboot. you will then be running "cupcake", which is 1.5.
after that, if your market still isnt working, install the activator and run it. your phone will reboot when its done and the market will be working.
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thank you so much i was just about to get rid of this phone
kusotare said:
if you're doing an official rom, then yes, you can. search the interwebs for an official 1.5 link, and also grab the market activator program from google's code base. once you download the official 1.5 rom, rename it update.zip, put it on your sd card and reboot into recovery mode (home+power when the phone is off). when the triangle and disk screen comes up, push alt+s on the keyboard to apply the update. after its done, your phone will reboot. you will then be running "cupcake", which is 1.5.
after that, if your market still isnt working, install the activator and run it. your phone will reboot when its done and the market will be working.
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could not update
when i get to the screen with the triangle and phone i push alt+s like you said then the screen comes up with a box and phone and progress bar and then goes back to triangle and phone
Mr wyngaard said:
could not update
when i get to the screen with the triangle and phone i push alt+s like you said then the screen comes up with a box and phone and progress bar and then goes back to triangle and phone
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You saw a progress bar. Did it act like it was loading? Did it give you any message afterwards? Did it reboot a couple times or anything?
supremeteam256 said:
You saw a progress bar. Did it act like it was loading? Did it give you any message afterwards? Did it reboot a couple times or anything?
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no reboot nothing. the progress bar was there for 1 or 2 seconds then just went back to the triangle with the ! in it and the phone under neath there was no massage and it just sat there doing nothing
Mr wyngaard said:
no reboot nothing. the progress bar was there for 1 or 2 seconds then just went back to the triangle with the ! in it and the phone under neath there was no massage and it just sat there doing nothing
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Is your card formated to fat32?
no i will try that now
thanks
no luck still
I pressed alt+L and it came up with a screen with righting thats says
installing from sdcard...
finding update package...
opening update package...
verifying update package...
E:No signature(413 files)
E:verification aborted
what does this mean please help me
you probably downloaded an "unsigned" update somewhere, hence the no signature. make sure your update is signed.
You are trying to install the official cupcake rom from t mobile right? Are you sure you grabbed the official one.
i had the same trouble when i did mine. for me tho it was that i named the file update zip. but then i saw if i just named it update the ".zip" was put there automatically. i just named it update and put it in the 1st postion in my sd card and it worked. good luck.
^^^Yea thats why its good to have your computer show file extensions.
HI guys
yip it was named correctly.
i live in south Africa and my service provider is MTN do you think that could be the problem
where would i get the right update for my phone!!!!1
i found this link but i cant open it
it gives me a error can some one try it plz
https://android.clients.google.com/updates/partner/signed-kila-ota-148830.de6a94ca.zip
ok so i found a cupcake file downloaded is and it was not signed so would not up date
busy downloading a new one now says it is signed only time will tell here is the link to the signed one
http://code.google.com/p/android-ro...=signed-kila-ota-148830.de6a94ca.zip&can=2&q=
this should be the us cupcake update
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Edit: ****, ok so my phone isn't booting up now..the phone just freezes at the g1 splash logo.
I can still get into recovery console/bootloader, can I save my phone? Help!
I do have other theme's in /sdcard/themes/
I don't know if I can delete the current update.zip in my root and move one of them to the root and rename it, then flash that on? Someone please help!
-Ok so, I have the sdk...
-I'm in fastboot mode
-I have the correct driver for the phone, windows picks it up
but when adb doesn't pick up the devices, is there something I need to do to "get started" so to say? I'm trying to install some themes and push the browser.apk into the phone but, im stumped
tehseano said:
Edit: ****, ok so my phone isn't booting up now..the phone just freezes at the g1 splash logo.
I can still get into recovery console/bootloader, can I save my phone? Help!
I do have other theme's in /sdcard/themes/
I don't know if I can delete the current update.zip in my root and move one of them to the root and rename it, then flash that on? Someone please help!
-Ok so, I have the sdk...
-I'm in fastboot mode
-I have the correct driver for the phone, windows picks it up
but when adb doesn't pick up the devices, is there something I need to do to "get started" so to say? I'm trying to install some themes and push the browser.apk into the phone but, im stumped
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First, you are at the wrong screen. You should not be in fastboot mode in the bootloader for updating themes, you should be in recovery mode.
I suggest you perform a wipe to possibly bring your phone back to normal at least. It can be done by turning off the phone, then pressing and holding the back and home button until you enter recovery mode.
From there press alt + w to wipe the phone.
Then restart by pressing back + home.
Next, before installing the theme, make sure its the correct one for your phone. Check with the author if it was made for RC30 or RC8, and if it is a non-wipe theme, because if it is not, you will be stuck at the Tmobile G1 splash screen (aka be in an indefinite loop) like your current situation.
If you are trying to install browser.apk (im assuming the multitouch browser - please correct me if im wrong) you will need to install JF 1.41 first. By default it will include the multitouch version of browser.apk
Please provide more information about your situation, and keep us posted.
andonnguyen said:
First, you are at the wrong screen. You should not be in fastboot mode in the bootloader for updating themes, you should be in recovery mode.
I suggest you perform a wipe to possibly bring your phone back to normal at least. It can be done by turning off the phone, then pressing and holding the back and home button until you enter recovery mode.
From there press alt + w to wipe the phone.
Then restart by pressing back + home.
Next, before installing the theme, make sure its the correct one for your phone. Check with the author if it was made for RC30 or RC8, and if it is a non-wipe theme, because if it is not, you will be stuck at the Tmobile G1 splash screen (aka be in an indefinite loop) like your current situation.
If you are trying to install browser.apk (im assuming the multitouch browser - please correct me if im wrong) you will need to install JF 1.41 first. By default it will include the multitouch version of browser.apk
Please provide more information about your situation, and keep us posted.
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Sorry, I should have provided more information, and explained that the 2nd half of this post was my original post, which was just me asking how to correctly use ADB. I do already have JF 1.41, I upgraded yesterday. It wasn't my first theme I installed either. I was using Vintage War (for the Dream), but it hadn't been updated for 1.41, so I was trying the standalone apk adb push method found in this forum, which is where this post first oriented.
I was in recovery mode for installing themes, I'm using JF 1.41 RC30, with the HardSPL bootloader. Initially after installing the theme it would go blank after the g1 splash, so I had tried to install it again hoping it would fix it, unfortunately my thumb is a bit to fat and I hit alt W instead of S, anyways that is what put me into this infinite loop.
But like I said this wasn't my first time trying to mod the phone, I've had it rooted for a month or so now, and have been keeping up-to-date.
Any more information I can provide, please let me know. My phone is my livelyhood, I need it. So if anyone can help, the sooner would be better. Either way I am entirely greatful for any help anyone can provide. Thanks in advance!
tehseano said:
I was in recovery mode for installing themes, I'm using JF 1.41 RC30, with the HardSPL bootloader. Initially after installing the theme it would go blank after the g1 splash, so I had tried to install it again hoping it would fix it, unfortunately my thumb is a bit to fat and I hit alt W instead of S, anyways that is what put me into this infinite loop.
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It is weird how a wipe caused you to go into an infinite loop. Which apk's did you try to push to your phone?
I would suggest to go without using the theme for now. JesusFreke had pointed out that some themes were causing problems for the new 1.41. update. You should check with the author of the theme to see if its compatible with the new 1.41 (which it should be since RC30 1.3, RC30 1.31, and RC30 1.41 are all compatible)
andonnguyen said:
It is weird how a wipe caused you to go into an infinite loop. Which apk's did you try to push to your phone?
I would suggest to go without using the theme for now. JesusFreke had pointed out that some themes were causing problems for the new 1.41. update. You should check with the author of the theme to see if its compatible with the new 1.41 (which it should be since RC30 1.3, RC30 1.31, and RC30 1.41 are all compatible)
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....How do I get out of the loop. My phone doesn't get passed it. There has to be something I can do in console or recovery or something. I'm really sorry if I'm coming off as rude or demanding but I really need a phone, and I need it right now. I don't know what more I can tell you before someone can finally give me a solution (sorry)
1. Download RC29
2. Copy it onto your sdcard
3. Reboot your phone into the SPL with Power+Camera
4. When prompted, press the end key to start the reflash.
Note: this will completely wipe the flash chip on your phone and revert everything back to factory. You will need to re-root your phone and update to JF1.41
Next time, use nandroid to backup before installing themes, etc.
Datruesurfer said:
1. Download RC29
2. Copy it onto your sdcard
3. Reboot your phone into the SPL with Power+Camera
4. When prompted, press the end key to start the reflash.
Note: this will completely wipe the flash chip on your phone and revert everything back to factory. You will need to re-root your phone and update to JF1.41
Next time, use nandroid to backup before installing themes, etc.
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Alright, I'm doing it now. And I did use nandroid and make a backup, no one said anything about how to restore it. Regardless thank you so very much, you are my Savior right now!
tehseano said:
Alright, I'm doing it now. And I did use nandroid and make a backup, no one said anything about how to restore it.
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That's easy. Just grab a copy of the fastboot utility and the images off your sdcard in the 'nandroid' directory and boot your phone into the SPL. Plug your phone in via usb and press the back button once and you should see "Serial0" change to "FASTBOOT" Then open up a windows command prompt in the location of the exe you downloaded and run:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata data.img
fastboot reboot
Your phone will come back up with all of your applications, settings etc from when you did the backup. Keep in mind you need the HardSPL to do this though(look for three androids on skateboards in SPL). The G1 factory bootloader does not support fastboot, only NBH images that come from the factory.
Hi, my situation is a bit worse:
I have a Dev Phone, upgraded to JFv1.41.
Today, I got the pop up message telling me to do a "system holiday update 2 of 2". I press "Update now" and the phone got reboot. Since then... I could not get through the first screen that has the word "Android" at all, not even to the screen where Android icon is flashing. It just freezes right there.
The only way to turn off is to take out battery. I could not enter recovery mode through pressing Home+Power. One time, the screen actually turned into weird color patterns. Is there anything I can do? consider that I don't have any nandroid back up image at all?
I tried to download the DREAIMG-RC29.zip, unzip and copy to the sdcard, then reboot into the SPL with Power+Camera but nothing happens, just a 4 color screen said "serial0".
Thanks in advance.
Isn't the 4 color screen the standard bootloader that ships with retail G1's (not a dev phone bootloader)?
lugiamx said:
Hi, my situation is a bit worse:
I have a Dev Phone, upgraded to JFv1.41.
Today, I got the pop up message telling me to do a "system holiday update 2 of 2". I press "Update now" and the phone got reboot. Since then... I could not get through the first screen that has the word "Android" at all, not even to the screen where Android icon is flashing. It just freezes right there.
The only way to turn off is to take out battery. I could not enter recovery mode through pressing Home+Power. One time, the screen actually turned into weird color patterns. Is there anything I can do? consider that I don't have any nandroid back up image at all?
I tried to download the DREAIMG-RC29.zip, unzip and copy to the sdcard, then reboot into the SPL with Power+Camera but nothing happens, just a 4 color screen said "serial0".
Thanks in advance.
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I had the same problem, almost verbatim. ADP1.1, JFv1.41, ran the Holiday update 1 of 2, no problems, did the 2 of 2 update, got stuck at the flashing Android boot screen. Pulled the battery, rebooted, same thing, waited 2-3 minutes at the flashing screen and was just about to pull the battery again and then all of a sudden the damn thing came to life, the OS loaded up and now everything's working fine. Gave me quite a scare.
ummm actually the fastboot utility wont work for my computer soo what shoud i do.... if anything i need a really good reply something long cause im new to this and my fone wont get off the android sign.
chinoman said:
ummm actually the fastboot utility wont work for my computer soo what shoud i do.... if anything i need a really good reply something long cause im new to this and my fone wont get off the android sign.
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Why have you just hijacked a 5 month old thread? You haven't given use any details either. Fastboot is available for all OS's, it will work on your computer, you just probably don't know how to use it. Please make a new thread in the Q&A section where we can help you out there.
This should be closed or moved to Q&A.
hey man just unroot ur phone and root it again u soft bricked ur phone its ok
hey just try to unroot k
hey if u want me to fix it for u just email me at [email protected] and ill help u
Is there a way to flash one of the Cynaogen or other mods without installing the android SDK? I am not extremely technically inclined when it comes to this stuff and I am not sure I understand how to do it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
yes, most people install cyanogen rom on their phone without even touching a computer
So informative ...really
Well I attempted the SDK install and when I run ADB I dont get a list of devices. When I plug in the phone windows automatically installs drivers.
So I downloaded USBDeview uninstalled and plugged the phone back in, same drivers installed.
So where to from here?
Ok so followed all the instructions on Cyanogens page and ADB will not see my device, when I go to Start > Devices the Nexus One shows up and says Driver not installed.
I downloaded the drivers from the SDK and no luck, I added the path to environamental variables, tried again, no luck
Tried to force the driver install and manually install through windows and states the driver I am trying to install doesnt contain info about my device. Check to make sure its an x64 driver.
Running windows 7 ultimate. any ideas what could fix this?
Ok so added and renamed the proper files to recovery.img and added cynaogens mod and renamed to update.zip
Rebooted phone
Recovery Mode
Wiped
Install from SDcard update.zip
Installation failed
Where am I going wrong?
Download ROM Manager from the market and you can do it from there. I think you need the pay version too do nightlies, but the stable CM releases are available in the free version.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
1) Can I assume you are rooted?
2) Can I assume you downloaded the adb drivers from Google?
If so I don't know how to help you without telling you to download clockwork mod sorry.
This is what I did.
Downloaded and installed 1 click root from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747598
Downloaded Cyanogen Rom and gapps from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=722798 and saved them to my SD card.
Downloaded Rom Manger from the Market.
Ran 1 click root
Ran Rom manager, installed the clockwork recovery from rom manager.
selected install zip from sd, found zip of cyanogen and selected it.
Pressed perform back and perform wipe then press OK.
Rom Manager did its magic and installed cyanogen for me.
The phone rebooted, I opened up rom manger again and pressed install from sd card again
Found and clicked on gapps zip file. This time I didn't perform a backup or wipe(not sure if I was supposed to or not), Hit ok, then ok to reboot.
Rom Manager worked its magic again and voila I had/have Cyanongen rom with my Google apps.
I did this all last night and from memory, but I'm fairly sure those are steps I took. However if it breaks your phone its your own fault
jcohenlv said:
Ok so added and renamed the proper files to recovery.img and added cynaogens mod and renamed to update.zip
Rebooted phone
Recovery Mode
Wiped
Install from SDcard update.zip
Installation failed
Where am I going wrong?
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Ur phone is not rooted. Period
jcohenlv said:
So informative ...really
Well I attempted the SDK install and when I run ADB I dont get a list of devices. When I plug in the phone windows automatically installs drivers.
So I downloaded USBDeview uninstalled and plugged the phone back in, same drivers installed.
So where to from here?
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It will pop up and says that it cant find the driver for ur phone. Go on and manually apply the driver urself then u are set.
Not sure if this will help, but check USB debugging and the one below it in phone settings/applications/development.
Ken
Phone is rooted, used 1 click root.
When I try and manually install the driver Win7 tells me the drivers I try and load do not contain information about my hardware.
Ill try Average Canadians method and see how it goes.
Thanks
Ok so I attempted this as mentioned,
Now my phone is stuck at a looping "Cynaogen Mod" screen after doing the backup from Rom Manager.
Steps Taken to This Point:
D/L One Click Root - Unrooted Phone
Ran One Click Root Again - Rooted Phone
Downloaded Clockwork Rom Manager
Set Permissions For Super User
Downloaded Cyanogen 6 RC3 + GApps
Ran backup - phone rebooted
Phone rebooted and ran a bunch of stuff got to Cyanogen (mod) loading screen (looks like a boot animation) and this is where its stuck looping.
Any Ideas?
The animation is an android on a skateboard with a blue arrow circling it and has what I will call "lightning" circling around the outside. The lightning gets about 3/4 of the way around the circle then the screen goes black and starts over.... just wanted to give a bit more information.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
OK booted into recovery, got a green screen instead of the typical blue which I am assuming is a good sign
Ran "install from sd card"
Navigated for a few minutes till i found the Cyanogen zip file (update-cm-6.0.0-N1-RC3-signed.zip)
Installed
Phone rebooted
Got to Cyanogen Mod loading screen phone rebooted again and its stuck in the loop again......
Any ideas?
Ok attempted to flash back to stock FroYo 2.2 and getting:
asster failed: file_getprop("/system/build.prop. "ro.build.fingerprint") == google/passion/passion/mahimahi:2.1-update1/ERE27/24187:user/release-keys" ||
file_getprop("/system/build.prop. "ro.build.fingerprint") == google/passion/passion/mahimahi:2.2-update1/FRF50/38042:user/release-keys" || file
E:error in sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
I am assuming I am getting this cause the update is for FR50 and not FR91?
Ok so another update
Attempted to flash 2.1.1_Downgrade and still getting same error as above just with a different file name version.
At this point I will just wait for one of you to get back to me hopefully
Ok so .. trial and error is a great way to learn
If I would have opened my eyes the first time I would have seen the "nandroid" option and just restored my backup
So after a minor freak out, and a cigarette I have regained my composure and I am in the process of a restore. Lets see what happens
Ok so phone is back to where it was when I did the backup.....
Going to attempt this again and try it with what I think was the missed step THE WIPE!
Uh oh..... got the blue screen instead of the green screen before phone wiped .... hmm guessing that when i did the restore it re-flashed the original recovery mode. So looks like I am starting over with a fresh phone ....lol
(hope this commentary isnt too annoying, but they way I see it is one day it may help another noob like myself do this on his phone )
WOOT WOOT!
So there it is! CM 6 RC3
I want to thank everyone who offered advice in this thread and to that crazy Canadian who offered a great option to get this done!
Ok so I've read a lot about rooting and flashing I even gave it a try but I couldn't get anything to really work once I got past root. Flashing is what I couldn't get past. I tried a few different methods but none gave me the finished product I want. I have a g1 on tmobile with stock everything again. Back to 1.6 dmd64 build. No more root with 1.0 and rc29 or whatever it was. I'm pretty confident that if I had good directions on what to do I could do it. Can a newbie get some help here!!!
I want the latest, greatest, stable stuff running on my g1. Not too much to ask is it. Thanks in advance. Any other questions just ask
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Try: http://goo.gl/uSRk
Update to stock 1.6, I think by going to:
Menu > Settings > About > Software Update
After you root it, go to the market and download Superuser by ChainsDD
Then ROM Manager by ClockworkMod.
Open Rom Manager and grant Root permission.
Flash Clockwork Recovery or alternatively Amon's RA.
Plug your phone into your computer and mount it.
On your computer open up the phone's folder and drag and drop a ROM in it.
You can download them in Development, at cyanogenmod.com and I'm also working on my own that you can download at Infinimod.blogspot.com it's 2.2.1 FroYo and fast as hell.
After that shut the phone off, turn it on while holding the home button.
Wipe the phone.
Flash the .zip that you downloaded.
Wait for it to install.
Reboot.
All done, have fun!
I am stuck at flashing the new rom again. This time I'm getting E: can't open /chache/recovery/command. Any idea how to get past this and finish this ordeal. I really do appreciate any and all help!!
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update. BRICKED? no matter what button combo i hit i get nothing. i hit power button it goes right to screen display of what appears to look like a mailbox with an arrow coming out of it pointing down to the little green android dude. cant get past it only way to get it off the screen is to pull battery. im guessing i have a paper weight.
Try going back into your recovery, mount usb, and recopy the ROM. Usually you'll get that error due to the ROM being copied wrongly and it happens very often although it may seem like it copied just fine.
Updated 01/05/2011
Support for both AMOLED & SLCD owners!
With the release of Unrevoked 3.31, DINC owners are now able to obtain root and S-OFF with the Nov OTA and it also supports recoveries for both AMOLED and SLCD users!
I have put together an extensive guide on how to get root for both AMOLED & SLCD users! Rooting is now even easier than ever.
The guide is available at http://jonsuh.com/2010/11/root-your-droid-incredible-how-to/
FAQ
Blank Recovery Screen Issue
For those of you coming across the issue of the blank/black recovery screen:
Do NOT boot straight into recovery with Volume Up+Power.
Boot into HBOOT FIRST with Volume Down+Power.
Then select RECOVERY from the HBOOT menu.
I rooted before the OTA and the OTA will not install
Read my article on how to Unroot your Droid Incredible at http://jonsuh.com/2011/01/unroot-your-droid-incredible/
Then read my article on how to root.
link doesnt work
I apologize; link is fixed and should be working now.
Looking to try this, but my SD card appears to be formatted to FAT16. How do I format it to FAT32?
Edit: Spoke too soon, got it. I'll post an update when once I'm done.
works perfectly took about 45 minutes
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works perfectly took about 45 minutes
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It is more time consuming but it does work! Glad to know u were able to get it to work. I think it was worth it. So much better having root back
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I'm already S-Off and rooted, running (mostly) stock. I skipped to step 5B, to update to the OTA update. However, when I attempt to apply update.zip, it fails during the "Verifying current system" step. The text is below:
assert failed: apply.patch.check("/system/app/Mail.apk", <insert two long non-matching hash values here>)
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Anyone run into this or have a clue?
Thanks.
danman7 said:
I'm already S-Off and rooted, running (mostly) stock. I skipped to step 5B, to update to the OTA update. However, when I attempt to apply update.zip, it fails during the "Verifying current system" step. The text is below:
assert failed: apply.patch.check("/system/app/Mail.apk", <insert two long non-matching hash values here>)
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Anyone run into this or have a clue?
Thanks.
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Well truthfully, the OTA update doesn't do much but add more crapware. There isn't any other reports of the OTA being a significant update so you'd be safe to not even install the OTA. If you're annoyed with the reminder, if you've done all I've told you to, if you click "Install" it should just time out and not do anything and never remind you again.
Not Working For Me
This process does not appear to be working for me.
After doing all up to and including the "ADB" stuff and typing "reboot bootloader", my phone just boots to the bootloader and does nothing. I never get the prompt to process the update.
Where did I go wrong? I've tried this four times with the same results.
ozone777 said:
This process does not appear to be working for me.
After doing all up to and including the "ADB" stuff and typing "reboot bootloader", my phone just boots to the bootloader and does nothing. I never get the prompt to process the update.
Where did I go wrong? I've tried this four times with the same results.
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Did you make sure you didn't rename the file something different? It should be "PB31IMG.zip" in the root of your SDCARD.
Also did you make sure your SDCARD was formatted to FAT32? and not FAT/FAT16?
UNREVOKED 3.22 HAS BEEN RELEASED.
Get your copy at www.unrevoked.com.
This thread will be changed within the next 24 hours to accommodate the new Unrevoked. No longer need to downgrade to root.
jsuh said:
Did you make sure you didn't rename the file something different? It should be "PB31IMG.zip" in the root of your SDCARD.
Also did you make sure your SDCARD was formatted to FAT32? and not FAT/FAT16?
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No good.
I am running Windows 7 64-bit.
I formatted the removable sdcard to fat32 and the PB31IMG.zip file is named correctly.
I type in "./flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd0.img" and immediately get the "#" prompt after it confirms my entry.
I then type "reboot bootloader" and the phone goes to the bootloader and just sits there until I tell it to reboot.
Should I be doing all of this from the internal storage instead of the removable card?
New Info:
I just tried it again and this time instead of rebooting from the bootloader screen I selected "bootloader" and it checked the image and gave me the option to flash. I said "yes" and it is now loading the image.
ozone777 said:
No good.
I am running Windows 7 64-bit.
I formatted the removable sdcard to fat32 and the PB31IMG.zip file is named correctly.
I type in "./flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd0.img" and immediately get the "#" prompt after it confirms my entry.
I then type "reboot bootloader" and the phone goes to the bootloader and just sits there until I tell it to reboot.
Should I be doing all of this from the internal storage instead of the removable card?
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Nope, you shouldn't, but no worries, the new Unrevoked version should be able to get you root without having to follow all my directions.
Just go to www.unrevoked.com/recovery then download and run the proper version.
Uh-Oh!
I think I just bricked the phone.
After saying yes to flashing the image, the phone went black and never woke up. now I can't turn it on although the soft buttons light up when I press the power button.
Is there any key combination that will get me to recovery or am I screwed?
Updated 12/2/2010
With the release of Unrevoked 3.22, I provided instructions for root for BOTH AMOLED & SLCD owners!
Enjoy
http://jonsuh.com/2010/11/root-your-droid-incredible-how-to
ozone777 said:
I think I just bricked the phone.
After saying yes to flashing the image, the phone went black and never woke up. now I can't turn it on although the soft buttons light up when I press the power button.
Is there any key combination that will get me to recovery or am I screwed?
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Is there any way to get the phone back?
ozone777 said:
Is there any way to get the phone back?
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You can try to hold volume down and the power button to get back into hboot. That may get you back to a workable position.
Hope that help...
g00gl3 said:
You can try to hold volume down and the power button to get back into hboot. That may get you back to a workable position.
Hope that help...
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Already tried all the standard key combos with no success.
I thinks its time to stick a fork in it.
Time of death...3PM.
This doesn't mean I won't try again with the replacement Verizon sends out to me.
Gotta get back on the horse.
ozone777 said:
Already tried all the standard key combos with no success.
I thinks its time to stick a fork in it.
Time of death...3PM.
This doesn't mean I won't try again with the replacement Verizon sends out to me.
Gotta get back on the horse.
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Pull the battery out put it back in and turn it back on (u said that it was an slcd?). U mentioned that the soft keys turn on right? Have u tried re running unrevoked with the new recovery mod for slcds? Look at my site for directions.
It may b that unrevoked would still recognize ur phone being plugged in and rerun the root process with the proper recovery.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
The 3.22 works great. The one thing I kept getting hung up on was after I installed the drivers by going into device manager etc etc was that windows was still asking me to install hardward drivers for usb device... so I followed along with windows and installed the driver again. Immediately after I installed the drivers for the second time unrevoked picked up my phone and started the process. It went all the way through and went to "done." (forgot to remove the PB31IMG.zip from trying to push the downgrade before - so it tried loading the update and failed...all I had to do was choose dont reboot, that brought me back to the hboot screen then unrevoked picked it back up).
The one problem I kept running into was that the new 3.22 unrevoked wouldnt pick my phone up even after I installed the drivers with device manager etc. So I tried a few different computers...still nothing and still asking me a second time to install the drivers. After I installed the drivers the second time everything was smooth from there.
Hi guys,
Recently, my phone showed a pop-up about the 2.3 Gingerbread update. I downloaded it and began the installation process. However, as it was installing ( with the green bar under a phone with a sd card i think? ), the whole icons for the process disappears, and it is replaced by a phone with a red triangle and an exclamation mark inside of it.
At first, I assumed that this was due to my SD card being buggy. I moved all my files onto my computer and I reformatted the SD card, and then I put the information back on the SD. However, the problem still occurred.
I then bought a new SD card, and attempted to install the update using that one, still, no success.
After a factory reset of the phone, I attempt to install the update, yet to be again faced with no success.
I assume that the problem is because of my phone's ROM, so I put it into recovery mode. After I select recovery mode using the power button, it goes to the white HTC screen with green text, but right after that, the black screen with the phone yet again appears.
I'm so frustrated right now, as I have cleared all my phone data, my SD card data, and even spent good money on a SD card that I didn't need, and I still have not fixed this problem. Someone please help?
Thank you,
Kevin
Dude ... That is the screen that appers before the phones enters recovery ... Relax ...
Redownload the rom and wait for some time after that screen appears ...
Ive never got the update myself so i dont kno if its normal ....BUT im sure its the screen before the stock recovery opens ...
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App
Thanks. I did that, and I left the phone to sit overnight, but it still did not change at all. When I woke up, the phone and the red error sign was still there. Are you sure that's the screen that appears before?
try to press the volume button up or down when that sign is showing
if that fails, install a ruu and run it
if that fails,
-grab the rom.zip out of the ruu (run ruu, go to %temp% folder (run %temp%) there is a temp folder -containing the rom.zip)
-copy that to a diff directory (since else it will be deleted after you cancel the process)
-rename it to PG32IMG.zip
-put it on your sdcard
-go to your hboot
-flash it
if that also fails... your fked and need to bring your phone back to the place where u bought it
Hi, thanks for the reply. I tried your first solution, but for the rest of them, I am quite confused as to what they all mean.
What exactly is a ruu, and how do i run it?
Download here and open by double clicking it...