i think , i was do something my Xperia
now i dont update new release ROM 3A
what i must do?
boot screen wrote
KOVS110
SPL-0.72.0liNex
MicroP1-787
MicroP2-707
srry my bad english
HELP MEEEE plss.
thnx for all help
ufkozcan said:
i think , i was do something my Xperia
now i dont update new release ROM 3A
what i must do?
boot screen wrote
KOVS110
SPL-0.72.0liNex
MicroP1-787
MicroP2-707
srry my bad english
HELP MEEEE plss.
thnx for all help
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You hardSPL'ed your X1 correct, now you need to download the ROM you want (stock or cooked).
And follow the steps from Step 2 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=446070
gl
Lokatho said:
You hardSPL'ed your X1 correct, now you need to download the ROM you want (stock or cooked).
And follow the steps from Step 2 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=446070
gl
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dude
he explain for fixes
"Attention! Couldn't do this on a Vista machine, had to use my XP notebook!
- Download the file you want to use and rename it from *****.image to ****.image.nbh
- Run NBHUtil
- Go to "Extract NBH" tab
- Choose *****.image.nbh
- Now you should see something like this:
Model ID: KOVS*****
Target CID: 11111111
Version: 1.02.932.3
Language: DEU Remember what it says here. Could be something else for you, depending on the language of the file you want to use!
Chunk Size: 64
- Click the "Extract" button next to OS:
- Save it as OS.nb
- Go to "Build NBH" tab
- Select the X1 as model
- Set language to the value you should remember ;-)
- Click on "..." next to OS:- Select the previously extracted OS.nb file
- Click "Build NBH"
- Save it as "Kovsimg.nbh"
Now you can continue with step 1 or 2.
but ..
this step
- Click on "..." next to OS:
not posibble
because look at the picture havent it? "...." how can be? pls help me
I'm not sure if I understand your problem, but why don't you follow this procedure http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=445662
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0. Make sure x1 is hard-spl first - this is OK in your case
1. Make sure yr micro-sd is formatted w/ fat-32 - if you have no data on your card better format it again.
2. rename the image file (normally "ruu_signed.nbh") to Kovsimg.nbh, copy that to the micro-sd, and put that it yr X1
3. Bring x1 to boot-loader mode by turning off the x1 completely. Hold the "volume down" button on the right, and hold the power on button until you see the tri-color screen.
4. Then follow the on-screen instruction
"
5. After successful flashing remove battery for while
6. Optionally - do hard reset combo: press & hold two silver buttons under screen and press for short while power button, then follow the on-screen instruction
If you have no special reason it is better to use this method for flashing every rom.
netbat said:
I'm not sure if I understand your problem, but why don't you follow this procedure http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=445662
"
0. Make sure x1 is hard-spl first - this is OK in your case
1. Make sure yr micro-sd is formatted w/ fat-32 - if you have no data on your card better format it again.
2. rename the image file (normally "ruu_signed.nbh") to Kovsimg.nbh, copy that to the micro-sd, and put that it yr X1
3. Bring x1 to boot-loader mode by turning off the x1 completely. Hold the "volume down" button on the right, and hold the power on button until you see the tri-color screen.
4. Then follow the on-screen instruction
"
5. After successful flashing remove battery for while
6. Optionally - do hard reset combo: press & hold two silver buttons under screen and press for short while power button, then follow the on-screen instruction
If you have no special reason it is better to use this method for flashing every rom.
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ye dude i know this step but
i was wrote how to do Kovsimg.nbh" explain
i have problem this step
do u explain me?
(srry my bad english)
netbat said:
I'm not sure if I understand your problem, but why don't you follow this procedure http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=445662
"
0. Make sure x1 is hard-spl first - this is OK in your case
1. Make sure yr micro-sd is formatted w/ fat-32 - if you have no data on your card better format it again.
2. rename the image file (normally "ruu_signed.nbh") to Kovsimg.nbh, copy that to the micro-sd, and put that it yr X1
3. Bring x1 to boot-loader mode by turning off the x1 completely. Hold the "volume down" button on the right, and hold the power on button until you see the tri-color screen.
4. Then follow the on-screen instruction
"
5. After successful flashing remove battery for while
6. Optionally - do hard reset combo: press & hold two silver buttons under screen and press for short while power button, then follow the on-screen instruction
If you have no special reason it is better to use this method for flashing every rom.
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i copy standart stock my m.sdcart and boot my phone but only "serial" on 4 color screen how to use my msdcard?
step by step:
1. you wan to have stock rom.
You go to http://blog.fastgsm.com/sonyericsson/r3a-software-for-sony-ericsson-xperia-x1/ and download file you want.
For example file for "XPERIA X1 Generic UK R3AA010 Software Update" is "APP_SW_X1i_GENERIC_UK_CDF1215-1832_KOV_R3AA010.exe"
2. Now double click on this file in windows and unpack it. You will get another file something.image or whatever.
3. rename this file to kovsimg.nbh
make sure you can see in windows files extensions like .exe or .nbh
4. copy kovsimg.nbh directly on your sd card
5. now you should be ready for update
If you do this and boot loader can't find file - format your sd card again (not quick format bur normal format).
I hope this will help.
netbat said:
step by step:
1. you wan to have stock rom.
You go to http://blog.fastgsm.com/sonyericsson/r3a-software-for-sony-ericsson-xperia-x1/ and download file you want.
For example file for "XPERIA X1 Generic UK R3AA010 Software Update" is "APP_SW_X1i_GENERIC_UK_CDF1215-1832_KOV_R3AA010.exe"
2. Now double click on this file in windows and unpack it. You will get another file something.image or whatever.
3. rename this file to kovsimg.nbh
make sure you can see in windows files extensions like .exe or .nbh
4. copy kovsimg.nbh directly on your sd card
5. now you should be ready for update
If you do this and boot loader can't find file - format your sd card again (not quick format bur normal format).
I hope this will help.
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i understand dude
itry FAT & FAT32 format (no quick format)
but i cant
im not stupid
i put m.sd card on xperia
it write serial on screen
how can? i do??
ufkozcan said:
i understand dude
itry FAT & FAT32 format (no quick format)
but i cant
im not stupid
i put m.sd card on xperia
it write serial on screen
how can? i do??
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There are some SDcards that don't work with the flash by SDcard method.
So you'll have to try with flashing with your pc.
Lokatho said:
There are some SDcards that don't work with the flash by SDcard method.
So you'll have to try with flashing with your pc.
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ok i will try
how?
1 - download the attached CustomRUU
2 - extract and place in the same folder as your *.nbh ROM file
3 - connect your phone with pc (activesync or windows mobile device center)
4 - when connected execute CustomRUU and follow the steps
5 - wait until finished (may take a while)
gl
Lokatho said:
1 - download the attached CustomRUU
2 - extract and place in the same folder as your *.nbh ROM file
3 - connect your phone with pc (activesync or windows mobile device center)
4 - when connected execute CustomRUU and follow the steps
5 - wait until finished (may take a while)
gl
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thats ok thnx dude
now "APP_SW_X1i_VFE_UK_CDF1215-0285_KOV_R3AA013" last version
but boot screen write
KOVS110
SPL-0.72.0LiNex
microP1-787
microP2-707
is it normal?everything is orjinal? ??
idon think its normal SPL
how to return normal SPL? (for i want to use sony ericsson update program)
iwant to remove it
I need some major help guys.... i need to send my g1 to tmobile but my only problem is i cannot seem to unroot. each time i get to the Grey and Blue screen it does not load, it says (loading no image)... then it goes back to the RAINBOW screen. im i doing something wrong? I have followed these steps. i would greatly appreciate your help.
I. Downgrade the SPL (If you never loaded a new SPL or are coming from a completely stock Donut G1, SKIP THIS SECTION).
1. Download the Original SPL:
Original SPL
2. Rename the Original SPL to Update.zip and place it (now named update.zip) on the SD card (not in any folder).
3. Turn off the phone
4. Turn on the phone holding Home and End key till the recovery screen pops up.
5. Hit Alt W to wipe the phone, then hit Alt S to load the update.zip
6. After the update is complete, press Home and Back to reboot.
7. Once the phone reboots to the G1 Logo, turn it off by taking out the battery. Then put the battery back in. *READ THE REPORTED ISSUES FOR A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS STEP!
II. Load the DreaIMG.nbh File
1. Download the Original DreaIMG.nbh file:
Original DREAIMG.nbh
2. If the file downloaded above downloads as a .Zip file, please unzip it first then put the DreamIMG.nbh file that is inside on the SD card, NOT in any folder. (If you did Section I the phone is off still, take out the memory card, put it in the MicroSD adapter and plug it into your computer to transfer the file over, since your G1 won’t turn on right now if you did Section I above. Otherwise if you did not need to do Section I above, then you can just put it on the SD card normally using the usb cable and the phone).
3. Turn the phone off if it is on.
4. Turn on the phone by holding the Camera button and the End key until the bootloader screen turns on.
5. Hit the End key to start the update. DO NOT INTERUPT THIS PROCESS.
6. Once it is done, hit the trackball to restart the phone. You now are on the stock firmware RC29.
First step is posting in correction section(Q&A). Second step is using the search.
Read the damn rules for posting new threads or go away
i did!! n i still didnt get help from the thread that was posted by {tubaking]
Did you place the file DREAIMG.nbh on the root of your sdcard??
yes i did... i even tried with rc30 but it didnt work.
i keep getting stuck on the last step. i have cynogenmod.
You are pressing camera+power to get this done??
yes i am...
i followed all the steps correctly..for some reason it keeps messing up at the end when it gets to the grey and blueish screen.
And is your card formatted to Fat32. And did you check the MD5sum on the file to make sure it's the complete file.
Wow mikey on here helpin.
yes it is formatted
i don't know what that is..MD5sum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md5sum
how do i check if the MD5 is a complete file>?
To see if a given file is valid, pass the output of a previous md5sum run with the switch -c. Thus, the following two steps occur:
1. Compute the MD5 sum and store it in a file using md5sum file > file.md5
2. Check for validity with md5sum -c file.md5
If file is not present, omitting the file parameter or passing a - reads from standard input
i don't understand smh
Just redownload the RC29 file again and retry it then.
would you happen to have a RC29 file for download? i've tired about 4 different files
afriican qwee said:
would you happen to have a RC29 file for download? i've tired about 4 different files
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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EMY1HIVU
its still not working
Is the file named DREAIMG.nbh and not DREAMIMG.nbh.
if your seeing a rainbow screen... your at the stock spl....
whats the error its giving you
when i get to the rainbow screen it goes to the grey and blue screen to do the last loading. all it says "loading no image" then it goes back to the rainbow screen within 10 seconds. and ill have to pop the battery out and restart my phone regular again...
do you think something is wrong with the ROM that i have?
im also wondering if i can change the ROM and try to unroot if it will work...
any suggestions?
[TUTORIAL] How to bring ur phone to original state.
1. Download your stock rom here (Make sure it’s the right provider and language): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475482
stockrom: the original rom, made by SE.
2. Extract the file you downloaded from the previous step.
3. Now you have two choices:
1: flash with your micro sd card
2: flash via your computer
4. 1: flash with your micro sd card:
5. Rename the file you extracted to “KOVSimg.nbh” (yeah, change the extension!) Than place the file in root of your micro sd card. Than hold your battery out for 1 second…put it in. Hold ur volume down button and power button on for a while until you are at the bootloader. Wait…. When it asks for it push the power button. And wait for it to finish the flashing. After you finished that hold your battery out and put it back in.
6. 2: flash via your computer:
7. Rename the file you extracted to “ruu_signed.nbh” (yeah, change the extension) put it in the same map as this file (http://www.multiupload.com/LX2ZJKCTQH). Run customRUU.exe. Follow the instructions….
8. Now the original ROM is back on your Phone
9. If you touched the radio than put back the original radio. See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=477801
10. When you have the original radio and ROM on ur Phone, it’s time to Make your spl original:
11. Be carefull: always install the radio and the ROM first!!!!!
12. Follow this link: : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=431218. Download the following files: X1_HardSPL_v1.zip and ruusigned_072stockspl.zip.
13. Extract the First one. run x1_hardspl.exe. extract the next one. Copy it to the map u runned x1_hardspl.exe in and overwrite. Then follow the instructions…
14. Check if you’re done by going to your bootloader again. If it says 0.72.0000 you’re DONE!!
15. If it says olinex ur not doen and have to check this tutorial again…
Good luck!
Very useful... sticky-worthy.
Jezza0 said:
Very useful... sticky-worthy.
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thank you
benpontiac said:
[TUTORIAL] How to bring ur phone to original state.
1. Download your stock rom here (Make sure it’s the right provider and language): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475482
stockrom: the original rom, made by SE.
2. Extract the file you downloaded from the previous step.
3. Now you have two choices:
1: flash with your micro sd card
2: flash via your computer
4. 1: flash with your micro sd card:
5. Rename the file you extracted to “KOVSimg.nbh” (yeah, change the extension!) Than place the file in root of your micro sd card. Than hold your battery out for 1 second…put it in. Hold ur volume down button and power button on for a while until you are at the bootloader. Wait…. When it asks for it push the power button. And wait for it to finish the flashing. After you finished that hold your battery out and put it back in.
6. 2: flash via your computer:
7. Rename the file you extracted to “ruu_signed.nbh” (yeah, change the extension) put it in the same map as this file (http://www.multiupload.com/LX2ZJKCTQH). Run customRUU.exe. Follow the instructions….
8. Now the original ROM is back on your Phone
9. If you touched the radio than put back the original radio. See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=477801
10. When you have the original radio and ROM on ur Phone, it’s time to Make your spl original:
11. Be carefull: always install the radio and the ROM first!!!!!
12. Follow this link: : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=431218. Download the following files: X1_HardSPL_v1.zip and ruusigned_072stockspl.zip.
13. Extract the First one. run x1_hardspl.exe. extract the next one. Copy it to the map u runned x1_hardspl.exe in and overwrite. Then follow the instructions…
14. Check if you’re done by going to your bootloader again. If it says 0.72.0000 you’re DONE!!
15. If it says olinex ur not doen and have to check this tutorial again…
Good luck!
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Hi Ben,
nice initiative, but the procedure is already in an sticky, and there's even made a movie about it made by biovolt http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=497511
So i'm going to request the mod to close this thread.
Don't get mad about this, but if everyone is going to do this the forum will be loaded by this kind of threads.
But keep up the good work Benpontiac
Indeed.
I will not delete the information, despite it being covered elsewhere. It is clear info and simply laid out. I will close the thread though in order that pre-existing threads are used.
Mike
This thread covers things already covered before. This is not a mindless repeat but an attempt to collect information contained in previous guides into one step by step guide to help people having difficulty finding all the information they need to do each of the things listed in the title. If there is missing or incorrect information please let me know and I will update.
Root, nand unlock, radio update, Froyo Rom install (Two Froyo sections. One is if you want to use Cyanogen and one is if you want to use another Froyo rom)... all in one.
Section 1: "Rooting the phone"
Section 2: "Nand unlocking"
Section 3: "Updating your radio"
Section 4A: "Installing Cyanogen Rom"
Section 4B: "Installing other Froyo Rom"
Section 5: "Installing Amon_RA Recovery" (Alternative to Clockwork, optional section for those wishing to give it a try)
Section 6: "Restore to stock rom and radio and turning S-ON" (Good for an RMA)
Section 7: "Installing custom themes" (Just a placeholder currently for an upcoming update)
Section 8: "Installing custom splash screen"
Section 9: "Installing Ubuntu on your Incredible" (Just a placeholder currently for an upcoming update)
This guide is meant to be a quick guide with all of the information to root your phone, nand unlock it, radio update it and put a Froyo rom on it, all in one easy place. For those of you who have done all of this you know how hard it can be to find all of this information.
I claim absolutly no credit for any of this. If you wana give credit, give it to the people who did all of the work, not me. The only thing I accept credit for, and trust me, this is a VERY tiny contribution to the hard work that all of these devs have done, is to put it all in one place.
Disclaimer: I am not a dev. I can not help you with your unique problem, consult the real devs, the ones who made the guides to which I will link. Following this guide or any of the ones I am referencing to can be dangerous and can cause you to end up with a bricked phone (Bricked: Dead, gone, finished, useless, trash, worthless, $400 paper weight, a phone with one app: "Black screen") Notice: Bricking ones phone can cause unwanted side effects such as the desire to scream uncontrollably or the desire to chock the nearest person, continue at your own risk. While following these guides carefully can greatly reduce the risk of a bricked phone, the risk is still inherent and one does continue at their own risk and can not hold this poster or any of the poster of the guides referenced responsibile for any damages caused to the phone, OS or anything related thereto. (I'm not a lawyer, so sorry if that doesn't cover every loophole, point is, don't blame us)
**** MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR PHONE PLUGGED IN FOR ALL OF THIS!!! YOU DON'T WANT YOUR PHONE DYING AT ANY POINT IN THIS GUIDE****
First let's download all of the files we will be needing.
Go here: http://unrevoked.com/#inc
Download both Unrevoked3 and Unrevoked Forever.
Go here: http://adrynalyne.stfuthxbye.net/radio/2.15.00.07.28/PB31IMG.zip
Download this file, it is the 2.15 radio update (DO NOT PUT IT ON THE SDCARD YET)
Now that we have the files, let's get started.
Section 1 "Rooting the phone"
Step 1: Power on your phone.
Step 2: Go to settings.
Step 3: Go to Applications.
Step 4: Go to Development.
Step 5: Select USB debugging.
Step 6: Connect your phone to your computer.
Step 7: Run the Unrevoked3 file that you downloaded.
Additional Step: If you get stuck here with this message on Unrevoked3, "Waiting for bootloader; Make sure driver is installed!" then go to this webpage and follow the instructions there.
Step 8: After it finishes you will be in what is called recovery. It is a black screen with green text options. Reboot should be selected already, press the optical trackball to reboot your phone.
Step 9: Once your phone has rebooted pull down the notification bar and turn on the disk drive part of the USB connection so you can access the files on your sdcard.
Step 10: Save all of the contents of your sdcard to a folder on your computer.
Step 11: Go to My Computer (I am assuming you using Windows because if you were using Linux you probably would have figured all of this stuff out for yourself, however if you are using linux like me, you know how to adapt these parts of the guide to fit your Linux) and find your sdcard (make sure it's your sdcard and not the internal storage of your phone)
Step 12: Format the sdcard to fat32.
Step 13: Place your files back on the sdcard.
Step 14: Place the unrevoked forever zipped file on the sdcard (in the bottom directory, in other words, not in any folders)
Step 15: Go to the market application on your phone and find and install "Rom Manager" by ClockworkMod.
Step 16: Pull down the notification bar and turn off disk drive. (Select charge only)
Step 17: Open "Rom Manager" (it will ask for root permission, grant it)
Step 18: Select "Backup Current ROM" (This is a nandroid backup and will save you countless hours trying to get your phone back to operable status should you mess something up, it will however do nothing to help you if you brick your phone, that's different.)
Once it is done with the backup it will reboot the phone. Congrats, you now have a rooted phone and a backup created!
Section 2 "Nand unlocking"
("But I already rooted my phone, what is this?" Ummm... well it's hard to explain but basically it's a FULL rooting, in laymans terms, one that will allow you to flash stuff that hasn't been signed, like a radio update. I may be a little bit off on the description but I will update it if someone wants to explain it a little better than that)
If you run into a problem in this section or section 4A or 4B with the recovery saying it is unable to find /cach/update.zip go into Rom Manager and at the bottom there is an option to install old recoveries, install an older recovery like 2.5.0.1 and attempt the section again.
Step 1: Go into "Rom Manager" app.
Step 2: Select "Reboot into Recovery"
Step 3: The green text menu will appear upon reboot. Select "install zip from sdcard" (Note: You can use your optical trackball to move around the menu, then press it to make a selection.)
Step 4: Locate the unrevoked forever zip you placed on the sdcard earlier and install it.
Step 5: Once the install is done press the power button to move back once in the recovery menu.
Step 6: Reboot your phone.
Congrats, you now have a FULLY rooted phone. Be sure to thank the Unrevoked team for their hard work! Thanks guys!!! We love you!!
Section 3 "Updating your radio"
NOTICE: This section is by far the most dangerous sections of all of this stuff. For this reason I will give a warning about what NOT to do before I even tell you what to do. During this process we will be updating the radio. When we go to update the radio it will ask you if you wish to update using the file it has found. You will answer yes and allow it to do the update. Should you mess up at any point and be asked again to do the update, DO NOT DO IT!!! If you update your radio twice with this file, you WILL brick your phone. Once again, DO NOT update the radio twice with this file.
Note: This section can only be done if you have done the previous section, Nand unlock. Also there has been a bit of confusion when trying to update the radio, please ensure that you follow the steps carefully as some people are attempting to update their radio from recovery. Updating your radio is done from HBOOT, not recovery.
Step 1: Locate the "PB31IMG.zip" file you downloaded earlier.
Step 2: Place it on the sdcard (in the bottom directory)
Step 3: Power off your phone.
Step 4: Hold the volume down button and then press and hold the power on button at the same time. This will boot you into a screen that says something about HBOOT.
Step 5: At this point it will scan for a file and find the "PB31IMG.zip" file on your sdcard and ask if you wish to update with it. Select yes.
Step 6: You should see a bar on the right that shows you the loading progress. Once it is done, press the power button and the menu options should change.
Step 7: You should now have an option to reboot your phone, press the volume down button and then the power on button to select it.
Step 8: Once your phone is booted go to settings.
Step 9: Select "About Phone" (At the bottom)
Step 10: Select "Software Information"
Step 11: Ensure that in the "Baseband version" section it says "2.15.XX.XX.XX" (No, not really X's, just any numbers there will do)
Step 12: Install a file manager on your phone. Astro File manager will do.
Step 13: Locate the "PB31IMG.zip" file on your sdcard and delete it. (You want to remove it off of your sdcard so you don't make a mistake and update your radio again, bricking your phone)
Congrats, you now have an updated radio!! (Hopefully a phone that isn't bricked either cause you were sure to follow my warning)
There are two Section 4's. Section 4A is for people wishing to install the Cyanogen Rom. Section 4B is for people wishing to install another Froyo 2.2 Rom of their choice. Do not do both sections, I have added the other section so that people have a choice as not everyone wants to use Cyanogen.
Section 4A "Installing Cyanogen Rom"
Step 1: Open "Rom Manager" app.
Step 2: Select "Download ROM"
Step 3: Select "CyanogenMod"
Step 4: Select "CyanogenMod 6.0.0-RC3" (If the numbers are greater than that, that is fine, just means there has been a Cyanogen update)
Step 5: Select Download (If it gives you the option, download google apps too)
Step 6: It should ask if you want to wipe with this install, select yes, it will also ask if you want to do a backup, I recommend you do.
Step 7: Once it is done with the update it should reboot and you are finished.
Section 4B "Installing other Froyo Roms"
Step 1: Find and download the froyo rom of your choice. (Jager and Skyraider are a couple choices but there are others, happy hunting)
Step 2: Place the rom on your sdcard (in the bottom directory)
Step 3: Open "Rom Manager"
Step 4: Select "Reboot into Recovery"
Step 5: Once in recovery select "install zip from sdcard"
Step 6: Locate the rom you placed on your sdcard and install it.
Step 7: Once the update is finished select "wipe data/factory reset"
Step 8: Confirm the wipe. (This will keep you from getting stuck in a boot loop)
Step 9: Reboot your phone.
Note: If you did not wipe your phone after installing a new rom and are stuck in a boot loop, pull your battery out, replace it and hold the volume down button and the power button at the same time. This will place you in HBOOT. Once it has checked your SD card for any signed updates use the volume down button and select the "RECOVERY" option by pressing the power button. This will reboot your phone into recovery where you can preform the "wipe data/factory reset" to get you out of the boot loop.
Congrats, you have a rooted phone with the nand unlocked, the radio updated and a VERY sweet cooked rom on your phone. Your phone should be speedier than ever. Enjoy and be sure to thank the rom developers for their hard work!!
Section 5 "Installing Amon_RA Recovery"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=758874
Step 1: Go to the thread linked above.
Step 2: Find the latest version of Amon_RA recovery and download the file ending in ".img" (labeled recovery reflasher)
Step 3: Plug your phone into your computer.
Step 4: Go to settings.
Step 5: Go to Applications.
Step 6: Go to Development and disable USB Debugging.
Step 7: Start running Unrevoked3.
Step 8: Select the menu option "File" in Unrevoked3.
Step 9: Select Custom Recovery.
Step 10: Locate the Amon_RA recovery ".img" file that you downloaded and select it.
Step 11: Turn USB Debugging back on. Your phone will now go through the process of installing Amon_RA Recovery. Leave it alone till it is sitting in recovery.
There are some nice features in Amon_RA, take a look around if you want. The nandroid backup and restore is quite elaborate. Enjoy.
Section 6 "Restoring to stock rom and radio"
The following section is for anyone looking to restore their phones to stock rom 2.1 and radio 1.0. Do not follow this section unless you are wanting to revert back to stock radio and rom.
Step 1: Download this file: http://www.mediafire.com/?n3bmd2bkz55k1b9
Step 2: Connect your phone to your computer.
Step 3: Save all the files on your sdcard to a folder on your computer.
Step 4: Format your sdcard to fat32.
Step 5: Place the "PB31IMG.zip" file that you downloaded onto the sdcard in the bottom directory.
Step 6: Power down the phone.
Step 7: Hold the volume button down while pressing the power on button. (This will place you in HBOOT)
Step 8: HBOOT will find the file on the sdcard named "PB31IMG.zip" and ask if you wish to update with it. Answer yes. (It will start to load and restart HBOOT and scan for the file again, don't panic, let it do it's thing.)
Step 9: When it is finished it will ask you to reboot the device, press volume up to reboot.
Step 10: Remove "PB31IMG.zip" from the sdcard.
You should now have a stock rom and radio, good if you are wanting to do an update to the OTA 2.2.
Section 7: "Installing custom themes" (Just a placeholder currently for an upcoming update)
Future update!!
Section 8: "Installing custom splash screen" (Just a placeholder currently for an upcoming update)
This can only be done once you have unlocked the nand, done S-OFF in other words.
Step 1: Go here and find the custom splash you want. (Or if you have one from somewhere else you want to use just follow the rest of the directions)
Step 2: Make sure the file is named PB31IMG.zip.
Step 3: Place the custom splash on the sdcard bottom directory.
Step 4: Shut down the phone.
Step 5: Boot into HBOOT by holding down the volume down button and the power key at the same time.
Step 6: When it asks you if you wish to update answer yes by pressing the volume up key.
Step 7: When it is finished press the volume up key to reboot.
Step 8: Remove the PB31IMG.zip file from the sdcard.
Congrats on your custom splash and bootscreen.
Section 9: "Installing Ubuntu on your Incredible" (Just a placeholder currently for an upcoming update)
Future update!!
References:
Rooting: http://unrevoked.com/#inc
Nand unlocking: http://unrevoked.com/#inc
Radio Update: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=737400
Cyanogen Froyo ROM: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/
To any others I missed: Thank you all for your very helpful guides and tons of information. You devs are what makes the android community awesome!
I check the forums pretty frequently but just incase you feel you have a need to email me, here is my address.
Email: [email protected]
Nicely done. This should answer a lot of questions. Perhaps this should be a sticky?
Perhaps but we will leave that up to the mods and the members. If the members find it useful enough then I am sure they will get it stickied
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Your guide has already cause one user to have problems.
You say "find PB31IMG.zip in this thread." The only PB31IMG.zip in that thread is the stock RUU back to 1.00.03.04.06, not the 2.15 radio. You should probably upload the 2.15 radio yourself and link to it.
Berzerker7 said:
Your guide has already cause one user to have problems.
You say "find PB31IMG.zip in this thread." The only PB31IMG.zip in that thread is the stock RUU back to 1.00.03.04.06, not the 2.15 radio. You should probably upload the 2.15 radio yourself and link to it.
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Thank you, on it right away.
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Berzerker7 said:
Your guide has already cause one user to have problems.
You say "find PB31IMG.zip in this thread." The only PB31IMG.zip in that thread is the stock RUU back to 1.00.03.04.06, not the 2.15 radio. You should probably upload the 2.15 radio yourself and link to it.
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The guide has been updated. Thank you for catching that. The user who had the problem, are they still able to flash another radio?
Here is the link to the updated 2.15 radio
http://adrynalyne.stfuthxbye.net/radio/2.15.00.07.28/PB31IMG.zip
Yes, all that happened was it took them back to stock.
Thank God. Please keep me updated on the progress of this user so I can fix any other discrepancies in the guide. Thanks a lot for your help.
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Question. I'm not going to install Forever, but I've been rooted for a long time. However, I am still running the 1.00 radio. Can I just use the 2.15 radio PB31IMG.zip file over the 1.00 radio? If not, then will installing this PB31IMG.zip file factory restore my phone or just update the radio? I thought with the 1.00->2.05 radio, it would make you factory restore your phone, not sure if that was the case with 1.00->2.15
TheWhiteBandito said:
Question. I'm not going to install Forever, but I've been rooted for a long time. However, I am still running the 1.00 radio. Can I just use the 2.15 radio PB31IMG.zip file over the 1.00 radio? If not, then will installing this PB31IMG.zip file factory restore my phone or just update the radio? I thought with the 1.00->2.05 radio, it would make you factory restore your phone, not sure if that was the case with 1.00->2.15
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You can not do a radio update from 1.00 to 2.15 without either doing a factory reset of sorts with that OTA file or doing the unrevoked forever.
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dadicus said:
You can not do a radio update from 1.00 to 2.15 without either doing a factory reset of sorts with that OTA file or doing the unrevoked forever.
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There doesn't exist a signed RUU with the 2.15 radio, so in order to get the 2.15 radio, you HAVE to use unrevoked forever. The closest you can get is 2.05 radio
Berzerker7 said:
There doesn't exist a signed RUU with the 2.15 radio, so in order to get the 2.15 radio, you HAVE to use unrevoked forever. The closest you can get is 2.05 radio
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Thanks for that info, I was unaware of that.
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In the very first steps, I have already got an error, "Waiting for bootloader; Make sure driver is installed!" Which driver? This is my first time roting, everyone says how easy it is but every direction I see is distinctly different and though I feel I can usually hold my own in the tech world, I am lost. Please lend a brotha a hand.
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In the very first steps, I have already got an error, "Waiting for bootloader; Make sure driver is installed!" Which driver? This is my first time roting, everyone says how easy it is but every direction I see is distinctly different and though I feel I can usually hold my own in the tech world, I am lost. Please lend a brotha a hand.
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I am working on a solution for you. Hang in there.
You are doing this on windows right?
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yomonk1 said:
In the very first steps, I have already got an error, "Waiting for bootloader; Make sure driver is installed!" Which driver? This is my first time roting, everyone says how easy it is but every direction I see is distinctly different and though I feel I can usually hold my own in the tech world, I am lost. Please lend a brotha a hand.
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dadicus said:
I am working on a solution for you. Hang in there.
You are doing this on windows right?
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Got it! Went to the webpage "hboot driver" in the unrEVOked package and followed those directions, it worked. I'm on my way. formatting card now (forever...) then reload and moving on! The big problem this morning is that I wont be able to do ANYTHING else until the servers come back up. Whats up with that anyway?? Cant do anything without that!
(And yes, Windows) Thanks for your help
By servers you mean the android market? You can still do a search for Rom Manager and install it.
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dadicus said:
By servers you mean the android market? You can still do a search for Rom Manager and install it.
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No, everything seems to be down this morning. Cant search anything, no webpages work. Seems many others are experiencing this too.
So like locally you mean? That sucks.
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yomonk1 said:
No, everything seems to be down this morning. Cant search anything, no webpages work. Seems many others are experiencing this too.
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I added in an additional step for the problem you were having in case others come up against the same problem. Thank you for informing me on what you did to fix the problem.
I just modified the guide. I changed section 4 to two different sections. Section 4A is for those wishing to update to Cyanogen 6.0.0-RC3 rom. Section 4B is for anyone who does not wish to use Cyanogen and wants to try another Froyo rom.
I wanted to make the guide more universal as I created the guide to be a kinda catch all and felt that limiting the instruction to one rom was biased. Even though I have tried other roms and prefer Cyanogen's rom, I wanted to leave that choice up to the users.
Regarding the ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1867462
I'm a little confused. I was following the flash instructions:
Directions to flash:
1: NANDROID BACKUP
2: Download your ROM to your SD Card
3: Reboot into recovery, wipe data + cache
4: Install the rom
5: If Rom bootloops retry step 4
I was able to successfully get to flashing the ROM. However, I kept on getting a message to find the update.zip file and flash. But I didn't have an update.zip sitting on my phone and was a bit nervous. I pointed back to the miui-bean-beta.zip file. Also the upper right hand corner said slightly different values (93%, 95%). I had to do this a few times before it finally finished. But it wasn't clear to me what "finished" means....
Questions:
a) regarding the directions, just what does step 5 mean???
b) did I need to rename my miui-bean-beta.zip file to update.zip?
RandRMu3ll3r said:
Regarding the ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1867462
I'm a little confused. I was following the flash instructions:
Directions to flash:
1: NANDROID BACKUP
2: Download your ROM to your SD Card
3: Reboot into recovery, wipe data + cache
4: Install the rom
5: If Rom bootloops retry step 4
I was able to successfully get to flashing the ROM. However, I kept on getting a message to find the update.zip file and flash. But I didn't have an update.zip sitting on my phone and was a bit nervous. I pointed back to the miui-bean-beta.zip file. Also the upper right hand corner said slightly different values (93%, 95%). I had to do this a few times before it finally finished. But it wasn't clear to me what "finished" means....
Questions:
a) regarding the directions, just what does step 5 mean???
b) did I need to rename my miui-bean-beta.zip file to update.zip?
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A- Bootlooping is when you see the boot animation, phone shuts off and reboots. Rince and repeat. This obviously didn't happen to you
B- The link you provide isn't good so I can't verify what you mean by having to flash update.zip