Hello, I'm new here and I have a lot of questions, but the most important (before I start flashing my Diamond) is:
How can I retrieve my current ROM (the one that came with the phone) from it's memory?
I need this in case something goes wrong and I need to service it! In case of service problem, the warranty will void if I change the ROM.
Can anyone give me some info on this?
Thanks in advance!
roms are replaced leaving no trace of them on the device
only way to go back is to flash the device with the same old rom one had to begin with
if devices had a shadow rom one could go back to the original it came with
it would require 2 times the rom storage raising the price and size of the device
and inc the power usage
Rudegar said:
roms are replaced leaving no trace of them on the device
only way to go back is to flash the device with the same old rom one had to begin with
if devices had a shadow rom one could go back to the original it came with
it would require 2 times the rom storage raising the price and size of the device
and inc the power usage
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So, there is no ROM (*.nbh) witch I can save somewhere else for later flashing in the Internal Memory of the Phone? (not the 4GB)
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So my screen is shot.. the phone hit the ground very hard.. the screen popped out a bit and doesnt work. Can I put the stock ROM back on it and relock it with out the screen working? I have insurance, but I dont want them to diagnose it and figure out its hacked. Please give me any info you can! Thanks guys!
you should be able to, are you able to sync the phone w/your comp via activesync? ifso, just flash back to the shipped ROM (relock if necessary, and swap 'er out!)
SOHKis said:
you should be able to, are you able to sync the phone w/your comp via activesync? ifso, just flash back to the shipped ROM (relock if necessary, and swap 'er out!)
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how can u flash back to the stock rom? i have the ntelos version and i have flashed it with 2 different roms. how can i get my stock ntelos rom back?
you will have to download the stock/shipped rom, maybe from your carrier's website?
i'm not familiar w/ntelos so i'm not sure where to find the stock rom.
*after a few mins of searching through the ntelos site i found a link to diamond "software download" on the lower left - http://nteloswireless.com/phones/htc/htcdiamond.php
which will take you to the HTC site where ROM updates appear to be available:
http://www.htc.com/www/SupportDownloadList.aspx?p_id=133&act=sd&cat=2
and a link to the most recent ROM DL, you'll have to enter your serial # to access the ROM - http://www.htc.com/www/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=133&cat=2&dl_id=483
i entered my serial number and it said the serial # was invalid
It seems to have worked.. I called Asurion, and they sent my phone.. just got it!! Thanks guys.. now time to unlock get it back to where i had it!
How do you lock the phone back though after you've flashed back to stock rom. My screen no longer recognizes the touch. And I will definitely have to take it in for repairs asap. Is there a cab out there?
Try this baby out:
http://www.mymobiler.com/
I broke a screen on mine before and was able to do whatever with it...then again if you are getting it replaced by insurance... you could technically say it was lost / stolen and you wouldn't have to bother with re-locking etc.
I have "RootTattoo1Click_Recovery_2010-03-18_Mvx" installed and running flawlessly. But now I need to send it back to service center for some HW issue and so I need to COMPLETELY remove custom recovery image and revert back to stock bootloader. How do I do it? I have the factory rom for my regoin with me "RUU_Click_HTC_Asia_India_1.67.720.8_release_signed_NoDriver.exe" which I got from "shipped-roms", should I simply run it?
PS: Sorry if it has been repeated, I tried searching and got a few results too, but I just wanted to make sure I dont have a brick
Simply install the stock rom and check if the custom recovery and bootloader have been set to default afterwards. Should solve your problem.
Look here:
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Click/
pick your carrier and country and flash - completly unroots/rolls back your Tattoo!
Hi.
I also had to give my tattoo away for display repair. They sent it to HTC in Hong Kong, and they returned it repaired (under warranty).
My tattoo was rooted with 1-click from Mvx, so I guess they don't even check it or they don't care.
Best regards
They usually re flash first thing anyway. They did mine when it had HW repair. They have done the same for previous HTC devices I had to.
jitin_s said:
I have "RootTattoo1Click_Recovery_2010-03-18_Mvx" installed and running flawlessly. But now I need to send it back to service center for some HW issue and so I need to COMPLETELY remove custom recovery image and revert back to stock bootloader. How do I do it? I have the factory rom for my regoin with me "RUU_Click_HTC_Asia_India_1.67.720.8_release_signed_NoDriver.exe" which I got from "shipped-roms", should I simply run it?
PS: Sorry if it has been repeated, I tried searching and got a few results too, but I just wanted to make sure I dont have a brick
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hi
assuming ur from Asia India
u can take the above mentioned rom from here
Link : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10031257/RUU_Click_HTC_Asia_India_1.67.720.8_release_signed_NoDriver.rar
Note : this has to be flashed from ur PC via usb cable this is a exe file OK
hope it helps
Thanks everyone! I installed the suggested ROM exe and all well
Although I'm soon trading my beloved tattoo for X8, i know not a powerhouse, but I like the looks and presence of GPU is gonna be a big deal for me! But nothing can match customizations of HTC sets. Also, tattoo has an awesome community and awesome devs. CHEERS
Hey Guys, My HTC wildfire is net locked to 3, i have tried several times to install a custom rom via unrevoked 3 tool.
This is the process i went through:
downloaded rom(s) - have tried several
copied to SDcard
ran unrevoked 3
backed up
reset to factory settings + then wiped cache partition
install from SDcard > navigated to zipped rom
installation flashed up for a second then quit, does this everytime on any rom
reboot
checked software name everytime and is only coming up saying 2.1-update 1
any ideas on how i can get either unlocked 2.1 ROM or 2.2 ROM installed? is there anything i am doing wrong / missing
many thanks
w1ngs
You need to first debrand your WF. You do this by creating a Gold card.
I did mine by the Modaco method.
Google debrand wildfire and you'll see.
Good Luck
Ok nevermind, have found it, many thnks, now sitting with my debranded phone, flash time
Hmmh, still the same result when i came to flash the ROM. It opens then quits a second later. I now have a debranded phone.
Any ideas?
Well I can't offer you a solution but I can tell you that my Wildfire works on 3 without any need for the gold card method. Make sure you have added 3 network settings in wireless network settings. Sometimes custom ROMs don't pick this up.
Also, at the risk of sounding insulting, make sure you have paid your bill. I thought I had my bill set to direct debit but either the 3 customer service goons failed at setting this up or my bank wouldn't allow it. So for a couple of days I was thinking that my custom ROM wasn't working but actually it was 3 had cut me off.
just a small point here but a fairly substantial one, i am talking about flashing the wildfire to a different ROM, not having network issues, your comment was unhelpful as perhaps you did not read the original post. Thanks
Can anyone help?
angelw1ngs said:
Can anyone help?
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Try reflashing as I had that problem once. And try a different memory card as I have killed 3 mem cards upto now!
angelw1ngs said:
just a small point here but a fairly substantial one, i am talking about flashing the wildfire to a different ROM, not having network issues, your comment was unhelpful as perhaps you did not read the original post. Thanks
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Just a small point here but a fairly substantial one, you said it was net locked, as in network issue.
Did you click install zip from sd card or apply update.zip
Hi,
I have a problem with my galaxy s not booting unless plugged in, after a long research it seems that it's a hardware issue so I wanna send it back for warranty.
Thing is, I have rooted my phone and then I went back to the original firmware (from samsungfirmware ) and then, I upgraded it via Kies to 2.2 and everything is fine apart from my the issue that I just explained.
the question is, would samsung repair it , would they realize that I have rooted my phone before ??
what's the worse scenario in this case ? should I give it a shot or repair it myself?
thanks
I think, the worse scenario is they won't repair your phone and send it back to you (and you have to pay the delivering).
If you unroot your phone, I don't think they are able to find out if your phone was rooted or not (or is there any root-log-file?).
thx for reply
I'm not sure how I can see what's in my internal (sys) memory since it's not rooted. but I formatted everything (boot, sys, sd ext ...) before flashing the stock firmware.
thanks
With HTC we have A RUU that restores the phone to exactly the factory condition all you need is USB connectivity. You need to find this EXE to run and bring it back to stock and in theory they cannot tell if it has been rooted. Out of neccessity I had to send my Evo back fully rooted with custom boot animation and splash screen and i never heard anything about it. You can take the chance or you can google until you find the correct file.
As long as its no longer rooted I'm pretty sure your good
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thx guys, I'll take it tomorrow and see what's gonna happen.
best regards
Let us know how you get on .
jje
I bought a second-hand Note yesterday and it is constantly freezing up. I've tried flashing a stock CPW ROM to fix the issue but it still persists. Also under 'USB storage' the device says that there is only 8.24gb in TOTAL. Whoever owned it had clearly been flashing ROMs themselves as it was running a recent German ICS, the custom kernel counter reads '9' in download mode and the serial number is 000000000000 (though the IMEI is intact. When the device does run it seems fine but if I play with it within ten minutes it will freeze and need a force reboot.
Is there any hope for this device or should I just give up on it and try and contact the seller?
Get your money back.. You got scammed.. That's a suberbricked phone partial recovered by the pit file method
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Ok, Firstly I would recommend to flash a Stock GB firmware via ODIN, Once flashed, boot into recovery (or under settings) and do a full factory reset.
Then check your available storage space, It should be around 11gb, If it is not, there is a chance the previous owner bricked it and used patched pit files to re-partition the emmc (works, but loses around 2-3gb of space)
Also, as for your serial, This **should** get restored with a GB flash. If not let us know and we can look at some other solutions.
Did you buy this phone from a company / Online seller ?
Sounds like whoever had your phone had hard bricked it and used a PIT File recovery method to work around the problem thus losing some of the internal storage..
Usually once recovered they can work without issue just with a smaller internal storage;
Check out second post down on this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661590&page=2
Should give you some further info..
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Ok, Firstly I would recommend to flash a Stock GB firmware via ODIN, Once flashed, boot into recovery (or under settings) and do a full factory reset.
Then check your available storage space, It should be around 11gb, If it is not, there is a chance the previous owner bricked it and used patched pit files to re-partition the emmc (works, but loses around 2-3gb of space)
Also, as for your serial, This **should** get restored with a GB flash. If not let us know and we can look at some other solutions.
Did you buy this phone from a company / Online seller ?
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I wouldn't encourage him to re flash anything on that phone... If he can get his money back he MUST have a partially working phone not a suberbricked phone or the seller could say he damaged it and as he does not have warranty is screwed...
Worst case if the guy does not want to give your money back.. Go to a Samsung repair center and get your mother board replaced paying some bucks
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True, Getting a refund is top priority..........But if it wasnt a genuine seller and the OP is stuck with this phone, He should at least try to get it working.
He will have to re-brick it to claim warranty or else they would spot the binary count and re-partitioned emmc.
Even then they may not repair as he is not the original buyer, I know it sounds far-fetched but these big companies dont give a **** about their customers, Only their money.
EDIT: damn the 8 thanks limit !!! I owe you one
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Ok, Firstly I would recommend to flash a Stock GB firmware via ODIN, Once flashed, boot into recovery (or under settings) and do a full factory reset.
Then check your available storage space, It should be around 11gb, If it is not, there is a chance the previous owner bricked it and used patched pit files to re-partition the emmc (works, but loses around 2-3gb of space)
Also, as for your serial, This **should** get restored with a GB flash. If not let us know and we can look at some other solutions.
Did you buy this phone from a company / Online seller ?
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I bought it from a private seller. Do you think flashing Gingerbread will get the storage back? I've flashed a firmware that was stock (not leaked) ICS but it was a PDA only file. No repartitioning or anything. I've downloaded LPF firmware with CSC and modem etc which I'd intended to flash to see if that works. Is that a bad idea? The phone works fine for a bit but completely hangs every few minutes. It told me there was a software update, downloaded it but the phone freezes when I try to run it.
A refund is unlikely. The seller lives miles away and I don't drive. I can trade it in to a phone recycler and only lose £38 but would prefer to fix it if it's even possible. If it didn't keep freezing I wouldn't mind only having 8gb of storage.
leoni1980 said:
I bought it from a private seller. Do you think flashing Gingerbread will get the storage back? I've flashed a firmware that was stock (not leaked) ICS but it was a PDA only file. No repartitioning or anything. I've downloaded LPF firmware with CSC and modem etc which I'd intended to flash to see if that works. Is that a bad idea? The phone works fine for a bit but completely hangs every few minutes. It told me there was a software update, downloaded it but the phone freezes when I try to run it.
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As mentioned above I think before commencing any flashing you should contact the seller and ask for a refund ! He / She did not specify the phone had been tampered with did they ??
You dont want to be buying a phone and then having to flash this and that just to get it in a working state.
Theres no guarantee that flashing GB will fix all your issues, But GB is the best firmware to fix issues, ICS is good but still buggy.
Anyway, If you cannot get your money back (which you should try as hard as possible to do)
Download a stock GB firmware, Flash it without repartitioning (this time) and do a full wipe, then see whether kies will update it.
Does your phone memory say something like Total space 8.xxGB ? or free space 8.xxGB ??
You could try to flash the normal unmodified pit files to put the phone back into its bricked state and try to claim warranty, But theres no guarantee it will be repaired for free
EDIT: Just seen your above post, Have a look at this thread for more in-depth details on recovering from a brick - http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...soHQCQ&usg=AFQjCNEkw1FE2ALb5gUsNOFFGIi5y-U_NQ
Luckily I have never bricked my Note (Yet) so i dont know much about recovering from one.
It says 'total space' 8.24gb (
What's the best Gingerbread file to flash? Got a link?
Thanks guys. Appreciate your rapid assistance.
I'm not having much luck lately. Two faulty Nexus 7s and I thought this would be a good purchase once I'd given up on those
I can now barely do anything on the phone before it freezes. Seems worse than ever.
this is the GB firmware I always revert to when I have any issues
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/69014495/N7000XXLC1_N7000XXLB2_N7000CPWLB2_HOME.tar.md5
Do a full wipe AFTER it has flashed, Never wipe on stock ICS kernels
Cheers for the DB link. I was tearing my hair out over stupid Hotfile links when I was searching for one.
Is my storage permanently crippled then??
And sorry for the noob questions, I'm new to the Note. I can't believe Samsung have screwed up so much that you can't even do a wipe on their stock firmware even when it's OFFICIAL. That's a CRAZY mess up.
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Cheers for the DB link. I was tearing my hair out over stupid Hotfile links when I was searching for one.
Is my storage permanently crippled then??
And sorry for the noob questions, I'm new to the Note. I can't believe Samsung have screwed up so much that you can't even do a wipe on their stock firmware even when it's OFFICIAL. That's a CRAZY mess up.
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Well, You will not be able to get the missing 3Gb back if that's what you're asking.. And yes - very bad move from Samsung....
Yes I agree it is a bad design flaw, Of which they are aware of. Luckily there have been workarounds since the beginning, Only the users that dont read up on the issue will suffer the brick (the previous owner of your Note for example)
There are ways to recovery *Some* of the lost space but not all of it. Its a tricky method but if you want to give it a shot, Check the link i posted earlier.
Theres also a way to swap the internal with external using a vold.fstab swap method So say you had a 64gb external sd this would become your internal sd
If i was you Id just try to get it working, Then keep all your important stuff on the external sd and make do with the lack of internal space.
If it all goes wrong and you cannot fix it, Either send it off for repair and hope for the best / pay for new motherboard (if they will let you) or sell it on (but be honest) and purchase another one.
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Well, You will not be able to get the missing 3Gb back if that's what you're asking.. And yes - very bad move from Samsung....
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Ok. Well if I could get the device running perfectly I wouldn't be so bothered about the missing 3GB. COuld I expect to face any problems other than this if I flash Gb and update through Kies or is my internal storage now permanently shot to pieces and prone to hangs and freezes?
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Ok. Well if I could get the device running perfectly I wouldn't be so bothered about the missing 3GB. COuld I expect to face any problems other than this if I flash Gb and update through Kies or is my internal storage now permanently shot to pieces and prone to hangs and freezes?
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As far as I know - if the re-partition has been done correctly then you should not be facing these issues.. There's alot of advice in the above thread I posted and I think forrest1971 is familiar with the PIT / Re-partition activities.
Fortunately I have never had to repartition / Run PIT files.. The good thing is it's booting and working at the minute so there's probably a lot of help / advice you can glean from these forums.. Unfortunately I'm not able to offer too much in relation to this one..