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[Q] Stuck at Fastboot usb screen

I installed the new zen2.2 rom today and had a working clockwork recovery. Here is where I went stupid, I downloaded the kernel update but rather than running it via update.zip I flashed it using flash_image recovery via adb shell.
Now my phone comes up to fastboot usb and never goes any further, been waiting hours! I have tried booting into fastboot/hboot and it does nothing. I have booted to hboot before successfully but now nothing.
If I run adb devices it shows no devices. If I run fastboot devices it does show my device.
Whats next?

If you cant get into fastboot and you cant get into recovery then you m ight have bricked your phone. Did you try a hard reset?

How do you do a hard reset?
Here is a little more info. I believe it does actually get to fastboot usb as it says so on the top left of the screen and I can run fastboot commands but most commands say error. If I do fastboot devices it shows the device connected.
Little more info - when I try doing a back to basics RUU update it connects, shows the rom version, starts the update and then at about 88% every time, it goes right to a error [171] usb connection error. So its communicating but never finishes. Tried with the sprint RUU stock rom, another that was built by one of the devs in the Hero community and still both do the same.

I'm pretty sure you can flash a custom recovery from fastboot. Using something like fastboot flash xxx dont quote me on this but it sounds like you have a soft brick and you just need to get a recovery back on the phone. From there you can then flash and rom back on the phone. Do some research on flash a recovery from fastboot.

ASimmons said:
I'm pretty sure you can flash a custom recovery from fastboot. Using something like fastboot flash xxx dont quote me on this but it sounds like you have a soft brick and you just need to get a recovery back on the phone. From there you can then flash and rom back on the phone. Do some research on flash a recovery from fastboot.
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Right, I also believe that if I could get a recovery back on the phone I would be good as gold! Here is the problem though. I have tried running "fastboot flash recovery [recovery.img]" but it gives me the below error. I have tried multiple key combination's to get into hboot but nothing works. If anyone has any other key combination's I could try please let me know!
Code:
D:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (3720 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)
finished. total time: 0.001s

1st:The ONLY time you use flash_image recovery is when you are installing a recovery console, NOT a kernel
If you notice the kernel is in a signed .zip folder. When you use flash_image command it needs to be .img file
2nd: Put the recovery image on your sdcard
Put it in the tools folder of AndroidSDK and do
Code:
adb push recovery.img /sdcard
Now type in
Code:
$ adb shell
$ su
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

unCoRrUpTeD said:
1st:The ONLY time you use flash_image recovery is when you are installing a recovery console, NOT a kernel
If you notice the kernel is in a signed .zip folder. When you use flash_image command it needs to be .img file
2nd: Put the recovery image on your sdcard
Put it in the tools folder of AndroidSDK and do
Code:
adb push recovery.img /sdcard
Now type in
Code:
$ adb shell
$ su
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
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Yeah I think he knows now not to flash kernels... atleast I hope so. +1 for your post.

unCoRrUpTeD said:
1st:The ONLY time you use flash_image recovery is when you are installing a recovery console, NOT a kernel
If you notice the kernel is in a signed .zip folder. When you use flash_image command it needs to be .img file
2nd: Put the recovery image on your sdcard
Put it in the tools folder of AndroidSDK and do
Code:
adb push recovery.img /sdcard
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I am fully aware of how the how-to's and what not to do's. Like I said, it was a mistake, call it a bit of anxiety due to the new 2.2 rom that I was trying to get installed. I did it too quick and without much common sense .
Now type in
Code:
$ adb shell
$ su
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
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For the second part, I am unable to do anything with adb as my computer does not see the phone. When running adb devices it is not listed. Only command that sees my phone is fastboot devices, but again I am unable to run anything aside from that due to previous error.

casualonejp said:
I am fully aware of how the how-to's and what not to do's. Like I said, it was a mistake, call it a bit of anxiety due to the new 2.2 rom that I was trying to get installed. I did it too quick and without much common sense .
For the second part, I am unable to do anything with adb as my computer does not see the phone. When running adb devices it is not listed. Only command that sees my phone is fastboot devices, but again I am unable to run anything aside from that due to previous error.
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First do you have the eng spl, does your hoot say s (on)
Have you tried that command but point it to the sdcard? Also do you have any files on your sdcard like say a recovery.img or an update zip. If you don't you might need to manually move the file to it and try some of these commands
fastboot update /sdcard/<imagepackage>.zip [-w] -w will wipe the cache and the user/data
or your previous flash recovery but with the file pointing to the file on the sdcard
edit: sorry i dont think fastboot will see the sdcard but try anyways.

ASimmons said:
First do you have the eng spl, does your hoot say s (on)
Have you tried that command but point it to the sdcard? Also do you have any files on your sdcard like say a recovery.img or an update zip. If you don't you might need to manually move the file to it and try some of these commands
fastboot update /sdcard/<imagepackage>.zip [-w] -w will wipe the cache and the user/data
or your previous flash recovery but with the file pointing to the file on the sdcard
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I will try the fastboot command right now. I am unable to get to hboot with any of the key combination I have tried, before I was able to. Only thing that always comes up is the HTC white screen with fastboot usb at the top left. Can't see what hboot version or anything else I have due to that limitation.

casualonejp said:
I will try the fastboot command right now. I am unable to get to hboot with any of the key combination I have tried, before I was able to. Only thing that always comes up is the HTC white screen with fastboot usb at the top left. Can't see what hboot version or anything else I have due to that limitation.
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After reading a bit you should be able to do something like i described
- copy amon_ra image to yor sd
- flash_image recovery /sdcard/name-of-recovery.img
hopefully you have a way to copy the files to your sd card like say a microsd card converter and stick it in your comp. Or I have had to use a freaking camera once for my g1 after being in a similar situation.
edit: ok so maybe you wont be able to if you spl is in s-off mode.
if you can access your card and see if you have nadroids you could also try this
fastboot flash system /path/to/nandroid/system.img
fastboot flash boot /path/to/nandroid/boot.img
fastboot flash userdata /path/to/nandroid/userdata.img
fastboot reboot
hopefully you have these backed up on your puter to.

ASimmons said:
After reading a bit you should be able to do something like i described
- copy amon_ra image to yor sd
- flash_image recovery /sdcard/name-of-recovery.img
hopefully you have a way to copy the files to your sd card like say a microsd card converter and stick it in your comp. Or I have had to use a freaking camera once for my g1 after being in a similar situation.
edit: ok so maybe you wont be able to if you spl is in s-off mode.
if you can access your card and see if you have nadroids you could also try this
fastboot flash system /path/to/nandroid/system.fimg
fastboot flash boot /path/to/nandroid/boot.img
fastboot flash userdata /path/to/nandroid/userdata.img
fastboot reboot
hopefully you have these backed up on your puter to.
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Negative on the fastboot commands. Also did have a nandroid but on old sdcard which died. I read that I could use anothers nandroid backup but I am currently trying to find one to test.
Tried doing the RUU method with stock/custom roms and it gets as far as seeing the image but when I click on "ok" to start the recovery, it goes to "waiting on bootloader" and then at 88% it errors to a 171 error stating usb connection error.

I would do some research its my understanding that you can't be bricked since you can get into spl. You should be able to put an .img file on your sd card and flash it. Sorry I can give you any more input.

ASimmons said:
I would do some research its my understanding that you can't be bricked since you can get into spl. You should be able to put an .img file on your sd card and flash it. Sorry I can give you any more input.
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Ya I have been researching non stop all yesterday evening and today so far all day. I just cant get it to do anything. I will keep researching though. Thanks

Did you fix this yet?

Anyone figure this out yet...I have the same issue and haven't been able to resolve it yet. Still with a brick at this point!

Hey guys,if your stuck at fastboot(As I just was tonight), try in your CMD(if running Windows) fastboot reboot-bootloader or fastboot reboot to reboot as normal,I'll try to keep you updated to get through all this. I am at a loss right now but searching for answers first before i go about asking.
Answer to MY problem(maybe not yours): OK,I have come to the conclusion here tonight that I had a soft brick. What I did was remove the battery,put the battery back in,restarted the phone normally,then I ran the HTC Sprint Hero MR 2.27.651.6 on my computer(essentially restoring back to unrooted factory settings). This worked for me. I am totally refreshed and happy that my phone is ok and all. Yes I may have to go back and re-root but this only take me bout 20 minutes most to root and re-flash a CyanMod7 Nightly Rom. Hope my info can help out somebody!

[GUIDE] How To Root HBOOT 1.01

Ok guys I noticed a lot of people are getting stuck with this myself included and for me it was because the information I needed was fragmented all over the place, So here is all the information that I used some parts have been edited to fit the purpose of rooting 1.01 as there is no definative guide at the minute.
1st thing to do is make a goldcard even if you already have a working goldcard make it again mine was working for other phones but wouldnt work for this.
All credit for the goldcard guide goes to BlaY0
BlaY0 said:
Here are few easy steps on how to make Goldcard without taking it out of your phone but you have to be root (VISIONary temproot is fine).
You will be doing this from command prompt:
Code:
adb shell
su
First you need to find out sdcard's CID:
Code:
cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:*/cid
...copy it into text box on http://hexrev.soaa.me/. Now go to http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard and put in the reversed CID you have got on previous web page. Push goldcard.img to your phone via 2nd command prompt:
Code:
adb push goldcard.img /data/local/
...unmount sdcard via Settings, go back to 1st command prompt and make a backup then make goldcard:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 count=1 of=/data/local/sdcard_backup.img
cat /data/local/goldcard.img > /dev/block/mmcblk0
sync
exit
You may also pull that backup to your PC:
Code:
adb pull /data/local/sdcard_backup.img .
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The 2nd guide you will need to use is also by BlaY0
BlaY0 said:
Preface
Because there are too many ppl without any knowledge spreading false findings and statements I decided to write this HOWTO.
Audience
This HOWTO is primarily ment for those who already have rooted Legends but they recently experienced problems flashing CM's or new Vodafone FroYo boot.img.
Background
HBOOT is like a BIOS in our PCs and to cut a long story short it also contains partition table for phone's internal storage. That means it has info on where exactly certain partition starts and how big it is.
At HTC they decided to partition Legend's internal storage this way:
misc 640 kB
recovery 4,375 MB
boot 2,5 MB
system 240 MB
cache 40 MB
data 185 MB
...but as we found out (first with CM nightly) boot partition was a little short for the boot.img to fit in if we had one or more bad cells (sectors) on it. Eventually we found out that quite some Legend's had bad cell on boot partition and those unfortunate souls that owned such phone were unable to upgrade to Vodafone FroYo rooted ROM too.
I think that HTC also recognized that Legend's boot partition was kinda small so they rearanged partition table in HBOOT 1.00 a bit making boot partition bigger (now it is 3 MB) by shrinking recovery partition a little.
So now we know that some of us actually need HBOOT 1.00 in order to flash FroYo's boot.img without a problem. But how do we keep root then?
Prerequirements
Android SDK (primarily adb)
working USB drivers (for adb to work)
goldcard (in case you are trying to flash ROMs with different CID than your phone has)
ClockWorkMod recovery (if your Legend is already rooted)
Rerequirements
Vodafone FroYo OTA update (actually just firmware.zip from OTA)
Legend rooting tools (just testimage.zip)
Hack 4 Legend v5(just misc1-2.img and flash_image)
VISIONary r13(r14 is out also but i haven't tested it yet)
Instructions
I will split instructions into two parts... for already rooted phones and phones that were already updated with Vodafone OTA thus they lost root.
Already OTA updated with HBOOT 1.00
That one is relatively easy. You could also follow Paul's guide but I like my approach better
Connect your phone to your PC. Second you have to install VISIONary r13 into your phone and do the "temproot" procedure. After a successful "temproot" you should be able to adb shell and then su. Fire up command prompt and issue:
Code:
adb shell
su
...you should have root privileges now (showing #). Next thing is backing up misc partition and replacing it with one from hack4legend-v5.zip. Extract this zip somewhere and fire another command promt there. Now you should upload flash_image binary and misc1-2.img:
Code:
adb push flash_image /data/local/
adb push misc1-2.img /data/local/
...switch back to 1st command prompt and change permission of flash_image_binary:
Code:
chmod 755 /data/local/flash_image
...and backup your current misc partition:
Code:
cat /dev/mtd/mtd0 > /sdcard/misc_backup.img
Now flash misc1-2.img:
Code:
/data/local/flash_image misc /data/local/misc1-2.img
exit
...and you are set to downgrade retaining HBOOT 1.00.
Unzip r4-legend-root.zip and find testimage.zip in it. Put it on your phone's sdcard renaming it to LEGEIMG.zip. You can then reboot into bootloader issuing:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
...from command prompt. Phone will reboot and find LEGEIMG.zip on your sdcard, copy it into RAM and check it. If you get CID error at this point, then you don't have goldcard. Make your sdcard gold and try again. After successful flash and reboot you may remove LEGEIMG.zip from sdcard. Next step is upgrading of rooted FroYo ROM. Put FroYo update ROM zip to your sdcard and install it via ClockworkMod recovery. You may also flash backed up misc partition after that. Still in recovery mode and hooked with your PC switch to command prompt and restore it back:
Code:
adb shell
flash_image misc /sdcard/misc_backup.img
exit
...and reboot.
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So by now you will be on an unrooted Eclair rom. The third guide I used was by David Cogen
David Cogen said:
I. Before You Begin
1. YOU MUST BE ON VERSION 1.31 IN ORDER TO ROOT THE LEGEND, IF YOU ARE NOT YOU CAN DOWNGRADE USING THIS PROCEDURE.
2. This will erase all the data on your phone so please at least sync your contacts with Google before continuing.
3. You must have HTC Sync version 2.0.33, not a newer version. Uninstall HTC Sync and install this version instead.
1. Download the Rooting Tools
Legend Rooting Tools
2. Unzip them to the C: drive on your computer (so the file path is C:\r4-legend-root\)
3. Turn off your phone and turn it back on by holding down Back and Power until you see Fastboot come up on the screen. Push the Power button while highlighting Fastboot on the phone and Fastboot should show up in red now on the phone (if it doesn’t push Power again until it does).
4. Plug the phone in via USB cable to the computer.
5. Open the folder you extracted to the C drive and double click “step1-windows.bat” and wait for it to finish.
6. Once you see the menu on the phone come back up, navigate to BOOTLOADER and push power, then navigate to RECOVERY using the volume buttons to navigate and the power button to select and the phone should boot to the ! screen.
7. Now on the computer double click the “step2-windows.bat” file and wait for it to finish. (UPDATE 12.13.10 – You MUST have HTC Sync version 2.0.33 not a newer version for step2 to work. Please uninstall HTC Sync and download and install this version instead, unplug then plug your phone back in, then rerun step2-windows.bat).
8. Now you should see a custom recovery screen, using the optical trackpad navigate to Wipe and push on the trackpad to select it. Then navigate to Wipe data/factory reset and select that.
9. Once that is done, push volume down to go back to the main menu and select Flash zip from sdcard and select the rootedupdate.zip file and wait for it to flash. All done, you have root access and can use any root required app! Enjoy!
IV. Load a Custom ROM etc (Optional)
1. Head over to our How To Load a Custom ROM on the HTC Legend procedure and continue with that to load custom ROMs and other fun stuff!
Thanks to Paul at Modaco for his awesome scripts!
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By now you should have HBOOT 1.01 with a rooted Ecclair ROM and Clockwork Recovery Mod So you can flash any custom rom that you like although I would recommend you try B 0.2
If you use this guide, you do so at your own risk.

wow...nice tutorial

I've requested that this goes in the stickies. Well done mate

FeaRThiS said:
The 2nd guide you will need to use is also by http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=609649
So by now you will be on an unrooted Eclair rom.
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Question: So the second guide is to downgrade Froyo 3.5 to Eclair 1.3?

smartsreenath said:
wow...nice tutorial
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Thanks glad it helped.
TheGrammarFreak said:
I've requested that this goes in the stickies. Well done mate
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Cheers m8 Might not be the best way but it was the only way I managed to root mine on 1.01.
nxdu said:
Question: So the second guide is to downgrade Froyo 3.5 to Eclair 1.3?
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Fist FroYo is 2.2 not 3.5 and Eclair is 2.1 not 1.3 but yes it is to downgrade to Eclair so that you can root and then upgrade back to FroYo so you end up with rooted FroYo.

FeaRThiS said:
Fist FroYo is 2.2 not 3.5 and Eclair is 2.1 not 1.3 but yes it is to downgrade to Eclair so that you can root and then upgrade back to FroYo so you end up with rooted FroYo.
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FroYo is HTC WWE 3.x, and éclair is 1.x and 2.x

Thank you!, so it doesn't matter which version of Froyo you're on but what the Hboot version of your phone is on that varies what guide you'll be using ? mine is asia's 3.15.707.3
Yes , one last thing;o how do I check whether all my contacts are properly syncd with Google ? As gmail does not display any of my contacts, if so how would I go about doing it ?._.
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

TheGrammarFreak said:
FroYo is HTC WWE 3.x, and éclair is 1.x and 2.x
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Ahh I was talkin Android version not HTC version more confusion.
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

FeaRThiS said:
You will be doing this from command prompt:
Code:
adb shell
su
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Creating a goldcard procedure
What I did, installed visionary r13, clicked on "temproot now"
Access the adb shell via "cd c:\windows-anroid-sdk\platform-tools\adb shell"
however I got the $ sign and when I typed su it says "permission denied" what might be the problem? sorry._. new to this

Hi Folks,
If you don't mind me asking, do you reckon this will work for HTC Wildfire running 2.2 RUU from shipped ROMs with Hboot of 1.01? TIA.

First I was like... but then I was like
Hey Guys,
I hope someone can help me. I followed some tutorials about rooting the HTC Legend. I followed some steps but when I had to downgrade my HTC Legend it went wrong, whatever I try every methode keeps saying, permission denied. And when I use the RUU Bootloader it says some kind of error:S I really want my Legend to get rooted! Can anyone help me?
Kind Regards Tom

After rebooting the bootloader in the second guide, it can't find LEGEIMG.zip. It says image is wrong. I have the LEGEIMG.zip in goldcard root. please help!

haha123 said:
After rebooting the bootloader in the second guide, it can't find LEGEIMG.zip. It says image is wrong. I have the LEGEIMG.zip in goldcard root. please help!
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Format your SD card in a card reader, as FAT32, then create the Goldcard as described in the first post in this thread.
Make sure you get a NEW goldcard.img as Blay0 describes in the quoted post, my old Goldcard image I used with the 2.1-update1 no longer worked and I needed to get a new one. I think the CID changed when upgrading to 2.2.
This was my problem and doing what I described above solved my problem.

TheLegendaryJay said:
Format your SD card in a card reader, as FAT32, then create the Goldcard as described in the first post in this thread.
Make sure you get a NEW goldcard.img as Blay0 describes in the quoted post, my old Goldcard image I used with the 2.1-update1 no longer worked and I needed to get a new one. I think the CID changed when upgrading to 2.2.
This was my problem and doing what I described above solved my problem.
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What about this?:
What I did, installed visionary r13, clicked on "temproot now"
Access the adb shell via "cd c:\windows-anroid-sdk\platform-tools\adb shell"
however I got the $ sign and when I typed su it says "permission denied" what might be the problem?

justcookiesncream said:
What about this?:
What I did, installed visionary r13, clicked on "temproot now"
Access the adb shell via "cd c:\windows-anroid-sdk\platform-tools\adb shell"
however I got the $ sign and when I typed su it says "permission denied" what might be the problem?
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you could try visionary r14 but r13 worked fine for me and many others.

Is this safe?
(or safe as it can be?)
I was previously rooted, but then the microphone on my handset broke, and I replaced it under warranty.
I now have a new handset, but it's back to the stock Vodafone UK Froyo build, with HBOOT 1.0
I'm really liking the look of Blay0's ROM, but fearful of breaking the phone...

brypie said:
Is this safe?
(or safe as it can be?)
I was previously rooted, but then the microphone on my handset broke, and I replaced it under warranty.
I now have a new handset, but it's back to the stock Vodafone UK Froyo build, with HBOOT 1.0
I'm really liking the look of Blay0's ROM, but fearful of breaking the phone...
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I would say its as safe as it can be and BlaY0's rom is amazin 1500+ score on quadrant with data2ext
I have personally used this method to root my phone without any problems but if you are on hboot 1.00 there may be a easier/safer way of rooting but I am unsure about that.

Trying it now...
In the 2nd guide, I can't crete the misc_backup.img --> "read-only file system".
Is this the S-ON / S-OFF thing?
How can I get around this?
Thanks.

brypie said:
Trying it now...
In the 2nd guide, I can't crete the misc_backup.img --> "read-only file system".
Is this the S-ON / S-OFF thing?
How can I get around this?
Thanks.
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Nothing to do with s-on looks like you dont have root when you type su in adb do you get a # ?

FeaRThiS said:
Nothing to do with s-on looks like you dont have root when you type su in adb do you get a # ?
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Yep - tempRoot using Visionary
EDIT - just figured it out - I still had the SD Card connected as a disk drive to my PC D'oh!

[Q] Broken Recovery

Hey there - hope somebody can help me!
* I've got a G1, which was ROOT and on Cynogenmod6.1
* I followed a guide to unroot my device and bring it back to 1.6 with normal SPL ..
Today, I wanted to root my phone again and update it again to Cyanogenmod6.1.
Installed RomManager and ClockwordMod-Recovery. Bootet to the Recovery and chosed "Update Zip". I wanted to flash the DangerSPL. That's the point everything crashed....
I can't start CWM-Recovery again, pressing HOME+POWER just brings me to the (original?) Recovery, which doens't accept any update.zip.
Hope I could fix it with Terminal or with TelnetD, but i can't.
What can i do? Help me please
FACTS:
Model: T-Mobile G1
Firmware: 1.6
Baseband: 62.50S.20.17U_2.22.19.26I
Kernel: 2.6.29-00479-g3c7df37
[email protected] #19
Build#: DRC92

Would be interesting to know, what SPL is installed.
If you had an engineering SPL, fastboot is you friend, you can flash a new recovery image directly.
Otherewise, if you do not have root access, I would suggest to boot the phone, install AndRoot / OneClickRoot or something like that and gain root access again. Then, having root access, you should be able to flash a new recovery using flash_image.

Hey there. It's the normal SPL. The one with the coloured background >.>
And, i've got root - but the flash_image thing isn't working. With no programm..
(Terminal/Flashrec/..)
):

Did you follow the instructions from here? There you can find a link to the flash_image binary, too.
You need to extract the zip, copy the flash_image binary on sdcard and probably you need to change the attributes to executeable (i am not sure). Then you need to copy the recovery.img to sdcard, too. After that, open the terminal application on your phone, go to super user mode and execute
/sdcard/flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
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Hey!
I made it the way with the Terminal and with the ADB, but both times i get the message "/sdcard/flash_image: permission denied.
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Edit: Ok i just played around with ADB and it works now. Thanks for you help!

kamikatze004 said:
Hey!
I made it the way with the Terminal and with the ADB, but both times i get the message "/sdcard/flash_image: permission denied.
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Is sdcard mounted? If yes, do a
chmod +x /sdcard/flash_image
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and try it again.

[Q] Flashing CM7

Hi all!
Last week I bought a used but still good-looking T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream). The previous owner has rootet it (Android 1.6 is installed) and this are the infos:
Firmware-version: 1.6
Baseband-version: 62.50S.20.17U_2.22.19.26I
Kernel-version: 2.6.29-00479-g3c7df37
[email protected] #19
Build-number: DRC92
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I looked through the forums here on XDA and found a laggy ICS-port, so I want to flash Gingerbread (CM7).
I've already flashed my Galaxy S, a friend's Galaxy R and my Asus Transformer tab, without any problems.
But flashing HTC-devices seems a little bit more complicated.
So what do I need to do? In the CyanogenWiki there's 'Danger_SPL' mentioned, guess I'll need it?
I don't need a looooong step-by-step-guide the correct threads or pages would be enough.
Thanks,
Lunch

need to know more about your phone, boot into bootloader mode (hold power + camera)
write down everything on this screen

DREA110 PVT 32B
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
Sep 2 2008
Serial 0
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(at the moment it's connected with my PC for chrarging, this should explain Serial 0, right?)
Hope this helps.

ok so even if it is rooted the radio and spl need to be updated, which recovery is on there. (power on holding home button)

Ok, I bought it like this and didn't change anything...
Recovery: Android system recovery <2e>
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ok you want amonra's recovery found here
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Dream:_Rooting
this guide will help you root and update your phone, being your phone is rooted do not flash the dreaming.nbh or you will be reverted back to android 1.0 and loose root
you want to skip that step and go to flash amonra via terminal emulator
then update radio via recovery
then update to danger spl (must have radio updated first or you will brick!)
then i recommended flashing cm5 + gapps found in this link
once you finished this and confirmed all is working you want to update radio and spl further to be able to flash the newest roms, info here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831139
good luck and let me know if you get stuck (also the search function in xda is great and most of your question will have been answered, peek around a bit its more rewarding than having your hand held)

Thanks a lot for your help, I'll try it!

One quick question about the Telnet-app: do I have to write flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img into the left text field and 23 in the right?
Error while connecting to server: localhost/127.0.0.1:23 - Connection refused
What do I do wrong? With Terminal Emulator the command isn't found...

telnet may not work thats ok
in terminal emulator you need to give yourself superuser permissions first
type su
then say yes to prompt
you are rooted right? do you have superuser.apk in app drawer?

Yes, I'm rooted and I'm su in Terminal Emulator.
Then there's this message: flash_image: not found
But the file is on the root of the sdcard, named recovery.img ...
And when navigating to /sdcard via Terminal Emulator and typing ls I see the recovery.img-file...

if you use windows it will auto add extentions, ie if you name it recovery.img it will read recovery.img.img
try naming it just recovery
also if it came in a .zip make sure you extract it so its a .img
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No, it's definetely named recovery.img ...
Is there another possibility to flash the recovery-file (via ADB for example)?

yes adb should work fine. i cant remember the command to type when you in adb but just by typing adb into the cmd you will get a list of commands including how to push the file/image you need.
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cd <adb-folder>
adb devices
adb shell
su
adb flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
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Would this be possible (I can't test it now, phone is charging atm).
Thanks

that might just be perfect, but you said that didnt work from terminal emulator and a shell is nearly the same,
its worth a shot. being you are rooted you can try the orange.nbh and you will have an engineering spl where fastboot commands work and i can easly explain those (i dont use adb much but have used fastboot many time) so if adb dosent work for you check out one of the many guides out there or try ornage.nbh and fastboot
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Same message: flash_image: not found, but with ls I can see it...
Ok, my phone is rooted, I have the Superuser-app in my app drawer, I'm root when accessing the sdcard, I see the file when typing ls. What do I do wrong?
I've never run in trouble when rooting my Galaxy S or my Transformer tab. But my G1 seems quite defiant.

well not being there its hard to say, now try the ornage.nbh
youll find this file in the development section under ezterry's thread under 2708+ update 14mb ram hack. rename the image dreaming.nbh and put it on sdcard. now boot into hboot (power+ camera) and say yes to the prompt. this will allow you to use fastboot and allow you to flash recovery, radio and spl. when/if this all works then boot into recovery (home + power) and flash rom
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Ok, I'll try, thanks!
Just to go sure:
- I download orange-1.58......nbh from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831139 , rename it and put it onto my sdcard
- Flash it in fastboot (fastboot = hboot?)
- Flash Amon_Ra-recovery from cyanogenwiki
- flash spl (radio needed too?)
- ?

Don't want to mix in, but just some few stuff you should know:
Fastboot is a sort of recovery on your pc, although this has much more safety measures.
That .nbh file is a file that is a fresh new start to your phone: Like you have a new phone
From Fastboot you can flash a recovery, that you can take with you everywhere
The SPL/RADIO are BOTH needed to succeed. Cheers and if I made any mistakes, please point me to them

fastboot is within the bootloader. it is a .exe program in your sdk package and works similar to adb. the orange.nbh needs to be renamed dreaming.nbh and when you boot into your bootloader it will rewrite your recovery, radio, system, spl etc
the new hboot you get will have a fastboot option in it. connect the phone via usb and when in fastboot mode you will see fastboot usb in red on your phone. you will open a cmd in the same way as adb and will type fastboot devices just live adb to make sure you are attached.
the rest is explained in the op of that thread
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tried to install JB, used Blackrose = can't get into recovery

Hello Folks,
I'm still stuck with my nexus one since I don't care that much about phones.
I've seen that jelly bean roms have made a significant progress. Thus I decided to give it a shot.
I started with installing adb and fastboot. :good: After that I rooted the nexus one :good: I've used this how to:
c2med blog, can't post links...
Next, I ran blackrose. :good: I saved the rom on the micro sd. Having done all the preperations I wanted to flash the JB rom.
I started the phone in bootloader mode but - unfortunately - couldn't access the recovery mode (ext4). I only get the Android figure and an exclamation mark.
In the how-to it sais i should use fastboot to flash the recovery made by ext 4.
Problem # 1: Ext4 generated a .zip, not a .img file
Problem # 2: I connect the device in fastboot mode, navigate to the adb/fastboot folder and use ./fastboot devices. The phone is recognized and I see the serial number. Next I try "flash recovery...." but I only get "command not found". Now, I basically have no idea what to do.
Which recovery should I flash? And how?
I'm so looking forward to your answers.

Androdicct said:
Hello Folks,
I only get the Android figure and an exclamation mark.
Which recovery should I flash? And how?
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What you get is the stock recovery.
Flash 4Ext recovery or Amon RA recovery ( fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-passion-v2.2.1.img)
Among the several guides to install JB, I suggest you to look at the following post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804571
I just finished this morning the following process:
install RA recovery,
install Blackrose and resize partition,
install from SD card Evervolv-Perdo-3.2.0-Nightly-2013.01.13-passion.zip
install from SD card gapps-ev-jb-20120816.zip
I spent a lot of times reading and trying. I had an issue after installing Evervolv-perdo-3.1.0final-passion zip. That's why I switched to the Nightly (JB 4.2).
Once you are set install a2sd from within the terminal emulator on your N1.
In my opinion this is so far the best ROM I ever have had on my Nexus 1.:good:
I am impressed to the extend that I offer to my wife to do the same on her N1. She said no. No to unlock, no to root and of course no to custom ROM.
Good luck

Hi,
thanks for your reply. Thats basically what i did as well. But after using Blackrose i can't go into the recovery mode.
I used the same tutorial. The problem lies here:
"Note: some people have reported having problems getting into recovery at this point (if not move on to step 5). If that happens, luckily for you, 4ext put a recovery image in the downloads folder of your SD card and if you did what I said in step 2 you saved it. Try reflashing that recovery image using fastboot (remember the one that was in SD/Download/4EXT_Recovery_Touch/ and was named "recovery.img"). Put your phone into the bootloader by turning off your phone, turning it on again while holding the trackball down. To reflash the recovery open command prompt and cd to the location of the Android SDK tools. Then type in the following command (replacing "path" with the path to where the recovery image is located on your computer):
Code:
fastboot flash recovery /path/recovery.img
If that does not solve your problems (inability to get into recovery) then I would recommend going back to the cyanogenmod wiki and installing Amon_Ra's recovery. Then you can use it to flash your installation zip."
It seems like I am unable to understand what I am supposed to do. Could somebody give me a step by step advice? I would prefer using some other recovery.img than mine...

Androdicct said:
Hi,
thanks for your reply. Thats basically what i did as well. But after using Blackrose i can't go into the recovery mode.
I used the same tutorial. The problem lies here:
"Note: some people have reported having problems getting into recovery at this point (if not move on to step 5). If that happens, luckily for you, 4ext put a recovery image in the downloads folder of your SD card and if you did what I said in step 2 you saved it. Try reflashing that recovery image using fastboot (remember the one that was in SD/Download/4EXT_Recovery_Touch/ and was named "recovery.img"). Put your phone into the bootloader by turning off your phone, turning it on again while holding the trackball down. To reflash the recovery open command prompt and cd to the location of the Android SDK tools. Then type in the following command (replacing "path" with the path to where the recovery image is located on your computer):
Code:
fastboot flash recovery /path/recovery.img
If that does not solve your problems (inability to get into recovery) then I would recommend going back to the cyanogenmod wiki and installing Amon_Ra's recovery. Then you can use it to flash your installation zip."
It seems like I am unable to understand what I am supposed to do. Could somebody give me a step by step advice? I would prefer using some other recovery.img than mine...
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It happened to me. I just re-flashed Amon RA recovery from the fastboot mode. Maybe somewhere you missed a step?

gunner1937 said:
It happened to me. I just re-flashed Amon RA recovery from the fastboot mode. Maybe somewhere you missed a step?
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Okay I see. Could you give me the exact steps for the fastbood method? :angel: And where did you get the recovery?
Cheers!

Androdicct said:
Okay I see. Could you give me the exact steps for the fastbood method? :angel: And where did you get the recovery?
Cheers!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611829 : read posts #15 and #16.
In other words open your folder android-sdk-windows installed on the root of your C: hd. Click on the folder platform-tools and download Amon RA recovery in this folder. Left click anywhere on a blank area of this folder then press the key Shift (keyboard) and right click your mouse. In the drop down menu select Open command window. In the CMD, to be sure that the N1 is recognized by the pc (meaning the right drivers are installed) type ADB devices and press enter. You should see a string of numbers like HT9C......
Type adb reboot bootloader and press enter. You are in the fastboot mode ( and mood if I may say so) and the phone shows that it is in the bootloader. You can check again that N1 is recognized by the pc by typing fastboot devices. Same string appears.
Type fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-passion-v2.2.1.img.
After the installation is completed boot in recovery, select Flash zip from sdcard, select the ROM you have dropped on the card. When the installation is completed go back to Flash zip from sdcard ( you are still in recovery mode) and select the gapps you have dropped on the sdcard.
Go back to Reboot system now. You are then out of the recovery and it takes some times for the N1 to boot to this beautiful JB
Edit:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804571 this is for posts #15 & #16

Androdicct said:
Okay I see. Could you give me the exact steps for the fastbood method? :angel: And where did you get the recovery?
Cheers!
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As c2med posted in his guide, sometimes, people lose their recovery when they repartition using Black Rose. Hence, its always best to have Amon-RA or 4EXT flashable .img file in your PC so that incase you lose recovery, you can always flash it back.
Once you are in bootloader ( also called FASTBOOT mode) you can flash your recovery.
Then reboot into recovery from FASTBOOT (Shutdown and then restart using the recovery combination)
Once you are in recovery, follow the steps in c2med's guide (wipe cache/dalvik/etc - except sd-card ofcourse) and flash your ROM from sd card.
Then reboot into JayBee

In the screenshot you type:
$ ./fastboot devices
then you type:
$ flash recovery ......../recovery.img
Command not found.... Sure, flash it's not a command...
You need to type fastboot command first!
$ ./fastboot flash recovery ......../recovery.img

jolinnard said:
In the screenshot you type:
$ ./fastboot devices
then you type:
$ flash recovery ......../recovery.img
Command not found.... Sure, flash it's not a command...
You need to type fastboot command first!
$ ./fastboot flash recovery ......../recovery.img
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Thank You! That's what I figuered out last night. Of course I also tried "fastboot flash" but forgot the "./". That was the key. Now the JB ROM works like a charm.
New Problem:
I can't install google apps. In fact I don't really need them. I only use a few apps and found the .apk files with google. Unfortunately the "official" Google apps like chrome don't work.
Plus, I wanted to install the camera (laggy in the evervolv - rom) and keyboard from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1965290&page=38
When I try to install the .zip files in recovery mode I always get an error because of the signing... any help?

Androdicct said:
When I try to install the .zip files in recovery mode I always get an error because of the signing... any help?
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When you're in recovery, select "Flash zip from SD card" and then select "Toggle signature verification" to disable signature verification, and then "Choose zip from SD card" and navigate to the zip file that you want to flash.