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Bought a new in box white Rogers HTC Dream, from someone who had an extra. Having owned a Dash, TyTN and Diamond before, I knew I wanted to flash a custom ROM, but was not familiar with Android.
I searched Google and came across this: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/howto_hack_your_android_g1_phone?page=0,0
This turned out to be a really bad guide for me. I found out Rogers phones require special attention AFTER I bricked my phone, and now I'm stuck on the Rogers logo with no access to Fastboot or Recovery Mode. In the linked guide, I flashed the recovery image and booted into Recovery Mode. I then selected the update.zip radio file I downloaded and flashed it, finishing the process with Home+Back to reboot my device, winding up where I am now. Is there any hope for me, since it's just a radio and not an SPL? If not, do you think rogers might do something? I still have the retail box and everything, it just wasn't purchased on my account.
Thanks in advance for any help!
eeesh...Flashing the wrong radio is NEVER good...There might...might be a chance to fix. I'd search the forums for the word "Brick" and see what you can find there is a lot of threads on the subject. I recall reading something about a warranty of sorts offered by HTC, you could look into that as well.
you can TRY this, but im not sure if it will work (like 1% chance maybe, but this guy also had rogers)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=568938
if that doesnt work, then idk how to help you.... rogers have a different radio than the regular g1..i think if you flashed 26I, you maybe ok.. but then again idk
please post your results here back
PS: thats the same article that pissed cyanogen off lol
Thanks for the link, I'd actually already found and tried that myself. I guess you can put that thread to rest now, as I am in the exact same situation. His described steps, including any and all variations I could think of, did nothing for my poor Dream. I'd have to say the OP in that thread did indeed have only a semi-brick with some other extenuating circumstances.
Anyways, I got in contact with the one who sold me the phone and we successfully switched the ownership and IMEI over to my Rogers account, so now the phone is registered to me and I have full warranty. As the phone is older than 30 days old a factory refurbished Dream is in the mail and should arrive sometime next week with a return package for the recently deceased.
This time I'm going to make sure to root/flash the phone properly, with this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4280573#post4280573 (or the linked guide depending on SPL version...)
Once that's done, do I need a specific ROM too? I've read about 3G problems on the Rogers network with some ROM's...
Thanks for your help!
So i bought this phone of a guy, an he told me he was a phone dealer an that he owned a store an that motorola sent him this phone as a gift. the phone even has on it ingraded into it"confidential motorola restricted property: not for sale" and where the meid is located it says
"motorola engineering use only not for resale
The guy told me its unlocked to any network in the world, an when i turned it on, it had android 2.1
So what i wanted to do is upgrad it to 2.2 froyo. so i figured id have to degrade it first to 2.0.1. Thing is i dont know which sbf to download when using rsd lite, like ive tried the brazillian one, but i jus keep gettin error after erasing flash memory, it would go to 100%, then go back to zero percent, wait like 5 mins, an then error. so help would greatly be appreciated to get this phone runnin 2.2
i wouldnt downgrade it yet, take a copy of your current rom using nandroid and share it with the developers who are trying to open the bootloader - I would go onto modmymoto forums (http://modmymobile.com/forums/401-motorola-milestone/) and ask there what to do. Alternatively go onto the IRC channel (#milestone-modding) as they will know how to help you out and what to do with the current rom. IRC Log here - http://milestone.bekaakut.de/
Follow the previous advices!! Your help might be very appreciated by the devs community Thanks in advance!
PS: The Milestone (not DROID) still can't be upgraded officially to 2.2 (the only good cooked rom for Froyo is the MotoFrenzy but it uses the 2.1 kernel losing many features of the original Froyo release) so it's almost unuseful (and risky too) that you try to flash random SBFs
Yes! Send your backup to the folks on #milestone-modding!
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Please tell me you sent your backup to someone who could make use of it.
Get that NAND backup to someone now! We need an unlocked bootloader!!!!!
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So i bought this phone of a guy, an he told me he was a phone dealer an that he owned a store an that motorola sent him this phone as a gift. the phone even has on it ingraded into it"confidential motorola restricted property: not for sale" and where the meid is located it says
"motorola engineering use only not for resale
The guy told me its unlocked to any network in the world, an when i turned it on, it had android 2.1
So what i wanted to do is upgrad it to 2.2 froyo. so i figured id have to degrade it first to 2.0.1. Thing is i dont know which sbf to download when using rsd lite, like ive tried the brazillian one, but i jus keep gettin error after erasing flash memory, it would go to 100%, then go back to zero percent, wait like 5 mins, an then error. so help would greatly be appreciated to get this phone runnin 2.2
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Install Openrecovery >> Make a backup of your current system (it will write to your sd card) >> upload your backup of your current system and upload it to the internet and drop it here please : http://modmymobile.com/forums/563-m...p-2010-motofrenzy-froyo-2-2-milestone-70.html
THANKS!
first of all if he is on 2.1 he cant run open recovery .
2nd you dont need to downgrade you need to flash the vulnerale recovery to unlock allpossibilities ,
what would be eally interesting to know is the bootloader version on your phone , thanks
He doesn't need to flash the vulnerable recovery, his device isn't signed.
Anyway, I don't think that this will help: our devices are in High Security Mode (HS), while engineering samples are in General Purpose Mode (GP) 'cause of the chipset soldering.
It's hardware, guys.
But IF I'M WRONG it'll help a lot!
so op disappeared?
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He doesn't need to flash the vulnerable recovery, his device isn't signed.
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Unsigned milestone ? I am not sayin it doesnt exist , but I HIGHLY doubt it just appeared in his hand like that you know ...
DAGr8 said:
Unsigned milestone ? I am not sayin it doesnt exist , but I HIGHLY doubt it just appeared in his hand like that you know ...
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Why do you think he just dissappeared?...
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either motorola kidnapped him or he was just lying the whole time
lol
but seriously though where did he go?
My phone says in the back sideways of the battery compartment motorola engineering is this normal or of by any random chance got a engineering edition?
Can you post your about phone details. The base band firmware and version numbers
mousiope said:
My phone says in the back sideways of the battery compartment motorola engineering is this normal or of by any random chance got a engineering edition?
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Same here, probably normal
Hmmmmmm OK i just noticed that and if bought mine from b. Stock of expansys and if thought maybe i got one from engineering edition if that exists...
mousiope said:
My phone says in the back sideways of the battery compartment motorola engineering is this normal or of by any random chance got a engineering edition?
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Do you know mean somthing like this.. then even i have to... i think every phone has it..
All Milestones have the "MOTOROLA ENGINEERING" in the battery compartment. It's their own signature.
This guy has been posting this crap since early September. The Froyo 2.2 he is talking about is the Motofrenzy one. More likely he doesn't know what he is talking about.
Hey guys, please forgive me if I misuse my terminology here but I am still a padawan learner.
My wife's hero is rooted and running a cyanogen rom. All was well for months but now her usb plug is broken and NOT charging. I have not yet verified that the usb won't talk to the pc but I assume it's the case because I can't get the thing to charge. Of course i have tried 5 or 6 diff chargers, tried wiggling, etc. but i am convinced that there is a broken prong in the phones plug. The phone is under warranty for 2 more days but I understand that I need to flash it back to stock before trying warranty stuff.
I have searched and the answers I have found are to simply run the latest RUU from the htc website. I found it, no problem, but it is an .exe file and would require the usb to work, right? The phone is dead right now or i would test the usb>pc connection and I have arranged to briefly borrow a friend's battery later tonight. If i can't get the connection to work is there any other way to flash this thing back to stock? If I just download a stock rom and flash that then i will still be rooted right? Do they check that? and lastly what about running an OTA update? Any advice/ideas are greatly appreciated.
Come to think of it, I might have the original naandroid backup that i did of the phone back in the day. If i restore this, would it go back to stock?
Here's what you can do:
Go HERE and download the S-OFF bootloader.
Flash it
Download THIS - its the zip that gets uploaded/flashed when you run the RUU.
And..as per instructions on that page:
Simply rename this to HERCIMG.zip and place on the root of your SDCard.
Power your phone completely off.
Press and Hold VOL DOWN and POWER until your phone boots into HBoot mode.
Wait for it to verify the zip, then click <ACTION> (Trackball) to update, or <SEND> (Green Call) to cancel.
After it flashes you'll have a stock phone, with the stock bootloader
Its the same setup I have on my phone..Just in case I need to un-root on the fly Except I have two zips. One with the stock bootloader and one without so I can keep it unlocked.
Gotta love XDA, thanks so much. I may have found it if I had thought about searching for "stock sprint zip format". Hopefully the next guy will find this. I have been helped by your advice many times throughout the forums in my searches.
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Gotta love XDA, thanks so much. I may have found it if I had thought about searching for "stock sprint zip format". Hopefully the next guy will find this. I have been helped by your advice many times throughout the forums in my searches.
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You should add "or computer" to the title as well For those that may search 'unrooting without a computer'
And you're welcome that's why I'm here
Not working (yet)
Hi, another noob here: SAKKA.
I also need to revert to stock. I already switched the phone number (just upgraded and giving Hero to daughter). So have to push everything from Mac via USB. Unable to d/l md5sum: a77a2dee8e903e8f1a18b28b5c5e0b40 b/c it won't connect (too old?) Have HERC in root, did steps 1-4. But no go. Is there someway I can chat and get some help? Or do you know where i can chat now that AOSP is no longer running an online chat room (as far as I know)?
do u have any idea how old this thread is
Oh.
D'oh. Thanks.
That being said. Know how I can find someone to talk me through this?
sethfriedman said:
Oh.
D'oh. Thanks.
That being said. Know how I can find someone to talk me through this?
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There is this help page :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13479613
I always unroot with this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8551240
Then I root with the "one click method"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743289
Both never fail me....
Good luck
V's CDMA Hero
V's CDMA Hero
i tried this! it was on the updating part and when it was almost done, the htc screen appear and it started all over with s-off. so it said fail.
Just curious, if phone is already activated to her # then why go back to horrible stock.
If u want a stock ROM flash liquid sense or nfx.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=643
From either of those two ROMs u can do all that stock can.. like activation, PRL updates, etc.....
So unless its going for service under warranty there is no need to unroot to stock.
Good luck
V's CDMA Hero
Hi,
I am planing to flash T-Mobile radios to HTC Vivid since i have 1 sitting around useless. I know the risks, and willing to take it. I have heard one guy on this forums has achieved it alredy. I have downloaded KID and VK1 radio files already. But before I go ahead and screw up something would someone be kind enough and explain me how to flash these radio files step by step. Also one more thing i didnt find anywhere is where would be stock AT&T radio files that I can flash back in case T-Mo ones dont work? Am i at risk of softbriking phone in a way that can not be recovered? ( If not I am planing to go ahead with it). Someone with lots of experience of flashing radios, if you can provideme with step-by-step instructions, I will truely appreciate it.
Thanks.
nakamoniel said:
Hi,
I am planing to flash T-Mobile radios to HTC Vivid since i have 1 sitting around useless. I know the risks, and willing to take it. I have heard one guy on this forums has achieved it alredy. I have downloaded KID and VK1 radio files already. But before I go ahead and screw up something would someone be kind enough and explain me how to flash these radio files step by step. Also one more thing i didnt find anywhere is where would be stock AT&T radio files that I can flash back in case T-Mo ones dont work? Am i at risk of softbriking phone in a way that can not be recovered? ( If not I am planing to go ahead with it). Someone with lots of experience of flashing radios, if you can provideme with step-by-step instructions, I will truely appreciate it.
Thanks.
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I believe you would flash the radio partition like any other partition. Not sure if the phone will accept the foreign radio image, but it will be interesting to see the results. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong about the following:
1) You should have the drivers for your phone installed
2) Your bootloader should be unlocked via htcdev.com
3) Put the radio.img file that you would like to flash in the same folder/directory that contains your fastboot.exe file
4) Boot your phone into bootloader mode and choose "fastboot" mode then plug the phone into the PC USB.
5) In a command prompt window, go to the directory/folder that has your fastboot.exe and the radio.img file
6) Run this command: fastboot flash radio radio.img
I think it's a good idea to stand by for a bit and see if anyone corrects me, in case I am wrong. I'm thinking that if the phone doesn't accept the radio image, it will tell you and it won't flash. OR... if it does flash, and your phone doesn't boot properly, you should still be able to get into Bootloader->Fastboot in order to flash back your original radio.
To get the original radio from your stock RUU installer: When you run an HTC RUU exe, it takes a little time to extract whatever files it needs. Once you get to the very first step of the RUU (where you get to click buttons), I believe you can go to C:\Users\whoever\AppData\Local\Temp (for Win7 users) and then sort by modified date. You should see a folder that was very recently created. If you poke around in there, you may find a file called "rom.zip". That should be the stock rom from the RUU and the radio may be in there. Take a look...
the phone will be hard bricked. the only phones that i know can use a different model radio is smasung because they are developed very similiar.. u can try it and go to the unbricking process and see for your self.
This is a very bad idea.
The only HTC device that might have compatible radio us the HTC amaze. The amaze has a LTE radio but its disabled for the most part.
If it worked you would then have to figure out how to use the amaze ril as our ril would not be compatible.
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So how do i proceed?
Thanks a lot guys for replying SO FAST,
Anyways If i do this and it briks, is it going to be permanent brick for radio??? Or is it a reversible process?
Also I was thinking of same that flashing radio files for HTC sensation or amaze would be far better idea than flashing ones from samsung, Can anyone point me in right direction where do i get them? I see in first reply the procedure posted of how to flash different radio files already. Let me know what you guys think...
kozmikkick said:
This is a very bad idea.
The only HTC device that might have compatible radio us the HTC amaze. The amaze has a LTE radio but its disabled for the most part.
If it worked you would then have to figure out how to use the amaze ril as our ril would not be compatible.
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Thanks for stepping in guys! I almost bricked this guys phone lol
Its all good Laziodroid, I just have this phone sitting around since I am no longer with at&t and wanted to do something, but found a seller who agreed to pay 250 for it so scrapped the plans to mess it up and just sold it, Anyways I just wonder if there was a way to get those radio files off of sensation or amaze and flash them on this phone or not?? Or it would have endedup briking phone as well, and more importantly would it be hard brick or soft brick? ( I mean recoverable or all hopes lost)??
LaZiODROID said:
Thanks for stepping in guys! I almost bricked this guys phone lol
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nakamoniel said:
Its all good Laziodroid, I just have this phone sitting around since I am no longer with at&t and wanted to do something, but found a seller who agreed to pay 250 for it so scrapped the plans to mess it up and just sold it, Anyways I just wonder if there was a way to get those radio files off of sensation or amaze and flash them on this phone or not?? Or it would have endedup briking phone as well, and more importantly would it be hard brick or soft brick? ( I mean recoverable or all hopes lost)??
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You'd get them from their ruu
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nakamoniel said:
Its all good Laziodroid, I just have this phone sitting around since I am no longer with at&t and wanted to do something, but found a seller who agreed to pay 250 for it so scrapped the plans to mess it up and just sold it, Anyways I just wonder if there was a way to get those radio files off of sensation or amaze and flash them on this phone or not?? Or it would have endedup briking phone as well, and more importantly would it be hard brick or soft brick? ( I mean recoverable or all hopes lost)??
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Im no expert with HTC...but I would assume a soft brick that a simple ruu can fix since Ruus flash radio.img...if I had t-mo is try flashing some radios (I have a back up Samsung infuse) but I'm on att so I'd have no way of testing if it works with t-mo
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I recently purchased a LG G2 Verizon model to use on T-Mobile. I recieved the phone and reset to make a fresh start for me so i dont have any software problems. Little did i know i could not get past the setup screen with verizon sim activation a requirement. So after a lot of research i found the fix.
1. Make sure you are the screen where you choose the language.
2. Press these buttons in exact order. Volume up then volume down then back then menu then home.
3. There should be two pop windows warning about leaving setup. Go ahead and click yes for both and confirm.
4. Voila! You just bypass the verizon setup screen!
*This process is helpful for when u reset phone or perform a update in the future.
Hope this helps many of you G2 users out there!
Thank you!!!!
I cannot describe the despair I felt upon realizing I might need a verizon card to use my brand new phone. Many thanks!
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This is actually VERY helpful! I too got my Verizon LG G2 in November, once rooted and switch to T-Mobile, I realize I still needed to keep my Verizon sim card which is a annoyance having to keep. Because of that I stray away from LG Stock roms and to CM roms.. Now I can flash Verizon LG roms without having to switch Sim cards or flashing a T-Mobile Stock rom and using a Verizon Patch!
Thank you!
After getting frustrated speaking to Verizon about getting past the activation screen so I could use my phone that I own outright with any carrier I want to and got nowhere I decided to search the internet and found this very helpful post. Many thank!
Virusbetax said:
I recently purchased a LG G2 Verizon model to use on T-Mobile. I recieved the phone and reset to make a fresh start for me so i dont have any software problems. Little did i know i could not get past the setup screen with verizon sim activation a requirement. So after a lot of research i found the fix.
1. Make sure you are the screen where you choose the language.
2. Press these buttons in exact order. Volume up then volume down then back then menu then home.
3. There should be two pop windows warning about leaving setup. Go ahead and click yes for both and confirm.
4. Voila! You just bypass the verizon setup screen!
*This process is helpful for when u reset phone or perform a update in the future.
Hope this helps many of you G2 users out there!
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Sorry to bump a dead thread. Would this work going overseas? I'm going to South America in two weeks. I can just buy a sim down there and follow this? Does it matter if I'm running a stockish ROM? Do you have to factory reset or just power off and insert new card and change settings?
sefirosu0522 said:
Sorry to bump a dead thread. Would this work going overseas? I'm going to South America in two weeks. I can just buy a sim down there and follow this? Does it matter if I'm running a stockish ROM? Do you have to factory reset or just power off and insert new card and change settings?
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Yes it will work. And I'm glad to see I have helped so many people!
If If u can don't reset. But this guide is basically if you reset the phone. Any SIM card will work in the phone no need to change any settings. This guide is if you reset the phone on the stock rom. I recommend flashing a custom rom which has this removed.
Virusbetax said:
Yes it will work. And I'm glad to see I have helped so many people!
If If u can don't reset. But this guide is basically if you reset the phone. Any SIM card will work in the phone no need to change any settings. This guide is if you reset the phone on the stock rom. I recommend flashing a custom rom which has this removed.
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I don't mind doing a factory reset. Right now I'm running Steel Droid. I could also run XDABEBB'S ROM which is also based on stock. Would you recommend being on AOSP or will one of the custom stock roms work?
sefirosu0522 said:
I don't mind doing a factory reset. Right now I'm running Steel Droid. I could also run XDABEBB'S ROM which is also based on stock. Would you recommend being on AOSP or will one of the custom stock roms work?
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As long as it's not the original rom by Verizon your all set you don't even need this hack.
Verizon LG g2 unlock
I tried this method exactly as instructed and my G2 screen did absolutely nothing.
Any help greatly appreciated
geomedxplant said:
I tried this method exactly as instructed and my G2 screen did absolutely nothing.
Any help greatly appreciated
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Sorry for such a late response but you probably did not try the button combo in the correct order or you did it to slowly it has to be a little fast. let me now if you have solved this issue!
Virusbetax said:
I recently purchased a LG G2 Verizon model to use on T-Mobile....
Hope this helps many of you G2 users out there!
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Work perfectly. Thank you very much for this.
Good to here I'm still helping out you guys!
Does anyone know the name of the app or file to change to disable the setup app ?
I know using the up down back home works to bypass the verizon setup, but I have seen on other threads that there are apps that can be turned off or files that can be renamed on other phone to prevent this activation screen from coming up.
Does anyone know the file name or app name and location that needs to be changed ?
Thanks
Bill
Thank you for this.
Logged in just to say Thanks!!!
Thanks man!
Oh my god! I can't thank you enough for this. I spent the whole day trying to find a spare verizon sim card, and verizon guys are of no help. Thanks a ton. This world is wonderful because of people like you.
Slick!!! Thanks Man!
Helpful but pls my i am in gh after doing that my sim is not working