i might be bricked - Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

i was trying to test all the 2.3.4 roms nd now my phone wont go past the white htc screen even when i restore 2.3.3 help?

If it turns on it's not bricked
Re-download a rom zip, boot to recovery, wipe everything, then flash the rom
(assuming you can still get to recovery [HOME+POWER] since it wasn't mentioned)
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i can get to recovery but when it says that i sucessfully flashed the rom then i go to reboot system it just stays at the white HTC screen idk wat to do my nandroid wont even work now its doing the same thing i have no clue what i did wrong?

are you using firerat's?
wiping before restoring nandroids/flashing a new Rom?
what recovery are you using?
what rom is your nandroid?
have you tried to re-download the rom you are flashing? (the one that stays on the HTC screen)
How long is it staying on the HTC screen?
do you have adb installed?
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just FYI, next time you ask for help you should post some of the answers to kyouko's questions without anyone having to ask. we can't help you as well if we don't know these things.

I put 5$ on the ROM he was flashing uses an uncapped kernel...

3 letter word; RUU.
Start from scratch and be careful what you flash before you flash it
Happy flashing buddy. Be careful!
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Maybe you just need to let it sit on the HTC screen for a while longer to see if it finally starts booting up. Sometimes it can take a couple of minutes. Try not to watch it, if you can.

scataldo721 said:
i was trying to test all the 2.3.4 roms nd now my phone wont go past the white htc screen even when i restore 2.3.3 help?
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If your still having problems send me a pm I might be able to help. Good luck.
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Drunkpilot said:
Maybe you just need to let it sit on the HTC screen for a while longer to see if it finally starts booting up. Sometimes it can take a couple of minutes. Try not to watch it, if you can.
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I've had them go as long 5 mins. or so

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Clockwork Mod HTC Vivid the same as Holiday?

So this is just a question as I was browsing through the rom manager program I noticed the HTC Holiday is now listed in their devices.
As I have been researching this phone I believe the phone was referred to as the HTC Holiday
Basically my question is, Is this the device to select or is it referring to an OEM or pre release handset or is it the same as the AT&T Vivid.
I hope that made sense, if not please let me know and I will do my best to make my question more clear.
Kraizk said:
So this is just a question as I was browsing through the rom manager program I noticed the HTC Holiday is now listed in their devices.
As I have been researching this phone I believe the phone was referred to as the HTC Holiday
Basically my question is, Is this the device to select or is it referring to an OEM or pre release handset or is it the same as the AT&T Vivid.
I hope that made sense, if not please let me know and I will do my best to make my question more clear.
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It is the same phone but I don't know that anyone has used ROM Manager with it. I never used it on any of my other phones because I found it too buggy.
This is the first I have heard of it being listed on there.
pside15 said:
It is the same phone but I don't know that anyone has used ROM Manager with it. I never used it on any of my other phones because I found it too buggy.
This is the first I have heard of it being listed on there.
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I believe it is added as of today, I personally have loved rom manager though I understand your reasons for not liking it. I just want to confirm it is comparable with the AT&T device before putting it on and flashing what ever version of clockwork recovery it has to offer.... (I bought my phone at an early upgrade price so $350 makes me quite a bit cautious with it....)
I just loaded the recovery labeled holiday and you get stuck at the HTC boot screen. Going back to the recovery from the sticky. A later update might fix it.
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Apatche69 said:
I just loaded the recovery labeled holiday and you get stuck at the HTC boot screen. Going back to the recovery from the sticky. A later update might fix it.
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Thank you for trying and letting me know. I do indeed hope it gets fixed, Rom Manager was always just convenient for me.
I told koush about the issues we are having and he is looking into it.
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I updated to the one from ROM manger and I let my phone die. Now I can not get it to charge and the phone will not boot at all. For some reason the charging light comes on for a few seconds and then turns off. Some one please help me lol.
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Neodous said:
I updated to the one from ROM manger and I let my phone die. Now I can not get it to charge and the phone will not boot at all. For some reason the charging light comes on for a few seconds and then turns off. Some one please help me lol.
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boot into HBOOT/Fastboot and Fastboot flash the WORKING recovery found here on our forum. the one in ROM manager DOES NOT work right now.....
Pirateghost said:
boot into HBOOT/Fastboot and Fastboot flash the WORKING recovery found here on our forum. the one in ROM manager DOES NOT work right now.....
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I can't even get in to hboot to do that. I think the battery is dead and like I said I don't think it's charging
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Neodous said:
I can't even get in to hboot to do that. I think the battery is dead and like I said I don't think it's charging
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Its probably obvious but your best bet would be to either get a friends phone to charge your battery or buy an external battery charger....
It's working for me
I have the Vivid and downloaded Rom Manager on a whim. Saw the Holiday, selected it. Tried to backup the Att rom, failed - needed cwm installed. Chose option to let RM flash CWM. The version it put on caused RM to puke when attempting to backup. Flashed CWM v5.0.2.7 from PC. Rebooted and mysteriously lost root. Had to pull the battery a few times during all this.
Rerooted using HTCSupertool, and RM has worked just fine since.
So some flakes, but when ironed out seems OK.
I did a nand backup and a restore just to be sure I could get back and both operations completed without error.
Waiting to get full charge on the phone then will flash first custom rom.
jherbold said:
I have the Vivid and downloaded Rom Manager on a whim. Saw the Holiday, selected it. Tried to backup the Att rom, failed - needed cwm installed. Chose option to let RM flash CWM. The version it put on caused RM to puke when attempting to backup. Flashed CWM v5.0.2.7 from PC. Rebooted and mysteriously lost root. Had to pull the battery a few times during all this.
Rerooted using HTCSupertool, and RM has worked just fine since.
So some flakes, but when ironed out seems OK.
I did a nand backup and a restore just to be sure I could get back and both operations completed without error.
Waiting to get full charge on the phone then will flash first custom rom.
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can you open ROM manager, click on Download ROM and see if anything shows up?
Yep
Pirateghost
Cerberus
Superuser
ClockworkMod
Google Apps
What do I get if I select your entry?
jherbold said:
Pirateghost
Cerberus
Superuser
ClockworkMod
Google Apps
What do I get if I select your entry?
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awesome....
click it and see
Oh
I was thinking of a prize for being first
Edit: Too late. Five downloads already.
On a side note, I'm going to try that rom with the Amaze camera first. Just to see if the HORRIBLE audio on videos is impacted.
jherbold said:
I was thinking of a prize for being first
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lol.
it is a prize. hahaha

[Q] Brick?

i was using the s-off tool and i was trying the wire trick and the juopuntbear screen just stays on. i can get to bootloader but nothing works not recovery nothing. says cant find device when i retry the s-off or anything.. this device is a tough one hope i didnt brick it any advice appreciated
If u can get into bootloader you are not in real bad shape at all
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but nothing works recovery does not work....when i turn phone on that juobear screen comes up and just reboots every min or so. when i try to reflash recovery it just says waiting for device
well i got cwm back and i tried to flash holics rom just to try and get back went thru all the options and hit install sure enough right back to the damn juonbear image what do i have to do to get rid of this thing
could someone help or tell me im bricked. fastboot dont work my device fails to connect to pc. cwm works and boot loader works.
Have you tried putting a stock, PH39IMG.zip on your SD card and boot into bootloader?
i tried 2 ph39img.zips one gives me back cwm. the other was a 35mb one it flashed then still htc bootscreen then jonubear logo...where do i get a stock ph39?
I tried a quick search and I can't seem to find one either that looks like it might work. I think it would have to be modified to go back to stock. There are others on here far better than me, I just remember keeping a ***IMG.zip file on for my Inspire to get me out of similar, situations. I'm sure some of the more knowledgeable bunch will be around later or tomorrow and they will be much more help than me.
I guess you've tried the RUU as well?
I fixed the problem I found a ph39img.zip in a post that took me back to stock gingerbread then updated to ics.
The reason fastboot was not working was when I was trying the wire trick it caught and disconnected the charger/USB.
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Good job figuring that out.
Thanks ottergap. I will keep the IMG file in case people need it.
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I would be surprised if someone didn't need it sometime.

Stuck on HTC boot screen...what to do?

Phone was running fine. Decided to try a new Rom. Tried 3 different ones and none of them will boot! I see the HTC letters on screen and that is it. I've let it sit for more than 30 minutes. Still using CWM 2 something.
SiNJiN76 said:
Phone was running fine. Decided to try a new Rom. Tried 3 different ones and none of them will boot! I see the HTC letters on screen and that is it. I've let it sit for more than 30 minutes. Still using CWM 2 something.
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Try updating cwm. Look for dastins recovery thread
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SiNJiN76 said:
Phone was running fine. Decided to try a new Rom. Tried 3 different ones and none of them will boot! I see the HTC letters on screen and that is it. I've let it sit for more than 30 minutes. Still using CWM 2 something.
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Are wiping everything first?
Cache, system,data,delvic cache?
First time I tried to install cm7 it got stuck on HTC screen. I ended up installing cm6 which went fine then loaded cm7 on top of it.
This worked for me maybe for you?
Good luck hope this helps.

boot looping when I update with Viperboy 1.1.0

I am rooted on a Sprint One and had stock HTC. Then downloaded the Viperrom 1.0.4 and had no trouble get it on, did not loose any of my settings or folders. Now when I download and try to run the viper 1.1.0 zip, it does the install and starts up shows my walpaper and icons appropriately, then crashes and constant reboots to the same point. Able to get on to recovery and reinstall the back up i had made with no rpoblems.
What do I need to do? If I wipe, what do i wipe? Have TWRP.
Will I loose all my settings and data?
Please help
Under advanced wipe select the first 4(dalvik,cache,system,data).
Then reflash the Rom.
You will lose settings.
Thanks, will try that in the morning.
Is there anyway we can save settings and restore them after upgrades?
aviatordoc said:
Thanks, will try that in the morning.
Is there anyway we can save settings and restore them after upgrades?
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Htcs built in backup through dropbox works very well. It restores apps, settings, homescreens. About the only two things it doesnt restore are accounts, autorotate and lockscreen password
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youkosnake said:
Htcs built in backup through dropbox works very well. It restores apps, settings, homescreens. About the only two things it doesnt restore are accounts, autorotate and lockscreen password
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yes but i also disables google backup
I fond HTCs better than googles. The only thing I manually use google sync for is contacts. And thats just force of habit.
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youkosnake said:
I fond HTCs better than googles. The only thing I manually use google sync for is contacts. And thats just force of habit.
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good to know, thanks
aviatordoc said:
I am rooted on a Sprint One and had stock HTC. Then downloaded the Viperrom 1.0.4 and had no trouble get it on, did not loose any of my settings or folders. Now when I download and try to run the viper 1.1.0 zip, it does the install and starts up shows my walpaper and icons appropriately, then crashes and constant reboots to the same point. Able to get on to recovery and reinstall the back up i had made with no rpoblems.
What do I need to do? If I wipe, what do i wipe? Have TWRP.
Will I loose all my settings and data?
Please help
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Need to wipe before installing. In TWRP, hit Wipe>Swipe to wipe
gmentals said:
Under advanced wipe select the first 4(dalvik,cache,system,data).
Then reflash the Rom.
You will lose settings.
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Do NOT do this. It will wipe everything including your internal SD card
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I did the same thing as you. Mine got caught in a bootloop, I couldn't get the damn thing to force restart either. The bottom home & back key just kept flashing no matter how long I held it. I had to wait forever for the battery to die. I think something might be wrong with the restart fail safe HTC built in. So I relocked it, flashed back to stock, go to sprint store of course it reboots perfect every time. The people at the store are morons I hate going there. The guy says to me you just hold it down and the restart menu will come up. I'm like if the phone is frozen that doesn't work. None the less I don't expect them to replace something that is working. So I re-unlocked, cleared everything and installed latest build fresh works great haven't had any issue. I didn't back up either so I had to re set everything up which takes forever. I'm not a fan of restoring backups anyway as it can cause issues. I will be doing a nandroid next time and be more careful with dirty flashing. I always dirty flashed on MeanBean on my LTE without issues and Mike made it very clear when dirty update was not advised. In my opinion they shouldn't release a major update that will bootloop a phone over goo manger. It's still my fault but I didn't think twice about it when I tried to update viper. It still pisses me off that I have to fight with it to get the phone to reboot, the entire point of a fail safe is incase something goes wrong. It's the first time I have ever bootlooped a phone.
Do NOT do this. It will wipe everything including your internal SD card
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I do this everytime I flash a new Rom and it doesn't wipe my internal SD...
Thanks all, I am just where I was. so many opinions and would like to have a concensus.
It won't wipe internal unless you specifically check it in advanced. Never wipe internal, but davlic, cache, data and system are fine and constitutes a full wipe..you should always wipe that way when trying different roms or going to a new base. Or use a superwipe script to make things easier.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2237021
[TOOL]smw6180 Superwipe
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Mrlakadaddy is absolutely correct.
Consensus achieved
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OK here it goes. Went to advanced, wiped all except internal. will see how it goes.
scottspa74 said:
Mrlakadaddy is absolutely correct.
Consensus achieved
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What's up Scott did you get a One?
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All went well and am on the new base. Only, I lost all my settings and it is such a pain to recreate all the screens, shortcuts, sign ons and accounts...
Thanks to all.
same problem
ive had the same problem, i actually had to use the ruu to get back to stock, unlocked it again s-off rooted and no matter what i do everytime i install any custom rom it goes into bootloop. ive tried every rom on here i cant even get viperrom to fully boot up. looking thru all the forums nobody has a clear answer as to why this is happening.
im stuck in boot loop after the viper rom and i just got it yesterday .. i dont know what to do at this point . when it does boot it ask me for the wifi login and fails says poor connection when its right next to me
Boot Loop
I'm also stuck in boot loop. I've done research and tried all kinds of stuff with no luck. This is what I get...
Phone boots
I get the notification bar and a black screen
Can't do anything with that.
After about a minute, it reboots.
Can anyone help with this? I have the 1.31 version. Clearing cache/data/delvik does nothing for me.
Can someone help me get it back to stock, or at least usable?
Thanks in advance.
erickr5 said:
ive had the same problem, i actually had to use the ruu to get back to stock, unlocked it again s-off rooted and no matter what i do everytime i install any custom rom it goes into bootloop. ive tried every rom on here i cant even get viperrom to fully boot up. looking thru all the forums nobody has a clear answer as to why this is happening.
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Are you wiping before you flash a new rom?
matt406regal said:
im stuck in boot loop after the viper rom and i just got it yesterday .. i dont know what to do at this point . when it does boot it ask me for the wifi login and fails says poor connection when its right next to me
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Same question are you wiping before flashing a new rom?
huebenthal said:
I'm also stuck in boot loop. I've done research and tried all kinds of stuff with no luck. This is what I get...
Phone boots
I get the notification bar and a black screen
Can't do anything with that.
After about a minute, it reboots.
Can anyone help with this? I have the 1.31 version. Clearing cache/data/delvik does nothing for me.
Can someone help me get it back to stock, or at least usable?
Thanks in advance.
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RUU following this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2390821
All of you should really start your own topic so people see it and help you.

[Q] Rooted/s-on. Can I update anything.

Can I install stock recovery and then try to take a ota to update. Will I loose root and will I loose my rom? Will I be able to reinstall a rom or will I need to reroot?
you can try, you shouldn't loose root or anything but once you have unlocked and flashed stuff I doubt stock recovery will like your system enough to take the update. try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53518227
HOW Change ...... ???
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From my understanding, as long as /system is stock, you can install the stock recovery and then take the OTA. Afterwards, you'll need to re-root your phone. Make a backup of your current setup before you get started. Once you've taken the update and get rooted again, you can always restore your backup.
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Magnum enforcer is correct.
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I will give it a try this weekend and let you know how it goes.
Edit does not work but thanks for helping me.
Must be the fact that I am s on. We need that s off before we can do anything as far as updating
This one is tricky. I flashed the stock rooted rom from mikmik, I then unrooted and flashed the stock recovery via fast boot. When applying the Ota, it fails because the build.prop is not stock. Comes back with an error like /system/build.prop unexpected.
dilaynie said:
This one is tricky. I flashed the stock rooted rom from mikmik, I then unrooted and flashed the stock recovery via fast boot. When applying the Ota, it fails because the build.prop is not stock. Comes back with an error like /system/build.prop unexpected.
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I just tried it to and did the same exact thing except I had boot loops as we'll.
when I flashed back to the stock recovery to take the recent OTA, I had a reboot bootloop like every 2-3 minutes, I was ready to throw the phone against a wall, then it hit that I read recently someone else had the same issue, and mentioned a factory reset fixing the issue, yup after a factory reset, the reboot bootloop was gone, I just now rerooted and flashed a backup
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scott_0 said:
when I flashed back to the stock recovery to take the recent OTA, I had a reboot bootloop like every 2-3 minutes, I was ready to throw the phone against a wall, then it hit that I read recently someone else had the same issue, and mentioned a factory reset fixing the issue, yup after a factory reset, the reboot bootloop was gone, I just now rerooted and flashed a backup
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But after all that we're you able to update the radio and second did it fix the signal issues?
jdmohn12 said:
But after all that we're you able to update the radio and second did it fix the signal issues?
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yes, I was able to take the latest OTA, and no, it did not help with my signal at all, my device didn't drop calls or anything, but it has a hard time latching onto lte at times before and after the OTA.......
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Do we know how to get passed the build.prop error?
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this might be a really stupid question (and my first post no less), but does performing a factory reset take me back to stock, unrooted form?
currently i am rooted with S-on, TWRP and Chainfire SU.
i followed a youtube video to root and im basically clueless with regards to doing anything more.
thanks in advance.
Tbaggington said:
this might be a really stupid question (and my first post no less), but does performing a factory reset take me back to stock, unrooted form?
currently i am rooted with S-on, TWRP and Chainfire SU.
i followed a youtube video to root and im basically clueless with regards to doing anything more.
thanks in advance.
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no, a factory reset will not unroot you, you need to restore a stock backup, then flash stock recovery in fastboot to unroot while s-on
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scott_0 said:
no, a factory reset will not unroot you, you need to restore a stock backup, then flash stock recovery in fastboot to unroot while s-on
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Thank you. I saved a stock backup (i think) while rooting so ill see what i can do tonight. fastboot is the white background screen that uses volume buttons to select, right?
Tbaggington said:
Thank you. I saved a stock backup (i think) while rooting so ill see what i can do tonight. fastboot is the white background screen that uses volume buttons to select, right?
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yes sir, power off the phone completely, hold down power and volume down, select fastboot
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Hey everyone.
I've spent the better of the last three hour scouring the inter webs, Google, and these forums trying to find the answers to my questions - but to no avail (I've found partial answers, but I am afraid a partial answer could lead to a total brick).
Here we go:
I bought one of the first Sprint HTC One M8's through Amazon. Here are the details:
Model: 831C
Android Version 4.4.2
Software Version 1.12.651.17
Unlocked but S-On (Using TWRP)
Naturally, right out of the box I rooted it. However, I did not save the original ROM.
* I want to restore the phone to its original state so I can accept the OTA update and hopefully address the god-awful cell signal.
I've found a lot of stock recoveries online, but none that match 1.12.651.17.
Do I need to find that specific recovery to flash to my phone? Will another one work (e.g. 1.54.654.13)?
I've never worried about saving my stock recovery in the past (been rooting since the HTC Evo days) but it looks like not doing so finally caught up with me.
Thanks in advance.
PS I did find something 1.12.651.17 related here, but how to flash this to my phone (or whether or not it will brick) is beyond me. I've downloaded all 6 files and am waiting to figure out how the heck to get them to my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2736048

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