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[FIXED!] Restore SD Access, Change S-ON to S-OFF in ENG SPL

I don't know what happened, but my SPL-2005 went from S-OFF to S-ON in HBOOT screen. I have SPL 1.33.2005. On Rogers HTC Dream. Radio 3.22.26.17.
Now I can't read my SDCard.
Identical to the problem here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563298
My cat /proc/cmdline says
adb shell
cat /proc/cmdline
board_trout.disable_uart3=1 board_trout.usb_h2w_sw=1 board_trout.disable_sdcard=
1 smisize=64 androidboot.baseband=3.22.26.17 androidboot.cid=ROGER001 androidbo
ot.carrier=Rogers androidboot.keycaps=qwerty androidboot.mode=recovery_manual an
droidboot.serialno=<REMOVED> androidboot.bootloader=1.33.2005 no_console_susp
end=1 console=tty0
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My phone lost sd. Everything else works still. Someone know how to fix this?
The follow seems to have worked for hero roms running a new spl, but I can't run that command with my spl. Specifically, I can't run the command "fastboot oem enableqxdm 0"
It gives ... INFO[ERR] Command error !!!
I'll try to fix this soon, but right now I have no phone
Hopeful solution exists here but for different spl:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563298
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623431
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5195909
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4547286
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4550938
I still have full access to recovery root and fastboot.

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Now unrooted and still same problem
It is writing the qxdm_*.dm files to my SD card despite the downgrade.
The unrooting restored the stock spl and radio. However, this means I cannot use my phone for the time being, because I can't update my radio now. I could just gold card it to get a functional phone, but I have decided against this for the time being.
The SD Card is being locked down by something before booting recovery and system. The boot loader itself is locking the SD card to write debugging dumps.
I tried disabling the logs with the htc service manual *#*#4636*#*# to no avail (I think that just runs the radiooptions script)

I flashed my SPL again. This time to 1.33.2010. Still S-ON.

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FIXED!
I downgraded all the way back to hardspl, then upgraded back to 1.33.2005!
To make sure I don't brick, I also swapped to ota-radio-2_22_19_26I before I changed to hardspl. There's a chance for brick here because you need to have the correct recovery whenever you change the radio or hboot.
This is for Rogers Dream. If you have a T Mobile device, you just need to downgrade back to RC29! You can still follow this guide to get your SD back, but it's just easier to flash back to RC29!
How
You need to start with at least a 'fastboot boot' able SPL to do this:
Starting at 1.33.2005 S-ON, 3.22.20.17/3.22.26.17 radio,
Downgrade to 2.xx radio to ensure compatibility with HSPL. May not be needed but let's be safe
1) Boot to Amon_RA recovery (1.5.2R)
2) run the following command from the adb directory to mount the cache to the sdcard directory: adb shell mount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /sdcard
3) push the normal non Rogers 1.5.2 recovery to the phone: adb push recovery-RA-dream-v1.5.2.img /sdcard/r.img
4) flash the non Rogers recovery to the phone: adb shell flash_image /sdcard/r.img -d
5) push the 2 series radio to the phone: adb push ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip /sdcard/update.zip
6) flash the update.zip using recovery menu, and reboot when it asks you to
7) allow phone to load until it gets stuck to the Rogers screen, then pull your battery and boot to your recovery (Home+Power)
8) verify that you are now using 1.5.2 Amon_RA recovery, and also check your HBOOT (Camera+power after you reboot again) to see if you have the 2.22.19.26I radio installed. At this point you do not have sd card back yet.
Downgrade to HSPL
9) again run the following command from the adb directory to mount the cache to the sdcard directory: adb shell mount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /sdcard
10) in recovery now, flash hardspl as an update.zip: adb push splhard1_update_signed.zip /sdcard/update.zip
11) repeat step 8 and verify that you now have HSPL installed.
if you go into your recovery now, sd card access has been restored! Now you can update back to SPL 1.33.2005 or another Engineering SPL! There's many ways to do this. If you need to flash back to the 3.xx radio, make sure you have the 1.5.2R recovery installed BEFORE you flash! Upgrading back to SPL 1.33.2005 will now yield S-OFF instead of S-ON!
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Tested on DREA21000 Rogers HTC Dream
Started with 1.33.2005 SPL, Radio 3.22.20.17
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Links
AMON_RA Recovery Dream: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4647751&postcount=1
HSPL: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3007992&postcount=1
2.22.19.26I radio and 1.33.2005 ENG SPL: http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/

Hi, I've a problem you encoutered, the sdcard always generated qxdm_[timestamp].dm. But, I can't access phone via USB in recovery because the device is presented as Unknown Device(it worked before problem happened).
So I can't access sdcard(s), and the only way I know to connect to phone via USB is in fastboot mode. But I can't flash anything seems it states S-ON(I get "remote: not allowed" always).
My phone is Hero, and using VillainROM 5.5 with RA-recovery 1.6.2
Before this problem happned, I turn off and on my phone to recovery using nanadroid to backup my phone in order to upgrade to VillainROM 6.2. Once I done the backup and reboot, my phone is hold on "HERO" screen and never boot up OS correctly.
fastboot info:
HERO CVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.76.0007 (HERO10000)
MICROP-010f
TOUCH PANEL-SYN0104
RADIO-6.35.08.29
Aug 4 2009,19:40:30
I try to remove my sim card, sd card(or change one or format these two), and I can't get the phone boot. Could you provide some clues?

Really?
Did all of this actually work for you? Cause i have the exact same problem. Should my sd card have an ext3 partion?
EDIT: Once you finish all these tasks you must install the newest recovery, then spl and then the radio. Am I correct?

Restore SD Access, Change S-ON to S-OFF in ENG SPL
To Xaueious
I read your thread man and i have the same problem. After rooting my MyTouch 3G original (32B) the Sd Card stopped working. The phone was recognized only on Fastboot, so i unrooted to the stock cupcake. Now on Fastboot i get:
Sapphire PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.261
I dont have a lot of knowledge on Android phones but i really want to fix this SD Card issue. Do you think i should follow your steps? I dont know if it corresponds to my case though. my spl and radio are not the same as yours. Do you have a 32A your self? Can you please help? I dont know what to do any more
I thought that by unrooting i would be able to reactivate the SDCard but no luck
If anyone else has had the same problem, please help guys
Thanks a lot in advance
Albpog

I had this problem on a MT3G 1.2 (3.5mm jack).
'fastboot oem enableqxdm 0' did not work for me (using spl 1.33.2010).
'fastboot oem eraseconfig' did work, and fixed the sd card access and s-off (using spl 1.33.2010)
MT3G 1.2 owners: don't forget to return to spl 1.33.0013 or 1.33.0013d or you won't be able to boot a rom

Can't boot into recovery

Having trouble with Rogers HTC Dream, I had the latest CM rom running, but last night it started to have trouble booting, and would only boot when plugged in to my PC. I thought to reinstall so I wiped system, flashed radio and recovery but I cannot boot into recovery no matter what I do. I can get into fastboot no problem and it shows the following:
DREAM PVT 32B ENG S-OFF
HBOOT=1.33.2005 (DREA21000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-3.22.26.17
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm praying I can get this thing working again
If it wasn't clear, I can't boot into anything else either, I can only boot into fastboot mode.

Get the Amon Ra's recovery image and try flashing recovery via fastboot.
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

i've tried that a bunch of times with different versions, none of them will boot, I am trying to restart from DREAIMG.nbh, but my phone is saying the checksum is incorrect?
The one in CM's wiki for full update is taking forever to dl, so i googled and found one the same size, is there a specific version i need to get?

RC29 is the one you need

crazyjoe113 said:
Having trouble with Rogers HTC Dream, I had the latest CM rom running, but last night it started to have trouble booting, and would only boot when plugged in to my PC. I thought to reinstall so I wiped system, flashed radio and recovery but I cannot boot into recovery no matter what I do. I can get into fastboot no problem and it shows the following:
DREAM PVT 32B ENG S-OFF
HBOOT=1.33.2005 (DREA21000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-3.22.26.17
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm praying I can get this thing working again
If it wasn't clear, I can't boot into anything else either, I can only boot into fastboot mode.
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Do NOT flash any NBH files!!!
You have fastboot, that is ALL you need!
Your recovery doesn't boot because you have an EBI0 recovery image installed and an EBI1 radio!!! Fastboot in an EBI1 recovery or an EBI0 radio and EBI0 boot.

Dream fastboot but no recovery

I was trying to improve the speed and battery life on my HTC Dream. I am using cyanogen recovery 1.7.0R. I changed the radio from 2..22.23.02 to 2.22.28.25. I also upgraded the Hboot from 1.33.2005 to 1.33.13d. After making this change the phone hangs at the boot screen and will not enter recovery mode. I am able to get into fastboot however when I try to flash a new recovery, radio or hboot I get signature verify fail. Is there hope for my phone or is it finished?

jmc7895 said:
I was trying to improve the speed and battery life on my HTC Dream. I am using cyanogen recovery 1.7.0R. I changed the radio from 2..22.23.02 to 2.22.28.25. I also upgraded the Hboot from 1.33.2005 to 1.33.13d. After making this change the phone hangs at the boot screen and will not enter recovery mode. I am able to get into fastboot however when I try to flash a new recovery, radio or hboot I get signature verify fail. Is there hope for my phone or is it finished?
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Most likely you did not flash recovery and your "old" one is corrupted. Your should have read here how to update, but nevertheless because you are able to go into fastboot, now you have to start over.
1. Read the OP of ezTerry's thread carefully
2. Check the type your phone to identify the nbh-file you have to flash to recover from your current situation (most likely you will need the orange-xxx.nbh)
3. Flash that nbh file using fastboot
Now you have an engineering SPL and you can flash recovery, radio and the 1.33.0013d SPL again.

AndDiSa said:
Most likely you did not flash recovery and your "old" one is corrupted. Your should have read here how to update, but nevertheless because you are able to go into fastboot, now you have to start over.
1. Read the OP of ezTerry's thread carefully
2. Check the type your phone to identify the nbh-file you have to flash to recover from your current situation (most likely you will need the orange-xxx.nbh)
3. Flash that nbh file using fastboot
Now you have an engineering SPL and you can flash recovery, radio and the 1.33.0013d SPL again.
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Thank you for your help. I followed the link and was able to use the orange.nbh to get the phone to boot then used fastboot to reload a recovery image. Thanks again.

[Q] fastboot signature check failed?

i have the latest radio and hboot for G1 (check sig) and in fastboot mode it says S-on.. now im having trouble flashing a custom splash screen via fastboot and i read somewhere that the S-on may be why.. do i need to downgrade to engineering spl to use fastboot flash method? I keep getting a... <bootloader> checking signature failed! in cmd... but i do have fastboot enabled and working properly..

Did you follow ezterry's on how to install the spl and radio:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831139? did u follow these steps for installing the spl?
== Installing ==
(Note: Please Do read the information on the SPL below before actually installing)
1) Take a nandroid backup of your current rom (mandatory if you are trying to move the current rom to the new radio/SPL) to simplify things put any update.zips you expect to need on the SD card now
2) enter fastboot mode
3) flash the files and other operations via fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0-cyan.img
fastboot flash radio radio-2.22.27.08.img
fastboot flash hboot hboot-1.33.0013d.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
now you will see you have an s-on boot loader with 1.33.0013d as its version
Code:
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot erase boot
please remember while fastboot erase works; fastboot flash does not so be careful *not* to remove the recovery
4) Boot into recovery
5) install a system from backup or as a fresh rom some options are:
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ldrifta said:
i have the latest radio and hboot for G1 (check sig) and in fastboot mode it says S-on.. now im having trouble flashing a custom splash screen via fastboot and i read somewhere that the S-on may be why.. do i need to downgrade to engineering spl to use fastboot flash method? I keep getting a... <bootloader> checking signature failed! in cmd... but i do have fastboot enabled and working properly..
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You have a perfected SPL installed on your phone (0013d), so you do not have full fastboot support and you are not able to flash a custom splash screen.
If you want to downgrade, flash the orange-xxx.nbh file from Terry's thread (can be found in my signature) and after that you will have an engineering SPL. With this you should be able to flash a custom splash screen. After that you can go back to 1.33.0013d/2.22.28.25 ... everything can be done using fastboot, so your risks to brick your phone are very(?) limited ...

yeah i figured it out thanks guys!! had to temp flash the engineering spl to do what i wanted.. than jus re flashed 0013d everything is all set thank you guys though!!!

I accidentally removed the recovery... and still having same issues with S-ON with HBOOT-1.33.0013d.... need help getting recovery back on my phone. have new radio too.

hubby0925 said:
I accidentally removed the recovery... and still having same issues with S-ON with HBOOT-1.33.0013d.... need help getting recovery back on my phone. have new radio too.
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You (as I see was indicated in the thread before) go to the 2708+ kernel/SPL/Radio thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831139
This has all the information on the use of 2708/2835 radios and the 1.33.0013d SPL including a section on what to do if you loose access to both the system and recovery in the '== Important Information about 1.33.0013d ==' section [Its important to read that section anyway if you are using 1.33.0013d]
If you still have access to boot, just use flash_image or rom manager to restore your recovery image.

Question about flashing ???

i want to flash a RADIO-2.22.28.25.img and hboot-1.33.0013d.img by a recovery because i always getting an error on fastboot and i think that's the only way i can do it.
but the warning makes me think twice.
Quote by EzTerry:
WARNING:
1) flashing a 2.22 radio via recovery if you have a 3.22 or 1.33 radio via recovery *will* brick your phone
2) flashing the 1.33.0013d spl with a 1.22 radio via recovery *will* brick your phone
through recovery i verify that i have Build : Ra-Dream-v1.7.0.
is it ok for me to cotinue flashing or not....do i have a bad radio for this procedure?
Bronse HTC-Dream
Dream PVT 32B Eng S-off
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (DREA10000)
CPLD-4
Radio-2.22.23.02
Model number COD-DS
Android version 2.3.4