Could somebody provide instructions on using the psouza script? I soft bricked my brand NEW d3. I already dl the 467 mb file and the psouza script. do i use it in ap fastboot or what? Also, it says in the instructions to put the large file in the files folder or something. I tried that and it says I cannot create a folder. Please someone. I know this isn't a dev contribution but I've got issues.
The Psouza script has a file with instructions. Tells you what to do to the last step. Open it up with adobe reader or some type of reader and follow each step and you should be good to go.
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http://rootzwiki.com/content.php?264-How-to-Un-Brick-your-D3. Go here, all the files are there.
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Apparently I am still having trouble. If someone else could help with this, I would be very thankful. It says to extract the update to the files folder however, it will not allow me. During that process, i get a couple of errors. I am very computer literate, however, not necessarily d3 literate. Please someone.
http://www.vodahost.com/web-hosting-winzip-free-download.html/. You have to extract the files using 7zip or a Zip program. I used WinZip,the 45 day trial. Go online download one of these programs, run them. They should automatically zip your files. This way you'll be able to extract them all.
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Can you describe your soft brick? You may have other options depending on your current condition (needs a launcher replacement, etc).
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I rooted installed the bootstrap that had tweaked at bottom. went to install steel rom. rebooted and stayed at dual core motorola splash screen for at least 15 minutes. i thought something must be wrong so i pulled batt and did the same thing. i have since tried to use rsd but i am not real well versed on that method. i am currently trying psouza's method on rootzwiki with no luck. I dl all the files there and used 7 zip to extract but it says files are broken. please help somebody. ive been at this for hours now.
the most hopeful solution so far is rsd using the 466 mb xml file. I get an error on 13/18 flash system.img though and it fails. Help please.
sorry it actually fails on the 16/18 cd rom it appears.
Were you able to install Steel Droid or did it never reach that menu?
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it said it installed on the phone but when i rebooted it stayed on the dual core screen for a longgggggggggggggg time.
duncan254 said:
it said it installed on the phone but when i rebooted it stayed on the dual core screen for a longgggggggggggggg time.
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i used this link. i no theres a thread out there that has the two updates back words. i had that issue before. i download every one i could find and started going through them till i found one that worked.
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?5103-SBF-Droid-3-Fastboot-files-(5.5.959-and-5.6.890)
Maybe a factory restore or simply clearing the cache would help if a previous backup is unavailable or cannot be used. It may not fix everything, but restore has saved me numerous times.
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qudwis said:
use x + power button and go to android recovery
1. press x first then power button
2. when the m logo shows let go the power button but keep pressing the x
3. when triangle shows, press volume up and down at the same time
then the screen will show android system recovery
do a wipe cache first then wipe data/factory reset
then reboot your phone..
if this doesn't work, sbf is the only choice left as far as i know of
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Try that. I went through the same thing. Even though I use the script to unbrick my phone. This was suggested and it may help.
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I dl the flashboot file. When i try and extract i get an error that says failed and check to make sure there's enough disk space. It does this when i try and extract when in rsd. when i try to extract using winzip to a misc folder, i get errors saying that system, radio, and preinstall.img files are corrupt. btw this is the second time ive dl this package. HELP
the phone will not boot into anything other than m plus power menu.
The M menu should suit your needs as well. Go into recovery and press the up and down volume buttons to access the recovery menu. Clearing the cache then doing a factory restore should get you functional.
I fumbled my way into Clockwork without the bootstrap somehow earlier today but haven't been able to reproduce it.
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whenever i go into rsd 5.5 and select the large zip file, it starts unzipping but stops at different points and says something about not enough disk space. does it mean on hard drive. i have almost 5 gb free.
when i boot to the m menu and try recovery, i get these three lines at the bottom:
Invalid CG OTV (CG; system); invalid sp data
invalid cg hab (cg; system, status; 0x004e)
invalid cg otv (cg; system)
PLEASE ANYONE HELP
Sorry, I have no experience with RSD, though I believe only a certain amount of storage is set aside for system use. Most of the phone is partitioned for storage.
After a bit of tinkering I brought up Clockwork again - reboot into your M menu, leave it selected on the first option, press and hold your power button for about five seconds then release. Once the menu times out your Motorola screen will come up for a bit then drop you into Clockwork. With this menu you can try reflashing the Steel Droid zip or a restore a backup if you prefer not to do the factory reset mentioned earlier.
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when trying to extract fastboot files i get this in winzip diagnostic:
! C:\Users\duncan254\Desktop\Online DL's\VRZ_XT862_5.5.1_84_D3G-55_1FF_01.zip: CRC failed in SWupdatefile\cdrom. The file is corrupt
! C:\Users\duncan254\Desktop\Online DL's\VRZ_XT862_5.5.1_84_D3G-55_1FF_01.zip: CRC failed in SWupdatefile\preinstall.img. The file is corrupt
! C:\Users\duncan254\Desktop\Online DL's\VRZ_XT862_5.5.1_84_D3G-55_1FF_01.zip: CRC failed in SWupdatefile\radio.img. The file is corrupt
! C:\Users\duncan254\Desktop\Online DL's\VRZ_XT862_5.5.1_84_D3G-55_1FF_01.zip: CRC failed in SWupdatefile\system.img. The file is corrupt
WTF
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Hi,
I read everything i could find and I still can't get anything to work properly on the phone.
Is there even a milestone wiki so i know which version my phone is?
I got the open recovery thing to work once, but i can't get it to work again, it keeps saying I have a cache error. what do i do?
also, when I install app2card, it totally ruins my phone, is that app meant for my phone?
I tried to install app2sd, but it keeps saying busy box permission failed something.
I got my phone thru ebay, how can i check the region?
I just know I have an unbranded milestone.
I google all these questions and nothing helpful comes up.
Can somone please tell me how to get into recover again?
Do i need to reflash it?
I only got into it once and installed the zip.
but when i try to run the zip again, i get an error.
If you have nandroid file in your sdcard,you can copy and paste (anything that is important to you) to your PC.
1. Take out your sdcard and pluck it to your PC if your Milestone cannot switch ON
2. Format your sdcard via PC
3. Extract G.O.T OpenRecovery v2.00 or Androidiani OpenRecovery 3.3 to the root of
your sdcard. (you'll see OpenRecovery folder and update.zip) Put the sdcard to your
Milestone and enter bootloader.(Press and hold volume up+camera key & power ON)
4. Open RSDlite and connect to your Milestone. Flash sbf to your Milestone,stock ROM
or 2.2.1 G.O.T beta version
Guide -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696845
5. Your Milestone will be switch ON after flashing sbf is done. Turn it OFF and enter
into recovery. Press X button and power ON. Once you see the triangle and '!',
press volume up and camera key.
6. You'll see Recovery 2e, all letters in blue, select update and the rest is your choice.
You can nandroid backup if your Milestone works as before and restore your previous nandroid that you copy to your PC.
Yes i did that the first time and it worked.
but how can i get into it again to make a backup?
thanks
You mean you still can't get into the recovery mode after formatting your sdcard? Even with the button combination:
PRESS AND HOLD 'X' AND POWER ON THE PHONE, LET GO ONLY AFTER YOU SEE THE TRIANGLE AND '!' MARK ???
I get to the triangle.
and it get to the recover menu. but when i press install the zip again.
an error message pops up.
do i need to redo step 3 and 4 everytime i want to go into recovery menu?
what open recovery u r using? GOT or androidiani?
if its GOT then try switchin to androidiani to check if the problem presist, vice versa.
report back here if there is any improvement.
one more question:
when u enter the bootloader menu (pressing the up dpad and power key) wat bootloader version it states there?
Thanks
I'll try it out tonight been a bit busy this week.
does Flash sbf do anything to my system?
for example, will i need to reflash my current rom after doing Flash sbf?
I know for the x10 mini pro, after doing update.zip i will need to reflash the rom.
is it the same for milestone?
I still can't get it to work.
here are my steps.
My phone is already rooted.
and I already flashed the Recovery-Only SBF when i installed the new rom. (do i need to redo this step? Maybe I'm using an outdated version?)
Can someone link me to the file if there is a better one, all the links are dead.
I am using this version: vulnerable_recovery_only_RAMDLD90_78
I downloaded this:
http://groupoften.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/new-g-o-t-openrecovery-v2-01-launched/
I put the files on the root of my SD:
OpenRecovery
OpenRecovery-CFG (do i need this?)
update.zip
I press the Up dpad and power, I get the triangle thing.
I press the install.zip and still cache error?
E:can't open /ache/recovery/command
I don't get what the readme in the GOT is telling me to do.
it says:
create a folder in /OpenRecovery/recoveries ( for example "My_OR_MOD" i don't use space in folder name, to avoid problems)
does that mean I make a copy of the "openrecovery" folder and put it back inside the "openrecovery" folder? that means every thing will be duplicated? is this correct?
thanks
I would try the androidiani, but i can not find the english guide.
Edit:
just tried androidiani, and I'm still getting E:can't open /ache/recovery/command
Ok
Please forgive me I have spent up to 7 hours today searching and trying but to no luck.
So I didnt realise what i was doing and Semi Bricked my Phone. I edited build.prop and saved it in MyExplorer(name?) to try and turn off the camera sounds and when I rebooted, it just gets stuck on the galaxy S 2 screen, boot loop.
I'm on SGSII (Australia) Stock Vodafone's ICS 4.0.3 Rooted.
I have CWM installed but tried a few things:
- I can get into Download MOde (no idea what to do here)
- I can get into CWM mode 5.0.2.7 Recovery mode but cant do anything still.
- I tried various Edify script builders to try and put the original build.prop back in but get multiple Status 0 errors whenever I try update.zip from the SD card.
- I tried rebuilding the backup on there and changing the build.prop file on there and trying to restore but MD5 check fails. Even tried rebuilding the MD5 file with the modified files and still no luck. MD5 files fails.
Would anyone have any suggestions and how to resolve this without a flash or wipe? I didnt back recent backup and will lose everything.
I am coming to a point where I really am wanting to back to Apple
There are 2 build.props attached. One is the bad one that stopped me from booting up and I found another one that was named .bak (extension taken off) I found in the same directory (/SYSTEM)
If anyone can help me build an update.zip to push in via CVM I would greatly be in your debt (I tried for 4 hours with no luck)
If you have recovery and download mode yet nothing is lost.
In first, do saved your apps ?
If you had saved them or if it doesn't matter to you, reflash a rom via recovery
LINK HERE:
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get/jenkins/2773/cm-9-20120615-NIGHTLY-galaxys2.zip
Flash it GoogleApps folder
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120317-signed.zip
The rom that I attached to the reply is a CM9 ICS version, it's quitly stable and we can have some settings on it.
If it doesn't work reflash with Odin (it's with software who use the Download Mode)
http://hotfile.com/dl/149514867/aea2f22/I9100XXLPQ_I9100OXALPQ_XEO.zip.html
Instructions
-Unzip the Rom Folder ( I9100XXLPQ..........)
-Open the included Odin
-Put your phone on Download Mode
-Click PDA and select I9100_CODE_I9100XXKP*_CL*_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
-Click PHONE and select MODEM_I9100XX*_REV_02_CL*.tar.md5
-Click CSC and GT-I9100-MULTI-CSC-OXA*.tar.md5
-Click Start and don't touch anything still the colored case become green
-And now your phone resurrects
Reply me of results
thanks for your reply
unfortunately i didnt save my apps and havent got backups of my data either
i cant reach the file via ADB either, when i run ADB (have KIES installed and worked before) - adb devices.
nothing shows up when the phone is stuck on "Samsung GS2" screen.
do you have any recommendations around keeping my data there?
If you find the exact same software your on now to download you could try flashing that in cwm without wipes I think that would work i think it replaces all system stuff so it will work, worth a try
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understood thanks
what if i just want to flash build.prop via update.zip?
i tried so many methods but it always fails. is anyone able to create a update.zip for me?
i used a GUI script creator to try and update it via CWM recovery mode but it doesnt seem to like it.
If i turn off signature verification, it gives me a (status 0) error saying : E: Error in /sdcard/update.zip
and if i turn on verification toggle, it says E: signature verification failed
can anyone help?
calum96 said:
If you find the exact same software your on now to download you could try flashing that in cwm without wipes I think that would work i think it replaces all system stuff so it will work, worth a try
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i know there are 2 types of ROMS right? the nonwipes and wipes. i really dont want the wipe versions.
the one i downloaded is 1G which i'd imagine is the wipe version if i were to upgrade via odin?
http://www.androidaddicted.com/firm...-vodafone-australia-firmware-update-1267.html
Can you mount any sd on your pc, because you can the recovery mount trick to access to your data.
When you are in the recovery menu, go to mount and storage and click on "mount usb storage" and the internal and external sd will appear on your pc.
you are posting in galaxy s thread....repost in galaxy s2 thread
I don't think so but then again I don't own a s2 but you can select advanced restore: restore data then flash a compatible ROM, then restore the data if you worried but as I said before flashing the same ROM shouldn't remove user data
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UPDATE: My hosting I had for XDA related work expired, so I re-uploaded everything here: http://www.mods4cars.com/pub/xda
Hi everyone. As pretty much everyone of us who got suckered into buying this excellent (hardware) tab from Verizon knows, their update strategy has been very slow and on top of that, glitchy. Finally, 4 months after the other editions of this tab, we're getting ICS... BUT the update is an incremental OTA update that fails on 99% of the tabs, because it expects a version FD01b instead of the FD01 most of us have. The update seems to have gone through for only 2 or 3 lucky users who must somehow have had FD01b on their tab when they got it.
So after one of the best collaboration efforts on the "Tab 7.7 General" forums, I am happy to present to you
The CWM flashable "full stock" ROM for the SCH-i815 - ICS IMM76D.LP10
First up, let me stress again that this is a HACK and that this is RISKY and that if something goes wrong you MAY end up with a BRICK that will require complicated revival ceremonies! Unfortunately I *have* to say here, that whatever you do here, you do AT YOUR OWN risk, I can not be held liable for anything!
Prerequisites:
Verizon SCH-i815 LTE Tablet (ONLY this version!) with Honeycomb (everyone should have FD01 at this point)
Windows PC with Samsung USB drivers installed, meaning when you connect the tab, you should be able to copy files to it.
A micro-SD Card 2GB or bigger, preferable BLANK, FAT32 formatted.
Step 1: Prepare the SD card
Connect the SD card to your PC and copy the ROM files to it.
ROM Choices:
Original Cloned ROM (First version with direct partition image copy, requires >1GB space on SD card which has caused issues for some)
http://electron73.org/XDA/i815/electron_ICS-LP10_i815.zip
Update 10/12:
NEW ROM with full ext4 optimizations. System, Cache and Data (only in wipe version) will be cleared, formatted and "fsck -Dfy" checked!
DO NOT WIPE ANYTHING IN CWM!!! Just choose the ROM file appropriately.
Non-Wipe Version (This one leaves existing data partition alone, only checks it for errors)
http://electron73.org/XDA/i815/electron_ICS-LP10_i815_nowipe.zip
Wipe Version (THIS ONE WILL FORMAT DATA PARTITION, ALL USER DATA WILL BE LOST!)
http://electron73.org/XDA/i815/electron_ICS-LP10_i815_wipe.zip
Step 2: Download the Odin CWM Recovery pack and get ready to flash
Odin Pack: http://electron73.org/XDA/i815/electron_i815_odin_pack.zip
This ZIP contains everything you need now and later during this process. Extract it in any folder you like (Desktop/Odin or C:\Odin).
Run Odin3 v1.85.exe
Step 3: Bring the tab into Odin mode
Hold down the power and volume down buttons on your tab continuously until you see the big warning. Press volume UP to enter flash (odin) mode. Connect USB. In Odin the leftmost ID:COM field should now be yellow. Click the PDA button and select the cwm-6.0.1.1-i815.tar file. Leave everything else as-is. Click start to flash and when it says rebooting immediately grab the tab and hold down power and volume UP until you see the blue CWM screen! If you don't do this and let the tab boot, then it will automatically kill CWM (yes, bastards!), so don't let it boot the regular ROM!
Step 4: Flash the ICS ROM
Insert the card into the tablet, then in CWM go to install zip from sdcard, then choose zip from external sdcard. Select the electron_ICS-LP10_i815_v2.zip.
It will flash the kernel, the radio (LTE modem), the factory fs (/system) and preload partitions. The whole flash will take about 5 min. Especially on the last two steps be patient, it takes a while to extract 800mb and then flash the full filesystem image. Turning off power here (or running out of battery juice!) will make the rom unbootable and will require a full re-do. IMPORTANT: This requires the use of an external SD card! Using internal storage will not work!
WARNING: DO NOT wipe or factory reset in CWM! You can simply install ICS over an existing Honeycomb setup! Choose the correct ROM version: One erases everything and the other one preserves user data. Since this was originally an OTA, it knows how to convert your saved data. So all your emails, save games etc. will still be there! We had too many reports of problems when wiping/factory resetting with CWM. So for now the best advice for anyone looking into installing the ROM is DO NOT WIPE!
UPDATED PROCEDURE as of 10/16 - NO NEED to flash the old 3e recovery any more! Much easier and quicker baseband update below...
Step 5: Download and flash the baseband modem.bin with ODIN
Download the baseband update: http://electron73.org/XDA/i815/electron_ICS-LP10_i815_modem.zip
Bring the tab back into ODIN mode the same as before. Extract the modem.bin file from the modem.zip and drop it in the PHONE section (not PDA!) in ODIN this time. Click start and let it flash and reboot. Done. Under settings/about device you should now have Baseband Version i815.04 V.LP10 / I815LP10
B]Step 6: Optional: Keep CWM or go all stock[/B]
If you would rather like to be full stock than keeping CWM as the recovery program, then bring the tab back into ODIN mode one last time (pwr + vol down) and Connect USB, then flash LP10_recovery.
The ROM is pre-rooted. SuperSU is pre-installed as part of the ROM.
Trouble?
If the tab for some reason gets stuck in a boot loop with the Verizon animation playing over and over, don't fret! Give it AT LEAST 10 full minutes to start with and if it still doesn't show the home screen after that, hold down power and vol up until you're in CWM and wipe data/factory reset (yes, that will completely kill all user data and the tab will be "like new").
Trickier: If you see any warnings in CWM or 3e stock recovery, that there was an error mounting /data, then you lost the data partition and need to do extensive hacking before the tab will ever boot again. We fixed exactly this problem beginning on the very bottom of the page here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927392&page=16 so don't panic! This repair surgery thanks to the excellent guide by Androguide.fr here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1862294
Thanks
Thanks to everyone involved in making this happen! Especially asenduk for dumping the image backups from his tab, rayjr13 for bringing this whole thing to my attention and sending me the first OTA bin file.
Every use of the thanks button is greatly appreciated
Hi, thank you so much for these instructions and all the help. I was wondering does that 6.0.1.1 protect you from the brick bug and I saw that you hosted the V2 file in the original thread but here you have the regular file hosted. Is the V2 better?
johnny13oi said:
Hi, thank you so much for these instructions and all the help. I was wondering does that 6.0.1.1 protect you from the brick bug and I saw that you hosted the V2 file in the original thread but here you have the regular file hosted. Is the V2 better?
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What is this brick bug people speak of? Bricking during a flash or bricking when you're sleeping at night and doing nothing to the tab?
Thanks again for this Rom electronic73! Hopefully some devs will take this as a base and run with it!
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johnny13oi said:
Hi, thank you so much for these instructions and all the help. I was wondering does that 6.0.1.1 protect you from the brick bug and I saw that you hosted the V2 file in the original thread but here you have the regular file hosted. Is the V2 better?
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Yes the 6.0.1.1 (as far as I know!) is safe. No need to wipe anyway. The v2 included more files that turned out to be not necessary. The files posted here along with the updated, safer method of flashing, should be the best and quickest way to get to full stock ICS.
The v2 was mainly an attempt to bring user ice's tab back to life after his data partition got killed.
Newbie question of the day - where is the IMEI stored on the 7.7? If it's in /system, won't this result in *everyone* flashing this image ending up with the same IMEI (which causes a whole set of problems of its own)?
Rodney
Thank you so much, and I do plan on doing a wipe to clear out my Tab to bring it to a clean slate. Just didn't want it to be a broken state lol.
rhester72 said:
Newbie question of the day - where is the IMEI stored on the 7.7? If it's in /system, won't this result in *everyone* flashing this image ending up with the same IMEI (which causes a whole set of problems of its own)?
Rodney
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IMEI and such is stored in the mmcblk0p1 partition which (along with 2 and 3 which are the bootloader) we don't touch. So no, we only flash the factory fs, lte modem and kernel. CDMA modem.bin via the new method.
electron73 said:
Hi everyone. As pretty much everyone of us who got suckered into buying this excellent (hardware) tab from Verizon knows, their update strategy has been very slow and on top of that, glitchy. Finally, 4 months after the other editions of this tab, we're getting ICS... BUT the update is an incremental OTA update that fails on 99% of the tabs, because it expects a version FD01b instead of the FD01 most of us have. The update seems to have gone through for only 2 or 3 lucky users who must somehow have had FD01b on their tab when they got it.
So after one of the best collaboration efforts on the "Tab 7.7 General" forums, I am happy to present to you
The CWM flashable "full stock" ROM for the SCH-i815 - ICS IMM76D.LP10
First up, let me stress again that this is a HACK and that this is RISKY and that if something goes wrong you MAY end up with a BRICK that will require complicated revival ceremonies! Unfortunately I *have* to say here, that whatever you do here, you do AT YOUR OWN risk, I can not be held liable for anything!
Prerequisites:
Verizon SCH-i815 LTE Tablet (ONLY this version!) with Honeycomb (everyone should have FD01 at this point)
Windows PC with Samsung USB drivers installed, meaning when you connect the tab, you should be able to copy files to it.
A micro-SD Card 2GB or bigger, preferable BLANK, FAT32 formatted.
Step 1: Prepare the SD card
Connect the SD card to your PC and copy the ROM files to it.
ICS ROM: http://electron73.org/XDA/i815/electron_ICS-LP10_i815.zip
Modem Upgrade: http://electron73.org/XDA/i815/electron_ICS-LP10_i815_modem.zip
Make sure you have MORE than 1GB of free space left on the SD card when done.
Step 2: Download the Odin CWM Recovery pack and get ready to flash
Odin Pack: http://electron73.org/XDA/i815/electron_i815_odin_pack.zip
This ZIP contains everything you need now and later during this process. Extract it in any folder you like (Desktop/Odin or C:\Odin).
Run Odin3 v1.85.exe
Step 3: Bring the tab into Odin mode
Hold down the power and volume down buttons on your tab continuously until you see the big warning. Press volume UP to enter flash (odin) mode. Connect USB. In Odin the leftmost ID:COM field should now be yellow. Click the PDA button and select the cwm-6.0.1.1-i815.tar file. Leave everything else as-is. Click start to flash and when it says rebooting immediately grab the tab and hold down power and volume UP until you see the blue CWM screen! If you don't do this and let the tab boot, then it will automatically kill CWM (yes, bastards!), so don't let it boot the regular ROM!
Step 4: Flash the ICS ROM
Insert the card into the tablet, then in CWM go to install zip from sdcard, then choose zip from external sdcard. Select the electron_ICS-LP10_i815_v2.zip.
It will flash the kernel, the radio (LTE modem), the factory fs (/system) and preload partitions. The whole flash will take about 5 min. Especially on the last two steps be patient, it takes a while to extract 800mb and then flash the full filesystem image. Turning off power here (or running out of battery juice!) will make the rom unbootable and will require a full re-do. IMPORTANT: This requires the use of an external SD card! Using internal storage will not work!
BTW there is NO NEED to wipe! You can simply install ICS over an existing Honeycomb setup! Since this was originally an OTA, it knows how to convert your saved data. So all your emails, save games etc. will still be there!
Step 5: Flash the old Honeycomb recovery in order to do the modem upgrade
Since CWM does not understand the proprietary command used to flash the "firmware" which is the base modem file, we need to use STOCK recovery for this. The downside is that, of course, the new recovery is now locked down and won't accept unsigned files. So we need to flash the OLD Honeycomb FD01 recovery and feed it the modem update!
When the CWM flash above is finished and tells you to reboot, simple press and hold power and vol down again to get back into ODIN mode. Connect the USB again and this time use Odin the same way as above, but to flash the FD10_recovery.tar. This time uncheck the "reboot" tick mark.
Step 6: Flash the modem upgrade with the old stock 3e recovery
When Odin is done above, hold down pwr and vol up until you see the old school recovery pop up saying *manual mode*. Select flash update zip from sdcard and select the electron_ICS-LP10_i815_modem.zip this time. It will go on for a while in total bling flight. No output apart from rotating gears! This one is tricky. Just wait until it either ends saying that it is done or a yellow exclamation point shows up in the middle of the screen. The flash is done.
Step 7: Choose between Stock and CWM
Now bring the tab back into ODIN mode one last time (pwr + vol down) and Connect USB, then flash either CWM or LP10_recovery if you rather like to be full stock. If you chose CWM then be aware that the ROM will try to overwrite that immediately on first boot!! In order to avoid that, flash it with "reboot" box unticked and manually reset into CWM mode (pwr + vol up) and inside CWM select reboot system. It will then give you a big warning that the ROM has a CWM killer and offers you to disable that, so CWM will stay in place (good for Nandroids etd).
Step 8: Boot the ICS ROM and enjoy!
Once you see ICS, go to the play store and install SuperSU. The rom is pre-rooted and just needs the SuperSU app for full root access control.
Trouble?
If the tab for some reason gets stuck in a boot loop with the Verizon animation playing over and over, don't fret! Give it AT LEAST 10 full minutes to start with and if it still doesn't show the home screen after that, hold down power and vol up until you're in CWM and wipe data/factory reset (yes, that will completely kill all user data and the tab will be "like new").
Trickier: If you see any warnings in CWM or 3e stock recovery, that there was an error mounting /data, then you lost the data partition and need to do extensive hacking before the tab will ever boot again. We fixed exactly this problem beginning on the very bottom of the page here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927392&page=16 so don't panic! This repair surgery thanks to the excellent guide by Androguide.fr here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1862294
Thanks
Thanks to everyone involved in making this happen! Especially asenduk for dumping the image backups from his tab, rayjr13 for bringing this whole thing to my attention and sending me the first OTA bin file.
Every use of the thanks button is greatly appreciated
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Hey Electron, thanks again for your outstanding work as well as all involved to make this happen. Since I installed your V2 this morning, I can skip the ICS ROM installation and go straight to step 5 right? Or is it better to start over from scratch?
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bathanr said:
Hey Electron, thanks again for your outstanding work as well as all involved to make this happen. Since I installed your V2 this morning, I can skip the ICS ROM installation and go straight to step 5 right? Or is it better to start over from scratch?
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Same here, what steps do I take to flash the updated modem
Awesome!
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Same here, what steps do I take to flash the updated modem
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from step 5 on forward. no need to reflash the whole rom if you already have ICS running.
Just odin the old recovery on, flash the modem update zip, then odin the new recovery or CWM back.
boot loop
Not sure whats up. Ive had your rom on all day. No problems. When i went to install the modem update, i entered odin and installed stock recovery, and boom, went into a verizon logo boot loop. i continued any way with the modem install, then put cwm back on, then wiped and data factory reset. waited 10 minutes during bootloop. Gave up, totally reflashed entire V2 Rom, again, stuck on a bootloop...so nwiped and data factory reset again,,,,still a bootloop....
bummer...does it just run until battery dies?
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Not sure whats up. Ive had your rom on all day. No problems. When i went to install the modem update, i entered odin and installed stock recovery, and boom, went into a verizon logo boot loop. i continued any way with the modem install, then put cwm back on, then wiped and data factory reset. waited 10 minutes during bootloop. Gave up, totally reflashed entire V2 Rom, again, stuck on a bootloop...so nwiped and data factory reset again,,,,still a bootloop....
bummer...does it just run until battery dies?
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Weird. OK did the v2 flash go all the way through? Did it finish at some point and say "please reboot" ? Or did it get stuck half way though?
Can you in CWM mount your internal storage? Did you get any errors when you did the full wipe/factory reset? anything saying "error mounting /data" maybe ?
electron73, did you create the .pit file in the cwm zip? It does not seem to match my i815 (which may be my problem, that mine is wrong)
I noticed the latest stock rom is like 550mb opposed to the one you uploaded this morning which was 990mb.. Is there a difference?
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electron73, did you create the .pit file in the cwm zip? It does not seem to match my i815 (which may be my problem, that mine is wrong)
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No I didn't create it but it is guaranteed the right one for i815. I know because I messed up my partition table last night and had to use that pit to repartition Lucky I found that. What you would do in order to re-do your pit is open odin, put the CWM in the PDA section as usual and then click PIT and select that pit. That should activate a checkbox "repartition device". Leave that on for this one run and click start.
As a result it should partition, then flash the CWM and you should immediately be able to enter CWM. With CWM running connect USB
and use adb shell to get onto your tab.
IN the root prompt enter parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
and in the parted prompt enter print. If you see the result as in the attached pic (note: no file system in the DATAFS line) then you need to fix that the same way ice got it fixed last night. I think the link to the thread is in the OP
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I noticed the latest stock rom is like 550mb opposed to the one you uploaded this morning which was 990mb.. Is there a difference?
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Yes the difference is that the preload partition (550mb decompressed) is not included any longer. Not needed. It was never altered in the first place. It only contains a game and useless verizon demonstration videos. I found out later that it had been untouched since Honeycomb FA02c
Yes. V2 went through with no problems.in CWM I can mount efs,cache,system but not data. Then in cwm... OK..wiping data then I get a error mounting data. Skipping format
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What is this brick bug people speak of? Bricking during a flash or bricking when you're sleeping at night and doing nothing to the tab?
Thanks again for this Rom electronic73! Hopefully some devs will take this as a base and run with it!
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The flash controller in our tablets is buggy. See here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1862294
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Yes the difference is that the preload partition (550mb decompressed) is not included any longer. Not needed. It was never altered in the first place. It only contains a game and useless verizon demonstration videos. I found out later that it had been untouched since Honeycomb FA02c
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Thanks again man.. You have put forth an awesome effort in this work.. Sent you a little something as an appreciation:good:
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Thanks again man.. You have put forth an awesome effort in this work.. Sent you a little something as an appreciation:good:
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I ran into the splash screen just hanging and followed the data retore steps. I keep getting this error when trying to print the print command from the parted prompt.
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Flatlinz>f:
F:\>cd 7.7
F:\7.7>cd adb
F:\7.7\adb>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
~ # ls
ls
boot init sys
cache init.rc system
charger lpm.rc tmp
data preload ueventd.goldfish.rc
default.prop proc ueventd.rc
dev recovery ueventd.smdk4210.rc
efs res vendor
etc sbin
external_sd sdcard
~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
print
print
Error: Can't have the end before the start!
(parted)
Any ideas?
After flashing Cyoanogen 10, I powered the device off and when I powered it back on I got stuck at the Bootloader Unlocked screen. I read somewhere that I should try wiping /sdcard. Bad idea. So I try to use RSD to flash a stock rom from the development section but after I decompress the files and are about to flash I get the error message "Please check input file. Either XML format is wrong or image files associated with it are missing." I have no idea what to do at this point. Any help would be appreciated.
Have you tried this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2231249
I see you said you tried a method from the development section so idk if you gave this one a try i did it yesterday and it flashed stock jb fine.
I will try this method. Thanks for the link. I will let you know how it goes.
Still got the same error...I wonder what the problem is?
EDIT: It actually won't even let me decompress it before the error pops up.
where is your the zip located that your trying to flash try putting it on your desktop then go back to rsd and decompress and flash that worked for me when i was getting a error.
Well the original file is in downloads but after removing the two lines with getvar it is now in my documents.
move the zip that you edited to your desktop and try that.
This time it decompressed but now when I start flashing it fails saying on the first slot "phone failed to switch to fastboot mode" and the second slot says "failed flashing process. Unknown fastboot command..."
EDIT: Well it says battery low now so we might have to wait a while. *sigh*
Dang dude i never ran into that error are you in fastboot mode when you try to flash?
Yep. I am definitely in fastboot.
EDIT: Ok when I try to flash the edited file that has the getvar lines removed I get the XML error. When I try to flash the original file the flash fails. For a split second before it says flash failed it says there was a fastboot error with getvar. But the one without getvar doesn't work...
try replacing the xml by dowloading the modified xml as it says in the post just drag modified xml to your zip and it should replace the old one.
So to replace the file just drag it into the zip folder? Never done this before lol
exactly it should replace it since they have the same name.
It says that the battery is low and I know that if it dies in the middle of flashing it can really screw things up. Its been charging from the outlet for a while but it still says that its low...is it even charging?
not sure btw have you tried reflashing cm10 if so what recovery are your using?
I'm using a Motorola Photon Q clockworkmod. I've seen various posts saying that it works fine with the Atrix HD. I have a thread called "Did I screw up?" (Terrible name for a thread I know) that explains how I got into this situation.
EDIT: No I haven't been able to reflash.
o just took a look at the thread now i see why you cant reflash im sorry dude i never been in a situation like this best of luck.:fingers-crossed:
You know why I can't reflash? I want to know how my phone died.
i meant reflash cm10 not the stock rom since you said you wiped out all of your data.
I just moved the modified file from the thread that you linked me to the zip and it said copying files for a second. Then I went back to rsd and selected the zip and it said "target directory exists. Replace?". I clicked ok then it starts to decompress then it says this new error message "Error!!!!!
Failed to create MB886_att-user-4.1.1-9.8.0Q-97_MB886_FFW-20-27-release-keys-ATT-US_BuildA.xml
Please check if the file path is too long to create or if there is enough free disk space." I probably did something wrong...
Hi all,
For some reason when i plug my phone into the pc odin doesn't recognize it. there is no green highlighted square on the left. this is my 3rd I9305 (as i am quite good at loosing them it seems- thanks insurance lol) im a noob at this stuff but i have had no probs with odin before on my other previous 2, i just plug it in on download mode, it installs drivers (the first time) NORMALLY then a green square appears in the left but this time it doesn't. I have all proper drivers installed.. my computer (and kies) recognizes my device.. but Odin will not. Any clue what the issue is? I'm running Odin 307..
i have included a pic of odin when phone is connected. it says its connected but doesn't recognize it.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Leon
Isn't it supposed to be blue in odin 3.07? I think it showed blue color last time I used it.
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Its normally green for me?
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I will try when I can access my computer. I'm almost certain it is blue when it is connected. In your posted picture it even says added.
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Yes, it is blue here as well. It gets green when it says passed, and dark blue when it says reset. Think you're all good!
Ok maybe we have a different problem then. Added pda tar file but when I flash the Root_superSu.1.02-busybox.1.21.0.zip file I get another problem. Busy box says not rooted. Thought it might have been down to the colour of the vox as im sure it was green before :/
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"Faild to verify whole file signature" is what I get at the end when I flash the SU busybox file.....
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"Faild to verify whole file signature" is what I get at the end when I flash the SU busybox file.....
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Not an expert at this, but what recovery are you using? Tried a different recovery?
I Im also not an expert. I copy Su zip to sd card and install from there. At the end I get the error msg in red.
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Reads as probable bad file .
jje
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I Im also not an expert. I copy Su zip to sd card and install from there. At the end I get the error msg in red.
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But what recovery are you using? Did you flash clockworkmod recovery first?
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Reads as probable bad file .
jje
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ok that could be it, i will download it again and try re-installing.
as im a noob this is what i see.....In recovery mode I get this menu:
Android system recovery <3e>
Reboot system
Apply update from ADB
Apply update from external storage – Which I choose
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe Cache partition
Apply update from Cache
Then flash this file from my sd card (i have also tried a different SDcard) Root_SuperSU.1.02-Busybox.1.21.0.zip
Then I get this on-screen
Install/sd card
Finding update package….
Opening update package
Verifying update package
E: Failed to verify whole package signature
E: signature verification failed
any help would be great. i dont know what recovery im using as im a complete noob?? but it says Android system recovery <3e>
Seems like you're using stock recovery. I can look up a guide for you to both flash recovery and root. To get the recovery to stick there is a guide in there for you to follow. Hang on.
EDIT: Here it is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914394
Take a good look at the first post and notice the last part of it in order to get the recovery to stick.
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its seems as tho i had a file in my system folder causing the prob and not letting the phone boot into CWM.
Workaround for those firmwares have boot-recovery.p in system folder and reflash original recovery after reboot.
1). Copy Root_SuperSU.1.02-Busybox.1.21.0.zip and Remove-boot-recovery.p.zip to your device internal memory card.
2). Boot your device in to download mode.
(Power off and then press and hold the power + volume down + home button at the same time)
3). Flash I9305_CWM_Recovery.tar.md5 with Odin with unchecked the Auto Reboot box.
4). After Odin finish do not turn off or restart the device but try to go in recovery mode.
(Press and hold the power + volume up + home button at the same time)
5). Once in recovery, flash the Root_SuperSU.1.02-Busybox.1.21.0.zip to gain root and Remove-boot-recovery.p.zip to delete the boot-recovery.p file and then reboot.
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its seems as tho i had a file in my system folder causing the prob and not letting the phone boot into CWM.
Workaround for those firmwares have boot-recovery.p in system folder and reflash original recovery after reboot.
1). Copy Root_SuperSU.1.02-Busybox.1.21.0.zip and Remove-boot-recovery.p.zip to your device internal memory card.
2). Boot your device in to download mode.
(Power off and then press and hold the power + volume down + home button at the same time)
3). Flash I9305_CWM_Recovery.tar.md5 with Odin with unchecked the Auto Reboot box.
4). After Odin finish do not turn off or restart the device but try to go in recovery mode.
(Press and hold the power + volume up + home button at the same time)
5). Once in recovery, flash the Root_SuperSU.1.02-Busybox.1.21.0.zip to gain root and Remove-boot-recovery.p.zip to delete the boot-recovery.p file and then reboot.
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Good it worked out for you!