I unlocked the bootloader no issues, I installed Clockworkmod did have a bit of an issue with this but eventually it installed. I did a backup, I copied over CM7, I erased etc cleared the dalvic cache or whatever installed zip, rebooted white HTC screen wouldn't budge, restored backup copied over a different CM7 rom same issue, tried a different rom virtuous affinity same issue.
What am I doing wrong?
slugger09 said:
I unlocked the bootloader no issues, I installed Clockworkmod did have a bit of an issue with this but eventually it installed. I did a backup, I copied over CM7, I erased etc cleared the dalvic cache or whatever installed zip, rebooted white HTC screen wouldn't budge, restored backup copied over a different CM7 rom same issue, tried a different rom virtuous affinity same issue.
What am I doing wrong?
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With the unlocked bootloader, when you flash a custom ROM, you also need to extract the boot.img file from the custom ROM's zip file and place it in the same folder where you run adb.exe and fastboot.exe from.
Then you need to manually flash the boot.img file in FASTBOOT USB mode using the command:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
I've made a mess of this, now my back up won't install, it goes to the HTC screen then reboots and goes in Clockworkmod.
I used the command fastboot flash boot boot.img Instantly is gives FAILED Status malformed
I'm fed up with this I just want back to stock and forget about putting a ROM on HELP??
slugger09 said:
I've made a mess of this, now my back up won't install, it goes to the HTC screen then reboots and goes in Clockworkmod.
I used the command fastboot flash boot boot.img Instantly is gives FAILED Status malformed
I'm fed up with this I just want back to stock and forget about putting a ROM on HELP??
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Just make sure you're flashing the boot.img from the same rom that you are installing on your phone. I recommend the virtuous.
Also make sure your fastboot is detecting your device
Nonverbose said:
Just make sure you're flashing the boot.img from the same rom that you are installing on your phone. I recommend the virtuous.
Also make sure your fastboot is detecting your device
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I don't think fastboot is detecting my device, what do I do?
Tried it again and it worked and booted Something just not right with the fastboot, I had a similar issue when unlocking the bootloader, it took several times before it would eventually send.
Is there a way to enable CallRecorder on IncS to record clean sound from both sides from line, not from mic, because the sound is very bad? I found THIS site and there is sad that "Requires the kernel with 2-way call recording patch"? I tried but cannot find anything about that, anybody know where to find that kernel, or is there some other application that can do call record with clean sound? I tried couple of them from market but none is good. Thanks.
Unity kernels have 2wcr patch. There's app in first post and mirror in last.
Thank you. You mean on THIS therad? I have Incredible S v.2.3.5 sense 3.0, stock ROM, rooted, unlocked bootloader with HtcDev, S-ON. Is this compatible with my device? I just need to flash form CWM/install from zip? Where i can find stock kernel, if something go wrong to return to stock? Thanks!
snebojsa said:
Thank you. You mean on THIS therad? I have Incredible S v.2.3.5 sense 3.0, stock ROM, rooted, unlocked bootloader with HtcDev, S-ON. Is this compatible with my device? I just need to flash form CWM/install from zip? Where i can find stock kernel, if something go wrong to return to stock? Thanks!
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Yes sorry I forgot to post a link. As you are s-on, the easiest way to flash this kernel is to replace your cwm with the latest version of 4ext touch recovery. To restore the the stock kernel, just restore the boot.img that you backed up as a nandroid in 4ext before you flashed unity But you should have no issues.
Thanks again. I never used 4ext touch recovery, is necessary to flash kernel with that tool or i can also do it with cwm? I already done nandroid backup from cwm.
snebojsa said:
Thanks again. I never used 4ext touch recovery, is necessary to flash kernel with that tool or i can also do it with cwm? I already done nandroid backup from cwm.
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You cannot flash a kernel with cwm on a s-on device. 4ext is very easy to use. You will have to redo your nandroid as I don't think the cwm backup method is compatible with 4ext.
So i just install 4ext, beside cwm, wright?
snebojsa said:
So i just install 4ext, beside cwm, wright?
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Download the app in the 4ext thread and flash from there.
I downloaded 4EXTRecoveryUpdater.apk and install from there, everything went ok but when i boot into recovery it's still CWM, not 4ext, what to do?
snebojsa said:
I downloaded 4EXTRecoveryUpdater.apk and install from there, everything went ok but when i boot into recovery it's still CWM, not 4ext, what to do?
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You need root access, then select online install. I don't know if you have done either of these things as your post contains insufficient information.
Yes, i have root access (superuser) and i selected online install, and installation went well, installed 4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.5 RC3 (latest). But, when i want to boot into recovery (power+volumedown), phone boot in CWM (which i installed 2 days ago) instead of 4ext. What i am doing wrong?
snebojsa said:
Yes, i have root access (superuser) and i selected online install, and installation went well, installed 4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.5 RC3 (latest). But, when i want to boot into recovery (power+volumedown), phone boot in CWM (which i installed 2 days ago) instead of 4ext. What i am doing wrong?
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The app should give you a copy of the 4ext recovery in your downloads folder, you might want to flash it manually. The app gives options to reboot into recovery, you might need to use it.
I use the option in the app to reboot into recovery, but it rebooted in CWM. How to manually flash the 4ext?
Ok, i used 4ext file from download folder on phone and flash the img with fastboot flash recovery command and now i have 4ext touch recovery. Now, i boot into recovery, choose install zip from sd card, and install UNITY_V9_2.6.35.14 from my sd card, and i will have unity kernel, right?
snebojsa said:
Ok, i used 4ext file from download folder on phone and flash the img with fastboot flash recovery command and now i have 4ext touch recovery. Now, i boot into recovery, choose install zip from sd card, and install UNITY_V9_2.6.35.14 from my sd card, and i will have unity kernel, right?
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Use the app to flash the kernel. Make sure you have s-on smartflash enabled in the recovery settings and create a backup first.
"S-On: 4EXT SmartFlash - This setting is unavailable for your device". This option is greyed-out and i cannot select it?
snebojsa said:
"S-On: 4EXT SmartFlash - This setting is unavailable for your device". This option is greyed-out and i cannot select it?
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Hmm, did you tell the app you were s-on when you installed it?
I don't remember i sow that question during install, can i check it out now, or re-flash and tell the app that i am s-on?
edit: i just re-flashed and there is NO question at all, just installing and done!
I found this: "This is done when you install recovery and answer the question that you are s-on with "yes".
You can also change that setting later on via RecoveryControl -> Recovery settings, or by editing 4ext.prop manually"
How to edit 4ext.prop manually?
I found that file on sd card and edit it, now is s-on=yes (was NO) but nothing changed. I reboot and recheck 4ext.prop and there is s-on=NO, again. I send mail to madmaxx82 and this is what it say:
"yes it's like that. Your device is unsupported by SmartFlash, because it's technically impossible on your device, which means you need to flash kernels/boot and even recoveries with fastboot. Sorry, but there is absolutely no way!"
So, can i flash UNITY kernel with fastboot with s-on?
snebojsa said:
I don't remember i sow that question during install, can i check it out now, or re-flash and tell the app that i am s-on?
edit: i just re-flashed and there is NO question at all, just installing and done!
I found this: "This is done when you install recovery and answer the question that you are s-on with "yes".
You can also change that setting later on via RecoveryControl -> Recovery settings, or by editing 4ext.prop manually"
How to edit 4ext.prop manually?
I found that file on sd card and edit it, now is s-on=yes (was NO) but nothing changed. I reboot and recheck 4ext.prop and there is s-on=NO, again. I send mail to madmaxx82 and this is what it say:
"yes it's like that. Your device is unsupported by SmartFlash, because it's technically impossible on your device, which means you need to flash kernels/boot and even recoveries with fastboot. Sorry, but there is absolutely no way!"
So, can i flash UNITY kernel with fastboot with s-on?
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I guess you could try booting the recovery in fastboot.
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
and flash the kernel.zip from there, but this method is unconfirmed on our devices.
Otherwise you will have to go s-off if its that important to have this feature.
Ok, thanks. I want to try to downgrade and gain s-off.
In your thread "[TOOL][SCRIPT][20 Feb 2012]S-off for HBOOT 1.16 and above v3.1" is a link to RUU used for downgrade. In that RUU the radio is 20.2808.30.085AU_3805.06.03.03 and i have higher radio (20.482.30.0822U_3822.10.08.28_M). Somewhere i read that downgrade the radio can brick the device? Or that can happened only if try to downgrade with lower version of android, like from Gingerbread to Froyo? I have Gingerbread, like the RUU for downgrade. Can i safely use your script to downgrade and s-off my device?
Hi,
I did the following procedure
1. Unlock bootloader using HTC-dev site.
2. Take nandroid backup of stock ROM.
3. Installed Sabsa prime v15
Now I want to go back to stock ROM.
4. recovery says restore complete of Nandroid backup.
5. I flash boot.img from nandroid backup (I am on S-ON)
6. the phone boots up and directly goes to recovery instead of normal boot.
How can I get back to my stock ROM now?
sagarparmar said:
Hi,
I did the following procedure
1. Unlock bootloader using HTC-dev site.
2. Take nandroid backup of stock ROM.
3. Installed Sabsa prime v15
Now I want to go back to stock ROM.
4. recovery says restore complete of Nandroid backup.
5. I flash boot.img from nandroid backup (I am on S-ON)
6. the phone boots up and directly goes to recovery instead of normal boot.
How can I get back to my stock ROM now?
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relock your boot loader and try to flash RUU...(the latest one)
shiromau said:
relock your boot loader and try to flash RUU...(the latest one)
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Yeah, I had to do the same... I downloaded the RUU from htcdev and flashed. But I am not sure why nandroid restore didnt work. Is it because i was on S-ON?
Try this
sagarparmar said:
Yeah, I had to do the same... I downloaded the RUU from htcdev and flashed. But I am not sure why nandroid restore didnt work. Is it because i was on S-ON?
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Sabsa prime Rom has this issue, it doesn't get completely wiped off with factory reset.
In the recovery go to advanced, format /system.
After this restore from CWM. After the restore gets completed, flash the boot.img file from fastboot usb mode.
No, again go to recovery and select reboot.
I hope this will work.
I remember reading somewhere (dont remember exactly where) that you can make a nandroid backup before rooting or flashing a custom recovery.
This was done by booting into fastboot mode and running the custom recovery, not flashing, just running it. This would preserve the stock recovery as a custom recovery is not flashed, but would still allow you to make a backup of the stock rom without root and without a custom recovery.
Is this a possible method for making a nandroid backup of the stock rom? Which would allow you to return to stock after rooting and installing custom roms?
fastboot boot recovery CWM.img (or whatever you have called the recovery image) will boot into CWM but not flash it and you can then make a nandroid
EddyOS said:
fastboot boot recovery CWM.img (or whatever you have called the recovery image) will boot into CWM but not flash it and you can then make a nandroid
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One more question, even if you have a nandroid of the stock rom, wouldnt your device still show up as tampered and unlocked? Is there a way to remove that AFTER returning to the stock rom..?
EddyOS said:
fastboot boot recovery CWM.img (or whatever you have called the recovery image) will boot into CWM but not flash it and you can then make a nandroid
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Hi, you again
That didn't work for me with CWM, but it didn't work after I flashed it either. It just failed to back anything up.
I didn't try it with TRWP though, in theory you're correct.
Need help guys... thinking of unlocking and flashing a custom rom in my Butterfly S. But before that, I want to backup my stock recovery first... Any idea how this is done?
shadow071506 said:
Need help guys... thinking of unlocking and flashing a custom rom in my Butterfly S. But before that, I want to backup my stock recovery first... Any idea how this is done?
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You can't backup stock recovery if you don't have S-Off.
tsokh said:
You can't backup stock recovery if you don't have S-Off.
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So this it is not possible?
someone i asked told me this:
"Boot cwm via adb fastboot (fastboot boot recovery.img) then backup rom (which is stock) then flash the custom recovery"
can this not be done? Thanks..
shadow071506 said:
So this it is not possible?
someone i asked told me this:
"Boot cwm via adb fastboot (fastboot boot recovery.img) then backup rom (which is stock) then flash the custom recovery"
can this not be done? Thanks..
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Yes, you can backup your stock rom with CWM or TWRP, but not the recovery. Recovery and rom are two different things.
Do you mean it's possible to boot a custom recovery without even unlocking the bootloader via HTCdev, i.e. without losing the whole /data filesystem? If that's the case and you haven't unlocked yet, would you mind creating a full backup along with /data and posting it somewhere? I'd really like to know what's missing in the backup I made after unlocking.
Also, it might be possible to read the recovery image from its partition using dd within a custom recovery. I know no specifics, though, and it's just a guess anyway.