Hello, I got a vivid second hand and am trying to flash it back to stock so i can get the ICS OTA. I dont mind if I lose root, here is the situation. I got it with a custom rom (rumraider 2.3.7) so I suppose the bootloader is unlocked and its rooted. Bootloader still says S-ON by the way. Now I downloaded the PH39IMG for stock ATT firmware and placed it in my sd card, but when I boot in bootloader, i dint see it checking for update files like Android phones usually do. So it doesnt detect it. How can I fix this or is there something I overlooked?
Sorry for my ignorance, this is my first HTC with the whole bootloader locking fiasco so im kinda new on how things work here.
Or if there a CMW flashable stock rom I can download (could not find) or if someone is nice enough to upload a nandroid backup of a stock rom also, id really appreciate it. I dont have access to a PC ATM so I cant do the RUU method, im looking for a way to do it on the phone itself if possible. Thanks
Are you using the PH39.img from the super guide? Also did you put it on your external sd card and on the root of the card, not inside of any folders, etc.?
megatronisabeast said:
Are you using the PH39.img from the super guide? Also did you put it on your external sd card and on the root of the card, not inside of any folders, etc.?
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I figured out what the problem is, its not detecting my external sd card. I mixed it up with the phones internal memory. Im gonna have to see if i can pick up another one to test. Wish there was a CWM GB ROM floating around or some nandroid.
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So, I have a broken reader inside my phone for the sdcard, due to an unfortunate drop. I first had to turn off Apps to SD and then was able to use my apps again (of course re downloaded),
next I went to see if I could install a normal update.zip of a rom using fastboot,
I looked into the 'fastboot update <update.zip>', realized that i would still need .img (the ones nandroid makes) not the normal update.zip used in recovery to flash...
So I was thinking if I used a friends G1 to create a nandroid of his device, could I technically use fastboot to write those files from my PC? (i would test but it would be a bit of a chore for us to get together, any info would be helpful)
or is my phone stuck because there is no way to flash without the sdcard?
i have this same problem. it will work if you use your friends nand back up i have done that before with my girl's phone but know she has gotten rid of her g1 and im stuck with a phone that i cant seem to flash anymore and cant send it back to get fixed because i cant get back to official tmo rom. asked a bunch of people on here for the .img's from their nand, minus the user data stuff, but havent gotten any responses as of yet.
cant you flash the official t-mo through fastboot? oO i'd try that.
i have a somewhat current edition of CyanogenMod so its not like a huge issue, but i was trying to stay away from tmo versions.
thanks for the info on being able to use the nandroids....
let me know about flashing regular .zip?
hi
i'm a complete novice. i got a local shop to root my t mobile g1, which they have done. The reason i wanted this is so that i could wifi tether it. however they were unable to get this next step to work. i have tried it at home through watching you tube and looking at sites like this - but no luck.
I'm seriously thinking of going back to where i was ie put it back to 1.6 and forget the tethering part. can i do this on a rooted phone, i wish i never rooted it. it cant even find linda file manager in the market anymore.
please help
i am on firmware version 1.0. any help would be appreciated. i guess i shouldn't have got involved in stuff i didn't understand!!!
singingauditor said:
hi
i'm a complete novice. i got a local shop to root my t mobile g1, which they have done. The reason i wanted this is so that i could wifi tether it. however they were unable to get this next step to work. i have tried it at home through watching you tube and looking at sites like this - but no luck.
I'm seriously thinking of going back to where i was ie put it back to 1.6 and forget the tethering part. can i do this on a rooted phone, i wish i never rooted it. it cant even find linda file manager in the market anymore.
please help
i am on firmware version 1.0. any help would be appreciated. i guess i shouldn't have got involved in stuff i didn't understand!!!
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First you should always do your own work so you understand whats going on. if your still on 1.0 you need to update to a newer firmware (at least 1.5 or 1.6 or even jump up to 2.1). Thats prolly why your not seeing certain things in the market and why wifi tether isnt' working. That shop sounds like they don't know what they are doing.
i know. leave things if you dont understand them. lesson learnt. how do i get back back or should i get an expert to get me back to 1.6?
singingauditor said:
i know. leave things if you dont understand them. lesson learnt. how do i get back back or should i get an expert to get me back to 1.6?
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Well techincally the "hard part" is done. All you need to do is find a rom that you want. Cyanogen has a stable 1.6 build that you can run. Just put the .zip on the sd card and flash and everything will start working. Let me know if you need any details on how to do anything.
hi
Cyanogen has a stable 1.6 build that you can run. Just put the .zip on the sd card and flash
thanks for the advice. sorry to be dum. So a ROM on a G1 is like an operating system? So if i put on Cyanogen it will allow me to upgrade to 1.6. When you say put the .zip on the sd card you mean there will be a file called cyananogen.zip that i will have downloaded. Put it onto the SD card, and by flash you mean run the file?
sorry but all this terminology is new to me. ROM in my day was read only memory.
grateful for any simple instructions. thanks in advance
singingauditor said:
hi
Cyanogen has a stable 1.6 build that you can run. Just put the .zip on the sd card and flash
thanks for the advice. sorry to be dum. So a ROM on a G1 is like an operating system? So if i put on Cyanogen it will allow me to upgrade to 1.6. When you say put the .zip on the sd card you mean there will be a file called cyananogen.zip that i will have downloaded. Put it onto the SD card, and by flash you mean run the file?
sorry but all this terminology is new to me. ROM in my day was read only memory.
grateful for any simple instructions. thanks in advance
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First install this recovery (all the instructions are included)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669
Then here is the thread for cyanogen's stable build with installation instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567610
And if you want to jump to a 2.1 firmware here's his that runs great
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index....c-would-you-like-a-pony-v507-test5-05132010/?
But basically you'll download his file which will be a zip file (don't matter what its called) and put it on the root of the sd card (in no folders), turn the phone off. Start the phone in bootloader mode (home and power button, hold the 2 buttons in until you get to your recovery screen and then just flash your zip file.
And I'm like you I don't like calling them rom's either, I'm not real old but older than most on here. But everyone calls them rom's. I'd rather just call them builds. Let me know if you understand everything.
hi guys,
i purchased an at&t captivate which has cognition rom on it. the seller took the sd card out, market is not installed etc. i tried flashing stock rogers rom, updated firmware but it reports sdcard busy when i boot in recovery mode.
thanks in advance.
This doesn't belong in Development.
As to the OP, does the phone turn on: ie can you get to the homescreen and such?
yeah the phone turns on. i can make calls, receive texts, surf over wifi etc.
gtalk cannot launch, cant connect to rogers 3g network..
i need to get a rom loaded on there. any rom, can i load cognition using adp?
do an odin 1click restore and see where that gets you if you can.
tanksta said:
hi guys,
i purchased an at&t captivate which has cognition rom on it. the seller took the sd card out, market is not installed etc. i tried flashing stock rogers rom, updated firmware but it reports sdcard busy when i boot in recovery mode.
thanks in advance.
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Ok.. First , It is an att phone so I am going to assume it has an att cog rom on it YES? Second .... There are Samsung calls the internal storage of the phone an sd card... there is also a spot for an external sd card. The Phone has the internal card or the phone wouldn't boot.
I am curious as to which you are having problems with.... the root or the flashing
You do have to be rooted to flash a rom unless youre using Odin
And Rom Manager makes Everthing Nice!!
Anyways the External (microsd) sd card is in /sd/sd
internal is just sd
You are wanting to use an Att phone on a different network so this Requires :
A: 1. Reflash Cog. 2.3b6 (which will include att bloatware plus "market.)
2. Use the tips and tricks to sideload apps in 2.2 .
3. Unlock the phone for use with Rogers Network.
B. 1. Reflash to att cog 2.3b6 and do the root , and the unlock
2.Flash your rogers rom. you should be set.
I am curious as to which you are having problems with.... the root or the flashing
hope to hear
bikerboy
working!
thanks for the reply guys.
i had trouble with flashing any new roms so used odin3 to go back to the stock at&t one.
rooted the phone, then installed recovery. created a backup of the stock rom with root and have flashed axura rc1.
back in business and testing roms!
I'm currently running with a rooted version of the latest stock firmware on my N1, and I love the stability and all, except Google's apps2sd implementation is really dumb.
With only a dozen or so apps I am already getting low storage errors.
I've tried flashing in DT's apps2sd but unfortunately it didn't seem to work at all. Are there any other options for me to get apps2ext support without switching to a custom rom?
Try Link2sd in the Market.
It may be better, it may not, but it's worth a try...
Hey SmallWalrus,
I am running stock 2.3.4 unrooted Nexus one. (yes, that is GRJ22)
I have never rooted a phone. Can you please point me somewhere which shows how to unlock and root the N1 with my specs. My phone is pretty old. I am only rooting it because this is a spare one and I now have moved to SGS2.
PS: using a mac and Linux machine. If not then please show me a windows one. i'll try dual booting my macbook pro.
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Hey SmallWalrus,
I am running stock 2.3.4 unrooted Nexus one. (yes, that is GRJ22)
I have never rooted a phone. Can you please point me somewhere which shows how to unlock and root the N1 with my specs. My phone is pretty old. I am only rooting it because this is a spare one and I now have moved to SGS2.
PS: using a mac and Linux machine. If not then please show me a windows one. i'll try dual booting my macbook pro.
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Have you unlocked your bootloader? That was how I did it though, there is no other way to root 2.3.4 without doing this at the moment.
That is what i want to know. How do i do that safely?
Well there is a way to safely root your phone without unlocking the bootloader, I did those steps recently and they worked fine for me.
1. You need to downgrade your phone to Froyo. Get the FRG83 image from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Nexus_One/Roms
Rename it to PASSIMG.zip and copy it to the root folder of your SD Card. Boot your phone into the bootloader and flash the image. This will wipe your device, so be sure to make a backup of your data and apps first.
2. Use SuperOneClick to root your phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
3. Now you need to flash a custom recovery. I used the Clockworkmod one, because flashing it is very simple: install the Rom Manager app from the market, it has an option to flash the recovery.
4. Now you are set to flash custom ROMs, either through Rom Manager or the Recovery. You should however do a Nandroid Backup first, in case anything goes wrong in flashing the ROM. Boot into Recovery and you should see a menu item saying Backup or something.
It's really not a big deal as it sounds, I can't guarantee that this will work for you. You should know what you are doing and if you feel unsafe about any of these steps, make sure to search the forums or the web about it, before you execute it.
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That is what i want to know. How do i do that safely?
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Sorry, I didn't see your question until now
Actually, it IS very easy to do this, you can find the instructions here:
http://android.modaco.com/topic/299078-how-to-unlock-the-bootloader-on-your-nexus-one/
It does have some warranty implications though, but since I am already using an import set I don't care. According to some, HTC usually shuts one eye and fix your phone's hardware failures even if it has an unlocked bootloader, but YMMV.
Need help! i am running cwm recovery on my rogers htc one and im having problems with finding my roms. I flashed a new rom yesterday (trickdroid 7.0) and after that when i tried flashing a different rom, when i would connect my phone to the computer in my internal storage my roms that i had downloaded wouldnt show up and when id put the new rom in the internel storger and go to recover>choose zip file>choose form sd card its not there! can anyone help me with this problem? IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRICIATED THANKS!
WasifSyed said:
Need help! i am running cwm recovery on my rogers htc one and im having problems with finding my roms. I flashed a new rom yesterday (trickdroid 7.0) and after that when i tried flashing a different rom, when i would connect my phone to the computer in my internal storage my roms that i had downloaded wouldnt show up and when id put the new rom in the internel storger and go to recover>choose zip file>choose form sd card its not there! can anyone help me with this problem? IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRICIATED THANKS!
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I had a similar thing happen to me. When you're told to select the zip to flash, at the top of the list there should be a "0". select that and then try finding your new zip to flash in there. I'm honestly not sure why this is; hopefully someone more knowledgeable can pop in and say what happened and why the directory is like that.
Anyway, hope that helps!
Thanks !
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I had a similar thing happen to me. When you're told to select the zip to flash, at the top of the list there should be a "0". select that and then try finding your new zip to flash in there. I'm honestly not sure why this is; hopefully someone more knowledgeable can pop in and say what happened and why the directory is like that.
Anyway, hope that helps!
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it worked! thanks so much!
Hello I have the same problem only I am using TWRP recovery.
And I have no "0" directory.
went in, wiped EVERYTHING...re-flashed current ROM (just a stock rooted ATT deodex) and its the same thing...the current ROM I'm running shows in TWRP..
But any ROM I've transferred via PC into internal memory, or downloaded straight from the device, is completely non existent...
the "ROMs" folder I created on my PC to the external memory (where I store the ROMs for easy access) is not there either.