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So I got the dust issue some others have with my Hero. After 7 months I finally got it. Still wonder why. Anyways, a few weeks ago I took it into sprint and they told me I could just a new hero. I declined because I wasn't sure of how it works with my root and custom rom on my phone.
We'll now I know that I can do a nandroid backup of my phone and do a restore, so I can get my new phone to the same state its in now...correct?
I want to get a new Hero I've decided, minus well if its free. What should I look out for though as far as RUU? I know the .5 build can be rooted right? So I could technically put my recovery console back on the new phone and do a restore. If its 1.5, I shouldn't have any worries. So should I be checking the ABOUT PHONE before I take it outta the store? Any other recommendations?
Also I wonder if I have to wipe my phone or something before giving it back to them...for security purposes.
Thanks in advance
Flash The .6 Rom from the HTC website before you return it. That will wipe any sign of root off of your phone. But before that backup your nandroid to your computer. When you get your new phone check to see if its .5 or .6. If its .5 then to ahead and root then restore nandroid. If its .6 then search the forum for the "how to root cdma hero 2.1" and scroll down to the second post and click on "my personal one for testing" or something like that and download the .5 Rom and flash. Then root and then restore
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Great...Thanks! I will try that
Yep, I have a replacement coming from sprint soon, and these answers are about right on the money for my plans.
with out wipe data and cache and without backing up old rom besides slapping my self with babypowder what do i do
its probably not bricked, bricked is getting thrown around everytime something goes wrong.
Bricked means dead, as it no screen and one red light dead to the world.
What is your device doing at this point? Depending on the state there are a few ways to get this fixed.
If all else fails, rsd lite and a droid sbf will likely restore it to a useable state.
Boot into recovery and wipe maybe? If not either rsdlite or if you know anyone who has a Droid have them put a backup on the SD and restore it on your did this same thing so I used my wife's Droid had to wipe to get rid of all her stuff but it came back to life hope it helps
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InGodWeTrust85 said:
with out wipe data and cache and without backing up old rom besides slapping my self with babypowder what do i do
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sorry to say but dig the phone a grave. The Original Droid is a third wheel now days.(over stayed its welcome)
Your best bet is to Sell it while it still has a little value. this phone is pretty much a legend. so it will sell if you can get it to boot up.
Mm I wouldn't go that far I was on a thread the other day where many many people said they wouldn't go from d1 to the x or d2 not enough upgrades to upgrade from d1. Gonna take dual processors and 4g to get devoted d1 fans to let go of a STILL awesome phone
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Cany you boot into recovery??
If so just find a rom online and put the zip file on your sdcard. Then when you boot just select the zip file.
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Your phone is not bricked there are 100s of solutions for your problem.
You go into recovery mount SD and just load a new nandroid on your SD card. You can find these everywhere.. And if your still having trouble I can give you a nandroid.
This morning my phone froze while i was on facebook, and the only way i could get it working again was to take out the battery. So this worked, all is well in the world! Then this afternoon, it did it again. Just froze while i was in an application.
So i did the battery trick again, except now im stuck in a loop. i turn it on it goes from HTC to cyanogen start up screen, then the a black screen, then back to the cyanogen start up screen. And thats literally all my phone is doing now.
Anybody have any ideas how i go about fixing this issue?
I was running cyanogenmod 7.1, with hboot 1.16 (bootloader unlocked), but it was s-on i used lynts guide to unlock bootloader and install the customer rom (cyanogenmod)
Any help would be great
Thank you
shields360 said:
This morning my phone froze while i was on facebook, and the only way i could get it working again was to take out the battery. So this worked, all is well in the world! Then this afternoon, it did it again. Just froze while i was in an application.
So i did the battery trick again, except now im stuck in a loop. i turn it on it goes from HTC to cyanogen start up screen, then the a black screen, then back to the cyanogen start up screen. And thats literally all my phone is doing now.
Anybody have any ideas how i go about fixing this issue?
I was running cyanogenmod 7.1, with hboot 1.16 (bootloader unlocked), but it was s-on i used lynts guide to unlock bootloader and install the customer rom (cyanogenmod)
Any help would be great
Thank you
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Did you do a full wipe before flashing cm7.1?
Full wipe = factory reset + format /data, /cache and /system.
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yeah i did all of that, ive been running cyanogen 7.1 for about 3 week. and then today it just did this. I can get into hboot menu, i noticed in another topic somebody stated go into recovery and reinstall from sd card. So i did this, but im just stuck in the cyanogen loop again.
Should i try full wiping it all again, and then reinstalling cyanogen again?
hi. try to see if you can restore the HTC RUU. put your phone in fastboot and download this RUU and let it do the work.
xttp://ff05d07.filefactory.com/dl/f/cc2d60f//b/8/h/3965e4ec19dd9b3e47359138/m/3e089356f0a33f931688d6f48009f4e3/n/RUU_Vivo_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2.30.405.1_Radio_20.2808.30.085AU_3805.06.03.03_M_release_199308_signed.exe[/url]
hope it works.
right, ive managed to sort it out. I did a factory wipe, and reinstalled the rom and then flashed the rom through CMD becasue ive got hboot 1.16
Is there a way to create a backup or this, and if it ever happens again i can just restore the backup i create, and i dont have to flash the image or use CMD. As its just took ages to set my phone up to how i want it etc.
I know i have something called nandroid backups but im not really sure how to use that to its full advantage?
I'm sure somebody knows?
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right, ive managed to sort it out. I did a factory wipe, and reinstalled the rom and then flashed the rom through CMD becasue ive got hboot 1.16
Is there a way to create a backup or this, and if it ever happens again i can just restore the backup i create, and i dont have to flash the image or use CMD. As its just took ages to set my phone up to how i want it etc.
I know i have something called nandroid backups but im not really sure how to use that to its full advantage?
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Nandroid backup is a backup which backups the whole system. Including contacts, apps, data, etc.
Cool eh? And not to forget it will backup your current rom.
To do nandroid backup, you have to boot to recovery (e.g. clockworkmod). Select backup and restore, then press backup. Once done, you're done!
Keep in mind if you flashed another rom and wanted to restore the backup you've done, you have to take the boot.img, restore via recovery, and then flash boot.img via fastboot.
It could be found at /sdcard/clockworkmod/backups/2011.12.29 - 21.15/boot.img
About the 2011.12.29 - 21.15 (example), that is an info on what date and time (obviously) you did a nandroid backup.
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Ahh that's great thanks as stupid as this sounds is there like maintenance your meant to do with androids? Eg: with a of you have to defrag etc
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shields360 said:
Ahh that's great thanks as stupid as this sounds is there like maintenance your meant to do with androids? Eg: with a of you have to defrag etc
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The only 'maintenance' you can do that doesn't affect your setup and installed apps would be to Clear Cache and Clear Dalvik Cache in recovery mode. If you perform a Full Wipe/System Reset, you will lose you installed apps, messages, settings ,etc.
Hi tpbklake,
In terms of maintenance, you could always check out a couple of apps I use regularly.
SD Maid and Root Explorer are a good way of keeping your SD card clean and healthy and help clear up inconsistencies in directories.
They don't make much of a difference to the functionality of the phone drastically, but do help nonetheless.
Hope it's of some use to you.
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So this is just a question as I was browsing through the rom manager program I noticed the HTC Holiday is now listed in their devices.
As I have been researching this phone I believe the phone was referred to as the HTC Holiday
Basically my question is, Is this the device to select or is it referring to an OEM or pre release handset or is it the same as the AT&T Vivid.
I hope that made sense, if not please let me know and I will do my best to make my question more clear.
Kraizk said:
So this is just a question as I was browsing through the rom manager program I noticed the HTC Holiday is now listed in their devices.
As I have been researching this phone I believe the phone was referred to as the HTC Holiday
Basically my question is, Is this the device to select or is it referring to an OEM or pre release handset or is it the same as the AT&T Vivid.
I hope that made sense, if not please let me know and I will do my best to make my question more clear.
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It is the same phone but I don't know that anyone has used ROM Manager with it. I never used it on any of my other phones because I found it too buggy.
This is the first I have heard of it being listed on there.
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It is the same phone but I don't know that anyone has used ROM Manager with it. I never used it on any of my other phones because I found it too buggy.
This is the first I have heard of it being listed on there.
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I believe it is added as of today, I personally have loved rom manager though I understand your reasons for not liking it. I just want to confirm it is comparable with the AT&T device before putting it on and flashing what ever version of clockwork recovery it has to offer.... (I bought my phone at an early upgrade price so $350 makes me quite a bit cautious with it....)
I just loaded the recovery labeled holiday and you get stuck at the HTC boot screen. Going back to the recovery from the sticky. A later update might fix it.
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Apatche69 said:
I just loaded the recovery labeled holiday and you get stuck at the HTC boot screen. Going back to the recovery from the sticky. A later update might fix it.
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Thank you for trying and letting me know. I do indeed hope it gets fixed, Rom Manager was always just convenient for me.
I told koush about the issues we are having and he is looking into it.
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I updated to the one from ROM manger and I let my phone die. Now I can not get it to charge and the phone will not boot at all. For some reason the charging light comes on for a few seconds and then turns off. Some one please help me lol.
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Neodous said:
I updated to the one from ROM manger and I let my phone die. Now I can not get it to charge and the phone will not boot at all. For some reason the charging light comes on for a few seconds and then turns off. Some one please help me lol.
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boot into HBOOT/Fastboot and Fastboot flash the WORKING recovery found here on our forum. the one in ROM manager DOES NOT work right now.....
Pirateghost said:
boot into HBOOT/Fastboot and Fastboot flash the WORKING recovery found here on our forum. the one in ROM manager DOES NOT work right now.....
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I can't even get in to hboot to do that. I think the battery is dead and like I said I don't think it's charging
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Neodous said:
I can't even get in to hboot to do that. I think the battery is dead and like I said I don't think it's charging
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Its probably obvious but your best bet would be to either get a friends phone to charge your battery or buy an external battery charger....
It's working for me
I have the Vivid and downloaded Rom Manager on a whim. Saw the Holiday, selected it. Tried to backup the Att rom, failed - needed cwm installed. Chose option to let RM flash CWM. The version it put on caused RM to puke when attempting to backup. Flashed CWM v5.0.2.7 from PC. Rebooted and mysteriously lost root. Had to pull the battery a few times during all this.
Rerooted using HTCSupertool, and RM has worked just fine since.
So some flakes, but when ironed out seems OK.
I did a nand backup and a restore just to be sure I could get back and both operations completed without error.
Waiting to get full charge on the phone then will flash first custom rom.
jherbold said:
I have the Vivid and downloaded Rom Manager on a whim. Saw the Holiday, selected it. Tried to backup the Att rom, failed - needed cwm installed. Chose option to let RM flash CWM. The version it put on caused RM to puke when attempting to backup. Flashed CWM v5.0.2.7 from PC. Rebooted and mysteriously lost root. Had to pull the battery a few times during all this.
Rerooted using HTCSupertool, and RM has worked just fine since.
So some flakes, but when ironed out seems OK.
I did a nand backup and a restore just to be sure I could get back and both operations completed without error.
Waiting to get full charge on the phone then will flash first custom rom.
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can you open ROM manager, click on Download ROM and see if anything shows up?
Yep
Pirateghost
Cerberus
Superuser
ClockworkMod
Google Apps
What do I get if I select your entry?
jherbold said:
Pirateghost
Cerberus
Superuser
ClockworkMod
Google Apps
What do I get if I select your entry?
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awesome....
click it and see
Oh
I was thinking of a prize for being first
Edit: Too late. Five downloads already.
On a side note, I'm going to try that rom with the Amaze camera first. Just to see if the HORRIBLE audio on videos is impacted.
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I was thinking of a prize for being first
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lol.
it is a prize. hahaha
My Nexus 7 should be arriving soon, and since this is not my first Android but is my first Nexus device, I have a question for others out there: is it a good idea to install CWM on a Nexus device if you primarily want to use stock ROMs? Vanilla Android is one of the major draws to me (I may want to install CM10 at some point when it's stable), so would I be better off rooting it and not touching the recovery partition so I can receive the latest updates?
I know rooted stock ROMs crop up very quickly, but I'm kinda looking forward to just receiving the updates rather than having to wait till I get home to flash a new update.
Why not? What's the downside of installing CWM?
I've rooted and customized my other devices, but I like the N7's software as-is. I'm not installing cwm.
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I prefer TWRP over CWM.
If you want to stay stock all the way, you don't need to. If you start to feel differently, you can always go back and do it.
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I prefer TWRP over CWM.
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Same here
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I don't own an Android device that doesn't have CWM installed.
The thing with Nexus devices is that Google releases factory images for the devices so its easy to always go back to stock for whatever reason via fastboot. So if you want to try out CWM there will be no harm in the future with it if you decide to go back to stock.
I'm pretty new to this, but for what it's worth, I rooted and CWModded my N7. I removed the CWM, because it wouldn't allow me to update to 4.1.1. I had to go back to stock recovery, then it worked.
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I'm pretty new to this, but for what it's worth, I rooted and CWModded my N7. I removed the CWM, because it wouldn't allow me to update to 4.1.1. I had to go back to stock recovery, then it worked.
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weird.
i got mine on monday. unlocked and rooted and installed CWM with the toolkit.
the next day OTA hits and its updated.
CWM all the way.
What I did was stick with stock recovery. If I want to make a nandroid backup I use temporary CWM, which you can invoke from a root toolkit and usb cable. It goes back to stock after rebooting, works out well really.
I wouldn't have because custom recovery just makes it harder to get OTA updates. Stock recovery is fine since my device is backed up on the cloud anyway.
However I ended up putting TWRP on it since the stock recovery stinks so bad. It doesn't work (or any of them) unless your computer is plugged to your Nexus. This is a known issue but Google hasn't announced a fix. I've also found that my updates would fail also. I got the Android picture with a triangle above it. I don't know what messed my stock recovery up but at any rate once that was done I went ahead and put something else on here to enable me to flash roms.
Short answer -- don't bother changing it, there's no need.
CWM!
cwm and Paul's jr6. Without his rom u lose features being rooted. Paul patched it up so you don't lose features, and it still feels totally stock.
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@Trickee360 Simple solution. Its a Nexus. Meaning its very easy and simple to work with. Push your choice recovery image using fastboot, do a backup and flash supersu. U wanna go stock for an ota, simple do a restores to your backup. Root again flash the supersu zip. Super easy. Nexus isn't like all those devices that have all the crap on em and u have to use a 3rd party deal then wait and if u look at it wrong it bricks..lol. none of that. This is the real deal. Another reason ill only ever own Nexus. Its all on youtube. How to install sdk (qbking77) how to root ---same root method as galaxy nexus.
★To have a Nexus device and not root is against the law. If u get caught u will have to pick up trash on the side of the road for 2000 hrs. ;-P I bet the majority of u guys saying no root now will have it rooted by next mo.
I won't be rooting, I don't think. I have rooted every Android device I have owned, but I am very satisfied with the stock experience.
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I unlocked and rooted after unboxing and I'm so glad I did. Its amazing what this tablet can become when you start tapping into its potential with refined custom software.
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