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Help with nandroid restore

Hello, just installed the leaked sprint hero 2.1 rom on my phone. The rom works okay except that I have too restart my phone every time someone calls me or I try to call someone. This is rather annoying and now I would like to revert back to 1.5. I created a backup with nandroid but I can't seem to restore it properly. I have installed fastboot and followed the directions on how to use it with nandroid but fastboot.exe doesn't execute because it can't find the adbwinapi.dll file. I have this file (along with fastboot) both in my System32 directory and in the android-sdk/tools directory so I don't knowwhy fastboot can't find it. Is there any other way to restore with nandroid?

sketchfighter said:
Hello, just installed the leaked sprint hero 2.1 rom on my phone. The rom works okay except that I have too restart my phone every time someone calls me or I try to call someone. This is rather annoying and now I would like to revert back to 1.5. I created a backup with nandroid but I can't seem to restore it properly. I have installed fastboot and followed the directions on how to use it with nandroid but fastboot.exe doesn't execute because it can't find the adbwinapi.dll file. I have this file (along with fastboot) both in my System32 directory and in the android-sdk/tools directory so I don't knowwhy fastboot can't find it. Is there any other way to restore with nandroid?
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you cant boot into recovery? (home+power)

yes I believe I have the recovery screen with the androids on skateboards and it just gives me the option to clear all data.

sketchfighter said:
yes I believe I have the recovery screen with the androids on skateboards and it just gives me the option to clear all data.
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hmm the recovery screen has alot more than that....your 100% positive your holding the home button and then pressing power (while keeping home pressed in)

positive i wish i had more options. Also, my computer won't even recognize that my phone is plugged in when I'm in recovery mode or the bootloader.

sketchfighter said:
positive i wish i had more options. Also, my computer won't even recognize that my phone is plugged in when I'm in recovery mode or the bootloader.
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Clear data sounds like the bootloader.
Try this. Power off the phone. Hold down the HOME button. While holding the HOME button, press the POWER button. Wait for the phone to vibrate, then release the HOME button.
That should boot straight into recovery (if recovery is installed).
I think if you hold the home button too long, I think it will go into the bootloader menu.

tkirton said:
Clear data sounds like the bootloader.
Try this. Power off the phone. Hold down the HOME button. While holding the HOME button, press the POWER button. Wait for the phone to vibrate, then release the HOME button.
That should boot straight into recovery (if recovery is installed).
I think if you hold the home button too long, I think it will go into the bootloader menu.
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Tried that and got picture of my phone with a little hazard symbol maybe this means I need to install recovery mode? and how would I go about doing that?

hmm i know when i hold home and end key for short second it asks me to clear all data or end ... wat i do is hold home + end for a long time until the ra pops up

This sounds like a rooted phone without a Recovery Image flashed on there.
Did you Root the phone first or just install the leaked Rom RUU exe file?

gunnyman said:
This sounds like a rooted phone without a Recovery Image flashed on there.
Did you Root the phone first or just install the leaked Rom RUU exe file?
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I rooted my phone and then installed the RUU exe but since then I have wiped my phone does that mean I have to root my phome again?

sketchfighter said:
I rooted my phone and then installed the RUU exe but since then I have wiped my phone does that mean I have to root my phome again?
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I'm not sure. You probably still have root since the RUU is rooted, but you probably have to go through it again to get the recover image on there too. This is where my level of expertise ends.

Finally figured it out!
Turns out when I flashed the RUU rom I lost my recovery screen but I manged to figure out how to get it back.
This is how to do it
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-hero-roms-hacks/9542-how-repair-your-bootloader-after-using-2-1-ruu.html
Thanks for the help everyone!

[Q]Recovery that uses power button to select?

My trackball is broken (parts on order) and my 2.3 rom is failing miserably. What recovery can I use that I can make selection with power button so I can use my phone again? Thanks!! Was on clockwork, tried Amon 2.0.

thejron said:
My trackball is broken (parts on order) and my 2.3 rom is failing miserably. What recovery can I use that I can make selection with power button so I can use my phone again? Thanks!! Was on clockwork, tried Amon 2.0.
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Those are the only 2.

Are you asking someone to develop you one?

teh_lorax said:
Are you asking someone to develop you one?
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Not at all.

I use "reboot manager", once installed you can press and hold the "search" buton and select reboot manager to get reboot options, reboot, recovery, fastboot.
N1

fcisco13 said:
I use "reboot manager", once installed you can press and hold the "search" buton and select reboot manager to get reboot options, reboot, recovery, fastboot.
N1
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He's not asking how to get to recovery, he needs a way to navigate it. Unfortunately, at this point there are no options for him.

Know-Fear said:
He's not asking how to get to recovery, he needs a way to navigate it. Unfortunately, at this point there are no options for him.
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Damn. Thanks

Can it be done with ADB?
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

PMGRANDS said:
Can it be done with ADB?
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
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Not directly.
I think you *should* be able to do it using fastboot flash to flash the individual file system images (*.img files, often inside a flashable *.zip), and then adb push to push remaining files to the appropriate directories.
I don't know 100% if this would work, but it might be something to try. Consult adb help and fastboot help for more information on the syntax of those commands.

[Q] Need to download a nandroid backup. Got stuck on bootloop, no power button

My nexus one is stuck in a bootloop, the power button is broken and it has a locker bootloader, so i cant flash a update.zip or a custom rom, can't flash or access the amon ra recovery (amon ra was already installed, so i tried to install again and it didnt worked) or even it's original recovery.img.
The only thing i think i can do is to flash a nandroid backup with fastboot, but i don't have one. Can anyone send me one for me to try to fix it?
I dont live in the USA, so there is no way i can send it to HTC to fix it

I think you're a little confused. The reason the recovery didn't flash via fastboot is because your bootloader is locked, it's also the reason why attempting to flash nandroid .img files will also not work. You can either unlock the bootloader or use the PASSIMG method to get into a working system, at which point you can adb reboot recovery to restore your nandroid. There are other ways but I find this to be the quickest and simplest.

Can't do either of those things without a power button.
If you have Amon Ra's recovery installed then you can use ADB to boot into it (adb reboot recovery), or install Quickboot from the Market, and do what you need to.

shotgunrox said:
My nexus one is stuck in a bootloop, the power button is broken and it has a locker bootloader, so i cant flash a update.zip or a custom rom, can't flash or access the amon ra recovery (amon ra was already installed, so i tried to install again and it didnt worked) or even it's original recovery.img.
The only thing i think i can do is to flash a nandroid backup with fastboot, but i don't have one. Can anyone send me one for me to try to fix it?
I dont live in the USA, so there is no way i can send it to HTC to fix it
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First thing is to power up your n1 w/o touching the power button.
Here is how:-
The trick is to connect the phone via USB to a power source (a charger or computer) and then to remove and insert the battery successively, after a while (5-10 insertions) the device will get confuse and will start.
Once u power up, proceed to your recovery and do whatever u need to do to recover your bootloop.

Hollow.Droid said:
I think you're a little confused. The reason the recovery didn't flash via fastboot is because your bootloader is locked, it's also the reason why attempting to flash nandroid .img files will also not work. You can either unlock the bootloader or use the PASSIMG method to get into a working system, at which point you can adb reboot recovery to restore your nandroid. There are other ways but I find this to be the quickest and simplest.
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I don't know what is this PASSIMG method, can you send me a link?
Rusty! said:
Can't do either of those things without a power button.
If you have Amon Ra's recovery installed then you can use ADB to boot into it (adb reboot recovery), or install Quickboot from the Market, and do what you need to.
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Like i said, my nexus is in a bootloop, so i can't install anything from the market, because it won't boot
temasek said:
First thing is to power up your n1 w/o touching the power button.
Here is how:-
The trick is to connect the phone via USB to a power source (a charger or computer) and then to remove and insert the battery successively, after a while (5-10 insertions) the device will get confuse and will start.
Once u power up, proceed to your recovery and do whatever u need to do to recover your bootloop.
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I already knew how to power it up, the problem is that to access the recovery mod i would need a power button, and my nexus' power button is broken

shotgunrox said:
I don't know what is this PASSIMG method, can you send me a link?
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Sure, here you go. Once completed you can either pull your battery or fastboot reboot to get into the stock ROM. From there, I'm sure you know what to do

Hollow.Droid said:
Sure, here you go. Once completed you can either pull your battery or fastboot reboot to get into the stock ROM. From there, I'm sure you know what to do
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Just one more question, will i need the power button for this PASSIMG method? because mine is broken, that's why i can't unlock my bootloader neither. on the bootloader unlock method it says that i need to press the power button to confirm the procedure.

I think with the PASSIMG method you don't need the power button.

Rusty! said:
I think with the PASSIMG method you don't need the power button.
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PASSIMG method didn't worked. It says:
Hold down the Volume Down button as you power your phone back on.
A screen should appear showing your phone’s system searching for various files. This will take up to 2 minute
When i power on the phone and press volume down, it just boots at fastboot, nothing else happens =\

Vol- should take you to HBOOT? To get to Fastboot you'd have to hold the trackball.

Rusty! said:
Vol- should take you to HBOOT? To get to Fastboot you'd have to hold the trackball.
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yeah, u're right
I already tried trackball vol up, vol down, nothing happened

Well that's good then. When you get into HBOOT you should see text flash up on the screen that it's checking for the passimg, then it should as you to use a volume button to say yes/no

If you're getting to hboot and nothing is happening, it's probably an error with your file:
Check the file name.
Check that it isn't a zip within a zip.
Make sure you used a shipped image.
Check the md5.

Try with FRG33, I've used it in the past and its worked fine. Also as danger-rat said, make sure it isn't named PASSIMG.zip.zip as Windows usually hides file extensions.

Hollow.Droid said:
Try with FRG33, I've used it in the past and its worked fine. Also as danger-rat said, make sure it isn't named PASSIMG.zip.zip as Windows usually hides file extensions.
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thx, it worked.
But now i can't flash any custom roms, because when i do that it goes into bootloop again and i have to do the PASSIMG method all over again. Can someone help me with that?

Have you rooted?

danger-rat said:
Have you rooted?
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Yes.
I figured out what was the problem. When i partition my sd card and install a Custom Rom it goes into the bootloop. But when i just install a custom rom it works fine. Never heard of this bug before. How can i fix it?

How are you partitioning?

danger-rat said:
How are you partitioning?
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Well, i tryed using clockwork with a 1024mb EXT, 512mb ad a 5120mb with 32mb of swap. All of them caused the bootloop.

Try no swap.
Also, I would recommend not using CWM 3.x (if u r?)

[Q] soft-bricked?

tried to install RemICS 4.2 from the razr hd forums and when installing i did this:
format /system
wipe data/factory reset
install
reboot
phone shows unlocked bl warning then just goes black. nothing else.
tried restoring and does the same thing.
whats going on?
(using CWM recovery for XT925)

worlddominatiin said:
tried to install RemICS 4.2 from the razr hd forums and when installing i did this:
format /system
wipe data/factory reset
install
reboot
phone shows unlocked bl warning then just goes black. nothing else.
tried restoring and does the same thing.
whats going on?
(using CWM recovery for XT925)
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can you still access fastboot in bootloader menu?

htchd2fix said:
can you still access fastboot in bootloader menu?
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yes i can access cwm recovery/fastboot but im at school so i cant RSD stock until i get home.

well i get home and turns out now i cant access recovery or fastboot. phone does nothing when i press hold the power button either

worlddominatiin said:
well i get home and turns out now i cant access recovery or fastboot. phone does nothing when i press hold the power button either
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Make sure you have power. Try plugging it in for a while.

aselker said:
Make sure you have power. Try plugging it in for a while.
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Yeah that was the problem. Back to stock now. Guess now I learned to wait until I know for sure if a ROM can be flashed thru cwm.
Edit: this thread can be closed whenever.
Sent from my MB886 using xda app-developers app

Wipe Dalvik Cache

Hm, am i blind or does Moto X 4.2.2 not give anymore the possibility to wipe the cache partition in the fastboot menu?

You need to go into recovery
-Moto X-

rocketsaucev2 said:
You need to go into recovery
-Moto X-
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Thats my problem , when selecting Recovery with Volume up key the phone restarts.

Thomas_BA said:
Thats my problem , when selecting Recovery with Volume up key the phone restarts.
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You didn't happen to root using SlapMyMoto, did you?
If so, you might want to read up on what that rooting process does to your stock Recovery.

Thomas_BA said:
Thats my problem , when selecting Recovery with Volume up key the phone restarts.
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Volume up is select. I believe you scroll around with volume down and use up to select. Weird, I know...

Yes that's the way I do it.
By the way I rooted my phone with RockMyMoto.
Posting from the moon with Moto X and Tapatalk.

scott62185 said:
Volume up is select. I believe you scroll around with volume down and use up to select. Weird, I know...
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Yeah I remember i was stuck on this forever and kept rebooting, took a long time to figure that out. Haha

vikramkhalsa said:
Yeah I remember i was stuck on this forever and kept rebooting, took a long time to figure that out. Haha
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Jaja what is the damn trick?

Thomas_BA said:
Jaja what is the damn trick?
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thats it, vol down is to scroll and vol up is to select.. so you press down until it goes all the way around back to the right option you want and then press up to select it..

vikramkhalsa said:
thats it, vol down is to scroll and vol up is to select.. so you press down until it goes all the way around back to the right option you want and then press up to select it..
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Trying and trying..reboot and reboot..jaja

Thomas_BA said:
Trying and trying..reboot and reboot..jaja
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If you're rooted, you don't have a recovery. Recovery for us bypasses write protection. You shouldn't have done anything to warrant the wiping of the cache. So, don't worry about it.

natezire71 said:
If you're rooted, you don't have a recovery. Recovery for us bypasses write protection. You shouldn't have done anything to warrant the wiping of the cache. So, don't worry about it.
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Yes seams so, i am booting into recovery when i want to change something in /system, which disables the write protection for the time being.
Thanks anyway.