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Alright I have been reading and trying to root this device for days with no avail, now let me tell you what i did. Before I turned off the phone, you have to literally turn off every wireless connection anything that you connected to at all. Dont turn on air plane mode, just turn off every connection you can. Then What I did was click in the sd card after doing the adb reboot recovery. This worked like a charm. I also edited the drivers of the usb driver file called winusb.inf located at c:\sdk\usb_driver
if you dont have that folder that means you have not installed the usb driver which you can do by opening setup.exe clicking on usb drivers install.
you have to edit the file by including the lines under google nt 86 at end of section
;HTC Incredible
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C9E
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C9E&MI_01
%SingleBootLoaderInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C94
also then put the exact same lines under [Google.NTamd64] at end of section.
Next your going to want to save the file. Then go under device manager, update the drivers that you already have with that file located at c:\sdk\usb_drivers.
Restart if it says you have to.
Then next step use the windows application
hxxp://incredible.groove2.net/IncredibleRooter.zip
mdawg made This. extract put file in location under "c:\sdk\tools".
Then boot into recovery mode.
run loop.bat and begin clicking in and out of the sd card until it changes the error from device not found to that great error. then exit out of loop.bat with ctrl+c. and finish with the application by pushing files and updating zip. This is the hardest card to do. But it worked very first time after i tried updating drivers! I got wireless Tether working and sending this from there .
I used windows xp sp3
This method will work with any windows machine.
New!!! Load USB drivers from http://tether.com/a/setup.exe
Make sure you update your drivers in Device Manager and restart if needed. These are same drivers I used first time, I just forgot that I downloaded tether before hand.
If you need help you can locate me on IRC
irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/rootmyincredible
This doesn't help if you cant get the phone into the adb recovery status...
This will help you get the phone into recovery status
Please read and try directions instead of thumbing your nose at me. I have put a lot of time into this and im trying to help. I would like to know if my instructions have helped people so we can try and figure out what exactly it is that helps the device. This helped mine and is considered one of the hardest cards to get working. But please at least try this before I get responses like "this wont help". Your not going to ever get rooted with that attitude.
Re: How to root any htc incredible phone with any SD Card. Full proof instructions!
Thanks for the tips, but I think you need to be more careful about using definite statements like 'any card' and 'any PC'. We know from the unRevoked guys that radios and cards play a role, so you're right there.
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I believe that SD card does not matter
Let me tell you, The Unrevoked team is a great team. i give them all credit for actually rooting the device. There is still some bugs, im trying to fix those bugs, and provide help how to do that. And I do believe any card can be done on any pc. If your experiencing problems, i might be able to help. Recovery status is easy to achieve if you follow directions. They are wrong about SD cards playing a role though, this is a misguided conception. As my card is one of the hardest cards to get working and practically no one has it.
blue45 said:
Please read and try directions instead of thumbing your nose at me. I have put a lot of time into this and im trying to help. I would like to know if my instructions have helped people so we can try and figure out what exactly it is that helps the device. This helped mine and is considered one of the hardest cards to get working. But please at least try this before I get responses like "this wont help". Your not going to ever get rooted with that attitude.
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I've already tried this exact method of getting into adb recovery for like past 2 days, my phone just will not co-operate with me.
The root method with the program is awesome, I told mDawg this in TRC the other night... All i'm saying is it doesn't help people who cant get into adb recovery.
I have all the correct drivers installed, because i can use adb shell and android screen monitor to take screen shots fine when the phone is on.
But my phone will not go into adb recovery no matter what i try, I have tried using 2 different sd cards, 8GB Kingston Class 4 and the 2GB that came with the phone, tried formating in FAT, FAT32, and even filling the cards up with junk.
I'm not shutting you down in anyway, trust me, I would love for this to work for me, but It will not let me into adb recovery no matter what i try, I'm on windows Vista Home 32 and just not having any luck, so you saying this will work every time with any card just isn't true.
Anyways, i hope this does help people.
Sorry to post on both forums, but I'm registered on both just like you, so just put it on both.
No disregards at all honest.
blue45 said:
Let me tell you, The Unrevoked team is a great team. i give them all credit for actually rooting the device. There is still some bugs, im trying to fix those bugs, and provide help how to do that. And I do believe any card can be done on any pc. If your experiencing problems, i might be able to help. Recovery status is easy to achieve if you follow directions. They are wrong about SD cards playing a role though, this is a misguided conception. As my card is one of the hardest cards to get working and practically no one has it.
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Basically you just got lucky I think, it's happened to others, there is defo something conflicting the results.
might want to change the title of the thread to "Fool Proof" instead of "Full Proof"... otherwise you may be considered a fool for more than one reason.
It is full proof and I will be happy to help anyone who needs it and has windows
please come to irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/rootmyincredible
That is my channel and I will help you!
blue45 said:
They are wrong about SD cards playing a role though, this is a misguided conception. As my card is one of the hardest cards to get working and practically no one has it.
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There's only one way I will believe this: make a video of you getting shell and rooting without an sdcard in your Incredible.
blue45 said:
please come to irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/rootmyincredible
That is my channel and I will help you!
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I can on via http://www.droidirc.com/ using your channel, and no one was there, is there another way of getting in, I don't have an IRC client installed atm.
sorry it didn't work for me...the only thing that came close was formatting my card to ext4 but the I had permission issues in linux trying to push the files. That was once and now I can't get into recovery shell again.
pozer69 said:
sorry it didn't work for me...the only thing that came close was formatting my card to ext4 but the I had permission issues in linux trying to push the files. That was once and now I can't get into recovery shell again.
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Permissions? Writing to SD shouldn't require elevated permissions. Anyhow, set up two partitions on the SDcard: ext4 (or another linux partition, shouldn't matter--try something crazy like XFS or reiserFS , followed by a FAT32 partition. I believe the linux partition should give you the 5s race window you're looking for, then you'll have a mounted FAT32 to put the decoy update.zip which recovery will read from when payload is pushed.
What OS are you using to make ext4? PM me if you have more questions, or my gtalk is rynosaur74. Anyone who has questions can contact me: I was a 5-day headache person until yesterday
FYI Sorry to say it is NOT that easy for me. My sdcards will only work if I leave them out until after I start recovery and insert at the sound. I have tried you method and I don't think I'd call if "Full Proof". I know I have the correct driver and the updated lines in the .inf file, because I have rooted my phone. Unfortunatly, I have to use the card insert method, which is a little tricky.
Nice try but I gotta tell you, I think your title is a little misleading.
immjg said:
FYI Sorry to say it is NOT that easy for me. My sdcards will only work if I leave them out until after I start recovery and insert at the sound. I have tried you method and I don't think I'd call if "Full Proof". I know I have the correct driver and the updated lines in the .inf file, because I have rooted my phone. Unfortunatly, I have to use the card insert method, which is a little tricky.
Nice try but I gotta tell you, I think your title is a little misleading.
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It's like calling the Titantic an unsinkable ship
I appreciate you taking the time to post, but this method didn't work for me (though none of the others have either). I really do wish there was a fool-proof, non-sd card dependent method
Ive discovered something
Ive found out with most of the people that ive helped in the chat room of mine, that you guys have your drivers wrong installed. See when I go into device manager on my computer it says Android USB Devices- My HTC
Make sure your computer has those drivers just like that.
here is what you should have your computer looks like!
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No one was in the chat room when I was i there...
im there now
im there now
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Introduction:
After months of research and development, both hardware and software... I'm happy to announce UnBrickable Mod is a matter of modifing your phone once, with a single small wire. From that point on, you can click a button to unbrick. This can even be applied to a phone which is already bricked.
This is an example from the Captivate. The procedure is the same on the Vibrant.
Instructions
You Must have UnBrickable Mod applied to your device. If you're not sure, run this tool under Linux: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257434
This currently only works for Linux based computers or Windows based computers with proper drivers installed, with a Linux Virtual Machine, Get Ubuntu here: http://www.ubuntu.com , Get Virtualbox Here: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
You must have Java installed on your computer: http://www.java.com/en/download/
Unbricking:
1. Apply UnBrickable Mod to your device:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1273083
2. Run UnBrickable Resurrector: Get it from THIS POST: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17135277#post17135277 This will only work on linux currently. Install Linux or dual boot if you have windows.
3. Run Heimdall One-Click http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278683
4. repeat steps 2 and 3 with bootloader flashing enabled (Heimdall One-Click has a safety mechanism which requires you to flash once before flashing bootloaders).
conclusion
You've unbricked the unbrickable captivate... This should not have been difficult. If it was, you should learn teh computer better... Really. And with that said, I'm happy to announce that you no longer have to flash with a fear of bricking.
HIBL
The HIBL is the key to resurrecting a S5PC110 based processor. I'm going to let Rebellos explain the inner workings of the Hummingbird Interceptor Bootloader. It's really quite amazing. While my work is more hardware and high level tasks like making things into one-clicks, Rebellos' work involves reverse software engineering, assembly language, and more...
Rebellos said:
Okay, so, what is Hummingbird Interceptor Boot Loader (HIBL)?
Basically: It allows to load any amount of data (limited by size of RAM block, the biggest one single block available is 256MB) through USB connection with PC under any specified address into memory and then execute it.
Technically: It does consist of 2 pieces fused together - BL1_stage1 and BL1_stage2.
Each stage starts from 16bytes (4 ARM WORDs) of secure boot header. In stage1 these are mandatory, in stage2 they can be random (nulled them in my code), so EntryPoint of each stage does start at its 0x10 offset.
BL1_stage1, loaded under 0xD0020000 address, is short code, digitally signed by Samsung. It has been released to break "Chain of Trust" and alter Secure Boot into Non-Secure Boot process. Literally stage1 just do some compare operations and then jumpout to BL1_stage2. (Yes, I also see no point of releasing hardware secured CPU version together with software which is bypassing it's security)
BL1_stage2, must be placed at 0xD0022000 address (it's fused together with stage1 into HIBL, so it's at 0x2000 offset of HIBL.bin) it is unsigned because Secure Boot Context, prepared by iROM (BL0) has been already ignored by stage1.
Its FASM_ARM sourcecode:
http://code.google.com/p/hummingbir...unk/HummingBirdInterceptorBootloader/HIBL.ASM
This is where the code start real work, it does begin with standard ARM core jump vector table (just to keep stick to standard, these aren't used anyway).
1. It does use I9000 BL1_stage2 functions (init_system) which I linked to it, these are used to init DMC controllers, as to this point code is executing in and working with very tiny, 96KB iRAM space, after calling this function it turns all 512MB of RAM available.
2. Make sure DMC is configured properly (write some value to address 0x40~~ memory space, then read it and compare with previously written)
3. Reinit iRAM heap to the BL0 initial state (to convince it USB dload mode haven't been called yet), by storing and restoring UART pointer only (to keep debug output flowing properly)
4. Call iROM usb_downloader function.
5. Read the address where downloaded data has been placed.
6. Jump into this address.
This, properly used provides similiar debug output (similiar, because its outdated testlog)
Code:
�������������������������������������������������� ����������������������
Uart negotiation Error
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Hummingbird Interceptor Boot Loader (HIBL) v1.0
Copyright (C) Rebellos 2011
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Calling IBL Stage2
DONE!
Testing BL3 area
DONE!
iRAM reinit
DONE!
Please prepare USB dltool with BL3
Starting download...
0x00000000
Desired BL3 EP: 0x40244000
Download complete, hold download mode key combination.
Starting BL3...
//OUTPUT BELOW IS COMING FROM SBL
Set cpu clk. from 400MHz to 800MHz.
IROM e-fused - Non Secure Boot Version.
It opens infinite capabilities. Instead of SBL to unbrick, Uboot can be loaded, or any armlinux kernel. It's all up to you - XDA Developers.
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Tools
Windows32 command line app and drivers http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=709292&d=1315091521 (doesn't work very well... just want you to know this)
Linux one-click Resurrector: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=712232&d=1315349672
Wow. i mark it! thank you for your great work!
I just resurrected a Vibrant today using the method above. This tested great. No problems to note at all.
Here's a picture of my work http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17896376#post17896376
This is slightly more difficult then a captivate because there is no room to work around the resistors.
thanks to you i finally got my vibrant unbricked thanks a lot for this .....................
Aneez1990 said:
thanks to you i finally got my vibrant unbricked thanks a lot for this .....................
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You're welcome. Glad this helped.
Very sexy work... its nice to have this as a backup and itll be Very nice once people develop ffirmware to work with the unbrickable mod, like nexus s bootloaders or wp7 or iOs or whatever... thanks again
Sent from a cell tower to the XDA server to you.
younix258 said:
Very sexy work... its nice to have this as a backup and itll be Very nice once people develop ffirmware to work with the unbrickable mod, like nexus s bootloaders or wp7 or iOs or whatever... thanks again
Sent from a cell tower to the XDA server to you.
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I'd like to see Ubuntu. Turn these devices into a lamp server or security/web cam orsomething when were done with them.
I would also like to see work on Ubuntu. is there any work being done for that? I'm still thinking about getting the UB mod sometime soon.
Hey guys Im having a problem with step #2. It says to download Unbrickable Resurector but this post is the HIBL post with no "Unbrickable resurector" download link. Is that just an error or do I just download the file listed on the previous post called "UltimateUnbrickResurector.zip"? Thanks for any clarification...
Also, when I launch the resurector on the previous post I get the following error smdk-usbdl: not found. Do I need to have Heimdall running prior to launching the resurector? Thanks again...
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Please wait.... Uploading..
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Hummingbird Interceptor Boot Loader (HIBL) v1.0
Copyright (C) Rebellos 2011
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Building command list
Building command list
Requesting Permission to access device/tmp/skorpnHeimdallOneClick51336EBC/Script.sh: 3: /tmp/skorpnHeimdallOneClick51336EBC/UnBrickPack/smdk-usbdl: not found
Moved this post to the "Mod" thread.
The Resurrector is not working, either because the mod was done incorrectly, or my Ubuntu machine has been setup wrong. The Resurrector keeps giving me the smdk-usbdl: not found error, but the file exists. My best guess is that the Mod was done incorrectly, either that or my Linux box is being a pain... Also noticed adb not working as well.
EDIT: Im going to go out on a limb and say this error is telling me the "usb device" has not been found, which would mean my mod did not take.
edit never mind found the answer was just wondering if it were possible to learn the wielding part of the guide on the internet and such also what type of tools would i need please and thank you
dohandrew said:
edit never mind found the answer was just wondering if it were possible to learn the wielding part of the guide on the internet and such also what type of tools would i need please and thank you
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If you're asking, you will want to find someone more experienced.
i see where would u suggest going to ? im located in california i dont really know of a place that does welding on phones
Adam will do it for $30 + shipping, PM him.
Atleast thats what hes said (correct me if im wrong)
Adam, did you say you can do this mod for $30 + s&h?
Also, Im wondering if you upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10 yet? I just decided to upgrade before even thinking about it possibly effecting the mode detect, heimdal one click or the resurrector. You think the upgrade can break these apps any?
SkOrPn said:
Adam, did you say you can do this mod for $30 + s&h?
Also, Im wondering if you upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10 yet? I just decided to upgrade before even thinking about it possibly effecting the mode detect, heimdal one click or the resurrector. You think the upgrade can break these apps any?
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Yes I do. No it doesn't.
AdamOutler said:
Yes I do. No it doesn't.
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Excellent Im on 11.10, and thanks for the info...
I was able to remove the resistor and replace it with another resistor from an old samsung phone. I used a circuit writer pen from radio shack, it lays down a conductive polymer, which I used to adhere the new resistor onto the bottom spot on the board. "the resistors are so small I could not imagine being able to do this with a soldering iron. I would have probably shorted something out because the amount of solder that needs to be laid down might not even fit on an ants back (seriously!)"
Another note: when using resurector, my phone only went into download mode if I pressed on "only" the volume down button.-I hope this helps someone out there with a brick like the one I had.
Does that mean after applying this mod the vibrant will never brick at any cause ???
galaxyfitftw said:
Does that mean after applying this mod the vibrant will never brick at any cause ???
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yes that is the meaning of this mod....is just awesome
Hello all.
I'm currently trying to get my phone to recognize the goldcard that I create in USB host mode and nothing I seem to try works.
I found the microSD's serial ID with the help of my father's Android phone and created a goldcard.img file. I then formatted (FAT32) and then partitioned the card, followed by using goldcardtool 0.0.5 to load the file onto the flashdrive. I then copy and paste all the files from the pre-NoDo stock ROM I downloaded named:
Code:
Schubert_TMOUS_1.54.531.02_Radio_5.51T.09.29a_22.32.50.10U.7z
After that I remove my card reader and reinsert it to check if it reads, and it boots it like a normal SD card as I figured it should.
I then turn off my phone, plug the card reader into the USB hub I borrowed from a friend (after the USB splitter I bought didn't work), turn the phone back on in USB host mode (volume down + camera) and then plug my phone in.
I give it some time but it never recognizes the SD card. I don't think it even recognizes that it is plugged in because the charging light never lights up either.
I've been at it for about a week now after running into problems on every step and I've tried all sorts of different suggestions I've seen around this forum for people who had similar problems, and yet the problem still persists.
Some other information that may be pertinent:
My phone is currently developer unlocked with a student account (so only 3 apps can be loaded at a time).
Firmware Version: 2250.21.51202.531
Bootloader Version: 5.12.2250.0(135916)
This is my first time posting in XDA (although I have lurked for a while) so I apologize if I missed any information.
i have view your post,that i have some doubt maybe you have not clear described
1,how big is your sd card you choice?this operation request that the sd card can't more than 4GB. smaller better
2,which file type you choice to downgrade?this operation just need a nbh file.
it extracted from the rom.
3,have you rename the file name?the nbh file which used to downgrade bootloader need rename for SCHUING.nbh.
do all operation of above,then try again.
Donald_duan said:
i have view your post,that i have some doubt maybe you have not clear described
1,how big is your sd card you choice?this operation request that the sd card can't more than 4GB. smaller better
2,which file type you choice to downgrade?this operation just need a nbh file.
it extracted from the rom.
3,have you rename the file name?the nbh file which used to downgrade bootloader need rename for SCHUING.nbh.
do all operation of above,then try again.
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1. Both cards I tried (microSD and normal SD) were 1GB each.
2. I was actually putting all the files in. I only need to put the .nbh file?
3. I renamed it. I double checked by copy/pasting straight from the instructions.
So it turns out my problem was that I was putting the wrong files on the card. I only need to put the .nbh file then?
EDIT: So I tried putting only the nbh file on the SD card and doing it again and I still get the same problem (phone says "Enter USB Host Mode.." even though I am connected by USB).
yes, just need a nbh type file,and it extracted from the rom 7004 or 7008.
i think the problem is, you have choiced the wrong nbh file.
there were two nbh file in the rom.one named ruu_signed.nbh and another one named spl_signed.nbh.
please use spl_signed.nbh to downgrade your hd7 bootloader.
rename spl_signed.nbh into SCHUING.nbh,it must be capitalized
does there is any other files in your sd card which use to downgrade bootloader?make sure your sd card is full empty before you put in the nbh file.
Any Ideas? I have the same problem with my HD7S :/
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Donald_duan said:
yes, just need a nbh type file,and it extracted from the rom 7004 or 7008.
i think the problem is, you have choiced the wrong nbh file.
there were two nbh file in the rom.one named ruu_signed.nbh and another one named spl_signed.nbh.
please use spl_signed.nbh to downgrade your hd7 bootloader.
rename spl_signed.nbh into SCHUING.nbh,it must be capitalized
does there is any other files in your sd card which use to downgrade bootloader?make sure your sd card is full empty before you put in the nbh file.
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you see, the thing is not with the ROM files or with the gold card, the device just don't read usb never does, like nothing is connected to it, just stuck at the Enter USB Host Mode.. screen forever.
If it was wrong ROM file it would give an error, but this problem is different, I tried doing it using a number of card readers, and my old TouchPro2, the screen of the TP2 never changes, I think it should tell me to choose USB mode (Active sync or Mass storage) but that never happens
I tried the other nbh file also and still no luck.
husam666 said:
les or with the gold card, the device just don't read usb never does, like nothing is connected to it, just stuck at the Enter USB Host Mode.. screen forever.
If it was wrong ROM file it would give an error, but this problem is different, I tried doing it using a number of card readers, and my old TouchPro2, the screen of the TP2 never changes, I think it should tell me to choose USB mode (Active sync or Mass storage) but that never happens
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This describes the problem I'm having as well. My phone doesn't even recognize that it is plugged in while on this screen. Every other time it works fine except for during this process.
husam666 said:
Any Ideas? I have the same problem with my HD7S :/
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you see, the thing is not with the ROM files or with the gold card, the device just don't read usb never does, like nothing is connected to it, just stuck at the Enter USB Host Mode.. screen forever.
If it was wrong ROM file it would give an error, but this problem is different, I tried doing it using a number of card readers, and my old TouchPro2, the screen of the TP2 never changes, I think it should tell me to choose USB mode (Active sync or Mass storage) but that never happens
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thanks for your question,it makes me think of another kind of possibility.
does your sd card reader have indicating lamp?check whether it is on working when you insert it and connected to phone and power.if it not on working,please make a y cable by yourself.
please don't connect usb hub or y cable to pc,it must be power supply.
as your issue,i was consulting to my friends around,i am waitting for there good news,hope it was useful for your issue
IT WORKED!!
here's what I did, I used the Y cable that I tried yesterday, but what I used now a 1GB Flash memory patched with a random goldcard image, connected the power to my phone's charger, at the other end was my TP2, it took a lot of time but nothing happened, so I disconnected my phone and connected the flash memory and almost instantly it read it and it's flashing as we speak.
I wish you good luck OP
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husam666 said:
IT WORKED!!
here's what I did, I used the Y cable that I tried yesterday, but what I used now a 1GB Flash memory patched with a random goldcard image, connected the power to my phone's charger, at the other end was my TP2, it took a lot of time but nothing happened, so I disconnected my phone and connected the flash memory and almost instantly it read it and it's flashing as we speak.
I wish you good luck OP
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Random as in it didn't include the CID of your flash card?
TheFobb said:
Random as in it didn't include the CID of your flash card?
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yeah, it included some other card's CID, give it a try, nothing to lose
Donald_duan said:
thanks for your question,it makes me think of another kind of possibility.
does your sd card reader have indicating lamp?check whether it is on working when you insert it and connected to phone and power.if it not on working,please make a y cable by yourself.
please don't connect usb hub or y cable to pc,it must be power supply.
as your issue,i was consulting to my friends around,i am waitting for there good news,hope it was useful for your issue
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I will try making the cable myself. The two that I tried don't work
husam666 said:
yeah, it included some other card's CID, give it a try, nothing to lose
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Would you mind linking me to the one you used?
TheFobb said:
Would you mind linking me to the one you used?
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Here you go
husam666 said:
Here you go
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Thanks, I'll try this once I'm home and share the results.
oh,that's a good news,congratulations!
then your HD7 can flash any freedom rom.
Donald_duan said:
oh,that's a good news,congratulations!
then your HD7 can flash any freedom rom.
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Thanks and Yeah, I flashed deepshining, and it's awesome
@OP make yourself a Y cable, it might sound too much work but it isn't
I spent about 2 months with halfbricked phone just because of... laziness, and gotta say, after you flash an unlocked rom, your phone will feel like something else
I think I will have to because it seems the problems fall on my USB splitters.
This might be a daft question but are you sure you're plugging the right ends of the cable into the right places?
TheFobb said:
I think I will have to because it seems the problems fall on my USB splitters.
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I have the same problem.
Perfect Y cable used OK with other phones.
3 SDCARD +2 U DRIVE.
STILL STUCK AT THE "ENTER USB HOST MODE"
maybe it's the phone's problem.
damn
Requirements:
Bricked Nexus 5
EMMC should not be fried
Image files: 16GB (mirror) and 32GB (mirror)
BoardDiag (mirror) tool for Nexus 5
Windows XP - 7 - 8 - 8.1 (Virutal Box or VMware good too)
Let's start!
Connect the phone to your PC
Open Device Manager
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1: Find Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 device under Ports (COM & LPT) and note the COMxy port (in my case it is COM3).
If you dont see Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 click on the CLICK TO SHOW CONTENT button bellow, otherwise don't and follow the guide.
1: If you see LG Android USB Device under Other devices or LGE AndroidNet USB Serial Port under Ports (COM & LPT), then press VOLUME_UP+VOLUME_DOWN+POWER keys until you see QHSUSB_BULK under Other devices or Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 device under Ports (COM & LPT).
1: If you see QHSUSB_BULK under Other devices, then you have to install drivers (mirror). Just click on Next, Next... and Finish.
You have to turn off driver signature enforcement if you are using Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 to make the drivers work.
Extract the downloaded images 16GB.rar or 32GB.rar to get the image files
Start BoardDiag
1: Select Nexus5 (MSM8974_HammerHead).
2: Select the Com Port you see in Device manager (in my case it is COM3).
3: Select the 16GB or 32GB folder.
4: Select AP check.
5: Select RESTORE BOOT IMG.
1: Click on START.
If you were successful you should see Boot images download completed.
Your phone should turn on, but it may stuck at Google logo. If it is stucked at Google logo you have to reflash a stock rom. You can use either LG FlashTool or fastboot method. You can also flash custom rom from custom recovery if it didn't get replaced by the stock recovery, otherwise flash custom recovery from fastboot.
Extra fun
bitdomo said:
OP updated.
I want to make a little comment about this boarddiag tool, and how it works.
Emmc test:
Erase: erase the whole emmc. Even if you select a partition from the dropdown menu,
Read only: Only reads random blocks from the emmc. If you check DUMP it will read back the amount of blocks of a the chosen partition given in the partition.txt
Write only: writes dummy data to the emmc (55AA hex values and some other other random writes on the actual partition).
Read/Write: writes dummy data to the emmc (55AA hex values and some other other random writes on the actual partition) and then verify them by reading it back
SDRAM test:
I think this test the memory. There is a Level option for it. I dont know what is the differance between the two.
PIMC ON:
No idea, but in some LG documentations it is for only APQ8064 chipset.
Restore boot img:
Restores the images.
How it know which partitions have to be restored?
There is a rawprogram0.xml in model\Nexus5 (MSM8974_HammerHead)\boot_partition_info folder.
The partitions declared here will be flashed to the device if you select nothing in the partititon dropdown menu or in the restore boot img dropdown menu
Boarddiag only cares about the "label" value (have to be tha same as in partition.txt) from rawprogram0.xml. The rest info like startblock, files size and file name will be acquired from the partition.txt.
Partition.txt is a binary file:
0x00-0x03: start block
0x04-0x07: file size in block numbers ( 1 block = 512 byte)
0x08-0x0F: always zero
0x10-0x2F: partition name (must be the same as the label value in rawprogram0.xml)
0x30-0x4F: file name
and the pattern goes on.I wrote a little program which converts this binary partition.txt to an actual txt. You can get it from here
Copy the partition.txt to the same folder where the bin2txt and txt2bin exes are. Run bin2txt then it will create a readable_partition.txt file. Edit it with notepad++. The start block is in HEX and the file size is in bytes (must be multiple of 512). Partition entries is the number of partition declared in the partition.txt. If you done with the editing then run txt2bin and it will create a new_partition.txt file.
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Old OP
Requirements:
Bricked Nexus 5
EMMC should not be fried
Firmware file: D820 and D821
BoardDiag tool for Nexus 5
Windows XP - 7 - 8 - 8.1 (Virutal Box or VMware good too)
Let's start!
Connect the phone to your PC
Open Device Manager
1: Find Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 device under Ports (COM & LPT) and note the COMxy port (in my case it is COM3).
If you dont see Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 click on the CLICK TO SHOW CONTENT button bellow, otherwise don't and follow the guide.
1: If you see LG Android USB Device under Other devices or LGE AndroidNet USB Serial Port under Ports (COM & LPT), then press VOLUME_UP+VOLUME_DOWN+POWER keys until you see QHSUSB_BULK under Other devices or Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 device under Ports (COM & LPT).
1: If you see QHSUSB_BULK under Other devices, then you have to install drivers. Just click on Next, Next... and Finish.
You have to turn off driver signature enforcement if you are using Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 to make the drivers work.
Extract the downloaded firmware .zip to get the .tot file
Start BoardDiag
1: Select .tot file.
2: Select a directory where to extract .tot file.
3: Click on Extract.
It may hangs on extracting system and cache. Just let it finish.
1: Click OK.
1: Select Nexus5 (MSM8974_HammerHead).
2: Select the Com Port you see in Device manager (in my case it is COM3).
3: Select the directory where you extracted the .tot file.
4: Select AP check.
5: Select RESTORE BOOT IMG.
1: Click on START.
If you were successful you should see Boot images download completed.
Your phone should turn on, but it may stuck at Google logo. If it is stucked at Google logo you have to reflash a stock rom. You can use either LG FlashTool or fastboot method. You can also flash custom rom from custom recovery if it didn't get replaced by the stock recovery, otherwise flash custom recovery from fastboot.
Thanks @jd1639 once again for the GPT partition table of the 32GB variant.
Superb tutorial...its like recovering semi hardbricked phone..
Great job!! ?
@bitdomo Nice, once again.
Added this thread to the Sticky Roll-Up thread.
Lethargy said:
@bitdomo Nice, once again.
Added this thread to the Sticky Roll-Up thread.
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The tool is working. I tested on my nexus 5. I dd zeroed out the sbl1 partition. The phone refused to turn on no matter what I do. I did that what is shown in my first post and now the phone is working again. I also tried to help a guy, but it turned out the emmc of his phone has an I/O error. I used the EMMC TEST option to check the emmc for bad sectors.
I am also summoning @rootSU to let him know what a cool stuff nexus 5 has.
bitdomo said:
I am also summoning @rootSU to let him know what a cool stuff nexus 5 has.
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Meh, I have a nexus 6. One hit to the bridge of the nose can kill a man before his head hits the floor.
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Superb work though, really!
bitdomo said:
I tested on my nexus 5. I dd zeroed out the sbl1 partition..
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Now that is dedication. Welcome back man.
Maybe this could work or be adapted for Nexus 4? I ask for personal curiosity
Inviato dal mio Nexus 4 con Tapatalk 2
jacomail95 said:
Maybe this could work or be adapted for Nexus 4? I ask for personal curiosity
Inviato dal mio Nexus 4 con Tapatalk 2
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It could be if we would have the flash programmer hex for nexus 4. I have some for some LG phone, but I have no idea are they working or they are for which phone. If you have a bricked nexus 4 or you know somebody who has I could try check the remaining flash programmers. Maybe 1 works for nexus 4.
@jacomail95 it looks like we already have the files for nexus 4 check this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57004657
Thanks for your patience and information Have a nice week
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help please
failed to open partition from EMMC
sahouli31 said:
help please
failed to open partition from EMMC
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What variant of nexus 5 you have? D820 or D821, 16GB or 32GB? Which .tot file are you using?
Select EMMC TEST and SDRAM TEST then click start. What happens?
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bitdomo said:
What variant of nexus 5 you have? D820 or D821, 16GB or 32GB? Which .tot file are you using?
Select EMMC TEST and SDRAM TEST then click start. What happens?
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app
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i am using d821 - 32GB and i used d821 -32go.tot
when i click start always the same pb : failed to open partition of EMMC
sahouli31 said:
i am using d821 - 32GB and i used d821 -32go.tot
when i click start always the same pb : failed to open partition of EMMC
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Then your eMMC is dead. You have to buy a new motherboard.
Not to rain on your parade, but are you sure you didn't use this thread in any way? (posted one day before you expressed interest in unbricking n5)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/general/fix-unbrick-lg-g2-stuck-qualcomm-hs-usb-t2933830
This brings back memories, though. 3 years ago we were trying to unbrick Sensations/Evos and succeeded: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1522351 The really smart guys went as far as being able to unlock bootloaders on various Qualcomm-based phones after that... Those were the days.
RussianBear said:
Not to rain on your parade, but are you sure you didn't use this thread in any way? (posted one day before you expressed interest in unbricking n5)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/general/fix-unbrick-lg-g2-stuck-qualcomm-hs-usb-t2933830
This brings back memories, though. 3 years ago we were trying to unbrick Sensations/Evos and succeeded: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1522351 The really smart guys went as far as being able to unlock bootloaders on various Qualcomm-based phones after that... Those were the days.
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I expressed my interest there 2 month before.
I have to admit that thread inspired me, but that tools shared on that thread never worked because the 2nd_loader.hex files were incomplete or for wrong device. That is why I dont want to give credits., and also the version of this tool is different than the two posted there. The version I use was never posted here on xda. I was searching for the correct 2nd_loader.hex for nexus 5 for 2 months until I found a way to get them. The only things which are similar is the title of thread and we are talking about the same tool.
It is like somebody made a guide to flash stock rom for nexus 4 in fastboot mode and you make a guide to do the same for nexus 5. It is impossible to write not the same instructions. You will find similarities.
Not sure if you're still bricked, but maybe this would work for your N5 @franciscofranco
Awesome sauce @bitdomo this is a legendary thread!
bitdomo said:
I expressed my interest there 2 month before.
I have to admit that thread inspired me, but that tools shared on that thread never worked because the 2nd_loader.hex files were incomplete or for wrong device. That is why I dont want to give credits., and also the version of this tool is different than the two posted there. The version I use was never posted here on xda. I was searching for the correct 2nd_loader.hex for nexus 5 for 2 months until I found a way to get them. The only things which are similar is the title of thread and we are talking about the same tool.
It is like somebody made a guide to flash stock rom for nexus 4 in fastboot mode and you make a guide to do the same for nexus 5. It is impossible to write not the same instructions. You will find similarities.
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Gotcha. Just looking out, man. Good stuff!
Please I'm stuck with my NEXUS 5 I've done everything and I'm stuck at the end when i have to start the boot flash it says . serial port open FAILED..
I'm using windows 8.1 under parallels desktop on my mac and i have x64 bit qhsusb_bulk drivers PLEASE HELP !!!
Hi all,
I have been going on xdadevelopers a lot and have received so much helpful information. Now, I decided to give in my contribution to the forum. This is my first tutorial so there might be some mistakes...please be easy on me.
The reason I write this tutorial is because I have not found a good one yet on the internet. Although this thread "Just rooted my remix mini" provided some information, but I feel like a more detailed tutorial would be appropriate. So here we go!
Success screenshot:
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Credits: all credits goes to these two links and authors:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/remix/remix-mini/rooted-remix-mini-t3311736
http://23pin.logdown.com/posts/435610-root-remix-mini
Requirements:
- Difficult level: Medium
- Tools:
+ Small screw driver
+ Scissors
+ A USB flash drive.
+ Thin metal wire.
+ Serial Converter (I bought on Amazon.com)
- Software:
+ Appropriate driver for the serial converter. Mine is CP2102 driver. Download here. If your serial converter use PL2303 then download this driver. You can google for your specific driver as well.
+ CoolTerm. Download here
+ SuperSU. Download here
- A lot of patience.
Steps:
1. As you can see, I stripped the wire and cut it in small pieces. As long as it is metal wire, that's okay.
2. Open up the Remix Mini with a screw driver.
2a. Flip it up side down, and rip the rubber ring out. It's okay, it will still adhere to the case afterward. Once you ripped it out, you will see two screws holding the remix mini. Proceed unscrew them and gently take the case apart.
2b. Gently take the case apart:
3. Connecting the serial converter to the board.
3a. Plug the 3 metal wires into RX, TX, and GND cable endings of the serial converter.
3b. Connect the other ends of 3 mental wires into RX, TX, and GND of the board.
3c. Make sure connection as such: RX to TX, TX to RX, and GND to GND. This part took me a lot of patience because the wires kept falling off. So please try to keep them in place.
4. Install appropriate serial converter driver.
5. Plug the serial converter into PC.
6. Extract and open CoolTerm.
6a. Click Options -> Serial Port -> Hit "Re-Scan Serial Ports" so it detects the appropriate port for serial converter. Mine is COM3.
- To find out, go to Device Manager -> Ports
6b. Select the right port. Then change the setting as in the picture:
Baudrate: 115200
Data Bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop Bits: 1
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6c. Go to tab Terminal -> Select Line Mode.
6d. Hit OK.
7. Power Remix mini up (make sure this happens or you will get serial 103 or 104 error code)
8. Hit Connect button in CoolTerm.
8a. If you have done everything correctly until here, texts will appear in CoolTerm as your Remix Mini booting up.
8b. The texts will keep flowing up. Wait until you only see CPU readings. Then proceed to next step.
9. Download the UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip file. (Please double check the zip's file name. In my case, I am using SuperSU version 2.46)
9a. Copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip file onto flash drive.
9b. Extract the downloaded "UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip", from the extracted, go to META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary, copy "update-binary" file onto flash drive.
9c. Make sure you have 2 files, UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip AND update-binary, on the flash drive.
9d. Plug the flash drive to Remix Mini.
10. Commands: (copy each line and paste into CoolTerm)
Code:
/dev/tty.usbserial 115200
mount -o rw,remount /
mount -o rw,remount /system
mkdir /tmp
cd /system/bin
ln -s busybox-smp unzip
cd /data/local/tmp
cp /mnt/usbhost/Storage01/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip /data/local/tmp [COLOR="Red"]<- Double check zip's file name and try Storage02 if Storage01 does not work because it depends on which usb port you plug the flash drive in. [/COLOR]
cp /mnt/usbhost/Storage01/update-binary /data/local/tmp
cd /data/local/tmp
sh update-binary 0 1 /data/local/tmp/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip
reboot
11. Success. :victory::good:
11a. Wait for Remix Mini booting up, optimizing app..and DONE! CONGRATS! You have now voided your Remix Mini's warranty and cannot receive OTA system update anymore.
I have not figured out how to update manually but please hit me up if anyone knows how.
11b. Download Root checker to verify.
GOOD LUCK!!!!!! :good:
I'm gonna wait for an easier way..
This has got to be a joke.
Bro, have you tried kingroot, I'm not crazy about it but it works 99℅of the time
Sent from my LG-D415 using Tapatalk
No it is not a joke, no it will not get easier. Jide made it clear they will not support rooting. The amount of support available is minimal so this is the way. Difficult not if you have done stuff like this before ( FTA satellite. Etc.) kingoroot and all other software has been proven NOT to work. Hardware hacking is the only way so far.
Note: first boot takes longer than factory. Be patient. Jide will know it has been hacked so no support for updates but the opportunity to customize was worth it for me.
robot_head said:
Bro, have you tried kingroot, I'm not crazy about it but it works 99℅of the time
Sent from my LG-D415 using Tapatalk
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I tried everything..even Baidu Root...nothing works...I am happy that I can do so many things with the Remix Mini now...rooting it was a genius decision lol
Major kudos, this is a true root method for all the hardware hackers out there. You've never truly "hacked" until you've tapped into a UART console. Very exciting!
So when I try this the remix mini just sits at the splash screen and coolterm just keeps saysing
Code:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p12fs_mgr: exec: pid 1667 exited with return code 1: Unknown error 256fs_mgr: begin to format ext4 buffer : /dev/block/mmcblk0p12fs_mgr: finish format to ext4:
while counting up on the pid number. Any idea why that might be?
bullet25 said:
So when I try this the remix mini just sits at the splash screen and coolterm just keeps saysing
Code:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p12fs_mgr: exec: pid 1667 exited with return code 1: Unknown error 256fs_mgr: begin to format ext4 buffer : /dev/block/mmcblk0p12fs_mgr: finish format to ext4:
while counting up on the pid number. Any idea why that might be?
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I have not seen that before. May I ask at which step that this occurred? This looked like the device was formatting ext4 itself...it's weird.. can you double check and try everything again carefully?
unloseking2500 said:
I have not seen that before. May I ask at which step that this occurred? This looked like the device was formatting ext4 itself...it's weird.. can you double check and try everything again carefully?
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I happens at step 8. I think the mini might actually be dead because even closed up it doesn't boot.
Sounds like a software issue. Someone else had a recovery partitionfrom Jide search maybe they could upload it.
bullet25 said:
I happens at step 8. I think the mini might actually be dead because even closed up it doesn't boot.
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Interesting...yeah, try oncouch1's method..try to recover from a partition..see if it helps?!
oncouch1 said:
No it is not a joke, no it will not get easier. Jide made it clear they will not support rooting. The amount of support available is minimal so this is the way. Difficult not if you have done stuff like this before ( FTA satellite. Etc.) kingoroot and all other software has been proven NOT to work. Hardware hacking is the only way so far..
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I also believe so. Grats on your success tho.
I have a question:-
I have a Tronsmart Vega S95 Telos with Remix OS firmware (Amlogic S905/Mali-450mp5/2 Gb Samsung DDR3/16 Gb Samsung KLMAG2WEMB-B031 eMMC/Realtek RTL8211F Ethernet/Ampak AP6335 Wifi+BT 4.0/Genesis GL850G USB 2.0 hub/JMicron JM20329 USB 2.0 to SATA bridge).
I opened up the TV box and saw the pin holes for PL2303 interface. I tried connect my PL2303 cable with its driver on Mac OS. The connection was succesful, I saw the response in my terminal in the form of message feed. But, I can't go any further. I'm still new to PL2303 use and I don't know how to go from the message feed to issue some commands. Then I see your thread and I think now I got some hope.
My question (again) is:- Do you think I can use your method to root my Tronsmart S95 Telos (with Remix OS flashed and working)?
Many thanks in advance.
PS. Here is the link to a photo of the S95 Telos board showing the PL2303 interface. The photo is not mine. I linked it from a guy tutoring the teardown, but my board looks exactly the same.
(I'm a new XDA user so I can't attach a photo from outside link, sorry for inconvenience)
www,cnx-software.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Tronsmart_Vega_S95_Telos_Board_Large,jpg
Yoswin said:
I also believe so. Grats on your success tho.
I have a question:-
I have a Tronsmart Vega S95 Telos with Remix OS firmware (Amlogic S905/Mali-450mp5/2 Gb Samsung DDR3/16 Gb Samsung KLMAG2WEMB-B031 eMMC/Realtek RTL8211F Ethernet/Ampak AP6335 Wifi+BT 4.0/Genesis GL850G USB 2.0 hub/JMicron JM20329 USB 2.0 to SATA bridge).
I opened up the TV box and saw the pin holes for PL2303 interface. I tried connect my PL2303 cable with its driver on Mac OS. The connection was succesful, I saw the response in my terminal in the form of message feed. But, I can't go any further. I'm still new to PL2303 use and I don't know how to go from the message feed to issue some commands. Then I see your thread and I think now I got some hope.
My question (again) is:- Do you think I can use your method to root my Tronsmart S95 Telos (with Remix OS flashed and working)?
Many thanks in advance.
PS. Here is the link to a photo of the S95 Telos board showing the PL2303 interface. The photo is not mine. I linked it from a guy tutoring the teardown, but my board looks exactly the same.
(I'm a new XDA user so I can't attach a photo from outside link, sorry for inconvenience)
www,cnx-software.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Tronsmart_Vega_S95_Telos_Board_Large,jpg
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Hi honestly I had never heard of your box. I am not sure if you can use the same software etc. If you could communicate with the box you should be able to hack it. That being said depending on cost you may want to leave it to someone with experience! Remix was 50 bucks so no big risk for me.
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oncouch1 said:
Hi honestly I had never heard of your box. I am not sure if you can use the same software etc. If you could communicate with the box you should be able to hack it. That being said depending on cost you may want to leave it to someone with experience! Remix was 50 bucks so no big risk for me.
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Thanks for reply. I don't think the method can hard brick my device any way. The box itself can be flashed via a PC program made by CPU manufacturer (Amlogic here) and I have both stock firmware and Remix OS firmware images. So I think it's gonna worth a try. Thanks any way for your comment.
Keep us posted, may need one of those!?
Okay got my remix replaced. New remix updated to latest update then did root. It started boot looping. Had to run these commands in coolterm turing a boot loop.
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /system
dd of=/dev/block/by-name/system if=/data/local/tmp/system_image
Don't know if that was the latest update to cause that or what but its all working now. Also was able to easily install the google play services again and get playstore.
Of course I once again broke the power button because that wire is hanging on by a thread.
Apologies for the noob question but what does a root on the Remix Mini allow someone to do with regards to OS options and what are the other advantages?
vinicioh23 said:
I'm gonna wait for an easier way..
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Please see this: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petitio...tters_Users_need_root_access_to_remix_mini_1/
Just wanted to give a thanks it worked perfect for me...Just want to add that if you happen to use a built in serial port on an older pc or laptop don't forget to put a ttl converter on your port, or your console screen will be garbage printing out