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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ungovernable1977:
Medic- I REALLY appreciate you offering Journaling, especially if the work it costs you is to just remove the 'command' from the installation (as stated in the thread). I understand RFS is a lot more complicated to do dual support for... but still a good option to have if it is not too much work... idunno... not a dev. Personally, I would rather have stability, and a roughly two year lifespan, or, after those two years return it to a 'safer' filesystem setup and use it as a media player. So I voted for ext4 w journaling, especially afer you posted that it seems to be an easy option either way. I really dont see why the poll did not have 'options' as an option, as thats what the issue really is right now. I understand the idea behind less writes equals longer life, although that leveling thing is another factor, but honestly on all the big ROMs, I have had a lot less stability with no journaling... maybe its coincidence with the new modems, other tweaks being done... but if you are doing experimental tweaks, then having your phone so that you do not need to reflash if something locks it up(whether rom or say some app), then its not really stable... I thought it was just me, but then I saw others saying the same thing. As ive stated before, having to use backups to safeguard your ROM as the built in ones have been removed, doesnt seem stable. Besides, how many times are people told NOT to restore this data or that backup after a flash because it can cause so many issues. Back when this issue started, it seemed the vocal minority were the ones pushing for more experimental, and less stable, and the Devs responded, then somehow they are the silent majority now... I think this issue is really being debated by two vocal minorities... the side for options just said okay, dont have a choice, ill give it a try, until problems started to arise. Im all for experimentation and making our phones badass... but at the same time, think it makes sense to have stable versions sitting there for DD.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s84471:
Damn, clicked the wrong choice.

Meant to vote ext4 with journaling ON

A little extra speed is definitely not worth the risk of data loss.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptfdmedic:
I don't know that making it an option durning install is practical, but I'm not one of the gifted script writers. It isn't that big of a deal to put together another option the main issue for me is the redirector. But that's easy to address. But that equates to 3 versions of the same rom. That would be easiest thing for the end users but the most time consuming for me. I'll gauge the response and see what happens....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tirregius:
Used (the flawed) Quadrant and the awesome ACS Frozen 1.1.1 to test:

Journal on: 2313 (best of 5 runs)

Journal off: 2485 (best of 5 runs)

9-10% improvement with no journaling.

Because I generally have no journaling enabled, I have a habit of doing a backup frequently. Running no journaling works for me. No big deal if I run into bad data.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RandomKing:
If you happen to like SRF 1.1.0, I've put together a new rom based on it with many of the 1.1.1 tweaks baked in.

It runs on the genocide kernel to prevent freezing, and comes pre-journaled.

Its called RandomROM, and is linked in my signature.

Personally, I rock non-journaled. :D

-Sent from my Random Epic.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Journal ON

Quadrant: 3000

Did the news get around about a guy named butcher pete?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnCorleone:
Cheater...lol
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnCorleone:
But seriously, its more a matter if you notice a performance difference and what is most important to you. Stability is number one for me so I roll with journal on
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeNoM vZ:
EXT4 journaling ON, i dont like my data corrupted :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjben:
I'll never run rfs again. I flashed to the EE03 and couldn't stand it after one day. REALLY looking forward to an ext4 EE03.

Sent from a secret underground bunker
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris41g:
I've come up with a new install script to choose between rfs/ext4/journalon/off.. ill pm you with a pastebin link when I get to a pc later if you want to look at the script
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnCorleone:
Wow. Sounds impressive
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eigerzoom:
ext4 is bad for the epic

it can potentially fail writes to the nand
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] airballwall:
I've been using CM7 Nightlies ever since build 3 without any problems on my D1. All of the sudden, I am unable to boot into clockwork recovery. So now I can't backup, update, or recover. Any thoughts?

I'm considering a full wipe if I can't get this resolved. Thanks in advance for all of the help :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jmalone1187:
i am currently having the same issue with my Moto Droid.

Running CM7rc2 wont boot into CWR.

I've tried updates of CRW (currently version 2.5.0.1) but it wont flash high versions...

Updated Rom manager, that wont boot into it.

CM7 reboot menu wont boot into it.

X+power wont boot and volume down one wont work either...

Also tried the alternative recovery flash and rom manager cant flash it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] airballwall:
I feel your pain, it was very frustrating. After a few days of not being able to backup, recover, or update, I decided it was time to wipe the droid and start with a clean slate. It took me a couple hours to get everything back up but I didn't know what else to do. Hopefully someone out there has a better solution so you don't have to do the same thing.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xBRx-Blackout:
I've been struggling with this for weeks, finely found out it is a simple fix, turn off debug. settings, applications, development, UNCHECK debug.

It works.:D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] airballwall:
I found a fix as well. I simply flashed an alternate recovery, at the very bottom of the rom manager app, and then reflashed clockwork. I really should have thought of this first, oh well.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corelle:
I need to bring my phone back to sprint I tried all UNROOT methods but my USB is broke and when I try to USE the PC36IMG.zip I get an error saying something like (update is older ect..) so I got the idea that if I flash a old rom before the updates and just update my phone it will unroot me but the problem I cant find a flashable rom thats old since we moved on so much since the EVO came out???
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iomthd:
I just had to do this two days ago. You need an updated image file, it's posted in the unrooting thread in this forum. I'm on my cell so it'll take me a while to post a link. Give me a minute.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iomthd:
xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=780141

There's a copy of the updated file in that thread.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DomSim:
did you find this when you searched?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=695878
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fr0st420:
They only look for the superuser application. Flash a stock rooted rom. Remove the superuser app and you will be good to go.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fr0st420:
Your so helpful!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jstalford:
Unless they see his s-off in hboot.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bacdoliljo:
They know to check the bootloader. Just install one of the official ruu to unroot. Simple as that. I've done it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slickrick54:
Official RUU

Just flash an official ruu and you will be good to go. You can find them all over the place in here.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Androidious:
3.70 (latest RUU)

Below is a link to the very latest RUU possible so that you're phone can be brought back to stock status without root. I would recommend flashing the S-On tool also which I'll post as the second link too. The first link is to the RUU. Good luck :)

Official RUU (will unroot your phone/rom)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=874091&highlight=ruus

The Unrevoked S-On Tool:

http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/current/unrevoked-forever-son.zip

EDIT: Also, I was thinking, if the above won't work due to your USB issues, maybe you could flash another rom, a sense based rom, like from Flipz or someone, and then run the "system update" program from the phone and maybe it'll update you to the latest RUU using the OTA Update program. That may solve your issues for getting the phone back to stock status without SU app and without root. Then, if that works, I would reboot the phone in to the bootloader and check to see if it says S-off or S-on. If it says S-on, you're fine and ready to go to sprint. If it says S-off, download and run the unrevoked S-on tool I posted above. Hopefully you won't need USB for it to run properly, but hey, you never know. Either way, if it does, there's got to be a way to use a S-on tool out there that doesn't need USB access. Hope this info helps you out in any way possible ;)

EDIT #2: Read the stuff in this post to help with things if the above won't work.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=780141&highlight=ruus

When it says to connect USB and put the files on the SD Card, just use a card reader via a laptop or something to put the files on the SD Card and continue on.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottspa74:
I have taken my phone to sprint service centers 3 times. 2 speaker replacements, 2 screen replacements, a camera lens replacement (combined with a screen replacement, and they replaced the whole front of the phone - no more dents all around the shiny black bezel).

I always insisted they not replace the phone, as I wanna keep my 0002 HW. My phone was root with custom rom, but with a ''back to stock" theme flashed on it (thanks Virus)

My bootscreen is black (not white) with white evo 4g text, so, as soon as they turn my phone on it's obvious it's custom.

I know this isn't as helpful as previous posts, I'm just saying worst-case-scenario flash a stock theme and you'll probably be fine. I've had more than one tech tell me 'as long as you try to make it look stock, make the effort, that's good enough'.

Especially given that it's a hardware related issue, rather than a SW issue - I mean, they wont blame root access for your USB port not working.

Good luck, hope you get it sorted either way.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corelle:
I tried that first and I can not get it to work, so I was looking for a older rom to flash then update it but cant find a old rom in a zip thats flashable!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
How old of a ROM are you looking for? There are plenty of 3.30 Software roms. Myn's RLS4 is 3.30 software, RLS3 is 3.29, etc. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8341836 That's a link to Myn's thread. Look in post #3, all of his older releases are linked there. Also, if you look in Myn's Signature, there's a link to OTA Supersonic 3.29, stock, rooted base rom.

With all that said, I don't think that will remedy you're 'main version older' problem. I believe it checks your hboot version, or radio versions or something. Not the actual software version. I could be wrong, but I believe that's the case. I would try a couple of the different PC36IMG's in this thread here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=884060&highlight=hboot-0.97+ruu. It has all of the recent versions. If thew newest PC36IMG doesn't work, try the next older one (3.30) etc. One of them is bound to work for you. Good luck.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vandelay007:
Some people have a 2nd Gmail account that isn't tied to any root apps incase the techs at sprint get nosey and look where they shouldn't be....

.........at 8 am today someone poisons the coffee....do not drink the coffee. More instructions will follow.

Cordially,

Future Dwight
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madflasher:
may be late to the party, but check out some of these theres a **** load of old ROM's lol...

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/cdma-htc-...m-database-163-2-new-roms-kernal-updates.html

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/cdma-htc-...m-database-163-2-new-roms-kernal-updates.html

...bookmark it
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] detcup4evr:
When I did unroot, I restored my nandroid from before I installed ota 3.70, then unistall superuser (won't go away if you do a wipe), once your good to go, then use ra recovery to flash the official 3.70 ota, don't reboot once that completes, then flash s-on, then reboot you phone. I would recomend pulling ur sd card before taking it in, and doing a data wipe just to make sure all signs of root are gone

Sent from my Evo using the XDA app
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corelle:
OK so it looks like I keep getting that error code was because the files i was using was all corrupted I used (md5 checker) and it answered that for me...so I need a uncorrupted PG36IMG file!!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Looking for an RUU?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
Where did you try downloading from? I've never got a corrupted one from the link I posted above. Did you try redownloading? Do you have a good internet connection?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corelle:
yes!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=751106

This is exactly what I was looking for did the trick!!!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
Where can i get a htc desire z/g2 motherboard??

i dropped my phone and something inside of it something got loose, now it wont charge or turn on :(
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
Just took it to a repair guy, he opened it up and said everything seems fine....no corrosion or anything from water...but the phone wont power on....any one here have any ideas? just shoot em, im willing to take anything
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacaronyMax:
Ask HTC? :D
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
i tried, they wont cover accidental damage. And my warrantys been voided since someone opened it up.. :(
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheToiletSpaula:
I bought a second hand phone and it did turn on however there were a numbers of problems with my phone, it had a power button that didnt work, unresponsive parts on the lcd and a quiet in call speaker.

Your best bet before trying to replace the whole pcb is opening your phone using a teardown guide

http://tjworld.net/blog/htc-desire-z-tear-down

Make sure you read it a couple of times and go through the pics so you know what your dealing with, find the power button, make sure its intact and adjust the ribbon cables.

Otherwise just find a cell phone repairer on a classified ad like criagslist or kijiji.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
i had someone take apart the phone and they said everything inside looked good. Im going to take it to another place tommorow and see if they can fix it....otherwise this is the 2nd smartphone that died on me. :( HTC told me to go to Bell...and i bought this phone 2nd hand. Trying to send my Galaxy S in was a Pain....anyone here know of good 3rd party repair services in Ontario?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melodicjunkie:
I hate to say it, but it was second hand for a reason. Ever try switching the battery? How about changing the power supply?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ihateusernames:
Yes. Start simple. First check your electron hose to make sure you are getting power to the device. Also check the battery as well as the prongs that connect with the battery tabs. If things are good there, then think about tearing into the phone.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
no no, dont say that. This phone was fine for 3 months, i dropped it at a club i went to and water got inside the phone....i took it to 3 repair people and they all said the Main PCB motherboard is damanged (water) soo does anyone have any idea where i can find a motherboard?? i have no problem with costs of replacing it. As long as its not more than the phone itself.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ihateusernames:
You didn't mention water damage in the OP. You said something was loose. Water damage is completly different.

Try ebay.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
Hey i found these 3 ads on ebay...do you guys think that a swap of the motherboards would be fine? heres the ads. I contacted the seller and they said the battery was used and thats it but phone seemes operational....i know its a risk, but is it worth it guys?

..need help on this one.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elliott2705:
why swap the motherboards if the new phone is working fine. Just transfer data and you're done surely?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
Reason being the other phones have minor problems, like speaker doesnt work, or some of those phones wont pick up signals and i think thats due to a bad radio flash or if i just flash a radio everything should be working fine.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
can someone please clarify this? if i buy a phone with a speaker problem and transfer the main PCB board to my old phone...will there still be a speaker problem? or is the speaker a separate unit itself and not related to the pcb board?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lainvalenajr:
If am correct the speaker is a separate component
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
one of the phones i am bidding for says it might not be able to guarantee a connection to mobile network (send sms,make calls) could that be a radio flash problem? would i be able to fix that??

another is one of the phones boots on and shuts off, i take it that could be a bad flash or something? its only about $20. just trying to weigh my options cause the new phones are lkike bidding for $350 lol im not that rich yet
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
I found out that my MOTHERBOARD is fine. There was water damage but not enough to go inside to the main board! My dad tested the battery voltage and found i wasnt getting any voltage.

i went to future shop and found a lady to let me use her battery and sure enough the battery was working and phone powered on!!! so i guess my battery was shot from dropping and popping out of phone while recording a video.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330551036273

ordered these from ebay....are they any good? they look decent
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tronmech:
Those look like the batteries I got. They were about 1/2 of the claimed mah rating. Worst case, they wiill get you running, and that charger is pretty good.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] convolution:
That is why you bring a secondary phone to the club. Just sayin'.

BB Bold for the club, G2 for work and school, Iphone 4 for at home / chilling with friends.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tronmech:
So, made of money you are? Support your favorite ROM developer you should.
[HTC Inspire 4G] wrenhal:
for those of us who just want to remove bloatware and sideload and not mess with losing all of our data and resetting all our apps?

Is anyone even working on a root without goldcard method anymore?

And, if I go ahead and do this with Bubby's method, how do I make sure all my stuff gets backed up before the process because titanium backup doesn't work non-rooted?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gunstar_Hero:
The rooting process is actually really easy, just go to this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0sQFoS_m_8

and follow the instructions closely.

As for backup, I'm not quite sure at all, but you might need to piece together apps.

I used android to export my contacts to sim, file master to backup my app apks, and just flew with it. If you have anything else important, look for an app to back it up, or if you know how, copy to your computer real quick.

Rooting for this phone sounds scary at first, but the process really 'felt' safe, and I gotta say, I wasn't scared at all during the process.

Hope this helped a bit!
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
The ace hack kit is an easy root, you just have to be able to read and follow closely.

For future reference please post questions in general.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12167571&postcount=3
[HTC Inspire 4G] tdesbien31:
When he says "easy" I think he means like a one click method used on Galaxy S devices and such.
[HTC Inspire 4G] sheanzyy:
Closest thing to easy root is a simple GUI like the one here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=961406

The process is rather easy if you choose the ace hack kit.
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Please move to general.....

The exploit we have now works great, use Bubbys or the hack kit. I helped Bubby with a lot of the initial testing and his GUI overlay is about as easy as it's going to get, and he's also working on a few more things. Not for nothing though, the hack kit isn't that difficult to use either.

Anyone who's been on the Inspire threads for a while knows this war has already been fought.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12167571&postcount=3
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
The easy one is Bubby's as for that hack kit unless you are good with Command Prompt entry then FORGET IT, Bubby's does all of the command prompt for you, all you do is enter two lines on the terminal emulator on the phone and there is a video on the first post of that thread that show's the complete method of his root procedure. It is the one I used and since I did it Bubby has made it even easier to use.

As for what you are asking well it will be a long wait before that ever happens at all.
[HTC Inspire 4G] dowenprs:
I came from a Captivate to the Inspire, so I was a bit overwhelmed at first by rooting this phone. I just did bubbys root last night, and it was extremely simple. It does suck that you have to wipe your data, but i was back up and running exactly like before in less than an hour.

Now the radio stuff, i'm still a bit confused on that, reading up on it, but that seems a bit too risky for myself to mess with.
[HTC Inspire 4G] nismopunch:
the ace hack kit was stupid easy, never tried bubby's method but it seems like it is even easier. There are easy methods, and backing up takes less than 5min of your time. give it a shot!
[HTC Inspire 4G] magnumforce2006:
Bubby's is super easy, just follow the video included in the thread, and it's tough to go wrong. Took me maybe 30-45 minutes, minus the downloading of everything (which takes a lot longer than the actual process).
[HTC Inspire 4G] booty hater:
Short of a true "one click" it probably wont get any easier than it is now.And as far as a method without using a gold card Im doubting that will ever happen.
[HTC Inspire 4G] lwfb:
I completely agree!

Its ridiculously easy now! With so many people rooted and running custom roms, and the phone (inspire) only being available for a little over a month now, shouldn't that be proof?

The methods we have work well and the developers busted their asses to make them available to us in a very short time frame.

A few hours of reading will result in a successful root, don't skimp on the research if you're a newbie.

We were all there once, its just a matter of whether or not you want to stay a newbie... all the tools are in front of you though, you found a good place to start learning.
[HTC Inspire 4G] gunnyman:
BUT I WANT AN OOMPA LOOMPA NOW!

In my day we had to work for things! You one click root wanting kids get off my damned lawn! :p
[HTC Inspire 4G] randomblame:
uh oh gunny's been eating the shnozberries again...

Why would you want an "easy" one click solution? Where is the fun in that? Where is the sense of accomplishment? The thrill of the hunt? Do you really have more important things to do than sit down for an hour and follow instructions? A one click solution is more likely to brick your phone - I don't know about you guys but I've seen some really shabby vb coders hanging out around here and I wouldn't trust my inspire with them.