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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bouzoubaa:
Hi everyone ... I was wondering if there is a way to SIM unlock the SII the same way we used to do with the Galaxy S .. Anyone working on that already !!? Thanks again for your answers ..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick.m84:
can simply be unlocked from the market now, if your device is already rooted.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
Root and:

https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.sgs2simunlockcode

Or

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.helroz.galaxysunlock
[Nexus One General] georgemv:
What is this thread about?

There is a known issue where some N1 phones cannot be flashed via the PASSIMG method because their boot loader says "Main version is older!" and stops.

Why is this a problem anyway?

If your bootloader is locked, you cannot flash the stock ROM easily.

If your bootloader is unlocked, you still cannot flash all partitions via fastboot. (A lot of partitions are protected for writing).

What is the "Main Version"?

The Main Version is a string value read and used by the bootloader. It's stored either in the boot loader image itself, or in the misc partition.

You can see your phone's Main Version by bringing it in fastboot mode and executing the following command:

$ fastboot getvar mainver
mainver: 2.18.1700.1
$

And what is older than what?

Every PASSIMG.ZIP file contains a android-info.txt file that dictates to the bootloader, among other things, the main version that this PASSIMG will bring the phone to. For example, for the commonly used FRG33 PASSIMG file, the main version is 2.16.1700.1. So, the main version on the PASSIMG file is older than the main version of the bootloader on the phone.

So, the phone will be downgraded with that PASSIMG, what's the problem?

Ask HTC or Google that question. I give up on trying to understand why they do not allow downgrading on a dev phone that can officially be unlocked.

Why does this affect only a batch of N1 and not all of them?

I can only speculate on this. It certainly means different production batches with different bootloaders.

This could be due to SLCD vs AMOLED, or an other production differentiation that was never made public by HTC.

So, we need a PASSIMG file stating version 2.18.1700.1 or later, right?

Yes, that's correct. It also is your lucky day, I have digged up such a file online after a week of searching (yes, it was that hard to find it) and I have mirrored it.

Here you go:

PASSIMG_Passion_Google_WWE_2.18.1700.1_FRG83_release_signed.zip

Happy flashing :)
[Nexus One General] dnlsmy:
I'll try it out, the main version is updated for all refurbished HTC Nexus One's from starting a couple of months ago, and I can confirm it.has nothing to do with AMOLED vs SLCD.
[Nexus One General] efrant:
Awesome find!!!!!
[Nexus One General] danger-rat:
Excellent news!!!
[Nexus One General] hungryTux:
Great! Downloading it now.
[Nexus One General] efrant:
FYI, I just checked my "Main Version" and it is 2.16.1700.1, which I guess is why I have never had an issue with my device recognizing the leaked FRG33 shipped ROM.
[Nexus One General] dnlsmy:
UPDATE

Didn't work for me for some reason. It completely skips over everything, like there was no PASSIMG.zip on the card on the first place...

I have the aforementioned MainVer (checked via fastboot) and I renamed it PASSIMG.zip

Tried it twice, downloaded it from the phone and from my computer.:confused:
[Nexus One General] danger-rat:
If your phone skipping past, then it's likely that it's not seeing the file. Most common reason for this is because the file is named incorrectly (i.e. PASSIMG.zip.zip - because Windows may not display on of the zip extensions).
[Nexus One General] dnlsmy:
I know how extensions work :P

Will try again tomorrow, maybe from Ubuntu or different laptop. I simply rename the downloaded file PASSIMG as it is a ZIP file.
[Nexus One General] saratry:
Great! Works for me!!!
[Nexus One General] dnlsmy:
Were you having the Main Version problem before?
[Nexus One General] ephreon:
A simple question!

After installing this ROM FRG83, can I install FRG33 with a previous HBoot without problems?

Maybe I will have the same problem (about main version) when I try to install 2.2 (2.16.1700.1) over FRG83 (2.18.1700.1). Is it posible? :rolleyes:
[Nexus One General] mobbeel:
Thanks!! Works for me!!!

I had this problem with FRG83D version and it has been fixed :-)
[Nexus One General] dnlsmy:
EDIT: I love you, I can't believe it actually worked!!!!!!

I guess I was using a bad file manager, this time I downloaded it from my phone and CUT AND PASTED (not copied) using ES File explorer and I renamed it using the same software. Worked like a charm!!!!!!!!!

How did you get a hold of this??? I want to find a Gingerbread version of this for safekeeping ;)
[Nexus One General] :
might need some help here.

I did everything as said (downloaded, renamed and so on) after the loading the check. occurs but i dont get a message where i am asked if i want to flash the device. it just skipps to the hboot menu again.

anyone some ideas?
[Nexus One General] J.L.C.:
Does main version have anything to do with hboot?

My mainver is 2.15, but I'm still on the old hboot. I want to flash the new hboot but not if it's going to also change my main version.

Anyone know?
[Nexus One General] efrant:
I don't know, but I can tell you that I flashed the latest HBOOT, and I still had the earlier main version. Besides, why are you worried about main version. It's been shown in this thread that the FRG83 shipped ROM works even on the newer main version. And you can't run stock Gingerbread on the older HBOOT...
[Nexus One General] cchhat01:
i just ran

fastboot getvar mainver

on my phone and it shows:

1.01.1700.1

is this good or bad?

C
[Nexus One General] SiL3nTKiLL:
good info!
[Nexus One General] LFact:
Doesn't matter. It means you have device with older version of OS initailly, and you didn't use PASSIMG of higher version at all. (If you updated your OS with OTA or manual upgrade only, or flashed custom ROM, main version will remain as its initial value)
[Nexus One General] mrto3nayster:
thankyou!!!
[Nexus One General] G0000f:
Another approach...

I just had the same error trying to downgrade my HTC Desire back to it's original carrier ROM. I had extracted the "rom.zip" from the carriers RUU, renamed it "PB99IMG.zip", put it on the SD card and booted the phone to the bootloader. All looked good until I got the same error ""Main Version is older!".

After reading the first post in this thread I decided to look inside the PB99IMG.zip file. It's just a regular zip file, so I uncompressed the files from it. In there was a file called "android-info.txt" and in that file was the line "mainver: 2.26.841.2". I edited that line so it read "mainver: 1.26.841.2", re-compressed everything back up in to a PB99IMG.zip file, put that on my SD card and it all worked -error gone!

So the moral is, you can fake a lower "mainver" in your files to get around this problem.

I hope this helps someone.
[Nexus One General] ermacwins:
Got my N1 from repair today with stock 2.3.4 and all the PASSIMG fail saying main version is older

EDIT: my main version is 3.10.1700.1
[Nexus One General] madballs:
There isn't a way to apply an older PASSIMG once you are on 3.10.1700.1 with GRJ22. You are out of luck. You will have to unlock the bootloader if you are looking to flash a custom rom.
[Nexus One General] ermacwins:
Yep I unlocked the bootloader then rooted
[Nexus One General] reglster:
Great! Works for me!!! THX...
[Nexus One General] Jaicool:
I also just got mine back today from getting the 'screen' replaced, but it came back with 2.3.4, different build number, from GRI40 to GRJ22, and I'm pretty sure the baseband also changed :(...

The bootloader was unlocked though, but now I'm trying to get SU to work or go back to 2.3.3 or anything. Totally stuck. Tried both (PASSIMG_Passion_Google_WWE_2.16.1700.1_FRG33_release_signed) AND (PASSIMG_Passion_Google_WWE_2.18.1700.1_FRG83_release_signed). Get the 'Main Version older' every time :s.

Help?
[Nexus One General] danger-rat:
If the bootloader is unlocked, why are you even bothering with this?

Flash a custom recovery via fastboot, then flash the su zip or your ROM of choice...
[Nexus One General] Jaicool:
I must be missing something

When I try loading ClockworkMod it says

"You must root your phone for ROM Manager to function. Superuser was not found at "/system/bin/su" or "/system/xbin/su". Use Google search on your computer to find instructions to root your phone.

I installed SU from the App store like I had done in the past -to my recollection- with v2.3.6.3 but reads "Su binary outdated". When I try to update it, it says "There is a new version, install..." and when I click OK/Continue it FAILS with the fol error msg:

Automatic Update Failed

"An error ocurred and su was not updated. A zip file (su-2.3.1-bin-signed.zip) has been placed on your sdcard. Please reboot into recovery mode and flash it to update your su binary."

I then Boot into recovery mode, and the phone just goes onto the android with the exclamation mark screen, where it stays for... Well I don't know how long, but I just pulled the battery out after 15 minutes :).

I've checked the guides, and I must be missing something.

I know I post this at the risk of looking completely ignorant, but then again compared to many of you in here (AHEM Danger-Rat) I am :D.
[Nexus One General] efrant:
You are missing something. Your phone is not rooted. You cannot root your phone by installing superuser from the market. You need to plug your phone into your computer, use fastboot to flash a recovery, then use the custom recovery to flash chainsdd's superuser zip. Look in the wiki for how to root or flash a recovery with an unlocked bootloader.
[Nexus One General] GrandMstrBud:
Sorry guys, this does not work. I still get the same error message.
[Nexus One General] georgemv:
What main version are you on?
[Nexus One General] Trolololo:
it didn't worked to me :(

if i get the main version from fastboot-mac it says: 2.18.151.4 :(

EDIT: i saw now the link to the passimg on this topic and it let me update :D
[Nexus One General] Hirosakamoto:
I got 3.13.1700.1 as mainver?

Is it possible to fix this?
[Nexus One General] efrant:
Now that we have more info on this, I can answer: the mainver of the ROM is stored in the misc partition. So, all you need to do to get an older main version is to flash a misc.img from an older ROM.

Thanks to dla5244, the creator of Blackrose
[Nexus One General] jpav80:
So is it possible with Blackrose to change mainver back to an older version to allow older PASSIMG files if the phone is returned back from HTC with main version: 3.13.1700.1. Can that be changed without unlocking the bootloader and with Blackrose installed? I am more curious than anything at this point since rooting 2.3.6can be done without unlocking.

Jay
[Nexus One General] efrant:
Yes. Can be done with Blackrose, without unlocking the bootloader.
[Nexus One General] zener79:
Hi jpav80, did you solve your problem?

I just got my N1 back from HTC assistance (broken power button), and I now I have the "main version is older" problem.

Could you please explain how to root without unlook the bootloader using blackrose?

Thank you

Claudio
[Nexus One General] efrant:
If you just want to root, you can use zerg rush. It works with all versions of Gingerbread. Just search for it, and you should be able to find directions.
[Nexus One General] zener79:
Thank you efrant, I'll give a try as soon as I can tomorrow.

Anyway, I'd like to be able to use passimg file as needed... I don't really understand this HTC assistance behaviour, but I don't like it!!!

My mainver is 3.13. I'm trying to guess how to use blackrose... is not to clear to me. And I'm still not able to find any misc.img in older roms.

Anyone tried to do this procedure?

Thank you

Claudio
[Nexus One General] abhilash_ksh:
Please check the problem with my Nexus one

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27638242#post27638242

Can I use the the PASSIMG that you have linked to flash on the device?

thanks
[Nexus One General] pondyanand:
It worked for me on my Nexus one !!. Thanks a ton.
[Nexus One General] iTzTrevor:
Link is dead. Please update! Thanks! (:
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frostincredible:
Does anyone know how to pull a PRL off a DInc to upload it?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GnatGoSplat:
I don't remember the exact procedure, but I remember QPST is the tool I used to do it.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frostincredible:
This? http://www.x-drivers.com/catalog/flash/mobile_phones/companies/qualcomm/models/qpst/12051.html
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GnatGoSplat:
Yep, that's it. I thought maybe the procedure had something to do with saving the EEPROM contents, then using the RL Editor to extract the PRL, but I'm not positive on that.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frostincredible:
Well this is a start anyways, thanks!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TPR300C:
Did you find a way to get the prl? I need one as well and I've been searching for the file itself and can't find it. I came across your post so maybe the next best thing is get the prl from 1 of my Inc's so i can install it on my other one.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GnatGoSplat:
Load QPST, under Start Clients menu, select Service Programming.

Click Read from Phone and enter MSL (000000).

Then Save to file. This will save a .qcn and .rl0 file.

In QPST, under Start Clients menu, select RL Editor.

In RL Editor, load your .rl0 file. Go to File, Save As..., make sure type is *.prl and enter a file name.

Copy the .prl file you saved to your phone and you can load from the EPST menu (##778#) on your phone.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TPR300C:
Thanks! Going to try this tonight!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digiblur:
Just rename the rl0 file to prl. Much easier.

Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pons:
Says the guy to a year and 5 month old post. ;)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digiblur:
Says the guy who doesn't see dates and forum names on Tapatalk, just clicked and reply.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramhead:
Hi guys! Im with camera problem now.

2.1 SE. and i tryed to do camera mod 10 install to it with root exploder.

I deleted original camera file named semccameraapplication from system/app.

moved and pasted semccamerapplicationv10 to system/app. -> Camera not working! Any help?

Tryed too install it, but nothing happens. and renamed semccameraapplicationv10 -> semccameraapplication. And not working.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwyan Benton:
After you pasted the semccameraapplicationV10.apk into system/apps did you set the permissions?

In root explorer go to system/app

Top right hand corner in root explorer you will see "mount r/w" click on it so it shows "mount r/o"

Navigate to the semccameraapp and long press on it

Choose permissions

Check off everything in the first row and only the top box in the second row

Uncheck anything else

Click ok

Reboot phone

Enjoy!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sorrow1994:
Hi everyone,

yeah, the title basicly says it...

i don't care about NFC either, i just want that memory :cool: because there's still a huge difference between 48 and 64 gigs!

So will Europe ever see a 32GB version? i even would pay ~80 Euros extra!

greets
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woodend:
Hi,

I don't think we will ever get this version.

But maybe someone gets these SDCX cards (or whatever they are called) to work.

Gut's Nächtle
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Sammydr10:
So...

what version should i use?? lol

and where can i find it?

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] gagb1967:
Google and download ODIN3 v1.7
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Sammydr10:
Thanks man
[General Questions and Answers] rkk1:
Hi,

I am unable to use 3G on htc desire. I have set the correct APN. The problem is that when I choose "WCDMA" as the network mode, it automatically switches back to "GSM only". The place where I live has no problem with 3G availability. I feel the problem lies more with my handset. Can someone please help ? Is there anything that I can do to get rid of this problem. My phone has lost its warranty since I unlocked it.
[General Questions and Answers] l4g4rt0:
Have you tried any other operator sim card? It's a good troubleshooting to do when this kind of problems happen...

Had problems like that before and it was an incorrect APN setup.
[General Questions and Answers] rkk1:
Thanks for getting back. I tried with a different sim and a different operator. They were also not successful. APN setting is perfectly right for the current sim. The APN settings were given by the operator.
[General Questions and Answers] l4g4rt0:
Are you using any kind of widget to switch APN on / off, 2G/3g ?... I noticed that for example, Widgetsoid can mess with 3g connection so much that sometimes you need to remove it and reboot the phone so you can get things working again.

Try using another SIM card too. It may give you a clue on what's going on: wrong settings / card with no data activated / etc ...
[General Questions and Answers] rkk1:
I am not using any widget to turn on/off the 3g. EDGE services work on my mobile while 3G is not working. If I use the sim card on to a different mobile, 3G works fine without any problem. Tried using another sim card with 3G data activated and that also did not work fine for me on HTC Desire.
[Xperia Arc General] Regii:
Anyone else got this message at some point? I have no idea how this can be but somehow TrackID started refusing to work recently. Are there any app dependencies I should know about? First it tells me that it could not authenticate, then it goes on to say I have no network coverage, although I'm sitting right next to my WiFi Router.

Strangely enough, it wants to tell me about a lot of korean/japaneses/chineses (can't differentiate between the signs) artists in the GERMAN charts, and I'm like WTH? My guess would be that the program got corrupted somehow, if only I knew how.
[Xperia Arc General] sbong:
I have the same issue, suspected it might have something to do with unlocking the bootloader
[Xperia Arc General] kiz1983:
Someone mentioned b4 unlocking the bootloader will erase the drm files, thus making trackid not working..
[Xperia Arc General] Tarmitar:
I'm owner of unlocked and rooted Xperia Arc.

I was have the same problem, but yesterday my trackID start to work=) I don't now why this happend.

sorry for my bad english=)
[Xperia Arc General] Soheil_rf:
my Track Id still not working
[Xperia Arc General] tonymontana079:
How would that be possible if you are missing drm cerificates due to unlocking the boot loader or do you mean sim unlocked and rooted.

Im tempted to ring sony to see if they will allow me to keep my phone rooted and restore trackid for me. I like shazam but it takes longer to record a sample. Also I prefer track id as the gui looks smarter and has a larger database.

Bounty? for trackid;)
[Xperia Arc General] klungxda:
How can this happened? Have you do something to your phone recently?
[Xperia Arc General] shvyue:
At lease SE should mention which APP/software would stop working while users applying the unlock code.
[Xperia Arc General] Tarmitar:
Really, i don't understand nothing what happend with my track id, but now its don't working again=(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] snowcraft22:
Can anyone tell me how can i change the behavior of the Call history button on HTC Sense 2.5.2021's home screen ? ( withOUT CHT or other tools)

I want it to redirect to a 3rd party application when it's pressed, so that i use it as a quick link.

I remeber that i've seen a thread on replacing the button link to a 3rd party call log application.

but believe me , i spent hours on it , without being able to find it!

plz tell me if you have any idea about this. i want to know which manila file to configure ,and how ....

THX very very much.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] snowcraft22:
Anyone has any ideas?? plz......
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] snowcraft22:
I'll keep waiting for any suggestion or solution.:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] snowcraft_DFT:
No one interested or not willing to do me a favor?

plz..
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] maltanar:
I know there's lots of threads dedicated to un-bricking or restoring x10 mini/mini pro's but my situation seems to be a bit different so I wanted to ask explicitly.

I had been using (and was quite happy with!) owain's Cyanogen 6 for X10 mini pro (version 3.6) for about a month. The only problem I ran into was the camera app sometimes freezing while taking photos but that would be fixed by exiting and entering the app again.

This morning, the same thing happened - total freeze right after taking a photo. And this time nothing could exit the app, the phone went completely unresponsive - not even the power button was working. I have:

* removed and re-inserted the battery

* kept the battery removed for extended periods and put it back in

* tried going into the update mode (for use with SEUS or 3rd party flashers) by holding the back key while inserting the USB cable (both with battery in & out)

* tried pressing back, home and power simultaneously while plugging in USB

* tried the hard reset button near the camera

* kept the device plugged into the charger for longer periods

and the device shows absolutely no sign of life. Screen doesn't turn on (not even to "brighter blackness"), the LED doesn't light up , I see no activity when USB is plugged in either way (nothing shows up on lsusb, for Linux geeks).

Two questions to you Xperia gurus out here:

1) Is there anything else I can try, other than sending the device in for repairs?

2) Is it possible that the camera app somehow caused such serious damage? Enough to screw up the bootloader maybe? Any such reported issues with Cyanogen 6? All "bricking" cases I read on the forums seemed to occur during flashing/updating the device.

I'd appreciate any comments on the subject. Thanks in advance!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] D4rKn3sSyS:
**** man, that seems like your device's hardware got damaged :(.. you need to talk with somebody that knows about hardware
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] fictionworld:
maybe let's backtrack on what you did on your phone. what other things did you do aside from installing custom ROM?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] D4rKn3sSyS:
Yeah that would help, give us more info :).. maybe OC ?

PD: **** now that i think, v3.6 have oc, do you oc'ed your device so much? like 768mhz?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] .x.x.x.Peria:
I think You tried the only way to bring Your Xperia back to life - "back key while inserting the USB cable" @ SE update service.

I think this method must to work at the worse case... :(
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] maltanar:
Didn't know 3.6 had built-in overclocking? :( I didn't do anything extra myself to overclock, was happy enough with the processor's performance. And I didn't install any other mods except Cyanogen 3.6 itself (well, just the little one to switch the physical keyboard light on as well, but that's it).

Thanks everyone who tried to help, I'm almost positive myself that there must have been some hardware damage. Wish you all happy days with your Android phones, and may they never sustain any hardware damage :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] metachuh:
maltanar:

one thing you should try is:

borrow a fully charged mini pro battery and retry seus recovery

it is possible that your battery is completely empty and the phone can not enter charging mode due to a firmware problem (no charging led visible while on usb)

without receiving power from either usb or the battery, it can't enter the seus recovery mode