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[myTouch 3G, Magic General] vaspaoul:
Hello, I would really appreciate some advice.

I had a Magic 32b which i rooted, flashed CM and passed on to my brother about an year ago. He now tried to flash another ROM and maybe bricked the phone.

He followed steps in [custom Radio/SPL for dummies][32B] http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=523680

He couldn't flash recovery mode because of an error ( signature verify fail) but he could load it via fastboot boot img and followed steps- 1-9 doing so. after superwipe and flashing radio he flashed Hboot and then couldn't get into recovery any more.

Now the phone has default recovery mode, and every time i try to flash an "update.zip" it gives me "signature verification failed".

Does not boot normally.

In fastboot cannot flash any recovery "signature verification failed" and when i try to load a recovery by fastboot boot recovery, it downloads it and then gets stuck at booting.

HBOOT-1.33.0013d

RADIO- 2.22.27.08

Any advice would be great.

Thanks in advance
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] vaspaoul:
hope this helps, seen it on other threads:

fastboot getvar version-main 1.75.162.3_R

fastboot getvar cid VODAP102

I know that i should make a goldcard to solve the problem, but if the phone only boots in recovery and fastboot, ADB commands do not work. Only fastboot commands work, so how can I make a goldcard?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
The fix:

Download this file: https://rapidshare.com/files/1368708004/1.89.162.1.nbh

Download my fastboot commander tool found in my signature (not the magic version)

Using the tool, flash the file using the "Full zip" tab and do so inside fastboot mode.

It can take some time to finish....

Once done you should be back to stock 1.89.162.1 Vodafone Germany CRC24

From there, follow my root guide which is found in my signature...

Good luck
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] vaspaoul:
Thanks a lot for your response, I tried flashing the ZIP but failed

The weird thing is that it appears at S-ON, but i'm pretty sure that i had S-OFF an year ago when I flashed CM ROM, a new kernel and recovery on it ( otherwise it wouldn't have worked).

Is it possible to change the SPL from a good one to a perfected one with security? (at least that's what I think my brother did)

###Calling fastboot with: getvar version-baseband###

version-baseband: 2.22.27.08

finished. total time: 0.008s

********************************

###Calling fastboot with: getvar version-bootloader###

version-bootloader: 1.33.0013d

finished. total time: 0.002s

********************************

###Calling fastboot with: getvar product###

product: sapphire

finished. total time: 0.006s

********************************

###Calling fastboot with: getvar mid###

mid: SAPP10000

finished. total time: 0.001s

********************************

###Calling fastboot with: getvar security###

security: on

finished. total time: 0.002s

********************************

###Calling fastboot with: getvar build-mode###

build-mode: SHIP

finished. total time: 0.003s

********************************

###Calling fastboot with: flash zip

sending 'zip' (97795 KB)... OKAY [ 20.744s]

writing 'zip'... INFOsignature checking...

FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

I have a nandroid Backup made, but i can't restore it :(

I'm open to any other suggestions.

and thanks again for at least giving mea little hope :).
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
Try to put the nbh file in same directory as fastboot.exe then issue this command

fastboot flash nbh 1.89.162.1.nbh
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] vaspaoul:
Succeeded

I followed the last instructions and managed to setup the ROM.

after rooting and installing new radio , SPL and new ROM i'm now running Ginger Yoshi 1.2 and gave the phone back to my brother. Hope that i won't have to deal with it again and just stick to my SGS.

Thanks a lot for your support and applications.

I tried to donate, but I got some errors( I tried three times) and couldn't finish the transaction. I think that my bank does not see pay-pal as a trusted site and rejects the transaction.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
No problem... glad it worked out for you.

You actually just helped me find a bug in the tool (the first one).

"Full rom" tab should automatically change the fastboot command depending on the rom type. In your case, it was nbh and not zip... this is gona be fixed :0)
[Nook Color General] fuul4nook:
If you're using VG's method, you need to manually copy the gapps file into the /boot partition of the sdcard. Easiest way is to shutdown the NC, pull the card and stick it back into your computer and copy gapps do the partition that auto-mounts in Windows (assuming that's your pc's OS).

VG's recovery boot is telling you that it didn't find any files to install, so it shuts down. That's normal behavior.
[Nook Color General] ipnapalm:
Is it possible to do this on the nook?

I've got the files on the nook but I can't seem to access the boot partition.

I tried putting the SDcard into my PC but Windows doesn't recognise the partition and keeps wanting to format it...
[Nook Color General] ipnapalm:
OK, I tried booting into recovery mode WITHOUT the SD card in. Well it went into CWR...

Seems like CWR has flashed itself onto the internal storage of the NC. That's no good since I don't want to disturb the stock BN install!

I need to figure out how to move the gapp zip file into the root path or boot partition of the SD card as file manager will not let me do it....sigh...
[Nook Color General] ipnapalm:
Finally worked it out.

Not sure why I couldn't use the SD card in my laptop. Anyway I booted into CWR, inserted SD card into Nook, then mounted USB storage...from there I copied the zip files I needed onto the boot partition and voila! sweeet
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vahdyx:
I'm gonna make the transition from Froyo (Trigger) to Gingerbread. I've been enjoying the stability of Trigger and this has prevented me from going 2.3.4 because last time I check it was still "Experimental"

Now I look and it seems as if a lot of gingers are stable.

Is there one you guys can recommend for me. I'm used to using CWM to flash roms and doing the 3 cache clears.

Which do you recommend I try if any. Should I stick with froyo 2.2 or 2.2.1 or give a gingerrom a try?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oHOKAGEx:
I heard revolution rom RC1 is really stable and i'm thinking of upgrading to that

sent from vibrant running trigger 3.2 and SuperDragonModz
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobshute:
Been running Asgard V3, now V3.1. No issues, fast, GPS works (for me), Like it a lot. Asgard V2 was buggy but V3 is sweet.

Recomend that if you are going to gingerbread become friendly with Odin.

With the exception of CM7/Miui it is much better to be using gingerbread bootloaders with a gingerbread rom and you need Odin to flash them.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vahdyx:
Thanks guys, I ended up getting Revolution for the AOSP look, so far so good! Loving it, the 15min break in period never lasted so long haha.

I appreciate the advice though, it helped me make a decision
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashokjadav:
does gps work even after putting it off and on again ???
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexluthor:
I'm looking for a Gingerbread ROM that's the closest to pure stock (with root).

Is there even anything like that current available?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altoids09:
CM7.

You do lose GPS though..
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PabxH:
Blitzkrieg

BUT BE CAREFUL! I BRICKED (VERY HARD) MINE
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altoids09:
Ohhh.... stock. I thought you meant stock Android (AOSP). My bad.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexluthor:
No, I meant stock samsung. Nothing like that at this time? I couldn't lose gps either.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ali1276:
Try Revolution Rom, it is really stable, fast, and close to stock theme. Also, GPS does work.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jasonhunterx:
Try rev best one out there only 2.3 besides cm7 that i found to be lag less an battery is SUPERB
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] messem:
Hello everyone,

I've searched for a solution over the forum but I didn't find any solution..

So my problem is that I can't use Odin because windows doesn't recognize my phone on Download mode.

I have the drivers installed, Kies and windows recognize my GS2 without problems.

I've tried with different cable, different USB port, uninstall/reinstall drivers many times, from Kies or from samsung web site.

I just have no idea why in download mode windows doesn't use the installed drivers..

Help? :(

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxyII:
Did you try in a different PC?

I am sure driver is the only cause. Perhaps you can try following. Install Kies, then connect phone once and check if Kies detects your phone

Which version of Windows are you using? I am using Windows 7 and its working fine. I did root yesterday and Windows detected drivers and also it had to download from net for some reason. In the end it did work
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
USB cable to main board connection .

Reboot phone turn USB debugging off .

Set USB to Mass storage mode .

Connect cable and let Windows find USB drivers .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
Did you terminate every Kies process before opening Odin?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] messem:
Hello,

Thanks for the answers.

I'm running on windows 7 64. But it didn't try on another pc.

Windows does install drivers and recognize my phone in USB to Mass storage mode.

But still not recognize it in download mode and yes I've terminated every Kies process.

I know that in Download mode windows install some new/different (?) drivers. When I'm on download mode, windows fails to install driver as it's an "unknown device". Is there a way to install those drivers manually?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bochap2010:
Hello,

Un-install Kies, reboot system, reinstall kies.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] messem:
Still not work. After reboot and reinstalling Kies my phone was recognized, but in download mode there is still nothing.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
If windows has USB drivers then download mode works .

Is USB debugging turned off .

Reboot phone

Enter download mode follow instructions on download mode screen .

Open Odin select files to flash

Connect Samsung USB cable to mainboard port .

Hit start on Odin .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] messem:
USB debugging is off.

But as windows don't recognize the device, Odin can't detect it in download mode.

It's really weird
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Post the steps you are taking from the very beginning .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] messem:
Ok, I manage to get this working.

I did this:

-I have unplugged all the USB on my motherboard, I've uninstalled all the "Universal Serial Bus controllers" (to acces type devmgmt.msc in windows start menu)

-Turn off the PC and unplugged the power supply. Waiting like 3 minutes.

-Replug the power supply and boot.

-Replug all my USB, windows reinstalling everything.

-Plug my phone in download mode and windows finally installed the drivers and Odin detect it !

So if someone have a unknown device issue with a code 43, please try this.

Thanks for your time and answers.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tankmetal:
Disabling the "unknown device" and then disconnecting and reconnecting my phone worked for me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davehunt83:
Run Kies as Administrator, Install Drivers

This is what worked for me. Kies said the Drivers were installed without Administrator but nothing worked
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bled82:
This fixed the problem for me thank you very much !
[HTC EVO 3D] ldominguez1986:
Anyone else having this problem? I downloaded X-Men and it runs real slow and so does some other games
[HTC EVO 3D] om4:
Android still doesn't handle dual core processors very well, icecream sandwich is supposed to fix that, until then some apps and games will give you problems unless they are optimized for dual core
[HTC EVO 3D] cheflarry:
2.3.4 was supposed to help single core run dual core apps better. It might be the same the other way around.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tempaznx:
Please, any input is useful. ):

I just bought a nexus one the other day, and i think I was scammed. THe power button works fine, but occasionally, the screen would get super dim. It doesn't black out because I can faintly see all of the icons and menus, and I can tap them. ALso, its not automatic brightness, because its horribly horribly hard to see. Pulling the battery (sometimes) fixes this problem.

I'm currently running Kang-o-rama with SP2.

Has this ever happened to anyone? If so, how did you fix it?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
It does sound its the auto brightness. If you're outside and its dims it is very hard to see. You the default android power widget to test it. It has brightness toggle on it. Full /auto/dim/ and basically the middle.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tempaznx:
I'll take a picture of it once my dad comes home, but I tested it last night if it was autobrightness.

I waited for it to dim, then went into settings, disabled autobrightness, and put the brightness all the way up. It was still super dim, and didn't return to normal until I pulled the battery.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
I would look for support in the thread for that rom. Or flash another rom. Sounds like it is just a bug in your rom.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tempaznx:
I just installed a Miui rom hoping it'll fix it (cause I was using cm7 based roms) and it worked for a while.

Now it began to Flicker and finally turned off. It'll ring when phones call it but nothing will show on the screen. I'll pull the battery but this time nothing shows up (though it vibrates indicating it turns on).

I know this is a hardware problem now, do you guys know what part it is?

Please, any input is appreciated.
[Acer Iconia A500] dr1337:
Another ROM you say? I've tried all the Acer-based 3.1 custom ROMs and none of them seem to suit my needs. They seem to add lots more bloatware and tweaks that made my tablet quite unstable.

So I went ahead and built my own ROM which essentially is a pruned-stock standard Acer 3.1 with only the barest minimal features to maintain speed and stability of the system. I've also gone ahead and deodexed most all of the frameworks and apps so feel free to mod this rom to add custom skins and animations if you so please. I'm sharing my work in the hope that you will find it useful.

The ROM can be downloaded here - http://www.multiupload.com/9H43RO49H0

Please leave questions, comments and queries below.

*Patch update* - I made a slight error in the update script and didn't set the right permissions for Superuser access. Apply this patch to fix it if your ROM doesn't have a working Superuser.apk - http://www.multiupload.com/RUO6SVRXEV
[Acer Iconia A500] beartrap:
Stable ROMs are always welcomed. Never too many of those!
[Acer Iconia A500] brunsbanjo:
I like them too, i will give it a shot!
[Acer Iconia A500] TFordham:
Anyone tried it yet? Thoughts? I have it ready to go, but would like to hear what others think before jumping in.
[Acer Iconia A500] dr1337:
Updated the ROM to fix the root access.
[Acer Iconia A500] DaVeCa:
Muy buenas ,

Yo llevo esta ROM ahora mismo ya que a mi no me gustan las ROMS con programas de inicio me gusta poder instalar yo lo que quiera y de momento va perfecta muy buen rendimiento , buen consumo de la bateria , ningun reinicio ni cogelacion del iconia expontaneo ...

Saludos !
[Acer Iconia A500] tomlogan1:
Thanks for this ROM. I had been deleting apps I did not want but could not get past the Vendor subdirectory. This is now my daily ROM.

:)
[Acer Iconia A500] chr0m:
Does this still have the annoying, battery wasting "screen on in standby" problem?
[Acer Iconia A500] bart3005:
Just installed it and work well for me. Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] nycbjr:
I'm going to try this now, I'm unimpressed with the acer 3.1 update, lots of FC, dhcp issue on wifi, overloaded ram (seems to have worse mm than 3.0.1).

argh!

looking forward to yours!
[Acer Iconia A500] plemme61:
Thanks for the rom .slight problem can t seem to gain root acsess i installed the su patxch even though i have a working superuser .apk/ using v1.2 gingerbreak can t root help!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] Chaz36:
Try this root method, it is especially for 3.1

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1138228
[Acer Iconia A500] dr1337:
Sorry if Superuser isn't working for you. I didn't test the update script for the patch so that might be why. I have however updated the main ROM image in Post 1 to have support for SU.

You can download it here - http://www.multiupload.com/9H43RO49H0
[Acer Iconia A500] nowforever:
Is there anyway to pre-build root access and USB 3G support in your ROM?
[Acer Iconia A500] michaelh99:
root access is already there
[Acer Iconia A500] dr1337:
Yes, I can make a patch that you can apply to your stock ROM to get USB 3G support.

ETA ~ 4-5 hours.
[Acer Iconia A500] armukhtar:
tried this morning..migrate from honeyvillian....honestly I'm very happy with rom..fast and stable...didn't encounter any problem...yet....will stay for a while...thanks chef
[Acer Iconia A500] roar514:
Anyone got the cifs.ko working? with this rom? i used the same cifs.ko i used with the leaked kernel so it should be ok
[Acer Iconia A500] skiddhard:
Hello folks. I am new owner of the Acer A500 and naturally, a total noob in these matters, but could the OP please post installation instructions and perhaps even a list of what has been taken out from the stock Acer firmware??

Hope I am not asking for too much here. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] thunderkiss65:
This is weird, I was using p2-2 rom and had it oc'ed at 1540. I have been switching back and fourth between roms to see which is more smooth and stable, Mininmalist 3.1 was the last I tried that I am on now, And this rom is running fast and very stable, I think I'll stay with minimalist.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnas786:
Hi all,

Sorry if i sound stupid, but I am new to all of this. I am trying to flash a gingerbread ROM onto my Rogers branded captivate. Currently I am running Rogers stock Froyo.

I have rooted and unlocked my phone using one click root, and the SGS unlock tool from the android market. I have also applied Ryans OCLF. I have busybox installed and the lasted version of Rom Manager.

However, every time i go to backup my stock rom using rom manager, nothing happens. I try to first flash the Clockwork Mod recovery, select the Captivate file and let the phone reboot, black screen with a yellow exclamation point in a white triangle with a Droid device laying under it. It will sit there forever until I manually restart the phone, at which point it acts fine.

I have backed up using titanium backup but cannot do it thru ROM manager. I have read countless forums, but it havent found a solution that works.

So i decided to proceed without a backup. I tryed to put the phone in download mode using the buttons so that I can flash it using ODIN but it doesnt go into download mode using any of the buttom press methods. I have tried to reinstall the packages from the boot menu, but i then get an error saying "e: failed to verify whole signature...."

I have also put a copy of the recently leaked gingerbread rom on my SD card and tried to install the ROM using rom managers install ROM from SD card, but i get the same black screen with yellow exclamation point and nothing happens until i maually start the phone.

I have no clue what I am missing? How to fix this? I have read and watched so many tutorials, followed all the steps. THey seem so easy on paper, but nothing that is supposed to happen, happens for me. Anyone have any suggestions on what I am doing wrong?

Please help!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
You need to follow installation instructions in the thread for whatever GB rom you are installing TO THE LETTER.

Which one are you trying?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crystalhand:
You need to search for fixing the 3e recovery. 3e won't let you install custom roms. Also rom manager is just a gui interface for clockwork mod so in. wouldn't use it
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnas786:
I was trying to install the Official Gingerbread 2.3.3 for Captivate that was just leaked for the ATT captivate. I beleive the build number is I897UCKF1.

I do remember seeing the 3e recovery in the boot menu. Thanks alot, I will try to find a recovery fix and try that, then post the update.

Thanks alot for the suggestions so far. Its greatly appreciated!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Please for the love of all that is good in the world, do some research before you brick yourself for good. All of your issues would have not happened had you read more first before jumping in. I have seen far to many of these types if threads lately. Yes it takes a few hours to go through the threads but you save yourself the time you would spend (sometimes days) fixing your mistake.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnas786:
Your absolutely right, I did ALOT of reading, been doing so alot over a few weeks. Unfortunately, (or perhaps, I did not do enough digging) none of the tutorials, even the ones for beginners that i found on this forum mentioned anything about finding a fix for the 3e recovery. No one mentioned that the 3e Recovery bundled with the Rogers version of Froyo did not allow the install of custom roms, it also did not allow backups. Thanks to Crystalhand for letting me know this.

Anyway i found this link which helped:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=909213

I am FINALLY able to make a full backup image of my stock ROM and apps using CWM. This puts me more at ease now knowing i can also revert to stock if i install a rom that is not working properly for me.

The backup is completing as I type this. I will update again once I am able to install the gingerbread Rom I wanted to install.

Thanks again to all of you for the help!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
that backup is not to restore the stock rom directly from whatever you flash. that is an imaage of your set up on stock rom. so you have to use odin to flash back to that stock rom you are on then restore that backup and it will be like you never flashed anything at all. if you just restore that backup onto the custom rom you flash it will not work properly.

the app backup your making with titanium backup will restore your apps on whatever you flash, but the rom backup doesnt work like that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leezrd:
I would suggest using designgears odin 1 click, becuase no offence but you seen new and that would be least likely way for you to hard brick going to gb... Good luck
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
Flashing is usually easy and safe (for the most part). But if something happends and it gets bricked u could always make/buy jigs. Easiest way to make I've seen is

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=841512

Or you can buy them for about $8 maybe more depending your location (making em can cost less). The only thing I haven't tested the jig with is messed up bootloaders, example flashing gb bootloaders and flash froyo secundaries, everything else the jig works (atleast my experience)

Sent from my SGH-I897 running Cog 5 Beta 2
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leezrd:
With messed up bootloaders you have to jtag
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
Well that's good to know. I'm not paying $150 for a jtag.

Sent from my SGH-I897 running Cog 5 Beta 2
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
$50 not $150.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leezrd:
Actually $50 by connexion 2005 but still expensive got something you don't need you to do

EDIT: Nevermind studacris beat me by a couple second to it
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
Oh? where?

Edit:

Dosen't he charge $50 for a fix? not the jtag itself?