yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Slightly Confused?

Now, I'm not saying that this is wrong by any means, but, this isn't what I did, so just wanted to know why we're going to these lengths and if what I did was wrong?

As I was already running the new Radio, I initially edited the ZIP file and removed the radio.img from it.

1) Copied the ZIP file containing hboot/lib/ramdisk to PG88IMG.zip onto my SD

2) Booted into recovery

3) Took a precautionary Nandroid backup

4) Then rebooted and Booted into Bootloader, where the PG88IMG updated.

No wipe, no restore - But all worked fine.

Anyone?
[HTC Desire S] evmt:
Yeah, did it almost the same way and it worked perfectly. Also updated the radio at the same time.
[HTC Desire S] tready:
wot you did is correct wot the other guy did is correct as long as you have the new hboot radio libs ram disk at the end of the flashing there is no right or wrong way the outcome is the same you both got updated. he just made backups first but like some one said nandroid backups dont back up your hboot so its pointless. the easy way is drop the PG88IMG.zip onto your sd card boot into bootloader let it update reboot phone. Even if you already have the radio flashed you dont have to edit the zip as the radio will just reflash its self. but buy removing the radio dont make it wrong it worked so its right stop worring buddy your updated lol
[HTC Desire S] Sib64:
Sorry, I made two errors in my procedure.

I've corrected, but which were involuntary, since I know that do nothing to make a backup while one flash the hboot.

I was at the same time on another subject.
[HTC Desire S] Bose_Eismann:
Error (404)

We can't find the page you're looking for.

Somebody, reupload pls. ;-)
[HTC Desire S] nbhadusia:
id really like it too! please reupload
[HTC Desire S] tready:
Uploading now giz 10 mins
[HTC Desire S] nbhadusia:
cheers Tready :)
[HTC Desire S] tready:
Ok the link on second page is now live again I deleted the file by mistake sorry guys
[HTC Desire S] damian35:
Hi,

To do this update properly, do I need to validate the download with a md5 sum?

Thanks,

Damian
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
No it's only to be sure that the file you downloaded isn't corrupted, cause of a download fault or something like this.

Swyped from my Desire S
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Better safe than sorry!

It's always a wise move to validate every download's md5sum prior to application as a corrupt download could easily cause a bricked device. This is especially true with Radio's.

Only takes a minute....
[HTC Desire S] damian35:
Thanks - would you happen to know what the md5 is for this file? I will need to read up on how to do the validation as I'm using a Mac, so will need to validate using my device I think.

Thanks,

Damian
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
First could some pls post the md5 sum

i'm not at home now otherwise I would do it myself.

Cause Mac is based on UNIX you can try the command md5sum within your terminal, if your lucky it's present and you can check the md5sum with typing md5sum path/filename.

Otherwise search for adb and Mac there is fore sure a guide somewhere.

When your done with this type

adb devices

adb shell md5sum path/filename

Swyped from my Desire S
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Easy way is file manager apps like Astro, will provide md5 sums if you look at a files properties when its on your device.

---------- Post added at 02:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:28 PM ----------

Just downloaded the file from link in post #1 onto my device and got this result:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Support Tools>adb shell md5sum /sdcard/PG88IMG.zip
72a9a67178048a6d583dd26d019ff02d /sdcard/PG88IMG.zip
[HTC Desire S] damian35:
I've just downloaded the file and used Astro to get the md5a settings.

The settings appear the same as in Ben's post. I guess this means I'm good to go.

Thanks,

Damian
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
You're right^^

Good luck :)

Swyped from my Desire S
[HTC Desire S] peterfeter:
My flash not work.. bootloader says me "bootloader flash bypassing"

What can I do ?
[HTC Desire S] shanz:
Thank you for this guide, I wasn't going to update my HBoot after reading the other thread for people that s-offed using other methods other than x-clip. I followed ben_pyett's method and it all went smoothly and now have latest HBoot.
[HTC Desire S] Tik_Tak:
rising this thread from the dead,

can somebody re-upload the original file?

i s-offed using xtc-clip so if somebody can tell what file should i flash?
[HTC Desire S] htc-phones:
put it on the root of your sdcard and boot into bootloader and accept with volume down
[HTC Desire S] Tik_Tak:
thanks :)

yes i saw this one, however its 296k, and the original is 54K so i thought there is a difference, they do the same?
[HTC Desire S] htc-phones:
thats the stock hboot do u want eng 1 or stock ?

here is the hboot from this thread
[HTC Desire S] Tik_Tak:
am... i don't care :P (i think)

now i have 0.98 pvt ship s-off,

so i will install the eng one, i see the difference is more fastboot commands so no reason not to use the eng
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
I disagree, if you have issues, then you will miss the additional commands and then you will be too late

Swyped from my DesireS
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phoenixking86:
Thanks bro

Sent from my x10 on steroids with stock gingerbread
[LG Optimus Black] knzo:
Is anyone trying to port it at the moment?

And I do mean trying as half-way, not thinking about it.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ChavitoArg:
I need to convert a backup of my stock 2.1 e10a to .ftf and flash it with flashtool, is this possible?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] alecuba16:
Eso ya lo pregunte yo hace tiempo y nadie fue capaz de darme una respuesta, creo que tiene algo que ver con el bootloader.

I had asked this question long time ago but no one replied some way to do that.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] rashazad:
Hey man, not evey people know ur language.

Do u like to write turkish or persian for u?surely no
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ChavitoArg:
No se de bootloader, estaria bueno porque tengo mi mini e10a baseband xx15 2.1.1.A.0.6 y estaria bueno hacer un firmware, extraerlo o algo asi para ayudar a los usuarios latinoamericanos.-

Mi mini is e10a xx15 2.1.1.A.0.6 , not much latin-americans users can have those values without losing 3g conection speed - the idea is 'extract' my firmware so i can help latin users to load a custom rom with active 3g.

Sorry for my bad english
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asamson23:
Hello, yesterday, I asked a question about an Android update for the Tab. The bad news is that the Social Hub (Contacts and Email) keeps to Force close. If anyone knows how to fix it would be nice to help me with it. I currently have version 7.52.30101. If any one has the apk file of a more recent version would be very helpful for me.
[Motorola Droid 3] magicelf:
Is it possible to unroot after using the 1 Click Root? I'm coming from a rooted Droid Eris and I remember the first few people who rooted their Erises had lots of problems and I just wanna make sure we can go back and re-root if a better root process comes along later on...
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
Yes, but you'd have to do it manually at this point.

You'd delete busybox and su, uninstall superuser.apk, and there may be a symlink you need to undo, but I think the latest one-click cleans that up. I'd have to go back and check.

And any bloat you froze needs to be unfrozen, or bloat removed needs to be restored.
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
Okay, first version of this tool, be kind and let me know if there are any problems with it.

Also: NO GUARANTEES. If it does something that breaks your phone, I am not liable. Use at your own risk. Etc., etc.

http://www.psouza4.com/Droid3/PetesMotorolaRootTools_v1.03.zip

UPDATE 9/1/2011: version 1.03
[Motorola Droid 3] Abradax:
I'm trying the one touch unroot and keep getting an error about the /sdcard/d3unroot folder missing files.

I extracted all of the APKs from your link to my /sdcard/d3unroot directory, but for some reason one touch unroot will not work.

The root worked great
[Motorola Droid 3] ultima86:
same error here...
[Motorola Droid 3] DroidXY:
Get that error as well
[Motorola Droid 3] jediman:
Same here.

Why does it even need that to un-root @ that point?
[Motorola Droid 3] dizzydrew247:
I'm getting the same error.
[Motorola Droid 3] redddog:
Is it really a one-click method?

I'm a dummy so I think I'm gonna wait for some clarity.

Thanks for doing this, man!
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
Fully re-written and should un-root and restore /system/app for both v5.5.959 and v5.6.890. Enjoy!

http://www.psouza4.com/Droid3/PetesMotorolaRootTools_v1.03.zip

This program is for Windows only and can:

root your device (most Motorola Gingerbread devices)

unroot your device

restore your /system/app, even if you deleted files

And a bit more, such as un-freezing apps if you un-root just like Titanium Backup can.
[Motorola Droid 3] spacecasespiff:
So how do I do this. Is it the same as the one click root meaning unzip the file and put my phone into charging mode and let it do its thing
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
Pretty much -- this is an all-in-one. It'll tell you where to download files and where to put them when you begin.
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
I guess I'm just retarded I can't get this to work. I give up. Looks like I'm gonna have to get VZ to mail me a new D3
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
Why can't you? More than willing to help, but have to tell me what the problem is. And bear in mind that I put out a new version less than 2 hours ago that fixes a LOT (it's a full rewrite).
[Motorola Droid 3] spacecasespiff:
ok ive downloaded the file to my computer.
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
Keep getting the error for the Restore data not being in the right place. I've extracted the files to the right spot (I think)

is the restore folder supposed to be located in the Root Tools folder, and then all the apk's placed that Restore folder?
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
Basically, yes.

I'll use your desktop as an example, so if you have:

Desktop\New Folder\Pete's Motorola Root Tools.exe

Then you'll want to extract all the files for the /system/app fix to:

Desktop\New Folder\restore

So that you have:

Desktop\New Folder\restore\AccountAndSyncSettings.apk

Desktop\New Folder\restore\AccountAndSyncSettings.odex

Desktop\New Folder\restore\AdminFeedNotifier.apk

etc.

This assumes you are using my new version 1.03.
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
Ok thank you, I'll give this a shot again.

EDIT: I have it set up as:

Desktop/PetesMotorolaRootTools_v1.03/restore/(all the apk's)

And I'm still getting the:

ERROR: /restore/ backup doesn't exist or is incomplete! etc etc
[Motorola Droid 3] spacecasespiff:
ok i just unrooted and all is good now im rooting agian. so thank you for this on click unroot meathod. its good to know that if i want to unroot i can. You should put this on every forum that you can. I will aslo tell people about it. You did a good thing for the people on this one. I think a lot of new people will whant to root now that they have a way to undo it.
[Motorola Droid 3] Yonnor:
Lol well like 8th try and I got it to work. Sorry for pestering you so much. :o
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
No problem!
[Motorola Droid 3] jcsamonte:
I'm not really tech savvy, so I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I keep getting an error saying that it can't identify my phone model.
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
What build do you have in Settings -> About Phone?

It should either be 5.5.959 or 5.6.890
[Motorola Droid 3] jcsamonte:
5.5.959

There's also an error about JIT Debugging.
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
click details, click on "what this error report includes" and send it by PM to me
[Motorola Droid 3] Ocsirf:
That may be the issue with some of the unsuccessful attempts here.

My build number is 5.5.1_84_D3G-20_TA-9.
[Motorola Droid 3] jcsamonte:
I was able to unroot. I found out that my errors were computer related. I switched computers and it worked. Thanks!
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
Look for 'System Version', it's the fourth item down.

?.?.???.XT862.Verizon.en.US

This tool recognizes 5.5.959 (stock version) and 5.6.890 (late August OTA update).
[Motorola Droid 3] Ocsirf:
Thanks a lot, psouza. Now, time to do it to it. ;)
[Motorola Droid 3] MykeTx:
stuck on boot mode

every time i try to do this my phone just stays in boot mode and program says rebooting phone... that's all
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
Sounds like you may have a DROID X. If that's the case, please go to www.psouza4.com/Droid3 and read the specific instructions for DROID X.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
Will this method work for bell's xt860?
[Motorola Droid 3] kshen1:
Psouzas tools are godly;p
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
You can root and unroot, but you won't be able to restore your /system/app with this tool if you aren't on Verizon's network (since you had different apps than we did). Make sure you restore your /system manually, such as running my bloat restore script if you used the bloat remove, undo AdFree, undo Chainfire, undo anything that may have updated your /system or device in a way that only root can do.
[Motorola Droid 3] lextune:
Totally n00b here so forgive me....

The talk of "bricking" one's device has prevented me from trying to root, if something were to go wrong would this unrooting method solve it?

I.E. - Is this a "brick-proof" root method? (Does such a thing even exist?)
[Motorola Droid 3] TillysWilly:
no this is not a unbrick method at all it might help with a really soft brick...but there is no SBF as of right now to correct a real brick so if your not comfortable with it then I dont suggest doing it
[Motorola Droid 3] slow88lx:
No this isn't an unbrick method.

But to put it differently no one has bricked their phone simply from rooting it. Some people have felt overly bold and started messing with system files and mod's. These are the people who have had problems.

If you simply root your phone and freeze the bloat apps you can't go wrong. Happy rooting!
[Motorola Droid 3] kshen1:
Yep. A lot of people have stupidly bricked their d3s by messing with /system/ and more. Just root and don't do anything ur not comfortable with such as overwriting files and u shud be fine
[Motorola Droid 3] TillysWilly:
man this worked like a charm +1 and thanks a lot man!!!!!!!!!!!
[Motorola Droid 3] kshen1:
Congrats haha!
[Motorola Droid 3] lextune:
Just to fully prove my n00biness I will tell you that I don't even know what SBF is. lol.

....I am quite happy with how my Droid 3 runs though, the only reason I was contemplating rooting at all was to freeze some stuff in the hope that my battery life would be better.

End result is that I need to wait for the phone to have an SBF, (whatever that is :P ) to be fully safe from screwing something up permanently....yes?
[Motorola Droid 3] TillysWilly:
if you want my 2cents just start reading up....95% of the problems people have are that they dont read up on what root is or even how it works and worst of all what NOT to do when rooted...so just start reading and you will be ready whenever the SBF comes around to make it A LOT more brick prof...and to answer the SBF is in lamen terms a "picture" of your phone software so that when you do something wrong or the phone doesn't like you can flash an SBF with a program called RSD LIGHT and it will put your phone back into the state just like you took it out of the box from the store for the 1st time and thats about it
[Motorola Droid 3] Trekstuff:
Hi, after I attempted to unroot my Droid 3, it is stuck on boot animation sequence. Is there any way to make it boot? Help please!
[Motorola Droid 3] kshen1:
What happened? And what did you do.
[Motorola Droid 3] Trekstuff:
I used 1.3 version of the tool and clicked "Unroot" button with restoring all system apps. It copied all the apps and then phone just keeps rebooting after displaying the logo and saying "Drrrooiiiiddd"

By pressing Up/Down volume together with power I can get into boot menu and from that into different boot modes, but I don't know how to use it. Also I cannot boot into Recovery, it simple displays an android icon with exclamation point.
[Motorola Droid 3] kshen1:
Did you download the correct /system/app for your system version? Also, there is no 1.3 of the tool lol, only 1.03.

You shouldn't have needed to restore /system/app unless there was something wrong, but even if you did restore I don't see why it failed. Did you place the restore folder in the same directory the tools and psouza4s tools.exe were located at?

Also, once you boot into recovery and see that android guy with an exclamation mark, press vol up+down to see the menu. Id advise you not to factory reset though, cuz then you'll lose adb access
[Motorola Droid 3] Ocsirf:
Hmm.. failing.

I'm getting the error message, in red, "/restore/ backup is incomplete or missing."

The program is behaving in an unstable manner on my D3. Now the error is "could not identify the model of this phone." ??

It's a Droid 3 with the "system version": 5.5.959.XT862.Verizon.en.US
[Motorola Droid 3] Trekstuff:
Thanks for the reply! After rooting my contacts would FC when I try to open them, and my Gmail/Calendar/Contacts wouldn't sync anymore. So I downloaded apps for my version into Restore folder and did Unroot. And after that it is stuck in reboot loop.

Thanks for the advice, I can not get into Recovery. But besides factory reset what are other options?
[Motorola Droid 3] kshen1:
Huh? It should be in the same folder psouza4's tools and the tools folder are. Make a new folder in there, download the correct 5.5.959 /system/app for that system version and put that in the new folder.

Then try to restore the /system/apps
[Motorola Droid 3] kshen1:
I don't think you should've unrooted, just u frozen all the bloat apps. Or you should have restored /system/app instead of unrooting..

I don't know where to go from here, but how are you not able to get into recovery?
[Motorola Droid 3] Trekstuff:
I am able to get into recovery, even tried factory reset, but still stuck in infinite boot loop. Any idea how to break it? Thanks!
[Motorola Droid 3] Ocsirf:
Thanks for that.. did it, the error about the missing folder no longer appears, but the "could not identify the model of this phone" in red does, and halts the process.
[Motorola Droid 3] kshen1:
No idea then...hmm..Pm me and ill try and help you
[Motorola Droid 3] antofthesky:
If I used your restore bloat script, do I need to also do the restore /system/app function on the unroot tool, if I did not delete any files?
[Motorola Droid 3] Aiesline:
So I ran the unroot program and I got a

" SEARCHING FOR THE PHONE (connect it now if you haven't yet)... found!

Running unroot step 1 of 4 (setting up symlink)... done!

Rebooting your phone... done!

Running unroot step 2 of 4 (modifying local.prop)... done!

Rebooting your phone... done!

Running unroot step 3 of 4 (unfreezing apps)... okay!

Unfreezing user app ... done!

Running unroot step 4 of 4 (removing root and fixing permissions)... done!

Congratulations: your phone should now be unrooted!"

However........ I'm still rooted.

This is a D3 without the update.
[Motorola Droid 3] kshen1:
Try again, reboot, etc.? :P
[Motorola Droid 3] Aiesline:
Did both before posting.

I've tried battery pulls,

soft reset.

Factory reset

I'm running out of ideas.
[Motorola Droid 3] Aiesline:
I had to uninstall titanium for it to take. I prolly should have thought of this sooner.
[Motorola Droid 3] kyleenrb:
This worked perfectly, thanks psouza.
[Motorola Droid 3] Wolfhere:
Help. My phone was doing the reboot as mentioned above. I selected the Recovery from the menu and have the little droid and exclamation. up/down on volume does nothing
[Motorola Droid 3] Wolfhere:
I am in the same place as Trekstuff. My problem is I did the software restore. Which obviously I should not have. I followed all steps, got the "your phone should be unrooted now. But when I rebooted, I got the same issue of continually rebooting.

So I took the plunge. I am of the mind now, that...if your phone is rooted, live with it. If you do root, don't remove apps...freeze them. That way, if an update is going to come out, thaw and go.

So, unfortunately I dropped my phone.
[Motorola Droid 3] Ocsirf:
Files are all placed properly, as explained by the dev earlier, but "Error: could not identify this model of phone" appears in red after about 5 seconds of clicking "unroot.."
[Motorola Droid 3] Wolfhere:
My bad

So I soft bricked my phone, and I think it was because I reinstalled all the apps. Would be nice to be able to select deleted apps rather than all or nothing. At least with nothing, I could download and install the missing ones. My bad. I guess the more I do this, the more I learn.

Thanks Pete
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
You should never factory reset if you're in a boot loop. This disables our ability to ADB into the device (BP Tools may still work from bootloader). If you can't get back into ADB and are still bootlooping, an unbrick is your next hope. Read on...

Version 1.05 is a little clearer about this error -- you can't restore /system/app if you aren't using Verizon Wireless as your carrier because I don't have a system dump for other carriers.

Nope. The restore script is all you need, then.

Don't abuse insurance companies this way -- this only adds fuel to the fire of why carriers and manufacturers lock bootloaders anyway. Plus it drives up costs for everyone.

If you're still stuck and looking for a solution, please PM me. I may be able to help with the bootloop, but even if I can't, I can at least provide you with an unbrick method.

See above about Verizon Wireless.

To everyone who is stuck bootlooping and can't fix it via ADB or other threads, I have an unbrick process you're welcome to try.

Requirements:

Windows platform

7-zip installed (and know how to extract files)

ability to follow all instructions exactly

willingness to factory reset/lose data on their phone

This unbrick method is NOT guaranteed to work, but it's very hopeful for most situations where other methods aren't working. If you are in desperate need of a fix, send me a PM and I'll link you some files to try.

Lastly: I will not be walking through anyone step by step on how to run this procedure -- the included instructions should be more than enough for most people. If you read the instructions and are thoroughly confused, then

this fix isn't for you.
[Motorola Droid 3] Droid3lover90:
Droid 3 unroot problems

hey jus asking what i have to do finish the unroot the error says:"ERROR:/restore/backup doesnt exist or is incomplete.

These files must be downloaded and saved to your computer in a /restore/ subfolder

Download link can be found in the help menu in this program."

i downloaded the Motorola drivers and created the restore folder.

now im stuck :confused:
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
Follow... the... instructions. :P

It says to use the Help menu for links on what version of the restore files to download. Sounds like you didn't bother downloading them.
[Motorola Droid 3] Droid3lover90:
thanks for ur help i think im a lil slow lol

:confused::confused::confused::confused:

ok so now it said i need a droid 3

and im getting the same error message + no its saying this feature only with Motorola Droid 3

i even rooted it again then tryed to unroot

i created a restore folder on the desktop, on the phone, in the local driver C: in my computer.
[Motorola Droid 3] psouza4:
Do you have a Motorola Verizon Wireless-branded DROID 3? In Settings -> About Phone -> System Version what exact version does it say?
[Motorola Droid 3] Droid3lover90:
Yes.

I have 5.5.959.XT862.Verizon.en.US
[Motorola Droid 3] :
seems like im jumping in a few day old thread, but i have all the necessary files and folders downloaded/created but i am getting the message of "searching for phone" when it is connected and in charge only. i will try rebooting my phone and computer to see if that will help.

any feedback/help would be great :)
[Motorola Droid 3] :
derrrrrp

i have found out my problem and feel like quite an idiot lol.

seems that usb debugging wasnt checked un my phone.

huhhhhhhhhhh...........