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[HTC Sensation] mrg02d:
Hello,

I am planning on giving in for a few ROMs, but read they need to have a new radio flashed as well. How risky is this? Or, whats the WORST that could go wrong? I know that when flashing a ROM, the worst is that it wont flash right and cause a semi-brick that is easily fixed by flashing a backup ROM.

But, what about if you flash a radio and THAT gets FUBARed? Is it just as easily fixed as restoring with your latest backup?

I am not serious enough to try flashing ROMs if there is the potential for a 100% brick. I am a noob, but can follow directions well. (Or as well as they are written).

Thanks,

Matt
[HTC Sensation] idavid_:
Actually flashing a radio is the most risky thing. If you screw up, you can brick it. However, I flashed it without problems and it's very easy. Just make sure you didn't download a corrupted file

Swyped from my HTC Sensation
[HTC Sensation] mrg02d:
Yikes! So there is the chance for a 100% brick then? Is there a way out of this? Its too bad that there isnt a way around having to do this...

What are some steps to take to get the absolute best chance at this? Also, does this mean that if I wanted to return to my stock ROM, I would have to find my stock radio and re-flash all that too?

Seems this may not be worth it, for me just yet...I was just curious to see how the dual core support ROMs are compared to stock.

Matt
[HTC Sensation] frederikh:
If you want to revert to stock you just have to run the official RUU found here.

Download the one that matches your region

Regarding whether its worth it or not, the risk of bricking your phone is very small, and if you check the md5 sum its virtually nonexistant
[HTC Sensation] mrg02d:
Hello,

I know how to do that, as well as use recovery to use my backup, but my question is whether or not a failed radio flash can 100% kill your phone?

For instance, lets say I am flashing whatever radio I was advised to use for a ROM and then I get some error. Would I be screwed, or could I just flash my backup or use the RUU to be back in business?

Matt
[HTC Sensation] The Janitor Mop:
1. ROMs are very easy to flash. As said, the Radio is much riskier to do than the ROM itself (although the comments about changing Radio having a low chance of bricking your phone if the process is done right are probably true).

2. Dual core support is not yet properly done. From all the feedback I've seen, it looks like a lot of devs have already pulled dual core support when people were saying it hardly increased performance while adding other issues. That said, it's still worth it to try custom ROMs because they offer speed improvements even without dual core support yet.

3. You can try custom ROMs without changing radios. I know I did (I'm currently on CoreDroid 2.3 and I didn't touch the radio), and my stock radio has given me the same data speeds and battery life I saw stock. There are a number of people who don't ever change the radio when they try different ROMs and they too have no problems. Ultimately, if you really don't want to change radios, just try out different ROMs until you find one that works well with the stock radio (and if you're like me it will only take your 1st shot to find one that does). I recommend going this route (flashing ROMs but not changing the stock radio) until you've done a lot of reading/searching about changing radios and gathered the courage to do it.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] KaiDaHawaiianGuy:
I read the other posts for this, but can someone tell me exactly what this is?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=droidsheep
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] KaiDaHawaiianGuy:
I read the page...I know how to google..
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
Then what's your question? all the details on that app are there?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] KaiDaHawaiianGuy:
Like can I go to an Airport, College Cafe and do it? Or can I go to a school where the computers run on wifi and mess with people there?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sonicphobia:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_hijacking

Don't use security tools you do not understand. It will lead to trouble.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sonicphobia:
No, that would be illegal.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] KaiDaHawaiianGuy:
Have any of yall used this before?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sduvick:
This is an illegal thing to use for anything other than as a Proof-of-concept for your own account. Any discussion of use of this would be self incrimination, so even if someone here were to have used this, they wouldn't tell you. That wiki should tell you everything you want to know. Don't use it.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sonicphobia:
I plead the fifth.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] KaiDaHawaiianGuy:
Alright.. Sheesh my bad for asking..
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sonicphobia:
So any of you guys have advice on how to break into people's homes? Ever tried that before?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] KaiDaHawaiianGuy:
Wow...I ask a simple question and yall have to be punks about..real mature
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sonicphobia:
hey, man, people pointing out that you are trying to commit a felony is helpful. Not being a punk.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] KaiDaHawaiianGuy:
Im talking about your post..sduvicks post helped yours is just a waste of time.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] sonicphobia:
I posted an article that explained what side jacking was. My house break in comment was in response to your sheesh comment.

No worries, bro. Just don't get in trouble.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] KaiDaHawaiianGuy:
Alright...sorry for the misunderstanding...just learn to use your words more wisely. I want to learn more of this stuff and don't want any hindrances..
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mb-14:
CWM 5.0.2.6 Recovery

Stable with all features working.

Features:

Working:

Backup&Restore

Installing ZIP from SD Card

Wipe DATA,CACHE,Dalvik-Cache,Battery Stats

EXT4 support for sd-ext(A2SD) partition

Added support for HOME, MENU,SEARCH & back button for menu navigation.

Volume key bug totally fixed :D

Enabled USB Mass Storage mount support during recovery.

Enabled ADB support during recovery.

All other functions working in the previous version.

Instructions:

Installation:

Download recovery image and save it in the root of your SD Card

Go to Terminal Emulator and type:

>su
>flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
>reboot recovery

Navigation:

UP:Home Button,Volume UP.

DOWN:Menu Button ,Volume DOWN

SELECT:Search Button,Power Key.

BACK:Back Button

Download Link:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21654931/recovery.img

Credits:

Koush for his source

TJStyle for his kernel

Source:https://github.com/mb-14/android_device_fih_fm6

Note:

If ITE users are facing problems with CWM try this ITE version created by s2k7:

http://www.multiupload.com/0UA3OKWFWC
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Amalgation:
Nice one ! Thank you !
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] LayZeeDK:
Thanks a lot, GHome :-)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] indyend:
Thank manys man.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] LayZeeDK:
Volume key navigation is still bugged :(
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mb-14:
I know its bugged but i provided an alternative for up-down navigation i.e home key and menu key
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] LayZeeDK:
Yes, that works :-)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] january73:
CWM 3.0.2.8 Recovery works good and stable on Viewsonic ViewPad 7.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] indyend:
Thank you again Googlehome, you're the best.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] astuermer:
Not working for me on HWVer 1.06 and Android 2.2.2.

Won't let install me. Not enough memory when flashing.

CWRecovery 2.x works.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
Is your device running low on internal storage and/or available RAM ?

It was a quick & easy install/update for me - did it right after I re-flash one of the custom ROM upon rooting & the Vpad7 running. Followed instructions above & it was done - then, I restore settings, etc.

The newer Recovery is much improved & better, with more options to choose from. It shouldn't take up much, if any memory, to flash & install this at all ....
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] astuermer:
80 mb ram left...

flashed over cwrecovery 2.x and got errors.

i didn't try restarting the device - instead i reflashed cwrecovery 2.x and got no errors.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] astuermer:
I also tried it with ROM Manager.

I manually select N700... and then CW 3.x.x

When trying to install i get an error message that installing went wrong.

If I install it manually via Shell I get many error messages (see posting before). Looks like the partition table is a bit changed since the CW 2.x is smaller than CW 3.x.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] LayZeeDK:
Please provide exact error message.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] astuermer:
mtd: read error at 0x00100000 (Out of memory)

...around 100 times

...with different read/re-read/write errors and different adresses (0x...)

Any idea?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
(Re-reading your posts) So, this is while you are trying to flash the downloaded recovery.img file saved to mSD card using Terminal connected to PC, and it even popped up with CWM 2.x ?

Tried using a fully wiped clean & different mSD card (re-formatted on PC with FAT32 or FAT) - I use a spare 2 GB or 4 GB mSD card to try out new Roms to avoid having to "corrupt" or risk losing all the "stuff" on the fast 16GB mSD card.

Have a spare PC or do it on a different one with another OS - Vista, Windows 7, etc. (done mine with XP SP3) & substitute a different mini-usb cable ? It seemed that the data transfer process between the "machines" could be the problem - a bad "connector" ?

Maybe try a fresh copy of your toolkits like fastboot-adB, su & busybox - SDK etc. are in the same directory/folder - and not missing ?

Here's a XDA link to a useful shell tool - Droid Explorer - good for exploring what's on your device - use it with extreme caution as the "Tools" it provided can be used to flash ROM, etc. (NOT tested or proven to work specifically with Vpad7 .... fine to use it to identify & read data, etc.) - http://de.codeplex.com/
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] astuermer:
Thanks, but I flashed it with "flash_image" and the tool "Shell Commander" directly on the device.

I used this tutorial for Clockwork 2.x...

http://android.modaco.com/topic/324042-clockwork-recovery-for-mi700n700viewpad-7/

And the same way I flashed Clockwork 3.x from the first post here.

The Clockwork Recovery 2.x I am using has 4.591.616 bytes.

Clockwork 3.x has 4.745.216 bytes - so it seems to me it's too big for the recovery partition.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
Those *.img files aren't the right size - I checked mine & also copies of the download that I kept, CWM 3.x is ONLY 4,484 kb or 4.37 MB in size (named: cwrecovery.img)

Similar recovery *.img are somewhere between 4 and 5 MB in size only including the stock recovery.img that I've saved. You might want to re-download using Googlehome's dropbox link on top of this post and tried it.

Then, connect device via usb cable to computer, execute terminal and push it onto device (follow GH's steps) I felt that those steps outline in the MoDaCo site a bit confusing when rooting - of course, that's just me (and, I ended up using GingerBreak to root, but 2nd. time around - the One Click worked too)

Something just doesn't look right from you description ....
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] astuermer:
That's what I did...

Flashing the same way CWR 2.5.1.2. results in no errors and a flashed recovery.

PS: I already tried downloading from the dropbox link several times, copied it over to my SD. No success when flashing... :(

PPS: 2 GB free on SD, 54 MB free internal memory and 181+77 MB free RAM.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] LayZeeDK:
Maybe you have the wrong flash_image. There are at least two different versions of it here on XDA, and I had trouble with one of them on my VPad. Unfortunately, I don't have my device atm.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
To Astuermer - if you want to, here's uplink to the saved CWM 3.x recovery.img that I originally downloaded to my account (which I used to successfully flashed to the Vpad7 - rechecked it against - the size is 4.53 MB)

http://www.multiupload.com/QU8Y7L7OJ1

It should work, I believe .... (maybe LayZeeDk can help verify that this is the "working" one being used)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mb-14:
can you post your partition table?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] jaredj:
Hi, downloaded, flashed - works.

Commtiva Lynx N700.

Thanks a lot :)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] astuermer:
Hey thanks!

This one worked. No errors.

Only entering recovery mode takes a bit longe than 2.x version.

Thanks!! ;)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] haree:
got it installed one Question

hi

i downloaded ur image and got 5.0.2.6 successfully installed:D

now how do i get ur ROM from rom Manager :confused:

do i need to now install rom manager from the Market and then get ur updated rom

I have also downloaded ur 1.1 from ur link can i just flash the same via CWM

kindly advise on the same:confused::)

OK i GOT IT BELOW QUOTE FROM UR BLOG

Add ROM Manager Support to Olive Pad

ROM Manager is used to download and install ROMs, manage backups/restore create a2sd partition etc. very efficiently and easily.

For more info check this link:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager&hl=en

Requirements:

1)Root Access.

2)Clockworkmod Recovery 5.0.2.6

3)ROM Manager (Download from Market)

Instructions:

1)Make sure you have all the requirements.

2)Open ROM Manager and go to options.

2)Select Manual Flash Override.

3)In Confirm Phone Model select: Spice MI700, Commtiva Link N700 and more

4)In Confirm Version select: ClockworkMod 3.x

Now you can use all the ROM Manager options.

this is what i need to do right
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mb-14:
Yes that is what you need to do.

then you can install the downloaded ROM using CWM via ROM Manager.

ROM Manager is very easy to use.

You can manage your Backups and install ROMs using ROM manager.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] haree:
hi

yes buddy i did it and everything works fine I also downloaded and installed ur 1.1 via rom manager:D
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Stransky:
@googlehome

Trying to download CWM for my N700 keep getting "device not supported" error. I am currently on 2.5.1.2 and Rom Manager Premium. But would like to update.

Any help appreciated.

Stransky
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] jaredj:
How did you try to flash this rom? The best is to download it to sd card and flash from either current CWM or using flash_image from terminal emulator. I have flashed this CWM on my N700 without problems.

BTW - is this a fault of this CWM that it can't mount EXT partition to back it up? When I do a full backup one of the last steps is to backup the ext partition, but CWM displays a message that it can't mount it.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mb-14:
How are you trying to download CWM?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mb-14:
Which version of CWM are you using ?If its 2.5.1.2 then it supports EXT2 &EXT3 partition mount but not EXT4.So use a EXT2/3 partition,
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] hellodzulz:
Does this suppprt viewpad 7e?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] jaredj:
Newest - 5.0.2.6. It was also the same when backing up when I had version 3.xxx

It can't mount ext partition, says it is not supported on THIS device. Would it be possible that on Commtiva N700 it somehow can't mount ext partitions? If not then I have something wrong with this part. But a2sd works. My partition is ext3.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mb-14:
Try formatting the SD card(along with the ext partition) and creating a new partition again using CWM.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] s2k7:
CWM 5.0.2.6 Recovery for ITE touchscreen

Just replace the kernel with the ITE's one.

You can use this recovery.img in your ITE touchscreen device without the RESET magic. :)

http://www.multiupload.com/YIVA6B2376

Thanks go to googlehome.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] th144:
Can't mount sd-ext

It's so cool to use CWM without RESET on my ITE one! thank you s2k7 and googlehome!

However, I can't mount sd-ext, error message shows when backup "not supported by this device". I've tried from CWM menu "mount and storage" , sd-ext can't be mounted either. I did the partition from CWM. Should I go back to 2.x.x.x?

I am using stock rom FM6-3350-0-1008-A01.

Thanks!
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] s2k7:
Repacked it.

Please DL and check it again.

Make sure format your /sd-ext with ext3!
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] misejoh:
Thank you!
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] elister:
Is this a terminal emulator on the tablet itself or do I need to install one on Windows and log into the tablet?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] haree:
hi

download and install terminal emulator on ur pad and do the codes on it to get the CWM :)

if ur doing it for the first time also read this : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1015005
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] elister:
Is it any terminal emulator or a specific one?

I am familiar with ADB, as I used it to install CWM on my phone last month. However, ADB commands dont work with this viewpad as it never finds my device. lakehousetech's guide comes to a complete stop once I attempt to execute ADB Shell commands.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] haree:
hi

any terminal emulator u can also get this free from the Market that is the one i used ,just type the codes and it will install the same:) or if u already have CWM on ur pad u can also flash the update zip:)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] elister:
Ok, none of that worked.

I cant use the Android one because it wont install, because Marketplace is one stingy ***** and every other app simple refuses to install and its not because of low disk space.

When I type "flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img", It just gives me an error about how no such file exists, no matter how many times I carefully type it. The instructions seem pretty simple enough and its not like im a total moron when it comes to this sort of thing, didnt have much trouble getting my HTC phone rooted with CW installed, but even the Rom Manager instructions dont work.

Instructions:

1)Make sure you have all the requirements.

2)Open ROM Manager and go to options.

2)Select Manual Flash Override.

3)In Confirm Phone Model select: Spice MI700, Commtiva Link N700 and more

4)In Confirm Version select: ClockworkMod 3.x

Got the right flash_image file, got the right recovery.img file. Was able to install Rom Manager, selected Manual Flash Override, but it didnt give me the option for MI700 or N700, it actually gave me the correct Viewsonic 7e, which I then select Clockwork Mod 3.x and thats about it.

Not sure if its even going to work, because booting into the recovery bios has never worked (press volume up and down, then power at the same time, hold for x amount of seconds). My current phone has no problems (volume down, power for x amount of seconds), but not this piece of **** tablet.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] hellodzulz:
What you mean is that viewpad 7e can install this recovery?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] armando101:
Hi!

I got some problem while triing to flash-

when I tipe '' >su '' - it gives me error that acess is denied even if I'm rooted, I even checked with root checker...
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] jucares:
Same here?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] elister:
Since ive been trying to install CW Recovery Mod for a month now, im pretty sure that there are no options specifically for the Viewpad 7e. Every guide that references CWM is basically for the Viewpad 7, which is a very different product from the Viewpad 7e, so its unlikely to expect these guides will work. I have personally tried several options from this sub forum and none of them work. Best you can do is root it with Gingerbreak 1.2, manually install Google Marketplace (with some apps refusing to install) and use Root Explorer to manually remove un-needed apps.

Since the 7e is basically a new product, we need wait for Viewsonic to sell enough of them to gather interest.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] pepelillo:
Hi all.

Can anybody post a working link for CWM 5.0.2.6 for ITE HW? the links already posted don't work. (multiupload)

Thanks
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] indyend:
I'm use this cwm version and can't flash stock rom from sut 1.7. But when i'm try version 2.5 . It's pass.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] mac_osXX:
Same here.problem with SUT..but already discuss before..maybe driver not properly jnstall..now stick with old version CWM..
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] s2k7:
Reuploaded. Nothing new.

http://www.mediafire.com/?aii6uszp1ct8tv4

---------- Post added at 01:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:51 PM ----------

Scripts to unpack and repack for new comers.

512 split_bootimg.pl boot.img

513 mkdir ramdisk

514 cd ramdisk

515 gzip -dc ../boot.img-ramdisk.gz |cpio -i

→ modify what you want

516 cd ..

518 mkbootfs ramdisk | gzip > new.boot.img-ramdisk.gz

525 mkbootimg --kernel boot.img-kernel --base 0x13000000 --ramdisk new.boot.img-ramdisk.gz -o myboot.img
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] pepelillo:
Thanks for the reuploading.

And also for the directions in customizing the initramfs. Are the scripts customized for Viewpad 7 or are the same for every Android image in every tablet? Asking this because AFAIK some devices need specific image decompiling/compiling tools (as Zt-180). If they are specific can anybody paste the url for these tools? I've been searching for theme (specific) but I didn't find anything, only generic ones.

Thanks
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] crainz:
hi i have a olive pad iam having this strange issue with it. when i plug it in to charge it is charging the battery fine. but once i remove it it still show only 1% charge. But works for hours...i have done a hrad reset of the device as well as cleared the cache...

Do you guys think i should clear the battery stats once and check.

But iam not able to install CWM on it it says flash_image not found in terminal imulator... please help.. Thnx
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] kocir:
Can I use for non-ITE ViewPad7?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] farmtool33:
Download recovery image and save it in the root of your SD Card

Go to Terminal Emulator and type:

Code:

>su

>flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

>reboot recovery

are these instruction's still current for the new uploaded file ?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] borderj:
The recovery source URL is broke, where to download the source code.
[HTC Inspire 4G] yokozuna82:
can anyone recommend a custom Rom that is close to stock as possible? Currently I'm on phacopida Rom
[HTC Inspire 4G] fernandezhjr:
RumRunner is the latest and greatest. Also, might want to look at Clear Droid and Sensi.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Agoattamer:
Those ROMs are still slightly modded. The closest thing to a stock ROM is a stock rooted ROM. ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1192372
[HTC Inspire 4G] fernandezhjr:
I presented those because the op stated "a custom rom that is close to stock". I guess it would help if the op was specific about customizations. I briefly ran Phacopida and it is pretty close to stock. It offers speed increase, bloat removed, crt animation, and the custom apn. Other than that, it is near stock.
[HTC Inspire 4G] yokozuna82:
That what I'm looking for but it also has a huge flaw for my the mms and sms doesn't show info from contacts as if someone you don't know is texting you
[HTC Inspire 4G] Agoattamer:
That is a flaw in the stock GB messaging app. Not the ROM itself. There are work arounds. Either use a third party sms app like Handcent or GoSMS. Or I believe they have the issue narrowed down to a problem with having facebook contacts synced. So try unsyncing those contacts or something like that. Or another fix is to install the mms.apk from a sense 3.0 ROM.

Some of those custom ROMS have attempted to fix the MMS. I never had the issue with Juicy ROM but it is not inspire based. And I believe RumRunner has the 3.0 mms.apk implemented already. Just check the specs of each ROM to be sure.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topgun303:
I just bought ATRIX and in a day my ATRIX rebooted 6 times by itself. No root. Stock on 2.3.4 out of the box. Is this normal for ATRIX