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[Blade General] tetora:
EDIT:

In my humble opinion, there's a new blade around, since all the sources for recoveries on english websites don't work with my 256mb "new" blade (jan 2012), while many people using older chinese blades from china unicom can use all the software found online.

flashing re regular cw with rom manager, adb won't work and give errors later shown in this post.

the only recovery i found that will actually work and let me install another rom is a recovery i found on a chinese forum.

downolad this recovery: http://dl.dbank.com/c0sw12amzu

chinese forum: http://bbs.anzhi.com/forum.php?mod=v...fromuid=423904

in that forum u can't see the download link because you have to log in and write a message in that topic in order to see the link.

to flash this recovery go to this thread, page 3 first post and follow the instructions from matt4321.

I am waiting for someone to try with "new blades" with the same problem as mine.

ORIGINAL POST:

hi everybody, i tried to look also in the forum with the search and i didn't find anything relevant...

i have the blade from china unicom, i rooted it and installed cw. everything was almost smooth (i downloaded the wrong z4root, but then i got it right).

when i tried to make a backup or anything else vis CW it shows me this:

E: can't find misc

E: failed to find "cache" partition to mount at "/cache"

E: can't mount /cache/recovery/command

E: can't find misc

E: failed to find "cache" partition to mount at "/cache"

E: can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E: can't open /cache/recovery/log

E: failed to find "cache" partition to mount at "/cache"

E: can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E: can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

E: can't find misc

E: failed to find "cache" partition to mount at "/cache"

basically i can't do anything. i can't even make a factory reset.

what went wrong?

thanks to anybody that can help me.
[Blade General] Rapier07:
Flash cwm using rom manager again
[Blade General] tetora:
i tried but nothing... :/

thanks by the way.
[Blade General] tetora:
Does anyone knows how to install CW via adb? i found how to do it here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=852905 but i have no idea how to download the latest cw for my china uni blade.

thanks if anyone has some hints! ;)
[Blade General] karthiknr:
Are you sure you installed the right version of CWM according to your phone's GEN?
[Blade General] tetora:
well, i guess so, my phone is gen2. i installed cw from rom manager, i just selected zte blade. i tried to reinstall cw, to reinstall rom manager, tried to dowload cw with wifi or data internet connection, same result as 1st post, or either like phone stuck on start screen when booting into cw (but the phone was working).

btw, i am using the latest cw.

i wonder what's wrong with my zte :/
[Blade General] ThunderBolt_BR:
Do not use CWM's latest verson

I guess that there's nothing wrong with your device. My Blade is similar to yours (256MB RAM) and the last version of CWM does not work: I even can't enter recovery mod with it. The solution is to use CWM version before the last one (5.0.1.0 I think).

You can easily install it via ROM Manager: Just go to the last option (CWM all versions and select the desired one).

[]'s

Ah, the Best rom so far to our stripped Blade in my opinion is Squadzone's CM7.2.0 RC 5.6
[Blade General] tetora:
5.0.1.0 isn't working... could you please check which one you have on your blade?

btw thanks, i didn't see that option in ROM Manager! ;)

i am trying with the 5.0.0.8, just in case... i hope it will work...

edit: no, it doesn't work... :/ i'll try with the previous one. with 5.0.0.8 i can't even boot in cw.
[Blade General] tetora:
Anyone has a tip? it really doesn't work. i really have no idea how to do it via adb, if this could fix the problem. :(
[Blade General] karthiknr:
I guess the only option for you is to try Amon RA recovery. I don't even know if it still exists. Check out the CM wiki regarding flashing. It might be there.

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You can follow this if you want but the versions of recoveries are old.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=915143
[Blade General] tetora:
the problem is that i can't enter recovery mode (i can, but i can't use it) and i can't get the "green android" screen.

to my extent, i have no way to write anything via usb onto the phone. am i right?

i tried all of the cw versions, but all of them give me the same error i posted in the 1st post...
[Blade General] karthiknr:
I think CWM can't find your root. Very weird issue. Will check and get back.
[Blade General] matt4321:
Try rooting the phone again! I had problems with my sisters blade when Z4root wouldn't perm root, only temp root (even if i pressed the perm root button).

Use zergRush to root again (or something similar) then flash CWM again through fastboot or adb
[Blade General] tetora:
z4root actually works, apps that need SU enabled work also when i restart the phone.

zergrush doesn't work. everything seems fine but in the end the phone is not rooted.

plus, i can't use fastboot or adb since the recovery mode does not work, so i have to reinstall it from rom manager.

and yes, i tried to root it again, but with z4root, but nothing.
[Blade General] matt4321:
You should be able use adb with the phone on. Make sure USB debugging is enabled. Install drivers, use adb to reboot into bootloader, then flash cwm through there. Maybe there is a problem with the way rom manager is trying to flash cwm.
[Blade General] SANSYF:
it could come from root access or you have made a bad manipulation, I have got a similar problem, my recovery has been deleted after have tried to flash one .
[Blade General] tetora:
thanks matt, but I still can't do anything. adb command works from command line, but fastboot is not working.

the device is recognised when i type "adb devices" when rebooting in recovery, but any commands starting with fastboot give back an error "fastboot is not recognised as a command ..."

maybe it's the way i added fastboot. i found the fastboot.exe and put in the android-sdk\tools folder. even if i restart the pc it's still not recognised.

but if i go in the folder where fastboot.exe is it works, well, kinda, because "fastboot devices" gives me nothing. "fastboot \?" gives me the list of every option i can use, but i can't use them.

i guess it is like this because when i reboot the pc says there are no drivers for the phone. i actually tried to give him the drivers that come with the android sdk and the ones from zte, but both of them do not work. I guess that with the right drivers it will work, but i have no idea where to get them. am i right?

thanks for the patience.

i almost forgot, usb debug is enabled.
[Blade General] tetora:
i found some drivers here: http://android.modaco.com/topic/319156-winxp7-zte-blade-drivers-and-adb/ and now it's recognised from the pc as "android bootloader interface", but fastboot is not working, it doesn't see the device. :/
[Blade General] matt4321:
Okay so it seems the issue is that fastboot won't work and there's some drivers issue!? I remember a while back when i had issues with getting fastboot to work with my ZTE blade, I can't remember where i got the drivers from but recently got my Xoom and the drivers installed from the device wouldn't work, so used koushs drivers for his tether app which worked, give those drivers a go but for ZTE of course, http://www.clockworkmod.com/tether/drivers

you could also try flashing CWM via adb which is what I used to do when I had issues with fastboot, i've got the instructions and commands saved on my computer if you want me to upload them? but then again a google search would probably produce the same results but i've used these before and know they work.

EDIT: also after rereading what you said and saying fastboot isn't recognized as a command (sorry if this is a dumb point) put when in the command prompt you are changing the directory to where the fastboot file is located right?!
[Blade General] tetora:
as I understand, adb can't flash the recovery, only fastboot.

the drivers are working, windows xp recognise the phone both in recovery and in bootloader mode.

yes, i am running fastboot from the path fastboot.exe is located.

with google the only thing i get is rebooting via adb into bootloader and use fastboot...

so far no luck...
[Blade General] matt4321:
you can defiantly flash recovery via adb (I'm 100% sure, I've done it myself)

In fact this is what you do:

The 'flash_image' is within the attached zip file! Use the file within the zip file, NOT the zip file itself

The 'recovery.img' is your chosen recovery file, get this off ClockworkMods website or if you have a copy use that. Then when flashing the recovery image where ever it says 'recovery.img' replace that with the name of the recovery file. following me?

Here's the instructions:

(make sure you're in the command prompt and have changed directory to where the adb file is)

adb push c:\flash_image /sdcard/

adb push c:\recovery.img /sdcard/

adb shell

su

mount -o remount, rw /system

cp /sdcard/flash_image /system/bin

cd /system/bin

chmod 777 flash_image

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

This all of course is actually just another way for you to flash ClockworkMod which may turn out in the exact same way in terms of you can get into it but can't use it. But it's worth a shot!
[Blade General] tetora:
ok, thanks a lot!

when i try the procedure, once i arrive at typing "su" i get this error:

sbin/sh: su: not found

I guess something's wrong, so i didn't continue.

by the way your explanation is very clear, for a real noob like me, thanks!

let's suppose i get to the last command and everything is ok, do i need to reboot the phone typing "adb reboot" or adb does it by itself?

apart from this let me understand something:

adb push c:\flash_image /sdcard/ #copies files into the sd

adb push c:\recovery.img /sdcard/ #copies files into the sd

adb shell #opens the shell

su #super user mode ON?

mount -o remount, rw /system #mount the sd as read and write?

cp /sdcard/flash_image /system/bin #copy from sd to the phone

cd /system/bin #goes to the folder /system/bin

chmod 777 flash_image #gives the permission to use flash_image as if it was a command like adb or fastboot?

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img #uses the flash_image as an executable to flash recvovery.img into the recovery partition?

I want to know what i am doing apart from just doing. did i get it right?
[Blade General] matt4321:
okay okay, at least we've found the problem now. you said when you type in 'su' it says not found. that means you're not rooted! you need to try root again, use superoneclick
[Blade General] tetora:
how is this possible?

rom manager, titanium backup and z4root tell me that i have root access.

i also have the super user icon in the app menu.

how is possible that i am not rooted?
[Blade General] matt4321:
This is really weird, because typing su in an adb shell should produce this: #

You could try using a TPT which changes partitions but also installs ClockworkMod.
[Blade General] tetora:
ok, so, i think i got my mistake: i was doing the procedure from the recovery mode.

i tried to do it with the phone in android and i got the su rights, i passed the "mount -o remount, rw /system" step, but when I try to do the "cp /sdcard/flash_image /system/bin" it says cp: not found.

what exactly is missing? the copy process seems to end successfully...

and i checked the sd, both recvery.img and flash_image files are there...
[Blade General] matt4321:
Try transferring the flash_image to the sdcard again. If it fails to move to the phones internal memory using adb then you could use root explorer (or something similar) to transfer it to the internal storage then continue the procedure.

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Just another thought which i'm not 100% sure on. ClockworkMod may need busybox installed (just an idea to be honest), have you got bustbox installed?
[Blade General] tetora:
great! it works! but the recovery is still giving me the same error as the 1st thread. I only tried CW.

by the way i have no idea why cp gave me an error, the file was already in /system/bin when i browsed it with root explorer.

do u have any suggestions about another recovery?
[Blade General] tetora:
i just tried amon ra, but it says:

mtd: read error at 0x00000000 (Out of memory)

......

mtd: re-read error at 0x004e0000 (Out of memory)

mtd: skipping write block at 0x004e0000

error writing recovery: No space left on device

so i guess there's something wrong. i guess the dimensions of the file is bigger than CW. maybe that's the problem...

i tried with another version of ra, but same result...
[Blade General] matt4321:
Hmmm, weird! Are you sure you're using the correct file, in terms of clockworkmod recovery specific for the blade
[Blade General] matt4321:
You could always use a tpt which may be of use, depends on how desperate you are to try get if working.

http://android.modaco.com/topic/343587-guide-de-bricking-a-zte-blade/

Under the tpt section is a tpt file for the chinese blade, don't use european tpts, it'll break your phone. I think the tpt is your best bet since it's designed for the chinese blade so compatibility issues should be solved
[Blade General] wbaw:
Just flash the older version of clockworkmod using rom manager, scroll down, there's an option to do that.
[Blade General] matt4321:
He said on the first page that he tried a few older versions of which none worked
[Blade General] tetora:
i tried with all the versions of cw, amon ra that i found here http://android.podtwo.com/recovery.php?device=recovery-RA-blade

I am quite sure I am using the correct ones, i always get them in forum threads where they say explicitly that it's for the blade.

Are u sure that tpt will work? did u tried it?

EDIT I am trying tpt now. it gave me an error after flashing and the screen went black. i will wait for those 5 minutes...
[Blade General] tetora:
tried tpt, with 2 sd cards 8 and 1 gb, different brand, the image.bin's hash corresponds.

the 1st time i tried (post above) it bricked the phone, i was not booting.

so i tried with the other sd and now i am stuck at 67% of the update with 6 lines of "error!" on the screen.

why the heck my phone has to be different from all the others on the face of the earth? :/

edit: i tried with another sd, 512 mb, same result with 6 errors at 67%... :(
[Blade General] tetora:
ok, here http://amphoras.co.uk/index.php/downloads/blade-tpts i got as many TPTs as i want. just one problem: some have the image folder with the image.bin, some have the folder with many files inside, how can i join all of these files into a .bin file?

I just downloaded the one for gen2 stock, but it's not working, it stops at 68%.

so i want to try others, but those come in multiples files, not only one. i tried to put all of those files into the sd and TPT it, but it won't see those files...
[Blade General] tetora:
eventually here: http://www.zte.com.cn/cn/products/mobile/services_support/ i found the stock image.bin that actually works with TPT, and i restored the device as default.

these days i will set up everyhting as it was and try again to flash CW...
[Blade General] matt4321:
Okay, you managed to get it working yet?
[Blade General] tetora:
no, cw gives me the same error once again...

I just noticed that my blade is a ZTE v880+, not the regular 880, but i didn't find anything on the web, it should be the regular one. Pigfish also says it's Gen2, I guess if it was a different phone, the app would have gave me an error instead of Gen2...

by the way, do u think this procedure http://www.thereaderseye.com/downlo...ndroid-3.1-honeycomb-on-motorola-xoom-how-to/ can work also on the blade to install any rom?
[Blade General] tetora:
here http://amphoras.co.uk/index.php/downloads/blade-tpts i found some TPT with a rom, not only the recovery, well, i tried one and it didn't work. error at 100% flashing the image and phone not working, i managed to turn it back to the stock rom from zte website and it works, but stock rom again. :(

i bet my phone is cursed or smth. :/

edit: i checked the image file on the pc and sd card, the md5 is the same
[Blade General] saaransh9:
i also get errors at 100% while using tpt helper but it did no wrong my blade is fine
[Blade General] tetora:
is your blade from china unicom? mine won't start at all... :(
[Blade General] saaransh9:
No I think u flashed the wrong tpt
[Blade General] tetora:
here: http://amphoras.co.uk/index.php/downloads/blade-tpts it's not written that those tpts will not work on the chinese blade, but they don't, at least on mine.

i tried the moldovan, but it won't boot.
[Blade General] saaransh9:
But he didn't say they will , it has been mentioned many times that they won't work
[Blade General] tetora:
ok but if it's not written, i might as well think i can try, right?

if u bought your blade in india it's the same as the chinese one, so how did u install cw? with rom manager? have u ever used tpt? with which rom?
[Blade General] saaransh9:
In India both of them are on sale Chinese one is 20$ cheaper I have a European blade with 512 mb ram ie dell xcd 35
[Blade General] tetora:
i wish i managed to solve the problem!

i even tried what they suggest here http://www.sanfranciscoandroid.co.u...nge-san-francisco-zte-blade-zte-libra-u-v880/

but it's even worse, i can't access any kind of recovery, but the phone works. :(

unfortunately it seems our "new blades" are somewhat different.

the worst thing is that i bought this phone after reading that u can do whatever u want with it, but i can't even change the rom or even install the android market.

It seems only TPT works, but only with the chinese rom.

can u make it work with a rom with your stock os? do u have a link? i might think to try that.
[Blade General] aashishkul:
Unfortunately, even I can't make it work.

Are you able to adb into recovery and also fastboot?

Which kind of Blade you have? One with 256MB RAM or 512MB RAM?

As far as I can see, ZTE has blocked access to partitions from recovery. Are you familiar with the commands that I have posted in my previous post? If so, what output do you get? Is it same as mine?
[Blade General] tetora:
what do u mean by being able to adb into recovery? from adb i can copy stuff onto the phone, make it reboot in any mode i want. but just that.

fastboot is not working.

i am not familiar with the commands that you have posted in your previous post, sorry.

cw just gives me the error i posted in my first post whenever i try to use any option built in cw...

i am pretty sure i have the 256mb one, since as far as i understood, chinese blades are only 256 ones...
[Blade General] tetora:
it's working! :D

downolad this recovery: http://dl.dbank.com/c0sw12amzu

i got it from a chinese forum, here: http://bbs.anzhi.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=3182410&fromuid=423904

in that forum u can't see the download link because you have to log in and write a message in that topic in order to see the link.

i am trying now to install something with this recovery. :D

let me know if it works also with your "new" non-chinese blade!
[Blade General] aashishkul:
You have made an amazing finding...

Yes, it works fine on Indian version of Chinese Blade.

Which ROM are you trying?

It would be interesting to find the difference in 'Other blades' and 'new Chinese Blades'.
[Blade General] tetora:
so far i only tried the last cyanogen ( http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=stable&device=blade ) , mainly because i flashed it a couple of hours ago, i will try other roms to see if they work or not.
[Blade General] tetora:
cm7 actually works, but the camera it's not recognised and bluetooth it's not working...

so i am back with the stock rom... at least i can flash zips from cw, which helps a lot...
[Blade General] ramubhat:
dear Sir

pls upload that image file

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Dear Sir

Please upload that image file

Thank You
[Blade General] i.siddharth.iitd:
Please Upload the recovery file

Hi

Can you please upload the recovery image? I cannot read chinese and definitely can't register on the site that you linked to... I'd appreciate your help.. Thanks a lot.

Edit: Or if somebody can read Chinese, could they please download it and upload it somewhere?

I found a login ID and password combo from bugmetnot[DOT]com:

email ID: 545631862@163.com

password: 968233

I cannot get through the verification code while downloading.
[Blade General] matt4321:
You can grab it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1713419

It's in the attachments
[Blade General] i.siddharth.iitd:
How do I TPT the recovery.img to my Blade?

matt4321, thanks a ton for the link.

Could anyone please tell me how to flash the recovery.img to my Blade using TPT?

Here's why I need to do it that way (it's quite similar to tetora's condition, I just couldn't understand how he managed to flash the recovery.img using TPT):

I bricked my Blade (v880+ with 256MB RAM) while trying to repartition it for more space for apps. Now I cannot go into recovery mode (Neither stock nor cwm is installed at the moment. :( ). So TPT is my only option.
[Blade General] matt4321:
Are you able to get into fastboot? You could flash it that way
[Blade General] i.siddharth.iitd:
Fastboot stuck at "writing 'recovery'"

Yes, I tried it using fastboot but it got stuck. I got into fastboot by holding vol Up + power on. The phone screen was blank, but I could see a "fastboot interface" under "adb interfaces" in the device manager on my comp. I used "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img", but it gets stuck at "writing 'recovery'".

I couldn't find a solution yet. Hope you can help.
[Blade General] rocker86:
It seems that fastboot is not working to write the .img file. However I have seen one thread in Modaco http://www.modaco.com/topic/343587-guide-de-bricking-a-zte-blade/ where it has been mentioned how to de-brick blade devices, also the chinese one. But not sure will it work or not? But I can suggest you to use one of the method mentioned over there...good luck...
[Blade General] akshat410:
thanku so much Matt.......finally i crossed those problems occured with recovery in idea blade....

thanks once again..:o:o

and yes problem can be solved easily by using adb only......

stucked at a place but after installing busybox, that problem also sort out......
[HTC EVO 3D] dfskevinohyeah:
hello, so i am going to be working on porting an amazing theme from the evo 4g, but i need a completely stock rom, been searching the forum and have found nothing except one link on treve's but the link is broken :(. . . it just needs to be completely stock and be DEODEXED btw its for CDMA any help :3

. . . trust me the theme will look sick!
[HTC EVO 3D] ElJimmy:
try here

http://dev-host.org/hqkar642vqrn
[HTC EVO 3D] dfskevinohyeah:
thank you just wondering where this was from bc I couldn't find it anywhere many thanks!

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[HTC EVO 3D] ElJimmy:
In the roll up sticky.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thcnme956:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gaq_UD-PBoE&feature=related[YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE]

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[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mysticfrog:
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[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thcnme956:
I feel you man, but as much as i dislike iOS I thinks its cool tho, i like to trip out people who have iPhones.

Sent from my CM9 powered Vibrant using the XDA Premium App.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] NicksDevouredByTheSkyline:
Do you know what lockscreen he has and how I can get it? I want it
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mysticfrog:
The one that I've just seen is in launcher 360 check it out... It's pretty damn accurate...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] NicksDevouredByTheSkyline:
Me?