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[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treff200000:
hey problem is when i want downgrad the flash process fails at 1 % and it comes error 294
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhonny:
have you got zune?

do you have a restore point ?

thanks button next to qoute button
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treff200000:
no i have no restore point
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treff200000:
can i use the rom what you post for downgrade with y?
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhonny:
ok

have you read sh4d0w86 instructions, he has the best here!

sh4d0w86 also has shipped roms , try another one supplied by sh4d0w86

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1295068

let me know how you go

cheers and have a gr8 day

thanks button is next to qoute button
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treff200000:
mhm first i must buy me a y cable
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Donald_duan:
do not need to buy y cable.

this downgrade bootloader operation need tools as below:

1,USB hub(two port and up)

2,tf storage card(No more than 4GB,smaller better)

3,tf card reader

if you have no tf card and tf card reader,give you a suggestion.you can use a udisk(request as above).

tools are ready,now let's start to downgrade bootloader:

1.download a rom of microsoft 7004 or 7008.and extract the file.

find the NBH file after extract file success.

2.formatting your storage card's file system to fat32,copy NBH file to your storage card and rename as SCHUIMG.nbh

3.insert your storage card into the port1 of usb hub,insert your htc cable to port2(do not need connect to hd7 at this time).

switch on the power and connect to your hd7. make sure your hd7 shutdown.then press volume down+camera key+power key.

then you can see your hd7 turn into storage model,

wait for a moment,when you see your hd7 screen showed"update success"

then congratulations!your hd7 has successful downgrade bootloader.

I am not goods at English,if you can not understand what i mean,you can contact with me,I have some picture of downgrade bootloader.

I hope that this can help on your hd7 downgrade bootloader.

my e-mail address:donald_duan@sva-arcadyan.com.cn
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treff200000:
can you give me a link which rom i need ?
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Donald_duan:
sorry,i have tried many times that i have no rights to post outside links.

could you give me a mail address?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Georges2251:
Ok so i've tried to install a rom (Touwiz4), and i've tried to follow the steps, and as dumb as i am, i've used the update.zip method (by renaming the file to update). It installed, but everytime i turn the phone on, it is stuck on the samsung logo, please help me :(

Also: i can get into download mode and the Home+Power menu

Please help me, i don't know what to do if i lose my phone :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andwise:
this can always happen this is why you have to take backups...

What is your phone?

You can search around for stock roms or try to install another custom rom.

here are some locations where you can find stock roms:

http://andwise.net/?p=199
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ubas90:
ok it's simple:

Recovery

Wipe data

Wipe Chace

Wipe devilchace

Reinstall rom

enjoy... ^_^
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Georges2251:
And if i get a rom (official or custom), should i use the apply update.zip option? Or there is another way?

how to wipe devilcache?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chepoz:
go to recovery mode choose wipe data, wipe cache partition, then go to advance, choose wipe dalvikcache, then reboot

sent from my Walkman
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Georges2251:
I don't have the advance menu :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andwise:
you can use update.zip method (i suppose you just select 'apply /sdcard/update.zip')

or you can select 'choose zip from sdcard' in 'install zip from sdcard menu'

BUT before that, as ubas90 said you have to:

Wipe data

Wipe Chace

Wipe dalvilk cache (which is in the advanced menu)

If you do not have advanced menu it seems that your recovery is not really CWM (check that, it has to be written ClockworkMod somewhere).

You can install CWM following these instructions: http://andwise.net/?p=268

you can always try without wiping dalvilk cache,depending on the previous state it may not be needed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Georges2251:
I'll first try without installing CWM, i just don't need to get in more trouble

Also, what is the key combination for the ace for the bootloader use? When to use the fastboot.exe?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ubas90:
have u last recovery?

look is simple, make 3 wipe, then install zip and reboot

if couldn't make wipe devil cache could find the devil's zip by brainmaster...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Georges2251:
Do you happen to have a link?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Georges2251:
OMG after i installed another rom the exact same thing happened :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Georges2251:
It worked! I'm so happy right now

I've used odin, and it was easier than it seemed :)

Also, thanks everybody for your help, it's greatly appreciated :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mx499:
Ok so i'm realizing as i've been reading the threads, that many of us came from evo 3d, and photon, and nexus s. How are you guys able to get e4gt without your contracts being up? I know that some of those phones are less than a year old. and i'm pretty sure some of us will move on from e4gt to galaxy nexus when it comes out. Whats your trade secret? I can't really imagine, people cashing up $500 + every few months? even if you were to sell your old phone to off set the difference.

can you guys please tell me your secret? because i would love to get the latest phones, with minimum money spent.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
I'm an avowed gadget freak and when Sprint still had the BTA (bill to account) option, I bought many phones at full price but since they disbanded that lovely feature I've had to resort to calling in and requesting an earlier upgrade (worked once and I used it for that pos EVO 3D). I also used to have 5 active lines, most of those I only activated to get a new phone lol so I paid probably 3 times as much with service, etc.

Some people have better luck than others and get an early upgrade often, I'm guessing it's a case of who you know over blind luck.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gmfeny:
Sell the old one to put towards the new one
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Censura_Umbra:
It is actually REALLY easy.

It is called Sprint Total Equipment Protection :p

As you can see below I have had a few phones, Only the Samsung Epic1 was actually upgraded. Everything else is thanks to TEP.

Before I would get broken phones and use TEP to get like new phones and sell them to buy a new phone, but it is even easier now, they offer similar phones to yours. So, In June I bought the Evo 3D, got bored with it by december. Wanted the ET4G, that wasn't available through TEP, so I got the Photon. Got bored of that, then swapped my Photon for the ET4G.

Seriously, that $8 a month is well worth it, AND if you brick your phone, you get a new one! :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iSaint:
I sell my girlfriend for money.

:) now you know.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Success100:
for me, I just make sure to keep my devices in pristine condition. That way I can sell mine on craigslist and just put in the difference against the retail price of new phone. so im usually out of B/T $200-$250 for new phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] neodorian:
Well, I used to get the Premier subsidy every year so I could get a brand new phone every summer for $200. That's how I've gotten my last several phones. Went from a Sanyo flip phone (before Premier) to a Palm Treo 650. Kept that for 2 years, got a HTC Mogul, that crapped out and TEP replaced it with a new or refurb HTC Touch Pro. This is around when the Premier perks started. Had that for maybe a half a year and then when my contract was up I got a launch day Palm Pre. Had that for a year and got a Premier upgrade to an HTC Evo. That just broke on me a few months ago but I had talked them into keeping my last Premier upgrade on my account so I was able to sell back my broken Evo for $90 and pay like $110 out of pocket for the E4GT.

Trying to keep it in good shape (probably will have to get the USB jig to reset the flash count) so I can sell it and buy the SGS3 whenever it shows up on Sprint in the Fall or whatever.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bmoreboy02:
Its very simple....craigslist lol. I sold my evo 3d for $240 and found a guy selling white epics for 350. My girlfriend did the same thing
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] humdrum2009:
Ditto

+1 so do i
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thegoodrat:
Wait...so if I ever sell my soul to the Devil and jump to the iPhone, it would cost me $100? :rolleyes: Do you have to give them the phone you have now or can you flip it? Just say you lost the phone on the airplane lol...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] master acehole:
I get money!!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
They kill the ESN so it can't be reactivated on Sprint but there are lots of phones with bad ESNs still being sold on ebay and elsewhere.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] _MetalHead_:
One of the benefits of having a real job, I suppose.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kawaski47:
Having a job with no debt. And the fact that I got a pristine et4g off craigslist for 275
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AnAm85:
I personally have a friend that does work with Sprint and he can get phones brand new at "New Contract" prices... Then I just sell my phone on craigslist!

That's like when the Galaxy Nexus comes out, it will most likely be $199-$249 and I can get $300 for my E4GT when I decide to sell it!

With this method, I actually come out on top!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
That would be fraud but why are there so many bad esn phones .....impossible to prove really I am sure people do it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chochoking:
"phone-feens" always find a way to get the newest ish, most of the time its flipping a old phone for a new one... with little cash difference. you be surprise how a head of normal people us xda members are in regard to the newest technology, for example I sold my g2x for $200 and got a epic touch for $260.... $60 difference. But the point is some1 though the the g2x was worth $200, while in the xda world, thats old technology... I switch phones at least 3-4 times a year... I love playing with the new ish! I think we all do! If I don't root my phone then I root my girl, but i'm rooting something, lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] azyouthinkeyeiz:
You do know three claims in 12 months will get your insurance terminated, correct?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iSaint:
Rightfully deserved too.

That is Fraud.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 12MaNy:
I make good money. :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mexiking713:
I have mine flashed to a different carrier. I bought my evo 3d from Craigslist for $120 a month after the phone came out and then traded it for my epic touch a couple of months ago so the upgrade was free.

Send from my Galaxy SII Epic Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dchibro:
Please don't exploit TEP. All it does is drive up insurance premiums for those who buy it for valid reasons. The right answer here is to sell your phone by whatever means you choose and use the proceeds towards the full off-contract price on a new device. I like to use Craig's List, and meet the potential buyer at a Sprint store to increase buyer confidence. Doing this often helps command a premium price as the buyer knows there's no shenanigans going on.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wase4711:
now THAT'S the RIGHT WAY to do it...

you assholes who get stuff fraudulently drive up prices for everyone else..GTFO with that fraudulent ****...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingdazy:
I've just come to terms with the fact that it's an expensive hobby. Once a year I find a way to get the best. Sometimes more often... Worth it to me.

Used to be graphics cards...

Sent from my calculator watch.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mx499:
wow thats awesome, can i be his/her friend as well? lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mx499:
how did you trade your phone? with another person? didn't he/she ask for more money? it sounds like an unfair trade, and something most people wouldn't do.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] travisp:
I have upgraded every year since the OG Droid when I was on Verizon. So far be it Sprint or Verizon I have managed to talk my way into an early upgrade every year. Usually the manager at the store will do it for me.

Waiting on the GS3 and then I will do it again. Here's to hoping that it will be out this summer. :rolleyes:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] d12unk13astard:
For anyone gettings cdma phones thru craigslist try this app http://download.cnet.com/PocketESN-Pro-ESN-Checker/3000-2094_4-75688270.html

Its not free but well worth it and can save you hundreds of dollars. Besides im sure theres a free limited version that would check and make sure your buying/trading a good esn/meid phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] azyouthinkeyeiz:
You can do the same for free at any Sprint Store or by calling Customer Service, why pay for anything like that? Convenience doesn't apply, you're doing it so seldomly that an extra three minutes isn't going to kill anybody.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Censura_Umbra:
No, this is for the service center, not Asurion. Asurion will always give you the same phone (And ESN lock the old one)

Take it into a service center and it is a straight trade (Though iphone isn't a choice because of apples namby pamby insurance)

---------- Post added at 03:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:19 PM ----------

Incorrect, I have had 8 claims last year. And I used to work for a service center and had the same customers in 3 times a month,

Whoever told you that was just trying to scare you

---------- Post added at 03:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:26 PM ----------

Only fraud if there is nothing wrong with your phone. There is always something wrong with my phone, that I fix thanks to XDA, but once back to stock, there is that issue again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mx499:
can you teach us the tricks to those things..? what do you say? what do you complain about? what is your convincing point?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] azyouthinkeyeiz:
So, the 50+ people I have seen come in in the last year with the exact same circumstances just projected their illusions on me?

For clarification, read this http://shop2.sprint.com/en/stores/popups/protect_total_equip_protect_popup.shtml

Here's the important part,

To qualify for a WEL list device, you have to have exchanged your individual devices 3 times each to qualify for the next device, or the warehouse is out of stock at the time of your order.

To have the successive trips with a WEL exchange you either have to be the luckiest man in the world, or know an employee who is exploiting the system.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Specialksg1:
I have four lines with well spaced upgrades and two kids with really nice hand me down phones lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mx499:
even if you are using total equipment service or whatever.. if there is genuine hardware problem, they will replace your phone under warrenty.. so you can go over 3 claims. from what i know and heard, if you keep going back with the same phone, with the same problem. they will usually try to replace it for you. white this might be a warrenty problem, they might replace it with a same value of different phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] azyouthinkeyeiz:
I edited my post for ESRP exchanges. There are two separate policies. He had only mentioned TEP, which is Asurion claims. ESRP is for warranty replacements. I meant to include that at first, but just forgot to say it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] travisp:
It really depends, sometimes I just kinda give them the "ah man but that new phone is so sweet" type routine and if you have a good Rep who is nice and having a good day they will oblige you with an early upgrade.

Then there is the "Well maybe I should cancel and go to Verizon" routine. Tried that one to get a ET4G and it worked mainly I think because at the time Verizon was about to release the Galaxy Nexus.

Another point that worked once for me was to slip in a little note saying that you plan on getting a case, charger, dock, bluetooth (basically some type of accessory) at the time of purchase as well.

Lastly if all else fails try a different store. Hell when I got my Evo 4G it was at a Best Buy and the guy called up Sprint and got them to give me an early upgrade. I had tried a few days earlier at a Sprint store and the manager would not upgrade me.

One last thing I noticed when trying to get an early upgrade. They will not do it unless its been at least 1 yr since your last upgrade, so don't even try if you got a upgrade within the last 10-12 months.

In the end YMMV and be persistent.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mexiking713:
Well I flashed the evo 3d to his number and flashed another Evo he had and changed his line on both. It was about $150 in services that I didn't charge him and didn't cost me anything. Did it in about 30 minutes.

Send from my Galaxy SII Epic Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gronimo21:
its called bust your @ss in school get a job paying you like 7 figures a year and bam you done for me i repair computers on the side while i go to the university of phoenix for my bacholars in internet security when people cant pay with cash you barter or trade ive gotten 4 itouches 64gb like that sold them all and i have the money set to side for my wedding day on may 21 2012 going cheap on that day but next year she gets the big shabang
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] I_FLY_Z3R0:
Lol I get a phone when ever I want. I agree with this guy^^ I bust my ass in college as a computer engineer with side jobs here and there that pay well. Plus my parents love me.

Sent from my iPhone killer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kevin_msu:
I look at Craigslist. Hate it... Prefer eBay as you don't have to meet some scum bag stinking of pot at best buy, but you do pay a premium for not having to deal with scumbags that show up an hour late, stinking of weed and can't seem to understand why you won't buy their s2 because sprint says the esn isn't clear.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dcowboys2184:
he's 5-0 y'all lol jk
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crazybliss:
Lmao I was thinking the same thing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] azyouthinkeyeiz:
You're right. You don't have to meet scumbags stinking of pot on eBay. You get worked over by scumbags who privately reek of opium. :-)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bear gri11z:
Lol

#winning

Got AOKP?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] qngds:
I'm in charge of phones for my company. I only renew our lines for a year at a time, as opposed to 2, so we get new phones every year for whoever wants one. It's been 3 years for Sprint. The discount you get is a bit less than 2 years, ( I think it was $60 less for the epic touch this year) but worth it to me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kevin_msu:
Lol, I didnt even know opium was a thing now.

i wish those hesher low lifes had a clean esn, i really wanted a white one.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] webran61:
I appreciate everyone trading their phones in and whatnot. Once you learn how to flash phones to different networks you can pretty much do anything with any phone, regardless of the ESN status. My E4GT came from eBay for $300 with a blacklisted ESN, but now it's on Boost Mobile. $300 for a phone and $50/mo I can handle.

My next phone will probably be the GS3, but not until someone else gets one, stops paying the bill etc. and puts it on eBay for way less than retail so I can flash it to my plan.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Congratulations on getting married?

I think I still get that one year upgrade from sprint

Didn't they say if u use it before a certain time you still get the upgrade
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Toleraen:
I'm just coming over from the sim card world...can someone please briefly explain how you disassociate your current device with sprint (to sell it)? Does sprint support that activity?

As far as buying a phone, service-wise do you have to worry about anything other than a bad esn? How would an esn get blacklisted?

I kinda miss just swapping sims :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
Sprint will drop the phone from its activated state whenever. Just call them\chat a rep online.

I assume you'd want a phone to swap to or intention to cancel \ not renew your plan though.

Bad esn is it when considering activation issues. Its usually blacklisted for two reasons. Reported lost or stolen or failure to pay your bill.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kevin_msu:
Ps, seven figures, us dollars? What job? I have two college degrees and i would be happy with six figures, let alone seven
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jmelendez1:
Deep pockets ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gmfeny:
I just steal them from people.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Gibsonusa:
Trade my Evo 3d straight across for this e4gt. I still can't believe he traded. As far as that 3phones and you get a new different one, I don't know about that. I had five 3ds (speakers for 3 of them and software problems for 2) amd when I had had enough they told me I could only trade it for another 3d and I called customer service and when to three different stores and they all would not get me out of that phone. F*kn hated that pile of garbage, and hence found a trade on craigslist.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] coldblooded79:
Evo + $50=Nexus S. Nexus S with poor signal strength = early upgrade. Sold Nexus for $220 to buy Photon. One replacement Photon extended return another 30 days= return for Epic Touch on launch day ftw!

sent from my Epic Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wytee907:
When I used my TEP there was a $100 deductible and I got the same useless phone I busted. Is the deductible a one time thing? And how do you get a different phone? Asurion seems pretty strict about the replacement policy.

Instead I found a E4GT from a buddy that switched to iPhone 4s and got the homie hook-up. Now its rooted and ready to go!