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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] galaxyuser88:
Thanks NRM5110, I havent tried to see if thay will work. I hope your suggestion fixes my problem. This is not a questions and general problem that my phone is having.

Mod please close or delete this whole thread... Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cschmitt:
galaxyuser88 - Just ignore the jack-wagon on the thread-- Don't feed the animals, they only get a bigger appetite.

So I've been following this thread over it's course.

First, you do need to have one of the insecure kernels installed as ICS has changed in the area of root access. I'm running the one built by mohan_kr, it works fine. I think you said that you flashed that kernel, the best way to tell that it actually took is the boot animation will be 'android' instead of the stock AT&T globe stuff.

Second, I don't know if you have adb, but if you do might try the following in an adb shell to see if can remount as rw and modify the system folder that way. Note, with the insecure kernel, there is no need to 'su' in the shell session.

C:\>adb shell
sh-3.2# /system/bin/mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p24 /system
/system/bin/mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p24 /system
sh-3.2# cat /proc/mounts
cat /proc/mounts
<output snipped>
/dev/block/mmcblk0p24 /system ext4 rw,relatime,user_xattr,acl,barrier=0,data=ordered 0 0
<output snipped>
sh-3.2# cd system/app
cd system/app
sh-3.2# cp SystemUI.apk some.file
cp SystemUI.apk some.file
sh-3.2# ls -l some.file
ls -l some.file
-rw-r--r-- root root 811175 2012-04-06 13:37 some.file
sh-3.2# rm some.file
rm some.file
sh-3.2#
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] galaxyuser88:
I will try this. But i have tried to go thru adb and i got the same result. It will let me mount as rw, and then when i try to edit-write to - save to, i get the error can not save as file is read only. So i lost root. As far as the boot amination goes, i have the android one.

See what gets me is that when i go back to 2.3.5 rooted, i dont lose root at all. Could it possibly be that when i try to flash these roms that say do not wipe anything, i get a bootloop, then i have no choice but to go back into recovery and do a wipe to get ics working.. Could doing this cause some problem with the rooting method? Or maybe locking the system file on me. This has really got me baffled. Iam definatly far from being a noob when it comes to flashing-odin, have worked on serveral phones for myself and friends. Even brick my galaxy tab 7 and pull the tab apart and did the unbrickable mod to get it back.

Is there any way that i can hook the phone to my computer,( of course the computer is running linux), set to run adb and have it monitor the phone and record a log as i try to do what iam doing to cause it to lose root, and then maybe have somekind of clue as to what is going on.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cschmitt:
Sounds like you have the correct kernel.

I don't believe that a wipe or factory reset in recovery would cause the phone to lose root, because it would only be clearing data and cache partitions-- the files that root the phone are in the system partition.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] chappatti:
I feel your pain, man.:(

Quoting you:

""See what gets me is that when i go back to 2.3.5 rooted, i dont lose root at all. Could it possibly be that when i try to flash these roms that say do not wipe anything, i get a bootloop, then i have no choice but to go back into recovery and do a wipe to get ics working..""

That's a big clue that ICS flashing is not happening properly. If you do not wipe, yes ICS will give you bootloops and headache.

The other clue is that your system folder rw attibutes are not changing like they should. I reread the whole thread - yup I did - but maybe I missed it. Did you try to format "

System

" in CWR (mounts/storage) . 2 x times.

e.g. Start from GB stock ROM, flash radio first, format and wipe all needed including format

data, cache AND system

2 x times (it won't hurt will it), flash ROm, then kernel all without rebooting in between.????
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] galaxyuser88:
Thanks Chappatti, i did try the format. I did just about all that there was available in CWM, even backed up me SD CARDs to my computer, wiped them and format as well. Trying to figure it out.

Well, I almost solved the mystery. Started from Scratch. Took things one at a time, to try and see what would cause the phone to lose root. Almost had it too. Was able to get in rw system about 5 times and then locked out. I am thinking that when i edit my system folder and remove apps in GB mode, everything is ok, But when i try and add ICS over the allready edited files, this i think is what is causing me to lose root. Back to the drawing board. :mad: I think I am done for tonight. Dont need to brick the phone. :eek:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] chappatti:
Searching Google gave me the following:

1. When in GB, you can use Voodoo root keeper to protect root (voodoo root keeper is free app), BUT DO NOT temp unroot. Then install ICS.

2. Then follow these instructions to restore root: THIS HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM DROIDRZR.COM (otherwise you need to register and what-not), and I DO NOT TAKE CREDIT AT ALL.. Thanks to dhacker29 and PillClinton. Here is the original link:

http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/1598-restore-root-after-installing-ics-leak/

QUOTING:

""For those of you who WERE rooted & protected root with Voodoo, installed the ICS leak & subsequently lost root like I did, dhacker29 tweeted out some helpful instructions to remedy the issue!

Disclaimers:

I did not personally use this method - before it was available, I had already RSD'd. On my second time through the process, I successfully retained root. Therefore this was unneeded (for ME!) All credit goes to dhacker29, I just wrote up the instructions! Thanks man, you're a lifesaver

Finally, I'm not responsible for any damage you do to your phone!! Read instructions carefully!

To Restore Root on the Ics Leak (Edited 4/2/12 @ 12:39PM PT):

Download Android Terminal Emulator for free from the market.

Enter the following commands EXACTLY as you see them listed here:

/system/su-backup

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/system /system

cp /system/su-backup /system/bin/su

​Exit terminal & reboot.

Root should be restored at this point! """

Good luck !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] galaxyuser88:
OK.... Finally figured out way I was losing root, having shut down, restarts, reboot problems.. Well under GB i was rooted, cwm, superuser, all is ok with modifying system, not losing root, TiBu all my files, apps, settings. Well the problem was i did not have busybox installed under GB, so everytime i would flash these roms under CWM (did not matter what version, they all worked) i would lose root, and couldnt access system files or to edit them.

So if you are experiencing problems writing to your system files or editing, go back to GB, install root, CWM, superuser, and the latest busybox. Then load your favorite rom. I also think this will help with alot of the restart,recovery, shutdown hang ups, that most of us are having..

Make sure you do a backup of the phone and sd cards to your computer or thru CWM.. This should be done before you do any type of flashing or odin-ing of you phone..

If you are still on GB do the following:

1. Flash CWM (any version)

2. Flash Superuser.

3. install BusyBox.

4. Then flash your favorite rom

5. If going from GB to ICS do not wipe anything (unless it is stated in the instruction of your favorite rom).

Following these instruction when you install the 1-click ICS odin,

1. Odin the 1-Click ICS rom.

2. Flash CWM (any version, they all work).

3. Flash SuperUser.

4. Install BusyBox <<<< make sure you add busybox before you flash your favorite rom. Otherwise you will have problems.

5. then flash your favorite Rom.. Enjoy.

I also think this is what was causing alot of my foreclosures, and problems. I have the latest version of mhx superlite 5.1 flashed over my gb, and all is good so far. Also flashed Silver03wrx roms, and this worked as well.

*** Iam not responsible if you mess up your phone. Flash and odin at your own risk.. You have been WARNED..****

I will keep messsing with the phone to see if all is ok. Will keep everyone up to date. :D Ok. Just spent the last 1 hr or so trying to lose my root access. So far all good. After trying everything possible to get this problem fixed, I have come to conculsion that not having BUSYBOX installed in my orignal GB rom was the cause of all the problems ( losing root, foreclosures, shutdown-reboot hangups.) . For some reason when wiping and formatting these roms or just flashing these roms, busybox was not installing correctly. Give it a try and it might just work for you.

If this helps you, Please hit the thanks button.. Thanks

Mods, if you think this might help, make it a sticky or pinned.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] marvin02:
If the ROM you are installing does a full wipe OR if you do a wipe to follow the dev's instructions having busybox installed prior to an ICS rom won't matter.

FYI - when I flashed the ICS leak and rooted I had no issues for about three days and then it started showing up. With poorer battery life and other glitches in the ICS rom I reverted back to GB.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] galaxyuser88:
Well it worked for me. Appartenly not having busy box in gb was the cause of my problems. I understand that these roms are supposed to do a full wipe , but I had the problem with busy box not sticking. I tried everything step by step, and then I realized busy box was not holding , and when I would load ics And then try to install busy box I would get failed to load busy box. This is when I tried to load busy box from gb and guess what, it worked.

Now all the roms I load all work and I do not lose root, or have any restart - shutdown - or force close. I even went as far as to restore my phone to previous state, before busy box was loaded, and guess what all the problems came back. So for me this was the cause.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] JoeSmoo:
THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I was ready to throw my phone out the window... this has been driving me NUTS for days.

This works!
[HTC Amaze 4G] RobsSXT:
After having a Powermat for my iPhone, then one for my HTC HD2, I was disappointed to see I couldn't find one for my Amaze. When I took the back off, I saw the rear case is more than just a plastic cover.

Anyone else ever use one before? I loved mine. I can't wait to see if they make one for this phone.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Shredder96:
Well you said it yourself, the back of the htc amaze is more than just a back, it has an antenna system of some sort built into it. I don't know if the makers of power mat could engineer a back that has the antennas AND the power mat thing. Maybe one day, you never know!
[HTC Amaze 4G] ziggy46:
What about the Duracell power mat? Aren't those universal to every device? Like you put some sticker on the battery and it works lol
[HTC Amaze 4G] RobsSXT:
I suspect they won't make one for the amaze, considering its discontinued. I do know how I can make one though. Powermat makes a generic pack, one you can plug into your micro USB and throw the pack on the mat. Then I saw a case for the amaze, with an extra battery inside, that goes over the phone and plugs into the micro USB. I could modify this case, remove the battery, and replace it with the powermat pack, I might be on to something.

This is why my license plate on my car says HACKR....
[HTC Amaze 4G] seregaprok:
I bought Powermat for HTC HD2, but when i put my phone on Powermat it doesn't charge my device. When i put device on Powermat the lights and sound on Powermat switch on, but device is not charging. Maybe anyone knows what the problem?
[HTC Amaze 4G] gazzacbr:
are you in the wrong forum?

check this thread and post your serial number...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=849839
[HTC Amaze 4G] hd2joel:
Phone isnt discontinued there was just an article on Engadget that a bunch of amaze 4gs were held at customs because of that patent thing. Why would tmo still be importing a discontinued phone?

Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G
[Nexus One General] wingod513:
My Nexus One is rooted (I forgot how I did it).

Last night suddenly my phone went off and could not reboot anymore. It stayed on "X" screen forever. I tried to hard reset (i.e. Pressing volume down and power button). Then I pressed "Recovery" and then it went restart and stayed on "X" screen forever again. What can U do? :confused::(

Please help, I am a new root user. please teach me step by step to do so. thanks.
[Nexus One General] Theshawty:
Turn it off. Hold the trackball while starting it up. If you have usb debugging on and working fastboot drivers, you can wipe your phone (fastboot -a in cmd) and flash an img file of like a stock ROM.
[Nexus One General] wingod513:
Thanks Theshawty, donno why my Nexus One can't even boot up now :(
[Nexus One General] taodan:
I had read some other members did some tricks to their phone by remove the SD card and reboot the phone. BTW, is the battery fully charged? Try to pull the battery and then put it back on.
[Nexus One General] cnalbant:
Step by step new ROM for nexus one and restoring....

ADDITIONAL information for people who don't know to use passim.zip and update.zip

1-passimg.zip

a-Download the Passion_Google_WWE_2.16.1700.1_FRG33_MFG_Shipment_ ROM.z

ip link ( 1st link)

b-Rename the file to passimg.zip ( in windows take care of renaming it passimg.zip.zip)

c-copy it into the root of your SD card

d-turn of your phone

e-Press and hold the power button + vol. down button until a white screen showing android buddies skating at the bottom appears

f- the phone will automatically read the passimg.zip ( will load and then check it) after it is check it will ask you to press volume up to confirm the updates

g-the device will reboot then go to the SD card and DELETE THE PASSIMG.IMG file

then it is done

2-update.zip

a- download the corresponding update file from the steps above

b- rename the file to update.zip( again in windows take care of the update.zip.zip rename problem)

c- copy the file to the root of your SD card

d- turn off the phone

e-Press and hold the power button + vol. down button until a white screen showing android buddies skating at the bottom appears

f-wait for 4 sec. the using the volume down and up buttons to go up and down go the RECOVERY and then press the power button to select

g-it will load the nexus logo then will show the android buddy with an exclamation mark .... press power button + volume up button

h-choose using the trackball the apply SD card:update.zip option

the phone will go through some process verifying package... verifying software version and the end the phone will restart to finish the update ( Notice: in some updates it doesn't restart automatically so just choose the "reboot system now" option)

i- AFTER THE PHONE RESTART ALWAYS REMEMBER TO DELETE THE OLD UPDATE.ZIP FILE TO PUT THE NEW ONE FOR THE NEXT UPDATE according to the above steps

Hope this post is helpful for some people and if there is any missing steps or mistakes i would like if someone help me with an advice

Download links:(only the link of the stock rom i had to upload it cause it isn't available anymore on the google servers)

-stock ROM "FRG33"==> http://www.multiupload.com/NTA9DANZGC

-from FRG33 to GRI40 ==> http://android.clients.google.com/p...b119f8.signed-passion-ota-102588.656099b1.zip (thanks to efrant)

-Update FRG33 to FRG83 ==>http://android.clients.google.com/p...01ae02c.signed-passion-ota-60505.766a101a.zip

-Update FRG83 to FRG83D ==> http://android.clients.google.com/p...signed-passion-FRG83D-from-FRG83.ecb21b75.zip

-Update FRG83D to FRG83G ==> http://android.clients.google.com/p...igned-passion-FRG83G-from-FRG83D.2854b06b.zip

-Update FRG83G to GRI40 ==>http://android.clients.google.com/p...signed-passion-GRI40-from-FRG83G.81304b2d.zip

;)
[Nexus One General] wingod513:
I tried this already but still not work, I had brought my phone to some third party mobile repair centre, they said my N1 is CPU broken and will cost around US$96 to replace with a new CPU (HTC need around US$190 for mother board). I paid US$96 anyways. not sure if it worth.

Thanks, I will try this after my phone get fixed.
[Nexus One General] wingod513:
These links not working, please help me update. thanks
[Nexus One General] GuestX0019:
are you sure you just didn't lose your recovery
[Nexus One General] wingod513:
Sorry, what do you mean?
[Nexus One General] ShadowCodeGaming:
If your bootloader is unlocked, just flash a new recovery from fastboot :cool: Otherwise unlick it anyway.
[Nexus One General] wingod513:
The bootloader of my N1 is unlocked, I am not familiar with fastboot thing. My friend helped mine root and he is out of my country now. Gotta follow cnalbant's steps and see.
[Nexus One General] jrs007:
Install ClockworkMod Recovery on Nexus One Manually

Step 1: Download ClockworkMod Recovery: recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.1-passion.img (there are more current, look at the xda)

Step 2: Set up ADB for Nexus One

Step 3: Put the downloaded recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.1-passion.img in C: drive

Step 4: Turn Nexus One off and connect it to PC via USB

Step 5: Hold the Power button + Trackball together to start Nexus One in fastboot mode

Step 6: Once in fastboot mode, open Terminal / Command Prompt and run following command:

fastboot devices

This command will check if your device is connected in fastboot mode or not.

Step 7: Now run following command (place the file recovery in the same folder where the fastboot):

fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.1-passion.img

This will install Clockwork recovery on your Nexus One.

That’s it, enjoy!
[Nexus One General] joelshawdow:
You can either follow the above guide or this amon ra recovery guide

xdaforums.com/wiki/HTC_Nexus_One/Recovery_Images

Amon ra is another recovery just like clock workmod

B4 using adb download the drivers of adb and fastboot

www.mediafire.com/?bhxmn903d6cz9eg

When you connect ur phone use device manager to locate the connection on win 7 and select install drivers frm folder and install frm the extracted folder of adb driver
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jonathanUSC:
Im trying to flash stocky recovery using NVFlash program. When I click on the link it says USB device not found. And below it says press any key to continue. I press it and it the window closes; it does nothing. Whats also weird is that when I hold vol up/down and plug in sub cable the S/w screen doesn't come up. that screen only comes up after i plug in USB , i then just hold down vol down and then the s/w screen comes up. Please someone help i need to get NVFlash clockwork mod removed
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] loveubuntu:
One the things I used to do with phones with a physical SD card was to mount the SD card while I was in recovery to transfer files. This kind of helped not to use adb/fastboot or boot normally and do it as a mass storage. It saved time. I've noticed that this is not possible using CWR. Is that everyone else's experience also? Is there a workaround?
[Xoom General] gmanunited:
I bought Modern Combat 3 on Google Play for 0.49 They updated it and it has not worked keeps giving me force close until I turned WIFI Off. So if there are issues on the Xoom with this game turn off WIFI.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wishkah420:
When I try to boot my touchpad I get a battery icon with a ? In the middle. What does it mean and how can I fix it? I googled it and all I saw was people saying they had to send it to HP.

I finally had this device running perfect on CN and loaded 10gigs of ebooks on it less than a week ago. I guess if I have to webos doctor I will but it won't go into download mode. Also if I have to send it to HP will they refuse it because it is modded?

Thanks in advance!

- Sent from my OG Epic 4G runnin fine on CM9 -

EDIT: It appears I didn't search long and hard. Looks like I'll get to experience how challenging the RMA process is for HP.

If anyone else experiences this I found this thread to be most helpful: http://forums.webosnation.com/hp-touchpad/310969-battery-icon-w-question-mark-researching.html
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkl0wn:
I'm in the same situatuon . I bought a new battery to replace what I thought was a bad battery. I put the new battery in and booted to the same battery with question mark symbol.

Desperate to fix my touch pad. Now since I've opened it I can't send it in for repairs. I'd like to fix it myself but can't find any spare parts. I'm thinking it might be the charging board.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsgraphicart:
I have read that this happens if you let your battery die while in Android. Actually dont know if it happens in webOS too. I guess it fails to recognize the battery after completely draining. I read someone getting it back to normal by removing the battery and charging it externally, however that is accomplished. Did both of you have your TouchPad run out of battery?
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkl0wn:
Yes mine did unfortunately run out of battery while running android. I have tried charging the battery externally. I even bought a new battery for it. Both were charged as they powered up and displayed this battery with the ? symbol. So it's not the battery.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris8599:
i got the battery with ? mark all the time when i forgot to charge and it drained turned itself off, simply let it charge(do not unplug) and it should auto boot into cm9 or webos(this usually take half hour or so). if that doesn't work, read post #31 to get it work. good luck.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1381564&page=4
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkl0wn:
Did you get the battery with the ? mark? Or the low battery symbol. I have gotten the low battery before and just charging would solve that. I have left the Touchpad on the charger for days at a time with no luck. I have tried every available charger besides the touchstone. I know it's not going to just charge eventually. I have already taken it apart multiple times and replaced the battery and/or manually charged the battery. When the battery is re-installed it boots up to the same battery with ?. When I charge the battery to close to full manually the battery / ? icon stays on for hours then starts a boot loop sequence with the same logo.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris8599:
i must have gotten the low battery symbol and thought it's the ? symbol. Have you tried "Press and hold power button(while still holding power button) keep press center button for 15 times?" to see if you could brought back the low battery symbol.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkl0wn:
Yes, it does not work in this mode. There was another thread where a guy had two HP Touchpad's and confirmed it did not work in this mode. He was doing it correctly on the working touchpad but did nothing to the stuck Touchpad. I have tried it with no luck.

I'm stuck, I don't know where the problem is if it's not the battery. I'm out $35 for the new battery and still don't have a working Touchpad.

The thread in the original post has a guy willing to experiment with JTAG to repair. I'd be willing to send mine to him if he does find a solution.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris8599:
have you tried to put back your original battery and try the Hold power then press Home key for over 15 times method?. what about disconnect the battery and see if it would even turn on at all?.