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[HTC Desire S] lost.in.china:
A "PseudoGeek" installed me a horrible ROM! Please Help me get back to a good one!

I know it is a little long story..but read it, and imagine yourself living in China and, a Chinese "Technician PseudoGeek" screwing around with your mobilephone, speaking only in chinese to you (and you not able to understand nothing) and still that guy trying to charge for downgrading your device from Android 2.3.5 to 2.3.3 with a ROM that not even has an Alarmclock. Please have empathy with me.

The story is this one:

I am living in China, and in order to configure correctly my VPN services I need to root my Desire and then download SET DNS, etc, etc.

I tried to root my device by myslef and couldn´t, so decided to take it to a Little shopping mal next to where I live, a Chinese “PseudoGeek” charged me around 10USD and rooted my device, I was happy I had gotten SUPERUSER and could be able to use several apps like the MarketUnlocker , Rom Manager, Set Dns, etc.

So after Reading the XDA fórums for about a month, I decided it was time to change my ROM and decided to install Cyanogenmod….so I installed ROM manager, flashed Clockwork recovery, made Nandroid Backup, installed Titanium Backup(also backed up apps and system data) and then decided to flash Cyanogenmod, I wiped the Data, made a Factory Reset, everything just as explained on the forums... BUT…to my bad luck I couldnt get Cyanogenmod on my device, when I tried to resotre the created Nandroid Backup I had a problema that said something about MD5 mismatch..And I was left with a complete wiped out Factory Reset ROM and my SUPERUSER everytime I opened it said it had troubles and needed to FORCECLOSE.

So..last week I went again with this same “PseudoGeek” looking if he could help me install get SUPERUSER :mad:..so after a Hot Discussion whether he should charge me again or not, he decided to help me..BUT THIS TIME EVERYTHING GOT WORSE…I got a complete new ROM..but an old ROM..I used to had ANDROID VERSION 2.3.5 and now I have 2.3.3..I also used to have the new HTC SENSE and now I have SENSE 2.1 …What is worst is that this ROM is completly basic, it does note ven has an Alarm Clock  I really do not like it.

Please Help me! I want to flash a new ROM…I AM SURE I CAN GET BETTER HELP BY YOU XDA DEVELOPERS than going again with him.

Here is what it is written when I boot into HBOOT

***LOCKED***

SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-2.00.0002

RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M

eMMC-boot

Aug 22 2011, 15:22:13

My Device Software Information

Android version: 2.3.3

HTC sense: 2.1

Baseband: 20.480.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M

Build Number: 1.31.832.3 CL27073 release-keys

Software number: 1.31.832.3

I have been reading lately on this forums and I have found something about radios and an specific file called PG88IMG.zip which after I send my phone to root I think they left that one on my SD ... Do I have to do something with that file after or before rooting?

By the way, this are some .zip files they left on my SD Card..any idea if they can help in case of not being able to flash Endymion?

PG88IMG.zip

pyhton-extras.zip

python.zip

superuser_3.0_update.zip

update-cm-7.1.0-DesireS-signed
[HTC Desire S] mikeyd85:
Download Endymion: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1310845

And be happy! :)
[HTC Desire S] Bulkatos:
For better help it would be great if you can post your HBOOT Version. TO check them

-shutdown your phone,

-remove battery for 10sec

-insert battery

-push vol-down and power buttom at the same time

your phone will boot into HBOOT

Please post what is written there.
[HTC Desire S] pzabet:
My recommendation might sound simple, but if you want Cyanogenmod installed, download it again, and try to flash it again. If you do not want Cyanogenmod anymore I'd suggest you flash Virtuous Affinity or Endymion.
[HTC Desire S] eyahl:
That is what you need to do!

Sent by my fingers to your head.
[HTC Desire S] lost.in.china:
My HBOOT

Here is what it is written when I boot into HBOOT

***LOCKED***

SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-2.00.0002

RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M

eMMC-boot

Aug 22 2011, 15:22:13

I have been reading lately on this forums and I have found something about radios and an specific file called PG88IMG.zip which after I send my phone to root I think they left that one on my SD ...

Do I have to do something with that file after or before rooting?

By the way, this are some .zip files they left on my SD Card..any idea if they can help in case of not being able to flash Endymion?

PG88IMG.zip

pyhton-extras.zip

python.zip

superuser_3.0_update.zip

update-cm-7.1.0-DesireS-signed

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU..I didnt expected such a fast answer! :D
[HTC Desire S] Bulkatos:
The good thing is that your phone is already S-OFF. That's important for flashing ROMs.

The easy way now is to boot your phone normal. Go to play Store and install ROM Manager. This tool helps you to install the clockwork mod recovery. After that you can easily install a rom you want. For example CyanogenMod or Endymon.

I'm now on the road, so I have no links. But I hope I could help you.
[HTC Desire S] lost.in.china:
Hey Bulkatos, thanks for your quick replies! I already have ROM Manager. Do you recommend me to install Endemion from ROM MANAGER (Install Rom from SD CARD) ... or take this method? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1176483

Thanks!
[HTC Desire S] eyahl:
Everything looks good so far. Since you're s-off and already have ROM manager you're ready to go. Make sure you have clockwork mod recovery installed and follow the tutorial in the guide you already found (very good! Most people seem to ignore all those guides)

I think you can delete those files at the bottom of you're Sd card. But better leave pg88img.zip where it is.

btw, welcome on xda :-)

Edit: I don't think the Chinese "geek guy" has done a bad job. he flashed an old ROM, and that is what you got confused by.

Sent by my fingers to your head.
[HTC Desire S] Bulkatos:
You're welcome :)

I definitely recommend to use the ROM Manager, because this is a useful tool for newbies (no shame ;)). This way your damage risk is the lowest level. I recommend to 'Flash ClockworkMod Recovery' in ROM Manager. After that just use 'Install ROM from SD-Card'. You can test different ROMS from this Forum. With the BackUp function in ROM MAnager you can easily test diff. ROMs and restore your daily/favorite ROM.

For my first touch with this i used the tutorial from the canogenmod wiki: Method via ROM Manager

Because of the PG88IMG.zip File: This is the Radio. This is flashed in Fastboot (not Recovery). You can delete it, no need at this moment. More infos about here: [RADIO] HTC Desire S Radios [PG88IMG.zip]

Greetings Bulkatos
[HTC Desire S] lost.in.china:
You XDA Developers guys rock! I am really impressed and happy for the fast replies and the helping attitude! Keep up the good work!
[HTC Desire S] n0elite:
By the way, how do you end up in Nanjing?
[HTC Desire S] lost.in.china:
I am studying the Chinese language :)
[HTC Desire S] lost.in.china:
I am using CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY

Ok I really have a big problem...and it is the same problem I used to had before.

I made everything as said in the NOOB guide to COMPLETELY wiped the data.

Download Endymion...checked the MD5SUSMS and matched...added to my SDCARD and at the moment of installing it from the .zip it said:

-- Installing: /sdcard/Endymion_V3.1_base_release.zip

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

E:Can't open /sdcard/Endymion_V3.1_base_release.zip

(bad)

Installation Aborted.

So...I tried with the CyanogenmodROM and it gaves me the same answer.

When I try to go back to back and RESTORE my last ROM it says that MD5SUMS mismatch, eventhough I havent changed anything on the files!

And the worst thing is that now how I wiped out all my data my phone hangs on the HTC logo when I turned it on

WHAT CAN I DO?? Please help me! :confused:
[HTC Desire S] Bulkatos:
In the past, sometimes I had the same issue. When the restore says, that the md5sum not match, something goes wrong in this backup. For me it was a aborted backup. I think this backup is out of work.

The error:

E:Can't open /sdcard/Endymion_V3.1_base_release.zip

(bad)

Don't now why this happend. For me it happend one time, but then never. I just downloaded the ROM again and then it worked.

You can also try 4EXT Recovery. THis is an other Recovery. Instructions here [TOUCHCOVERY] 4EXT Recovery Touch

Have you tried annother ROM, then Endymion?

Edit1: IT Seems that something is wrong with the zip. Try to load it again or try an other one.

Edit2: I found some people with the same error and they said that to format the sd-card would help. You can try it.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Ensure that you check the m5d sum of the file when it's on the sd card itself not just after download

Have you another sd card that you could use just to rule that out?

Would also suggest changing your recovery to 4ext, although that is just personal preference

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[HTC Desire S] lost.in.china:
I tried Cyanogenmod, but couldnt also...and now how I wiped out all my data my phone hangs on the HTC logo when I turned it on :(

What can I do? How can I change to 4ext recovery without entering the rom? Thanks for your help.
[HTC Desire S] MarcovitchZA:
You have to flash boot.img separately via adb
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
No he does not, as he is already s-off, this us only the case for s-on phones unlocked via HTCdev

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[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Question

If you go into recovery and format/wipe all of the devices partitions

system

cache

Data

Boot

do you get any errors?

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[HTC Desire S] Bulkatos:
Thats all sounds quit strange. Now i will write down, what i think what would help

1. Shutdown your phone and remove the battery

2. Remove the SD-Card and conect them with your PC with card-reader

3. Remove all the zips from SD, also the PG88IMG.zip

4. Disconnect the SD Card and put them in your phone

5. Reboot into HBOOT with Vol-Down and Powerbuttom at the same time

6. In HBOOT navigate to Recovery (Up/Down with Vol-Keys, OK(select) with Power-Key). Your phone will boot into ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM)

7. In CWM choose 'wipe data/factory reset' THis will delete all personal and ROM-based data from System

8. after success go to 'mounts and storage' and select 'format /sdcard'. This will delete all data from SDCard. So backup your photos before you do this

9. 'Power Off' your phone. Remove SDCard and connect them with pc via cardreader

10. Put your favorite ROM (the zip-File) in the root of your SDCard.

11. Now check the MD5SUM (when the zip is on SD!! NOT on PC, because something could going wrong by moving to SD ;))

12. Reboot in CWM. Written in point 6.

13. Choose 'install zip from sdcard', select your favorite ROM.zip

14. After Finish reboot your phone normaly. Now everything should be fine

I realy hope that this tut will help you. If not i'm on the end of my knowlegde and someother should help you.

greetings Bulkatos
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
As others already said, the issue is either with the ZIP or your SD Card. Check the MD5 of your ROM, or just try to open/extract in your PC. If you get an error, then it's surely the ROM, for some reason the download couldn't complete. If the ZIP extracts without errors and the MD5 matches, then try formatting the SD card.
[HTC Desire S] Bulkatos:
@shrome99: Could it be that these "Pseudogeek" unlocked his phone using HTCdev, means he has to flash the boot.img seperatly?

Well, if so, then this Thread would help: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1525100

I'm a little confused of the "***LOCKED***" part in the start of hboot. Normaly there is standing "***UNLOCKED***", it isn't?
[HTC Desire S] eyahl:
Nope, locked is good. Pseudogeek didn't use htcdev because the phone is s-off

Sent by my fingers to your head.
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
The locked doesn't matter, because he is s-off.

If you upgrade your 0.98... S-off bootloader to the 2.00... S-off one it will be Locked, but you don't have to care about it, because you are already s-off and s-off weights more than locked.

The locked would just turn to unlocked if he also uses htcdev, but ....

All ambiguities cleared?^^
[HTC Desire S] Bulkatos:
Ah, k. Thanks for clarify. So, then i think this should work:
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
I thought that was clear ;) :D

Soon people won't even remember what S-OFF is....

any progress update from OP....

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[HTC Desire S] lost.in.china:
SOLVED

Ok Mythbusters...this problem has been SOLVED...as you guys said

it was a problem with the SD Card

. I bought a new SD Card, copied the Endymion.zip Rom in that new one, flashed from recovery..and everything runned smooth and how it is supposed to be!

Thank you very much to everyone that helped! :D
[HTC Desire S] Bulkatos:
You're welcome :-)
[HTC Desire S] eyahl:
Wow, congratulations.

I did not expect a solution that fast.

Sent by my fingers to your head.
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
You can still use your old SD card if you want for next time!

I gues that it has probably become corrupted, try formatting it. Then it should still be usable!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fulii:
Hey there!

Is there any way to get camera apps working on ICS like doodle camera or paper camere both says can't acces camera.

im on latest nightly

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MetalPainis:
If by latest nightly you mean pawitp's CM9 nightly_0415, I can tell you that I have no problem using any app that uses the camera. Just 4 u I checked twice with instagram, comic camera and goggles. I never had any problem with any camera app since the early teamhacksung alphas and also the nightlys all worked without fc's aso. Maybe you can provide a little more details on kernel, rom, phone ... ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fulii:
not 0415 but 0412 and devil kernel bigmem with the patch

instagram works and goggles too but i was talkin about those two app

they say cant acces the camera
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swent:
So maybe they are not updated for ICS yet?

Maybe google changed stuff and now some apps need an update to work with the new framework.
[HTC One X] jatipton:
Will I be able to get it to work on Sprint's network here state side? I live in California and can get a great deal while I am here in Taiwan :)

I just know sprint doesn't have sim cards but there must be a way right? Also if not on sprint if I had to last resort go to another carrier?

Thanks in advance.
[HTC One X] Bomaster:
Sprint

No you can't use a gsm phone on cdma system. Sprint uses a different system then att or tmobile, which are gsm. The only hope for you if on sprint is if sprint themselves release this phone and if I have read correctly it might not be the quad variant. So save your money till you get home.
[HTC One X] 1earful:
alternate carrier might be at&t. you can buy a micro-sim on amazon and even go for a relatively cheap prepaid phone plan. or buy the micro-sim from net10 and go for their $50/month everything "unlimited" plan - which we all know for most carriers still means limited data, you just have to find out at which point they kick you off. from what i've read, there's a similar possibility on straight-talk. i think net10 and straight-talk use the at&t towers on gsm. (on cdma, net10 where i live uses the sprint system.) i went for the at&t plan - $2/day unlimited talk/text when used (i don't talk or text that often) and a data plan (they come in different sizes/prices).
[HTC One X] joshnichols189:
As stated, Sprint uses CDMA. Most of the world uses GSM. The international One X will never work on Sprint.
[HTC EVO 3D] P.Mobile:
so i have read a bunch of diff answers about this.. i did the ##3282# did the hole msl thing went into advanced then went down to (access overload class) mine was already on "0" so i google it and read it was not supposed to be on 0.. then read somewhere else that its supposed to end in the last number of your phone number??? just looking for the rite answer:D should i leave it at 0 or change it?? i did buy my 3d off CL and it was already rooted so the dude that had it before me could have changed it?? thanks :)
[HTC EVO 3D] mnomaanw:
I done know what it is supposed to be but mine is 6 and my phone number does not end with 0
[HTC EVO 3D] P.Mobile:
???? need to find out why mines is 0???
[HTC EVO 3D] patrao_n:
It really does not matter. Usually it's the last number sometimes not. If there were an emergency all of them are not on priority anyways. You can change it using qpst.
[HTC EVO 3D] P.Mobile:
so its ok if i leave it at 0??
[HTC EVO 3D] patrao_n:
Yeppers. Anything. 10 and above is going to be used for emergency personell so ya 0 is fine
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] redamen:
I have problem with PCC (attach).:(

please, help!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] festa20:
Right what is the problem as I can't see nothing wrong with pic
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] redamen:
Here is a problem. I cant see buttons.

Using W7x64 Ultimate, all updates installed.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] festa20:
Haha: yea lol I'm tired

I reckon if he reboots comp will probably work again
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gm007:
Try to install pcc again, or the Windows software is corrupted.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] hush66:
I had the same exact problem last year on my Win XP setup. It was resolved only after I bought a new PC and upgraded to Win 7. The problem is further discussed here: http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/178835#178835

Might be an issue with Java.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nikolai_D:
Hi all,

Since a view month i have an HTC Dream G1. I have bought it second hand aleady rooted.

It had Hero ROM on it. And it was awfully slow. So i have looked around and found an ROM (froyobylazslo) that supposed to be good combination of recent and pretty good working (ok speed) ROM. But it was still rebooting sometimes. So i looked around once more trying to find older ROM so that it would work faster and stabler. And came across ginger yoshi. Tryed it to. And it rebooted to sometimes. I also had downloaded older cyanogen builds. 4 and 5 but they dont boot up at all. Maybe it has something to do with the radio that i have on it or something.

Here are the things like radio and spl that i have on it:

DREAM PVT 32B SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-1.33.0013d (DREA11000)

CPLD-4

RADIO-2.22.27.08

Oct 21 2009,22:33:27

Any suggestions how i can get back to some older ROM? I guess it has no sence to unroot the phone to be able to do it? And i guess i just need some good radio version that would be compatible with and older ROM? Any Donut / or maybe Eclair stable ROM u can suggest i can install? Or what do i have to do to be able to install CM 4 or 5 on it?

Thanks in advance,

Nikolai
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
you have a ram hack created by your spl(1.33.0013d)

older roms will need a custom kernel flashed above them.

try searching for super e -- download this one

now search in the developers forum for ezterrys thread on the 2708+ update

here you will understand what you have and why you dont want to get rid of it (dont unroot or change radio/spl)

you will also find kernels that can be flashed over older roms

try the biffmodtestkernel

i feel you should be happy after this
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nikolai_D:
basically this 2708+ thing i did myself, because fbl needed that. (it had something else before) But i dont clearly remember what it was again. :) ill check the super e (i think this is not the first time i hear about that).

cheers :D
[Acer Iconia A500] Ren1992:
Hi, I need help with the CWM.

All started, when I download and installed Acer_av041_a500_1.031.00_ww_gen1.

and I don't like it, and wanted to return to 3.2.1 but I can't because the CWM was broken with de android "logo" backwards with a red triangle. I have searched extensively around the forum for solutions and trying everything, but nothing works, so I resorted to posting and asking for help, I have tried:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1307539

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1516012

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1522384

Clockworkmod, speedboot, acer recovery, and many others, i'm a noob, for exeample, in "Installing the unlocked bootloader and fixing broken recovery in leaked ICS" the "dmesg>/mnt/external_sd/dmesg.txt" I don't have it :(

I need help please... Sorry for mi bad english i'm from spain.

SOLVED, THANKS ALL
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
The command in terminal: dmesg > /mnt/sdcard/dmesg.txt has to be issued in terminal within few seconds after you reboot the system.

You can't wait 1 minute or 2 minutes, because of the way dmesg works.

You will have to do this several times after the operating system boots. And you may have to re-boot several times for it to work. Just keep trying it, and eventually you will get your dmesg. It takes practice.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
yeh, dmesg didnt work for me, i couldnt find the serialno. line

If you downloaded the "root-3.2.1v4.zip" from step 1 of jazzyjames post - inside that is a folder named 'Test' inside is test.cmd, run that from your pc when you've connected your tab with the usb cable - this command will give you your uid - write it down and put a zero in front of it to get the cpuid. Now disconnect your tab from your pc and run PBJ20upgrade.exe and WAIT for the "cannot detect your iconia tab" screen - you should be all good from there.

IF you cannot get test.cmd to give you your device ID then the adb drivers are not correctly installed. This method works best with Win7 but drivers for XP and vista are provided in the "usbpcdriver" folder, run setup.exe then reboot.

Ideally you want the device ID from test.cmd as then you will have no prob flashing the upgrade/downgrade

If you still cant get it then in the "USB Tools" folder is an application that will show you all USB devices that have been plugged into your PC. Unzip that and run it - look for Vendor ID 0502 Product ID 3325 and use the number listed under "Serial Number". There may be 2 different ones there so try both - and dont forget to put the zero in front!!! Good luck:)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heile1975:
How can I turn off the vibration on start?

S-off
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bortak:
You can't.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heile1975:
Ok... Thx
[Android Themes] ramzixp:
ICS goLocker is Ice Cream Sandwich theme for Go Locker!

Slide to unlock technology from iPhones mixed with ICS (Android 4.0).

GoLocker theme included:

-custom ICS font clock

-battery checker, when it's 10% alarm

-slider "slide to unlock" themed to ICS blue beauty

-calls counter

-messages counter

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.di.ics.golocker&hl=en

Check it ;)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Wurstwa55er:
hello,

can anybody pls tell me how much is YOUR internal storage on the

U8800pro?

for the normal X5 (U8800) wiki says 600MB and 2GB flash

8800+/pro is claimed to have 4GB flash and more internal, too.

At least my Pro says 0,9GB internal free

but only 1,55GB internal SD/flash available

so my pro obviously has only about 2GB internal - not 4 :(

(I just updated to the last official 2.3.5 (B57) (3/2012) and left the phone untouched so far)

any other experiences with this rom ... hints?

thx
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Wurstwa55er:
21 hits and no one with a pro?

I just went back to B540 - but still 1,5GB internal :confused:

(...switch back to B572 again now)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] OliverB95:
My 8800 Pro (Titan?) has 1,56 GB on internal SD-card, and 544 MB on internal storage.

I found it under Settings > Storage space ("Lagerplads" in Danish, I don't know what it's exactly called in the English version). Maybe that is why it isn't the same as yours :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Wurstwa55er:
Thanks Oliver,

that is the same, maybe your internal is only 544 because of installed apps?

mine is clean so far (0,9GB)

But my point is the small internal SD (1,5 vs 4GB claimed)

never mentioned that before....

Edit:

meanwhile I found another pro-user,

also 1,56GB

well, if we were nasty, we could call it scam ;)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] OliverB95:
Yes, I have some installed apps :)