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[Android General] xdadeem:
yes to scatter text

Yes pls... I would like the correct scatter txt for the phone, it might just save me a lot of trouble.

How about the other items like uboot, logo, and all those things.

a question here, how do yu suggest I flash the boot image beside using flashtool.. I knoe you did not have to do that since yu just got your phone but i may have to flash the boot.img in my own case.

however since yu will give me the other items including the correct scatter.text, I may just do it in the flashtool anyway.

thanks again.
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
Here's the scatter txt file for B63M.

If this doesn't work, maybe the recovery files on your SD card are damaged.

Probably you already tried it, but I would suggest to reinstall it on the card and flash it again.

Uboot, logo and so on will not help because they are only loaded from the rom you installed.
[Android General] xdadeem:
I will try this scatter text.

I understand reflashing recovery from SD card however as the video yu gave to me using mobileuncle, but that just goes straight into a blank screen.

To reflash the rom would require getting into recovery first, so yu see the dilema.

NB) When I click on the attachment, it opens a set of text in a tab but not downloading as a file...

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Now this is what i have done, I have saved the text as a scatter.txt

I have gone ahead to use flashtool to flash it, once I loaded the scatter txt it automatically loaded the boot.zip to from the same folder.

But I get an EBOOT ERROR : (16008)

Android Partition size changed

Hint:

Partial Images Download Error

The following partitions must be down FULL all together

:confused:
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
You can rightclick on the attachment and save as...

Perhaps then flash the scatter file and the custom recovery as well, not the boot.img

In my earlier message I ment the recovery files from the sd card, not the rom!

So after using myuncletools you get a blank screen and not the screen to wipe and install recovery.

That indicates that possibly the partitions already are messed up with your first attempt.

I fear that will be a hard nut to crack...
[Android General] xdadeem:
Yes after using mobileuncle (by the way its mobileuncle not myuncle tools, just to be sure we are on the same tool here)tools its the blank screen, when I tried flashing the scatter.txt and I now have an Eboot error and i think there is more trouble as yu said...

Well... I dont know what to do no more. I will keep you posted, all I need is just to have a recovery screen and these will be sorted.
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
Yeah, indeed we are talking about the same tool, I ust have the wrong term in my head.

At the moment i'm running out of ideas, since it is difficult to see what exactly is causing the problem.

Do you perhaps have another sd card at hand?

With my Wildfire I had a problem with that, it just would not flash from one of my cards.

Also remove the sim card when flashing, that sometimes also helps.
[Android General] xdadeem:
2nd SD

Oh yeah I have another sd card... I shd use that for the rom flashing right? so the question is which rom is best to flash... I have clockwork recovery, and the one you flashed, that is the 592zn one and so on, I guess all is good so let me go ahead and see what happens.

Well, I treid and its still same result.

I am seeking assistance from other forums aswell so I might get some responses but you here is the place I get the most assistance.

By the way.. did I mention that I once got recovery flashed just before these trouble started and them I was able to do a back-up which is in my sd card right now... is that of any use?
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
That would most certainly help!

Have a go with it and report the result here.

I think also on the Italian technoforum they could assist, there are some b63m experts.

No problem for asking in English, the speak it as well.

I use the Cyanogen modded fork rom from them and is working like a charm.
[Android General] xdadeem:
Question now is how do I flash these .img files... although there is no recovery.img maybe I did not back everything up, I only have cache.img, boot.img, data.img, system.img and nandroid.md5.
[Android General] balamu96m:
You can try clearing cache through terminal emulator.......
[Android General] balamu96m:
If your phone is not booting into recovery, then the one you flashed is not the one for your phone.......if you find a recovery which boots into recovery, then you are likely to get a working recovery soon!!!

Remember, if you flash a working recovery through mobileuncletools, the phone will reboot instantly and will boot into your recovery and will not be struck at the blank black screen.......
[Android General] balamu96m:
You'll get this error maybe because you're using a latest flashtool.......i'll try to upload the one i use and also there is a .bin file for all mtk6573 phones......i'll upload that one also.......then you can flash individual .img files........
[Android General] balamu96m:
Do you have that recovery with you now??

You can flash it with flashtool......the boot.img in this backup is vital for you because if your phone stops booting at your splash screen(on installing any bad .zip), you can flash this and make your phone boot.........
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
Well, it is strange, because he used the same recovery that worked fine in my b63m phone and in many others.

For now it is important to get a good boot.img in the phone again.

Stupid question perhaps, but do you still have root?

If that was also messed up during all the attemps to recover' I suggest to run Superoneclick again.
[Android General] xdadeem:
Yes to root

Not stupid question, but yes I already gave myself root again using superoneclick, so I have always had root in all this proceess

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I have wiped the cache with link2sd.apk, but this is what it does, it wiped app cache and wiped dalvik cache, found 3 unwanted stuffs and removed them.

How do I use the terminal emulator to wipe cache?
[Android General] xdadeem:
Ok helpers... whats about a Factory Data reset?
[Android General] balamu96m:
Try googling.... :p

About factory reset, it just will help u wipe all your data...
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
Just for my piece of mind, you already tried the flash tool with the scatter file and the recovery file you earlier used yes?

So not the boot img but the recovery file from the SD card...

I'm running out f ideas now. But perhaps our friend from india has some more suggestions, since he is a developer.
[Android General] xdadeem:
Yes... flashng recovery.img using flashtool it tells me its successful and gives the green circle which means its OK but using flashtool your phone has to be switched off before you plug the usb cable into it within 12 or 14 seconds but then the trouble is phone just goes blank instead of rebooting to recovery when I later try to boot into recovery either manually or mobile uncletool from SD card, even ROM manager same thing (but flashtool said successful downloaded recovery.img)

Therefore I am suspecting that, is still the image trouble and that the phone may actually have gone into recovery but since I dont have visuals, just blank screen, I cant tell the difference.

So I really hope our Indian friend here would be able to offer me a solution.

NB) I am using the phone now tho, but it still suddenly freezes and reboots by itself, it does not appear to have any recovery as I cant boot into recovery and the blank screen is also what I get when I boot the phone normally, the splash screen and log or whatever is not visible I just hear the sound and the vibration and after the booting process I tap the power button twice and then i have a screen (after the boot process and not during).

I am sure its something minor, but since I dont knw these things I am helpless.
[Android General] balamu96m:
Friend,

If you have rooted your phone,

go to terminal emulator

and type

cat proc/mtd

now a list, something like the following will appear:

mtd0: 00480000 00020000 "preloader"

mtd1: 00480000 00020000 "dsp_bl"

mtd2: 00180000 00020000 "nvran"

mtd3: 00060000 00020000 "secconfg"

mtd4: 02940000 00020000 "uboot"

mtd5: 0cf80000 00020000 "boot"

mtd6: 0d020000 00020000 "recovery"

mtd7: 00180000 00020000 "secstatic"

mtd8: 00180000 00020000 "misc"

mtd9: 00180000 00020000 "logo"

mtd10: 00180000 00020000 "expdb"

mtd11: 00180000 00020000 "system"

mtd12: 00180000 00020000 "cache"

mtd13: 00180000 00020000 "userdata"

Try to save it (or) note it down.......

Now open your scatter-file.txt.....there just verify that the location of recovery is same as seen in terminal emulator (i.e) the line,

mtd(x) xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx. ......if you dont understand, give your scatter file & the output you got in terminal......this is to verify that the recovery you flash is going to the right location.....
[Android General] xdadeem:
Here is the terminal output

$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH

$ cat proc/mtd

dev: size erasesize name

mtd0: 00040000 00020000 "preloader"

mtd1: 000c0000 00020000 "dsp_bl"

mtd2: 00300000 00020000 "nvram"

mtd3: 00020000 00020000 "seccnfg"

mtd4: 00060000 00020000 "uboot"

mtd5: 00600000 00020000 "boot"

mtd6: 00600000 00020000 "recovery"

mtd7: 00120000 00020000 "secstatic"

mtd8: 00060000 00020000 "misc"

mtd9: 00300000 00020000 "logo"

mtd10: 000a0000 00020000 "expdb"

mtd11: 0dc00000 00020000 "system"

mtd12: 03c00000 00020000 "cache"

mtd13: 0c820000 00020000 "userdata"

$

Attached is the scatter text.
[Android General] xdadeem:
Its now the case that phone freezes mid way when I am doing something on it and reboots... something must be conflicting or not in the correct location and a lot of force close now happens... something strange is going on, if only I could boot into recovery and reflash ROM...
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
One more idea.

I noticed you use the flashtool to install your recoveryfile using the scatter file and a recovery .img.

Since I think that is the problem,

Could you try below?

1) download and unpack 592zn.com_recovery_B63M_MT65x3.img to the root of your SD card.

2) start mobileuncletools and choose Recovery Update (install recovery from SD card)

3) choose the above recovery image and wait to complete.

4) choose reboot into recovery mode

So don't use the flashtool, you don't need it!

By the way, I don't think youre partition is messed up, I have the same MTD's as you have:

mtd0: 00040000 00020000 "preloader"

mtd1: 000c0000 00020000 "dsp_bl"

mtd2: 00300000 00020000 "nvram"

mtd3: 00020000 00020000 "seccnfg"

mtd4: 00060000 00020000 "uboot"

mtd5: 00600000 00020000 "boot"

mtd6: 00600000 00020000 "recovery"

mtd7: 00120000 00020000 "secstatic"

mtd8: 00060000 00020000 "misc"

mtd9: 00300000 00020000 "logo"

mtd10: 000a0000 00020000 "expdb"

mtd11: 0dc00000 00020000 "system"

mtd12: 03c00000 00020000 "cache"

mtd13: 0c820000 00020000 "userdata"
[Android General] balamu96m:
the scatter file is Okay...

first try flashing this "recovery1.img" (get it here) with mobile uncle tools...........

check whether your phone boots into recovery (i think it will be stock android recovery)........

if it does, the try flashing this modded recovery:here

try n reply !!
[Android General] xdadeem:
Will reply asap

Thanks bro, I am a bit tied down at the moment, but will reply as usual once I have tried this out.

I really hopes it works.
[Android General] balamu96m:
okay !:)
[Android General] xdadeem:
Just tried it

I have just tried the first recovery1.img yu gave me, going thru mobileuncle tools, but my problems remains, that I cannot view see the screen when it reboots into recovery (that is if it actually reboots to recovery).

So the blank screen issues remains a pain and until I can get visuals them there may not be much to do.

Does this have something to do with boot.img or uboot.img or pre-loader etc??? because after boot is complete when I press the power button twice I will then be able to see my phone screen at that point, but not while reboot is happening.
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
If it helps, attached you find the boot.img that i made with my Nandroid backup.

Oh, and below the command to wipe the Dalvik cache using ADB.

Perhaps that could be helpfull also.

# adb remount

# adb shell rm -rf /system/sd/dalvik-cache
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
Another possibility to get the phone to it's original state, translated from the Technoforum (you are already there I saw)

http://www.technoforum.it/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=3032

How to Restore the original state B63M (version 2011) -

Ciaoos guys today I will explain how to install the original ROM B63m then the first thing you need to have the battery charge after you create or copy a folder in the SD B63m, with the name: AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAAACBANLc2NCufBz0lBUupztiXI7rUnhY3bOojTMmGD0SR68e8kK00EM5n0ghfpaDxayZD.zip, done that, download the file from here: ua time copy the downloaded file to the sd and then turn off your phone and follow this procedure:

1). Plug the USB cable or charger

2). Then press and hold the side keys "-" Press the button "Power" and go to boot

After a boot image will switch to automatic update.

3). The 'update will be done automatically, and will start automatically.

suggestions:

Initial startup will take a long WAIT time that you complete the transaction.

once you delete all the files AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAAACBANLc2NCufBz0lBUupztiXI7rUnhY3bOojTMmGD0SR68e8kK00EM5n0ghfpaDxayZD.zip the file update.zip from the SD.
[Android General] balamu96m:
Hey,when you are in your recovery, even with blank dark screen, did you try pressing 'Home' / 'Menu' / 'Back' / 'Volume up' / 'Volume Down' / 'Power button' / 'Camera Button' ???

When any of them is pressed, did you notice any changes ?? try it...

also try pressing them one by one and wait for 30s to 1 minute.......even if that doesn't work, try flashing the modded-recovery.img with mobile uncle tools......

Try n reply !
[Android General] xdadeem:
Something is not clear here, am I supposed to change the name of the update.zip into this one AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAAACBANLc2NCufBz0lBUupztiXI7rUnhY3bOojTMmGD0SR68e8kK00EM5n0ghfpaDxayZD.zip?
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
No, the way i read is that you should name the folder like that.

Inside the folder is the file update.zip
[Android General] xdadeem:
SO I have done that exactly,

- created a folder with the name: AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAAACBANLc2NCufBz0lBUupztiXI7rUnhY3b OojTMmGD0SR68e8kK00EM5n0ghfpaDxayZD.zip,

- download the update.zip file and copied into the folder

- follow the procedure

RESULT

Phone has just taken forever to boot up so I left it over night same way, this morning, nothing has changed, screen still off until I had to remove battery and restart phone while battery was almost depleted so nothing has changed.

I havent tried your boot image yet though because I have to move between Ubuntu and windows for that purpose.

balamu I have done everything you suggested, pressed the home soft key, scrolled up and down, pressed power button and it nothing at all.

I guess you guys have tried enough and I shd not bother you anymore, I might just have to live with my situation this way or throw the phone away when i get tired.
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
Pity it did not work, It could drive one crazy trying everything without result.

I copied the tutorial from Technoforum and they stated that it worked...

For me, I work also in a Linux environment (Mageia) and have Windows in a virtual machine - Virtualbox. That works pretty well.

In MobileUncle there is a choiche called Update Tool.

Have you tried to load your Update.zip file with it?
[Android General] xdadeem:
Thanks for being with me on this... the main challenge for me here is that once I try everything, even if it works I see nothing on the screen which is blank.. Like I said I am yet to try out the boot.img yu sent. I just need to have visuals and then I can take it from there.

The other serious issue is that the phone just restarts in the middle of me doing something, yesterday I was on a call and I just realised the other person wasnt there, actually my phone has gone off mid way and restarted.

Once I can get visuals during boot process, I cant then get the recovery sorted and then reflash rom again.

We keep checking out solutions.
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
OK, good luck with trying.

Please also give this one a go:

In MobileUncle there is a choiche called Update Tool.

Have you tried to load your Update.zip file with it?

By the way, I was looking around in mobileuncle tools and stumbled at a display setting in Engineer mode called "lcd off" tried it and it gave me a heartattack, I got a blank black screen.

I removed the battery and it started back up normally... now my blood pressure is back to normal.

Have a look at it and try "lcd on". Perhaps it is a more permanent setting.
[Android General] balamu96m:
Final try would be this,

Give me your build.prop.....

If i think the hardware is similar to mine, then you try flashing your phone by following this tutorial: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24516131

I'll compare & tell you.......
[Android General] xdadeem:
How or where to I get the build.prop?

If this is what yu mean... Build number is pulid_F1 20111205-193323

In addition, Baseband version is MAUI.11AMD.W11.37.SP.V4.F1.P1,

2011/11/23/23:57

Android Version is 2.3.5

Kernel Version

2.6.35.7

user@linux-user #1

Tue Jan 10 20:15:01 CST 2012.

Have yu got what yu asked or if not how do I find it for you?

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Actually I have two mobile uncle versions on my phone right now, the one in the vid you gave earlier and the other one that had the update tool (you know that not both has the same menu content but they do same thing tho).

Well, I have just looked into the lcd off and on thingy, I only clicked the on and left the off untouched so I dont get into more trouble.
[Android General] balamu96m:
build.prop will be in your system folder in root....just copy it with root explorer to sd card and upload it here.....
[Android General] xdadeem:
My phone is B63M and does not have the back and or Menu buttons, its used soft keys which is functional when the phone is on.
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
I can upload my build.prop tomorrow, we have exact the same device.

I'm not at home now...
[Android General] xdadeem:
here it is attached?

made a text and a doc format.
[Android General] xdadeem:
here is mine attached already to balamu... curious to see if its different from yours.
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
I compared them and there are some differences in below section:

# ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES

#

#Render UI with GPU

debug.sf.hw=1

#Save battery

wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=180

pm.sleep_mode=1

ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=0

#Increase overall touch performance

debug.performance.tuning=1

video.accelerate.hw=1

#Raise photo and video recording quality

ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=8000000

ro.media.Inc.hprof.vid.bps=8000000

#Signal (3G) tweaks

ro.ril.hsxpa=2

ro.ril.gprsclass=10

ro.ril.hep=1

ro.ril.enable.dtm=1

ro.ril.hsdpa.category=10

ro.ril.enable.a53=1

ro.ril.enable.3g.prefix=1

ro.ril.htcmaskw1.bitmask=4294967295

ro.ril.htcmaskw1=14449

ro.ril.hsupa.category=5

Perhaps our Friend from India knows how to integrate this into your build.prop, since I have exacly the same phone as you have.

The only difference is that I have the ROM called Bluelight from Beppeo installed
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
And here's the complete one.
[Android General] xdadeem:
thanks, so I can just copy paste your one and save?
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
Hmmm, I would not just paste this one, since I suspect you have another rom installed and in Build.prop the specs of the rom are also used.

Perhaps it is a good idea to just paste the part that differs from your build.prop as I posted earlier (#additional_build_properties)

Or you should install the Bluelight rom usung Mobileuncle tools.

Then the Build.prop should be 1 to 1.
[Android General] balamu96m:
Friends, i'm quite sure that your phone's hardware specs are quite different from that of mine.......so you can't follow the guide that i pointed out........

So try this.......

using root explorer check whether you have a file named "recovery-from-boot.p" in /system/

if you have a file like that, then move it from that place to some place in your sdcard....but that file should not be there in /system/ folder......

check n reply!!
[Android General] xdadeem:
Bluelight vs Golight

Ah ok... if you mean GoLight ROM thats the one I'd love to install myself but since I cant even see if my phone gets to recovery or not (you said Bluelight, is that another ROM? also for our phones)

I have just used flash tool on my phone again so let me just post the build.prop back to you and see if there is still differences, then once I know I can decided on how to proceed with editing it.

Currently I have used the W690 Pulid_F1 to flash and I used a different boot.img as the pulid one boot.img did not seem to work.
[Android General] balamu96m:
Hey xdadeem, good news for you !!

I found your mobile's stock firmware......i'll upload it in 20 minutes an hour or so!!

You can flash it with flashtools !!!:D
[Android General] Henkdrenth:
Yeah, ROM b63m 2011 V.0.4_BlueLight_by_Beppeo is a rom especially made for our phones and it works OK.

This is the link.

You can flash it using Mobileuncle tools, option is called "update tool"

Also maybe good to wait for Balamu96m first.
[Android General] xdadeem:
Balamu... pls do you know how I might be able to integrate this into my build.prop? I understand care need to be taken when dealing with this part of the phone.

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Wow, I love goodnews... so I am waiting.

To answer yur ealier question, I do not have the file called "recovery-from-boot.p" in /system/

So I will just wait on you before any other actions.
[Android General] balamu96m:
so here it is : http://www.mediafire.com/?ay6ex51pnb0t5fx

Now, this will most probably work !!:D

Download the file : MP_MT73_W690_F1_PULID_V3_20111205-193323_ZJY_PC.rar

Extract it.

Then open Flashtools and then load the 'MT6573_Android_scatter.txt' located at extracted folder/MP_MT73_W690_F1_PULID_V3_20111205-193323_ZJY_PC

Other files will load automatically....the flash it normally, as you did earlier by clicking Format->Download button !

Hope this solves your problem !!

Try n reply !!
[Android General] xdadeem:
Ermmm, wait a bit... I do have this firmware... its the one I have used currently.

These are the challenges I have.

- Ihave always been casreful not to mess things up further so I only use the download button. ARE YOU SAYING I HAVE TO USE THE FORMAT--> DOWNLOAD INSTEAD? what doe this do differently from the download button?

- At the times when I have used the DOWNLOAD button and all the files have been loaded, when I click on download, it just keeps searching until I have to untick the pre-loader, the bsp (that is untick the the top and second boxes), only then it works and asks me to plug in my usb.

- So now, I will just get the file again, from this link, just in case and I turn off my phone, do the normal things of loading scatter.txt and use the FORMAT--> DOWNLOAD INSTEAD, is this correct?
[Android General] balamu96m:
Format download should be used when we are flashing full firmware because it will erase the existing files and flash things newly.......

If you have this one already, make sure you have all the files...........

Try flashing using format->download, without unticking anything...............