yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
Boot to recovery, do a factory reset, try booting again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shapiro117:
no luck, it still gets stuck on the logo
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
I am out of answers as to how to get your stock going again.

The only thing I can suggest is to try flashing the cyanogenmod ROM plus gapps and see if it goes. Don't forget to follow all the clearing instructions in post 10.

Sorry.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shapiro117:
damn, its alright man thanks for the advice though
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mandojr1:
I'm wondering if you can do this without having the phone unlocked I just got it from tmobile but wanted to root it and if you can charge it at all with the wall charges
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
I believe folks have done that. Read back over this thread. I don't know as I didn't do that myself - I always unlock phones first as I assume I will want to at some point try a different SIM to test something. Let us know!

EDIT : The charge works differently after you flash the recovery on to it. I suppose you could just run the update if the stock recovery will allow that. dunno!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MegaAtomBomb:
I was able to root and flash cyanogenmod 7 on mine without unlocking it. You can charge it with the wall charger but as has been noticed if you try to charge it while it's off it will boot in to recovery. I am not sure if it charges when it does this but I assume that it does.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mandojr1:
Oh alright thanks I finally went through with rooting it, everything went smoothly :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
Thanks folks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wantingtolearn:
New

HI

i'm new to rooting phones this would be my first one ever is there a post where i can learn the terminology before I try anything, or should i just go for it ?

Thank you for your help! :laugh:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MegaAtomBomb:
this should help http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1118120
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Unlock after root and CM7 install ?

UPDATE: did a backup of current CM7, did an erase, restored from original factory backup, did the unlock , erased again, did a restore from CM7 backup, worked great.

Question: Did not unlock before root, have used CM7 successfully for a few months. Have the unlock code now (did not need the unlock then but useful now)

Non-TMO SIM does not trigger the popup for SIM unlock code entry (acts as if no SIM card is installed)

Do I just install stock rom , unlock and then re-install CM7 ? or something else ? or is this a no-go ?

Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
What SIM are you trying to use?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Unlocking successful

It was AT&T SIM , its all working now. was mot sure about the steps to unlock after installing CM7, thankfully had a backup of the original ROM and did what I mentioned in my UPDATE above and was able to unlock it and then went back to CM7 with no issues. I thank the folks on this thread that have been so helpful!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
- glad you figured it out - I wouldn't have known what to do...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnmarsford:
Thanks for your guys' kindly help. I root my my huawei phone successfully, too.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferranbg:
Hi gokhsam, I'm actualy in the same situation, trying to unlock a mobile to use it with an AT&T sim, but I can't find the backup, I guess I lost it when I format the OS not long time ago.

Any way you can share your original ROM?

Thanks buddy
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
would a clockworkmod "backup" be of any use? I could put it up on google share.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferranbg:
I do think so, at least it's worth giving a shot if you can.

Thanks in advance:good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
been so long since I've used it. Access

https://drive.google.com/#folders/0B1vZguAk6jlwMS1WVmdkTUlIdUU

and see if it allows you to d/l that 2012-08-05 thing ... then put in on your SD card and boot to CWM and use backup/recovery to recover it. Probably want to do a factory reset before the restore but I've forgotten.

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I'm heading out for a while. Later!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferranbg:
weird, MD5 mismatch

thanks for your help though
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
I didn't know there was a MD5 to check it against. Where did you get it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pixelado:
It's a known issue. Basically, you're not supposed to restore backups created on other phones.

This might do the trick, but be careful. As the post states, the MD5 mismatch could indicate something went wrong when copying or downloading the backup. Overriding the MD5 on a broken backup can be... bad for your health :P

Took the idea from this rather old article: http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...y-fit-gt-5670-clockworkmod-md5-mismatch-woes/

:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:

BTW I bricked a Prism last week :( black screen with dim backlight, no fastboot, no recovery, no nothing. Been scouring the earth looking for someone who's able to bring it back to life but no luck.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pixelado:
Well I finally found a repair shop, they're going to flash a new bootloader on it via jtag. They're literally charging me out of the nose for it, and I'm afraid I could screw it up all over again.

Btw I bricked it when following another tutorial (not this one) which showed how to "debrand" the phone. Bad stuff happened, and now I'm too scared to try flashing cm again :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pariahcomplex:
quick question, been getting roms here for a bit now, phone and tab, just picked up 2 prisms because I needed cell's again and nothing expensive but the space limitation is ridiculous on this I need to rom to debloat, so what I need to know is do I need to unlock to cwm and root like mentioned in the very beginning of thread, or can I just go straight to cw without buying an unlock code, thanks in advance

edit: read further into the thread and got my answer, time to root
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbob857:
Hey Kris, did the operator give you the unlock code, or where did you get it? Do you think an unlocked phone will accept foreign sims abroad?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
a) what's an "operator"?

b) I believe I bought my unlock code from

http://www.worldgsmcodes.com/huawei/Huawei-Astro-U8651-network-unlock-code/

c) I applied it :

d) once you do this it will accept any SIM, afaik.

Remember that the SIM must pertain to a carrier that uses the frequencies of the radios in the Prism.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbob857:
Great, thanks!

By operator I just mean Tmobile or whatever, with other phones they're obliged to give you the unlock code after a certain number of months.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
LOL - they may be obliged to, but ... For me this was by far the simpler approach. I am TMO phobic and I have not had good success talking with them via phone. ymmv. Do whatever you want! I no longer use the Prism but keep it for testing. I use an Atrix with AirVoice (ATT MVNO).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajaxmonkey:
Is their a sure fire way to root the T-Mobile prism without brick or freeze?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
In my humble opinion, there is NO sure fire way to root or make any modification to ANY phone without a brick or freeze. There is ALWAYS a chance.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fishwiz45:
awesome thread!

The step by step procedure in this thread was very helpful in rooting and flashing my summit! I'm now happily running cyanogen 7.2 without having to sign up for a data plan from tmobile. The only problem i had following this tutorial was that the hauwei driver that was linked would not work on my windows xp computer. I tried for several hours to get my phone recognized by my pc with no luck. The next day i tried the same procedure on a windows 7 machine, and within a few minutes i was in business with a success story of my own. Thx!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
yup. Huaweis weren't around when XP was around...... Glad you found a computer with 7!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krammagg:
MAC Address problems

Hey everyone.

So I've had the Huawei Summit rooted and running CM 7.2 for about 5 months. Recently, someone else in my family got the same device and I rooted it in exactly the same manner. Everything seemed great until I realized that the two devices apparently have the same MAC address now. Is this a result of the ROM itself, and is there a way that I can fix it?

Thanks in advance!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Linkisaboss77:
Yup its the rom. Im not sure what post it is but somebody posted a fix for it in the cyanogenmod rom thread linked to in post 10:D Just be careful to follow only the directions so nothing else gets messed up!

Edit: its post 15
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krammagg:
Thank you so much! I will give it a try.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Linkisaboss77:
Ya for sure! Let us know how it goes.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] James L:
For anyone having issues with the update file as I did doing a root on a prism today.

Simple solution put superuser 3.0.7 efghi on your sd card than boot into recovery and flash su as normal and success!

A big thank you for this root process!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajaxmonkey:
Is there a link to the root?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] papikev:
just to verify, my friends phone has a tmobile sim card, do I still need to purchase the unlocker code before rooting, or is it just for the phones without a tmo sim card that the op (post 10) is referring to. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tork0112:
rooted, rom question

Ive got root, and backed up. I'm mainly wondering if the CM 10.1 will work on the prism? Or just stick with the 7.2.

I had 7.2 on my galaxy s that I use and just yesterday flashed 10.1 on it and like it so far.

Also, via the instruction in this post, it is said that phone should be unlocked BEFORE. I am curious why, and in reading among the other replys, it was mentioned that "if it worked, you must already be unlocked". This prism wasnt unlocked and everything flashed like a charm!!

Great tutorial , especially for noobs like me. I've successfully rooted a few different model phones, and like finding new roms, but am not very experienced in some areas.

as the 10.1 is fairly recently released, there isnt much on it about the prism. or anything at all.

For all i know, the prism android version may be wrong for the 10.1. Again, a noob and just dont know. haha

thanks.

Aaron
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tork0112:
So.. Installed 7.2 from download link and gapps..... And , where's the keyboard?? Hahaha. Where'd it go??? Lol

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Well. Found it. Just reflashed cm zip again . I guess sometimes it takes a few tries.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kroeger111:
Hello,

I am trying to unlock a Huawei U8651T (T-Mobile Prism) for use with sprint.

Can someone help me as to how I can unlock this phone.

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tork0112:
There are directions on how to flash them to sprint. I haven't done it as I Dont use sprint. Just try searching flash prism to sprint, I found lots of links on Google.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] papikev:
Hi, trying to root my friends summit, did you have to get the unlocker code for it before you rooted? Tried running the process in the op, but it never seems to be able to install the recovery. Thanks for any help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbob857:
**** is there any way to unlock after rooting? I need to use another sim and now it won't work...

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Ok am thinking of following this method. A few questions before I proceed:

1) The backup included in the instructions for original rooting: how can this be reapplied? Will this bring back the stock rom? Are any preparations necessary before doing this (wiping caches etc)?

2) If this does not include the stock rom, I've found one online, so is the process of reinstalling the stock rom temporarily to unlock phone very complicated?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrenchman76:
zip files

I am a total noob, and Im sorry about that. In post #10 when you talk about expanding, is that the same as unziping? If so do I only unzip the first file you talk about and leave the rest zipped when I put them on the SD card? Sorry for such a noob question and thank you in advance.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
Good catch and welcome to the forum!!! Yes, you are correct - the only one that gets unzipped is the U8651 module. The rest go on the SD card in .zip form.

I edited post 10, but if you see more problems, holler!!!

Thanks!!! :highfive:

I'm heading out for a few hours but will check in then.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrenchman76:
Rooting the summit

Kris, Thank You. Me, and a lot of people with the summit are looking to get google play on their phone. Will rooting my stock rom allow this, or do I need the Cyanogenmod rom? And if I need the Cyanogenmod rom, do I NOT install the update.zip to root the current rom? Sorry for all the questions. Looking to just be able to get and use some apps the easiest and safest way, nothing else fancy. Thanks again so much.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
1 odd that the summit doesn't come with Play. How does it get new apps?

2. Follow the steps in post 10.

Unlock your phone (buy an unlock code and use a non-tmo mvno SIM card).

Put on recovery.

Run update to root your phone.

Back up your phone (no guarantee that this will save anything usable - this is all at your own risk!

Test boot to your ROM to assure that it's okay.

Then if you only want Play, flash (boot to recovery and "install zip from SD card") the gapps zip. - I THINK that should work, but NO guarantees!

3-infinity - folks are often asking if they can get around unlocking their phone. My answer is always "NO". Do the steps provided in post 10. Other than that I really have no knowledge/idea/experience/thoughts/opinions.

Hope that helps!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrenchman76:
Summit

Thats what sucks about the summit. You can't get apps. Only what came on the phone. You were able to buy it without a data plan, so they stripped google play and the ability to sideload apps out of it. So besides the couple that came on it, you can't get apps. Thats what Im trying to get, some apps! Thanks so much for all your help!!!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
Let me know if you have any success...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrenchman76:
Summit

Sure will. Will be trying soon and will post back with how it went.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrenchman76:
Summit Rooting

I cant thank Kris and everyone on this site enough. Rooting the current rom on the summit doesn't seem to add anything. Didn't want to take the chance of trying to add just the gaaps file to the stock rom and possibly bricking it. So I just went ahead and followed Kris' steps in post 10 and they worked perfectly!!!!!! Did mine and my sons phone and WOW did it make a HUGE difference on this phone. It is actually enjoyable now! Can get apps from google store and do a lot more than before. ---IMPORTANT-- Just a heads up for the Summit owners. If you don't have a data plan like me, when the phone first boots up (when you are finished installing everything), push the Android guy and it will automatically start trying to set up your google account (so you can get apps). When that screen appears, before you start, touch the menu button (the one directly next to the home button) and dissable the data. After you do that wait a minute or so a it will pop up with you having no data network and to enable wifi. Set that up and THEN you can set up your google account without a hitch. Again thank you Kris and everyone!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
Very glad that it worked for you! Thanks for letting us know!!! :highfive:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylemaguire:
Summit

I currently have the Samsung Gravity TXT. That phone is crap so T-Mobile is sending me the Summit.

My question is, so i have to install a custom rom on it to get the play store? or is there some way to use the stock rom and put the play store on,

I know T-mobile stripped away the googleness of this phone including the ability to sideload apps.

I don't get the phone until tomorrow (7-1).

thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrenchman76:
As far as I could tell, you have to install the custom rom. The thing was, after rooting the stock rom that comes on it, it didn't seem like it did anything. Several of the things you would find on android weren't just hidden, they were removed. I didn't what to take the chance, so I just did everything in post #10 and it worked great.

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Kris, do you know of any way of removing some of the apps that come pre installed on 7.2? And moving some to the sd card? Wanting to free up some internal memory, but want to do it safely. Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrenchman76:
Summit

Found in the middle of this forum the Aaron Android Assistant to help free up internal memory. Works Great. Also got the TouchPal keyboard you suggested to someone. Just like swype. Thanks

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Still would like to get rid of a couple pre-installed apps if possible if any one knows how. Internal memory is tight.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylemaguire:
I have used Titanium Backup Pro to remove stock apps from stock and custom roms on past android phones. I haven't tried it on this phone. As it looks there is no locked bootloader so removing them shouldnt be an issue.

Also I just got the phone and I am about to dive in and root it. But my thing is, I want some of the t-mobile apps from the play store (like my account and visual voicemail)

Can I access them from the play store with Cm 7.2?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
You have to have the paid version of TiBackup, I believe , to remove things. Although I'm licensed for it now, I used the unpaid version of system tuner to remove things Then I licensed that. I don't use Ti Backup now as it needs a connection to Play. which uses much data.

The particular copy of system tuner I have on my Prevail is licensed, but I think I originally used the free one.

Very odd - I can't find Aarons utilities on my Prism... ? (that's probably just an oversight as I probably flashed it at one point to help someone and forgot to put it on as I don't use it.)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylemaguire:
Summit Drivers

I installed the drivers for the summit, and it's not working

I am running windows 8.1 preview.

I plugged it in and device manager said the device emulation failed. The only other pc I have is a XP machine and it sounds like XP doesn't work with these drivers?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
My notes say win7 (post 10) . I don't think I ever tried it on win8. Find someone with Win7...

This was years ago - I just don't remember.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrenchman76:
I just verified visual voicemail app and YES it does work.

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Like Kris, have not tried on windows 8. I could NOT get it to work on XP. But does work perfect on Win 7
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
And unfortunately for me to test it on 8, I wouldn't have a 7 to fix it if things go awry...

Maybe I should be a little helpful... could you , Kyle, tell me the steps you have done, and post a copy (not necessarily image) of the text and what you are doing when you get that message -
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
I just spent an hour and couldn't get "fastboot devices"to work.

There's a driver in adbtoolkit.com/drivers/huawei and it gives the sooner problem. fine.

opening windows update to update all offers the "google fastboot interface" which I installed, and that shows in device mgr adb interface / fastboot interface, which is correct, but the interface shows "This device cannot start. (Code 10)

A request for the USB BOS descriptor failed." - and I am stuck at that point. could be my mobo or could be the drivers. Later
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
running on Win 8

Okay, just spent another hour - thought I'd try to get fastboot going on my Atrix. The key turned out to be installing 2.3.9 from

https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/88481

Then I could execute "fastboot devices" which is supposed to give the device number and the word fastboot, which it does for the Atrix (execute it as a bat file that you create that has only that command (plus the word pause on the next line) in the same folder where you would flash the recovery (it needs the dll's.)

When I then unplut the Atrix and plug in the Prism (which is in fastboot mode) the Prism (uses the same mini usb plug, I get "? fastboot" so not remembering what I got before, I do not know what will happen if you go ahead and flash recovery.

The difference with running the Motorola driver install is I get a correct Device Mgr / ADB interface / Android sooner ... . where before I couldn't. I will stop at this point until further explaination/question.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylemaguire:
I became impatient and ended up using my Mac because I used that unlock bootloaders and root on my previous android phones.

I booted the phone into fastboot. Typed in " fastboot recovery -location of recovery image-" and it worked.

On the windows 8 side on things, this is what I got.

I have both USB 2 and 3 ports on this computer and tried it with every port and got the following. (Note: I have the Summit)

(See attached Screenshot 1)

Notice the triangled one here

(See attached Screenshot 2)

and Finally this.

(See attached Screenshot 3)

Let me know if you need more info.

I did try it with an old XP as some people had mixed results. I had no success.

I don't get why it wont work with windows 8 (or 8.1 for that matter)

But anyway I just wanted to thank you all for making this pretty easy. this is by far the easiest phone I have rooted!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylemaguire:
I know this is completely unrelated to rooting these phones, but should batteries and cases for the Prism work with the Summit? Battery life is dismal for me on the Summit and I am prone to dropping phones so I wanted to buy a case and extended battery.

I couldn't find another forum talking about this phone.

Thanks again
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KrisM22:
1) GREAT that you got it going, and yes, if your Mac was set up to do fastboot, it would work. Thanks for sharing!

2) In Win you were stuck on the first half of the connection. I believe the drivers at adbtoolkit.com/drivers/huawei Would fis that and then present you with another prob - the sooner missing prob, which I fixed with the motorola driver link above. I do NOT, however, know if this will allow you to fastboot recovery...

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I just searched fleabay for summit battery, and then 8651 battery, and they seem to be selling them for both. So it's my guess that they are identical.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrenchman76:
Yes, I can verify the cases and batteries are the same. Got my case from ebay for the Summit and when it arrived it said prism on the package, fits perfectly, and the batteries are both M865 style batteries.