yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
Then it could be he just screwed up the boot.img that kept it from booting. The fastboot flash boot.img command in one of the previous links I posted will work without s-off - go download the gingerbread version of faux kernel(still available on his kernel thread), pull out the boot.img and use that command.. that may get it booting.

But there is still NO reason that you shouldn't be able to use a RUU- that should work without issue. As I said in my last post, check the md5(download a program to get it) and check against the value on the dev-host download link.. and make sure you unzip the ruu .zip file and see a whole bunch of .img files. They should match the names of the files it was looking for in the screenshots you have on page 2.
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
He said he removed the OS and that relocked it and thats what messed it up.
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
Well, I gave you a whole bunch of things you can try in the last few posts, don't miss one of them, there's still plenty you can do.

Try the fastboot flash recovery command that I linked 2 posts back, then a fastboot flash boot command to flash the kernel- then reboot into recovery and flash some gingerbread rom..

If you/he still wants to get on ICS from gingerbread you still have to update via the RUU- I am pretty sure you are SUPPOSED to be relocked in order to update the RUU, but you may have to do some googling.. if it was unlocked before, it should say "relocked" not locked(to the best of my knowledge). Maybe do a relock command, which is in one of the last links I posted.. then try to do the RUU the way you have been.

As a tech guy, my advice- you gotta be methodical. Don't skip or miss one step, because chances are, that one step that gets skipped ends up being what causes all the issues. It may say you are locked, we've said you have to be locked, but do the lock command just to be sure.
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
This is all way beyond my level.

Is it possible to command line the phone if usb debugging is off? I have no idea if its on or off, but Im assume its probably off.
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
Nah, it isn't beyond your level. USB debugging is when you are booted into the OS, since you're in bootloader it isn't a factor. Make sure when you have it plugged into a computer that you have the right drivers installed. Hasoon's tool should have the fastboot.exe file included in it.

The reason I say it isn't beyond your level is I gave you enough information that you can definitely search and find the right answers/instructions.. then it is a matter of just following those instructions, and making sure of the little things like having drivers installed properly.

Also, I would make sure your buddy is going to appreciate what you are trying to do- if he is buying you a 12 pack(if you're old enough), make sure it is of high quality, not some sort of natural ice or something. Nothing worse than not getting any compensation, or it being low quality stuff like that or PBR.
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
Ive run into this problem before, trying to get the JDK to work. when I download the Android SDK pack it can never find the JDK.
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
That is why I said that the fastboot.exe file is included in hasoon's all in one tool, at least to the best of my knowledge. His tool actually does the boot.img thing for you, and may do the recovery also. Or you can just open cmd and type "c:\whateverdirectoryitisin\fastboot.exe flash whatever yadayada"
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
I have the toolkit but I cant find any directions and the few things I tried with it dont seem to do anything.
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
Stalk the thread for the tool, plenty of info there. Also, as previously mentioned, when plugged into computer and booted into bootloader, make sure drivers are properly installed. I'm going to go and do some stuff, like make my phone awesome, see if maybe I can make it do dishes or something.. you have plenty of information in my previous posts to do some research, and very likely fix that phone.

Be methodical, don't skip steps, do some good research, and you can do just about anything.:eek:
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
abd devices doesnt list the device. Tried kill server, tried adb usb, uninstalled and reinstalled drivers. The toolkit cant find the phone either. Tried several things, uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers serveral times. Tried HTC sync. Still not recognized.
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
The toolkit still shows devices not found when I try to flash the 4ext, but after it goes through it it still reboots the phone.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Keylogger_0:
PM me. I have an another way I can try to help you.
[HTC Amaze 4G] duykhang524:
Having the same issue as him... So I unlocked the bootloader using htc-dev and tried to flash the ota with ext4 recovery. The phone just gets stuck at the HTC logo. Videotron HTC Amaze 4g
[HTC Amaze 4G] Flynch3211:
Just re flash with the RUU executable, you will be back on GB. Then the ota from videotron came today for me. So chrck your updates. Remember to relock hboot first.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Flynch3211:
I sure hope you know where to find the RUU do ya? The rom collection thread has your file. If it saved me, it surely can save you.
[HTC Amaze 4G] duykhang524:
I can't flash the ruu from the pc it gives me an error in the bootloader...
[HTC Amaze 4G] Flynch3211:
Are you able to post thr error??
[HTC Amaze 4G] fcpelayo:
It has to be a bad download. I experienced this before. My computer at home was producing bad downloads with only that file. Then I downloaded at work at slower speeds but without surfing internet kinda just let it do its long hour down load then tried it and it worked. The file that you are trying how many megabytes is it?
[HTC Amaze 4G] Flynch3211:
Hey duy... Were you able to figure something out?? I am eager to know...
[HTC Amaze 4G] duykhang524:
It says something about the update being old because I have the 1.93 hboot and the ruu tries to flash the 1.93 update on top
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
Try this one, it doesn't overwrite the hboot or the recovery, so you shouldn't have to worry about the error you name above. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1616680&highlight=ruu
[HTC Amaze 4G] Flynch3211:
But he's on Videotron. The one you mention is T-mobile...
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
I cant get my computer to recognize any devices.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Flynch3211:
HTC drivers installed?
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
Yeah drivers installed, I cant get it to recognize the amaze or a mytouch 4g.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Flynch3211:
Any chance that you may not be the local admin of the computer you're using??? I'm just asking. Does the phone goes in hboot??? If it does, put yourself in fastboot fom there and see if you can connect. If you see fastboot usb, you are good to go.
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
Ive tried running command prompt as administrator, its been years since Ive used windows so Im not as good with it.The phone shows fastboot USB but the cmd still says no devices.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Keylogger_0:
Sounds like a driver issue. First thing you'll want to do is disconnect your phone from the computer.

Then, do a Google search for USBDeview by Nirsoft, and download the said program.

Ensure you open the program as an Administrator, and look for all entries with this description "HTC Android Phone USB Device" and entries with this description "My HTC" and uninstall all of those drivers.

This can be done by right clicking the selected entries and selecting Uninstall Selected Devices.

After that, you'll want to restart your computer and then reinstall the drivers, such as the HTC Sync drivers. From there, you should be able to get the phone recognized with your computer with fastboot and adb.

Let us know when you've done it, and if you approached any issues in doing so.
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
Did all that, device still not found.
[HTC Amaze 4G] fcpelayo:
Make sure phone is USB debugging checked. Connect phone, Then boot phone into bootloader select fastboot USB. Type in cmd "adb devices "

What happens
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
Why dont you go back to the first post and then you can answer that question yourself.
[HTC Amaze 4G] fcpelayo:
Yeah didn't read. So you've tried this plus no access to phone so you can't tell if usb debug is checked. And you can't ruu the phone bc it does nothing when you put the ph85img file in the external sdcard. So now your trying to ruu the phone thru the pc using adb but phone is not recognizable... I was having the same issue when I was trying to s off if I can remember I'll post.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Flynch3211:
You shoul try to find an executable flash.. all you have to do then is put the phone on fastboot and voilà. For me putting the phone in fastboot before running the exe was a way to make sure that there was still a connection between the phone and the pc... Have you notice if the internal and external drives are detected ad empty drives when you connect them?
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
USB debugging only matters in OS, shouldn't matter in bootloader- it is a totally different driver he needs than in the OS.

To the OP, at this point I want to say you can't go further until you figure out why you can't get the PC to recognize your phone.. I believe you posted that another phone has the same issue.

If you are determined to fix this issue, I would suggest that you either try a different computer altogether, try a different USB cable(could be the issue considering problem with multiple phones), or go find yourself a computer forum/google yourself the answer to why you can't properly install drivers.

Another thing to consider- are you logged in as admin? Without admin drivers may not be installing/working properly.. but as a pretty well informed PC/phone technician, the next step in troubleshooting your problem is NOT with the phone.

And I know I've said it before, but there is no reason you shouldn't be able to flash the ruu on the phone from the external SD card.. revisit those steps, and check to make sure the file downloaded properly- you never verified you checked the MD5 checksum(which I explained a few days ago). There were several tips/ideas I had suggested that you didn't actually try, or at least confirm trying- I'm nearly 100% sure that one of those would work.
[HTC Amaze 4G] fcpelayo:
Yeah I agree with you here.
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
If you could give me a push as to how to go an executable flash Id appreciate it. I have no idea how to check if the internal and external are detected, but Ill take a look.

I am the admin of this PC. I will try some different cables, the one I was using is the one that came with my HTC Inspire which is actually my phone, the one I use. None of the others mentioned belong to me. I have tried most of what youve suggested, but I usually get stopped before I can actually try it by my computer or the phone not cooperating. I have not checked the MD5 yet, I have a crazy schedule at my job. Although all the RUUs Ive tried have been from the Amaze RUU thread, so I would like to assume that they are good. Also, I cannot get into recovery, so that limits the different ways I can flash things.
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
I am downloading the most current RUU from that page again and I will run it though the MD5 checker.

The download failed the check.

I am downloading it now on a different browser, my tab, and on my data connection on my phone.

Failed, and failed, my data connection sucks at my house so its going to take a while. Ill going to work in a bit where I have a much better connection so that should speed it up.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Flynch3211:
As to find out if the drives detected, when there is no usb debugging and the phone would be charge only, your phone drives will appear in your computer as removable drives, without names. (Removable drive (E:), e.g.) This would mean that the cable you are using is detecting something. Which also means that you could theoratically send info through the cable.
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
I

cannot

download it and have it pass the md5 checker.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Keylogger_0:
What checker are you using? I recommend md5 checker 2.31. It's what I use
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
Thats the one Im using, I got it working now. Flashing the RUU right now.

Still does the same thing, loads the ph85img then checks it, then restarts and nothing is different.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Keylogger_0:
You really should try connecting the phone to an another computer and see if fastboot works from there. There are fastboot commands to load the ruu from the computer
[HTC Amaze 4G] fcpelayo:
Preferably xp? I've never had issues there were win 7 wasn't always consistent..
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
My choices are Windows 7, which is what Ive been trying with, Windows Vista, and Ubuntu.
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
Perhaps you are.. but are you selecting fastboot on the phone while you're plugged into the computer? If I remember right, you can't use fastboot commands while in bootloader until you do.

Don't be offended if the answer is obvious and you tried it, it could be you're missing some tiny step like that.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dark Nightmare:
What's all the fuss about?
[HTC Amaze 4G] ce3jay:
Sd card formatted to fat32?
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
The phone boots directly into Fastboot.

Yes.
[HTC Amaze 4G] fcpelayo:
And when you press the power button does it switch to hboot?
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
yes
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
Trying to downgrade a different phone and it doesnt load the RUU properly either.

I download the RUU, place the file at the root of my SD. Restart the phone into the bootloader, Select recovery and the phone checks and finds the file, fills the blue bar on the right, then goes to Checking the zip, then loads the, then goes back to the hboot screen. They are both completely skipping over the part where it asks for a confirmation.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Flynch3211:
I had this when, as stupid as I'll ever be, I decided to rename an OTA file ph85img.zip. What I had wae exactly that. Loaded the blue bar, loaded the yellow bar then I was back to square one. You are obviously missing something in your download... Something that makes you RUU file incomplete.
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
On the second phone Im trying Im not touching the file, its already named the way it should be. My computer is set to show extentions so the file is PH85IMG.zip and not .zip.zip
[HTC Amaze 4G] fcpelayo:
well heres my ruu from tmobile which i use every here and then

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3g3hm2r7e....17DC_30.78.550L.15_release_262141_signed.zip

Edit:

md5: 2D7B51781171027ADB7C2674394ED82B
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
Do you have the md5 for that one so I can check it?
[HTC Amaze 4G] fcpelayo:
I posted the md5 with my previous post so that it remains together. Let me know how it goes.
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
No good still, does the same thing.
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLA292VwbXY&feature=youtu.be
[HTC Amaze 4G] Keylogger_0:
Thats funny. I spot the red highlight stating "fastboot usb". That can only happen when the phone is connected to a computer.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Flynch3211:
Which also means that fastboot could be used on the pc... I know this has been dicussed before but why don't you try opening the cmd prompt by right clicking on it and make sure you are admin. Somtimes Windows simply just screws our lives like that.
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
Please go to bootloader then click on system info.. take a picture. What happens if you select factory reset or clear storage? not sure what mfg kernel or image crc do.. but since the phone is as good as bricked at the moment, I am wondering what all you have done.

Another option that would require a little creativity on your part, but SHOULD work.. one of the images in the stock zip files is a recovery, you SHOULD be able to replace that recovery image with a custom recovery .img file(renamed the same as the one in the stock file), at least in theory.

If you want good answers from this point, it may be useful to state step by step everything you have done/tried.. and each one, step by step explain how you did it.

I flashed an eng hboot after s-off, but someone may want to compare their bootloader screen with yours, something seemed wrong from how I remember mine to be pre-s-off.

If I remember right, even if logged into admin, cmd doesn't get admin rights unless you right click open as admin.. but I hate windows and it has been a while, so I could be wrong. Still worth a shot.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Keylogger_0:
Actually, I have to correct myself. I looked at the video with my phone and the last part was very blurry. But I just viewed it with a computer (larger screen), and it says "Fastboot AC"

Well, that's not gonna help then.

Boot into fastboot without having ANYTHING connected to your phone. Make sure it's fastboot mode, not HBOOT. You can tell that by the name and color of the highlighting. If it's highlighted in red and says FASTBOOT, then you're in there. If it says HBOOT in a blue highlight, you'll need to select the option to boot into fastboot.

After that, plug in a USB cable that is CONNECTED TO A COMPUTER, and then wait. If the text "FASTBOOT" changes into "FASTBOOT USB", great! That means your phone can, and is communicating with your computer. If not, the problem may lie between 3 things: the computer may have issues detecting the phone correctly (it can happen), your cable is faulty and cannot transfer data anymore, or thirdly, the connector on your phone is broken. The first 2, you can diagnose it yourself. If those 2 doesn't work, the problem may lie with the phone.
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
I cannot get into recovery, when I try it just restarts the phone and nothing else. When you say replace the recovery image do you mean inside the RUU zip?

The phone was plugged into a/c because the battery was too low to continue, Ive done it with and without being plugged into the wall and into a pc. It always shows on that screen when and where its plugged in. A/c and USB. ALWAYS.

The phone always recognizes the computer, the computer will not find the phone through the toolkit or though the command prompt.I dont think anyone replied when I asked about windows 7 vs. windows vista.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Keylogger_0:
So you're saying that you DO see the text "FASTBOOT USB" when you plug it in to the computer?
[HTC Amaze 4G] slipmagt:
Yup-a-roo
[HTC Amaze 4G] fcpelayo:
So opening cmd in type (adb devices) does still says, no devices found when in usb mode?
[HTC Amaze 4G] Keylogger_0:
Check your PM
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylansmith:
another longstanding problem that google has - seems like they don't bother fixing the Gmail app - such that the images displayed are auto-scaled and appears within the confines of our 5.3" screens.

any workarounds for this? would prefer not to use a 3rd party app if possible. mods would be awesome!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajasiman:
Nothing yet :P bigger images remain that way even in the browser on a PC..

--

Sent via XDA Premium on GT-N7000 running ParanoidAndroid 0.5
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylansmith:
i thought it was something very basic and achievable :(
[HTC Rezound] nasboy87:
Does anyone have a link to the radios that were included in the ota ics update? Having data drops with the new global ruu, and want to see if its the new radios causing to problem.
[HTC Rezound] mjones73:
They are in the firmware combo thread in the dev section. You can use 7zip to remove the other img files and/or hboot in the zip if you don't want to reflash those also.

Gotta be s-off to downgrade of course.
[HTC Rezound] cowman4000:
Try doing a factory reset in hboot
[Xperia Play General] flyinghipposquared:
Hello all,

My friend just gave me his Verizon Sony Xperia Play to root, no big deal. Read you have to downgrade from 2.3.4 to 2.3.3... download flash tool. Try to flash r800.ftf firmware a few times.. never works. Then, I tried to boot it up and it just shows the Sony Ericsson logo then, white triangle with orange exclamation point. PLEASE help, I don't know what to do I think it is bricked.

-thanks
[Xperia Play General] flyinghipposquared:
PLEASE!? Does someone know how to help? I am freaking out right now.
[Xperia Play General] LordBattleBeard:
Don't know why flashtool wouldn't work. If I were you, id try repairing with Sony PC Companion.

http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/pc-companion/

Install it. Navigate: Support Zone > Phone Software Update > Repair phone

You would likely get more replies if this was posted this in Q&A section.

Also, try being more clear when asking a question. "firmware a few times.. never works." what does never works mean to someone reading this? it could mean any number of things. Why didn't it work, did you get some sort of an error message?
[Xperia Play General] flyinghipposquared:
Well I ran the 2.3.3 .ftf file again for like the 13th time and this time it worked. It booted normally and is now running 2.3.3. Unfortunately it is extremely buggy and force closes apps a lot. So now is the time when I 'repair' It with the PC Companion I think. Thank you very much for your help! :highfive:
[Xperia Play General] LordBattleBeard:
No problem. Glad to hear you got it working again :)

FYI. Depending on the firmware it restores to, you can use DooMLoRD_v4_ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su method to root GB 2.3.4. It can't root the absolute latest version (I think .62) which already patched the exploit, but mine always repairs to 4.0.2.A.0.42 and that roots just fine.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Tonyng:
Follow Weltwon instruction I unrooted samsung tab 2 10.1, after complete there is superSU icon on the tablet but I can't seem to update ..it keep say installation fail... I have download SU updateDD fixer, try to run , it say superuser does not appear to be installed.... what am i missing? is my tab rooted?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] shoii:
Too bad
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Tonyng:
Shoii, don't try to add to your post number with trash tallk
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] jmitr:
Dude, there is a separate forum section for the tab 2.

We, the original tab 10.1 have a different processor (tegra 2) so you will probably get better answers over there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] imablackhat:
Here's my beef. Yeah this has been gone over cool. Yet there's no sticky and there's multiple ways of doing this. So what bullet proof works and is the easiest way?

I found this from another thread does this work for imei backup?

Found in a cm10 thread

Backup

su dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/sdcard/efs.sbn

Restore

su dd if=/sdcard/efs.sbn of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 reboot

Also wondering if I backup my stock rom with cwm does it back up my imei as well if I ever had to restore back to stock?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
There is no bulletproof method yet. You should do both the QPST backup look @ page 3 of the thread puremotive posted for the link to the backup instructions. Also you should do the comprehensive method that has its own dedicated thread. Both of these are in the Dev Section (not the original section).

Currently, the "comprehensive" method is untested restore wise (nobody has lost & restored w/ that method yet). The QPST backup & restore does not always succeed in preventing roaming. Currently there is no 100% guarantee.

The method you posted does not work at all by itself and is included as a portion of the comprehensive one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DragoonBrethren:
I hate to answer you this way, but why not try them all? There's no harm in backing it up every way possible.

As far as easiest or what actually works... well, I know I've backed mine up three different ways and they all were very easy.

I hope neither of us have to deal with a restore, but I have faith in our awesome dev community, that any method will work.

Sent from my handheld computer.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] imablackhat:
Okay let's say I backup my stock rom and flash a rom and lose my imei. Can I restore the stock rom and it'll go back?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tu3218:
That's the least effective way apparently . Try http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1852255

But I'd still backup every way .