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[HTC Sensation] The5thSurvivor:
Oh, I thought maybe it's a different cover or model or something. It has a nicer look .:)

I tried the guide and got everything working. :victory: The most difficult part was the wire trick :mad: ( I used a paper clip instead :D). Finding a working link for a Windows version of the Juopunut/ControlBear files was unnecessarily tedious. The authors claim the Windows version is not very reliable, but I used it just fine on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit edition. :cool: Thanks!

Can I use clockwork mod to make a back up of the stock rom now?
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
yes you can

but i suggest 4ext recovery instead
[HTC Sensation] The5thSurvivor:
Alright. But I have the clockwork mod from this guide installed, will that be an issue?. Can I have both 4ext recovery and clockwork mod installed, or is that unnecessary? I just want to make a back up of the stock rom before I attempt doing one of the guides that let's you have the data partition on the sdcard, like this guide here

Also, is it helpful in anyway to remove/uninstall any of the apps the stock rom has? Such as facebook, stocks, youtube, ect...
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
it won't be a problem

no you can't have both recoveries, only one

if you aren't using these apps you can remove them with titanium backup

but first make a backup before attempting to remove anything
[HTC Sensation] The5thSurvivor:
Alright. After I unlocked the bootloader, did s-off, and permanent rooted the phone, I went to try and download the 4ext recovery. I ran into a big problem. Now that the phone was back to stock, the Google Play Store app doesn't appear to work anymore (Mine was version 3.4.7). Basically when you first launch it it will ask to add an account, then payment info, then say Android Market has been upgraded to Google Play, then ask to accept/decline the agreement. Right after that when the app is supposed to load, it always crashes saying: Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped working." or something along those lines.

I did a search online and people suggested stopping the app, clearing the cache, removing and readding the google account, rebooting, and even wiping the cache and dalvik cache. I did all that and the Google Play Store still didn't work. I even restored the stock rom from cmw and yet still had the same problem. I fixed it by connecting my phone to the PC and manually installing APK Installer through adb command. Then I grabbed a newer version of the Google Play Store from my Nvidia Shield (version 5.5.12) and placed it on my sdcard. I then used APK Installer and installed & overwrite the old Google Play Store with the newer version. Now the play store finally works and I was able to install 4ext recovery. The app also requested that I install Busybox, which I didn't see mentioned anywhere prior.

Now I'll try to flash a new rom. Thanks yet again :D

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So now Busybox doesn't want to work saying because I may not be properly rooted. I installed root checker to see and verify and it says I'm not not :( I redid the whole permanent root process again, but root checker still says I'm not properly rooted. How can I fix this? :confused:
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
take the latest version of 4ext from here

http://d-h.st/rG7

extract the recovery.img and flash it via fastboot

the command is fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

after that flash any custom rom you want

they are all coming pre-rooted
[HTC Sensation] The5thSurvivor:
Oh wow. I thought it was necessary to install 4EXT Recovery from the Play Store with the stock ROM in order to configure it and then be able to boot into recovery mode so that I wouldn't get the message stating "The recovery hasn't been configured!" I thought it was necessary to configure it within the stock ROM itself first, and then I would be able to flash a new ROM by booting into recovery mode. But I now see that's not the case and I flashed a ROM anyway and it worked. It was even easier that I thought. Thank you :good:

One thing bugs me though. What's the point of this guide including a method to permanent root with the stock ROM if it doesn't work properly? Doesn't that make that step unnecessary since you would end up having installing a custom ROM that has root anyway? Or it it necessary to be able to install you very first custom ROM?

After following the OP guide, I did see Superuser installed with the stock ROM even though Root Checker said the phone wasn't properly rooted.
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
the root step is only if you want to keep stock rom

also don't pay attention to root checker

always try any app which requires root access to see if root works :)
[HTC Sensation] The5thSurvivor:
I see. In that case the SuperUser in this guide isn't working with the stock ROM because Titanium Backup and Busybox can't get root access.

Edit: Just tried your suggestion from this post. Now it works. Thanks again :good:
[HTC Sensation] The5thSurvivor:
A bit of warning to anyone who wants to follow this guide. BACK UP THE CONTENTS OF YOUR MICROSD CARD FIRST BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING IN THE OP! ;)

For my HTC Sensation, by following the guide in the OP (as well as help from members such as rzr86 :highfive:) I was able to successfully unlock the boot loader, set s-off, flash a new recovery, and get permanent root. Not to mention as well as being able to easily flash custom ROMs. :D

Since I seem to have the hang of it, yesterday I tried doing the same for my girlfriend's Sensation. Everything worked, but something went wrong. :( After doing the wire trick (which worked) I was then going to remove the temp root and that's when I saw the phone no longer recognized the 8GB microsd (unable to determine filesystem type). I didn't remove or touch the card while doing the wire trick. After removing the temp root and flashing the new recovery, I took the microsd card out of the phone and placed it in a card reader on my laptop. Windows said the card needed to be formatted :mad:. Before doing anything to the card, I followed a guide mentioned here. The card was saying it only had 128KB total capacity :eek:, when it should have been 8GB (or 7.90GB or something along those lines). My instincts told me to back up her stuff on the card before doing anything to her phone since she didn't have backups of anything on the card. Fortunately, I backed up her contacts, text messages, calendar, notes, ringtones, and documents. :) But what I didn't backup was her videos and pictures, mainly because I didn't back up anything on my Sensation when I had followed the OP guide and my microsd card was fine after the whole procedure. So I thought it would be pointless to back up the pics and vids on my girlfriend's microsd card since everything went fine for me. I thought it would be fine for her phone too, but boy was I wrong. :( Now I wish I did back up the pictures and videos. I'm pretty sure the files are still on the card though. Just now have to spend time trying to recover them.
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
AFAIK it has been mentioned about sdcard since from the beggining of S-OFF guides

and many users had to backup their stuff before starting the procedure
[HTC Sensation] The5thSurvivor:
Well this is the only guide I've followed to do the s-off. So I guess I was really lucky the first time on my own Sensation since my microsd card was fine.
[HTC Sensation] yabhuva:
Cannot unlock bootloader of my HTC sensation z710a
[HTC Sensation] yabhuva:
1.27.000
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
see these guides

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2751187

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1661631

for the second guide i send you the files via pm
[HTC Sensation] yabhuva:
OK I will try n reply if it's done or not... Ty
[HTC Sensation] htcuser445:
Temproot sensation windows. zip link no longer work
[HTC Sensation] sunanulh:
After downloading the SDK file, How to install the SDK in linux?

I'm sorry, I'm new in linux...
[HTC Sensation] qsluna:
Hey, thanks very much for the thread! I got an HTC desire as well, waiting for the message from three, so I can unlock it first. :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] globalgpj:
Just wondering if the new Asus TF700KL 3G version / 4G LTE version, that was just released in Germany on Vodafone, will have the phone app and the ability to make and receive regular GSM phone calls, like the Galaxy Note 10.1.

Anybody knows the answer ?
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
Why pay extra for LTE, just use the groveip app to make phone calls with wifi and tethering through your phone when you out side in the park. No aditional cost!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Gadgetz:
So I was messing around on my phone this morning when all of a sudden the screen flickered and went out. Last time I remembered seeing the battery charge it was at about 43% so I didn't think it was a dead battery. I tried to turn the screen back on, it would give the short vibration but that's it. I tried many things, battery pulls, boot to d/l mode, boot to recovery, boot to fastboot, plugging in the charger and tried all that too, nothing worked. At one point when I plugged in the charger the battery icon came on and it was empty...let sit on the charger for a few and tried it again. Nothing. Then I attempted to put it in d/l mode and it started to boot up, got through to my homescreen and again, the battery was fully drained so it went out again. I'm running CWM v6.0.1.2 and thought I was screwed since it's widely known that there is/was a CWM bug that wouldn't allow the battery to charge in the phone if it was drained to 0....luckily after about 20min on the charger it was at about 15% and all was well.

Not sure if i'm the last person to find out but just wanted to share with you guys that the CWM bug that prevented the battery from charging in the phone if it was completely dead, is no longer. First thing I did after charging it up fully was calibrated the battery, snake oil or not, and it's now been 3.5hrs and i'm at 98% so it seems like it's working since I was losing at least 1% an hour before.
[HTC Sensation] bonesy:
Ask Football
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cdsbj6508:
I think I have the leaked version of FH13. What happened is I received the ET4G as an replacement for the EVO 3d. The day that the ET4G came in (sometime in July) I saw qbking post a thread about FH13 ICS. So I immediately followed the instruction and updated to it. The phone has been running great with no issues but now I want to root the phone but can't find any updated info on how to root FH13. Can someone please direct me or let me know if there is root for the FH13?

Thanks-
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jonathanclary:
Check Android development thread. One click odin with no data wipe fh13 rooted. You'll have to Odin a kernel too. Instructions for that in thread also.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RandallOfLegend:
Ding ding ding! :cowboy:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1844109

Just grab odin 1.8.5. I flashed the "Deodexed No Data Wipe Tar" today. Works great. You shouldn't lose anything, but always backup first! You should be able to find odin with some seaching on the forums. QBKing77 usually links to it in his videos.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoldenRazz:
I have a question.

I backuped my android system on Android 4.0.4 Stock ICS.

I have locked bootloader.

Am I able to flash this ROM Jelly Sandwich and if I don't like it, can I simply restore my backup?

And is this Rom for locked boot loaders? Check this out.

Thanks for help :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 81grzes:
If you restore backup it should be ok.

But if you install Jelly Sandwitch, you you will not want to return to stock ICS :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoldenRazz:
Is the second ROM for locked Bootloaders too ?

Gesendet von meinem LT18i
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 81grzes:
"jader13254" say's:

"This ROM works on Locked and Unlocked Bootloaders."

Yup, it's for locked Bootloaders too !!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Accessories] Remcotjuuh:
Hey all,

Does someone know a website where I can buy battery covers for my Ace? And with this I mean customs, nothing special, just a plain blue or red one for example, I'm kind of fed up with the standard black one.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Accessories] Alpha que:
Im not sure about "custom made" but, I found some awesome one's here on Ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=samsung+galaxy+ace+back+cover&_sacat=0
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Accessories] Remcotjuuh:
Thanks for helping, but I meant battery covers, not hard cases :(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Accessories] QNBT:
Buy a white one and spray paint it. There's nothing on ebay since they tend to sell the original samsung covers
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Accessories] Remcotjuuh:
Hmm, my Samsung was delivered with another back cover which is white, so I'll see what I can do...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Accessories] Remcotjuuh:
Just sprayed it blue, another coat in two hours and I'll upload a pic asap :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Accessories] Remcotjuuh:
Here the paint is still a little wet, it may be it'll turn a little lighter later. Some hair spray on it when it's dry for protection and it's done :)

Unbelievable what €2,- spray paint can do :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Accessories] QNBT:
Great work man! Not too sure about the hairspray, but give it a try xD
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Accessories] Remcotjuuh:
It's the day after, and I already put it on my phone yesterday. With the hair spray it simply feels protected, it made the surface somewhat smoother, and gave my phone a weird scent, but that will fade away. Really happy with it, never thought the result would look this good. I'll upload a pic later, everytime I want to upload one now uploading fails :(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Accessories] QNBT:
You could try imgur.com
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Accessories] Remcotjuuh:
Here it is, still amazed by what €2,- paint and some hair spray can do ^_^.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Accessories] Remcotjuuh:
It's about three weeks later and the paint still is doing very well. Some paint is lost around the edges because I had to take the cover off a few times and by moving the USB plug cover. The hairspray seems to tend to get loose either, but most is still on. It overall still looks great, except for some details as stated above
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Accessories] phil boob:
you should buy some 1k paint lacquer isntead of hairspray, would last longer!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Accessories] Remcotjuuh:
Hey,

After having a blue back cover I decided I wanted something else. First I cut an Android out of paper and sprayed this gold on the blue base coat, which didn't look that bad, but since it's hard to cut something such small out of paper it wasn't as good as I wanted it to be, so after a week I sprayed the complete back cover gold, which I think looks great!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asraf8:
hi..

today my 1 month old s3 suddenly silent on the earpiece,i can still use the loudspeaker...

after formatting and install other rom still same...

any one had this problem?

so i want to send to warranty..

usually i restocked my s2 without any problem.. but when i restocked my s3 with odin it deletes all my internal storage..

can anyone suggest how to recover file on internal storage?

thanks...
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Taha.Fazal:
HI,

My dell streak gets stuck on dell logo and then reboots again and again. it was not rooted and was working fine on froyo 2.2 O2.

Ive tried installing the update package from recovery mode by selecting install update.pkg from sd card but i get an error saying e:can't mount update.pkg.

After searching i performed an memory test from fastboot; Sd card test passes but the internal memory test fails and gives an error: Cmd/Data test fail. a few days back my computer had a trojan virus and it was converting the folder into shortcuts. I dont know for sure but i think it could have been the cause of this problem as i plug my phone to the pc almost everyday

ill be glad if someone can help me through this. plz can some1 help me through this.plz i really need my dell streak working ill appreciate any kind of help... Thank you
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdzo72:
Download a fresh copy of the stock ROM that you need, rename it update.pkg and place it in root of /sdcard

Flash a matching recovery with fastboot

Boot into recovery and flash the update.pkg

Once you flash turn off Streak, boot into recovery and do factory reset
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tech4pk:
^^ I am having the same problem. I have tried everything like doing the factory reset after flashing, but of no luck.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdzo72:
All you can do is keep flashing and factory resetting or use QDL tool
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omaga54:
stuck on dell logo loop

i would try doing this.

- StreakMod Wipe Data/Factory Reset

- Dell Factory Reset

- Rom flash

- StreakMod Wipe Data/Factory Reset

- Dell Factory Reset

and wipe these in streakmod

-Dalvik wipe

-Cache partition

hope this helps u out :)
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gamalrizaldi:
my friend, if you still can go in to the recovery mode and fastboot mode then you need to reflash and reinstal the rom. but if you cant go to neither that two, or you can install recovery but then just a blank screen, if so you need to do a safe mode and do a streakflash thing then retry the fastboot and recovery. ask google or search on this forum for how to
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JPAguiIaR:
So, I'm new on Android and I'm trying to have my Galaxy S2 Rooted. The problem is that I have searched for the corresponding Kernel for my phone and I haven't found it, Mine is: 3.0. 15-I9100UHLPQ-CL672935.

I don't know if I can use any kernel, but I would like some help here.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikef:
Posting this question in the Galaxy S II Q&A forum would probably get better answers than posting it in the About XDA-developers.com General forum. I have requested that a mod move this thread to that forum.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fxrb:
Search for the CF-root thread, your kernel is there.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
You don't need any kernel, this is a much simpler method:

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501719

Swyped from Samsung Galaxy SII
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crisGS2:
That's nice
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rican408:
Simple quick question. Does Netflix work with the HDMI dock? There is very limited information about this.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danisariandi:
I was rooted only my Xperia arc not unlock bootloader. Will I lose my warranty ? I'm afraid if I unlock my bootloader I will lose my warranty ? Does root Xperia void my warranty ?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 81grzes:
Yes you lose warranty by rooting your xperia.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zolaisugly:
This is a grey area as Sony don't support rooting so in theory you lose warranty, but I have had to send many arc back to Sony for repair, because I bricked the device by updating over the air when the bootloader was unlocked via test point( didn't realize it was unlocked) and nothing was said about it being rooted( perhaps because it wouldn't switch on) still got it repaired.

So in short yes you lose warranty but depending on the repair it might not be an issue.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danisariandi:
I heard that It was voided your warranty when unlocked bootloader. I feel if I rooted only, I wouldn't lose my warranty. Sure ?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danisariandi:
If I repair via SUS. will I claim my warranty ?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obing:
IMO the rooted phoned could be flash back to stock ROM and kernel but not the BL even you re-lock it by any means.

As I know something like id for DRM (??) would be gone forever when you unlock the BL.:eek:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tanrsquare:
Dear friend, remember when the time unlocking the bootloader, there is a particulars verification to fill in on Sony's website. Only if they are right then they will send u the keys to unlock. It should b that time when they keep a record of it n that's why...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Skorpion_:
Alright so I messed up my phone again, and I tried to Heimdall One-Click and it says "Uploading KERNEL KERNEL upload failed! Ending session..."

What exactly do I need to do from here?

All help is appreciated, thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Rebel_X:
Do you have a JIG? I bought mine from ebay for a buck and it works.

Also even that download mode doesn't show up, as long as ODIN can see the COM port you can start flashing.

Another solution, would be using Heimdall one-click recovery with unbrickable mode, if you dare to open your phone and you are good at soldering.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Yeah dont do anything suggested above that involves taking your phone apart.

That is a alternate download mode. Click on the purple link in my signature, read the guide linked and then flash the one click I have. It will get you back to stock with root so you can flash any of the other roms for this device.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Skorpion_:
Can you be a bit more specific I really don't know where to start...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] th3controller:
I'm guessing you haven't flashed back to stock before, use this guide to go back to stock

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21953878&postcount=2

Then you can go over to bhundven's One-Click Heimdall and flash AntonX's kernel, you can flash a custom ROM from there. Make sure to follow instructions, if you don't then there is a chance you're phone will be forever bricked.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Skorpion_:
Ok, i got it to work. But my phone is not being recognized as in download mode. It still says ""Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again". And yes I did pull the battery out and back in, then held down power up and down and plugged it into the usb. Any ideas? :\
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] TwitchyEye:
Rename it some one word name
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] brandonc0526:
Make sure you have the drivers properly installed
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Skorpion_:
Thanks, it worked and im back to stock GB.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] brandonc0526:
Glad to help
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Skorpion_:
Alright so I messed up my phone again, and I tried to Heimdall One-Click and it says "Uploading KERNEL KERNEL upload failed! Ending session..."

Please help!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] th3controller:
How can you brick your phone again for the 2nd or more times?!?! That's ridiculous, what were you trying to do?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Skorpion_:
I'm a noob at this.. Do you have a solution for the kernel failing? :\
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Most of the time that is because of bad connection to the computer. Try a different cable. Heimdall is very finicky, you might try gremlin remover.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Skorpion_:
I tried a different cable, still nothing. And gremlin remover doesn't have any download links...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] th3controller:
Try uninstalling the SAMSUNG/Android drivers, and restart the entire process. And this time try a different USB port, one that's barely used. Cause the port you might have plugged it in might be worn out.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Skorpion_:
Maybe its the actual phones port, because I tried it on my brand new laptop, and my older desktop. Both gave same error. Will try to reinstall drivers right now.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] TwitchyEye:
When you run zadig does it recognize the device?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Skorpion_:
Issue solved. I had to sort of jam the wire into the phone while it flashed.