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[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Goodbye_Alltel:
Thanks for all the advice, guys. I feel like I have all the knowledge I need to go ahead with my plans. Now I just have to play the waiting game for the "right" one to pop up on Ebay. I will report back to this thread when I receive my blaze and whether I was successful with unlocking it, and any first impressions.

On a side note, does anyone know if the new 64 GB microSDXC cards are supported by the blaze? I just know that I'm gonna feel the pinch of 32 GB eventually, lol. (I already had to be picky and choosy about what was on my 16 GB card before it died)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jparnell8839:
when I had tmo a couple years ago it was 30 days. I just signed up early september, its down to 7 days :/

nope. there's not many devices out there that support SDXC yet. As time goes on, it'll gain more popularity, but lets face it, as awesome as it is, the blaze is only a mid range device. I wouldnt trade it for any other phone out there, i love my blaze, but still.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Goodbye_Alltel:
Well, that's mildly disappointing, but it doesn't affect my decision making about the phone. I'll have to somehow get by with only 32GB of storage.;) Speaking of which, how close is a solution to the camera only being able to save to the paltry internal storage? I do like to take lots of pictures with my phone, so this is obviously something I would hope to find a solution to.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jparnell8839:
You can do that with cm9. Idk why cm10 doesn't have it :/

Sent from my CM10 powered Galaxy S Blaze 4G
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dr4stic:
Yeah. In a sense, CM9 has a bunch more features. When CM10 started, they basically started from scratch, and the focus was on project butter and some other things. Then they had to start forward porting their CM9 additions into CM10. There are a bunch of things in CM10 now that weren't there just a week or two ago. I think the camera thing will come, just like other features. It seems like the features are starting to come quicker too.

Keep an eye on the changelog. It lists the changes with each release :)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Cirkustanz:
I bought a 64gig card off Newegg about 3 months ago and it's been working just fine in this phone. In fact, what I read online indicated that just about every "recent" Android phone had no problems reading them at all.

So hey, ther'es that.

And yeah, having 64gigs is nice, especially since this phone has such small amount of user storage on the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jparnell8839:
Is it standard sd or sdxc? I read the specs said it doesn't support it :/ but, trial and error trumps all I suppose

Sent from my CM10 powered Galaxy S Blaze 4G
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] eksasol:
all 64gb microsd are categorized as sdxc, and most of recent android phones do work with them.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Rob the plumber:
I just switched to T-Mobile and got 3 Blaze phones. They should arrive today. I only took them because they were free, and I didn't want to pay for GS3's. I'll be selling one right away after the Note 2 is released. If your still looking for one in a couple weeks, lemme know.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dr4stic:
Dude, can I ask a HUGE favor? can you not root them immediately?

I'm trying to help the dude that's been helping me with the CM access. He wants to get a copy of a partition in a virgin state (ie... not rooted or modified at all). He's trying to find a way to reset the flash counter. I'm trying to assemble a stock ROM that will be pre-rooted and won't trigger the counter.

If you can avoid rooting 1 (or better yet, 2 in case more testing necessary), I'd really appreciate it. And it'll help the community in the end :)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Rob the plumber:
I won't root them. What do you need?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Goodbye_Alltel:
A little update on my status: I bought a blaze from a seller on ebay a little over a week ago, but it still hasn't even been marked as shipped. The only communication I have had with the seller is the inquiry as to its condition I sent before I bought it (he confirmed that there were no scratches on the screen - which was important to me). I have not had any communication with the seller since I bought it. Emails and even phone calls go unanswered (phone always goes straight to voicemail). I will be filing a dispute with paypal tomorrow, and will have to wait at least a week to get my money back. So it looks like it'll be another 2 weeks before I get a taste of a phone that came out in 2012.

I have been following progress on the various roms and I must say that I am very impressed with the rate of progress. Hopefully by the time I actually get my blaze there will be a more straightforward solution to the device's internal/external memory management issues. But even if that doesn't happen, having 1.4 GB for apps and stuff is a heck of a lot more than the 180 MB that I'm living with now. (I really can't wait to get my hands on this device in case you can't tell, lol.) Thank you to all who keep the blaze forum alive and well. (I honestly can't believe this device isn't more popular like the galaxy s2, seeing as it's the exact same phone just with a smaller screen)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Goodbye_Alltel:
I got my blaze today, and I'm already pretty happy with it. It came with 2.3.6, but that won't be long, and I've already purchased an unlock code on ebay (t-mobile customer support got me nowhere). Now, before I go about hacking into the device, do I need to obtain root before I install CWM recovery? I've been out of the loop for a bit with regard to hacking these devices. Also, will I need kies or drivers before installing CWM (and subsequently flashing a custom ROM)?

Edit: I figured it out after some trial and error. I had to install the drivers first, then go through odin and got cwm installed. Now to try the various flavors of ICS and JB out there. :) Thanks to everyone for making this such a thriving community!

(PS, I would like to put a vote in for an external sd camera storage solution, especially for when I start trying out photosphere. ;) - could anyone recommend a good camera app that does this in the meantime?)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] overthatscreen:
I think you should've bought the phone from T-Mobile. I bought my wife's GS3 at full price and started her prepaid account the same day. Called customer service for the unlock code and they refused at first. But told me that I must go to the store and have a representative call in with the request and fax in my receipt and they can process it. We bought the phone the week after it came out and received the unlock code by email in less than 24 hours. All I did was ask and told them I paid full price and I wasn't going to take any bs from them.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] agentaaron:
I was having the same issue with rooting at first as well...i didnt want to install the samsung update software, once I installed the drivers, it picked it up right away

Look in the play store for either "Camera ICS" or "Camera JB+"...I have the paid version of both, and they allow storage to the SD card.

Cheers
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mac_Gyver:
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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] joshuaw84:
Reserved for whomever Mac_Gyver so wishes to occupy this post.

sent from my LTEvo
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] om4:
Finally someone has successfully downgraded. Now I owe my gf $200, this is roughly the process she had thought of but wanted to use my phone instead of hers. She is bricked both our 3d's so I was completely against her even trying. Whoops... She's never gonna let this go
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bog3nator:
That is what I assume he is saying, right now though it looks pretty risking going by all the warnings

sent from my Mean ass EVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] om4:
You intentionally bricked the phone and rebuild the partitions? Elaborate, this could cost me $200
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
i already have s-off but thats some good ishh rite there.. :good:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] William:
Looks like you took some risks Mac. Way to go soldier!

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The U.S government wouldn't lie to us....would they?

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The U.S government wouldn't lie to us....would they?

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mac_Gyver:
I thought I was screwed too because I could not do anything with QXDM or QPST to get the phone into any sort of a boot cycle. This is where emmc_recover saved the day :) Since I knew that I screwed up by flashing the 4,5,6,13,26 partitions that belonged to One X, I knew that I just needed to get the originals back to fix the brick. What I got was a bit better :p
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Rxpert:
Sucks for people who didnt listen and took the OTA to 1.19....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mac_Gyver:
I was actually intending to see if I could get the unlock method from One X to work on Evo LTE, since they are pretty similar. I haven't had the inclination to put my phone through the whole cycle again now that I finally got S-OFF but I might :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] om4:
Yeah this is exactly what she told me had to be done to downgrade but she was missing how to brick and destroy all the partitions, I bet her $200 that she was wrong, she even hijacked my account to try and talk devs into doing it. I'd say she came close to convincing xhausx to do it. She couldn't use my phone and didn't want to use hers so she was willing to use other people, and she can be pretty evil. Now if everyone will excuse me I must bend over for her.... This is gonna hurt considering I'm broke as it is
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mac_Gyver:
Not to get anyone's hopes up (lol this whole post kinda is but I do stand by what it did for me) but maybe 1.19 would also work... :fingers-crossed:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mac_Gyver:
haha, sucks man. But technically we are only messing up EMMC partitions 4,5,6,13,26 :) Does that keep you your bet? :p

It might be that only 26 or 13 and 26 need to be messed up then cryptographic checks fail and hboot is not executed. I do think that the SBL1-3 gets loaded and yet it will accept a bootloader that is lower version as long as HTC RSA keys check out. Just a theory.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pspunderground:
Oh ****, haven't seen something so elaborate in years. I'm on 1.15, and if something easier (or Windoze compatible) comes up, I'm jumping on it.I need the new radios!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Ladicx:
AWESOME way to have balls bro lol. :thumbup: def gonna let this dev a bit. I know some genius is going to turn this into a program, script, noob friendly version.

Super pumped and glad I stayed on 1.15 :D

Sent from my EVO using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sullivan7221:
Wow! Nice work man! I'll be watching the progress for sure! *fingers crossed*
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] om4:
Her reaction is oh it counts m**********r pay me, I'm going over how she didn't quite actually figure out how to purposely brick it and she says it's because I wouldn't let her try but her overall theory was sound
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ScottHW:
This is brilliant. 5* rated and Thanks'd

From what I am reading, it was a lucky accident?!? Regardless, it's great to hear that HBOOT can be downgraded.

One thing I wasn't clear about: are you

1) forcing the LazyPanda HBOOT 1.12.2222 directly onto the phone, or

2) downgrading to stock HBOOT 1.12.0000 and then running through the FeedPanda process?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sslbaron:
I'd be one of those. I didn't take the OTA, but I did ruu it to the latest update on Monday. I figured since no exploit had been found yet, that it was safe to assume that none was going to be found. Well, who's the ass now! lol :eek:

It figures. I am glad that progress has been made though. Good work :thumbup:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sparytrainor:
bakp4

so, what can I do if the bakp4 file seems to be missing?? It saves in the same folder you are running adb, correct??
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mac_Gyver:
The one I used originally also saved to SD card. What happened to your backup?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sparytrainor:
I'm not sure. I ran the commands to pull it but on the final step to push it back it says its not there and I cant see it in the folder.

So theres one on my sdcard??
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] louched1:
Should be on your internal SD. Mine still is.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sparytrainor:
How can I get to that with my phone bricked??
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] louched1:
I'm going to direct you to this post. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=32761598&postcount=106

It's the steps I followed. Hopefully they can offer a clue as to how you should proceed.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sparytrainor:
bakp4

Is there nothing I can do here??
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mac_Gyver:
Still have your command history? Let's check out how you pulled it. Maybe it's in your home folder or something.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] popper668:
again what is the recommended ROM to begin or can I start this from any where?

thanks in advance
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sparytrainor:
Thats what I followed to begin with..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yarrimapirate:
Check my instructional post. I've added a bakp4 file with the MEID removed. Add your MEID and it should get your going again.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sparytrainor:
I'm searching my entire hard drive.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dragon042:
Another success story.

Had HBOOT 1.15 and downgraded to 1.12.

This post is money:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=32761598&postcount=106

Now to feed the panda...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] louched1:
- Thankfully LP doesn't fudge up my HD partitions. Windows and Ubuntu both work fine still. Earlier today I was half wondering if I would end up installing hboot 1.12 onto my Windows partition though. lol

- When I'm in Ubuntu my WIndows partition doesn't start as mounted by default (I don't think)

- I never tried running unbricker at the same time that LP was running.

- fastboot has definitely been off the whole time.

- I've been keeping up with the thread and all of its posts.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mac_Gyver:
No there is but it might be a pain. You can pull one of your other partitions using the emmc_recover_new and get the info that should be in partition 4. If you run sudo ./emmc_recover_new --help it should show you some usage flags. Then you can try to put in info into the file that I am attaching here.

Here's how to get partition 5 out while you're in QDM.

1. run substituting the name of your device (sdb or sdb) sudo ./emmc_recover_new -b ~/Desktop/mmcblk0p5_bak /dev/sdb5

2. Now look on your desktop. Do you see the mmcblk0p5_bak file? If yes, open it up and look for the part that starts with SPCS_001. Then write down somewhere that whole chunk, so SPCS_001 and the 15 numbers that follow. This is what you need to hex edit into the file that I attached.

3. Using a Hex editor (not a text editor) replace the ????????... in the file that I provided with your entire SPCS_0011231231321... string.

4. Now hopefully this will work for a restore.

Are you OK with using a Hex editor? If not let us know and we can walk you though it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] louched1:
I believe the only recommendation is to not try this at home. In the event that you do try this at home, you do so at your own risk.

I know this isn't the answer you were looking for, but successfully downgrading bootloaders only came to light very recently. There is no "recommended ROM". Anyone who attempts to downgrade their bootloader at this time is swimming in semi-uncharted waters as there are many variables at hand.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yarrimapirate:
I ran LP from Windows, even though I downgraded on a linux machine. Run it as Administrator.

I think there was one spot where my LP process stalled. I opened up a cmd prompt and rebooted the phone with adb.

I would definitely try the Windows LP given the problems you had with emmc and brickdetect.sh. I suspect all of these scripts are sharing the same (incorrect) way of detecting which /dev/sd* are already in use by the system.

Maybe I will tear apart brickdetect.sh tonight and see if I can find the problem.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] louched1:
Based on my limited experiences I'm inclined to agree.

Addendum: emmc and unbricker don't try to autodetect which /dev/sd* to use. I had to manually tell it what to do (which ended up saving the day for me). ./brickdetect.sh does (incorrectly) and LP never mentions anything to me about /dev/sd*
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sparytrainor:
no, not really. I'm already confused

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I'm looking at a hex editor right now trying to fugure out how to add my meid to it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yarrimapirate:
If you have trouble, PM me your HEX MEID and I'll add it for you.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sparytrainor:
meid

Where exactly do I need to enter the MEID??
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
:

@Mac_gyver,

If you got such eick d skills, why be a lurker so long?!?!

To all the work you guys are doin,... you're AMAZING.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yarrimapirate:
Let me know if that file worked for you.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sparytrainor:
bakp4

So, I did finally get my elte to boot. The MEID had to be entered into the bakp4 with a Hex Editor. (thank you yarrimapirate) Then I had to go back and start from flashing hboot again, (yes, the big one) and follow all the steps from there!! Huge thanks to Mac_Gyver as well for finding this and helping me!!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cgrimm9:
I will add thanks closeonex to for the help he is doing here
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sparytrainor:
Apologies for anyone I didn't think to mention after 3 am... Been up for over 24 hours trying to get my phone to boot again. Thank you close one and again I apologize..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yarrimapirate:
Glad you got it back up and running. Happy to help. Were you successful in getting 1.12 loaded?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Sloth:
This discovery make me want to go to best buy and buy s new Evo just yo try this hahaha :p
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] xHausx:
Good stuff right here :)

Thread stuck.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] joshuaw84:
Pm'd you xhausx about giving up my post #3 in this thread.

sent from my LTEvo
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mysterfix:
So how can I use this if I'm on a different carrier than Sprint? Does this just reset the phone to stock settings or does it go deeper than that. What I mean is will I need to have the phone reflashed to my preferred carrier or will it just need the settings for the other carrier re-entered manually?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Rxpert:
You'll need to reflash it to another carrier
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] xHausx:
I can try to slide one of his posts in there if Mac_Gyver wishes, but we're unable to change owners of posts like that.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cruise350:
You need to make sure you are on a 1.13 based rom in order to successfully complete lazy panda s-off with out problems. If you go to post #2 in the Lazy Panda thread there is a link for Fresh 5.1.1 that everyone has been very successful with. Why gamble with a 2.13 rom when success is just a few clicks away. Congrats to all of you that will shortly have s-off!! Welcome to the club!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] vantige:
Stupid question but can I perform this with my Mac?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mac_Gyver:
No, not yet. Wait for the LiveCD :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sparytrainor:
Yes, 1.12 is loaded, Lazypanda was successful. Everything finally went well. Just wish I knew where I had actually went wrong to begin with so no one else has to deal with the same mistake. lol.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] vantige:
Thanks :good:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mac_Gyver:
Wait. What did I miss?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mac_Gyver:
I got word from Fuses that we should actually stick with partition 5 and not 4. He says it will work as well but it easier to recover from than 4.

You don't have your history from the command line by any chance, do you?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sparytrainor:
No, sorry. My cooling fan is going out on my comp so I shut down whenever I'm not using it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] louched1:
Update: I'm now S-OFF. :)

Here's a rundown of what got me there.

Problem(s):

- ./brickdetect.sh would detect my phone at /dev/sda when it was really /dev/sdb

- LazyPanda would run up to the point of turning off my phone and the phone would never turn back on (auto or manually). I would have to run the unbricker to get up and running again. This was the case running it on Linux or Windows.

My Solution (not recommended):

I was doing this on a laptop with dual boot 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04 and 64-bit Windows 7.

I killed the Linux partition on my laptop so the MBR only knows about Windows (Yes, I will have to re-install Ubuntu now).

I ran LP on Windows with no dual boot and it worked perfectly.

Easy Solution (recommended):

Go find a PC that is Windows only and run LP on that one.

Additional Notes:

I don't store much on my Linux partition so losing it is not a big deal for me and I was a little tipsy so it seemed like a good idea at the time, lol.

A few weeks ago I unrooted my phone to the latest RUU (1.19), rerooted and installed Viper4G 2.0.2. I also have TWRP 2.3.0.1. This was my starting point before downgrading my hboot from 1.19 to 1.12.

I never installed any other ROM or recovery throughout the process.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] il Duce:
Seniors can.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] joshuaw84:
I was wondering if closeone should have post 3 for the live cd contributions. Offering it up so to speak.

sent from my LTEvo
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] om4:
I swiped your paperclips and floss, sorry but it was an emergency
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pspunderground:
Last thing I heard was the closeone had messed up a few things and was fixing accidental bricks.

"There was a slight error in my code. I called the bricker for both processes. Luckily, it's not a big deal as long as they don't reboot. Also, the backup is saved on the internal and external sd card."
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mlass:
Bricked with RUU2.13

Well, I was having an issue with the SuperCID since I changed it to 1.00 and was unable to install RUU1.13. Well, I decided to download and run RUU 2.13. It was taking it but did not reboot (I had already downgraded to hboot 1.12 before running RUU). Now I'm back to the Qualcom Modem, but unable to detect bricked device. Any idea what may be wrong?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yarrimapirate:
I pulled a late nighter last night with closeone debugging code and trying to help some people unbrick. Looks like the folks on this thread who were in trouble are fixed. I need to get with another guy tonight when he gets home from work.

Closeone's biggest problem last night was his detection of /dev/sd*. He's using a similar method found in the brickdetect.sh and it's not working for him.

I wrote a couple other scripts last night too. One to pull the MEID/IMEI from the (Still working) phone and stripe it into a known good p4 backup. The other can build one based off of the user entering the MEID from the back of their phone.

My wife is prego and due today, but hasn't gone into labor yet (she was a week late last time). I think I'll write my own unbrick scripts and compare notes with closeone once he's online again.

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Partition 4 has about 80 bytes of actual information in it. The rest are nulls.

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Did you run the RUU.exe or install via fastboot?

Hold the power button for 35 or more seconds and release. The phone should wake up and be seen by a

modprobe qcserial

followed by a

sudo dmesg | grep "qcserial"
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Spyderekz:
If you are getting 'access denied' when doing anything in adb you might need to kill and restart adb server in sudo

sudo ./adb kill-server

sudo ./adb start-server

should let you finish the guide from there
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] alucke:
no working

Can anyone help, I can't seem to get adb or fastboot to work in ubuntu. I am not very good at linux.

Thank you

alucke