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[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
Some bootloader information

In the course of trying to find answers to my questions in the OP I came across some stuff on the Internet that might be of interest to others:

Android Boot Process

Bootloader "Encryption"

Bootloader Locking

HTC One X Bootloader Issues (carries over to the Evo 4G LTE)

If you read the post linked in the last reference, you will appreciate that the Evo 3D is really pretty good in this area. With the latest firmware (RUU) installed on the HTC One X, there is currently no way to flash the boot partition from recovery or even with Android booted. The latter is something even S-ON users can do on the Evo 3D using apps like Flash Image GUI and 4EXT Recovery Manager. And there is currently no known exploit to gain S-OFF with the current firmware either.

So changing bootloaders to flash different kernels really isn't so bad. :)

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
Update

I jumped on the #juopunutbear IRC channel and asked the developers if there was any way the JBear 1.58.5858 hboot could be modified to recognize different header offsets in the kernels so it could boot the old and new kernels. Although technically possible, the answer was that it would take hacking the bootloader at a machine code level, and it makes more sense to modify the boot.img header offset (which flashing the VM kernel does for ROM's based on the 2.89 build does) or flash the appropriate bootloader as we are doing now.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
I can't believe someone isn't working on a "Universal Hboot" to address this issue. It's possible that some of the devs with the necessary skills have moved on to newer phones and don't see the need to work on it (like the Jbear folks). However, the Evo3d seems like a ripe scenario for figuring it out b/c it will likely impact other HTC phones.

Which current/prior Evo3d devs do we know that might be up to the task?

(send em a PM maybe)
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
When I chatted with the JuopunutBear developers they seemed reluctant to mess with the bootloader any more than they already have and that's understandable given that a bad bootloader can brick a phone.

The "VM Leak" kernel is the only one that is bootable today with all Evo 3D CDMA bootloaders. If there was some way to use that kernel to boot other kernels we might be able to flash a script that installs it and renames the original boot.img to something else.

The SmartFlash function in 4EXT does something similar by booting the existing kernel, flashing a new boot.img and then rebooting to that version. I don't know if that technique could be used to boot a "universal" boot.img that could reboot to other versions, and I'm still not sure if there are any compatibility issues with the bootloader level once Anthrax is up and running.

Max is pretty busy with his rewrite of 4EXT right now, but he might be able to at least give us his opinion on the feasibility of that approach. The developers for TeamWin (TWRP2) may have some thoughts on this as well.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] saboxerman:
I am interested

However, I have no logical thought as to what exactly it does. Bump to get this in front of the eyes of others again.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] george.baskharon:
Hey,

I was trying to format/wipe file system from CWM and the device crashed, so i opened ODIN and i inserted a firmware and i got FAIL on <ID:0/007> factoryfs.img

Please can anyone help with this ? I tried going in the recovery mode but i got an error saying open Kies and do recovery but Kies doesn't want to connect.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niceashwin79:
No problem...!

This kind of things happen..I am not that expert but can advise on the basis of what i gained from xda website.

If you can go in recovery and download means not much serious thing.

FIRST TRY TO RESTORE YOUR SYSTEM FROM RECOVERY BY USING YOUR OLD BACKED UP .

if not then follow steps below:

1. I would recommend you to download fresh odin3V1.85

2. Download steady honeycomb version of your region from

3. From recovery clear delvic cache/factory reset/ and all stuff.

4. Enter download mode and do all the flashing once again. Make sure your power to usb post is ok. I have observed old laptops or pcs just disconnect for a second or so and again reconnect. If this happens while flashing then you come to this stage.

Hope it will solve your problem.

If not other experts are still out there on XDA developers website.......

Don;t panic.

Enjoy with XDA developer's website.

Ashwin

---------- Post added at 11:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:20 AM ----------

No problem...!

This kind of things happen..I am not that expert but can advise on the basis of what i gained from xda website.

If you can go in recovery and download means not much serious thing.

FIRST TRY TO RESTORE YOUR SYSTEM FROM RECOVERY BY USING YOUR OLD BACKED UP .

if not then follow steps below:

1. I would recommend you to download fresh odin3V1.85

2. Download steady honeycomb version of your region from [URL="http://www.sammobile.com/"]

3. From recovery clear delvic cache/factory reset/ and all stuff.

4. Enter download mode and do all the flashing once again. Make sure your power to usb post is ok. I have observed old laptops or pcs just disconnect for a second or so and again reconnect. If this happens while flashing then you come to this stage.

Hope it will solve your problem.

If not other experts are still out there on XDA developers website.......

Don;t panic.

Enjoy with XDA developer's website.

Ashwin
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shootind5nukes:
I have been using Synergy 68 for awhile and last week after flashing some stuff my phone started randomly rebooting about every 30 minutes. The thing I flashed was a volume hack to increase volume. After the rebooting started I restored backup. Well then the backup was corrupt for other reasons. So I flashed nightly 73. Well it didn't work. I did the wipe data and system. It doesn't even make it to the Synergy boot up animation. It hangs at Samsung Galaxy boot up screen. I tried to go back to 68, still hangs at screen. I can flash any other rom and it boots up fine, just not synergy.

UPDATE: I restored a Synergy 73 backup I had and it's rebooting randomly to. It was a backup of a fresh install of 73. Why would it have the same problem nightly 68 had, that it didn't have 3 weeks ago when I did full wipe of system and data? Why doesn't jellywiz randomly reboot?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
wipe data and start fresh
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shootind5nukes:
I've done that. I wiped system and data and synergy won't take
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dingurt:
Today I did a fresh install of r73. I wiped data/cache/dalvik and installed from zip. Worked OK.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Odin back to stock and reformat the internal sd.
[Nexus S General] chrkad:
Samba (CIFS) kernel modules for Google Nexus S, Jelly Bean (Android 4.1.2), JZO54K, kernel 3.0.31-g5894150

I've compiled the necessary kernel modules for enabling CIFS support on stock Jelly Bean 4.1.2.

I use F3d0r's "CifsManager" to load the kernel modules and manage my CIFS shares.

My settings for CifsManager is as follows:

Load cifs module: <Yes>

Load via insmod: <Yes>

Path to cifs.ko[:<modpath>]*

/system/lib/modules/md4.ko:/system/lib/modules/nls_utf8.ko:/system/lib/modules/cifs.ko
[Nexus S General] apatal:
What are CIFS modules for?

Posted using xda mobile app
[Nexus S General] chrkad:
It's for mounting "Windows" shares on your device.
[Nexus S General] eddy_nugroz:
what diferent???
[Nexus S General] chrkad:
I don't know what you mean. What should be different? Kernel modules only runs together with (one) the corresponding correct (version-vise) kernel.
[Nexus S General] jmdearras:
My kernel version is 3.1.10-g009b6d1, stock from the last OTA.

These don't work

:confused:
[Nexus S General] chrkad:
That sounds really weird. Is that an Nexus S ("soju") or something else? What information do you have in your "About phone"?
[Nexus S General] jmdearras:
Oops. I did a google search for Nexus 7 cifs.ko. didn't look close enough. Sorry.

Jim
[Nexus S General] hsse_robsi:
thank you

thanks, worked really fine for me... :)

used it with cm10 mod - kernel 3.0.50
[Asus Transformer TF700] wakkigy:
This doesn't seem like a common problem, but I found a few people who got this issue.

My TF700 have been on 4.0.1 and it does not upgrade to 4.1 JB even though it has been released for a week. I have then used the custom method to force update to 10.4.4.16 - JB. However, I know 4.4.18 just came out and I am afraid it still would not update OTA. :(

Anyone has a solution for this??
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
Have to try to go into settings->about tablet-> check for update?? I assumed that your device is locked/rooted with pure stock JB, no modification, no system app freezing?
[Asus Transformer TF700] wakkigy:
Yup checking for update has nothing :(

Before I upgraded to 10.4.4.16 the device was totally stock, and it just does not update for the longest time.

Since I had updated to 10.4.4.16, I have then unlocked, rooted. No mod, no system app freeze.

Still no update notice for 10.4.4.18
[Asus Transformer TF700] Thats OK:
Well there's your problem if you unlocked.

No automatic OTAs for unlocked tabs.
[Asus Transformer TF700] wakkigy:
Thanks - Thats OK :good:

I didn't realized it was that and now I went back to read the All-In-One Guide For Asus Infinity thread detail; I do see that in the note. I am fine with doing manual updates but was just bothered the device doesn't function properly**

I guess now even the tablet will have to be manual updated OR eventually use custom rom :fingers-crossed:
[Asus Transformer TF700] MartyHulskemper:
Yup. Assuming you're into the stock experience and have the keyboard (thus appreciating the shortcut keys), CleanROM is eyeing you. ;) Your 700 is behaving normally, so that's one problem out of the way.
[Asus Transformer TF700] msmajerczak:
When I come back to home, i saw that update is available. But I forgot temporary disabled root (ota root keeper). My device started update, but it stoped in bootloader (deat android with red triangle) My tf started without update, and now I can`t OTA (update is not available for you). Can I redownload update, and update soft one more time? How can I do this?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Thats OK:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28374043&postcount=1

Would the above link be of any help?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Jimmah555:
I had something kinda weird happen just now.

I originally unlocked and rooted the moment I got the tablet, and manually installed 10.4.4.16. Everything works great.

I just finished manually updating to 10.4.4.18 and after a reboot, it said I have a system update available, which was 10.4.4.16.....

[/doublerainbowvoice] Does this mean I still got an OTA even though I'm unlocked and rooted? ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
Make sure you delete the old zip file in your sd card.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Jimmah555:
Oh I know that. I just think it's funny that it wants me to "update" to an older software version.
[Asus Transformer TF700] msmajerczak:
After that i lost root
[Asus Transformer TF700] Thats OK:
Sorry man!

Looks you and me are in the same boat.

I just threw up my hands and did another factory reset last evening.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sonny_c:
Does anyone know if this clock and weather widget available for the SGS3 and CM10?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] thuglifesk:
Download uccw and atrix HD skin file
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TBayTom:
Or download "one clock free" from the market
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sonny_c:
Thank you both!
[Motorola Atrix HD] topdawg661:
Now that we have root and we all know deving will kick off soon. I was just wondering seeing as how other top phones have official support do you think the atrix hd will? And if so how do we?
[Motorola Atrix HD] SirHoover2010:
As much as I think we deserve support, Im not sure we will get it. Moto doesn't push this phone all that hard, which is a shame because it is a beast. The less popular phones dont usually get as much support from developers because less devs own it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shogun26:
So I was looking to leave my Sprint contract (long story) and decided to sell my Evo 4g LTE to help pay off the massive contract-breaking bill. I'd had my phone rooted and running CM10 nightlies for quite a while without any sort of trouble.

So right before I put the phone on the market, I took out the SD card, and wiped everything using TWRP recovery. This included Cache/Dalvik/System/Factory reset and the only thing I did different, which was to wipe Internal and External storage.

After that, I flashed the latest CM10 nightly at the time (which was cm-10-20121008 at the time) and called it a day as I didn't want to put any of my info on the phone before I sold it.

Flash forward a couple of days, I sell the phone and almost immediately get a call back saying it has no sound at all.

The guy I sold it to tells me he even tried unrooting and flashing the stock ROM to no avail. I bought the phone back from him, and am trying to figure out what exactly is wrong with it.

Since then, I've discovered that not only is there no sound, although occasionally I will hear the buttons click, so I know the speaker hardware itself is fine, There is also no video playback at all, which makes me think this is some sort of software or firmware problem, though I can't tell where the problem lies.

I've tried installing different ROM's and the best I could get out of video was the Youtube app showing still images every couple of seconds, without any sound at all. I tried loading videos to the SD cards only to get a message saying "This video cannot be played" without any further reason.

I'm currently downloading the latest OTA stock ROM to see if I can restore it to Factory settings, but I'm lost as to what could possibly cause this strange behaviour.

Anybody ever encounter something similar? Any ideas what I could try next?

Alternatively, does anyone want a (mostly) working phone at a steep discount?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jayjam99:
Have you ran an RUU yet?

How much do you want for it as is?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shogun26:
I tried running the RUU, still won't work.

If you want it, an even $100 will do.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pkavpr:
i have the exact same problem ive ran ruu and relocked and locked bootloader i have unrooted ive done everything and the problem still is there please someone help me
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vintos:
I just hot my S3 today and I am struggling with all the new information I have to study here:) . I was an HTC user all this years so terms like Odin are pretty new to me. Beyond that I have a mac :eek: . Very bad combination with Samsung mobile phones. Not even android file transfer is working at the moment. I tried first to accomplish all the rooting and recovery procedure with virtual machine of Windows 7 but the phone is not available to the guest,when it is in download mode. So I thought I will give Heimdall a try eventhouh Odin seems a far better solution. I don't know which programm is better but Heimdall has very bad documentation. So back the subject. I saw numerous complaints about Heimdall 1.3.2 so I decided to start with 1.3.1. My first question is about the pit file. It is not clear to me if I have to extract it from my device and if yes, how can I do this? Does anyone here has experience with this particular software ,to use it under OSX as a daily driver?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alf69mi:
Yes and partially negative:

I have flashed the CWM and all went fine.

I have then tried to flash a new stock rom, all went fine and no errors in the program, but then the phone was not working:

it was saying no SIM card installed and was lagged in every operation.

I had to find a Windows PC and reflash with Odin to have my GS3 work again, i suppose Heimdall soft-bricked it, at least the modem part.

To be honest i created myself a Heimdall package with the files of the unpacked stock rom and my own phone downloaded PIT.

But even if i'm pretty sure i did all in the right way, the flashing result was a dead phone.

So, use it with caution ...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Felixcgp:
Hi guys I am a new and very happy EVO 4G LTE user. Got my phone almost 2 weeks ago. Its a very sexy device.

But I am wondering if I am using my phone to its full capabilities. I haven't rooted or install any rom , but I am familiar with installing roms. I did it to my Evo 4G. I am no expert I id go through a bit of trouble to get it right.

I want to know what are some MUST HAVE things for this phone. Ive read about google now and I would love to be able to use an app like that. I think I have to install a rom for that and i am willing to do it. I am a bit scared to do the rom and flash a rom because I dont want to mess it up. Its running so nice right now. But if anyone is willing to help me and guide me in the right direction so I install some cool stuff and most important something that is well made. I want to see if you guys recommend me some roms and maybe a guide on how to root it and install roms and do it all correctly.

Thanks in advance and if you can post some links to maybe youtube vids that would be greatly appreciated.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Anthonicia:
Rooting is pretty straight-forward. It just depends on what hboot u have. Zedomax's root method is preferred to htcdevunlock, but if u plan to s-off the difference is minimal. Sorry if this is confusing. Do u know your hboot version? To find out turn phone off, then when turning back on hold down power and volume down until screen pops up. Look for hboot version # and remember that.

As far as a good stock starter rom with google now and multitasking fix I'd go with flex 360's stock w/ goodies. It has the beauty of sense but with the better battery life and speed of a custom rom. Actually haven't found a rom I like more since I left the og EVO.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Felixcgp:
What is the difference between s-on and s-off? What are the pros and cons of each on.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Felixcgp:
The version is 1.19.0000
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Felixcgp:
Does that Rom flex 360 have any issues with WiFi or 4g. Cuz that's something I don't want to lose.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] om4:
The difference between son and soff is that soff gives direct write access to the partitions. Son does not allow you to flash the kernel unless in recovery or flash any firmware updates. There is a downgrade toolkit being worked on and it's looking good from all the talk going on in the thread.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
if u and up rooting and flashing a rom try mean rom!! :good:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] om4:
If you hadn't quoted I wouldn't have caught my typo lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] heliguide62:
Speaking as a noob my self.. if you really want ot root your phone.. listen to the folks on this forum .. they are extremely knowlegable and have helped me out of a couple of jams .. and just read alot.. this forum.. and any thing you can get your hands on
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Majin101:
Viper rom is the best customizable rom and battery life is getting up there (currently challenging viper and awillis!) Meanrom most stock rom ever and its mad fast (version 4.8) stock with goodies aka flex360 rom is focused on multitasking and before that it was smoothest stock rom and was a deep sleeper (havent tried the recent version). Cm10 by deck is best aosp version of jelly bean (4.1) still a nightlie build but its daily driver worthy. These were the roms ive flashed and ran the past week.. i kept switching, hard to stay on one cause all of them are amazing. I personally flash for fun and to try the stuff that the devs have given us. Choose whatever fits u and satisfy u. Dont forget these are the devs choice to give us, so take what we have! Im sure there are other roms that r good its just i havent ran them cause theres too much :( but kudos to any devs that take their time on building a rom for us.

Btw Plz dont bash on my opinions im just saying :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Anthonicia:
No issues with WiFi or 4g at all. Every rom has some little things wrong with it, but no more than stock does.

U want to use the htcdev unlock method to root. It's really easy, just follow the directions. I don't have the link since I'm on xda app. Just search EVO LTE forum for root. It's possible that the regawmod root method will still work, but they both use the htcdev unlock.

Also, flashing roms is going to be different than og EVO. U need to flash kernel separate from rom using flashGUI or adb tools via fastboot. Unless u decide to go s-off, then u can flash rom like you're used to
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] spencer311:
I'm running cleanrom 1.5 and I love it! I rooted mine in July so I'm sure there is a whole new way to root it now. But soff is pretty awesome. There are some great kernals out there and they can do wonders for your speed and battery life.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ricohz:
hey guy i just got an evo lte its boot 1.12 if any of you kind folks would guide me on the best(EASIEST)way to root s off thanks in advance:):)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Anthonicia:
Search zedomax root method for root. Then lazypanda for s-off. Just follow instructions to a T and u will be fine.

U lucky bc 1.12.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] the_maplebar:
Another new user here. I'm rooted but everything else is still stock. I've got HBoot 1.12 so it sounds like S-OFF will be easy. After that do I need to update the firmware and/or radio or can I go straight to TWRP recovery and try out custom ROMs?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Anthonicia:
U can go straight to twrp now and flash roms all u want. Ur rooted and have hboot 1.12, so just install rom from twrp and ur good. If u had 1.15+ then u would have to flash the kernel seperate, but no need to worry about that.

If u want s-off u should probably just go straight from root to lazypanda since the closest thing to stock works the best. Just make sure u read everything u can and follow directions exactly and u will be fine.

As far as flashing radios u can do that, but go s-off first so u don't have issues here. S-off allows u access to all partitions on your phone. 1.12 is good on access as well but just not as much as being totally s-off.

Make sure u flash radios properly, never downgrade or u will brick most likely. Follow captain throwback's radio thread for further in depth tips.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bruno_:
Hi,

Shopkick just release a 3.0 version today, but I can't install it since I'm in Brazil. I will be grateful if someone could upload the new apk to this thread.

Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] john21511:
Here you go straight from the play store. http://db.tt/1O94YtCf It's a link to my dropbox for the apk.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bruno_:
Thank you very much!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ShazadM613:
Just recently my Galaxy Nexus notifcation light has been staying a solid blue even with no notifications. I took out my battery and it would go away. But as soon as I put the battery back in without even turning the phone on, the notification light turns blue. Can somebody please help me out and tell me why this is happening? My Galaxy Nexus is running Stock 4.1.2. It isn't rooted, The bootloader is not unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] danger-rat:
Has the phone been exposed to moisture or humidity lately. Have you left it in the bathroom while taking a shower?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sumit hooda:
download light flow from play store, nd then analyse it. if not than it may b a hardware fault
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyco2008:
Actually yeah the moisture thing sounds about right, our phone uses the notification light like the Xbox 360 uses its lights- to communicate error codes (see Red Ring of Death), does it not?

I think red is moisture though. Or maybe blue too...
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
Hi guys, what is 'noop' in the app 'No frills cpu control'? And what is the difference between noop and deadline?

Thanks!