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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadka:
Ok guys, as demkantor suggests, I'm gonna wipe my phone and re-install Mimicry (all over again!), and also get 4ext recovery. However I have a few questions:

1) demkantor, I'm assuming you're referring to these instructions for getting 4ext ? :: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31899618&postcount=4

2) Which should I flash first, 4ext or Mimicry ?

3) If I flash 4ext first, will I still be able to start up my phone for normal usage ? Or would I be required to straight away flash a new ROM ?

4) When flashing Mimicry via CWM, I normally check the 'Wipe Data and Cache' and 'Wipe Dalvik Cache' options, to make sure I get a fresh and clean flash. Is there anything else I need to do here as well ? I'm referring to 'superwipe', which I don't know anything about ..

5) After flashing I new ROM, I normally install the apps from Play Store, and then restore their app-specific data using Titanium. Is this okay ? Can restoring data via Titanium be causing any problems ?

6) Can my SD card be causing problems somehow ?

7) Also, will the SD Card also be formatted if I do the 4ext thing ?

Thanks to everyone for their help ! :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
1) yes that will work fine, and for the record there are other ways

2)4ext, so you can change partitoning format

3)flashing a recovery is independent from the rom, if you want you can change recoveries while in the rom by flashing via terminal emulator

4)in 4ext recovery always wipe each option, also a good idea to reformat each, I have ocd so I also fastboot-w and flash a superwipe script, sometimes use the allinone nullifier too. May be extrerme but I flash a lot and almost never have problems, really never

5)sometimes, do minimal changes first, make nandroid, do other changes, if things go bad revert to nandroid

6)if you have a curropt file and media scanner is constantly running. Its a good idea every so often (5months maybe) backup sd, reformat, restore sd. Not a huge deal and seems to rarley be an issue unless running swap or storing apps in ext partition of sd

7)not unless you tell it to
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadka:
Okay, so I'm trying to follow that tutorial to flash 4ext recovery, put when I try the 'fastboot erase recovery' command, it gives me a "FAILED (remote: not allowed)" error

My bootloader's versions are as shown in the picture .. The phone is rooted, thats for sure .. The rest I'm not so sure :p

What can I do to bypass this ? ... And yes, I did a search on this prior to posting, but still felt I needed help, which is why I posted the versions above ...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
Need an engineering bootloader, did you root using the gfree method? I mean do you know if you have true radio soff or fake s off?

If you have true s off then just flash one of the pc10img.zips I have in that thread and you will have an uptodate eng hboot, .19 radio (may or may not help you) and one of the more recent 4ext touch recoveries.

If you don't it may be risky to flash it so I would recommened to unroot and then reroot using the gfree method - also if you do this other issues that could arise in the future will be more easily fixable

If your not sure how you were rooted look to the xda wiki, toward the bottom there is a way to test if the exploit worked.

Or finally, download the 4ext app from the market for 2$ and use that to flash recovery and forget all about gaining true soff (which by the way I really recommened for many reasons)

Oh one more way, via terminal emulator. Place recovery on sd, name it recovery.img

Open terminal

su

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

reboot recovery
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadka:
Honestly, I don't remember how I rooted the phone, but I remember having to downgrade stuff, and having to generate some key file, or something, etc ...

If my phone isn't fully 'open', then I would like to open it, so please tell me what can I do to get an engineering hboot ..

Regarding the XDA wiki thing, do you mean this page ? : http://xdaforums.com/wiki/

I dont see anything on that page that can help me out ..
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
On that page you linked, scroll down to htc devices and click on vision aka g2/dz, read that page of the wiki
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadka:
Alright, I found the method you were referring to: http://xdaforums.com/wiki/HTC_Vision#VERIFY_.28using_.22gfree_verify.22.29

According to the response I got, my phone has SuperCID, simlock is off, and radio is S-OFF as well:

So, what to do now ? :D
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KyraOfFire:
To have Desire Z Engineering Hboot

(not the fastest way, but it's the easiest)

1.Download this

files.virtuousrom.com/vision/misc/PC10IMG.zip

2.Place it in to your SD card

3.Reboot into bootloader

4.Confirm flashing the image

5.Success

NOTE: This will wipe everything.

Edit: radio, recovery, system, cache, data partitions, etc. are wiped.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadka:
If it will wipe everything, will the phone even boot !?

What would I do immediately after flashing this hboot ? Do I need to flash everything back in (radio, recovery, system, etc. .. Basically everything you mentioned yourself) ?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KyraOfFire:
Ah, sorry,

6. It will reboot a couple of times then your phone will reboot to HTC logo.

7. adb reboot recovery should bring you to CWM

8. Fullwipe

9.Restore Nandroid or Install ROM

Why recovery is still there after it is "wiped", I honestly don't know.

Source:http://www.virtuousrom.com/2011/06/t-mobile-g2-users-migrating-to-desirez.html
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexnh:
I am now on 4ext recovery, dzhboot and flinny jb beta 1. Happier. I am trying trebuchet (vs nova) to see if that helps.

I have disabled zram, enabled purging and ksm. Are these all good settings?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadka:
Ah, thanks ! What about the rest of the stuff ? Radio, cache, recovery partitions .. Don't I need to flash those in ?

Also, any real danger from doing this ? I mean, any real chance of permanently bricking my phone ?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
Or instead flash one of the pc10img.zips I posted in the thread I linked you to, in the bottom of the op you'll find it.

There you will have more up to date firmware than the virtuous one
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarroyo:
uncheck purging and ksm, if u don't experience any issues/slowdowns etc. this could be one of the things that was causing you problems.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexnh:
doubtful, these are things i just enabled because they were advised in other threads. it is this contradictory advice that makes this infuriating!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadka:
demkantor, so to install the engineering hboot, I should follow the instructions you quoted in this post ? :: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33128720&postcount=22

When I flash the new engineering hboot, the radio will be gone, so what do I do about that ? Also, in that same post, you've linked to that ZIP file ... Does it also contain the .19 radio ?

Lastly, I've created a nandroid backup using CWM .. Can I recover that straightaway from the fastboot menu after flashing in the engineering hboot (and radio, if needed) ?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
Being you have true s-off, flash one of the pc10img.zips (most prefer the dz) check md5, rename, etc just follow the steps in post 30

If you follow steps exactly you will have 4ext, .19, 82.2000

And so long as backed up ROM, restore in new recovery, partitions may have changed and you won't have ext4 formatted partitions if you restore backup so in your case you will be best served to flash a new ROM and start fresh
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadka:
Alright ... Well by post 30, I'm assuming you mean this one :: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33347015&postcount=30

But those instructions don't give all the details .. for example they don't give the exact commands that I need to type, etc ..

I'm sorry for going round and round, but is it possible if you can tell me one set of instructions which give the exact details of what I need to do ?

Basically, here's what I need to do:

1) Flash the engineering hboot

2) Flash the radio (I think I would need to do this)

3) Install 4ext

4) Install a ROM ..

The last part I can do .. I only need exact instructions for the first 3 parts ... Its seems I'm just being routed to different sets of instructions everytime, so if I can get one set of instructions for the above 3 three things (excluding the last one), I'll be very grateful (already am, for all your help!) ..

EDIT: Also, I don't know what you meant by 82.200 .... the engineering hboot is 84.200 .... right?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
Yeah I was tired, that's right

Ok so you are going to flash everything through bootloader, the phone does all the work. Rename to PC10IMG.zip, put on root of sd card , power on while holding volume down.

The phone will ask to proceed, say yes. Leave it alone while it flashes everything for you (it may reboot once or twice, let it)

When completed you need to reboot to recovery to format partitions and flash rom, you need to remove the .zip of sdcard though, either through sd reader in pc or adb reboot-recovery, then mount and remove

This should be a very automated process
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadka:
Thanks for taking the time to mention all those steps ... A few more questions :)

1) The PC10IMG.zip file is the one attached at several places in your other thread, right ?

2) So once I install from this PC10IMG.zip file, the only other thing I would need to install afterwards is the Mimicry ROM itself, right ?

3) Will this PC10IMG.zip also install 4ext and the .19 radio ?

4) Its still not clear to me at what point do I need to remove the ZIP file .. Can you elaborate a little more on that ?

Thanks mate, for your continuous help !

EDIT:

5) Is this the PC10IMG.zip file you're referring to: http://files.virtuousrom.com/vision/misc/PC10IMG.zip ??

EDIT 2:

6) The PC10IMG.zip I mentioned above, its the one for Desire Z (not G2) right ? .. What is the correct MD5 hash of this file (to make sure its correct!) ?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
1,5,and 6) use the pc10img in post thirty in my thread, either the g2 or dz, just rename it (most prefer the dz as it has a lager system partition allowing you to flash sense roms)

2and 3) this flashes all but rom, rom must be flashed in recovery

4) you can't choose recovery from hboot if you have a pc10img.zip on sdcard, so after flash is completed you need to either take out sdcard and remove it (or rename it) then boot to bootloader then choose recovery, then format, then flash rom

Or after flash, adb reboot-recovery, then mount sd and remove it or change name, then format, then flash rom

Pretty much anytime you boot into your bootloader it will scan for pc10img.zip, if it finds something named it then it will won't to flash. Even if you say no don't flash it won't let you boot to recovery from there. So make sure to remove it
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadka:
The file I pointed to is the one mentioned in post 30 (same URL) ..

Also, when flashing 4ext, I thought all the partitions had to be wiped out fully, etc ... All those things you mentioned in the start of this thread ..

Is all of that already handled in the procedure you outlined 2-3 posts above ?

EDIT:

Also, although the md5 of the PC10IMG.zip itself matches with the md5 mentioned in post 30 of your other thread (d5ebb7c9aa8e3cab714634a1a7d6f762), the md5s of the files inside this PC10IMG.zip file (e.g. recovery, radio, etc..) do NOT match with the ones mentioned in the first few posts of your other thread .. Is this okay ?

EDIT 2:

Also, the hboot file inside that PC10IMG.zip file has the name "hboot_7230_0.82.0000_100902" ... Isn't the version supposed to be 84.200 or something ?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
Go to the first post of the thread, on the bottom there is a direct link to post 30, use the dzhboot-pc10img.zip, dropbox link, follow the steps in post 30, you are good
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadka:
Got it ... Just one last thing :) ... This is from those instructions:

~reboot to recovery (via adb)

~reformat all in recovery

~remove PC10IMG.zip from SD

~restore nandroid and reboot to OS

1) How do I do the second step (reformat all in recovery) ... Anywhere I can get the commands for that ?

2) Also, don't I need to flash something back in once I'm done the format ?

I looked in the first few posts of that thread to get some info on the above, but all those instructions start with fastboot, not adb ..
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
adb reboot-recovery

Formatting within the recovery is just a matter of navigating the recovery, find the button and press it.

In your case don't restore nandroid or you will be back to ext3 partitions. Flash rom instead
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexnh:
Demkantor, thanks for your help and thread about dzhboot via fastboot and using ext4, my phone is smooth and faster than ever now and I love 4ext recovery too.

I now think using sd-ext for my apps was what really slowed my phone down, I don't use many apps so might as well put them on my internal memory.

ahmadka, hope you have got everything working. Thanks for tolerating my semihijack of your thread.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadka:
Sorry guys for not posting earlier ... Well thanks to demkantor's help, I was able to install the eng hboot, along with .19 radio and 4ext ... I'm currently again Mimicry 1.5, and am testing it out right now for performance issues .. I've had it for 2-3 days now, and so far the response is awesome .. But this doesn't necessarily mean an improve over before, because this soon after re-flashing, the response was awesome before as well :)

I hope this 'good' response will last longer now ...

Are there any settings within the ROM that I can do to further improve the performance (or to prevent lags maybe) ?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pure.noob:
If you can get a from for the desire Z called ELITEMOD, hardly lags.

Smooth.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
OMG my note dies on me am so heart broken i love my note i was on novena rom phone reboot and it was gone dead wont boot up not even download mode not sure what to do i have read and read and read many many tries to get it to boot but nothing ... IT WAS NOT i repeat it was not the rom it was some mod i was flasing and when it restart bom my baby never came back not sure what else is there to do
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gregsarg:
Relax.......

Please tell us more about the "MOD" you were flashing when the brick occured....

Are you able to pull the battery to power down, then replace the battery and boot to download mode ??.....(sounds like no based on your post. but...battery pull will often help)

If so, you are not bricked, simply jammed up....

If no download mode exists, then a JTAG service may be required...g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
Sounds like the battery is fugazi. Charge with factory cable and wall wart, not from a pc or fake charger.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
i went to get service the jitag and that did not work , my baby wont even turn on or download mode , at a service repare i was told to take it back on saturday to try some mainframe cable thing , i think i flash the rong kernel and it was not a mod :( is my rong doing and am going crazy :_( they even put in a new battery and nothing i meen my baby wont even glinsh
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] maniele856:
Seems like ur motherboard is gone... try ur ext-sdcard on ur pc... if the sd is damaged, u can imagine :'-(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
sd card is fine i tried it in other phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Adizzzle:
I feel for you, as I've lost one Note already, but take this as a lesson learned, and DO NOT flash anything unless your 100% positive of the outcome.

I took mine into my carrier (telus) and they issued me a new phone because it was in the first 30 days.

Maybe you'll have similar luck.

Cheers

Sent from your Momma's phone

Blog: http://ajizzzle.blogspot.ca/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] uwannabananababy:
You thought it was an incorrect kernel, what exactly was it you think you flashed? The file name?

BLACKSTAR X-SGH-I717 xda-developers app
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] G37AEC:
HardBricked My Note

My i717 Note wouldn't even power back up sent it to MobileTechVideos order #12879 and five days later got it back safe and sound. I didn't feel comfortable sending it away but these guys are pros. Not only fast but great communication, they let me know as soon as it was fixed and being shipped.:good:
[HTC One X+] light_n_roses:
Is that true that on sense 4.1 the background on the home isn't moving anymore while sliding through the pages? I think that it would be very disappointing in the case..
[HTC One X+] pradeepd:
Yes no more scrolling
[HTC One X+] grafik2:
What about a multi picture background option? One that shuffles through images in an album during the day
[HTC One X+] targett:
No more scrolling - big shame!

I found it s nice little effect...
[HTC One X+] light_n_roses:
this is very disappointing,,,I hope that developers can restore this feature...this is SENSEless, as gaining resources from this kind of things is ridiculous
[HTC One X+] light_n_roses:
Is there someone who is working on this??
[HTC One X+] shafez:
No scrolling too on Galaxy Note II and Galaxy S3
[HTC One X+] WigglesGRN:
IIRC there has not been scrolling since Gingerbread
[HTC One X+] light_n_roses:
My HTC one s with sense 4.0 and 4.1 has the background that moves while you pass front widget to another, this has been removed on sense 4+
[HTC One X+] dahwe:
I missed the scrolling wallpapers too.. With the Apex or Nova launcher (and problably some more) you can "restore" the scrolling wallpaper option, but then you can't use the Sense widgets anymore.. :/
[HTC One X+] light_n_roses:
On the jelly Bean waiting thread on the one s section someone suggest that this feature may be restored by changing a value inside Rosie but I'm not sure
[HTC One X+] Daranus:
Really hope someone gets that Feature back in here =/
[HTC One X+] light_n_roses:
I'm very pissed off now, I have red that HTC has also removed 3d sliding effect on the home, this suck completely.
[HTC One X+] Andrew149:
this is what was probably causing alot of the lagg issues
[HTC One X+] light_n_roses:
My one s doesn't have lag...
[HTC One X+] GrizzlyBear:
Is there a solution for this!?!?

I mean - I hate new update because of a lack of moving wallpaper.

Why they just didn't make an option "on/off", i didn't have a lag!

Who has idea on how to make it enable again

Android 4.1.2

Sense 4+

p.s. on 4.0.4 with sense 4, it worked very well.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gameboykid:
hi, after flash stock rom for my i9100 4.0.4, and root throught stock recovery, but today, i can't wipe data, but can wipe cache and devlik, battery stus... so i can't flash rom, and now, my i9100 can't start. i need HELP, please. i tried flash stock rom used odin but not succes. (cry)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zachwyt:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756242

You need to post more details. Kernel, methods used, etc.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
I see you posted the same crap an hour ago and decided to open up a new thread about the same.

Why.....because I suppose an hours a long time in a lazy noobs life.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gameboykid:
uhm, i flash only one file rom stock XWLPM 4.0.4, all is stock, kernel,rom, modem...beacuse i root used stock recovery
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamtalha:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2400535

I made the same mistake this is my tutorial to fix ur phone. Ur phone will be fixed for sure
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[Member-Found Deals] papabear:
But then you have to buy more stuff at radio crap. Not a bad deal tho I suppose
[Member-Found Deals] NewbCentral:
Excellent deal, was able to purchase a n7 for a friend. Thanks
[Member-Found Deals] Nyobie:
Well I figure I can always use batteries for the multiple remotes in our household. RadioShack isn't one of my first choices typically either but I found a few things I'd be able to buy with the four $10 store credits.

They have an APC uninterruptible power supply I'll probably pick up. It's listed at $59.99 at the moment and has free shipping. Take $10 off and it isn't too bad of a deal. For a techie, something like this wouldn't be too bad of a gift come to think of it. There are a bunch of other useful things that don't cost too much like bulbs, fuses, smoke alarms, carbon monoxide sensors, etc.

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[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] marky363:
Hey all, I have to rooted phone but when I'm installing the kernel via fastboot it gives to me this output:

27/002/2012 13:02:52 - INFO - Launching fastboot Toolbox 1.0 by DooMLoRD

27/002/2012 13:02:53 - INFO - Device Status: fastboot mode

27/002/2012 13:02:58 - INFO - Selected kernel (boot.img or kernel.sin): E: \ Mobile Flash \ Flashtool \ boot.img

27/002/2012 13:02:58 - INFO - Flashing selected kernel

27/002/2012 13:02:58 - INFO - fastboot Output:

sending 'boot' (5788 kilobytes) ...

FAILED (remote: The Device must be rooted first)

finished. total time: 0.002s

27/002/2012 13:02:58 - INFO - Please check the log before rebooting into system

27/003/2012 13:03:00 - INFO - Finished fastboot Toolbox

What to do? I was looking all over xda and google and can not find anything

my firmware: WT19i_4.0.2.A.0.58
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mdfzhi:
u need unlock bootloader to flash custom kernel.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] marky363:
bootloader unlock allowed: yes