yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
From doing a few searches with the error it seems to come up often in Pantech phones (other brands as well). It could be the version of CWM or it could just be a locked bootloader issue, or just a bootloader issue. I'm not sure myself but I'm getting my netbook set up with Mint and ditching the VM so I can find out myself.

EDIT: My VM is up and running now and I'm going to explore. From what I've gathered so far we need to unlock the bootloader to be able to flash anything to the partitions, this can be done with "fastboot oem unlock" I don't know if that command is going to be that easy but I'm going to check it out! If that fails then were going to need to tackle the bootloader first, also for the recovery, Rootzwiki has been a great source, and they have a tutorial for everything we are looking into, there is a command but I can't remember it right now in fastboot that allows us to boot partitions without them effecting the phone. We should try booting the recovery to see if it works, if it works we may need to flash something in the recovery to unlock the bootloader. I might be completely wrong but hopefully the unlock command works.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
yeah sounds right youve had an evo before idk when but if ur one of the early users of the froyo root method we had to unlock a bootloader using a certain comand in adb to be able to downgrade to an earlier 2.2 that was rootable before the one clicks came out ill try to find that old evo tutorial and find that command lol there was a video i belive with it and the rootz wiki is what my other link on the other page was supposed to send u to i guess i missed a couple of words in the URL on that other page lol good luck to you keep us updated im glad the flex has gotten a community like ours that can use examples to start from scratch
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Command should be "fastboot boot recovery.img". User attn1 from the burst developers said if it boots the recovery we should be able to install it with the recovery. I can also use fastboot on Windows in case anyone is interested. Also can we get the custom CWM posted?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
@noobfordroid could you please PM us a link to your cwm recovery ? wow @jsterrling someone from burst actually replied ive been trying for a while now lol hope we can get this up and going using the fastboot command and that the security measures on this boot loader are not insane like that of HTC

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Btw any of you heard about the pantech discover coming out soon specs are close to ours but with better hardware like camera and display
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Yeah, I actually joined the IRC channel and left a message, he was nice enough to reply back right after I got off of work. I'm probably going to be pretty busy up until Friday with work, I took a lot of time off for other reasons but I'm going to try to work on unlocking the bootloader when I can. Fastboot can be used in Windows just installed the Google USB drivers that come with the SDK and all is well.

We just need a custom CWM which I guess I'm going to start working on unless noobfordroid can post his.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
at the risk of being fired ive been on here at work all day lol i was also at work when me and donovan01 were working on the root for the flex lol im captivated at starting from scratch feels like were all pioneers that our work would prbly help out future pantech users since it seems pantech is trying to become a top tier cell phone company now
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Yeah they're showing some nice phones now and this has to be probably the best smartphone I've ever owned, camera aside. They just need to support developers but as soon as they do that ill be a pantech customer for life.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] noobfordroid:
I will send the link a soon as i get home
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] noobfordroid:
fast boot recovery

I tried teh fastboot recovery but it is still booting to the phone. Will try to create the recovery again and try

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boot.img - http:// db .tt/kKJM0n6z

recovery.img - http:// db .tt/SNmTapqg

cwm recovery - http:// db .tt/k6eVZagS
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Awesome, I'll take a look tomorrow. Also boot.img and recovery.img are stock I'm assuming?

EDIT: Post #100!!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] noobfordroid:
Yes.they are stock
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
[/COLOR]Ok guys boot into recovery with volume up plus power button! then tap volume up + DOWN at the same time it pulls up a menue with the words reboot system now apply update from external Storage wipe data factory reset apply update from cache and when your rooted a new button comes up that says rooted! lol ? ? and when u press on it it says this device was rooted lol seriously pantech tryinna thruw our warrinties under the bus or what!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] noobfordroid:
cwm recovery

The cwm recovery i posted above is not working. I followed a guide online to port that recovery. Can someone post any tutorial for posting cwm?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Looks like we need to consult the burst.developers. did it just hang at fastboot?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/10/porting-clockwork-recovery-to-new.html here you go i think youd have to change the repo from gingerbread to ICS u know lol so we dont end up with abad port
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] noobfordroid:
I followed the same tutorial when i created the cwm earlier
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
thats the official tutorial by koush though thats the most reliabale tutorial u probably can find otherwise check out the tutorial i posted about 6 comments back the one where you said u had alrady created a cwm port that tutorial is for Amon Ras recovery i think
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] noobfordroid:
i built recovery using online recovery builder. i used fastboot boot recovery.img to boot that recovery. But it just reboots the phone, Below is my output. Any ideas?

root@shyamalapati:/home/shyamalapati/android# fastboot boot ../Downloads/recovery.img

downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 1.738s]

booting...

OKAY [ 0.024s]

finished. total time: 1.762s
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
I'm going to talk more with attn1 in IRC. As soon as I get time that is. I have overtime the rest of the month -.- but he wants to help us and told me Pantech is weird with what we need to do. the tutorial for building a recovery isn't going to work and there is some extra steps and certain things that the tutorial doesn't tell you about that needs to be done.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
outta all the companies out there i expected pantech to be more easy going seems that i was wrong lol samsung is more dev friendly then pantech they really should stop trying to stop us from doing what we want with our phones
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
I think its just how they set the phone up I don't think they do it intentionally.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] noobfordroid:
Good news. i am have been working with attn1 and he has been very helpful in porting cwm. he ported the recovery and i am able to boot cwm on my phone. I am running into issues when i insert the sdcard. Will post an update when it is resolved. pictures coming soon
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
fantastic! congrats and thank you and attn1 ! cant wait for the release and guide
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Great job! Nice to see some noticable progress (root aside). If you can't fix the SD card issue post what you've done and we can all try and see what could be done to fix it. I'd start a new thread though if your going to take that route.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
that pic just seriously made my day this is what we have all been waiting for first root now recovery hopefully we get the sd card fixed then let the ROM! MANIA BEGIN ! my main focus will be ports so expect some awesome ports from other devices to come to the flex my first work will probably be based on the galaxy S3 once we get to more advanced things then comes the HTC models because sense is an absoulute monster! to port over i dont expect to get a full one of those but i will attempt many ports
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Nice job keep up the good work!

Those of you who are familiar with ROMs what are the chances of getting a Cyanogen or MIUI port working.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
Sorry to say slim because you would be porting the from over from another phone you would have to map out all the hardware and symlinks on our phone and create a kernal for it
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
I wasnt sure how close to another phone this one was and if there was a easy cross over rom that would allow us to alter some of the source and compile our own build
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
Our phone is the first in a new high end pan tech line I, think the closest phone to ours is the new discover that just came our this week and still has no root

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We would probably have to compile from source code since Im not sure but I don't believe the burst users have any cm roms either
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Drat
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
What's the progress on this
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] noobfordroid:
I have been crazy busy with few other things and couldn't work on this for past three days. Let me know if any one is interested on working with me on this.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
Sign me up always would love to contribute to anything man ill shoot
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] solz6009:
Help With System Files

Some plz post the system/app and framework files ..... i hav deleted my messages.apk and some other system apps and its messed up.phone starts up so if i replaces these file it will be fine i guess.so someone plz upload and provide link.thank you.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
although you may think its that easy to restore the sms app our device might actually block the reinstallation of that file back because it is a /system/app your best bet is to make a backup of ur contacts and downloaded apps using titanium or my backup root app (free on the play store) go to your settings backup and reset and click reset/wipe user data factory reset and then restore ur backup that u made of uir personal apps and files photos exd... your phone will be back like new as if u just got it ALso you will not lose root by doing this ! :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] briankariu:
Now my fav thread. :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
cwm when?

I hope noobfordroid will post his cwm port soon its my only hope of unbricking this amazing phone and then messing with a ROM or two:p
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] solz6009:
I tried that and didnt work.its the same.can you atlest sent apk and odex of contact and messaging app
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
I'll send them when I get home from school :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
apps n odex for solz

here ya go :cyclops: ....pst...thanks button :P
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
Use root explorer to place these files in your system/apps folder and then press and hold on the apps one by one to edit there permissions and give them full permissions on every level then install these apps
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
Wouldn't he have to set the permissions as rw-r--r-- for it to actually work? That is the default permissions for the system apps if I'm not mistaken.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] briankariu:
Anyone know how to change the on screen buttons to stock? The under glow just pisses me
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
correct in the side corner on root explorer it will have a button that say system is mounted as r/o mount as r/w? hed just have to tap that button once and thats all sorry thanks for that slipped my mind

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as far as i know idt we can even edit anything on that bottom software buttons most likely have to wait for a rom to come outh removing the underglow and possibly the vibrate every time those are pressed -_-
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] briankariu:
The vibrate you can get rid of under settings--->sound--->vibrate on touch

But the under glow is freaking haunting me man, it's like its following me wherever i go ^o^

Gotsa change them

***meth, not even once***
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
Yeah but if you turn that off it won't vibrate when you open an app Haha well let's hope we can get a recovery working with sd card support so we could tweak <<< another meth. Pun nd mod all we want
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] briankariu:
Wanna get this phone high on meth of the blue variety :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
Speaking of this I wonder what the progresses is on the recovery I have a brick laying in front of me that I try to keep out of dads sight lol....He's gonna kill meh.... :( UNLESS I can flash this recovery img .... if whoever is making the recovery needs help just pm me.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
How do you plan on flashing the recovery if your phone is bricked exactly ? Can you still fast boot using volume up down power or can u boot into stock recovery using volume up power then tap volume up down at android triangle screen ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
yea buuuutt...

its soft bricked i can still reach recovery and fastboot but i have no idea how to unlock the bootloader so until then i'm stuck...

fastboot oem unlock

doesn't work so im stumped :(

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You can get the official kernal source from http://opensource.pantech.com/ idk if this is helpful or not but if you guys didn't know i thought i would post it :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Bricked phones are always bad, but on the good side there will eventually be a fix. Right now, others at least, are working on recoveries for the phone. I'm sure a few members are also working on ROMs. I'm just woundering what exactly you did to brick it. Getting the bootloader unlocked is going to be some work too...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
Well I was trying to deodex it and made some stupid mistakes and I ended up in boot loop but my friend let me use his cappy till a solution is found....:p
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
Booting into recovery and clearing data and cache doesn't fix your brick?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
Nope I've tried everything I could think of....

Devices: Acer iconia tab A100

Pantech Flex (brick) :(

Samsung cappy

HTC thunderbolt
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
Dang dude hopefully noob4droid comes back and hits us with a recovery
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
I have his recovery but I can't flash it without an unlocked bootloader.

-+xX$TIMMY$Xx+-

Devices: Acer iconia tab A100

Pantech Flex (brick) :(

Samsung cappy

HTC thunderbolt
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Either an unlocked bootloader or an alternative way.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
PDL Download?

I cant help but notice the PDL DOWNLOAD option in the bootloader menu. Does anyone know how to use this option as like a software upgrader or any tools that can access this option?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
it is like odin for pan tech unfortunately we haven't had the pleasure of pan tech releasing a tool to use PDLS -_- idk why its there and well it would be nice for noob to give us an install method he used to get it up on his phone but I'm sure he has his reasons mainly the sd card issue means its probably not gonna help us much in a brick situation just patience i guess
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
Yea...I've been considering trying to return it as if it were an accident but I have my doubts that they will help me out or replace the phone....I still have a few weeks on my 30 day return thing so I'm torn between my options.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
They will even if it's broken tell them it was messed up and one day wouldn't turn on they'll return it under your 30 day man did this, with my galaxy s3
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
I'll try that this weekend hopefully I can start working on some mods when I get a new one..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Yes you have your 30 day you could just tell them you don't like the phone or the truth. It won't turn on. They will charge you a restocking fee of like 35 or 36 dollars.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
Is noobfordroid still working on the recovery? Don't mean to sound impatient just curious
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
i have emailed team win regarding porting their recovery to our devices waiting for a reply
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
Cool can't wait for a working recovery :) and twrp is also my fav :cool:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] briankariu:
Just got this mod...awesome
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
what mod is that

what mod is that lol and twrp is awesome but idk how to compile a recovery n flashhh
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
Its a lot more complicated than i was expecting but i'll give it a go when i get home since noone else seems to be available.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
Everyone seems busy down for a colab if you need any help. I maybe of assistance
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] briankariu:
Fyi it doesn't break root
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
well that's good. I'm just woundering what the update does then.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] briankariu:
Tweeted @PantechUSA asking them for a changelog....so far only "change" i have noticed is that amazon is now pre installed
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
tried installing update and gave me an update failed ?? but when it restarted it was the updated build number -_- weirddd but hey guess it worked
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
Yea at least I now have an excuse y it was bricked when I take it to at&t :p I can say the update failed.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Neat. More bloat.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] briankariu:
Definitely more bloat. Atleast 5 new apps from at&t. Disabled all of them
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] briankariu:
And it just broke root! Had to restart for me to notice this
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Well it looks like accepting the update is a bad idea after all. Try rooting again and see if it works.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
Good thing about this update since it breaks, root that just gives us a way to take it back when we f. It up
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
Good news everyone. I'm unbricked! I've also found a way to enable adb-ing from stock recovery. And I MIGHT have disabled signature verification on it, I need someone to test that on another phone for me. Here's my modified stock recovery.

Do at your own risk (in not responsible for us messing ur phone up) :P

HOW TO:

Place boot.img in fastboot folder

Boot into fastboot mode and type "fastboot boot boot.img"

It should then boot into recovery mode with adb enabled and stuff.

Hope this helps :) https://www.dropbox.com/s/k5akc5zodz82gwf/boot.img

It's no cwm but it will get you out of a brick. :banghead:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
Will this install custom roms?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Its worth a try. With signature verification off it might take a modified update file. Its good to have in case the phone is bricked so I would make a seperate thread for a download.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
Why can't we just compile a cwmr. And use boot recovery. Img since flash recovery isn't working lol we could boot cwmr. Using adb in order to get recovery working each time I guess
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Unless it will boot because the sig check is off that was already tried. It was just hanging, we do have a recovery that will boot were just trying to fix the sd card issue with it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
well nevermind

I found out all it does is enable adb in recovery (still checks sig) -but im working on some stuff maybe i can get cwm ported.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
Good to hear an update but lemme ask you this, is, it due to the recovery that our sd. Card won't be read or is it a mapping issue
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] briankariu:
Hmmmn brilliant observation
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
thats the question because before i go ahead and build a new recovery from tmwrp source code i kind of want to know weather its the issue with cwmr or a mapping issue and id also would love to know how you managed to install the recovery by bypassing the signature verification but understandibly this is noob4droids work and i wish him and whoever is working good luck with this project much gratitude for putting in the work hopefulyl a fix for this issue will be found in the near future
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] briankariu:
I think it is an issue with mapping. Lemme get home and I will post a screenshot of the NAND mapping
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
^^ thats what i hoped not to hear in any case this would be an issue where we would need to edit the recovery image to recognize our device map correct ? or is the problem still more complicated then that
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] timmythanoob:
sweet sweet progress :)

and velveeta :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
haha super bowl sunday where Amazing happens Timmythanoob man you should update everyone on the bugs maybe they might have some input on it and tell them how you ported it include details 10000 heads are better then 1 i learn something everyday from the people on here