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[HTC One S] GuestX0019:
HTC has made it harder than some other phones. I did have a Nexus One before the One S. Google, but still HTC. Still, I think is important to understand a lot of this. Since, you can get in trouble on any phone.

The procedures you are describing are what was/is called one-click rooting. Became popular on Nexus One. But, some found rooting by that method restricted them on doing certain things they wanted to do and troubleshooting and getting out of soft bricks. I think they could not use either adb or fastboot and needed that to restore phone.

Anyway, good luck on new phone--:)
[HTC One S] IntelligentAj:
+1000

The first time I tried to flash a ROM on my phone I softbricked it since I didn't follow directions. I searched the web for at least a couple of hours trying to figure out 1) what happened to my phone and 2) How to fix it. I eventually found a thread on here and a separate thread on another Forum with the solution to my problem. I learned UNIX in school so I had some knowledge with the commands to help me. I'm not a big fan of the All-in-One tools because as the poster above me said you don't learn and are bound to make the same mistake as a result. The knowledge also transfers across whatever Android device you're using so I think it's quite relevant to learn as much as you can
[HTC One S] eLiTeOneS:
I don't understand what there is to learn. Could you enlighten me as to what I am supposed to learn. From what I gather, all you are supposed to do when flashing a rom is flash the boot.img, factory reset and wipe data/cache a few times, install the rom and then wipe cache again. Isn't it all done then?
[HTC One S] GuestX0019:
Well, I guess you got it figured out and I wasted my time on a lengthy post--:rolleyes:
[HTC One S] customromfan:
I'm using Android on several phones and tablets for a while, but there's one thing i still don't understand. Why should i wipe more than once before installing a rom? I often read that, never did that and never had a problem. And: ain't factory reset and wipe data/cache the same?
[HTC One S] GuestX0019:
That is topic of discussion and disagreement for many. Most devs will recommend multi wipes. I have had on occasion issues with one wipe. Never with multi. If you don't wipe System, some remnants of previous rom can be left behind. Same for only one wipe for data. Caches I normally only do once or twice. All this is very quick to do. My analogy is doing a quick fomat as opposed to a full format on a disk. It is my opinion that one wipe does not get it all. Others can have a different opinion. But, I will continue to wipe all multi times. After 3 years and hundreds of successful flashes, I don't plan to change. If i have an issue I can't fix, normally an sdcard reformat works. Some files there are tied to the phone also and if become bad/corrupted can still cause issues even with multi wipes. I have read many posts where someone with problems got sorted after multi wipes and/or an sdcard reformat.

All imho--:)

You may continue to have no issues and great. My problem with the other poster is that after asking for advice and reading my post still thinks all you do is wipe data/caches, flash boot then rom and nothing else to know. My point is you need to read, read, read before flashing theses roms. You have an investment to protect. You also should know why you are doing things and there consequences and how to get out of trouble. I see many posts by people you just did what the other member mentioned, never read OP or any part of thread and wound up soft bricked, bootlooped etc. Not even paying attn to whether the rom was for an S3 or S4.

Again, I have no idea of anyones expertise here. And most know more than me. That is why I am cautious and respect tips/advice from more knowledgeable users. It took me a long time to force myself to learn adb/fastboot. Even with a lot of prodding by a much more learned member. Glad I finally did.

What I hate to see is someone asking a question answered one page back or "hey, just got phone. can someone give me a step by step on rooting/flashing. no I haven't read anything yet"

Anyway my 2 cents--:)

Sorry for rant, must be bored today--
[HTC One S] eLiTeOneS:
I'm actually glad you told me all this. I've been through many bootloops, but I don't really see how learning A LOT about all of this is required. Don't you just need to fullwipe/cache after booting into recovery and then just recover your device? Sorry if I come across as arrogant or something, I'm really not trying to be. I have read around about this, but none of the sites/tutorials I went to discussed ANYTHING about spending a long time researching the matter. I thought it was as simple as following the instructions from Developers.
[HTC One S] GuestX0019:
No problem. The actual steps are relatively simple. But, not all Dev's give all needed steps. Some leave out wiping System, as an example. My only point is not only know the steps but why you are doing them and what to do if you get into trouble. The threads are sprinkled with folks just doing the steps and getting into trouble and not knowing how to get out of it. Then they want the easy step by step to get out of trouble and still don't want to understand the why's of what they are doing.

As I mentioned, you may not be one of them. It is hard to ascertain someone's skill level or true meaning just by the post itself. So, my comments are just general fyi.

Since XDA is a development forum, there won't be extensive how to's. But the wiki's and stickies do contain a lot of info. And, scanning certain threads that have subject matter you are interested in can give a lot of insight also. Lots of You Tube videos too.

Good Luck--:)
[HTC One S] eLiTeOneS:
Thanks, it's just the way you put it unnerved me quite a lot. I mean, I don't see how there is a LOT of skill required to do this, isn't most of it common sense? I mean, that's how I approach many things; by figuring them out. But if I'm doing everything right, then there's no problem :)
[HTC One S] GuestX0019:
Cool--:)

Sounds like you got it all figured. Didn't mean to upset. But, it is hard to read btwn lines on posts. Mine included :) So, sometimes things are not taken correctly.

In time you will see more of the posts that make some of us scratch our heads and wonder why the question was even asked.

For now have fun and Nandroid--and backup sdcard to PC. Those are very important things I still see some not doing--:)
[HTC One S] eLiTeOneS:
Yeah, I did one of them, but that was a silly mistake on my behalf. Anyway, if you were to backup your SD Card on your PC, what good would that do?
[HTC One S] :
Well, if your card got corrupted and you lost all data, you could reformat and then copy back to card all folders etc. Or, individual folders. I was having issues with media not being recognized by Gallery after flashing a rom. Just copied my bu of DCIM back to phone and all was well.

Happens more than you think--
[HTC One S] eLiTeOneS:
Oh you mean just to do it after flashing a rom or something?
[HTC One S] :
No, just once a month or so. Or, if you just put something on it you don't want to lose and have no other back up of it.
[HTC One S] eLiTeOneS:
Oh, I see. Will do! Thanks bro :)
[HTC One S] :
Welcome--:)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonathan Berry:
Good Evening,

I am a noob to the forum and android as a whole. I have a Galaxy S3 UK T-Mobile a few months ago I was getting annoyed as TMobile were not issuing the JellyBean update. I took matters into my own hands and unbranded the phone and installed the Jellybean update.

Recently the phone has been freezing/crashing upto 20/30 times a day and its is understandably getting annoying. I have reinstalled the custom firmware as I want to get it back to Samsung but I can't reset the Binary Counter!

I have been scouring the internet for the last few days and there are many tutorials/youtube videos showing how to do it with a programme called Triangle Away. I downloaded this but it doesn't work as my phone is not Rooted.

Any advise would be much appreciated.

Please be gentle on a noob!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qtwrk:
application like triangle away won't be able to functional until you root your phone ...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonathan Berry:
Is there any way I can reset the binary counter without rooting my phone??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr.Luigi:
No there isnt,

You will have to root, and use Triangle Away.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonathan Berry:
Thank you for the help.

Which is the easiest method of rooting as there appears to be many different ways to do it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poults:
Just use the chainfire root kernel for closest to stock or any of the other custom kernels.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PostMeridianLyf:
Currently running liquid 4.2.2 2.1 and still noticing some static / cutout every nOw and then. Just curious if there has been any updates on the matter?
[HTC Droid DNA] shajubinglish:
Hello guys

Tools Needed to separate digitizer

i got the digitizer from ebay,

hot air gun

exacto knife

i used IR thermometer to measure

double sided tape

first i thought removing the digitizer completely, and i experimented in old broken evo 3D digitizer to find out at what temp the glue between the glass and the plastic digitizer starts to lose(85-90degree Celsius)

after i found out that removing the glass pieces from the digitizer layer would be much easier,

my buddy helped me with the heat gun.

keep it moving don't stop at a spot it will damage the lcd,maintain temp between 85celcius(185F)to90celcius(194F)

using the knife remove the glass piece, remove one piece at a time.don't dig deeper when glass pieces are completely removed start heating at the top slowly peal of plastic digitizer layer from the lcd,

During this process maintain the temp at 85deg cel because dna lcd did't have the side metal support if the temp is low or you hurried means the top layer of the lcd will rip off .

after that i checked the lcd it worked no bleed or blackink

I cleaned the old glue and applied the double sided tape. the seller did't gave me pre cut tape so i have cut 2mm for sides and copied the old glue patter at the top and bottem . align the lcd use tape on the backside don't forget to peal of the soft key light diffuser from old one and transfer it to new one

i attached couple of photo taken doing this in a rar file

a pair of hands will be helpful and luck from Jesus .

Be careful with the knife i cut my fingers twice and glass pieces will fly around so wear glasses.
[HTC Droid DNA] mohit321:
This is great news, however, I already destroyed my LCD in the process of finding that temperature. I was wondering if you could explain the pattern for the double sided tape. Does it not completely surround the opening around the LCD? Should there be a gap for the digitizer ribbon?
[HTC Droid DNA] shajubinglish:
you need to make a slot for ribbon cable and holes for front camera and sensor.
[HTC Droid DNA] wu_li:
Where did you get your double sided tape or could you recommend a source? Thanks
[HTC Droid DNA] shajubinglish:
you can use 3m tape. i used nippon tape.
[HTC Droid DNA] gabak:
hello

everyone

i have been reparing cellphones for over a year and i made few videos with a lot details about how to separate LCD from the broken gorilla glass. Also i made a video explaning all the theory behind it and after that all the practices so you can see how it is made. I hope it help you all guys.

Theory of how to fix gorilla glass at any samsung galaxy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOAauYYNUuI

how to repair galaxy s4 screen glass replacement (gorilla glass)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J458v0LNkkI

how to remove gorilla glass from LCD on galaxy S3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnuoCm_erYI

how to change display from a galaxy s4 (complete frame LCD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85pOvI6OV_Q

enjoy!
[HTC Droid DNA] gfs001:
lcd

please help me, I have htc droid dna and want to replace LCD display with touch screen digitizer, does fit model X920e lcd with screen my droid dna? is X920e butterfly and droid dna lcd screen same?
[Sony Xperia ZL] bothfly:
Selling, trading and exchanging devices or any item will no longer be permitted in any forum or via Private Messages.

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[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alfa71omega:
Hi all, I'm in trouble with my mac. I downloaded the HTC Sync Manager for mac. Installed it. Once launched the program the hard drive starts twisting as a mad man. The program stats: importing media files?????:eek::eek::eek::eek: 250 GB of musics, 180 GB movies and a lot GB of pictures. While twisting I can see that the hard drive free space decrease, not a lot but several GB yes. I waited for the end of this stupid operation than i plugged the One. The program freeze! No way to copy anything! The mac starts with its stupid lollipop and I'm obliged to force the shut down of the program. Tried to uninstall the program, restart the mac, install it again, but same problem. Tried to uninstall the program, wipe the phone... same problem. DO you have any ideas? Is there somewhere a simple bridging program to let me drag and drop files to my phone??? It was so easy when I had the phone as an external device....

TKS
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ste1164:
Download the android transfer tool for mac. You can drag and drop then.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CNexus:
There's also adb if you're comfortable with the command line :good:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alfa71omega:
Thanks this is perfect!
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] broodplank1337:
Several people got the brick bug of /data. Caused by a faulty CWM version. I've tried many different Odin packages, but this seems to be the one that works :)

I looked in the AriesVE.ops file and it said "userdata" instead of "data", that's why the previous packages I made probably didn't work for resettings data.

Here is the new unbrick TAR:

http://www.mediafire.com/?5c6vd9qwb1l7qh6

Version 2:

http://www.mediafire.com/?34nvharqhak1n2z

Version 2: (500mb size) (at own risk)

http://www.mediafire.com/?lcd2rsz7524u73z

Use an USB port of the backside of your computer, it's faster most of the time. And it may take over an hour to complete. but don't worry, it's better then sending it to samsung.

and charge your phone before doing this, when the power of the battery is fully drained it will only stay on at the usb power, causing an extremely slow flash.

(someone that i helped with odin sometime flashed a complete stock rom without the battery and it took almost 24 hours!!!)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] biagio7xD:
you're the best !
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] XeLLaR*:
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Thats quite handy, thanks!
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Schur1k:
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Maybe noob question but is it better if everyone install it or just People with the problems?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] broodplank1337:
Only for the people who have the problem, not everyone! it may take a very long time so it's a waste if your phone is already working
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] magicw:
Further, I assume it has an effect like a factory reset doesn't it?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] XeLLaR*:
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Jup
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] sv2hqx:
repair lost imei too?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] broodplank1337:
no it doesn't
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] alireza7991:
For repairing lost imei you need a Z3X repair box , then you can write the imei from back.of your battery on your phone ! its possible !
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Ledo13:
How long does it date Odin to flash that file. I am still waiting after 100 minutes. After odin mesagge <1> START!!! nothing has happend, is that normal?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] XeLLaR*:
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Wait till it finishes.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Ledo13:
220 minutes and still running....
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Jonboy2011:
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Odin sucks.. did you use an USB port directly on your motherboard ? but if i remember correctly if Odin stuck At START it stucks forever but maybe brood can say if its true or not..
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Ledo13:
How to figure out which is connected to my motherboard, there are two ports on my left, and two on my right side of computer
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Jonboy2011:
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if you have an PC , look At the back of the pc, At the bottom are PCI slots , dont connect to this USB ports , at the top, mostly on the right are connectors like rs232 (veeeery old PC :D) and most 2-6 USB ports , connect To that ports . i hope you understand My explanation :D
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Ledo13:
I understand, but i am doing it on my laptop. I only have 4 ports and dont know which of them are high speed.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Jonboy2011:
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look at the sides of your laptop.. on the one site mostly are many connectors thats the mainboard site the USB connectors on the dvd drive side are mostly offboard
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] jcah73:
Where put the file? How config odin? Only this file? Thanks for all
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Ledo13:
Just do it like when you flash rom, put ariesVe in OPS, and check one package, then click One Package and select fixdatanow.tar file, click Start and wait...
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] janesz1981:
hi!

Download Start...

<0> Create File...

<1> StartThread Detected : 1

<2> StartThread Detected : 0

<3> StartThread Detected : 0

<4> StartThread Detected : 0

<5> StartThread Detected : 0

<6> StartThread Detected : 0

<7> StartThread Detected : 0

<8> StartThread Detected : 0

<1> setup connection...

<1> odin mode.. check plcatform verification.

<1> VerifyPlatform:V0, P0,R0

<1> START!!!

<1> set download environment.

<1> big partition size!!

<1> userdata.ext4.img download..

still running.. 1448min. It will finish or just unplug the telephone?:confused: ( i do it because of the faulty cwm and data partition was bricked) sry my bad english.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] broodplank1337:
1448 min! thats 24 hours omfg.

Yes you can do that if you want.

Here is a new package with instead of userdata.ext4.img it's userdata.img.ext4

hope that makes a difference, I've seen all different variants.

.img.ext4

.ext4.img

and .img

so please try this new package and report!

http://www.mediafire.com/?34nvharqhak1n2z

alternatively you can alter the /data partition size, I once flashed a 100mb userdata to my phone and it didn't brick.

so here is a 500mb one, flash at own risk

http://www.mediafire.com/?lcd2rsz7524u73z
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] mrjraider:
How big is the data partition? Because if you flash a stock rom the longest part is system.ext4.img and the fastes is recovery.ext4.img... Data takes about 5 minutes?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] janesz1981:
ok. i unplugged. battery out and back after a little time. I plugged the power cause the drained battery and now i have 3 icons on the screen: telefone - warning triangle - pc ( its better than before? ). i wait till my battery fully charged and then try the v2 zip.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] broodplank1337:
data is 1.4 gb so that can take hours but some user have 24 hours... that's just impossible I think

That's a softbrick, but it's no problem, just reflash a rom and it's gone.

I've written a tutorial about this also http://broodplank.net/?p=234
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] mrjraider:
Yes obviusly.

1.4 gb is about 1400 mb so that would make odin writing (if 1448 min and not any futher) with a speed of 12 bytes per second
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] broodplank1337:
that speed is horrible of course lol. but I've had some "slow" flashes and fast flashes, the fastest stock rom flash ever was 4 min and the slowest 45 min. with the same usb port. so it's really random
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] mrjraider:
But still, it is weird. Why the f does it take that long to write something? I know writing 1.4 gb lines with pen and paper is wil take for ever but still.. It is just weird xD
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] janesz1981:
Download Start...

<0> Create File...

<1> StartThread Detected : 1

<2> StartThread Detected : 0

<3> StartThread Detected : 0

<4> StartThread Detected : 0

<5> StartThread Detected : 0

<6> StartThread Detected : 0

<7> StartThread Detected : 0

<8> StartThread Detected : 0

<1> setup connection...

<1> odin mode.. check plcatform verification.

<1> VerifyPlatform:V0, P0,R0

<1> START!!!

its v2 (my phone was fully charged.. :D) , 18 minutes and still running. i miss these lines:

<1> set download environment.

<1> big partition size!!

<1> userdata.ext4.img download..

without the big partition size message.. :] or it doesnt matter?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] LiiQuoR:
Ok so i'm testing the v2 ... hope it works ;)

I have tested the v1 before and I stopped @ 4 hours! My phone did that after I wipe cache / dalvik/ system and data :eek:

I think i'm a little bit crazy no?

Edit : Blocking on <1> START ??????!!!!!!!!!

Edit 2 : Ok , still installing ... I think I got a problem! 240 minutes... No solution ? Plz I can't use my phone
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] -ION-:
After flashing userdata.img.ext4 the phone doesnt reboot but turns off, when powering on I get the soft-brick as seen in the picture. After flashing a rom with odin (tried KQE KPN NL stockrom and broodrom RC5) the phone still doesn't boot and /data is still broken. :(
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] ktulu84:
userdata should be formatted fat, or i'm wrong? btw i hope i never need to do this... i cannot resist 24 hours flashing wih odin...

edit: my bad, I thought userdata was sdcard :D
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] broodplank1337:
wtf that sucks. you can try to do it with adb.

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 bs=1M count=x

where x is the number of mbs.

This recovery really ****ed up phones..
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] -ION-:
mbs=megabytes? how many should I set it to?

EDIT:

Will this work?

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 count=1413120

EDIT 2:

Got this error, after 1 minute:

~ # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 count=1413120
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 count=1413120
dd: writing '/dev/block/mmcblk0p17': I/O error
434177+0 records in
434176+0 records out
222298112 bytes (212.0MB) copied, 88.906219 seconds, 2.4MB/s

EDIT 3

Tried the same command again but now i get the error right away:

~ # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 count=1413120
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 count=1413120
dd: writing '/dev/block/mmcblk0p17': I/O error
1+0 records in
0+0 records out
0 bytes (0B) copied, 0.254456 seconds, 0B/s

EDIT 4:

Tried to factory reset the phone: than got these errors:

-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p17
Formatting /cache...
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p16

Also getting an error when trying to format /sdcard

Formatting /sdcard...
Error mounting /sdcard!
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] broodplank1337:
I/O Error doesn't sound good. you can try a temporary small data image. just copy the cache img and name it userdata, you know how to pack it and flash, so I would suggest that. if that still doesn't work I'm out of options :X

Maybe you can Delete the whole partition and recreate it but I'm not going to tell you how because I'm not sure how. and I don't want to brick your phone.

can you do a "cat proc/partitions" and show me the output?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] XeLLaR*:
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Or you can flash a stockrom, send it to samsung and tell them it bricked while you did a update via KIES.