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[Windows RT General] iSlaker:
Hi, I installed Windows 8.1 Preview on my ARM tablet. before installing it I created a recovery USB drive as I thought I would hate Windows 8.1 and want to go back to 8.0.

So I did but before recovering I had the stupidest idea to wipe clean the disk.

there were 3 partitions in it before:

• recovery (around 300mb)

• EFI (I don't remember its size)

• C: (around 54, 55GB).

I can still get access to the blue screen with the big buttons. in Troubleshoot, "Reset your PC" won't work. it gives me a message saying "Unable to reset your PC. A required drive partition is missing"

I still have access to command line and could recreate the partitions but I don't know what would be the correct sizes and file systems for EFI and Recovery. and even if I did I have a feeling that just creating the partitions might not make much difference.

Any ideas, please?

VIDEO: http://youtu.be/KdDLy23CAGk
[Windows RT General] jtg007:
You cant restore from your USB? In troubleshoot, "reset your PC" tries to reset it from the internal recovery partition, not an external one. There would be a different option for that.
[Windows RT General] iSlaker:
no, buddy... that's what I assumed it would happen before wiping the disk.

once I'm in I get the blue screen where I pick the keyboard layout then the second screen has two buttons "Troubleshoot" and "Turn off your PC". In "Troubleshoot" I have "Refresh your PC", "Reset your PC" and "Advanced Options". In "Advanced Options" I have "Automatic Repair" and "Command Prompt".

none of these options do anything even though I can see the recovery drive is being accessed.
[Windows RT General] Myriachan:
If you have a full (~3 GB) recovery image on USB, boot your system from USB and it should be able to restore.

With the USB stick plugged in and the Surface off, hold the "volume down" button and press and release the power-on button. Hold down "volume down" until you see the Surface logo. It will take a while, since it's loading from USB. Once you get to *that* menu, do a reset. When it asks, make sure that you choose to repartition your drives. Don't do the full wipe option--that'll take forever. Just use the "delete my files" or whatever button.

You can know that it's the 8.0 recovery image rather than 8.1 because it will ask for your language before asking for your keyboard layout. (This is because RT 8.1 preview was only released in English. It'll likely change for final.)
[Windows RT General] iSlaker:
yep... I tried that. check this video. it shows exactly what is going on.

http://youtu.be/KdDLy23CAGk
[Windows RT General] windowsrtc:
try destroy your os partition first.rebuild or format it.
[Windows RT General] iSlaker:
the disk has been wiped clean. I have created the partitions manually. it didn't make any difference.
[Windows RT General] mamaich:
Try this CMD script. Thanks go to a person in the original "windows RT unlocking" thread, he've uploaded his recovery taken from a developer-unlocked device. Unfortunately I don't remember his nick :(

rem These commands are used with DiskPart to
rem erase the drive and create five partitions
rem for a UEFI/GPT-based computer.
rem Adjust the partition sizes to fill the drive as necessary.
convert gpt
rem === 1. Windows RE tools partition ===========
create partition primary size=350
format quick fs=ntfs label="WinRE"
set id="de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac"
assign letter="T"
gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001
rem === 2. System partition =====================
create partition efi size=200
rem *** NOTE: For 4KB-per-sector drives, change this value to 260
format quick fs=fat32 label="System"
assign letter="S"
rem === 3. Microsoft Reserved (MSR) partition ===
create partition msr size=128
rem === 4. Windows partition ====================
rem == a. Create Windows partition ===========
create partition primary
rem == b. Create space for recovery image ====
shrink minimum=3600
rem == c. Prepare the Windows partition ======
format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows"
assign letter="W"
rem === 5. Recovery image partition =============
create partition primary
format quick fs=ntfs label="Recovery Image"
set id="de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac"
assign letter="R"
gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001
exit

You should create a CMD file (say, "CreatePartitions-UEFI.cmd"), put it into the root dir of your recovery USB and boot into the command-line mode. Then run it from CMD.

Of cause you can modify the script as you like - for example as you already have the pratitions created, you may need only to use "gpt attributes" commands.

And don't forget that the boot partition (the EFI partition that contains bootmgr.efi file) should be FAT32, not NTFS.

After the script finished - disk W: would be your Windows partition. You should try to extract the recovery WIM file there:

Dism /apply-image /imagefile:U:\sources\Install.Wim /index:1 /ApplyDir:W:\

U: here is a drive letter of your recovery USB. I think that it should be D: or E:. You can determine it with the "list vol" command in diskpart.

S: is your EFI partition. You may need to copy the \EFI subdirectory from your recovery USB to S:\EFI dir and then use BCDEDIT tool to recreate boot entries. read technet or more info, for example here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh265131(v=ws.10).aspx

P.S. I have not tried this script myself - but it looks like being correct. For more info look here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825686.aspx and here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825221.aspx
[Windows RT General] iSlaker:
fella... you are a star, an angel.

you saved me from sending the tablet to Czech Republic to do what took me 20 minutes.

I really, really, really appreciate it. the damn thing is working again.

:laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Windows RT General] Myriachan:
Although not completely related to this thread...

I have trouble with restoring from USB on 8.1, though 8.0 works fine. When restored from USB instead of upgraded from 8.0, the OS goes into a mode where the desktop is always black and won't let you change it. This is due to Windows not having a valid product key.

I did some registry trickery to retrieve my 8.0 product key. =) Basically, I copied the Windows NT\CurrentVersion to my Windows 8 PC as a different name, then hacked an existing product key retrieval program to use that name. It seemed to work; it gave a key that my RT accepts.
[Windows RT General] iSlaker:
I would just wipe clean the hard drive with diskpart.

the steps our friend posted worked for me but I ignored the parts it refers to a Windows RE Tools partition. also I used 4000 instead of 3600 for the Recovery Partition.

after the

Dism /apply-image /imagefile:U:\sources\Install.Wim /index:1 /ApplyDir:W:\

step (which is lengthy as it rebuilds the entire windows partition) copy the boot files to the EFI partition from the newly rebuilt Windows partition with

bcdboot W:\Windows

and finally set the location of the Windows partition with

W:\Windows\System32\reagentc /setosimage /path R: /target W:\Windows /index 1

and you're done. don't bother with drive letters and visible drives as they'll sort themselves out when Windows launches for the first time.
[Windows RT General] richdean77:
I am having the same exact issue after formatting my Samsung XE700T and then trying to restore my laptop with a recovery usb :(

Can someone please give me a hand with this process, I have tried the script but it isn't working, so I am wondering what I am doing wrong.

A more simple explanation for someone who isn't use to using CMD would be great

Thank you :)
[Windows RT General] Yze:
hI! at the last step you mentioned with setting location of windows partition, i got this error:

"reagentc.exe the recovery image file cannot be placed in the root directory of a volume"

any ideas?
[Windows RT General] Yze:
also, did you have to do anything with the S: efi partition?
[Windows RT General] studio37:
Same error ... no news ?
[Windows RT General] studio37:
Ok, before the last command line I create new directory on R:

mkdir r:\osimage

and finally :

W:\Windows\System32\reagentc /setosimage /path R:\osimage /target W:\Windows /index 1
[Windows RT General] chappatti:
Thanks to all on this thread...!!!

I was able to completely re-format and downgrade to Win RT 8.0.

Fantastic !!
[Windows RT General] Kilemall:
How? Please write for me a full instruction how you downgrade it? Or video. Thanks!

P.S. sorry for my bad English.:highfive:
[Windows RT General] janka25:
ayuda please

hola necesito ayudaa mi me sale ese error k se faata particion para poder recuperra mi tablet ..... me podrias poner paso por paso como lo hiciste soy novato en esto y me sale muy caro mandarlo a servicio tecnico gracias
[Windows RT General] melongene:
Take a look at this link for info: eightforums.com/installation-setup/44021-need-help-reinstalling-windonws-8-usb-2.html#post368623
[Windows RT General] fenohavana:
I can't boot and I always get "total identified windows installation: 0" when I do bootrec /scanos
[Windows RT General] fenohavana:
When I run bcdboot, I got this error on picture. What is the problem?

On asus vivo rt600t
[Windows RT General] fenohavana:
And after restart, I get this error

View attachment 3022610
[Windows RT General] zodiacf:
Thanks a lot!

I've been wasting hours regarding this issue. Thanks!
[Windows RT General] renfrowasd:
Thank you so much!!! I have tried following thirty other recommendations and had all but given up on restoring my bricked Surface RT after running 17 Jan's Windows Updates. I was convinced, for awhile, that Microsoft purposefully sent a buggy update on purpose to rid themselves of all the Windows 8.1 RT users... but I'm back up and running, thanks to this thread!!

I followed your instructions (including the update to add the osimage folder to the recovery partition) and in just under an hour I was back in business!

THANK YOU!

renfr0wasd
[Windows RT General] yaro666:
for me, I cant go oast reagent step. it just says that cant execute reagent, system wont boot, just blue screen and restart

ok, used command posted in mkdir post and it just passed, saved my s2, big thanks to ya all

now trying to downgrade to 8.0

again, I cant run reagentc. it says that it cannot execute the program. any ideas why it happens?
[Windows RT General] iddqds:
Hi there,

I am having a similar situation here with my tablet. I needed to do fresh install so i wiped the partitions using diskpart but installation didn t continue saying recovery partition is missing. restarted the tablet but now it doesn t want to boot from rt recovery usb. it keeps restarting.. anyone can help me?
[Windows RT General] Qiangong2:
How did you get diskpart to run successfully on RT?
[Windows RT General] iddqds:
-Booted into rt recovery using rt loaded usb stick

-went to advanced options - command prompt - diskpart (select disk 0 - clean)

now, rt keeps restarting with surface logo only. doesn't start from the usb recovery.
[Windows RT General] Qiangong2:
Most likely you wiped the partition structure as well. That's why it keeps rebooting.
[Windows RT General] viniciuscu:
Mine has 32gb. The numbers of partitions size and this kinda stuffs stills the same that you posted?

Also, when you say "You should try to extract the recovery WIM file there", where do I get this file? Is in the .zip recovery from Microsoft website?
[Windows RT General] atjeroid:
I've been able to succefully partiton the drive using the script, but whe i try to copy Wim file using Dism ist starts, gets to 1% and crashes :( any ideas?
[Windows RT General] nesan95:
I used bitlocker for my surface RT. I forget the password and the recovery key then I try to reset my device using recovery USB it failed at 2%

so I check my disk using diskpart. There is no partition on Disk 0. I can't do anything to the disk. it's just showing the capacity.

When I try to covert the disk to gpt (convert gpt) I got this error message

Virtual Disk Service error:

The object is not found.

Sorry for my bad English

Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] TH35KULL:
Hay guys, my cellphone has so me weird background image... For example, right nos im using ir and im seeing a circle and some words too... Like a moon with words... Anyways, does anyone knows how to remove that? I want to have te common one...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jd1639:
Lay off the drugs. I have no idea what you're taking about.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
Screenshot may be helpful if possible..

Sent from my SGH-I727
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] TH35KULL:
Ok if you dont smoke anything then you should be able to see some sort of circle in the background and some words
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] TH35KULL:
Umm wait a minute! The circle doesnt appear! It's a background like that but with a circle and words...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mrfeuss:
Like this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] TH35KULL:
Lol no, not the voice command. Its a lightly brighter circle un fue background screen...
[General Topics] Nate2:
High risk Android Apps, according to Verizon: http://support.verizonwireless.com/information/app_ranking/high_risk.html
[General Topics] syung:
That report is virtually useless, further proved by the fact that they listed potential privacy concerns as last. Here is a report that you should be reading if you are worried about the security of your device:

http://www.f-secure.com/static/doc/labs_global/Research/Mobile Threat Report Q4 2012.pdf
[General Topics] Nate2:
Verizon is probably concerned about their users complaining of short battery life on Verizon devices and high data usage (now that new users are on a tiered data plan), and this may be an attempt to identify apps that may contribute to that predicament.

I'd be interested in an app that measures non-wifi data usage, broken down by app name and day.
[General Topics] Anon5978:
An app like that would be awesome
[General Topics] Mr Prize:
thanks man.. this is something better..
[General Topics] ShadowLea:
Hahahahahahahhahahahahahahhhahaaa. The intelligence of telecom providers is still hilariously nonexistent! :laugh:

Uh, doesn't stock Android's Settings-->Data Usage already do this? :confused:
[General Topics] Nate2:
I see Data Usage on my Nexus 7 (Android 4.1) but not on my DroidX (Android 2.3)
[General Topics] ShadowLea:
Ah. Yes, I do believe it is indeed an ICS addition.
[General Topics] apache04:
happens to be only on android 4+
[General Topics] ShadowLea:
Yes, we've established that in the previous two posts in this very topic :p
[General Topics] Nate2:
A "risky" Android app IMO is one that leaks resources over time and reduces the performance of the device so as to require the device to be rebooted (frequently) to recover.

I wish they had a chart of "leaky" Android apps. Lol!
[Micromax A110] hardik190:
Hello guyz can any one provide me notification bar as provided in the picture..??:confused::confused:
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
Yes I can, Give me your SystemUI.apk
[Micromax A110] hardik190:
My lc is off some hardware problenm use any stock systemui
[Micromax A110] hardik190:
Bro can you tell me how to edit xml files present in apk's..??
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
Okay! I'll upload it by tomorrow! :)
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
Here you go! :) Please hit Thanks.

Here is the SystemUI.apk you requested. It's for stock JB. :)

Please Hit Thanks! :good: :)
[Micromax A110] aravindhramachandran:
Works like a charm in stock JB rom.. is there anyway to remove airplane mode from system ui?? i really don't want it there since by mistake I am selecting it while scrolling since it's there as a last option in second scroll menu.. also clear all notifications button is missing.. Brightness scroll is amazing ...
[Micromax A110] hardik190:
want to create an absolute touchwiz dropdown when i will finish with it i'll attach here
[Micromax A110] akashvfx:
Please some one port this system ui same as in stock jelly bean rom

( I have jet mode ROM)
[Micromax A110] akashvfx:
Please please please port this microfire notification bar same as in this picture in stock jellybean/jet mode
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
Okay I'll port this as well! :)

Sent from Galaxy S4 Mod for Canvas 2 by Akash.

---------- Post added at 11:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:15 PM ----------

Yes you can remove air plane mode from toggles! :)
[Micromax A110] hardik190:
Can I have transparent statusbar centre clock with seconds and the internet indicator like 3g H E and the inout signal indicators all to the side of signal bar like touchwiz..??
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
Hit Thanks!

Okay I'll do it! But don't forget to Hit Thanks! ;)
[Micromax A110] hardik190:
for sure bro:o
[Micromax A110] hardik190:
Bro i meant it without indicators and text indicators are still present..
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
Tell me exactly, what do you want? Provide a pic edited in paint by you! :)
[Micromax A110] hardik190:
see u remove text and indicator not just hide the text by doing theme transparent

I do it_I prove it
[Micromax A110] akashvfx:
Please please please make this notification bar transparent and add these buttons in this picture
[Micromax A110] akashvfx:
Please please please make this notification bar transparent and add these buttons in this pic
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
I'll do it tomorrow! I'm busy with my Galaxy S4 mod! :)

Here is the preview of my Galaxy S4 Mod.

Hit Thanks if you like my stuff! :) :cool:
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
I'll do it and upload tomorrow for sure! :)

Please Hit Thanks if you like my stuff! :) :cool:
[Micromax A110] :
And also please change the clock colour to blue from white and and the E internet indicator colour from green to blue and at last I want these all changes in ur system ui that u made in this post

---------- Post added at 10:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:25 PM ----------

This is the download link of system ui I reupload this to devhost

http://d-h.st/TMH
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
Okay! That's easy! :D :p :cowboy:
[Micromax A110] :
Which ROM r u using now
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
I'm creating a Galaxy S4 Rom, now I'm on my Own Galaxy S4 Rom! :D :cowboy: I'll upload soon,

Check the screenshot. :) :cool:

Hit Thanks if you like my stuff! :D :good:
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
Thanks man! :) Yes I'll upload it soon, I'll remove the Airplane mode for you. :) If you want clear button.

1) Goto Settings -> Display -> Brightness -> Click enable Automatic Brightness.

2) You'll get your Clear all button back.

3) And If you want brightness scroll then disable automatic brightness from settings.

Please Hit Thanks if you like my stuff! :good: :) :cowboy:
[Micromax A110] hardik190:
fix the launcher issue bro see the ss below there is too much space between the icons and page indicators..:(:(
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
That is Touchviz Launcher 2, I have two Touchviz launchers! That is not an issue! :cowboy:

Please Hit Thanks If you like my stuff! :good: :)
[Micromax A110] :
Akash when will u give me modded notification bar
[Micromax A110] akashrt:
Maybe 2 days! :)
[Micromax A110] :
Okkkkkkkk:)
[Micromax A110] finalsami:
thank you.
[Micromax A110] akash akya:
Just sharing ss:

New MicroFire Rom status bar (not released) :D :D
[Micromax A110] hardik190:
Dats it what i wanted bt do u knw that how to put custom toogles in statusbar like that quick settings and see ss and add brightness scroll

I DO IT

I PROVE IT
[Micromax A110] :
Please upload this notification bar, and when will you release your new microfire rom
[Micromax A110] :
Akash rt please make this systemui mod for jetmod rom here is the Link of jetmod rom systemui http://db.tt/3hXPfhAY
[Micromax A110] rohan2901:
Heu bro can plz change color

Rrplace yello to green like signal bar

Plz

Its req.
[Micromax A110] rufus.reynolds:
Eagerly Awaited.... :)
[Micromax A110] abhiiceman:
Does this work on stick jelly bean?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ckavvouras:
I don't know it this is just happening to me but since recent official upgrade to 4.1.2 my battery consumption has gone way up. I went to bed last night with my phone at 100% , I wake up this morning with phone at about 60% the phone wasn't used at all and I will add it was in"power saving mode" . Any help would be great
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
If you just upgraded then factory wipe might be needed.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ckavvouras:
Did all that and more , wiped cache, dalvic wipe , reset the phone, even wiped the sd for safe messure,.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
In this case, I would highly recommend using Better Battery Stats to help find the culprit.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ckavvouras:
Do you have a recommendation On what app to use for that?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fajhaj:
As the gentleman pointed out use "Better Battery stats" app.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
Better Battery Stats is an app. You can find it in the XDA forums and install it. You can also find it on the play store for a small fee which helps support the dev.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ckavvouras:
Lol oh I thought he was saying to get a better battery stat app, doesn't realize that's was the name of the app lol mah bad :p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] XxSTEROIDxX:
LOL, I thought the same thing.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] fishbone:
Hello there!

I was seriously thinking about buying myself one of those Bluetooth stereo headsets. Unfortunately they need the A2DP Profile which isn't included in our present MS BT stack.

I have read a lot in this forum about transferring the Broadcomm/Widcomm stack - a guy even offered 200$ on success. Yet so far no success.

Now I was wondering if it would not be easier to add that profile to the existing stack somehow? By "somehow" I mean that I am not a programmer and havbe no clue how to do so on my own.

Any suggestions or help?

Cheers, <;)))><
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] fishbone:
Hey Guys!

At least a simple "No" or some reply would be nice. I can't imagine that I am the only one who looks for something like that :cry:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] gratefuled:
Well I just tried to find a thread for you over at Howard Forums but was not successful. Go over there there is a poster named "whtrbt7" he seems to know a bit on this subject.

Basically I believe the short answer is no.

I think we are a year or so away from getting true full stereo audio via A2DP Profile.

I'm no expert on this subject, but I believe there needs to be more consistance and control within the BT industry as a whole.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] rdkay:
i just posted this link in another thread but maybe its useful to you:

http://www.send2press.com/newswire/2005-03-0311-002.shtml

Maybe soon we we are able to get a2dp working on the magicians :P

Cheers,

Rainer
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] fishbone:
Cheers for the answer! I hope so too. Just installed the newest Widcomm Soft on my PC in order to give it "More Power" (Tim Allen from Home Improvement). Now I can't wait to make A2DP work somehow on our Magicians. It would be like Star Trek :wink:
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] nickhowell25:
hello all. other than paying for the OEM charger that comes with the phone can anyone recommend an aftermarket one that charges just as fast as the OEM.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] rushco:
http://www.wirelessground.com/samsung-galaxy-note-2-ii-travel-adapter-with-cable.html
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] brizey:
They are only 10-11 bucks shipped all over ebay. Not worth trying to scrimp another few bucks...just buy the OEM.
[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] AndroidPwnsMe:
OEM Charger

amazon.com/Samsung-Travel-Charger-Detachable-Smartphones/dp/B009YDFX7Y

Cheap OEM I found