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[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] chewybang:
HELP! Borked it thoroughly

Well, I totally jacked this up.

I thought I was following the instructions to the T but I know I messed up.

I was originally on 4.2.2 Camera update, rooted. I followed the steps and did RockMyMoto to gain root, then use MotoWPNoMo, and then restored to the 4.2.2 Camera update.

Did Slap, then telnet

Then I downloaded 4.4 and sent it to my phone while I was connected to my PC. Renamed it "update.zip", then tried to do Recovery.

It flashed like nothing happened. HOWEVER, instead of running the update.zip again, I rebooted normally, then decided to use HouseofMoto to restore back to 4.2.2 camera update.

From there, I went directly to update the zip again INSTEAD OF USING SLAP/TELNET commands.

Now I'm totally stuck trying to do the update from SD card and getting "-- Install /data/media/0 ... Installation aborted".

If I reboot my system, I get the dreaded "Partition (boot) Security Version Downgraded.

I even tried to do HouseofMoto again but it failed miserably.

Can anyone help? Not a good time to be without a phone

I just need to get back to a working version, whether it's 4.2.2 or 4.4 no root. Whatever it gets me to have a working phone.

Thank you in advance

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Does anyone know if I could SBF to 4.2.2. I have a feeling I'm totally screwed here.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Lebowski13:
Thanks

Works like a charm on Droid Maxx!

I will say, you must follow the instructions to a T...if you are not at least intermediately familiar with using Telnet and ADB, I would not try to do this...wait for an easier method in Kit Kat (maybe). Good Luck!
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] fuzzychinsagrero:
So I followed the instructions and got through everything then I hit a bump. Is the rsd supposed to factory wipe your phone and run it through the wizard? Because that's what happened to me. So then of course activated device then had to push the ota.zip (renamed to update.zip) went in to recovery and every time the installation failed and it aborted. So what do I do? Also I had to stop so when I try this again do I start over and can I pick up from where I left off? Oh and I lost root as well.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] socobandit:
Hey chewy...check in the who's gonna leak the soak test thread under general... Somebody got the borked install figured out and has a fix...its on like the second or third page from last mentioning a developer edition firmware.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] chewybang:
Yes, thank you! I followed the steps at the top of this page: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2541803&page=35

It still didn't work for me but someone suggested to run the 'flashall.bat' file within the zip file and BAM, it worked!

I'm telling ya, I had totally screwed mine up and it brought it back to life!
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] danman7:
You're welcome. ;)
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] amego_y:
there is a "signature bugs unvalaible" popup when I use the impactor, adb shell is work fine.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] lkanman:
Are you on 4.4.2? If so, 4.4.2 patches the Impactor exploits used to setup that telnet connection. It's why the current method of rooting requires 4.2.2 to start.

I'm stuck on rooting after updating to 4.4.2 despite following directions here since I get "Permission Denied" after running "echo "/data/local/tmp/install.sh" > /sys/kernel/uevent_helper" from ADB on step 4. Checking for root status confirms that I am unrooted, and I don't know of a way to mount r/w. Write protection is still off for what its worth, but I doubt that helps at all.

From reading many posts and links, it looks like I'd have to get comfy with stock unrooted Android because it looks grim for rooting post-4.4.2. Can't downgrade the phone due to preflash validation, and can't root on 4.4.2 since 4.4.2 patches the main exploit used to root...
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] socobandit:
I have the same deal...no root on KitKat.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] bigv5150:
Where did you get 4.4.2 the update is 4.4
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] an21281:
Not sure why some call it 4.4.2,its 4.4... I'm also stuck without root, which sucks for the most part. Only think I'm missing is wireless tether, there's an app to enable bat percentage and for now I'm family happy with the stock rom. Hopefully there will be a root method on kit kat, but it's a long shot.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Collisionc:
Over time, the amount of reasons to root have gone down. A lot of the functionality that we used to root for now comes standard, such as the ability to freeze/disable bloatware.

Honestly, the main reason to root for me is the wireless tether. Other minor reasons being Quick Boot, root functions on BetterBatteryStats, and DriveDroid.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] TacticalFats:
Holy hell this is all over my head; I've flashed ROMs, kernels, etc before from recovery on my GNEX but to go from the pre-camera update/rooted to KitKat rooted seems 1)hugely complicated for me (I have no idea WTF Telnet even is), time consuming and very risky. I'll sit with the lousy camera, content with my hotspot and ad-free phone for now until there's an easier (and less dangerous) way for me to go from an pwnmymoto-rooted, pre camera update 4.2.2 to rooted 4.4....

1) hot spot, 2) ad blocker 3) greenify/better battery stats/etc

EDIT: I can't even get ADB installed on my computer. FML, and F moto.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] danman7:
My main reasons are BetterBatteryStats and the customization that Xposed Framework can give me.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] jkhouw1:
can add using ipchains to restrict application access to internet to reasons to root.

Question: For those who upgraded to 4.4 and now have no root, and no downgrade path, is there an equivalent to the recovery process listed here (essentially using fastboot to erase recovery and reflash everything) but with a 4.2 recovery and image instead of 4.4?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] rlmesq:
If you spent as much time reading and following simple directions as you did writing this rant, your phone would probably be rooted.

I grew up in an era where telephones had cords and dials. The VCR and personal computer weren't commonplace until I graduated from college.

I'm far from being a tech wizard, but I know a little patience always gets better results than a tantrum.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] danman7:
Once you flash the 4.4 recovery, there's no erasing and flashing back to 4.2. If you try to do so, it will fail a security check. It's different for the Moto X, but for the Droid line, it's a one-way trip.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] marksibert:
Got it working... Took a while, but managed to get through it eventually... :)

I was on 12.15.15 (4.2 w/ camera update). I was rooted, but had not applied MotoWpNoMo yet.

So the first thing I did was follow the directions for MotoWpNoMo, then verified that wp was disabled.

I couldn't get Cydia Impactor to work for the the SlapMyMoto instructions. I kept getting a message "signature bugs unavailable". I'm not sure what it was looking for, but I figured I would revert back to the stock 12.15.15 image. At this point, I still had the non-stock recover from RockMyMoto.

So, I tried using HouseOfMoto (RSD Lite) to restore back to 12.15.15 stock. I couldn't get it to work. Finally, I created a bat file based on instructions from: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2580060 (Method 2). I commented-out the line "fastboot erase userdata", which is basically what HouseOfMoto does for the "KEEP-DATA" version of the script.

Once I did that, I was able to run Cydia, and get through the SlapMyMoto instructions. At the end, my phone did not reboot. (I tried toggling bluetooth.) I installed SuperSU from the Play Store, but it said SU was not installed. So, I rebooted the phone. When it came back up, I had root.

Hopefully that helps!
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Cwoomer:
Do we need to keep the files from the last part on the sdcard for any reason? Ex. su, install.sh, install-recovery.sh, classes.dex?

Just didn't want to delete them. I figured I should ask first?

Thanks all and thanks JCase!!!!
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] socobandit:
Does anyone know if Jcase is working on root for 4.4? I seem to recall him stating he was no longer going to pursue any exploits after slapmymoto.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Summersett:
He asked for a system dump and said he would look at it, so there is hope.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48704819&postcount=79
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] olegfusion:
did anybody give system dump to this man?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] YoungSkeezy:
Back to report SUCCESS using jcases method. Made sure I HOUSE OF MOTO'd back to 1st OTA with KEEP DATA.

Followed instructions to a T, (seriously, if you get anything BESIDES the shown outcome after each command, you made a mistake somewhere)

4.4 Rooted :D
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] Summersett:
Topsnake did.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] ssfunnay:
I have a Motorola Droid Maxx Developer Edition. I upgraded to 4.2.2, then to 4.4 (only OTA; manually installed, however). I installed TWRP over and upon exiting TWRP it asked me if I wanted root, and I decided to give it a try. It booted into the OS, asked me to install SuperSu (I had it installed from previous, however). All I had to do was update SuperSu and reboot the phone. Now I have regained permanent root. It lasts even when rebooting the phone.

Figured I'd let people with Droid Maxx Developer Edition phones know about this so they don't have to downgrade if they had SuperSu from 4.2.2.

Notable mention in helping to discover: [MENTION=774616]1BADDMAX[/MENTION].
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] olegfusion:
of course no problem with DE phones.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] christophermx4:
I wish to God I had waited to get a DE phone. Next time...
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] ThorSkaagi:
Where are these instructions?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] YoungSkeezy:
Page one at the top lol
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] fuzzychinsagrero:
Hey if you want to root someone showed me everything walked me step by step but to update to 4.4 I'm having issues posted a question but still no luck.

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Okay I'm lost again I get to the update part and it still says aborted. So what am I doing wrong? I downloaded the file renamed it update then I reboot to recovery then I try applying the update and it always fails.

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Sorry for the double post.

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Original question is okay I'm lost again I get to the update part says update aborted. I downloaded the ota renamed it to update transfer it to my phone go into recovery with Andy on his back and every time it says aborted. HELP I am tired of rsding and having to run through the set up wizard.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] bigv5150:
Make sure the the zipped ota isn't in a zip file did you fxz your current os to make sure you were stock
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] YoungSkeezy:
I'm gonna put together a catch all for House Of Moto. It'll have all the files required for XT1080 (ultra/maxx, and I guess the mini?)

Uploading to Drive now, I've seen a ton of people who are worried about losing their data on here, but if you want NO issues, use house of moto to go back to

stock 12.15.15

if you're already rooted on 12.15.15

NOT taken the 4.4 OTA.

As far as Impactor is concerned, you need to be comfortable with telnet.

If you DON'T have it installed, go here: http://goo.gl/2KtClV Tells you everything and how to install it.

The computer AND THE PHONE need to be on the SAME network. Get your IP of the phone through SETTINGS>STATUS of the phone.

Open Impactor, Dropdown to OPEN TELNET ON PORT 2222, let it do its thing. (make sure all firewalls are off)

Open a Command Prompt, telnet <IP OF PHONE> 2222

Should get a "$" sign, and follow the instructions provided by jcase on the 1st page.

**Stationed in Italy, and Internet blows here. so I'll post the link to the HouseOfMoto when it's done uploading. ETA 2hrs.**
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] fuzzychinsagrero:
So extract the files in my c:/ then rename the actual ota to update and run that twice in recovery?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] YoungSkeezy:
yup, first time you do it, it'll change your recovery to an orange color, then go back and flash it again :)
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] fuzzychinsagrero:
Okay will give this a shot tomorrow. Promised wife no messing with phone today.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] fuzzychinsagrero:
Okay another question. I know I'm supposed to rename it to update zip but do I need to have the blur version 12.15.15etc to update.zip or just the first file? If so that's my current version how will kit Kat come from that?
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] YoungSkeezy:
Alllll Uploaded!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwoePuxb1wTOMTg1YmJmSFVBMG8/edit?usp=sharing

Should be everything to get your phone back to 12.15.15 :D

Make sure you have motoWPnomo

before proceeding with OTA!!!!!
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] danman7:
The way this reads, you can do this, even if you have already updated to 4.4. Is this correct? I didn't think that was possible. I just want to get some clarification.
[Droid Ultra Original Android Development] YoungSkeezy:
Negative! I assumed most people knew

having 4.4 THERE IS NO WAY BACK

And thats my fault for assuming :( You must be 12.15.15 (the first OTA, the camera fix
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] SlaWeX:
Keyboard gone mad on my MDA Compact! I tried couple things such a Soft reset, safe mod, changing keyboard skin etc. and nothing of this helped! When I'm writing SMS there is no status bar, with intellipad are things worst, and I can drag and drop keyboard anywhere on screen if I click and drag on "grey" bar above first row on qwerty keyboard...

Here is the list of currently running pocesses; maybe one ot two process are missing?

repplog.exe

poutlook.exe

STK.exe

cprog.exe

srvtrust.exe

services.exe

shell32.exe

connmgr.exe

device.exe

gwes.exe

filesys.exe

NK.exe

Any bright ideas? ThanX !!!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilouhm:
i am planning to buy the SGS4 mini but what about the internal storage ??? does is well be a problem for installing apps ?? and the camera is it good ??
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigscoobz:
Best phone i have had, especially for its price too!!..plenty of storage (i have over a thousand mp3s atm :thumbup: .sharp camera images..i find it very fast when browsing etc :D
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junkyde:
I wouldn't say plenty... camera is okay.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AtzeOnAcid:
I have exactly the same amount of storage I had before with my S1,

which was released in 2010, so I dont feel "plenty"...

But the phone in fact is really nice, fast, stable and comes almost without annoying bugs.

The camera is really good, too, especially with sunny-day-outside videos.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigscoobz:
remove my post from this b@ll?hit please..tired of seeing people moan about space lol..i think its fine.. haters!! :cool: its like they never heard of micro sd :confused::banghead: smh
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AtzeOnAcid:
Since I knew of the storage capacity and bought the phone nevertheless, Im certainly not a hater.

There are people out there, who use their phone differently than you do,

just think of someone - like me - who wants to listen to .flac-files.

At almost one gb per album, even with a 64gb microsd, space isnt in fact plenty.

But still, to most users, storage seems to be sufficient. Just saying, it could be more...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilouhm:
actually the memory cannot be problem for me like u said i can use micro sd

but the camera is more important cause i love photography and the price tag for another phones like s4 is so high (i have to buy the phone unlocked)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fburgos:
I think this phone has decent storage and expandable with 64gb sdcard

Personally I don't like to listen flacs on the phone and with this one you can't use a dac :(
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnight:
I personaly like this phone a lot. I like it before it was even anounced as I was in a need to change my old phone to a new one but found out that the 5" flagman phones are too big for my liking always liked small phones and even Laptops if that matter after all the phone is something you carry everyday. So when the SGS4 mini was introduced I know that this was my phone I especially like the 8 mps camera which I already know form SII and S3 and love. However I`m not much of a photograph myself so even with this beatuiful camera I can`t take great photos but it`s ok.

What about daily use the Dual-Core CPU is fast enough to handle normal workload like browsing ocational Facebook activities etc. The 1.5 GB of Ram could and make all the difference in multi-tasking and is great that you know that whatever you do you wouldn`t run out of RAM.

I think the most anouing issues with this phone are the internal storage in my case (I-9195) it`s only 5GB which is really small as I play games mostly Fifa 14 and the phone has only 1.4GB internal storrage free after the fifa install. So if you plan to play games the internal storage is not big enough or I suggest you to find a phone with the 16GB internal. The other anouing issue is the battery life the phone hardly manage to give me whole day of intensive usage which isn`t good at all. However in normal usage it surely could last 2 days.

So to put it simple the phone is fast and the size is great however the internal storrage is less then needed and the battery life is poor.
[HTC One X] Richman007:
Hey there,

sorry for my Topic, but I were 1 Year not in my land, therefore i had to ask, because i know nothing.

I have bought my HOX from T-Mobile in Germany. Now I need to update my Bootloader. Because I read that JB require a BL-Update.

What can I do, that JB-Roms works on my Device?

I hope there is a solution.

Thank you!

Regards,

Richman007

PS: Thats my CID: T-MOB101
[HTC One X] nikola016:
Are you on stock rom? If you are check software updates...

Also you can update your software via ruu and via flashing firmware.zip in recovery ...

Btw wait for Mr Hofs, he'll give you better answer :)
[HTC One X] Richman007:
I have a custom rom. But i think i will restore the stock rom. I am not up to date and therefore i dont want to risk you now? :(

But thanks!
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Yep return to stock rom, flash back the stock recovery and perform ota's.

And no nikola, you can not flash firmwares via recovery ;)
[HTC One X] Richman007:
Ok. On German Forums I see no Solution to go to stock rom.

Can somebody post a link with ICS and sense 4.1?

That were my last Version, but I cant find a activ link with a Rom.
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Do the command

Fastboot getvar version-main

and post the result here
[HTC One X] Richman007:
version-main: 1.29.111.11
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Download this ruu

http://www.androidruu.com/getdownlo...Radio_1.1204.105.14_release_260730_signed.exe

Relock the bootloader and run the ruu with admin rights. After that perform ota's
[HTC One X] nikola016:
Thanks for info, everyday I learn something new :)
[HTC One X] Richman007:
How can I relock the bootloader? I have CWM if it is important.
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Fastboot oem lock
[Themer General Discussion] TheOddSwede:
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S4

Android: 4,3

Using normal email client on phone with Apple iCloud email address, when having phone themed with a theme that using notifications on the start screen it says Invalid Account.

Any advice?
[Themer General Discussion] alldroid:
I have the same issue also,the themer crew are aware of this and as far as I am aware are looking into it
[Themer General Discussion] TheOddSwede:
Cool thanks for the headsup!
[Themer General Discussion] ThemerSupport:
That's correct. It's a big obstacle to overcome, but it is still on our to-do list! :laugh:
[Themer General Discussion] Forever_n00b:
Just want to update that this happened to me too when using CloudMagic app (I could select only one of my gmail accounts in the widget settings).
[Themer General Discussion] ThemerSupport:
Alternative email account support is coming in a few weeks, it's just a very labor intensive exercise :)
[Themer General Discussion] tor.sten:
I have the same problem. For e-mail (inbox) is either "invalid account" or "-1".

Mobile: Samsung Galaxy Note II

Android 4.3

ROM: DN3 v3.2.1 (Ditto Note 3)

E-mail: Aqua mail

The problem also occurs with the original Gmail app.
[Themer General Discussion] ThemerSupport:
Hi,

Our developers are currently looking into supporting alternate email account types, as for now only Gmail is supported. We apologize for the inconvenience.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramon.nmgn:
Bought myself a tampered glass screen protector from ebay.

Went totally wrong and gathered some dusk on the sticky side.

Is there anyway to clean this glass so it will be dust free?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sammath:
You can find some videos on YouTube how to use plastic tape to remove them. Don't know if it works with a glass protector. But hey, it's worth to try.

Sent from my SM-N9005 beast of a phone.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] droidmk:
I am probably moving on from this phone to either G2 or Nexus 5. From a developing standpoint it looks like I would be able to contribute a lot more to G2. However, I have been pretty busy lately and would love to be continuously updated with the latest android. What do you guys think?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] nwsteeze:
G2 but that's just my two cents as I'm sure a lot of people will say Nexus 5.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] droidmk:
What would the reasons be?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] nwsteeze:
Bigger screen, I like the back button design, hardware that will keep up with other phones for quite a while.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] aero449:
Given LG's history of releasing a new flagship device every 6 months and quickly forgetting about their previous flagship phones when it comes to software updates, Nexus 5. (It'll feel newer longer.)

The Nexus 5 is GSM and CDMA compatible; higher resale value down the line.

While the Nexus 5 has a smaller battery, the built-in wireless charging capability (also featured on the Verizon LG G2) means occasional top-ups throughout the day are easy and convenient. While the wireless charging pads don't come with the Nexus 5, the price difference between it and the G2 mean you can afford at least two (one for work and one for home).

If you're considering a mobile provider that gives you a discount for not subsidizing a phone, the Nexus 5's retail price of $349/399 (16/32GB) versus the LG G2's ~$600 can save you a lot of money over the course of your carrier's contract.

TL;DR: Unless you need the 3000mAh battery, 5.2" screen, IR blaster, or moar megapixels... I'd advise the Nexus 5.