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[General Questions and Answers] emraith:
Hi,

I just had a question on switching back and forth between android roms. Right now I've installed a few, wiped and went to the next..I would like to actually play around with each one for a little bit, but be able to go back and forth at any given time.. Would I be fine with setting up say 3 or 4 different roms, then each time I want to swap to another just wipe, use nandroid to restore?

I'd really like to use 2.2, but the one I tried so far, SMS didn't work reliably, which caused me to go back to the 2.1 versions. But now I see there are a few different 2.2's out..so I'd like to jump back and try that now! Any help?
[General Questions and Answers] AliceGreene:
Android 2.1 on Nexus One, T-Mobile

I know the QuickDesk developer is Faruq Rasid, but I cannot find an email address for him, only his blog and twitter feed.

I have downloaded and installed QuickDesk and now I cannot access anything on my phone. My desktop screen is gone and replaced by a black screen with online one icon (as I was adding icons to the application screen). I have no access to apps or shortcuts.

I only have access to the notifications bar, which I can use to access my Apps Killer application -- I have tried several times to kill QuickDesk and it will not die -- my screen remains black. After several tries I am given a window that says that QuickDesk is not working -- so I try to force close the application and nothing happens.

I have restarted the phone several times and once I swipe past the security screen, I am immediately given a black, blank screen.

If anyone can help me, please tell me what other information I can provide. Thank you so much.

alice dot curiouse at gmail dot com
[General Questions and Answers] ChEnG Fu:
If you are facing difficulties setting up QuickDesk on your phone, here a guide for you, http://droidbar.net/2010/09/quickdesk-setup-guide/

Alternatively, you can post a comment on Faruq's blog to raise it as an issue if the situation persist.
[Droid Incredible General] ksizzle9:
Obviously the OTA is real as the 3g hotspot, and boot animation has changed and possibly wireless N bc of new kernel. We worked way to long and hard obtain root to lose it and the best is yet to come as far as that goes. Im not talented enough to compile a safe ota to keep root but that would b great. He'll he may have gotten froyo and don't know it lol. So hopefully some of u guys are smart enough to figure this out. Let the ideas flow
[Droid Incredible General] andrew53517:
For starts until we get a solution, keep denying it ;)

That's all I got! lol
[Droid Incredible General] larsrya8:
Edit: I missed the point :p
[Droid Incredible General] scuccia:
Need the update url first. Do you have the prompt for the ota?
[Droid Incredible General] ksizzle9:
No. But for some reason my phone never took the first ota. I have a pre order version with hboot 0.77. I haven't been prompted with the new yet. Just not super confident i can get back into adb if needed.

What do i need to do if i get the prompt?
[Droid Incredible General] ihtfp69:
Have logcat running while you apply the update. You will see the URL for the update in the output.

adb shell logcat
[Droid Incredible General] scuccia:
adb shell logcat > logcat.txt

that would be better.
[Droid Incredible General] ksizzle9:
K. Well i was told. By vzw csr when 2.1 came out. For droid that it would b sent out by who got their phone earliest (who activates it) and all updates r sent that way. With that being said i have a pre order DInc and was lucky enough to get it on april 26 so i shud b first n line. Do i run that command when i get prompted or DL the file or when?
[Droid Incredible General] scuccia:
I thought ota updates are rolled out by market...
[Droid Incredible General] ksizzle9:
Cud b. That's just the way it was told to me. I hope we figure out to keep root. I want that new boot animation and native 11N support for sure.
[Droid Incredible General] seitz:
cache link found:

/cache/aca646ae02b2.OTA_IncredibleC_Verizon_WWE_1.35.605.2_1.22.605.2_release_sign.zip

However it doesn't seem to follow the previous OTA link format.
[Windows Mobile] WoZZeR999:
"The Unbelievably Awesome Package Sorter!" by airxtreme has this built in the sorter now. Please use that as it will probably do a better job.

This is a little tool I created to create app.dat's from an initflashfile.dat.

How to use: After dumping your nbh or os.nb, run a program to create your EXT's, "The Unbelievably Awesome Package Sorter!" by airxtreme does an awesome job (go figure with it's name). Then just move the initflashfile.dat from the oem/oem_lang_xxx folder to the root of the ext folder. This tool will work with any kitchen that uses EXT's, you just need to put it and the initflashfile in the root EXT folder. Example:

It will run, and will pop up a message box letting you know when it's done. It will log what it's doing (what app.dat's it's creating or appending to) like this:

I have not tested it with non WWE roms, but it should work fine. This is a nice tool to get some of the app.dat work out of the way, it's not a final solution for EXT packages. This will append to app.dat's that it finds, so if you already have an app.dat, it will add the stuff from initflashfiles to the end.

Let me know if this tool doesn't work for you, or what you think of it.
[Windows Mobile] airxtreme:
You probably missed that but my package sorter already does initflashfiles.dat/config.txt files splitting like you asked and also moves any initflashfiles.dat to App.Reg as well so using this tool with it would probably be a bit redundant but I think that if you can adapt this to work on ervius kitchen folder layout its users would be very happy.
[Windows Mobile] WoZZeR999:
I just ran your package sorter and I didn't see any App.dat's created. This tool should work with any EXT folder structure. Theoretically I could also add initflashtile.txt support pretty easily (for those running osBuilder).
[Windows Mobile] airxtreme:
Are you sure you are using a recent version? The files splitting turns itself off if there are errors in the file but I added it the day after you asked for the feature since I had the code already written.

What I meant is that you put the tool in the ervius kitchen root folder and when you launch it it finds all the OEM_Lang_XXXX folders and split all the entries in the EXT packages LCID subfolders without having to move anything.
[Windows Mobile] WoZZeR999:
Just tried it again with 1.0.4. I do use the /UseUnderscores and /q switch, so maybe that's what causes it not to print out app.dats? I'll try it without the switches later.

Hmm, that is an interesting idea about using different locale folders for the app.dat, I'll have to think about it.

Edit: I tried it again without any switches, and it will doesn't add app.dat's.
[Windows Mobile] Cloudyfa:
A quick test, it works with airxtreme's OsKitchen Zero 1.31b1, not with the Awesome Package Sorter 1.04. Maybe he missed something.
[Windows Mobile] WoZZeR999:
You mean with a rom dump? When you import a rom?
[Windows Mobile] Cloudyfa:
Ya, when import an OS.nb. I've just downloaded his kitchen to test this feature as I can't get it to work with the APS 1.04.
[Windows Mobile] WoZZeR999:
Ahh, this tool (in my mind) is more for when you download a new rom for a different device and just want to move new EXT folders over. If it gets put into his sorter, I will probably stop this project since I have fairly sloppy coding, and his will be more efficient.
[Windows Mobile] airxtreme:
What ROM did you import?
[Windows Mobile] Cloudyfa:
I think he did include this feature in his tool but only apply it to his kitchen tool (forgot something or laking some requirement that his kitchen have it automatically).

OBOE Debug ROM.

your kitchen --> app.dat works well

your tool --> app.dat not work

Btw, WoZZeR999, if you're interest: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6992501&postcount=46
[Windows Mobile] WoZZeR999:
His tool does everything I wanted mine to do now.
[Windows Mobile] airxtreme:
The kitchen was skipping errors while the tool wasn't and the OBOE rom like the Rhodium ones is full of wrong entries. I turned error skipping on the tool too so now it should work fine on rhodium and OBOE roms as well (but when using /StripComments the invalid lines won't be saved).
[EVO 4G Android Development] Calkulin:
This is meant for 1.47.651.1 ROMs ONLY!

This is not the full radio but this will update the WiMax, recovery & kernel(same as in the OTA 1.47.651.1 zip).

Flash this through the bootloader like you would Toast's PC36IMG.zip(Power off, then Vol Down & Power button).

This will overwrite what ever recovery console you have, so once it's booted, replace the recovery console to what you were using before.

Also, this will not change the baseband version but it will update WiMax, so that's a start

EDIT: Full radio has been released, so removing this update
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
On a roll, dude. Donation is imminent. ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] mysterioustko:
I'm still not able to connect to 4g after appyling this update.
[EVO 4G Android Development] brianfreytag:
Looks promising.

I don't have 4G coverage here, but I flashed this radio upgrade against your rooted OTA Update ROM as a test.

I can confirm that nothing breaks =)

I was able to, without any problem, reflash the recovery I was using.

I can't wait for a full release that completely upgrades the radio!
[EVO 4G Android Development] mrpuffin:
and we will keep current rom settings and root with this?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Calkulin:
Yes, your data & ROM are untouched as this only updates WiMax, recovery console & kernel
[EVO 4G Android Development] frettfreak:
So, i understand this is not the full radio update..

But it WAS a full update with the OTA's that were sent out today right? I dont quit know what a radio.diff is (i think thats what they called it)
[EVO 4G Android Development] mayfly82:
Excuse me for being a noob but does this mean that I will have do redo nand protection after I use this radio update? I did your update to OTA 1.47.651.1 without any problems. Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] justinisyoung:
no, you'll be fine doing this.
[EVO 4G Android Development] c0mputerp0et:
A 'diff' would be an update that only contains lines of code that changed from the original. This gives us a smaller payload making it less burdensome on the network for OverTheAir updates.
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
Touch censors are non responsive when flashing over Avalaunch's Froyo ROM via bootloader. Gonna have to flash Amon Ra's recovery via ADB. Also, the radio still shows up as version 1.39.00.05.31 is this expected? Thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G Android Development] frettfreak:
Nice! Thanks!!! :D

"This is meant for 1.47.651.1 ROMs ONLY!" from the OP. Could be the issue. not sure if Avalaunch's has been updated yet.?? :confused:
[EVO 4G Android Development] cmus:
What exactly is meant by this line in the op?

"This will overwrite what ever recovery console you have, so once it's booted, replace the recovery console to what you were using before."

Details for a noob?

Really hope this update helps my 4G connection, otherwise I gotta return this phone ina few days:(
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
Lawl Guess I neglected to notice that in my haste. I'll switch ROM's in a bit and give her a whirl again. Thanks. :D

EDIT: Got everything working again, flashed your OTA ROM and followed through with the radio. Sweet deal, man. Kudos again!
[EVO 4G Android Development] frettfreak:
Coulda been an edit after the OP.. who knows.. and no prob man!! good luck!
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
Nah, I saw what I wanted to see, or didn't, rather. Lol Everything's workin' now. :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
I know that this does not work... I tested it but maybe someone smarter can build off of it... In theory it should work but it doesn't on my phone... The file that it complains about is there maybe I just have the syntax wrong. Calkulin Please get this working.
[EVO 4G Android Development] holob:
Is there a reason we can't stick the radio diff into a PC36IMG.ZIP and upgrade via the bootloader as well?
[EVO 4G Android Development] cmus:
I flashed this update over your release of today's update and 4G will start but will not connect. Any ideas of what I may have done wrong?
[EVO 4G Android Development] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
we could try it... (you first) not saying that it will do anything bad but I have no idea.
[EVO 4G Android Development] brownhornet:
Ok after blood, sweat, tears and a few swift kicks to the neighbors cat (i kid), im finally back to stock.
[EVO 4G Android Development] runner77:
A lot of people are running DC 3.2.2.1 with the new radio and are unable to get 4G to work.

If you don't live in a 4G area it really shouldn't matter to you much.
[EVO 4G Android Development] brownhornet:
ok ma I got back to stock this is what I did... I figured out where I was going wrong. I did the toast part 2 thing... where I was messing up at was I didnt realize that the reason that it was giving me permission denied error was because when i entered the SU command in adb it was popping up a superuser permission box on my phone. I didnt catch it until the last time and accepted...

From there I followed part 2 of toasts thing to the letter and FINALLY it let me flash the pc36img. It was smooth sailing from there.
[EVO 4G Android Development] plmiller0905:
Oh ok..thanks. I was getting ready to try and go back to stock. So is the 4G still broken if they flash another rom? I don't have 4G out here yet. So I'm not going to worry about it.

Thanks for answering my questions
[EVO 4G Android Development] plmiller0905:
How did you go back to stock....? Did you use RUU? I'm just wondering "just in case" I have to go back to stock.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] brownhornet:
Yea I had to do toasts part 2 and then it let me flash the ruu.
[EVO 4G Android Development] stylz3:
Where were you coming from prior to having your troubles. I didn'tdi the update I was on fresh Rom and the flashed the file from this thread. I can't get su to work. I $ instead of #. Did you have a similar problem like mine.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ekt8750:
It's not just DC. A lot of people with rooted 1.4 ROMs are not getting 4G.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mayfly82:
I definitely did not apply sprint updates..... After many attempts of all sorts I finally got it back to my nand backup and restoring before the wimax update. I will not be doing that again. I did the second part of toast's nand unlock and it finally worked.
[EVO 4G Android Development] thecodemonk:
Likely, it will mess with the signature of the thing and cause it not to boot off of the file...but it's worth a shot.
[EVO 4G Android Development] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
I tried to edit the PC36IMG.zip with 7zip and windows but neither one will edit it although I could read it with 7zip.
[EVO 4G Android Development] SilentSummer:
Just to be clear I cannot use this with Fresh 0.3 correct?
[EVO 4G Android Development] KERKEDAGAIN:
after a little testing, I can't conclusively conclude that there's a HUGE wimax difference, if any. I still had trouble getting signal in the usual places and my speed test speeds were the same as normal. Look forward to hearing the results of others, might just be an isolated case or user error on my part
[EVO 4G Android Development] jocampo86:
so i flashed damage control do i have to flash this radio to connect to 4g???and if i do would i loose the recovery ???please help wa is it that we loose if we flash????/
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
He said only ROM's that are based off of the latest OTA. I flashed it over Froyo and it broke my Evo's touch censors. Had to jump through a couple of hoops to get everything fixed.
[EVO 4G Android Development] SnoopDawg:
I can.. It stays locked, this is very impressive! For the first time, 4G works like it is supposed to!

So roll like this dawg!

Flash the radio, just as described, don't wipe anything yet.

Reboot into Damage, if you have Clockwork's recovery ROM tool, reapply the recovery console.

Then, do an install from SD card, choose the backup current ROM, wipe and run with 3.22 of damage.

This is like butta! Massively impressed with the whole thing.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chazybaz13:
EDIT: -nevermind- :p
[EVO 4G Android Development] jocampo86:
i rooted from a guide at pps geeks..so do i just reflash the recovery img
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
Flashing this erases your current recovery so, yes.
[EVO 4G Android Development] SnoopDawg:
I would suggest clockworks's ROM Manager, use the free version.

But yes.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dchamero:
So, you have to flash the radio FIRST and then flash the rom??? in that order?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jocampo86:
ok updating......
[EVO 4G Android Development] timothydoanpham:
so after doing this i seem to lose access to shell. i can get into shell but instead of having "#" i get "$" and when i do "cd /data/" then "ls" to see what's in it, it returns "opendir failed, Permission denied"
[EVO 4G Android Development] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
have you tried typing "su" without the quotes? If you have root that will turn the $ into a #
[EVO 4G Android Development] timothydoanpham:
yeah i'm a retard. >_< thanks man LOL
[EVO 4G Android Development] nick8197:
Im having the same problem even after i type su
[EVO 4G Android Development] gerald410:
a prompt on my phone came up for superuser permission once I allowed it I was able to use the su command.
[EVO 4G Android Development] djR3Z:
whenever i try adb shell it says "error: device not found"

EDIT: I'm an idiot. Had USB Debugging off

EDIT2: I'm unable to any adb in recovery. Yes I flashed my recovery back on. Tried a remount as well. Nothing worked.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Steelviper32:
Please help me. I flashed the 2.05.00.05.10 WiMax update. But I didn't flash the OTA 1.47.651.1 stock boot.img in update.zip before doing so. Now my WiMax doesn't work along with my WiFi. Is there anyway i could fix this problem.

I tried to reboot into the recovery mode but it wont let me flash a different image or rom. Please help me
[EVO 4G Android Development] dogbone414:
how do you flash back my recovery files please help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dogbone414:
i did the htcevohacks.com one i need it back.
[EVO 4G Android Development] HPLouis:
Hi,

I did the same as Dogbone and I can't get my recovery back either. I spend all night trying to get it back. I downloaded the Clockworks ROM manager and that didn't work. I tried to backtrack and reapply the htcevohacks.com root and that didn't apply.

I'm rooted using Toast's method 1 and I was successfully able to apply the new update successfully and keep the root. The problems started when I applied this Wimax update. I can't get back into revocery mode. Everytime I do, the recovery files just won't load.

Can anyone please help?

Thanks,

Henry
[EVO 4G Android Development] Calkulin:
In order to get the recovery console back, you need to do or have done Toast's part 2 method before installing the OTA & the WiMax update. Once that's done, then put the recovery.img & flash_image from his post to your sd card and in ADB or console type

cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

or if your using my ROM or any that has flash_image already

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
[EVO 4G Android Development] gtkansan:
This killed wimax for me. Went from 5 mbps downlink to not finding signal at all. Sits on 'scanning' forever.
[EVO 4G Android Development] peanutplanters:
Is there any reason why I can't do ADB push anymore? I'm receiving a permission denied error (even if i do adb remount) Also - normally when I use adb, I can simply type adb shell and get a root shell, now I have to do an su first, then I'll be logged in as root.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Calkulin:
On what ROM?
[EVO 4G Android Development] brownhornet:
Yea.. I cant get back into recovery either...my 4g works though. And now when I try to push adb when I do adb devices after booting into recovery it shows my device as being offline. Dont really know what I should do now...
[EVO 4G Android Development] Calkulin:
SU needs to be updated for the new kernel, so for the time being, you will have to type su
[EVO 4G Android Development] gtkansan:
damage control 3.2.2
[EVO 4G Android Development] pgh2atl:
Is there any way to use toatsch PM36IMG.zip after using this one? I keep getting an error "pc36img main version is older" & I can do anything to recover or write with a new PM36IMG.zip file. Somehow I messed up my ROM & basically everything keeps FC's. Is there any way for me to get back to Clockwork Recovery to re-root?
[EVO 4G Android Development] HPLouis:
Thank you for the quick response. Is it too late to do Toast's part 2 or am I stuck?

Thanks again,

Henry
[EVO 4G Android Development] Calkulin:
You need to do Part 1 then Part 2 but it looks like you need to do a wipe, so either do it from setting/privacy/factory reset or power off phone, then vol down & power on or if you can get to the stock HTC recovery(phone icon with no text), press vol up then power button and the text will appear and pick wipe
[EVO 4G Android Development] Calkulin:
If you never done Part 2 or Part 1 for that matter, you will need to do Part 1 then Part 2 then update radio to 5.31, then flash my ROM then the WiMax update
[EVO 4G Android Development] HPLouis:
Thank you. I've already done Part 1 and I tried to redo part 1 again and it's telling me that the pc36img main version is older. Can Toast's root be redone?

Again, I apologize for all the questions and thanks for the quick, and informative responses.

Henry
[EVO 4G Android Development] hecklbrg:
Requires updated Radio?

Does this require not only that you have the updated 1.47.... rooted rom, but also have flashed Toast's 05.31 radio?
[EVO 4G Android Development] pgh2atl:
I tried the on the 'Settings Wipe' & the stock HTC recovery, but neither seems to work. I have a "E: cant open /cache/recovery/command" in yellow when I get to the Android system recovery. I cant do "apply sdcard:" as that stops mid-install with an error & the wipes there dont seem to work as I'm still in Damage Control ROM when I go back into the phone.

Am I bricked here not being able to get a PC36IMG.zip file to boot nor being able to get the stock recovery to work? If anyone can please help, a donation will be in store. Thx!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Calkulin:
the 5.31 radio is necessary but I'm working on a update that will work on older ROMs
[EVO 4G Android Development] Calkulin:
You won't be able to flash non HTC zips through that recovery console but flash Toast's part 1 PC36IMG.zip through bootloader, then flash part 2, then radio, what ever ROM you want, etc
[EVO 4G Android Development] pgh2atl:
I tried to flash to Part 1 PC36IMG.zip but got 'main version is older' error. That started happening after I tried to falsh the .zip file on page 1 of this thread. It was late, I was full of myself for doing so well with rooting the phone....I got careless....lol!

Not sure where to got from the 'main version is older error....any advice?
[EVO 4G Android Development] stylz3:
Made a huge mistake. I flashed this radio w/o doing the 1.47 update first. Now I have a constant bootloop and I cant flash the pc36img file toast posted in his part 1 of 2 root tut. It fails to load because it is an older version. I don't know what to do now.
[EVO 4G Android Development] nunyabiziz:
I think the problem is with the newer boot.img file. Onces flashed you will lose recovery as stated but will not let you reload another recovery. ALL the current recoveries have an older version than the latest upgrade. :confused: So after applying the update it will break your recovery and block all recoveries during the process of verifying the zip.
[EVO 4G Android Development] stylz3:
yeah I just get the phone with !
[EVO 4G Android Development] gtkansan:
So i tried flashing the previous 5.31 radio from toast to get wimax back, but it still doesnt give it to me. Any suggestions? THis is on damage control 3.2.2 that uses 1.47 as a base.