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[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolfpack10:
I tried to flash a custom rom on my eris last night with unsuccessful results.

To begin, my phone had the newest 2.1 OTA update on it and is running HBOOT 1.47. I downloaded and ran the 1-click universal root app. I noticed that a few new apps showed up (Latitute), but the Superuser app did not. I re-ran it several times but it still wouldn't show up.

Getting ahead of myself, I decided that I probably *DID* root the phone and I flashed Kaosfroyo V29 through the recovery menu. As I rebooted, the phone hung at the loading screen. I then tried to flash the Cyanogen mod with the same results.

After looking around, it appeared that the HBOOT 1.47 was exploitable with the 1.5 PB00IMG.zip update. I loaded it to my sd card and booted the phone in quickboot. It recognized the image but did not give me the option to update.

So now I am left with a phone that won't boot and without a backup (I know, I know).

What are my options? Is it still rootable from the recovery menu? Should I take it back to verizon and see if they can reflash/replace it (Doubtful as I probably voided the warranty).
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orkillakilla:
Try installing the engineering Bootloader. Instructions can be found in a sticky called Eris roll-up in the Eris developement section. Even if you can't flash a custom Rom after this you can still flash the official 2.1 ruu which will put your phone back to 100% stock and you can try again.

If your rooted and can still boot to fastboot your not bricked.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
If the bootloader still appears (power phone on with vol-down+end), your phone is not bricked.

If the recovery boot still appears (power phone on with vol-up+end), your phone is not bricked.

If you don't have a SD card reader on your PC, you can transfer a different ROM to your SD card by booting to recovery and using the USB-MS toggle.

Smart money says that all you failed to do when you installed the ROM was perform a wipe before you flashed the ROM.

Prove this to yourself by installing a conservative ROM such as PlainJane, and when you get it running, for Dog's sake, make an effing Nand backup.

bftb0
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolfpack10:
I know for a fact it isn't rooted though (It says S-UP on the Recovery Menu).

Can I actually install alternative bootloaders on an unrooted phone?

Also, I want to avoid flashing the official RUU because it updates the HBOOT to 1.49 which, to my knowledge, has not be exploited yet.

Do either of you know why the PB00img.zip didn't work? I read multiple places that it should work with my HBOOT version.

Also, why didn't the 1-click root work? I haven't done anything like this previously and I bought the phone new at version 1.5.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orkillakilla:
Do you still have ra recovery? If so simply boot to recovery, wipe data and cache and reflash the rom.

All the 1 click root does is flash the custom recovery, so it did work.

Fyi

The Eris can now be rooted no matter what Bootloader version you have so doing the ruu will not prevent you from rooting. I myself was a leaker and had no problem rooting with the 1.49 s-on Bootloader.

As stated by btfb0, ALWAYS wipe data and cache before flashing a new Rom. ALWAYS do or have a nand backup ready just in case.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
If you see the text "S-OFF" at the top of the screen, that is the bootloader, not the recovery boot. The one-click rooting method does not touch the bootloader, so, after successfully using "one-click", you will still have the same bootloader (initially).

You can install the Root PB00IMG.ZIP file onto a 1.46.xxxx or 1.47.xxxx bootloader phone - but you don't need to, because your phone already has a custom recovery installed on it (Amon_RA). As I mentioned previously, you get to that recovery facility by one of two ways:

1) Power phone off. Press and hold Vol-Up and then End/Power; continue to hold both keys down until you see the three skating droids appear (Don't release the keys until you see that screen). A menu system should appear 10 seconds after that happens. It will say "Amon_RA" on the bottom of the screen.

2) Make sure there are no files named PB00IMG.ZIP in the root folder of the SD card; either that or eject the SD card. Power the phone off. Press and hold Vol-Down and then End/Power; continue to hold both keys down until you see the three skating droids appear (Don't release the keys until you see that screen). A menu will appear immediately. One of the items will indicate that if you press "Vol-Up", you will boot into recovery. Press Vol-Up, and wait 10 seconds. You should be at the Amon_RA menu. (At this point, you can re-insert the SD card if you previously ejected it).

If you can't get either of these things to work, report back with exactly what you observe - saying "it didn't work" might be correct, but it isn't very informative.

Not correct. Both the "one-click" and "Dummies" methods (see All Things Root forum over at AF) work for 1.47, 1.49.0000, and 1.49.2000 bootloaders.

The PB00IMG.ZIP files are not compatible with the Amon_RA "update"-style installs; they are signed using an entirely different method. Not compatible. That's why it didn't work when you tried it (using Amon_RA). They are installed by starting up the bootloader with the PB00IMG.ZIP file in the root folder of the SD card. I am recommending that until you understand things a little better, you avoid this method - it only works with certain combinations of bootloaders and PB00IMG.ZIP file versions.

It did work. You indicated in your first post that you used the Amon_RA recovery, which was installed by that method.

bftb0
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolfpack10:
Thanks for the detailed responses. I know I should have researched this stuff more before I started toying with it but I'll just have to pay the price.

I wiped and flashed KaosFroyo V29 from the recovery menu and it finally booted. Many thanks for that suggestion.

Hopefully this thread will be helpful for other people in the future.

In the mean time, I lost all my contacts so lesson learned.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orkillakilla:
Contacts should have been backed up through google. Although I have leaked and rooted some friends phone and their contacts never sync'd to their phones.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
Glad you got it working.

If you were using Gmail instead of the HTC mail app for managing your contacts, all your contacts are still "in the cloud" (so long as you did not define them to be "phone only" when you added them).

If they were phone-only contacts, it would have been a simple matter to get your contacts back if you had made an initial Nandroid backup. I'm not saying that to add insult to injury, but rather (as you said) "Hopefully this thread will be helpful for other people in the future."

Backups are a really good thing.

BTW - You will find that Android Forums is a useful adjunct to this forum. The reason is that the ROM devs over here on XDA have their hands full trying to do both development work and interact with the users/testers reporting issues with their ROMs, so they don't spend much time in here (Q&A or General sub-forums). When they do announce a new hack, or patch, or rooting method, the descriptions are many times written tersely (for subject-matter experts, not newbs). There are a number of very helpful folks over on AF, and some good "sticky" posts that are quite a bit more detailed than what you will find here. I'm not ragging on XDA at all; just saying that by nature of the focus required for development work, the experts can't give much personal attention to individual users, even if they want to.

bftb0
[Streak 5 Accessories] Grey_Area:
As the title. Oddly the streak will be powered by it when the battery is removed (it shows the "battery missing" screen.

The battery I have is a third-party Chinese thing I got from the amazon market. It seems to do the job for other handsets I have (HTC Raph, Couple of nokia handset)

Is there anything I can do to make it work?
[Streak 5 Accessories] phjnky:
The USB input on the Streak requires 1000ma @5v to charge so many of the chargers on the market won't work. I just picked up a Just Mobile Gum Pro 4400mA from Amazon and it seems to work fine. I haven't had a chance to check it out yet other than to make sure the Streak shows "charging" when it's plugged in.

Here's a link.

***amazon.com/gp/product/B001BWQTOC/ref=oss_product***
[Streak 5 Accessories] londoneye:
Thanks for your info. Would appreciate if you could post your findings later.
[Streak 5 Accessories] mmp7:
Phjnky, have you tested it further? How long does it take to charge the streak and how many charges can you get out of this?

Does anyone else has any external battery to recommend?
[Streak 5 Accessories] mmp7:
Found Duracell CEF23-UK on amazon which seems like a very good idea. But it only output at 1.4v, 360mha which is useless for the streak. Does anyone know anything similar that can charge the streak?
[Streak 5 Accessories] phjnky:
The mobile gum pro works really well. Went on a trip and used it to power and recharge the streak. I dont recall but it seemed to recharge maybe twice from around 25% or so. It does charge rapidly about like the wall charger but I was using gogo inflight Internet and listening to Pandora, reading blogs etc while it charged. It kept the Streak going all day while on two long flights. I never fully ran it out of juice but got down to one bar.
[Streak 5 Accessories] mmp7:
sounds good. Might get one.
[Streak 5 Accessories] arowana.lee@mac.com:
Hi all,

I also have this problem, after power off streak, i discover third party band name "MOMAX" look like charging but if i press power button once time haven't charging screen show on streak screen, only genuine powersupply or charging with pc on usb can do this job, would you have any advise ? because i can't find genuine battery in hong kong, thanks a lot
[General Questions and Answers] tribalartgod:
Can a NAND backup be renamed and still work?

I have a NAND backup of my 5.0.8 and of CM6-RC3... Kind of a poor mans dual boot. haha
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] clone7:
Hello Everyone,

This is my first Driod device. I used to use a BB but my friend gave me an HTC Rogers magic and I figured I would give it a try. It does NOT have the 911 patch installed. I may by the Samsung Captive S when it comes out to Rogers and I figured I would try Andriod with this phone first. I have a couple of questions:

- When i try installing the 911 patch my phone disconnects from HTC sync for some reason. HTC sync finds the phone prior to the patch install but when i try installing the patch it give me an error msg asking me to check my usb cable. Any thoughts why? I am running windows 7 64bit.

-How hard is it to root the HTC Magic? I am not that good with programming code or anything like that. I was told i should upgrade to 2.1 but i need to root it first.

-any other helpful links or tips will be greatly appreciated.

Sorry i just wanted to add that my friend told me i may need to sign the Rogers HTC magic wavier before i root my phone or they will cut off my data. Anyone know if this is true.

Thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
easy root:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=756942

10 min max and no need of code experience

Give it a try :0)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] freyder:
Not sure about the waiver but I would definitely load a different ROM than what Rogers ships by default.

On my Rogers Magic I've just loaded the Froyo Redux 1.7 mod which is based on CyanogenMOD 6.0 RC3. Works like a champ!

I recommend that you spend some time reading these forums a bit before jumping in. your patience will be rewarded!

Many rogers magic users have been through this before so its likely any question you have has already been answered.

good luck!
[Desire General] TheWiseOne360:
Hello,

Just wanted to know how to reset the thumbnails within the Opera browser without necessarily removing the app altogether and reinstalling it.

Thanks
[Desire General] AndroHero:
long press on the one you want to remove and select clear
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frazse:
flashed a "new" custom rom, after reboot it gets stuck om bootlogo, so i cant boot my phone.

and to make it even better when starting "recovery" (volume down+power)

it brings up the HTC "pre-boot-logo" for like 0.5sec then goes to fastboot..

so now i have a phone that cant use (got it yday ;_; )

help please ;______;
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bcking81:
Im rooted running cyanogen 6 RC2. Anybody else have a lot of force closes after you unlock? If so any suggestions to repair it. Thanks
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Lancellor:
I had lots of problems. Like no loading Widgets etc. Everything fixed on CM6.RC3. Now works flawlessly.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] d750:
Wipe everything and install new cm rc3.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] serotizm:
I'm using RC3 and no problems
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ctbear:
I had constant FCs on RC3 after I did a LP backup restore. I then reinstalled LP completely, restored the backup again, and all was fine :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bcking81:
thanks guys after updating to RC 3 everything LP seems to be functioning great. Thanks again guys
[EVO 4G General] rockky:
Wondering if there is something that reflects the rate of your batters capacity that your consuming at any one moment.

Thanks
[EVO 4G General] freebirds87:
The app you are looking for is called Juice Plotter and is available in the Market.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] markusmuster:
Well I really was tired of manually restart HTC Sense when it dissorted the display (Start->Settings->Today->Items....) and here's my 5 minute solution.

Requires .NET 2.0 or above.

Place it anywhere on your Device an run it. A shortcut will be created automatically.

There is no GUI or anything else. It just restarts HTC Sense.

Download it below

If you plan to change or modify anything, just create a new .NET 2.0 console solution in Visual Studio. Here's the code:

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Threading;
using Microsoft.Win32;

namespace ReSense
{
class Program
{
[DllImport("coredll.dll")]
private static extern int SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, uint msg, int wParam, int lParam);
public const int HWND_BROADCAST = 0xffff;
public const int WM_WININICHANGE = 0x001A;

[DllImport("coredll.dll", EntryPoint = "SHCreateShortcut", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern bool SHCreateShortcut(string shortcut, string target);

[DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError = true, EntryPoint = "SHGetSpecialFolderPath")]
static extern bool SHGetSpecialFolderPath(IntPtr hwndOwner, StringBuilder lpszPath, Folders nFolder, int fCreate);
const int MAX_PATH = 50;

public enum Folders
{
Programs = 2, // \Windows\Start Menu\Programs
Personal = 5, // \My Documents
Startup = 7, // \Windows\StartUp
Startmenu = 0x0B, // \Windows\Start Menu
Fonts = 0x14, // \Windows\Fonts
Favorites = 0x16, // \Windows\Favorites
Program_Files = 0x26 // \Program Files
}

public static void waitSec(int sec)
{
for (int i = 0; i < sec * 10; i++)
{
Thread.Sleep(100);
}
}

public static string GetFolderPath(Folders folder)
{
StringBuilder sPath = new StringBuilder(' ', MAX_PATH);
bool bRet;

bRet = SHGetSpecialFolderPath(IntPtr.Zero, sPath, folder, 0);

return sPath.ToString();
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{

String appPath = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase);
String appName = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase);
String app = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase;
String lnkPath = GetFolderPath(Folders.Programs);
SHCreateShortcut(lnkPath + "\\ReSense.lnk", "\"" + app + "\"");

// This refreshes the today screen
SendMessage((IntPtr)HWND_BROADCAST, WM_WININICHANGE, 0xF2, 0);

RegistryKey ik = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("Software\\Microsoft\\Today\\Items\\HTC Sense", true);
ik.SetValue("Enabled", 0);
ik.Close();
// This refreshes the today screen
SendMessage((IntPtr)HWND_BROADCAST, WM_WININICHANGE, 0xF2, 0);

waitSec(5);

ik = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("Software\\Microsoft\\Today\\Items\\HTC Sense", true);
ik.SetValue("Enabled", 1);
ik.Close();
// This refreshes the today screen
SendMessage((IntPtr)HWND_BROADCAST, WM_WININICHANGE, 0xF2, 0);

}
}
}
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gzcyk:
tks man，the app is very useful!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] johnny1178:
Sense is frozen, does ReSense only work when Sense is working?

Does this work on the HD2? I have installed and tried it but my Sense will not restart. Also, do you know of a way to restart Sense when it is frozen? That is the only reason I needed this app.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] hah2110:
I'm on SlideMr4 and Accounts & Sync force closes. Any ideas?
[myTouch 3G Slide General] TrueBlue_Drew:
I have been running SlideMR4 for weeks and havent had any problems at all. Maybe try wiping and reflash. Make sure to wipe your dalvik cache also.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] slinky1914:
Ditto.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] hah2110:
The culprit was Touchdown restore settings. Good to go! THX
[Vibrant General] peekapoo:
I had to hard reset my vibrant and everything works ok, but google map update doesnt show up on market.

It is on 4.0 and i know 4.4 is out. I cleared all cache on market and still no luck. Can anyone help me??
[Desire General] gunja99:
Hi all. Well I've not rooted yet (just not had the time), and have a stock orange UK ROM with the default stuff! I have searched around and can't seem to find the answer to simple backup questions!

I am having the reboot issues (well documented in another thread), and it's getting worse and worse. even to the extent now that it's rebooting after calls (started out when charging using games, then now I cant run navigation for more than 2 minutes).

I have been told to do a factory reset (not a bad idea TBH). But backups is my main concern.

I have my contacts and calendar fine (not an issue), what I am concerned about mainly is my paid for apps. I have just synced with AppBrain, but will this get my paid for apps back?

Also SMS is the other thing I want to backup, I have installed SMS Backup which backs up to an XML file, which I can read. But read that some people have had problems with restoring, is this true? Or can someone recommend a better app? I am not too concerned with settings, as happy to do things slightly differently this time round, so mainly paiud for apps! Also what happens when orange eventaulyl send me a new phone (which seems to be the resoltuion of the paid for apps?)

I will take the SD card out when I factory reset, but what else should I worry about?

Regards, Martin
[Desire General] dcnice:
I have used SMS Backup and it seems to work fine with me. Not sure if it backs up MMS though, but there is a seperate free tool to save the MMS to SDcard available on the market.

As for your paid for apps, they will show up in the Market once you have perfromed a factory reset and you will be able to re-install without having to pay again. Just make sure that you log in using the same credentials.

The backups I perfored prior to rooting were as follows:

1) export contacts to SDCard

2) backup SMS using SMS Backup & Restore

3) Backup call logs using Call Logs Backup and Restore - I wanted to keep these.

A factory reset should not wipe what is currently on your SDCard, but I cannot hurt to copy the contents to your PC/Laptop before doing the reset.
[Desire General] gunja99:
Thanks for this, yes call logs would be cool too! I'm not too fussed with regards to the settings of the phone, gives me a chance to start over! Im not even that fussed on SMS's nice to have a history they're currently backing up to the google mail thing!

It was the apps I've paid for most concerned for, and yeah sounds good that it's tied to the google account, guess that means if/when I get a new phone they'll just get copied over to the new phone, when orange realise that it needs to be replaced... Pffftt...

Many thanks makes sence now (used to the iTunes/iPhone system! WHich shilst walled, does make some things easy! I PREFER DROID THO!)
[Android Apps and Games] Vulpix:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/siir.es.adbWireless

I have no idea if this will be useful to most people, but does this interest anyone so far? Requires a rooted phone duh.
[Android Apps and Games] ajones7279:
Well, it works. That's pretty cool.
[Android Apps and Games] c00ller:
Interesting indeed, but I don't think I'll find it easier than just plugging my phone in.
[Android Apps and Games] ajones7279:
Same. No point really starting the app, then opening termal/cmd prompt and typing in a command to connect when you can just plug it in and go.
[Android Apps and Games] madd0g:
Well i dont want to dig up to the floor, where my AC charger is and pull out the USB cable so i can stick it into the computer and back when I'm done.

I never connect the phone to PC anyway, coz of app2sd card corruption, so this is a lifesaver for me.
[Android Apps and Games] ajones7279:
Well that's understandable. Me, I have like 4 micro USB cords. One connected to the ac charger, one connected to my car charger, another connected to my computer, and then an extra one just in case. :)
[Android Apps and Games] kaospiloten:
Nooob

I dont get it to work :o Where on my pc should I write the connect comand?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larsenste:
I recently bought a nexus one from vodafone, which came with vodafone's version of froyo FRF91 pre-installed. I wanted to get future OTA updates direct from google so I unlocked the bootloader, and downgraded to ERD79 using this guide:

(can't post links, but if you copy 'how to upgrade your nexus one today' into google, it's the first result - this is the guide i followed)

This all worked fine and i'm now on ERD79, but I cannot upgrade any further than ERD79. When I search for OTA updates using the "check in" command, it finds none and still says my system is up to date.

I also cannot update from the sd card using the update.zip method, as I get the following error:

E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

I have done this before on another vodafone nexus one using exactly the same method and it worked fine. On the first phone, after downgrading to ERD79, the froyo OTA update began immediately. The only difference was that in that case, the phone did not have froyo to begin with, this time vodafones version of froyo was already installed.

If anybody has any clue as to why the phone will not download an OTA update, I'd be really really grateful if you could let me know! :(

Thanks
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
If you unlocked your bootloader - why wouldn't you just flash a custom ROM?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larsenste:
I unlocked it in order to get install stock froyo, so I would immediate future updates from google, rather than having to wait for vodafone to release their own version.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aureliusmaximus:
Why don't you instal Geo411m's rom? It's almost stock...(I really like it)

And as soon as the new OTA update is available you will find it here (and most likely it will be rooted asap)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futango:
What file did you use when you renamed to update.zip? From what i did. I downgraded to EPE76 then downloaded signed FRF85B. from EPE76 it said my system was up to date. but when i manually updated to FRF85B and checked the system updates it auto downloaded FRF91.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larsenste:
I used "PASSIMG_Passion_Google_WWE_1.01.1700.1_ERD79_release_signed.zip" with fast boot to get ERD79 and then attempted to use "signed-passion-ERE27-from-ERD79.a487b405.zip" on the sd card to update. Then i get the error.

Appreciate the help guys,