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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tubaking182:
no, chipsets are not even close so you can't just flash this over and be hunky dory, it would require work to get it running
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] samyvibrantuser:
Can someone see if that ROM has UMA app.... :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tubaking182:
this is the shipped build, it will NOT have the UMA app as it was not on your phone OOTB
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kit:
What is button combo to flash via recovery?

How do i flash this? I have a Demo G2 and im in Australia. HTC US advised me it may not have all required radio bands due to it being a Demo unit so im hoping flashing the release firmware may fix my issue?

Anyone know what the button combo is after i press recover
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] chopperpl:
Can you describe how you did it? I'm trying to do opposite Desire Z rom ->> G2...

Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] fastludeh22:
in my test of tryng to get lucky, lol. i flashed this to my g2. renamed it pc10img.zip booted into fastboot, selected bootloader and watched it flash. did nothing special since i already have g2 firmware on a g2, lol.

*i do have a gold card in here, but dont think that has anything to do with it, as i tried to flash an unsigned version with different recovery and it wouldnt flash...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] fastludeh22:
see my post right above this one, but before you do, u should see what spl, recovery, system, etc is on it and maybe pull it off, might help the root effort
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kit:
When i try and flash this via the recovery i get "E:signature verification failed"

I thought since this is an official g2 rom it should work on my g2?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] fastludeh22:
I assume your renaming the file to update.zip and trying to flash via recovery. Instead name it pc10img.zip, and put it on root of sdcard.

Turn phone off and boot up holding down trackpad and power button. This should bring you to fastboot.

Once in fastboot, hit power button to select bootloader. It will then say HBOOT insted of fastboot.

Give it 20-30 secs and it will start scanning sdcard. It should then find your zip, check it, and ask if u want to update. Say yes and enjoy.

* FIRST though, pls go over to the root theard and make sure you don't have something that could help, as it being a demo model.

* also note, this will flash spl, recovery, radio, system, and userdata. With that being said, it will wipe your phone so backup first if u care. Also I'm not responeable if it messes up. (Standard disclaimer, lol)

*my screen did go black for ~10 secs while flashing, I think radio, don't freak out like I did, it should come back on, be patiant, lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] chopperpl:
Hi,

Thanks for sharing your findings... Please clarify the following:

1. You've posted a rom for Vision... Which model G2, or Desire Z?

2. I'm new to android, and a little confused. I thought ROM is just an OS (without baseband firmware). You've mentioned this recovery procedure will update the radio... Is this correct? Radio update usually comes via baseband... or is it different in Android?

Thanks

I have G2(US) and frequencies are different here. I don't want to touch anything that may screw up the radio... Thx
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] fastludeh22:
1. i did not post the rom, i was referring to the the one in the op, which is offical tmo rom.

2. "ROM" in the sense that were used to on xda is just what u said, just the os. however, a radio(which is the baseband), recovery, and spl(bootloader), can be included also. this is an offical image which includes all of those, as well as user data, which means it will "wipe" your phone.

radio can be updated a few ways, as well as all of these components. in recovery(not totally safe, see g1 brick threads). from bootloader (the way i described), and from fastboot (requires an engineering spl).

if you have a retail (tmo branded) g2 no reason to flash the rom (which should really be referred to as an img to avoid confusion) in this thread, as it is exactly the same. i did it as a proof of concept in trying to use a gold card to get a custom recovery flashed, so we can root this damn thing.

if someone gets a offical signed img of the desire-z rom it should work the same. the ruu posted in the Desire forum does not work. it makes it all the way to erasing the userdata and then gets an img error.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] falloutgod13:
I got my G2 early, bout six days. I've done my best to damage and destroy the core applications and replace them. So far with having the phone longer than most regular people, including some T-Mobile techs... all I really managed was to conclude I need to buy some screen protectors for it. Keeps getting smudgy. Anyone know if like some i phone screen protectors would work? Wish they put the G2 accessories out before the damn phone.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xdviper:
Can't we have the OP give us the test keys? Or the same SPL that he has, used to flash vanilla 2.2 over sense? Would that give us any root access?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sykopompos:
He doesn't have the test keys, how would we flash the spl if we can't write to the nand yet.

It has already been said that we already have a eng-spl we just get get it write yet
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xdviper:
True. So there's no way the OP can help us gain root? He has a test device which is as open as the Nexus one.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] eddieringle:
Is there a non-rapidshare download link? Apparently I've reached my download limit on rapidshare (even though I _never_ use it, mainly because they pull crap like this).
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] houmles:
http://www.multiupload.com/L7BZ3S6LG4
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] eulah971:
i downloaded the ROM, rooted the cellphone, renamed the file, put the file on the sdcard and after opening the bootmenu, it doesn't happen anything!

am i doing something wrong?

thanks for the help!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ZeroSX:
If you just got the phone, this is the rom that came preloaded on it. It's useful if you want to flash back to stock for whatever reason, and that's it. To use it, rename it to PC10IMG.zip and stick it in the root of your sd card and bring up HBOOT.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] eulah971:
hey, thanks for the help!

but afte opening the bootmenu

i press the power button and it appears HBOOT on the top, and FASTBOOT, RECOVERY, FACTORY RESET, SIM LOCK, IMG CDR, which item am i supose to choose?

ps: i can't choose HBOOT, it just shows on the top
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] deliberate187:
Thanks for this, a million times. I put the Virtuous ROM in my G2 and as much as I like Sense, I started to miss some of the features present in the stock ROM. If it wasn't for the PC10IMG.zip I'd be screwed.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] larrycarvalh0:
well this is the rom standart for g2 ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] cwirth7:
recovery--install zip--choose file
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] larrycarvalh0:
this is the oficial rom for g2 ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] deliberate187:
Yes. Its the factory rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
It is the original shipping ROM, but does not include the OTA update. If you want to flash it onto a phone that has a later version (e.g. OTA) you will have to go through the downgrading procedure that is documented in another thread (link in the sticky roll-up).

Sent from my HTC Desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] deliberate187:
Confirm. If you haven't used gfree on your phone to get S-OFF and you applied the stock OTA before modding, you will need to hex edit your partition 17. Otherwise you'll get a phenomenon known as a semi-brick.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sonny210183:
the link is broken,can u upload to another filehosting?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lainvalenajr:
Well aslong as u hex edit you will be fine flashing this Rom but u should only do that if u have to return it for replacement
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Damionix:
How do I proceed to use the HEX editor with this stock rom to edit the version so that it be higher than what I have. I believe i had the post OTA, and my wife tried to do the permaroot with visionary r14, and now the phone is stuck at the HTC boot screen with this in Hboot

VISION PVT SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.82.0000

MMICROP-0425

RADIO-26.03.02.26_M

eMMC-boot

Sept 2 2010, 17.59.38

Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] DrLabRatOry:
I'm sorry to say that you don't. We are stuck until there is a signed ROM that is 1.22+, which apparently is in no hurry to come out. The rest of the world is on 1.72+, T-mobile customers are just stuck because apparently TMOUS isn't interested in releasing a RUU.

A HEX editor won't work (tried it), as soon as you edit the file it no longer matches the signature, our phones are S-ON, so they won't flash anything but a signed ROM. VISIONary should be removed from, well, everywhere for as many "semi-bricks" it has created. I am going on 4 months now. Welcome to the club, I essentially check the boards every day to see if Football has a ROM that will save us.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hispeedworm:
buddy everyone can edit the wiki you can put up a warning note on top of wiki before visionary section that it creates semi bricks and ppl should avoid it
[Epic 4G Android Development] iamjfarrell:
is there a way to use ubuntu to root the epic? I have ubuntu and I want to root my epic but I can't figure out how to use the one-click method because I can't really use the drivers. I was trying to use the terminal with adb but I don't really know what I am doing.
[Epic 4G Android Development] shabbypenguin:
linux doesnt need drivers i made a one click script for linux ill see if i cant find it

http://www.mediafire.com/?hk59z8j5dve6tgf

download that and run the clickhere.sh it should root you just fine, you may need to make the script and adb executable
[Epic 4G Android Development] aindfan:
You can try following along the run.bat script included in the one click root. I did not need to install any drivers to root using Ubuntu, but I did download the Linux version of the android sdk (from Google) just in case (instead of using the adb included in the one-click-root download.

If you have your android-sdk-linux_x86 directory in ~/Downloads/, and you extracted the one.click.root file into ~/Downloads/ as well, here's what you could do:

cd ~/Downloads/one.click.root

(Now you're in the location of the one click root files.)

Next, type each line of the run.bat file manually. Any time you see "adb" replace it with:

sudo ../android-sdk-linux_x86/tools/adb (command)

You'll need to adapt a bit to your situation, but because most of the adb commands are native to adb and run on the phone, they should work verbatim on your Ubuntu system.

Didn't someone put out a Linux one click root, though?

EDIT: Yes, shabbypenguin did. Looks like he posted it above me before I finished typing my post. Whoops.
[Epic 4G Android Development] iamjfarrell:
Complete Big edit....

I thought I bricked my phone but I didn't. I ended up getting the permanent root. I used this guide http://forum.sdx-developers.com/epic-development/adb-root-exploit-test/

Is there anything special I am missing? like busybox? or remount scripts? not sure what either of those are.
[Epic 4G Android Development] shabbypenguin:
remount allows your system to have rw access with a simple command, busybox.. think of it as an extended shell

the zip i included in my post is based off noobnl's latest version and works fine with linux. i made it while using ubuntu :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] aliendude5300:
Thank you so much for this! :) ... "You have no chance to survive make your time" means I'm rooted?
[Epic 4G Android Development] shabbypenguin:
i made version 2, its in my sig, will root and install clockwork mod 2.5.1.0
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vitality:
Is there any way to enter a wifi wep password in ascii or do I have to enter it in hex? Every time I want to enter a password I have to convert it first from ascii to hex. There must be an easier way.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bchalk:
The better question is does anyone really use WEP anymore? It literally takes < 2 minutes to crack every WEP protected network I've tried.

Can't you just convert it in your head :shrug:. I'm sure there is an app in the market.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qwijib0:
use a hex password that's only composed of A-F?

DECADEDEADBEEFFACADEBADFAD
[Streak 5 Android Development] Charles::
Not sure where this would go, but..while browsing through the build.prop file, I noticed some "landscape" settings set to 1 (I'm assuming this would translate to a "yes"), and given that I mostly use my Streak in portrait, I wondered if changing any of these would make the lock screen convert to portrait instead of landscape. I'm using ADW launcher, set to portrait persistent, so that handles the issue most of the time, now I just need to get the lockscreen handled.

Ideas?

Another question...the "carrier menu bar", the one that shows "AT&T" is rather wide...which causes my notifications menu to shrink and not show all the info. Any way to shorten the carrier menu's width?
[Streak 5 Android Development] RobbyTouchHD:
Would also be interesting for me to know if this would be possible!

Especially the lockscreen in portrait!
[Streak 5 Android Development] alfri:
widget locker.lock in portrait.
[Streak 5 Android Development] PJBonoVox:
Where is this option in Widgetlocker? I bought it and then got a refund after scouring the menus and finding no 'lock in portrait' option.
[Streak 5 Android Development] Techvir:
There is no option for the portrait mode.

However in the previous version , the lockscreen was default in portrait mode.

WIth the new version its back to landscape mode.

I have mailed the developer but no reply yet @!!!!
[Streak 5 Android Development] fone_fanatic:
If you noticed in the build prop landscape is spelled as "lanadscape" don't know if this an error or if is referring to something other than orientation. I've renamed it and changed it's value and haven't noticed any changes.

As for the carrier bar, I searched through the system files and couldn't find anything that points to dells custom ui so unless someone knows where these customizations are, I'm gonna keep searching but it should be a fairly easy tweak once the appropriate files are found.
[Streak 5 Android Development] gilrad:
There's a custom build.prop on modaco that messes with the customizations.

Give is a look: http://android.modaco.com/content/d...x-for-jerky-display-and-some-speed-increases/
[Legend General] IceFreak2000:
I got an HTC Legend from Vodafone UK about a month ago, and I want to remove the Vodafone branding (especially since Vodafone seem to intent on adding rubbish to their branded phones at the moment - you only have to look at what they've just pushed out to the Samsung Galaxy S).

I'm happy with creating a Goldcard, but I've got a couple of questions:

Is it possible to make a Nandroid backup of the branded ROM currently on my device so that in the case of a fault I stand a chance of being able to restore the branded firmware so I can get the device repaired under warranty?

I'm fairly certain I will, but can someone confirm that I'll get OTA updates from HTC as and when they get released?

Many thanks!
[Legend General] Kwen:
Nandroid backup not possible without a recovery partition which can be loaded only on rooted phone :)

However, you can always flash back a Vodaphone RUU if needed

http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Legend

Direct link:

RUU_Legend_Vodafone_UK_1.32.161.4_R_Radio_47.26.35.04_7.05.35.26L_release_126590_signed.exe

For point 2, yes you'll get OTA, depending on which version you install and your SN (and of course if there's a newer version) it may take more or less time before you get it
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsymbol:
Hi,

I've just downloaded ROM Manager & tried to partition my SD card but failed.

What I did:

In Rom Manager,

1. Partition SD Card. It asked to install something. I chose OK.

2. Ext Size 512MB

3. Swap Size 0MB

OK

Then the screen went black with a sign /!\ & the little grean Android guy.

I waited for a long long time, nothing happened.

I hit the power button & it show the following:

(I could move up & down with volume button, but hitting the power button didn't help, so I had to pull out the battery. The phone starts ok...)

ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.0.7

- reboot system now

- apply sdcard:update.zip

- wipe cache partition

- install zip from sdcard

- backup and restore

- mounts and storage

- advanced

ClockwrokMod Recovery v2.5.0.7

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E: failed to seek in /cache/update.zip (Invalid argument)

E: signature verification failed

Installation aborted.

How do I get the A2SD+

How do I partition the SD card please?

Thanks,

D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsymbol:
My phone is running Froyo 2.2 OTA 2.10.405.2

& Rooted by Unrevoked 3.21.

The reason I rooted the phone mainly to get the apps to SD card.

There's a zip file called recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.zip in:

D:\clockworkmod\download\koush.tandtgaming.com\recoveries

Should I rename it to update.zip, then run Partition SD Card again?

How do I do that from here please?

Thanks,

D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thewarchild:
Mate,

I had the same issue, I run "flash clockworkMod Recovery" the first option in Rom Manager, and then I ran the "Partition SD Card" option again, and everything worked ok.

Thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsymbol:
thewarchild,

it works. wow. Thanks a lot.

D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bobrt:
Same problem. I do not see my ROM backup and don't want to continue root till I have a copy. Any help?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark1316:
Had the same issue but looks to be resolved no by following the steps. Can I ask what the swap file should be set to ? and how do I go about adding extra partitions that some of the new roms need ?
[Desire General] dougsdir:
I have just installed Skyfire Browser (beta) from the Market and the sites that crash for me using the Android built in browser are fine in Skyfire, ie BBC , sites that embed justin.tv videos.

i mainly use flash to watch football and the framerate is superb using Skyfire.

Hope this helps some people on here.
[Desire General] th3:
So you don't have todays Flash 10.1.95.1 update skewing the comparison?

5MB more gone...

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[Desire General] dougsdir:
No........... but ive just installed it and my usual sites are still crashing with the stock Android browser and fine with Skyfire
[Desire General] th3:
Here's a test then. How many embedded videos can you see and playon this page with the Skyfire browser? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9004741.stm

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[Desire General] dougsdir:
I clicked your link and it crashed :(

and even worse the sites which were ok for my about 10 minutes ago now crash!!!!!!

what have you done? :D
[Desire General] dougsdir:
got it working again after uninstalled/reinstalling.

this is weird as the football videos on the scottish premier league section of the BBC website play fine.

I have the "Enable plug-ins" option set top On-Demand and when i try your link i do not even see a box where the flash videos should be.

If i set "Enable plug-ins" option to "always on" and try your link then the browser crashes.
[Desire General] th3:
Thanks for trying and persisting :)

It's pages like that giving us weird problems, like crashes, lag, no embedded video showing, etc.

There should be two Flash vids on that page to play. I too have plugins set to on-demand and if I change it to Always on, then try that page -> crash. I don't know what it is but it is limited to a few sites in my case so it doesn't bother me as much.

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[Desire General] htc fan89:
Both of them crash when watching flash video, does flash 10.1 fix this?
[Desire General] dferg:
same **** man....browser crashing here on bbc football.

fixed the crash by setting plug-ins to on demand but still some missing videos.

tried dolphin browser too but same problem
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toenail78:
i flashed an evo for pocket service and managed to get mms working but now my only issue is with the internet.. ive have tried everything i can think of and changed all possible settings but just cant get the internet working.. the evo's 3g icon is now displayed but still no internet.. was wondering if anyone else has managed to get an evo working correctly with pocket service? i have seen the many guides for both cricket and metro but not enough info for pocket.. any help would be greatly appreciated
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tws101:
Why would you defile your evo with sub-standard service?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toenail78:
actually i use sprint.. but a friend of mine flashed his phone to pocket and asked me if i was able to get all of the features onto it because pocket communications told him that he could only get talk and text.. thanks to the internet ive managed to get mms working so now im just working on the internet but most info that i find is regarding cricket.. there isnt too much information on pocket communications since its not a huge carrier.. now to answer your question for someone using a service like pocket, cricket or metro the only real difference would be the coverage area and the available phones.. so if i managed to get internet working he would be having the same features as i do with my sprint service, the only difference is he will be having a $40 a month payment without the need of a contract.. i really couldnt call it sub-standard service if i dont have 4g service in my town either way.. what pros do you see that would make your service any better in a non 4g coverage area
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chargerdude70:
I have them made from a previous Droid but how do I set them in the Captivate? I had an Epic 4G before this phone and it was simple. Go to contact, edit contact, assign ring tone. This phone dosen't have this option(at least the option dosen't show in the settings). Is it an AT&T vs Sprint thing or do I need my contacts in certain area?

EDITED: Ok...found my answer as to why I cant but dont know how to fix.....seems that you can not asign ringtones to contacts that are linked in some way...example... I have all my contacts linked to gmail for back up and to facebook.....but AT&T numbers that are not linked to anything, I can assign...now to figure out how to un-link my contacts from google and facebook
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cappysw10:
When you edit a contact, did you scroll down far enough? There is a field to change the ringtone. :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chargerdude70:
ok...this is a bunch of crap...If I am doing this right...the only way to get a ringtone for a contact is for the contact to reside on your phone...not link to any other account....so, with that said, I reset my phone to factory defaults(had to in order to get rid of the Google linked account). Then applied ringtones to certain people just for a test. Presto...ring tones...Ok...now that that is done, I want to re-download my apps from the market. Guess what? You need to link your phone to Google to get them...so what happens?...all my contacts are now linked to Google automatically and can't assign ring tones again....Is this right...am I the only one?...I cant believe that Google and Facebook contacts take precidence over contacts that are directly on the phone?...is there anyone out there that can correct me if I am wrong?