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[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] aPaullyG:
A few weeks back I flashed my phone via PC Companion using a build.prop edit to get my phone off my 3 Hutchinson branded firmware and across to the U20a Generic GEL firmware. When I did this it was a drop in revision from 1.1.A.0.12 to 1.1.A.0.8. I did edit the references to build version, as well as changing the CDF numbers when I altered build.prop and since then I've flashed to a few other firmware builds. With a recent update to PC companion, I've noticed that every time I want to go to a lower build revision firmware via repair, PC Companion fails when trying to download it. (I've been able to duplicate this multiple times). I originally thought there was issues with SE's servers, but it appears not to be the case, every move forward has been successful, every move back has failed.

I'm hoping to get a backup of the blob_fs for my original 3 AU carrier firmware to archive, should the phone need to go to SE for service but have been running into this issue. I'm not sure how PC Companion is detecting the firmware revision is higher than what my build.prop is saying, even with my legit original 3 AU build.prop it wont let me flash back to it. PC Companion just fails on the download.

I'll keep looking through and seeing if I can figure out what the issue is, but I'm wondering if this behaviour is something others are able to duplicate and if anyone has any ideas how to get around it?

If this is something others can duplicate, it looks like it may mean keeping a backup of your build.prop is not going to be good enough to rebrand your phone for service.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vikramdhani:
I dont know it seems really difficult to root this phone. Is there any one click root option ? Is there any easy instructions that does not need me to use command line ?

I am good with following instructions but this phone seems like a hard nuts to crack and i am really not happy with the stock rom on the phone

Any guidance or advice will be really helpful
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mylostlonelysoul:
Not to sure about a one click root but the directins by eugene are great and easy to folo.
[Android Themes] faceqt:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8270409&postcount=1975

After those icons used :(
[Android Themes] Pfeffernuss:
Maybe ask Jiaa him/herself?
[Android Themes] faceqt:
I have in a thread he/she has posted in. :]
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roy Ngan:
Skyhook, is that what we have in SGS?

Click the image below to view flash explanation

PS: It's copyrighted algorithm if I'm not mistaken.

http://searchengineland.com/skyhook-wireless-sues-google-you-lie-about-openness-50902#
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
Yeah, but not sure if it's enabled by default still, as there are other similar AGPS methods anyway

Skyhook are also suing google:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/skyhook-sues-google-over-location-patents-and-contracts/
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roy Ngan:
It's disabled by default
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evert:
Are there any disadvantages/reasons not to enable Skyhook?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tehpriest:
I though they pulled it from SGS because of some legal row? Is it in JPM/JP6 2.2 then?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evert:
I'm on 2.1, and there it's still possible to enable it. Dunno whether enabling it does actually anything, but... ;-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgkahn:
Ffff up my gps when I enabled it. It used strong WiFi when u momentarily loose lock and causes more jumping around
[Hero CDMA General] copc:
Ok, I have been thrown for a loop and need some help....

I had a Sprint Hero Rooted on 2.1 the .5 sprint update

Tried to run the new update but it kept getting corrupt.

Did a Nandroid backup

So I reverted back to the .5 RUU

Then it wanted me to update to the old .6 update, so I did

Hoping then I would upgrade to the new .6 but it was not able to find a new update?

Wanted to restore my nandroid update.

When I try to boot into the recovery mode I get a picture of a phone with a red Explanation mark in a triangle.

There is a bunch of people on the net that say they have seen or gotten it, but no one says how to get rid of it? So I can not get in to recovery mode at all.

Tried the home+power boot

Tried the volume down + power then home

always ends in the same screen with no recovery.

Tried multiple times to install the .5 RUU

Reset phone

never can get back there to the recovery?

Phone will boot fine into 2.1 and run fine..

Anyone have any ideas, I have tried everything I can think of.

Thanks
[Hero CDMA General] laie1472:
Did u try placing the recovery on ur SD card and flashing it threw terminal on ur phone

Root-Hack-Mod-Always™
[Hero CDMA General] ASimmons:
You lost root, as far as I remember the .6 update was to block the corrent rooting efforts that you see around here, thats why the rooting instruction say to go back to the .5 ruu.

The corrupted update your getting is just sprints server being bogged down.

What you need todo is go back and re-root your phone. Dont worry about the update untill it gets released into one of the current roms or until you here that its safe todo without losing root.
[Hero CDMA General] copc:
Thanks, I can't believe I missed that! I had never tried a backup before root, so I did not think about that. Now I know and hopefully this will help someone that googles this issue, as there is never a clear answer until yours.

Thanks again...
[Hero CDMA General] copc:
So in closing of this thread:

if you are trying to get into recovery and see "Phone with Explanation mark" image.

it's because your phone is not rooted

So root your phone and it's all good
[Hero CDMA General] ASimmons:
Also If you ever run an ruu on your phone you can kiss your root good bye no matter what version you do. but if you have nand backups you can reroot your phone and then restore one of your backups since there stored on your sdcard.
[Hero CDMA General] chromiumleaf:
Correction: If you see this symbol, it means you don't have a custom recovery image in the phone. You can actually be rooted and still get that symbol if you haven't yet flashed a custom recovery after you rooted. You need to have a custom recovery (that requires root) to avoid getting that symbol when you try to boot into recovery.

Most rooting methods on here automatically include flashing a custom recovery as one of the steps, so this isn't really a big issue....but I just wanted to clarify the specifics of this for anyone else who reads.
[Hero CDMA General] brisuth:
I am running a rooted 2.1 and get this symbol , i installed rom manager and it asked me to install flash clockworkmod recovery and it booted into recovery straight away allowing me to partition my sd card, but if i want to access this mode i have to run flash clockworkmod recovery everytime or it will not work

Any idea why that is anyone?
[Hero CDMA General] ASimmons:
Nope once its on there you should be able to hold the home key while rebooting to get into recovery.
[Hero CDMA General] brisuth:
only way can get there is through flash clockworkmod recovery then select either reboot in recovery mode or turn of handset and restart with home and power button, what ever flash clockworkmod recovery does to make it work as soon as it has been used i am guessing it is deleted or modified,

i have tried running it then checking files on sd card but cant see anything different
[Hero CDMA General] chromiumleaf:
The recovery console isn't on your SD card, it's flashed to a partition inside your phone's memory. So you won't see anything different on your card.

And if you can boot into recovery by "restart with home and power button" like you say, then it's working as it should -- that's how you get into recovery.
[Hero CDMA General] brisuth:
just had a friendly member point out what i was starting to suspect the problem lies with the custom recovery being flashed back to stock on every restart, the shell command here

/system/etc/install-recovery.sh this stops any custom recovery on reboot. any advice on what tools to edit or remove
[Hero CDMA General] danaff37:
Delete that file when you get root I guess. Our as soon as you reboot into clockwork recovery, flash a rom. Use nfinitefx if you want a stock one
[Hero CDMA General] brisuth:
I always had root that was where the confusion was, what i did not know was the script was running with every boot of the handset and removing the recovery that was there as it was identified as unofficial and exclamation mark could be down to me using many methods to flash i may have renamed original recovery so when it goes to exclamation it is because cant find original recovery whether handset is rooted or not.
[Hero CDMA General] brisuth:
would that have worked? i thought about it many many times but as i had never flashed before was unsure how many times phone would reset and if it did before it was installed could i lose my recovery.

on the plus side the 2 months i have spent trying to solve this i have a much broader view of the workings of my handset and without the many members like yourself who take the time to reply and try to help others i would have given up a long time ago.

Brian
[Hero CDMA General] danaff37:
I'm sure if you deleted that script a custom recovery would have stuck
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevinr12345:
i installed the sprint vvm on my phone. when i restart my phone i get this error. i read on other posts to ignore it cause the vvm works fine, which it does. is this true or is there some kind of conflict with my phone.

btw thanks for the response on my last thread. it worked great.

i have cm6 on the phone.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chromiumleaf:
CM6 is AOSP only (no Sprint, no HTC Sense UI), so it doesn't have any of the Sprint core tools/processes, which is probably why it's giving you that error. Those other posts are probably right.....as long as your VVM works fine, that error is just something you'll have to get used to.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PerpulaX:
Since upgrading to JPH, Chrome to Phone has stopped working. The Chrome extension says that it sent the link, but nothing happens on my phone. I reinstalled the app several times, but that didn't help either.

Maybe related to this problem, AppBrain's Fast Web Installer doesn't work, either.

Has anyone noticed that same, or is it just me? Furthermore, does anyone know of a fix to this problem?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
By the way, this probably belongs in Q&A
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PerpulaX:
You're right, I'm sorry. I posted the same question on the Q&A thread. I'd like to remove this thread (or at least close it), but I can't seem to find a way to do that. Please ignore this thread. Thanks.
[Legend General] savmore:
Hi guys,

just checked theunlockr.com today and saw this:

sorry, cant post links.

just check theunlockr.com for how to root legend using unrevoked

It has been updated on 22nd Sept 2010.

Has anyone tried it?

Seems you can root and use custom roms without downgrading.

Is it possible?:eek:
[Legend General] rssaddict:
I'm curious about this as well. The post on Unlockr clearly references the legend, but the FAQ page at unrevoked doesn't list it as one of the supported models.

Has anyone tried this?
[Legend General] savmore:
just check the video they have posted, they are using an EVO as an example, but the video says it is the same for all the devices.

So hopefully it should work.

Waiting for someone to try it :)
[Legend General] qzem:
someone who hasn't rooted his phone yet:). Here is the link for I brave volunteer:

http://theunlockr.com/2010/09/22/how-to-root-the-htc-legend-unrevoked-method/
[Legend General] TheGrammarFreak:
Cool. This has the same limitations as other root methods though, yeah? Such as not having proper access to the /system partition, or am I living in the past?
[Legend General] downunder30:
I so want to try but don't know how to unroot
[Legend General] savmore:
I think you can also flash custom roms after rooting by this method.

In the last sentence it has instructions on how to load a custom rom and custom recovery.

Has anyone successfuly rooted using this method.
[Legend General] TheGrammarFreak:
Search

Oh, come on. Why do I keep getting this? Why can some post the word "no" without issue, and I have to write unnecessarily long posts?
[Legend General] whitetigerdk:
I have tried it on a stock 2.03 rom...Fail.. Freezes the phone..

I will now downgrade to 1.31 and then try again....
[Legend General] bonethugs:
i'm going to try it right now with 1.31 rom... one moment....

it doesn't detect my phone... i will try to fix it
[Legend General] TheGrammarFreak:
I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.
[Legend General] TheGrammarFreak:
Oops

Wow did I kill this thread...
[Legend General] savmore:
looking at the posts i think i will wait before trying it.

I dont have much information about roting and stuff.

well its time i read up a few rooting posts...

now where is that search button...:p
[Legend General] savmore:
An update from the unlockr.com comment section,

2 guys tried it, but were not successful.

But they were on a mac.

Any one rooted over here using this method on windows with the HBOOT drivers?
[Legend General] bjohv052:
Yes. For some phones there's "unrevoked forever" that will unlock your NAND and give you r/w on /system. Right now the welcome message in #unrevokedtest is "Testing will resume on future versions when we have them. Thanks to all for your support. Next train: HTC Desire (maybe Legend) S-OFF. Est arrival: unknown." S-OFF means permanent NAND unlock.

The big difference between unrevoked and other root methods is that it will really flash a custom recovery image, not fake-flash.
[Legend General] ali ba:
Quite correct.

The last info I got from Matt was that an early command in their rooting procedure already fails and that Legend apparently is quite different from other phones.
[Legend General] savmore:
Damn! thats quiet bad. :(

so are they trying to sort it out or is it gonna remain that way.

I had seen the unrevoked team twitter post informing they were working on Legend, but then there were no updates later.

hopefully they are busy creating more good stuff for the community.
[Legend General] savmore:
So they are working on it..Awsome! :):)
[Legend General] bonethugs:
sorry guys, don't work for me.
[Legend General] Kwen:
So unrevoked³ is the same as current rooting method where you need to use the ROM Manager to boot into ClockWorkMod or a batch script (vs just launching recovery with VOL - & POWER) and having no access to /system?
[Legend General] zabaknilesh:
Dont understand why Legend is so difficult to root?? or other way is Legend so uncommon that no one is interested?

Its been months and we still have no One click root method..sad
[Legend General] TheGrammarFreak:
I don't even care about the one-click stuff. I want access to *all* the partitions *all* the time...

Unrevoked Forever!
[Legend General] Firecold:
Totally agree with you
[Legend General] savmore:
Totally agreed.
[Legend General] :
Yep - I tried it with my UK Vodafone legend - no dice.

Keeps getting stuck on "waiting for reboot"
[Legend General] kid1988:
Same here.

Keeps getting stuck on "waiting for reboot"

If I reboot manually it continues flashing..

then it says: waiting for bootloader... which it doesnt launch. (just boots to android)

if I then manually boot to bootloader it continues

it then fails saying "internal error couldn't find misc"

Phone not rooted as result...

unbranded unlocked phone running stock firmware 1.31.405.5.

Hboot drivers installed correctly. no HTC Sync

Flashing in win7 x64 (tried Windows XP mode x86, same result)
[Legend General] the_canuck:
well, i'm not going to try given the 100% failure rate. but i hope that it gets fixed because it looks like a much easier rooting solution than jumping through all the hoops required by the current method.
[Legend General] hoezay:
Any Updates on this ? afai can see is the only way to root the legend to downgrade first ?
[Legend General] chansthename:
this is all we have ATM, it's quite easy though. Just give it a shot and see how you go.
[Legend General] Schimmerlos:
I tried to S-OFF my rooted Legend with the latest unrevoked forever version. No success, just FYI.

Contents of /sdcard/soff.log:

unrEVOked forever S-OFF patch v1.3
Verifying system type...
.
.
Got device:
@PID: 64,"LEGEND"
Got radio version:
7.05.35.26L
E:unsupported system
E:Update failed. Check /sdcard/soff.log.

EDIT: I managed to S-OFF the phone following these steps I summarized myself.
[Legend General] djsubtronic:
Don't think this works. I rooted my phone only recently using the long method.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] chilimac02:
If I were to "root" the phone, would I be able to get some of the apps to appear in the market again? Right now, links will just say "not found". when 2hrs ago I could get them... before upgrading.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] labarks:
I'm having the same issue. For example, I had the Shared Branching app install the stock ROM but after the ROM update I get a "Not Found" error if I try to install it from AppBrain. As far as I can tell the app still exists in the Android Market.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/credit-union-shared-branching/com.cu
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] dexmix:
this is a known issue with the market, and has been for years now.

More and more people will see this as they manually update to 2.2

**correction**

No copy protected apps show up in the market place.

http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/android/f/96/p/6533/32706.aspx

Everyone is pointing the finger at google (htc and the app developers)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Mycorrhiza:
Could anyone pls post the original build.prop from the JPH Rom here?

It will be much appreciated :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] manniakk:
here ya go :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Mycorrhiza:
Thank You! :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr.Gonz0:
Sooooo I came up on a T-Mobile G1 from a buddy of mine. A little beat up but after 3 and a half years with a t-mo wing it's about time to upgrade my old phone for a not so old phone. Went through the effort and went through my buddy @ likenewcells.com to get the thing unlocked rather quickly I might add.

My scenario, I don't have a data plan... I have scoured the threads about how to register your G1 without a SIM or data endlessly only to be stuck at getting the adb drivers installed. One key thing I have done so far is downgrade myself to RC29 so I can confirm <enter> reboot <enter> works Yet for the life of me I have tried yelling at it, insulting it, even sending it death threats... NOTHING! hehe

Upon further reading it's mentioned that I need to root the thing first to get adb working, is that correct? I have heard the legends of a rooted phone and the fortune it brings. Unfortunately if I am unable to get past the registration screen then what am I to do? Given that all of the guides say you need to do some things on the phone. Mess with this setting, download something from a site using the browser, whisper sweet nothings in it's ear. I've read many guides in the past week on how to get adb working. One similarity is "you need root access" in them all casual like. Not bad mouthing any of the guides and what not hehe.

I appreciate any information anyone is willing to share with me regarding how to get adb working and / or rooting given my situation. I waited a while to make a post here after carefully reading and scouring the many tutorials for a solution to either. My t-mo wing is falling apart literally and I am done with it.

There is one thing that did help me think maybe just maybe is I was able to enable adb by typing <enter>setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1<enter> Unfortunately I still couldn't get the drivers installed.

Now a healthy question I feel would be is there a similar command I can type at the no sim card screen to get into my wifi settings?

Once again I thank everyone here for any info they're down to share with me.

Winmo - I'm quite familliar, Android I am a complete N00b
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] android_geek:
Hey,

Anyone knows what is inside radio.img and if possible how to "depack" it?
[Android Themes] splatter2000:
Hey folks,

After installing several themes I had to confess that the option "mark all" in email is no longer availlable. Any idea to solve this problem? Couldn't find anything matching in the search. :(

Edit:

running CM6 stable
[Android Themes] Pfeffernuss:
Not the correct thread, but okay. What happens when you push the original mail apk back to the phone? It should work fine then.
[General Topics] lapy:
Hello guys, i'm about to buy a Motorola Milestone.

What do you think about it?

I like it cause of the keyboard.
[General Topics] orb3000:
If you need a hardware keyboard I would recommend Desire Z over moto
[General Topics] rajasyaitan:
If you're 'about' to buy the phone then don't. As recommended by orb3000, get a Desire Z instead.
[General Topics] ralph34:
I suggest that if you want to buy a cellphone be sure that you really need it and you gonna need to use its feature. And also you should know the difference between necessity and luxury.
[General Topics] lapy:
but guys the Desire Z should be very expensive in italy :o

Here people have to pay the full price of the phone cause we mostly have "pay as you go" plans.

Anyway i got a milestone, and i'm happy so far :D

I'm switching from the topaz and that's a huge difference hehe
[General Topics] MacaronyMax:
Dont buy the Milestone !!!!!!!!!

The Milestone 2 is out within the next month so go with that :D ;)
[General Topics] lapy:
shoot i got a milestone today haha

oh well i paid just 245eur for it :)
[General Topics] JimJam707:
That's bad timing for you.
[General Topics] MacaronyMax:
It's still a good phone :D and that's a good price :p
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] jbrizz:
The default SMS app in HTC Hero ROMs, to put it simply, sucks, especially since the 2.1 update, it keeps going up to the top and when opening the keyboard it doesn't scroll up either, scrolling is incredibly slow and the keyboard is quite laggy in this app.

I'm not keen on any of the ones in the market, specifically ChompSMS and Handcent (Chomp has ads and is slow, Handcent is slow).

I run a rooted HTC Sense ROM and just want the standard SMS app, it's fast and simple. I tried Froyo Elelinux (on the development forum but can't post link because I'm a new user and it's recognised as an outside link for some reason) the other day and the SMS app in that is great, from memory it's the same as the 2.1.

Does anyone know where I can grab this in APK form that'll install on my rooted but otherwise standard HTC ROM?

Thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] k0zmic:
I too hate the Sense Messaging app. I use Handcent though, I do like the Message app from 2.2 it's quick and clean. If I find the stock 2.1 version I'll post it here.

EDIT: Here it is http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=367490&d=1280204330
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] jbrizz:
Thanks! But it doesn't install. I suppose I need to remove the Sense one first?

Edit: I used adb to rename Mms.odex in /system/app and then used adb push to overwrite stock mms app with the AOSP Mms.apk. It's so much better :) only problem is it doesn't seem to go into landscape mode...
[EVO 4G General] AnHero:
My phone asks me if I want to install, I hit yes, it powers off and goes to the screen with the droid and the status bar. Status bar fills up then it changes to the droid with the ! in the triangle and just stays there. If I pull the battery it asks me if I want to install again when the phone boots up.

Rooted 2.2 w/ unrevoked forever.
[EVO 4G General] cardiox:
my update went to that page with the !....had 2 arrows kinda making a circle around it. Just wait it out...mine sat there a few but did its thing...:)
[EVO 4G General] AnHero:
Mine doesn't have the arrows. It has been sitting there for 15+ minutes on two different occasions now.