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[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] rivetrik:
ok im still having issues with this...i can get passed the second reboot but when it comes back on and tries to flash the h-boot (i guess?..when its a black screen with white words that resembles a command prompt) then its says it failed..why is that and how do i get around that..i think it might be because i didnt match up the md5sum to the iso, if anyone wants to help me out with how to check the md5sum (i know theres a thread on how to do it but i didnt understand what it was telling me to do) or physically help me if you live around the carollton ,dallas, or plano area it would be greatly greatly appreciated!!!!! if it helps im running cm7 rc4
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] PcFish:
idk if the process is still the same but restore the nandroid backup you made before flashing and try again.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] rivetrik:
ive done that like 3 times but thanks..its starting to annoy me, i guess i should have clarified better.. even after i do the restore i start the process all over again it always fails at the screen that looks like a command prompt...
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] ratchetrizzo:
Don't use CM7 to flash this. Remember, this needs to write and read files while it's flashing and I doubt it can read a ext4 FS.

Flash cm6 on it, then s-off it, it will work then.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] rivetrik:
ok awesome that actually did the trick thank you! ok so now that i have s-off will i be able to flash cm7 back onto my phone and still have s-off or will that turn it back on?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] ratchetrizzo:
You can flash cm7 and not lose s-off.

Only a official rom will remove s-off (the OTA update and the tmobile froyo update).

No CM roms will remove s-off.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] jnight666:
Ok first off I got S-off on my phone and it even says S-off in hboot.

but for some reason I can't do anything you are suppose to do with S-off.

-Can't move or delete files in system folder and Can't even see the data folder.

-Still have to use adb to Get into Clockworks recovery. (just like to run it to install roms, don't need to install).

I did S-off so I can do these thing and now I'm annoyed that they don't work.

Also I take it that S-off doesn't effect the stock Recovery.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] ratchetrizzo:
When you ran s-off, did you have it install clockwork mod when it asked if you wanted to? If you do that, it should have flashed clockwork as your recovery so when you hold vol down + power and then select recovery it goes in clockwork. On all of the ones I did, it worked like that. Install romanager and try and have it flash clockwork since you are s-off

Also, you can't modify /system unless you remount it +rw (mount -o remount,rw /system in a shell to do that while the phone is booted). You need to mount /system in clockwork too, in order to modify stuff in it.

Oh, and btw, if you can't access /data (you get a permission denied error) you gotta su first.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] M9x3mos:
Ok I got s-off installed on my slide now and cm7 setup.

was still going to default recovery instead of clock work since I didn't have the tool do it at same time as s-off

no biggie I though and tried adb to flash_image recovery from the download rom manager did for 2.5.0.7 took the recovery out of the zip and tried to flash that.

looks like completed but now I don't have a recovery anymore.

Either how can I get it back or how do I fully flash the clock work one now.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] jnight666:
1st off, I didn't Flash Clockworks w/ S-off (I didn't think I would need to).

2nd, I have tried flashing Clockworks w/ ROM Manager and it didn't work.

3rd, I tried your "mount -o remount,rw /system" in Terminal Emulator and it didn't do anything. I also tried mount -o remount +rw /system and that still didn't do anything, Couldn't move or delete any files in /system w/ Stock File manager.

4th, I found away around it, I used ES File Explorer and in the options it has Root Options to mount the /system and /data folder and I have moved items from both so it works.

Also I had to Reflash my rom because S-off somehow broke my SU, but know it works just fine except for the market that wouldn't reinstall all my apps I had. Glad I had a Old backup with most of them on it. (My Rom is CM7 Stable)

I have had the market reinstall only work once, so its no biggie.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] ffff00:
Beartard saved me. Thanks :)

That is all.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] JTownBrewer:
You have to download the img format of clockworkmod. See this post for a download link.

HTH,

JTB
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] turbo23:
This might be completely wrong to ask at this moment but why does the liveCD try to run but stops and says, Not enough memory to run? Is it failing because I'm using W7 x64? It can't be memory cause I have plenty. I wish it would spin up and run so I can join the legions of people on here pulling their hairs out, fighting this beast... LOL. My S is staying on!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] ratchetrizzo:
You have bigger problems than you think if mount -o remount,rw /system doesn't work.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] turbo23:
Okay, now what?

After I tried it on an old Latitude C640 W7 Pro laptop and when I say I tried it I mean probably about 20 times, it finally worked. Towards the end it kept taunting me by doing different weird things and getting a little bit closer to taking the mod. What was strange about it is, I honestly cannot tell you what it was that I was doing differently besides clicking the power button like a crazy kid on a PS3, after the last prompt before it even said to push power.

Now what is different about having S-off that I can use before T-Mobile sells out to At&T and my phones are rendered junk?

Thank you to everybody on here for their much needed help and patience,

turbo23

Black Slide

CM7

8GB Class6

S-Off
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] zerolgk5:
Does anyone know of a way to use the modified partition tables with an espresso? Thanks
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Ekorshus:
Chk pg 39 in this forum..

Good NEEEWWWSSS everyone!!

I got it on my first try!

1. Burned the img to cd, you can use any ol' ISO burning tool, doesn't have to be livecd

2. Fire up your pc & boot from the disc you just burned

3. Follow instructions & when it comes to the step where it asks you for your "intervention" hit enter & immediately afterward hold the power button on the fone 'til you see "Fastboot" in red, then let go..

4. It'll do it's thing

5. See step 3 exactly the same way..

6. Wait for everything to finish & it will reboot into bootloader & if you selected "install clockwork recovery as part of this process" it'll boot right into that!

Voila!!

Thanks guys!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Ekorshus:
btw, just curious... kind of a nubbish question... the whole reason I did this was so I could do the custom mtd partitions... but I've noticed, ever since I flashed CR mod whatever the stock 2.2.1 is, whenever I go to adb shell it gives me

sh-3.2#

& it won't let me run commands such as "usybox df -h"

I know this is a noobish question, but any clues anyone?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Ekorshus:
Nevermind, I got it all sorted

sent from my r00ted, S-off'd 3G slide runnin' CR MOD w/ custom mtd partitions
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] thegreenfamily04:
I'm assuming that if you have upgraded to the stock 2.2.1 rom that S-off is not possible anymore correct ? (the Hboot has been changed to a different version)
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Ekorshus:
Naw, never updated to the stock 2.2 for exactly that reason...

sent from my r00ted, S-off'd 3G slide runnin' CR MOD w/ custom mtd partitions
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Fuzi0719:
You can get a slightly modded version of the released "stock" 2.15.531.3 ROM without the new HBOOT 1.0 by using the espresso_signed_040511_005057.zip ROM. On recover bootup it shows HBOOT 0.52. I'm using that with DT's a2sd and it is a great ROM.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Muellersirch:
Let me preface this by saying that I have read this thread starting from about page 30 (when it was released according to the title), all the way to the end, and have not found an answer to my issue. I have an EVO 4G and was showing off what a rooted android phone can do, and my friend (with a MT3GS) asked me to help him root his phone. We successfully got through the first half of rooting and are now trying to get S-OFF. The issue I am running into now is the inability to get any computer to boot from the CD. I have downloaded the .iso from alpharev's site (it DOES have the correct md5) and burned it to a CD (the CD does have two files and one folder on it) using the disk utility on my MacBookPro. Again, still not able to boot from the CD (boot order is correct with CD before Hdd). I am thinking that my problem is either: 1. It has been several years since I have dealt with .iso's / CD's, and I may be missing a step or something else to make the CD bootable. 2. I am still learning how to do stuff on my MAC, and may not be burning the .iso correctly or may be using the wrong format, etc... I will have a windows laptop available tomorrow, and plan on trying the whole process on there (already tried booting the cd as burnt by the mac, didn't work), but would appreciate any help that anyone can provide.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] poormanq45:
Does this work with Hboot 52?

I've been trying for two days and can not get S-off to go through completely.

I get to the second reboot. I keep pressing power to enter into fastboot and it does nothing. Volume buttons do nothing.

If I pull the battery and then turn it back on it goes to the Alpharev hboot screen and then says it doesn't match. Then it says don't worry, the device is not bricked. I pull the battery and reload the previous nandroid backup and it boots back into CM7.

I've tried removing the SDcard. No go. I tried revert to the original ESPIMG. No go. Tried a different USB port. No go. Tried a different computer. No go.

Any help would be much appreciated. It's very annoying having to use update.zip to get into CWM.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] poormanq45:
I'll try this at lunch today.

I'll report back with results.

If this works I'd suggest adding it to the first post.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Ekorshus:
So, quit using a mac... Try it from a pc...

sent from my r00ted, S-off'd 3G slide runnin' CR MOD w/ custom mtd partitions
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] shuka325:
I know the power button and fastboot can be a little tricky. I tried last night and was unsccessful. Although, i am on CM7, which may have been the cause. So. i am planning on going down to CM6 to try to make it stick but was wanting to try to get it right the first time. On the power button issue, i understand you should start pushing before it tells you to but should it be a continuous push are pushing and letting off and pushing again really fast until the fastboot turns red? Thanks!

Edit: Switched to CM6 and got it taken care of first time. Very cool stuff!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] gtmaster303:
SWEET! :)

i got s-off, but now what?

only use i've found for it so far is being able to install adfree without a hitch...

and that cool boot image
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] albanianbrotha:
I'm stuck. Got the .iso, burned it to a disc, loaded it on another computer, attached the phone, finally after 20+ tries, got it to get to step 2, then I messed up at step 2 again...so I disconnected phone. Took battery out because it was stuck at hboot. Turned it back on, and now it says alpha_rev, in white, does some stuff, then fails. I haven't backed anything up or anything. I didn't have any personal data in the phone, just trying to get it to CM7 with S-OFF before I start using it.

I tried putting update.zip on my microsd, which contains CWM, then I also put a stock 2.1 build on it, but update.zip isn't even being opened.

Please help?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] cramill:
I'm not sure this would help, (or if this is the problem) but did you try burning the .iso to disc at the slowest speed possible? This reduces the chance of errors in files copied to the disc.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] albanianbrotha:
Got it restored back to stock 2.1 update 1 w/ root etc using CWM recovery. Thinking about selling the phone, so I haven't really played around with S-OFF anymore.

I still get stuck on step two though, now that I found out how to restore the OS. Not really stuck, but after nailing the timing on step 1, I can't seem to get it right on step 2.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] thedudejdog:
this is because this isn't made for the latest update. that's why it doesn't work.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] albanianbrotha:
I thought 2.2 was the latest update, not 2.1 update 1...
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] thedudejdog:
You may be running a 2.1 rom but the bootloader is different. If you are on a later hboot like the one from the 2.2 update you can't s-off. And I think development has pretty much halted for this phone. So there's no real reason to spend a lit of time developing a new s-off method.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] albanianbrotha:
Yea that's the reason I'm selling it. No worries though, CM7 works without S-Off :D
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] thedudejdog:
That's why you should never take an ota on any phone. They can upgradde the hboot and normally the hboot can't be downgraded easily.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] albanianbrotha:
What version of HBOOT do I need to have?

My HBOOT says : "HBOOT-0.52.0000"
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] thedudejdog:
I have no idea what hboor this works with but, if you took the 2.2 ota update as of now there is no s-off for the expresso. Afaik
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] txdeathray:
The official froyo has HBOOT 1.02.0000, so you should be fine.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] albanianbrotha:
Thank you very much kind sir.

Will be trying to s-off tomorrow afternoon.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Ertavarez:
had the S-Off when I restart the device S-off no longer.

i have Hboot 1.02.0000 and CM7 nigtly #135

HELPPPPP
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] txdeathray:
since you have Hboot 1.02.0000, you're out of luck. can't S-OFF with that.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Ertavarez:
is there any way to downgrade to the previous version?:confused::(
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] txdeathray:
as far as now, nope.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kingjehu:
I just bought my MT3GS a week ago and I just got S-OFF. Thanks to everyone who answered the questions I never even had to ask in this thread.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Cherokee007:
I have Hboot 1.02.0000. Can I downgrade to get S-OFF? Thank
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Negroid:
so i was able to s off the other day successfully, kudos to this thread for that. the phone successfully boots up after the s off procedure and after a nand restore. but if i try to reboot the phone during use or if its turned of then on, it wont go past the s off 'why so serious' screen. how would i be able to fix this?

other info on my slide: running CM7 RC1, using DT A2SD, but was s offed while sim and sd card was out of device. any help would be appreciated.

edit: hmm seems the problem just worked out itself. im booting normally now.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] AiZ_04:
Use this method to downgrade your HBOOT, and see if it works! :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1277266
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] SKAm69:
I've got S-off but can I update to 1.02 hboot keeping the S-off?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] AiZ_04:
NOPE!!!!!!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Erikdrakon:
so after reading through everything i just want to make sure if you have hboot 1.02 this will not work correct?

I tried a downgrading method but it did not work. just to keep everyone updated i have a root method but no s-off
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] hawksnake:
Repost picture

Need help! Someone re-post the photo at post #1 and instruction to do this (step by step)?

Thanks
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] ronnyhawks:
anybody know how to get the disc to run on windows 7? ive burned the iso to a disc but when i go to run it it pops up as a file that has 3 files in it. im rooted running cm7 and i want s-off but cant seem to find a solution anywhere. thanks in advance!!! all i have is a windows 7 laptop so im hoping this can be done on it!!!!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] enelyam:
I have a question, although the answer is in my head i will ask. My girlfriend has a MT3g slide running stock firmware but its unlocked. Since the company she have a contract with(Claro) works with a different frequency than Tmo somethings just dont work as it should. For example text messages, when she sends a message the only thing you will read are weird characters not the actual words written. And also internet doesnt work(Yes APN settings are correct). Question is, since all this method will change just about everything on the phone, Will the phone be locked again? And if thats the case, will i be able to unlock it via IMEI again? I want to have that phone s-off and flash a different ROM to see if thats the problem with the phone...
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] shorty9210:
no cd to burn to

hi i was just wondering if i can use a sd card some how cuz we dont have any burn able cds and you cant just go buy on cd from a store lol

thanks if anyone can anwser

---------- Post added at 01:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:51 AM ----------

i dont think you can lose a unlock i had a g1 that was un locked and i did all that kind off stuff but i dont know why those thing would be happing
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] ovar:
I believe some have had luck using a usb stick, or you could go to HTC's website and unlock your bootloader!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] shorty9210:
Thank you and how would I run it from the flash drive
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] eMJaaay:
Sorry for reviving an old thread but I was having issues getting S-OFF and read all the pages from 30 onwards, followed instructions & no luck, was still getting this error:

But I finally got it to work after literally trying 11 times on three different computers with three different OSs! I hope this helps anyone having a similar issue!

First time I tried I missed the timing and got hang at first fastboot prompt. Second and third time I took out my SIM and SD card and Alpharev was stuck on 'identifying phone' and afterwards on 'waiting for phone to connect'. Inserted SD card back and tried again on CM7.02 but came up with the tc@box:~$ error at the third step. Reading around (mostly on the HTC Desire threads as MT3GS didn't have extensive info on this issue) I found that this can be solved changing up ROMs / getting stock ROM. Tried again after downgrading to CM6 (from official CM site) but still no go & same error. All this with the same CD I burned at the start. Looked through loads of threads and even different forums and sites to find a stock ROM but most came with apps2sd which I thought was causing the issue to begin with. Didn't want to run the ESPRIMG.zip since then I'd have to reroot and HTC's Boot Unlocker seemed too tedious (I don't have easy access to a Windows computer). Finally decided to try again, except I burned the original downloaded iso again but at the lowest speed this time. Also chose to install Alpharev's Recovery (didn't the first few times, don't know if that made a difference) and FINALLY it worked :D so anyone having the tc@box:~$ issue can try this and hopefully it will help!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] slava3230:
Hi! pls tel me somebody : if i unlock bootloader on htcdev site, i still need in S-OFF to install another ROM or not?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] slava3230:
no . i don't need it. after htcdev i going to flash a recovery via fastboot
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kiri Neko:
You restart your computer and hit F12 while it is restarting and select boot from disk drive, CD, D://, or what ever your computer says pertaining to its disk drive.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] ronnyhawks:
Thanks but I figured it out. I just transferred everything to a flash drive then booted from the flash drive. And on my Asus laptop you press and hold escape when its booting :)
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] reukiodo:
Will slide owners get a selection of partition tables also? I'd like something similar to the N1 table such as 128/96/241 instead of our default 240/80/130 (system/cache/data).

It seems that a lot of space is wasted on the /system partition when space is much more valuable in the /data partition.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nbetcher:
With S-OFF it will be possible to modify the SPL for that, yes. Actually, I think it might be possible now since we're able to flash the 'misc' MTD (which I believe holds the SPL). I think there's a little more to it though - not sure.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] r0man:
Poor G2 owners :(
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] AndroidFiend:
So I have a couple questions I haven't been into android as much as i used to be when I had my G1 ( have a behold 2 at the moment), so I'm wondering what happens when you root the mytouch and load CM6 or some other rom onto the phone. How will you install s-off and would it be like installing another spl? will it delete everything on the phone?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] fermunky:
I guess we have to wait and find out how the write the app we will be using to perform the function...
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nikol4s:
If it is anything like the current soff methods by the same author it will require using a linux live cd either booting from external media or loading the iso in a virtual machine such as vmware or parallels.

Sent from my HTC Espresso running CM6.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nbetcher:
This will be the method. ^^^
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] voxluna:
Ohhh, I can't wait for this to come out... *rubs hands together*

Remember that commercial for Heinz, playing "Anticipation" as the ketchup is about to drip?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Whoareyou:
What about using cygwin, will that work?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Ace42:
Hopefully we can get firerat's MTD partition working for us, and be able to banish that useless-good for nothing cache partition, and increase system & data.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] PanCubano:
If that's the case, many people are going to stop and create 10000 threads on how they can't get their live cd to boot and why its so important.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] heybobitsme:
That's when we link them to ubuntu forums or something. :D
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nbetcher:
That is fine, but the amount of issues/effort that it would take to make the program natively run in Windows is not worth creating in the first place. The LiveCD has very good reasons behind it and Linux's USB stacks are far more reliable and stable than Window's, not to mention scripting on Linux is also easier.

QQ'ing about how other people are going to QQ is a bit much. :)
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nikol4s:
We won't see anymore threads than the devices this method is already working on does. As scripted as this procedure is...it will be pretty hard to mess up. It is easier than both of our root methods tbh.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] migueltherocker:
If you haven't read Chiefz' twitter recently I recommend you do so.

http://www.twitter.com/ChiefzReloaded
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nbetcher:
FYI, he is working on the G2, not the Slide. The Slide has S-OFF, but it's provided by AlphaRev. AlphaRev 2.0 (which supports the Slide) will be in testing phase shortly (probably by the end of this week) followed by a release "when it's ready."
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] migueltherocker:
:(

:/

:|

:D!