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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Semi_Interested:
Additional Info

There's a lot, so I will be clear, as concise as possible, and will try to remember everything.

You might ask, "How did this happen?" or even "WTF?"

These are the steps I've taken:

Originally, I used OCLF for rooting + ext2 lag fix, followed by Team Whiskey's latest Bionix ROM. I hadn't removed the lag fix as I was told it should not matter. I was having a multitude of problems, so I wished to revert to Stock. When a standard nandroid restore didn't work, I searched and learned that flashing back to J12 should let my nandroid restore work. This did NOT work, however, and, once again, I was stuck in the boot sequence. I re-flashed the Bionix ROM to see if I could just live with it, and, no, I couldn't. I looked some more and found that, given I could flash a JFD or J16 (I believe) image, I could then perform a restore, then install a 2.1 kernel. I found the image and flashed it. THAT worked, but the nandroid was still refusing to cooperate. :confused:

Today, I flashed Team Whiskey's Obsidian V4.2 ULF Kernel ROM, succeeded, and found that my internal SD partition that hosts apps existed, but was 0.00KB. I thought about installing App2SD, but I decided I had too much room internally to want to deal with that. I tried to add a partition via CWM ROM Manager, but did not take into consideration the fact that it would need a ROM to flash once it had wiped and partitioned. I'm not sure how that partition creator is supposed to work, because it wipes the drive that the ROM is on. At that point, I somehow managed to get back in business by formatting w/ backup.

I tried flashing Obsidian V4.2 w/o the lag fixed kernel, thinking this was the issue with my internal partition system, but I never found out because install, post-wipe, failed at line 11. I could not turn the phone back on because it had no complete install, and nandroid was still not restoring, so I went through Recovery and factory reset, wiped cache, tried mounting and unmounting different file systems, including the sd-ext which refuses to mount, citing "E:INFO is WRONG Error mounting SDEXT:!".

I've installed Superuser, messed with the Lagfix and Tweak options, and reset default permissions in the ULF Kernel Menu. All to the effect of allowing the ROM flash to progress to line 85 before failing. I can't remember the errors it gave, and can't flash again, because, in my frenzy, I formatted the system, data, cache, and sdcard. I still have a nandroid available, but it has an md5 sum mismatch. There are three more viable ROMs on my external SD card, but I have no way of moving them to the internal, and the "install zip from sd card" menu won't access the CWM backup folder or the external because it says there aren't any there, which isn't true.

I am completely at a loss as to what to do. :( Is there any way to move files from external -> internal sd in recovery?

ANY help that isn't "You're screwed" would be appreciated.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thegreat520:
Email me thegreat520@gmail.con
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hockeyrcks9901:
Well, adb would be able to move files from external sd card to the internal one but if you don't know how to use it then Odin might be simpler. I'll pm you some instructions but if you cannot get your phone to be recognized in Odin because of USB issues then I'm not sure how to help.
[Vibrant General] falafelfro:
If I'm on a T-Mobile family plan with two Vibrant phones that each have their own data plan, does the 5gb throttle threshold apply on a per line or on a per family-plan basis? For example, if I used 3gb on my line, and my wife (on same family plan) used 2gb, is T-Mobile's data throttling policy going to kick in at that point?
[Vibrant General] mrsbelpit:
No, it is 5gb per line, because if it wasn't that would be utterly ridiculous. Each line on your family plan has a seperate data charge.
[Vibrant General] Scoobyracing03:
yeah like mrsbelpit said it's per line otherwise me and my girlfriend would go over the 5gb every month.
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
Goldcard (no remove, no format, no data loss)

Here are few easy steps on how to make Goldcard without taking it out of your phone but you have to be root (VISIONary temproot is fine).

You will be doing this from command prompt:

adb shell
su

First you need to find out sdcard's CID:

cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:*/cid

...copy it into text box on http://hexrev.soaa.me/. Now go to http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard and put in the reversed CID you have got on previous web page. Push goldcard.img to your phone via 2nd command prompt:

adb push goldcard.img /data/local/

...unmount sdcard via Settings, go back to 1st command prompt and make a backup then make goldcard:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 count=1 of=/data/local/sdcard_backup.img
cat /data/local/goldcard.img > /dev/block/mmcblk0
sync
exit

You may also pull that backup to your PC:

adb pull /data/local/sdcard_backup.img .
[Legend Android Development] coronanimo:
awosome , I think you must have found some method to crack the SPL? just as desire do ?

waiting
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
There's actually no cracking of SPL involved...
[Legend Android Development] BesFen:
Hi blay0,

I follow your link to vodafone ota update and appoint me to the website, where is the the link to download it?

Thanks.
[Legend Android Development] gyroing:
THX

@blay0:

thanks you are great developer.

so if you could temproot automated so you could build pc software to root legend with one click automatically like as wildfire desire ......

thx again
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
Hmm, I don't understand what are you trying to say???

Sent from my HTC Legend
[Legend Android Development] gyroing:
in htc wildfire rooting process will do Unrevoked 3 for Wildfire ;)

is it possible to automated above process?
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
VISIONary has an option to "temproot" on every boot.

But I don't see why you would do that if you can root the way I described.

Sent from my HTC Legend
[Legend Android Development] smartvinu:
Thanks Blayo ...

@ Blayo

I have some doubts regarding OTAs .. Please check your PM
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
The primary use of OTA here is just to extract firmware.zip flashing it to upgrade HBOOT. This is not HOWTO for updating the whole system via OTAs.

Sent from my HTC Legend
[Legend Android Development] unknown5446:
After flashing firmware.zip, the phone wont boot. Stuck at the HTC logo. What should I do?
[Legend Android Development] g0dshead:
Hey guys , im really troubled gettin permission denied on push.

any suggjestions? googled loads of it but nothing related to my issue

Edit: i got root tru visionary yes , it aply's well and su promts for permission so i guess i got root

so was wondering why i keep gettin permission denied on any command in adb

Second EDIT : Nevermind total noobness , forgot i cant push within adb shell.
[Legend Android Development] rajasyaitan:
Hats off to BlaY0 for another amazing work.
[Legend Android Development] g0dshead:
Yes indeed m8 , thanks for your efforts!

Finaly unlocked the Hboot 1.00 running rooted ota froyo

/bow 2 BlaYo.
[Legend Android Development] TheGrammarFreak:
You're awesome. :D
[Legend Android Development] nemphis:
Amazing, thanx a million!!

Keeps the Legend running smoothly with custom Froyo Modaco rom.................
[Legend Android Development] dirkkuyken:
I used this guide after my downgrade to Rom 1.31 with HBoot 1.00 and it worked like a charm ! Thank you !
[Legend Android Development] kastell:
wow You're awesome
[Legend Android Development] snakehult:
Good Howto Good Work!
[Legend Android Development] nafnist:
Would there be any reasons to update to HBOOT 1.00 if you are not having any issues flashing roms?
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
Not that I know of any. If you have no problems flashing under 0.43, there's absolutely no reason to update it.

But you know ppl... they tend to update coz it's kewl and 1.00 looks nicer than 0.43...

Sent from my HTC Legend
[Legend Android Development] TheGrammarFreak:
I haven't updated. :D
[Legend Android Development] andrekua:
Even though I had no problem with bad blocks, I have to say you're AMAZING...
[Legend Android Development] nafnist:
I can tell you, 1.00 looks pretty damn nice from my garden. I know it will end in me trying to update 'for the looks'

I am one of those guys you spoke of... ;-)
[Legend Android Development] canttona:
Same problem here. Any solution please?
[Legend Android Development] warriorofice:
Hey BlaY0 you´re made it easiest than me.

Congratulations!!!
[Legend Android Development] gyroing:
Change the rom.zip name inside of RUU_Legend_Froyo_S_Vodafone_FR_3.14.163.1_Radio_47 .51.35.17_7.13.35.05_release

(extract from ruu) and change its name as same do with firmware.zip it works fine.

extract rom.zip and change name to LEGEIMG.zip

ruu:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=841911
[Legend Android Development] canttona:
Thanks for your information. I tried but failed. It said "CID incorrect".

Any suggest?
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
...here goes another one who didn't read 1st post entirely...

Sent from my HTC Legend
[Legend Android Development] gyroing:
Goldcard.
[Legend Android Development] canttona:
Thanks. I think so. Maybe my SD card damaged. I will get new card and have a try.
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
Why would be damaged? Just folow 2nd post.

Sent from my HTC Legend
[Legend Android Development] canttona:
It's very strange. Only the firmware from OTA_Legend_Froyo_S_Vodafone_UK_3.14.161.1 can be reconized. And for other firmwares and roms all can not be accepted and said CID incorrect. By the way I have tried to re-do goldcard but still failed.
[Legend Android Development] canttona:
So would be the CID changed? Coz I used the old goldcard image to make the goldcard.
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
I don't know... try again with my method... you have nothing to loose and it is completely safe (you loose no data on that card).
[Legend Android Development] BesFen:
Someone already upload thid tool to make a gold card, here i upload it again, as my experient it's more easy to use, just connect your phone to pc and run the tool.

http://www.4shared.com/file/9smkmgjE/GoldCardTool.html
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
Mine is easier! You don't even need a card to make a goldcard :D
[Legend Android Development] BesFen:
I must try your methode.. ;)
[Legend Android Development] gyroing:
Blay0 methods always reliable with lifetime guarantee ;)
[Legend Android Development] canttona:
Confirm it is SD card problem. I don't why I can not make goldcard use the original SD card which is OK before. So I change a new card and make goldcard. RUU, then follow the 1st post. Done. Thanks Blay0.
[Legend Android Development] maxq1:
er..my bootloader can't seem to flash LEGEIMG. :confused: after doing this..

i get..

Main Version is older!

Update Fail!

i'm on b62, 0.43 hboot..and, yes, i can't flash roms w/ boot.img sizes >2.4mb. what can i be doing wrong?
[Legend Android Development] maxq1:
^ anyone? :(
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
Dunno, haven't seen this before...

Did you overwrite misc partition? Can you confirm that?
[Legend Android Development] maxq1:
dunno, man. i just extracted firmware.zip (15.58mb on my sd, is this correct?) from OTA and renamed it to LEGEIMG.zip, as instructed. here's how it went..

1st screen (w/ progress bar on the side)..

SD Checking...

loading image...[LEGEIMG]

no image!

loading image...[LEGEIMG]

no image or wrong image!

loading...[LEGEIMG]
​

2nd screen..

Checking...[LEGEIMG]
​

the third screen gives me that 'main version is older'-thingy. think i should re-DL OTA?
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
You don't need to redownload. Try this... flash for instance whitetigerdk's rev 03, boot it and then flash misc1-2.img. After that try to flash that LEGEIMG.zip again.

Sent from my HTC Legend
[Legend Android Development] maxq1:
i'm sorry but i don't get this:

..you mean his voda/froyo rom? :confused: if so, i just flash it even if it fails writing boot.img then flash misc1-2?

oh and btw, if it helps, attached is my result for:

cat /dev/mtd/mtd0 > /sdcard/misc_backup.img
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
No, I meant his old 2.1 release and then misc1-2.img...
[Legend Android Development] benwolf225:
hi,

i have followed your howto for CM6 with HBoot 0.43 on my legend and now i have a problem...after the howto, i cant boot into clockworkmod. did i lost root? what have I done wrong?

maybe someone can help me?
[Legend Android Development] maxq1:
aww, man. did i brick my phone??? :eek: after doing this..

i was able to update hboot to 1.0. then rebooted. but i'm stuck in a loop where there's just the white screen & the green htc logo. after a couple of sec, phone goes blank..back to that screen again..then blank and so on.

so took out my sd, jammed it to my card reader then to my pc. then did the following the brute force way..

mv /sdcard/LEGEIMG.zip /sdcard/firmware.zip
mv /sdcard/testimage.zip /sdcard/LEGEIMG.zip

jammed my sd back to my phone then turned it on to the bootloader the old fashioned way. flashes LEGEIMG alright but i'm back to:

Main Version is older!

Update Fail!

worst part is, i can't get to recovery anymore! my device is listed but it's offline. i get 'error: device offline'. i've been googling for it for hours & came up w/ nothing.

oh, BlaY0, please don't tell me my legend's dead!
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
It is not dead, it is very much alive. Your problem is that you don't quite understand what have you been doing... so I basically can't help you...

Try wiping via recovery if it is possible.

Sent from my HTC Legend
[Legend Android Development] maxq1:
aw, c'mon, man..i could only go to android system recovery <3e> & any of the newer roms i place there doesn't get installed due to signature verification failed. wiping everything doesn't help too. please help? i'm really at a loss here :( puppy please?
[Legend Android Development] gyroing:
When u r in recovery go to advance and disable check signature.

Sent from my HTC Legend
[Legend Android Development] maxq1:
^ i would if i could, bro. but the only recovery i could get into has 4 menus: reboot, apply sd:update.zip, wipe data/factory reset & wipe cache partition. trying paul's recovery (which worked before since azure days) & adb reboot recovery give me: 'error: device offline'. been on these for hours now..oh, dear
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
Did U wipe everything via that menu? What about logcat? Do logcat of looping boot process.

U can not adb in recovery mode, because it was overwritten with new one that doesn't allow U that. But U should know that, coz U flashed firmware.zip...

Sent from my HTC Legend
[Legend Android Development] maxq1:
ye, bro. wiped everything..logcat's no help too. it just sits there waiting for my gizmo while my gizmo does its boot loop of death :(....should have clarified with you what legeimg i was supposed to flash after misc1-2. lesson learned! for now, i just want to go back to 0.43 so i could get on w/ my life. what can i do please? wifey's already mad at me for staying up this late (yup, it's around 2am here in the philippines) ;)
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
Try flashing some old RUU...

Sent from my HTC Legend
[Legend Android Development] kuklux:
You are maxq from tipidcp?
[Legend Android Development] maxq1:
i was half expecting you'd say that. tried at least 5 ruu's already. it either ends up w/ a bootloader error or customer id error. oh my, can anyone help please? :(
[Legend Android Development] maxq1:
yup, that's me, bro
[Legend Android Development] kuklux:
boimkun bro from tipidcp.....
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
Hmm, there's a french Voda FroYo RUU (not OTA). Try that one... extract ROM.zip from it, rename it to LEGEIMG.zip and put it on your sdcard. Boot into bootloader.

Sent from my HTC Legend
[Legend Android Development] maxq1:
just an update on my case: older ruu's didn't work, at least the ones i tried. some-one/god from xda, however, had the same prob & pointed me to the right direction (then came some hints from good ol' BlaY0). so for those who encountered the same prob, just send me a pm

@ BlaY0: i suppose you could also use this guide for rooting a stock legend that's still on 2.1?
[Legend Android Development] madmaxx82:
Thank you very much BlaY0 for this howto. Also the goldcard part without removing the sd is really nice :)

Unfortunately I ran into the same problem.

Downloaded the ruu, renamed firmware.zip to LEGEIMG.zip.

Rebooted into bootloader, LEGEIMG was found, asked if I wanted to update, confirmed with yes.

After that I was asked to reboot the device: yes

Now I'm stuck at the HTC logo.

My installed rom is cyanogen 6.0.

I will try again with the FR version of the ruu as gyroing suggested.
[Legend Android Development] madmaxx82:
Bah! I don't want to overwrite system and become completely unrooted. Could I try using the signed cm6.1 update zip (as LEGEIMG.zip)?

Thank you very much!

Update: ok I flashed the original rom and used Method #1, worked like a charm ;)

Thank you!
[Legend Android Development] johnczhang:
Hello there,

After doing the following steps, new new LEGEIMG.zip cannot be flashed, it comes back a erro message: Main Version is older! Update Fail! After reboot, it falls into the boot loop, cannot even connect to Windows XP in Fastboot. What can I do now? Thanks!

...rename LEGEIMG.zip to firmware.zip and testimage.zip to LEGEIMG.zip:

Code:

mv /sdcard/LEGEIMG.zip /sdcard/firmware.zip

mv /sdcard/testimage.zip /sdcard/LEGEIMG.zip

...exit from adb shell and reboot into bootloader:

Code:

exit

adb reboot bootloader

Phone will reboot, find LEGEIMG.zip and flash it over.

BTW, now, my HBOOT is 1.00.00, RADIO is 7.13.35.05. Thanks again!
[Legend Android Development] cfraz89:
Main version is older...

I also get the main version is older/bootloop error. I've tried to edit android-info.txt and bump up the version to .001 above that of firmware.zip's, and it gets me to the point of checking LEGEIMG.zip (actually testimage). However instead of attempting to apply it, it instantly goes back to the HBOOT menu. Wierd.
[Legend Android Development] i4o:
Is it possible to run a phone with installed RUU 3.15 and HBOOT 1.01.00, the phone is not rooted?
[Legend Android Development] mbrio:
Should this guide also work for rooting with HBOOT 1.01?
[Legend Android Development] Kot_Ik:
Yes. I've just did it.
[Legend Android Development] i4o:
How did u manage to do it - could u pls share with us?
[Legend Android Development] Kot_Ik:
Oops, my mistake... I'm just want to say that I've upgraded HBOOT from 0.43 to 1.01 at device that has been already rooted. Sorry.
[Legend Android Development] qzem:
Damn it I'm loosing my mind here :confused:. How do I extract firmware.zip from RUU.exe? I can't find anywhere how to do it in the cmd, extract command doesnt work. I've tried with universal extractor, but haven't succeded. Some help would be appretiated. Thanks!
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
There's no firmware.zip in RUU.exe. But is rom.zip. Run RUU.exe and after you get a ROM Update Utility dialogue, find rom.zip somewhere in your Windoze Documents and Setting or equivalent directory and copy it to some place else. You can then close that dialogue.
[Legend Android Development] qzem:
Thanks I've managed to find where is rom.zip supposed to be, with process monitor, but strange thing is, when I open that folder it is empty. Try it several times already. Will try to resolve this by myself, except you have some other suggestion.
[Legend Android Development] BlaY0:
Just search for a file named rom.zip and don't close ROM Update Utility before you copy that file to some place else!
[Legend Android Development] qzem:
Yeah I've succeded. Thanks for you help:)
[Legend Android Development] Tonyshun87:
thanks, now with hboot 1.0 and rooted legend
[Legend Android Development] gualm2:
I've read the how to plenty of times now and I've also read all post. Since I'm new to this I still have some ?

Background: I'm on unbranded FroYo OTA update firmware 3.xx with HBOOT 1.01

0 How could I backup my current state if i would need to go back for warranty issues?

1 Am I supposed to have downgraded to firmware 1.3 before trying this? (If so could someone please help me with a link here on XDA)

2 Could I use the firmware.zip from unbranded FroYo OTA?

3 Doing this doesn't automatically root my phone just gives me the opportunity to root on HBOOT 1.01? (in my case)

4 At the last step, when I'm supposed to install preferable rom via Clockworkmod, is that when I get rooted by choosing a rom with root?

Hope you guys can straighten some ?-marks out.

Cheers!
[Legend Android Development] Bergowitz:
Hi Guys

I tried using this guide to update my HBOOT 0.43 to 1.00

My HBOOT is 1.00 now but i´m in a bootloop eventhough i followed the guide 100%

So i tried to downgrade to 0.43 again with a RUU as LEGEIMG.zip i downloaded. But it won´t let me do that. Because the new HBOOT is newer. So I´m a bit frustrated right now. Has anyone else tried this and found a solution. Or can I somwhere find a LEGEIMG.zip RUU with HBOOT 1.00 so I can get my phone up and running again ?
[Legend Android Development] kdma:
same here bootloop and also cant go in recovery because update.zip failed to verify whole file signature.

update

Followed guide applied update hboot 1.00 legend goes bootloop

Cant go in recovery since it says whole-file signature etc etc for update.zip

Cant use ruu since its stuck on htc logo

cant use adb after hboot update

i guess its ****ed.
[Legend Android Development] kdma:
any solution?im trying everything without success
[Legend Android Development] Bergowitz:
I found a solution to the problem now. I followed the guide on this page : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=751265&page=6 post #60

and it worked fine.

The drivers where found : Here

And the RUU : Here

I don´t know if it is possible and maybe easier to execute the RUU .exe and wait for it not to find the phone. DON`T close the RUU install program. Go into to C:\Users\Appdata\local\temp and then in some folder with a real long name search for rom.zip. Copy that to a destination of your choice. Rename it to LEGEIMG.zip and then follow this guide : Unroot

I haven´t tried this method my self but maybe it works or anyone has tried it

And then afterwards this guide again just now the first one where you do have OTA with HBOOT 1.00 and it worked like a charm.

So now i´m having HBOOT 1.01 rooted with my good ol´ Unofficial Froyo ROM, and i´m happy again:D

So thanks for these nice guides. I just can´t figure out what went wrong in the first place
[Legend Android Development] MAGMA2000-2:
Sorry to ask

Can this root work on Legend's official android 2.2 rom in Taiwan??