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[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cfultz:
Hey all, just purchased my Milestone 1 from my local provider nTelos. They are CDMA carrier located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Now, everything has been working fine for almost a week and a half now, but yesterday upon trying to update my Busybox install (from 1.14.x to 1.17.x) it completely killed my root. What I mean by that is no Barnacle, no Titanium Backup, no SuperUser privileges!

Even from the Terminal Emulator, if I try to su into the system after "rerooting" with Universal Androot, it says that I need to be suid for it to work.

Upon typing anything else, suid, root, suid su, etc. it says permission denied.

ADB is a hit or miss because I can obtain shell root using SUPEROneClick for a short time in order to push and pull things from the device. Thinking this would be a cure all, I tried rooting with SOC and found out that it cannot do this because it cannot find the mount path. Digging around further, I find out that my Android can't access /etc/fstab because it doesn't exist on Android devices do to no media drives.

So, is there anyone out there that can help me in any way possible? I've been digging online for over 24 hours for this and have yet to find anything helpful/useful for my situation. I'm thinking if I can reset the "su" permissions or remove Busybox and reinstall, it could fix things? Idk, any help is appreciated!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] applebook:
I reinstalled the GOT 2.2.1 ROM and also could not get BusyBox to work. Even though the phone is rooted, apparently, BusyBox cannot remount.

Anyway, I'm no longer using Titanium. So long as you have real root access, there are plenty of other back up apps that you can use (Root Explorer, Super Manager, etc.).

Try z4root by RyanZA for rooting your phone. I'm sick of BusyBox and its fussiness.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cfultz:
Found out that after flashing with the sbf file for my build A854, I was unable to join the nTelos network. Had to get a new phone, for free of.course ;)

Sent from the Milestone
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tandfeen:
Hi

Is it possible to edit the apps you'we downloaded from the market, with other pictures etc like we do with the framework?

For example changing the icon shown in the app-drawer. In-app icons and so on..

Ive already tried but it didnt work...

Does it need some sort of signing to work?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Any apk can be edited, some need signing, some don't, but you'll find most that you download will need to be signed.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tandfeen:
How do you sign it after editing, so it is possible to install it on my 10?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcforrest1:
youll need a program like apk manager, to sign etc..

there may be others, i use this one for messing around i think i have apk_manager-4.9
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
This should help - http://www.londatiga.net/it/how-to-sign-apk-zip-files/
[HTC Aria Android Development] kb413:
Hi, I broke the screen on my aria, and the phone still works but I need to send it in to get it fixed. I have it rooted with clockwork, and i HAVE restored to the original 2.1 sense, but Clockwork is obviously still on there. I need to uninstall/unroot and I am on a Mac, so the download on HTC's website won't work for me. Does anybody have the Unrooted rom .zip that i could flash? would that even work? or any other solutions? Thanks- this is my first post!

kb
[HTC Aria Android Development] zedbra:
i know how to restore to factory on an ATT Aria, unfortunately there are no definate procedures i could find for Aria purchased out of the USA.

if you do have ATT Aria, check out the Un-Rooting section of Aria Superthread Guide
[HTC Aria Android Development] Sengfeng:
I'd go grab Virtual Box and a WinXP CD and set up a virtual XP machine... Or borrow a friends PC for a few minutes.
[HTC Aria Android Development] zeyoner:
Apple Boot Camp maybe?
[HTC Aria Android Development] kb413:
All right, thanks guys. Anybody else find it annoying that htc doesn't make sync/ruus for mac? Lol... Well, thanks, I'll try borrow a friends computer, but most of my friends have macs too. Does anybody know if I could run it with crossover? Thanks

Kb
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jay321:
Wat good themes and mods are out there that are combat able with the mynn rls5 rom
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigbailey1986:
It's on his thread in like the second or third post. Has the answers you are looking for!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jay321:
ok thanks...
[EVO 4G General] arcurtis:
I was installing the new Myn's Warm lastnight upgrading from the previous version. It did not install properly and COMPLETELY BRICKED my phone. It won't turn on, can't connect to computer via USB, nothing at all! Anyone else have this problem? OR any solutions other than taking to Sprint?
[EVO 4G General] mattinky11:
I doubt that your phone is bricked. Hopefully you DO have a rooted EVO though. I would plug it in and let it charge. Then take out the battery and put it back in and turn it on while holding down power and volume down keys to boot into recovery. Also hopefully you made a nandroid backup so restore that and go from there. I had no problems with flashing RLS5 at all. Hopefully this helps. Otherwise maybe someone with a little more knowledge can help you...

Sprint is DEFINITELY not the answer...
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
do a battery pull and try to get it to hboot. then try and run the RUU. if not you may have to take it to sprint.
[EVO 4G General] arcurtis:
The phone won't charge, won't turn on, can't hboot. I do have backups if I could get it to turn on I could restore it. Had no problems before. I will attempt to charge it as you have suggested but I even put a different fully charged battery in and the phone does not even make at attempt to turn on. I agree I doubt that Sprint is the answer
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
did you flash any radio updates? any prls, I've never heard of flashing a rom making a phone brick, but definitely heard of radio updates bricking devices.

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[EVO 4G General] CheesyNutz:
i really doing think his update bricked your phone
[EVO 4G General] Stevenskii:
This means that while installing Warm you bricked your phone. Don't give his ROM a bad name.

I would recommend trying to charge it and maybe try a different battery, but then just run the RUU and go from that. I had the same problem with RLS 4.
[EVO 4G General] Systemfraud:
If you used the package to update the pri, radio, etc then that may be the problem, hopefully you aren't bricked.
[EVO 4G General] alex2792:
Are you sure that you didn't flash the radio? I flashed Myn's rom last night and I didn't run into any issues, in fact I've never heard of a rom bricking a phone, that usually happens when a radio flash goes terribly wrong. Anyhow, you can take it back to Sprint since it's still under warranty and they will replace it for $35.
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
ive heard several people say it has in fact jacked their phones up. hence why i have not upgraded to it yet.
[EVO 4G General] arcurtis:
I'm not trying to give his ROM a bad name. I've tried many of them and like his the best by far. I'm simply asking if anyone else ran into the same problem. From what some others are posting it may have been the radio update which I did also attempt to install, it was included in the package. So please don't overreact to the post. However my phone is completely bricked unless someone can figure out how to get it to boot up or even charge.
[EVO 4G General] :
the radio update isn't included with the rom.

it's also been highly advised in the warm thread itself to flash just the radio, then just the wimax, then perhaps the nv/pri, because so many people have been having trouble with the pri update.

the radio combo pack isn't bundled with anything else and, right now, many think it should be avoided for reasons just like this.

not a solution, just clarification and friendly advice for anyone else who's curious about possible trouble with the upgrades.
[EVO 4G General] ChrisAC84:
I updated my radio/pri/wimax and all that jazz before the last Fresh update, so I had no need to this go around. I simply wiped data/dalvik/cache and flashed the RLS 5, with no problems. I did run into issues after I tried restoring my apps + data, but that was a Titanium Backup issue
[EVO 4G General] craigbailey1986:
Just my 2 cent.. often times we flash before reading the thread and then complain about a kernel,ROM or theme.

After reading what you said I can only come to the conclusion that you and all the others complaining about the radio update are obviously impatience. All who have had problem with the update on the radio all stated their phone sat on the white screen and they did a battery pull.

Yet the radio update thread says it will/can take up to 30 min to flash. The best way to check your phone would be to use another battery. I have never heard a bricked phone that doesn't cut on. That's a battery issue.

What kernel were you using before flashing?

What ROM?

What's your hboot?
[EVO 4G General] arcurtis:
I'm not complaining on here. I am simply looking for a solution in which I've tried changing batteries and that doesn't do it either. If anything this is a post where others can learn not to make a possible mistake which has caused my phone not to work. I would think probably think the same thing if I were sitting back in your shoes. In hindsight yes I should have flashed everything seperately.
[EVO 4G General] craigbailey1986:
Does the phone attempt to charge when you plug it in?
[EVO 4G General] dth4310:
I can confirm brick.

I had a rev 4 EVO, and planned on updating from myn's RLS 4 to 5 today...and experienced the "no power on" brick.

Here's what I did.

Update Rom Manager to current (as of 1/8/11)

reboot

Update Clockwork Mod Recovery to current (as of 1/8/11)

reboot

clear/format cache, wiped dalvik cache

Applied calkulin's Radio/Wimax combo linked directly of Myn's RLS5 thread - the one hosted on mediafire

applied Myn's RLS 5 .zip

rebooted

hung at screen where the little android guy is standing next to a box with an arrow...i've seen this before in playing with roms, but can't remember what it actually is

pulled battery, reinserted, tried to power on with no avail

attempted every combination of button and long button pressing, with and without adapters, and could not get phone to light up at all or even resemble a working device in any way shape or form

I took to the store, claimed ignorance, they swapped me out with little hassle to an exchanged Rev 3 EVO. I figured if the tech could get it booted to the point where they even saw s-off, then they could give the phone back to me and i could take it from there.
[EVO 4G General] arcurtis:
Nope the phone will not even charge. I've changed batteries and chargers. I am assuming I am one person who has just had extremely bad luck with a random flash. I was running Myn release and did a backup and wipe then phone would not reboot and completely shut down. I got the android guy with the arrow and then it went completely dead and won't turn back on.
[EVO 4G General] arcurtis:
That is almost exactly what happened to me. I considered doing the same thing but don't really want to chance getting busted for a rooted phone
[EVO 4G General] thedudejdog:
i've never flashed a radio update, i'm too chicken lol.

the quickest way to brick any phone is a f'ed up radio flash. or pulling the battery while flashing a radio.

i would take it to sprint and tell them you accepted a over-the-air update and then your phone shut off and this is what happened.
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
A rom alone HASNT bricked a phone. Its the people that are too slow to read that the new rom is based off 3.70 and isnt compatible with certain radio/PRI that's giving people problems. I updated with no problems at all.
[EVO 4G General] evoky:
I think the radios should have been flashed after RLS5 instead of before. I had the same problem but was lucky enough to restore back to CM6 because I was stuck at the Evo white screen. Glad you got a new phone!

Sent from my HTC EVO
[EVO 4G General] dth4310:
I would suspect the radio, rather than the rom. Myn's rom is pretty sweet, thus the desire to upgrade.

If the phone doesn't turn on, doubt the techs at the store would be able to tell. That said, i wouldn't encourage anyone to lie and say it was an OTA update either...Sprint has enough problems with OTAs gone wrong - reporting false info to techs might dilute the real problems they're working towards trying to correct.

I pretty much just said "it won't turn on" - she checked my water damage indicaters, gave to a tech, and came out with a new phone within 5 min.
[EVO 4G General] Bigjim1488:
Sent from my Evo while i should be working
[EVO 4G General] dth4310:
Has this been confirmed? Such a subtle step, with dire consequences. Was poking around the end of myn's release thread and it looks like people are hinting at this being important.
[EVO 4G General] -viperboy-:
So really the issue is that people either didn't follow directions (shocker) or pulled the battery while the phone was updating important files (brilliant).

I fail to see the reason for this thread...
[EVO 4G General] roscoenr:
Everyone that pulled the battery like posted here and has a bricked phone there is your problem that screen is when it its flashing the radios and when you pull the battery you mess things up
[EVO 4G General] evoky:
If you follow the directions from the Warm updater it says specifically to flash radios first, and then the Rom. But now people are having serious issues because it should be the other way around...so its not an issue of following directions but rather whose directions. You may fail to see the reason for this thread but people who haven't updated yet may disagree with you.

Sent from my HTC EVO
[EVO 4G General] buckeye826:
Flashed the radio Combo before RLS5

I flashed the radios via the combo and while still in recovery flashed the RLS5 with zero problems. I've been using RLS5 since about 10 minutes after her dropped it with zero rom issues. I don't think my phone likes the kernel but I'm going to roll with it and let it settle.

RLC
[EVO 4G General] myn:
I am really really sincerely sorry people are experiencing bricked phones while updating their roms/radios to use my latest Warm TwoPointTwo RLS5.

It appears that the root cause of this issue is the process people are taking to update their radios/wimax/pri/nv. While the radios's are being flashed and the little green arrow phone icon appears, people are not waiting thinking something is wrong and force a reboot while the radio/wimax/pri/nv is actually being updated.

I should have made the flashing instructions more verbose to begin with to eliminate any such problem

Again, I am sorry.

Downloads:

Download Warm TwoPointTwo RLS 5 (Mirror 1) (Mirror 2) - [MD5sum: ba1cc1aed1d8161e3429909470bd7eb4]

As this ROM now uses the latest official HTC Kernel (#15) you MUST update your Radio/Wimax. I recommend Calkulin's combo update which is available here or via direct download here.

Installation Instructions:

Download Rom and Radio/Wimax updates and place in the root of SDCard.

Reboot into Recovery.

Perform Nandroid backup

Minimally wipe dalvik and cache. For optimal experience, perform full wipe (data/dalvik/cache).

Flash the rom first.

Then the radio/wimax update. While the radios are flashing you'll see a little green arrow phone icon for a bit afterwords, Wait on this. You will then automatically be taken back to recovery.

Once back in recovery, reboot.

Enjoy :)
[EVO 4G General] touchemupent:
Nanroid-wipe-flash-reboot. Reading is fundamental.

Sent from yo mamas house using XDA App
[EVO 4G General] Jjday7:
I have to agree that people are not allowing the new pri, radio, etc to go all the way through. The phone restarts and then completes the process. Then it's ok to load the rom. I have seen people flash a radio and brick their phone for that reason alone. I can't imagine the rom has anything do to with it.
[EVO 4G General] TorxT3D:
imma throw this tidbit in the mix of conversation..

dont forget to check your md5 sums on your roms and radios!!!

i personally use HashTab to check md5/crc
[EVO 4G General] Glockshooter:
I had no problem at all with the install.Its after I played with it for a bit and decided to go back to Mik`s 4.3.I did with surgical precision all required wipes in very critical order that I have found works best.

Now when I turn the phone on from being powered off or swipe the screen to unlock I get a moment flash of Myns warm 2.2 which we would normally see as a boot screen.Then it switches over to Miks boot animation.

I can only decide that it is migrated off into a folder,how? I dont know but its no longer on the root of my SD.

Any thoughts what this could be? Parasitic attachment into another folder on the SD?

If anyone was wondering my wipe is as stated:Cache x 3,Dalv x 3,and data x 3.Never had any problem like this before.
[EVO 4G General] roscoenr:
+1 and from the phone the is an app in the market just search afv
[EVO 4G General] Bigjim1488:
Little rule of thumb I use is when updating and you think your phone got snagged up. Go make yourself a snack and go watch some TV. After your snack is done and show is over go check on your phone. 9 out of 10 times you will return to a nicely rebooted phone.

Sent from my Evo while i should be working
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
Yep.. pretty much what I figured.
[EVO 4G General] craigbailey1986:
It could not have migrated into a folder the problem is from a bad wipe. Notably a lot of issues have risen lately with both recoveries not functioning properly.

May I suggest wiping twice on all parts and also try caulk's format all. Hopes this is helpful!
[EVO 4G General] craigbailey1986:
The problem is you did the battery pull!! You have to wait til it goes back to recovery, which can take up to 30 mins
[EVO 4G General] craigbailey1986:
Not trying to put anyone down but this comment is completely flawed as you can run any radio with any Rom! Radios update radios has nothing to do with build or Rom. I am still on the radio that came out in July because I get the best reception on this one. It doesn't matter when you flash the radio the problem is from the battery pull no matter how you try to spin it!
[EVO 4G General] roscoenr:
That is not correct try running the new radios on rls4 without a custom kernel and see what happens. It will not work
[EVO 4G General] roscoenr:
Double post
[EVO 4G General] craigbailey1986:
As I stated I am running the July radio with myn 5 at the moment with not one issue. It has been stated time and time again it is not necessary to update radios.
[EVO 4G General] roscoenr:
This is true but some people do to try to get better reception, and the reason for the directions to do so is the kernel was built for the new radios.
[EVO 4G General] bhuggans:
your not the only one @arcutis. i have a very sad and lonely evo sitting next to me that i can not boot into recovery or anything else for that matter. looks like i will be making a trip to sprint, unless anyone has any ideas. please?
[EVO 4G General] craigbailey1986:
A bit more info??!!
[EVO 4G General] JimSmith94:
So which is it? Myn says to flash the ROM first and then the radio, while Jjday7 says to flash the radio first. :confused:
[EVO 4G General] bhuggans:
alright, so i think i was being too paranoid and impatient. @arcutis, i was having the exact same problem you were. so i charged my battery. turned on the phone, and just played the waiting game. and somehow it worked. i dont know wtf happened, but im updated to rls5 and its great. i hope you get it figured out bro. i know i was sweatin bullets.
[EVO 4G General] bhuggans:
also, i was using rom manager, so that may have affected things.
[EVO 4G General] craigbailey1986:
The best thing to do when flashing anything is wait. Like I said earlier its possibly that something is wrong with the battery. If the phone takes a charge but won't cut on then you may have a overheating issue.

Glad everything worked out for ya!!!
[EVO 4G General] craigbailey1986:
I can only speak from my own experience. But you can flash either way just make sure when you flash the radio wait until your phone goes back to The recovery screen.

DO NOT DO A BATTERY PULL AS IT MAY TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET BACK TO RECOVERY IF YOU FLASH THE COMBO ZIP!
[EVO 4G General] roscoenr:
Same here
[EVO 4G General] JimSmith94:
Now that I'm checking into this, it looks like the new Myn's has the same radio and kernel as Sprint's OTA 3.70. I did that OTA update and then rooted with the new CLockWork.

Am I good to go with just flashing the ROM, or is there something in the Radio/Wimax updates that is different from the stock 3.70?
[EVO 4G General] craigbailey1986:
You should be fine. If you can flash a Rom then you can flash anything. Hopes that makes sense?
[EVO 4G General] bhuggans:
so when i decide to flash a different rom, do i need to change the radio? how does that work? ive never played with the radio before.
[EVO 4G General] Brohr:
the same thing happened to me. what should i do?
[EVO 4G General] craigbailey1986:
No, let me clarify this radio issue up. Radios are basically for better battery and reception, It's not imperative that you flash a radio when changing ROMs. He recommended the radio update because of his base for the Rom 3.70 but you can have any Rom with any radio.

I would also say its best to try different radios if your battery life is bad due to poor reception as not all radios work the same on all phones...
[EVO 4G General] craigbailey1986:
What same thing?
[EVO 4G General] myn:
It doesn't matter.

Flash the rom first or radios first. As long as you stay in recovery and don't reboot before both are applied.
[EVO 4G General] Brohr:
my phone wont turn on after installing the radio combo zip
[EVO 4G General] KB112:
From the man himself! This is exactly what I did. I flashed the radio combos, took forever to load back up. I was sweatin bullets, went and dropped a deuce and came back and the phone went back to recovery. :) Then I flashed the RLS 5 and all was gravy. You rock Myn, thanks dude.
[EVO 4G General] arcurtis:
This is all good info. When I get my new phone I will have to root and come back and make sure I follow this process.
[EVO 4G General] Brohr:
is there anything that i could do if my phone wont turn back on
[EVO 4G General] arcurtis:
Brohr

I've had no luck with my phone at all. I've tried anything I can think of it just won't turn back on
[EVO 4G General] todah09:
Gotta defend myn,flashed lastnite ...no problems at all so far.
[EVO 4G General] tmacgarris6727:
There is no way the rom brick your phone I put it on mines and on 5 of my friends phones and it works great
[EVO 4G General] Cole28:
I didn't even know roms could brick a phone. I thought it was just radios and kernels. 0.o
[EVO 4G General] roscoenr:
The rom did not people pulling batteries did
[EVO 4G General] dth4310:
Sound advice. I'm quite sure my issue was caused by my own impatience. I repeated the process on my replacement phone and waited while the radios applied this time....and now I'm posting from my fresh RLS5 load.

Props to myn for following up and making the install instructions even MORE clear.
[EVO 4G General] lowetax:
especially when the battery is pulled before radios were finished

EDIT: i'm glad those that got replacements are up and running

and hope the other two will be soon.

i sorta wish the title to this thread was changed

to properly reflect what went on in these cases.

chit happens - we all make mistakes - what have you

but this android community is one awesome place to hang

and people do whatever to help you out

question: for those that got replacement evos,

they came with the latest radios and 3.70 OTA with htc kernel #15 ???