[GUIDES] Root, nand unlock, radio update, Froyo 2.2 update, Restore stock radio/rom

[GUIDES] Root, nand unlock, radio update, Froyo 2.2 update, Restore stock radio/rom - Droid Incredible Android Development

This thread covers things already covered before. This is not a mindless repeat but an attempt to collect information contained in previous guides into one step by step guide to help people having difficulty finding all the information they need to do each of the things listed in the title. If there is missing or incorrect information please let me know and I will update.
Root, nand unlock, radio update, Froyo Rom install (Two Froyo sections. One is if you want to use Cyanogen and one is if you want to use another Froyo rom)... all in one.
Section 1: "Rooting the phone"
Section 2: "Nand unlocking"
Section 3: "Updating your radio"
Section 4A: "Installing Cyanogen Rom"
Section 4B: "Installing other Froyo Rom"
Section 5: "Installing Amon_RA Recovery" (Alternative to Clockwork, optional section for those wishing to give it a try)
Section 6: "Restore to stock rom and radio and turning S-ON" (Good for an RMA)
Section 7: "Installing custom themes" (Just a placeholder currently for an upcoming update)
Section 8: "Installing custom splash screen"
Section 9: "Installing Ubuntu on your Incredible" (Just a placeholder currently for an upcoming update)
This guide is meant to be a quick guide with all of the information to root your phone, nand unlock it, radio update it and put a Froyo rom on it, all in one easy place. For those of you who have done all of this you know how hard it can be to find all of this information.
I claim absolutly no credit for any of this. If you wana give credit, give it to the people who did all of the work, not me. The only thing I accept credit for, and trust me, this is a VERY tiny contribution to the hard work that all of these devs have done, is to put it all in one place.
Disclaimer: I am not a dev. I can not help you with your unique problem, consult the real devs, the ones who made the guides to which I will link. Following this guide or any of the ones I am referencing to can be dangerous and can cause you to end up with a bricked phone (Bricked: Dead, gone, finished, useless, trash, worthless, $400 paper weight, a phone with one app: "Black screen") Notice: Bricking ones phone can cause unwanted side effects such as the desire to scream uncontrollably or the desire to chock the nearest person, continue at your own risk. While following these guides carefully can greatly reduce the risk of a bricked phone, the risk is still inherent and one does continue at their own risk and can not hold this poster or any of the poster of the guides referenced responsibile for any damages caused to the phone, OS or anything related thereto. (I'm not a lawyer, so sorry if that doesn't cover every loophole, point is, don't blame us)
**** MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR PHONE PLUGGED IN FOR ALL OF THIS!!! YOU DON'T WANT YOUR PHONE DYING AT ANY POINT IN THIS GUIDE****
First let's download all of the files we will be needing.
Go here: http://unrevoked.com/#inc
Download both Unrevoked3 and Unrevoked Forever.
Go here: http://adrynalyne.stfuthxbye.net/radio/2.15.00.07.28/PB31IMG.zip
Download this file, it is the 2.15 radio update (DO NOT PUT IT ON THE SDCARD YET)
Now that we have the files, let's get started.
Section 1 "Rooting the phone"
Step 1: Power on your phone.
Step 2: Go to settings.
Step 3: Go to Applications.
Step 4: Go to Development.
Step 5: Select USB debugging.
Step 6: Connect your phone to your computer.
Step 7: Run the Unrevoked3 file that you downloaded.
Additional Step: If you get stuck here with this message on Unrevoked3, "Waiting for bootloader; Make sure driver is installed!" then go to this webpage and follow the instructions there.
Step 8: After it finishes you will be in what is called recovery. It is a black screen with green text options. Reboot should be selected already, press the optical trackball to reboot your phone.
Step 9: Once your phone has rebooted pull down the notification bar and turn on the disk drive part of the USB connection so you can access the files on your sdcard.
Step 10: Save all of the contents of your sdcard to a folder on your computer.
Step 11: Go to My Computer (I am assuming you using Windows because if you were using Linux you probably would have figured all of this stuff out for yourself, however if you are using linux like me, you know how to adapt these parts of the guide to fit your Linux) and find your sdcard (make sure it's your sdcard and not the internal storage of your phone)
Step 12: Format the sdcard to fat32.
Step 13: Place your files back on the sdcard.
Step 14: Place the unrevoked forever zipped file on the sdcard (in the bottom directory, in other words, not in any folders)
Step 15: Go to the market application on your phone and find and install "Rom Manager" by ClockworkMod.
Step 16: Pull down the notification bar and turn off disk drive. (Select charge only)
Step 17: Open "Rom Manager" (it will ask for root permission, grant it)
Step 18: Select "Backup Current ROM" (This is a nandroid backup and will save you countless hours trying to get your phone back to operable status should you mess something up, it will however do nothing to help you if you brick your phone, that's different.)
Once it is done with the backup it will reboot the phone. Congrats, you now have a rooted phone and a backup created!
Section 2 "Nand unlocking"
("But I already rooted my phone, what is this?" Ummm... well it's hard to explain but basically it's a FULL rooting, in laymans terms, one that will allow you to flash stuff that hasn't been signed, like a radio update. I may be a little bit off on the description but I will update it if someone wants to explain it a little better than that)
If you run into a problem in this section or section 4A or 4B with the recovery saying it is unable to find /cach/update.zip go into Rom Manager and at the bottom there is an option to install old recoveries, install an older recovery like 2.5.0.1 and attempt the section again.
Step 1: Go into "Rom Manager" app.
Step 2: Select "Reboot into Recovery"
Step 3: The green text menu will appear upon reboot. Select "install zip from sdcard" (Note: You can use your optical trackball to move around the menu, then press it to make a selection.)
Step 4: Locate the unrevoked forever zip you placed on the sdcard earlier and install it.
Step 5: Once the install is done press the power button to move back once in the recovery menu.
Step 6: Reboot your phone.
Congrats, you now have a FULLY rooted phone. Be sure to thank the Unrevoked team for their hard work! Thanks guys!!! We love you!!
Section 3 "Updating your radio"
NOTICE: This section is by far the most dangerous sections of all of this stuff. For this reason I will give a warning about what NOT to do before I even tell you what to do. During this process we will be updating the radio. When we go to update the radio it will ask you if you wish to update using the file it has found. You will answer yes and allow it to do the update. Should you mess up at any point and be asked again to do the update, DO NOT DO IT!!! If you update your radio twice with this file, you WILL brick your phone. Once again, DO NOT update the radio twice with this file.
Note: This section can only be done if you have done the previous section, Nand unlock. Also there has been a bit of confusion when trying to update the radio, please ensure that you follow the steps carefully as some people are attempting to update their radio from recovery. Updating your radio is done from HBOOT, not recovery.
Step 1: Locate the "PB31IMG.zip" file you downloaded earlier.
Step 2: Place it on the sdcard (in the bottom directory)
Step 3: Power off your phone.
Step 4: Hold the volume down button and then press and hold the power on button at the same time. This will boot you into a screen that says something about HBOOT.
Step 5: At this point it will scan for a file and find the "PB31IMG.zip" file on your sdcard and ask if you wish to update with it. Select yes.
Step 6: You should see a bar on the right that shows you the loading progress. Once it is done, press the power button and the menu options should change.
Step 7: You should now have an option to reboot your phone, press the volume down button and then the power on button to select it.
Step 8: Once your phone is booted go to settings.
Step 9: Select "About Phone" (At the bottom)
Step 10: Select "Software Information"
Step 11: Ensure that in the "Baseband version" section it says "2.15.XX.XX.XX" (No, not really X's, just any numbers there will do)
Step 12: Install a file manager on your phone. Astro File manager will do.
Step 13: Locate the "PB31IMG.zip" file on your sdcard and delete it. (You want to remove it off of your sdcard so you don't make a mistake and update your radio again, bricking your phone)
Congrats, you now have an updated radio!! (Hopefully a phone that isn't bricked either cause you were sure to follow my warning)
There are two Section 4's. Section 4A is for people wishing to install the Cyanogen Rom. Section 4B is for people wishing to install another Froyo 2.2 Rom of their choice. Do not do both sections, I have added the other section so that people have a choice as not everyone wants to use Cyanogen.
Section 4A "Installing Cyanogen Rom"
Step 1: Open "Rom Manager" app.
Step 2: Select "Download ROM"
Step 3: Select "CyanogenMod"
Step 4: Select "CyanogenMod 6.0.0-RC3" (If the numbers are greater than that, that is fine, just means there has been a Cyanogen update)
Step 5: Select Download (If it gives you the option, download google apps too)
Step 6: It should ask if you want to wipe with this install, select yes, it will also ask if you want to do a backup, I recommend you do.
Step 7: Once it is done with the update it should reboot and you are finished.
Section 4B "Installing other Froyo Roms"
Step 1: Find and download the froyo rom of your choice. (Jager and Skyraider are a couple choices but there are others, happy hunting)
Step 2: Place the rom on your sdcard (in the bottom directory)
Step 3: Open "Rom Manager"
Step 4: Select "Reboot into Recovery"
Step 5: Once in recovery select "install zip from sdcard"
Step 6: Locate the rom you placed on your sdcard and install it.
Step 7: Once the update is finished select "wipe data/factory reset"
Step 8: Confirm the wipe. (This will keep you from getting stuck in a boot loop)
Step 9: Reboot your phone.
Note: If you did not wipe your phone after installing a new rom and are stuck in a boot loop, pull your battery out, replace it and hold the volume down button and the power button at the same time. This will place you in HBOOT. Once it has checked your SD card for any signed updates use the volume down button and select the "RECOVERY" option by pressing the power button. This will reboot your phone into recovery where you can preform the "wipe data/factory reset" to get you out of the boot loop.
Congrats, you have a rooted phone with the nand unlocked, the radio updated and a VERY sweet cooked rom on your phone. Your phone should be speedier than ever. Enjoy and be sure to thank the rom developers for their hard work!!
Section 5 "Installing Amon_RA Recovery"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=758874
Step 1: Go to the thread linked above.
Step 2: Find the latest version of Amon_RA recovery and download the file ending in ".img" (labeled recovery reflasher)
Step 3: Plug your phone into your computer.
Step 4: Go to settings.
Step 5: Go to Applications.
Step 6: Go to Development and disable USB Debugging.
Step 7: Start running Unrevoked3.
Step 8: Select the menu option "File" in Unrevoked3.
Step 9: Select Custom Recovery.
Step 10: Locate the Amon_RA recovery ".img" file that you downloaded and select it.
Step 11: Turn USB Debugging back on. Your phone will now go through the process of installing Amon_RA Recovery. Leave it alone till it is sitting in recovery.
There are some nice features in Amon_RA, take a look around if you want. The nandroid backup and restore is quite elaborate. Enjoy.
Section 6 "Restoring to stock rom and radio"
The following section is for anyone looking to restore their phones to stock rom 2.1 and radio 1.0. Do not follow this section unless you are wanting to revert back to stock radio and rom.
Step 1: Download this file: http://www.mediafire.com/?n3bmd2bkz55k1b9
Step 2: Connect your phone to your computer.
Step 3: Save all the files on your sdcard to a folder on your computer.
Step 4: Format your sdcard to fat32.
Step 5: Place the "PB31IMG.zip" file that you downloaded onto the sdcard in the bottom directory.
Step 6: Power down the phone.
Step 7: Hold the volume button down while pressing the power on button. (This will place you in HBOOT)
Step 8: HBOOT will find the file on the sdcard named "PB31IMG.zip" and ask if you wish to update with it. Answer yes. (It will start to load and restart HBOOT and scan for the file again, don't panic, let it do it's thing.)
Step 9: When it is finished it will ask you to reboot the device, press volume up to reboot.
Step 10: Remove "PB31IMG.zip" from the sdcard.
You should now have a stock rom and radio, good if you are wanting to do an update to the OTA 2.2.
Section 7: "Installing custom themes" (Just a placeholder currently for an upcoming update)
Future update!!
Section 8: "Installing custom splash screen" (Just a placeholder currently for an upcoming update)
This can only be done once you have unlocked the nand, done S-OFF in other words.
Step 1: Go here and find the custom splash you want. (Or if you have one from somewhere else you want to use just follow the rest of the directions)
Step 2: Make sure the file is named PB31IMG.zip.
Step 3: Place the custom splash on the sdcard bottom directory.
Step 4: Shut down the phone.
Step 5: Boot into HBOOT by holding down the volume down button and the power key at the same time.
Step 6: When it asks you if you wish to update answer yes by pressing the volume up key.
Step 7: When it is finished press the volume up key to reboot.
Step 8: Remove the PB31IMG.zip file from the sdcard.
Congrats on your custom splash and bootscreen.
Section 9: "Installing Ubuntu on your Incredible" (Just a placeholder currently for an upcoming update)
Future update!!
References:
Rooting: http://unrevoked.com/#inc
Nand unlocking: http://unrevoked.com/#inc
Radio Update: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=737400
Cyanogen Froyo ROM: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/
To any others I missed: Thank you all for your very helpful guides and tons of information. You devs are what makes the android community awesome!
I check the forums pretty frequently but just incase you feel you have a need to email me, here is my address.
Email: [email protected]

Nicely done. This should answer a lot of questions. Perhaps this should be a sticky?

Perhaps but we will leave that up to the mods and the members. If the members find it useful enough then I am sure they will get it stickied
Sent from my Incredible.

Your guide has already cause one user to have problems.
You say "find PB31IMG.zip in this thread." The only PB31IMG.zip in that thread is the stock RUU back to 1.00.03.04.06, not the 2.15 radio. You should probably upload the 2.15 radio yourself and link to it.

Berzerker7 said:
Your guide has already cause one user to have problems.
You say "find PB31IMG.zip in this thread." The only PB31IMG.zip in that thread is the stock RUU back to 1.00.03.04.06, not the 2.15 radio. You should probably upload the 2.15 radio yourself and link to it.
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Thank you, on it right away.
Sent from my Incredible.

Berzerker7 said:
Your guide has already cause one user to have problems.
You say "find PB31IMG.zip in this thread." The only PB31IMG.zip in that thread is the stock RUU back to 1.00.03.04.06, not the 2.15 radio. You should probably upload the 2.15 radio yourself and link to it.
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The guide has been updated. Thank you for catching that. The user who had the problem, are they still able to flash another radio?
Here is the link to the updated 2.15 radio
http://adrynalyne.stfuthxbye.net/radio/2.15.00.07.28/PB31IMG.zip

Yes, all that happened was it took them back to stock.

Thank God. Please keep me updated on the progress of this user so I can fix any other discrepancies in the guide. Thanks a lot for your help.
Sent from my Incredible.

Question. I'm not going to install Forever, but I've been rooted for a long time. However, I am still running the 1.00 radio. Can I just use the 2.15 radio PB31IMG.zip file over the 1.00 radio? If not, then will installing this PB31IMG.zip file factory restore my phone or just update the radio? I thought with the 1.00->2.05 radio, it would make you factory restore your phone, not sure if that was the case with 1.00->2.15

TheWhiteBandito said:
Question. I'm not going to install Forever, but I've been rooted for a long time. However, I am still running the 1.00 radio. Can I just use the 2.15 radio PB31IMG.zip file over the 1.00 radio? If not, then will installing this PB31IMG.zip file factory restore my phone or just update the radio? I thought with the 1.00->2.05 radio, it would make you factory restore your phone, not sure if that was the case with 1.00->2.15
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You can not do a radio update from 1.00 to 2.15 without either doing a factory reset of sorts with that OTA file or doing the unrevoked forever.
Sent from my Incredible.

dadicus said:
You can not do a radio update from 1.00 to 2.15 without either doing a factory reset of sorts with that OTA file or doing the unrevoked forever.
Sent from my Incredible.
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There doesn't exist a signed RUU with the 2.15 radio, so in order to get the 2.15 radio, you HAVE to use unrevoked forever. The closest you can get is 2.05 radio

Berzerker7 said:
There doesn't exist a signed RUU with the 2.15 radio, so in order to get the 2.15 radio, you HAVE to use unrevoked forever. The closest you can get is 2.05 radio
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Thanks for that info, I was unaware of that.
Sent from my Incredible.

In the very first steps, I have already got an error, "Waiting for bootloader; Make sure driver is installed!" Which driver? This is my first time roting, everyone says how easy it is but every direction I see is distinctly different and though I feel I can usually hold my own in the tech world, I am lost. Please lend a brotha a hand.

yomonk1 said:
In the very first steps, I have already got an error, "Waiting for bootloader; Make sure driver is installed!" Which driver? This is my first time roting, everyone says how easy it is but every direction I see is distinctly different and though I feel I can usually hold my own in the tech world, I am lost. Please lend a brotha a hand.
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I am working on a solution for you. Hang in there.
You are doing this on windows right?
Sent from my Incredible.

yomonk1 said:
In the very first steps, I have already got an error, "Waiting for bootloader; Make sure driver is installed!" Which driver? This is my first time roting, everyone says how easy it is but every direction I see is distinctly different and though I feel I can usually hold my own in the tech world, I am lost. Please lend a brotha a hand.
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dadicus said:
I am working on a solution for you. Hang in there.
You are doing this on windows right?
Sent from my Incredible.
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Got it! Went to the webpage "hboot driver" in the unrEVOked package and followed those directions, it worked. I'm on my way. formatting card now (forever...) then reload and moving on! The big problem this morning is that I wont be able to do ANYTHING else until the servers come back up. Whats up with that anyway?? Cant do anything without that!
(And yes, Windows) Thanks for your help

By servers you mean the android market? You can still do a search for Rom Manager and install it.
Sent from my Incredible.

dadicus said:
By servers you mean the android market? You can still do a search for Rom Manager and install it.
Sent from my Incredible.
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No, everything seems to be down this morning. Cant search anything, no webpages work. Seems many others are experiencing this too.

So like locally you mean? That sucks.
Sent from my Incredible.

yomonk1 said:
No, everything seems to be down this morning. Cant search anything, no webpages work. Seems many others are experiencing this too.
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I added in an additional step for the problem you were having in case others come up against the same problem. Thank you for informing me on what you did to fix the problem.

I just modified the guide. I changed section 4 to two different sections. Section 4A is for those wishing to update to Cyanogen 6.0.0-RC3 rom. Section 4B is for anyone who does not wish to use Cyanogen and wants to try another Froyo rom.
I wanted to make the guide more universal as I created the guide to be a kinda catch all and felt that limiting the instruction to one rom was biased. Even though I have tried other roms and prefer Cyanogen's rom, I wanted to leave that choice up to the users.

Related

The Ultimate Noob Thread

Alright well David1171 asked me to create a thread for all the noobs that are too LAZY, not stupid, to use the Search feature on this forum. The idea for this thread is created by jf4888.
Note: This is a work in progress and will take some time to finish.
Alright. This thread will include the following.
What is root and why should I root?
What is a ROM?
What is Hero?
How do I root my phone?
What is ADB?
What is Fastboot?
What is Nandroid?
How do i partition my SD Card?
What is the most stable Cupcake ROM?
What is the most stable Hero ROM?
Tips on how to make your Hero run Smooth and Stable.
What is a bootloop?
How do i solve a bootloop?
How do i flash the latest Recovery image?
How do i UNROOT my phone?
more to come...
Lets begin!
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What is Root and why should I do it?
Rooting your phone gives you "administrative permisions" to your phone. Basically allowing to control everything on the system on your G1. Since the Android operating system is based off linux, rooting your phone gives your permission to access the filesystem of the OS.
With Root you can...
You can install a full Linux distribution, like Debian.
You can run applications that require root, like Screenshot and Auto Rotate your Browser and or any other application.
You can install the latest Android build directly from the Android source tree.
Customize your boot image.
Create full backups of the state of your phone.
Create custom ROMs.
Install Applications to your SD Card to save space.
Use your phone as a tether to connect your computer/laptop to the internet.
Turn your phone into a wireless router that provides internet access.
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How Do I Root my phone?
There are two options to root your phone.
Option 1:
1-Click Root
This option will only work for CRC1 firmwares ONLY.
Option 2 (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED):
The Original Method
This is a little bit harder and does require a little thought, but it will give you much experience for later on. Most people on this forum HIGHLY RECOMMEND this method
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What is a ROM?
A ROM is basically a rooted, customized, and optimized android operating system that replaces the original. There are many different roms such as CyanogenMOD, JesusFreak, JacxROM, and many others.
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How do I Enter Recovery Mode on my G1?
1. Power off your phone
2. Hold the Home + Power buttons until you enter recovery
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How Do I Flash the Latest Recovery?
1. Open up the Terminal App on your phone
2. Type in su then press on "Always Allow"
3. Type in the following (Press Enter after each line):
Code:
cd /sdcard
wget http://n0rp.chemlab.org/android/cm-recovery-1.4.img
flash_image recovery /sdcard/cm-recovery-1.4.img
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How do I Flash a ROM?
1. Download the ROM you want
2. Rename the .zip file to update.zip
3. Put it on the root of your sd card (root = not in any folder)
4. Enter recovery
5. Press flash update.zip or type alt+s
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What is Hero and How do i flash it?
The HTC Hero is a new phone released by HTC that uses the HTC Sense/Rosie UI which looks AMAZING!
If you want to Run HERO on your G1 Please go here:
Want to Run Hero? Read this First!
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What is the Danger SPL and How do I Flash it?
The Danger SPL or the Haykuro SPL is the SPL used by HTC Hero to run the sense UI and is very necessary.
To flash the Latest SPL and Radio, do the following:
Note: CyanogenMod Recovery 1.4 is REQUIRED
NOTE: Please read carefully before flashing! This could BRICK your phone!!!
1. Check if you have a PVT or DVT board
a. Power off your phone and enter bootloader (Camera + Power)
b. Check look at the top and see if it says PVT of DVT
2. If you have a DVT board YOU CANNOT CONTINUE BECUASE THIS WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE!
3. For all you luck PVT board people Download the following:
OTA Radio Update - HERE
Danger SPL - HERE
CyanogenMod 4.0.1 - HERE
4. Rename ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip to Radio.zip. Rename spl-signed.zip to SPL.zip. Rename update-cm-4.0.1-signed.zip to ROM.zip
5. Place the 3 renamed files at the ROOT of your SD Card
6. Enter Recovery (Home + Power)
7. Scroll down and press on "Apply any zip from sd"
8. Press on Radio.zip
9. Let it install. Once done it will tell your to reboot to finish the update. Press on Reboot System now in the recovery menu.
10. It will reboot back to recovery. Once it does, Scroll down and press on "Apply any zip from sd"
11. Press on SPL.zip
12. Let it install. Once done it will tell your to reboot to finish the update. Press on Reboot System now in the recovery menu.
13. It will NOT reboot into recovery. Your phone will be stuck on the G1 screen. Once it gets there, reboot your phone by pressing Talk+Menu+Power and then hold the HOME button to enter back into recovery.
14. Scroll down and press on "Apply any zip from sd"
15. Press on ROM.zip and let it install.
16. Reboot your phone to finish.
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What Cupcake Rom is the most stable and most recommended?
The Latest CyanogenMOD ROM.
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What Hero ROM is the most stable and most recommended?
The latest JacxHeroSkiv found - HERE
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What is apps2sd?
Apps2sd basically takes all the apps that you download and places them on your sd card instead of your internal memory to free up space
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How do i Partition my phone for a Cupcake ROM?
1. Go HERE
2. Scroll down to "Partition your SD Card with EXT3 and Fat32 and Enable auto apps2sd"
3. Follow the instructions
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How do i Partition my phone for a HERO ROM?
1. Go HERE
2. Scroll down to "Fomatting your SDCard"
3. Follow the instructions

What is ADB, Fastboot, and Nandroid and how do i use them?
[GUIDE] ADB, Fastboot, and Nandroid for Noobs
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How do i Unroot my phone?
[HOW TO] UNROOT, get phone to STOCK firmware
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What is a bootloop and how do i fix it?
A bootloop occurs when something is wrong with the rom or your saved data is corrupted. You know you have a bootloop when you pass the g1 screen but the bootscreen keeps running and it will just keep doing the boot highlighting thing.
To fix a bootloop on a Cupcake rom:
1. Enter recovery
2. Wipe Data (Alt+w)
3. Reflash your rom
To fix a bootloop on a Hero rom:
1. Make sure you have the latest SPL and Radio
2. Enter Recovery
3. Wipe Data (Alt+w)
4. Reflash your rom
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Format your EXT2/3/4 Partition
Note: ADB is needed for this!
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
rm -r /system/sd/*
reboot recovery
The flash a ROM
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Credit:
Cyanogen
Haykuro
Everyone else who has contributed to this community!

also saved for future posts. I need space OK! GOSH!!!!

saved for future posts! MINE!!!

Amazing
Yet another amazing guide!
A few suggestions:
Add in the beginning, something pertaining to bricks (soft brick, hard brick, general terminology)
Maybe add something in this line like "The Danger SPL or the Haykuro SPL is the SPL used by HTC Hero and is a necessity if you plan on running a Hero ROM. The Danger SPL is needed to run a Hero ROM because it is what makes the sense UI run properly which is what makes Hero ROMs "pretty".
I didn't see anything pertaining to flashing the radio before the danger SPL (that can really never be repeated enough)
Edit 1:
Typo alert: 3. For all you lucky PVT board people Download the following:
Edit 2:
How about including the links to the respective threads in the beginning under the "why root" section
nandroid http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=459830
boot image http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3010171#post3010171
apps2sd (if your ROM doesn't do it automatically) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=512743
debian http://www.saurik.com/id/10
source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
credit: koush
Edit 3:
Perhaps some additional reading on partitioning. I really like 51dusty's (sorry supreme). His doesn't require the additional knowledge of burning an .img file or realizing what Ubuntu is
I see you have a link to your other guide that includes partitioning so maybe it would be a moot point but I thought I would mention it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534714
Maybe more suggestions when I can read it fully.......

dang nephron... i thought i had done some work working on a new theme for the past few hours lol. great friggin job. now we just eat somebodies soul if they ask a dumb question and point them here. it all resides here.
and in the beginning of "one click root" nephron saw too many needless threads.
so nephron went to town making a killer thread.
he saw that this thread was good.
now for the final test... will it be idiot-proof

Nice thread. Hopefully this should stop alot of the repeated questions.

@DirectMatrix: Ill be sure to add in your suggestions later tonight. I have some things i have to do first. Thanks for the ideas and the corrections though!

Dang nephron you F#$%^ made my idea your 8!tch nice one may isuggest how to turn swap off? Pretty much copy stuff from my thread aout perfect swap etc change it around make it better

Nice Job but i bet you people are gonna still make ridiculous posts
Whose Starting the pot? lol jk

In the title put something to grab the newbies attention
like
All your questions answered here!!!
or
Fix for anything
The Ultimate Newb thread
now that i think about it seems
blahh and if i was a newb i wouldn't click on it

@nephron you might want to read up on this thread and see if you think it is a good enough idea to incorporate into this thread because it can completely do away with the need for an ext2/3/4 partition.

Ok people if you like this thread and the ideal of it
Demand that it be a sticky

Yes we need a sticky! and unstick those others and put them into this one

alritewhadeva said:
Yes we need a sticky! and unstick those others and put them into this one
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exactly thats the point of this thread to eliminate the others
and put up a more user friendly one

+1 for a sticky.

Amazing thread. Though it's a shame it had to come to this due to noobs thinking they need to be catered bc they're new.

You should check out the website on my sig, it pretty much has what you are doing

Bump for noobs that don't search, don't look past the first page, and create useless threads

Swap?
ok i have rooted a g1 and 2 mytouches i know how to load roms and partition the sd card the only thing i dont know how to do is change the swaper ive tried to use the commands ive found but ether am not doing it right no not doing it in the right place in the g1 u press Alt X and partition the sd card i usually uses the 32 mb it calls for with the auto 10 or 20 (whatever it is by default) but lately every ones been saying 96 with 60 swap. the 60 is what i dont know how to change. the other thing ive also been hearing that compcache is better is this true

Need Help...can't Downgrade To Rc29

So I've had my G1 for a while now on the stock non-rooted OS and I decided to try to get a 2.1 rom installed on it. After looking around and reading quite a bit, I primarily went off of this blog post to get it done. hxxp://www .myhangoutonline.com/component/content/article/342-tutorials/7-root-and-upgrade-your-g1
I got it downgraded to RC29 successfully and went through the rooting process. Once I tried to reboot it into recovery mode, my phone just sat at the G1 screen indefinitely. Waited up to an hour and restarted the entire process about 3 times with the same result. Then I started looking around thinking maybe the DREAIMG.nbh file that was provided was no good and I got one linked off of this site hxxp:// androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-to-root-a-t-mobile-g1-and-mytouch-3g-android-phone/
So the next time I tried to start over by restoring to the RC29 image it gets all the way through and fails at the end. It says "Update Terminate UPDATE FAIL". I tried going back to the image that worked a few minutes prior to that and I'm getting the same thing.
Any ideas on what I need to do? I'm stuck without a phone until I get this resolved...

Your post is difficult to understand.
The first question:
WHY did you install an NBH file?
The second question:
WHAT *exactly* did you do to the thing?
The third question:
WHY are you trying again to install an NBH file?
The fourth question:
What is it doing now?
The fifth and final question:
HOW can you possibly justify following a bunch of steps that some retard spewed out on a "blog"?
Note: NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER write an NBH file to your phone!!! Especially once you have root! NEVER.
Note2: you say its stock tmoble-branded htc dream? That means android 1.6 and I believe susceptible to the 1-click-root bug... why didn't you run the 1-click root?
What happens if you try to boot the phone ***NORMALLY*** (instead of recovery)?
What happens if you plug in the USB and run "adb logcat"?

lbcoder said:
Your post is difficult to understand.
The first question:
WHY did you install an NBH file?
The second question:
WHAT *exactly* did you do to the thing?
The third question:
WHY are you trying again to install an NBH file?
The fourth question:
What is it doing now?
The fifth and final question:
HOW can you possibly justify following a bunch of steps that some retard spewed out on a "blog"?
Note: NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER write an NBH file to your phone!!! Especially once you have root! NEVER.
Note2: you say its stock tmoble-branded htc dream? That means android 1.6 and I believe susceptible to the 1-click-root bug... why didn't you run the 1-click root?
What happens if you try to boot the phone ***NORMALLY*** (instead of recovery)?
What happens if you plug in the USB and run "adb logcat"?
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1. I installed the nbh file because that's what was in every single set of instructions I've found said to do. Step 1 is to downgrade your phone to RC29 for US phones, and the DREAIMG.nbh file is the way to do that from everywhere that I've seen, mostly here and the cyanogenmod forums. If there is a better guide to follow, please link me.
2. I've already explained this. I followed the following instructions:
1. Format your phone's SD card to FAT32 mode:
o Hook your phone up to your computer using a USB cable and then wait for the
notification to show up in your title bar of your phone.
o Click the notification, and then click "Mount".
o A new removable disk should show up on your computer. Right click it and select
Format, and select FAT32 as the file system type.
2. Download and unzip the RC29 or RC7 image file. Copy the DREAIMG.nbh file to the SD card.
(RC29 for US, RC7 is for UK)
3. Turn the device power off.
4. Hold Camera button, and press Power button to entry boot loader mode. You should see a
gray/white screen with instructions to flash your phone with the update on your SD card. If you
don't see that, make sure you followed the instructions properly.
5. As per the on-screen instructions, press the Power button to start upgrade procedure. DO NOT
DO ANYTHING TO INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS.
6. After it is finished, perform the restart your phone.
Rooting your RC29 or lower phone:
On RC29 phones and lower, anything you type into your keyboard is also being run in a hidden console
with root permissions. More information regarding that at the bottom of this post. But, to get root access,
do the following:
Instructions:
1. Download recovery.img or the new version by Amon recovery-RA-dream-v1.5.2.img and copy
it to your SD card (see the previous instructions on how to copy from your computer to your
Phone's SD card).
2. Download the Hard SPL and copy the zip file to the SD card.
3. All files must be on the root of your SD card.
4. Restart your phone. Wait for your phone to start up fully and show the home screen.
5. After your phone starts up, hit the enter key twice, type "telnetd" and press enter. (Yes, it
will start up a contact search, don't worry. Just type it.)
6. Download an Android "Telnet" application from the Market and connect to localhost.
7. If you connect successfully, you will have a root prompt "#".
8. Type the following into Telnet (these commands will give you root access easier in the future):
o mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
o cd sdcard
o flash_image recovery recovery.img
o cat recovery.img > /system/recovery.img
Now you have root!
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3. Already explained in #1. Again if there is a better, easier guide to follow by all means show me. I am new to this, and from what I've seen if noobs ask "how do I do this" around here, they get flamed for not figuring it out for themselves. Something I'm also sensing from your post.
4. I've gotten past my initial problem. This morning I was shown another DREAIMG.nbh file from another source, and I was able to get it on the phone and get it to boot. I've since gone through the root process (using the guide posted above), but I still can't get it into recovery mode. So that's where I'm now stuck.
5. As opposed to a bunch of steps some retard spewed on a "message board"? All of the guides I've gone through were either on or linked to from this forum or the cyanogenmod forum. Both I assume reputable sources for this type of thing.
Note: I think you need to show me another guide because what you're saying contradicts everything I've seen.
Note2: Don't know. Everything I've seen says I have to go back to 1.4 to be able to root it because the security holes were closed in 1.6.
The phone is again back to the 1.4 image from the nbh file. I've tried to root it and get it to recovery mode without any luck, so I could use some guidance on what to do from here. I'm not really sure what adb logcat is or why I'd want to do it.

TalioGladius said:
1. I installed the nbh file because that's what was in every single set of instructions I've found said to do. Step 1 is to downgrade your phone to RC29 for US phones, and the DREAIMG.nbh file is the way to do that from everywhere that I've seen, mostly here and the cyanogenmod forums. If there is a better guide to follow, please link me.
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Just because it was written does NOT make it right.
The process of rooting does NOT require an NBH file.
The process of REPAIDING NEVER needs an NBH file.
You should NEVER TOUCH an NBH file. The ONLY thing an NBH file does is it increases the risk that you will brick your phone by a bad flash.
Don't do it!
2. I've already explained this. I followed the following instructions:
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Reposting that crap doesn't help.
WHAT DID YOU DO? WHERE DID YOU GET TO? WHAT DID YOU SKIP? WHAT BUTTONS DID YOU PRESS?
3. Already explained in #1. Again if there is a better, easier guide to follow by all means show me. I am new to this, and from what I've seen if noobs ask "how do I do this" around here, they get flamed for not figuring it out for themselves. Something I'm also sensing from your post.
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#1: NEVER do anything without ***UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS FIRST***. If you don't understand, then how can you possibly adapt to inaccuracies/errors/failures? The answer is that you CAN'T.
4. I've gotten past my initial problem. This morning I was shown another DREAIMG.nbh file from another source, and I was able to get it on the phone and get it to boot. I've since gone through the root process (using the guide posted above), but I still can't get it into recovery mode. So that's where I'm now stuck.
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Define "can't get it into recovery". WHAT recovery do you have installed? The stock one that came with the NBH? Or some OTHER recovery that you installed? You say that it boots into the OS now? Congratulations. DO NOT INSTALL ANOTHER NBH FILE EVER!
What you need to do is install an engineering SPL, and NOT 1.33.2005! Try 1.33.2003.
You can then flash anything you like using FASTBOOT.
5. As opposed to a bunch of steps some retard spewed on a "message board"? All of the guides I've gone through were either on or linked to from this forum or the cyanogenmod forum. Both I assume reputable sources for this type of thing.
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A forum filters out the retard posts because 100 different people CALL the retard out! A *BLOG* is TRASH unless you absolutely know that the author REALLY KNOWS what he's doing. And in this case, YOU DON'T.
Note: I think you need to show me another guide because what you're saying contradicts everything I've seen.
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I don't write guides. I INFORM.
Note2: Don't know. Everything I've seen says I have to go back to 1.4 to be able to root it because the security holes were closed in 1.6.
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The TELNET-ROOT bug was fixed. That's all!
And FYI: There was never a 1.4. 1.0->1.1->1.5->1.6->2.0->2.0.1->2.1->[future]2.2
The phone is again back to the 1.4 image from the nbh file. I've tried to root it and get it to recovery mode without any luck, so I could use some guidance on what to do from here. I'm not really sure what adb logcat is or why I'd want to do it.
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Again, what did you do to get there?

I can see that this can quickly escalate into an unnecessary back and forth argument. So to avoid that how about I tell you what I've done and where I'm at currently, and you can inform me on what to do to get to my goal?
From what I've seen I had to essentially do the following things:
1. downgrade to RC29
2. root
3. upgrade radio and SPL
4. Install ROM to get to 2.1
What I've done:
1. Formatted my sdcard to fat32, and put the DREAIMG.nbh file on the root of the sdcard.
2. Shutdown. Start up the phone holding the camera button. Got to the gray screen to update, pressed the power button to update.
3. Update successful. Rebooted by pressing call, menu, and power buttons.
4. Went through the setup wizard to set up the phone with my google account.
5. Installed telnet application from the market.
6. Downloaded recovery.img and spl-signed.zip (Danger SPL) and put them on the root of the sdcard.
7. From home screen, pressed enter twice. Typed telnetd.
8. Opened telnet application. Typed the following commands:
Code:
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd sdcard
flash_image recovery recovery.img
cat recovery.img > /system/recovery.img/CODE]
9. Shut down phone. Held down the home button while powering phone on in attempt to get to recovery mode.
10. Phone did not go into recovery mode, but went to this image on the screen: (can't post links, so fix the url)
hxxp:// www .modmygphone.com/wiki/images/1/1b/Howtofirm1.png
Currently, the phone is showing the following:
Firmware version 1.0
Baseband version 62.33.20.08H_1.22.12.29
kernel version 2.6.25-01843-gfea26b0 [email protected] #6
Build number kkila-user 1.0 TC4-RC29 115247 ota-rel-keys,release-keys
What exactly do I need to do from here to get a 2.1 rom installed?

TalioGladius said:
I can see that this can quickly escalate into an unnecessary back and forth argument. So to avoid that how about I tell you what I've done and where I'm at currently, and you can inform me on what to do to get to my goal?
From what I've seen I had to essentially do the following things:
1. downgrade to RC29
2. root
3. upgrade radio and SPL
4. Install ROM to get to 2.1
What I've done:
1. Formatted my sdcard to fat32, and put the DREAIMG.nbh file on the root of the sdcard.
2. Shutdown. Start up the phone holding the camera button. Got to the gray screen to update, pressed the power button to update.
3. Update successful. Rebooted by pressing call, menu, and power buttons.
4. Went through the setup wizard to set up the phone with my google account.
5. Installed telnet application from the market.
6. Downloaded recovery.img and spl-signed.zip (Danger SPL) and put them on the root of the sdcard.
7. From home screen, pressed enter twice. Typed telnetd.
8. Opened telnet application. Typed the following commands:
Code:
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd sdcard
flash_image recovery recovery.img
cat recovery.img > /system/recovery.img/CODE]
9. Shut down phone. Held down the home button while powering phone on in attempt to get to recovery mode.
10. Phone did not go into recovery mode, but went to this image on the screen: (can't post links, so fix the url)
hxxp:// www .modmygphone.com/wiki/images/1/1b/Howtofirm1.png
Currently, the phone is showing the following:
Firmware version 1.0
Baseband version 62.33.20.08H_1.22.12.29
kernel version 2.6.25-01843-gfea26b0 [email protected] #6
Build number kkila-user 1.0 TC4-RC29 115247 ota-rel-keys,release-keys
What exactly do I need to do from here to get a 2.1 rom installed?[/QUOTE]
First you need to be really carefull with the danger spl (make sure you have the right radio installed before installing that spl or bye bye to your phone). You need to install Amon Ra's new recovery. Put 2.1 on sd card. Wipe and flash.
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supremeteam256 said:
First you need to be really carefull with the danger spl (make sure you have the right radio installed before installing that spl or bye bye to your phone). You need to install Amon Ra's new recovery. Put 2.1 on sd card. Wipe and flash.
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I got the radio upgraded to 2.22.29.26I.
Turns out I have to hit alt-l to get past the ! screen in recovery mode. So now I should be able to install the danger spl, and then the rom, right?
The one I'm seeing with the guide is Cyanogenmod 4.2.15.1.

TalioGladius said:
I got the radio upgraded to 2.22.29.26I.
Turns out I have to hit alt-l to get past the ! screen in recovery mode. So now I should be able to install the danger spl, and then the rom, right?
The one I'm seeing with the guide is Cyanogenmod 4.2.15.1.
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To be honest I would flash Amon Ra's new recovery first so you can flash the danger spl and then the rom without a reboot in between. And if you want to install that version of cyanogen you really don't need the danger spl, but if you want to jump up to his 5.0.7 Test5 you'll need to (thats the 2.1 version).

If you want to avoid bricks, you really should NEVER go straight from 0.95.x000 SPL --> 1.33.2005 SPL. The reason for this is that there is no way to make that jump without using recovery, and since those SPLs are so different from each other, it has to use the cache-->update-hboot-->recovery-wipe-cache approach, which is where bricks come from.
If you have a 0.95.x000 SPL and want to go to 1.33.2005, you FIRST go to 1.33.2003 (that's a THREE) using recovery (since 0.95.x000 and 1.33.2003 have equal compatibility) -- this opens up the door for using FASTBOOT to flash your SPL. The move between ANY pair of engineering SPLs using fastboot is guaranteed safe since it can never get stuck in a failed boot-recovery (brick).

{[GUIDE]} HTC Incredible S Unlock Bootloader, flash recovery, Root, S-OFF

Hey XDA ,
I have only been here for a couple of weeks (2-3 weeks ) and I must say, this place has a fantastic community. Everyone is always very nice and respectful. :highfive:
However, I have looked through this place and sometimes, some guides may be outdated (new ROMs, recovery, HBOOTs etc.) so I want to create this thread and hopefully maintain it to my best abilities. I will try and come back here at least once everyday to help anyone
DISCLAIMER: IF YOU SCREW UP YOUR PHONE IN ANYWAY FOLLOWING THIS GUIDE I AM NOT TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE!!! Please understand this!!!
CREDITS: I take absolutely no credit for anything that I write here. I took it from other people's threads and from here, here, and here.
Your phone should be HBOOT 2.02.0002 or HBOOT 2.03.0000 with official ICS 4.0.4 with HTC Sense 3.6.
This method will also work if you have Gingerbread but you may still have HBOOT that is not 1.13.0000
Throughout this guide I will give u (hopefully) working links that will give you everything you need, Backup your data, Unlock your bootloader, Flashrecovery, Install Superuser, Backup Stock ROM, Downgrade your HBOOT, Use revolutionary to gain S-OFF, flash custom ROM, and (optional) install Blackrose 2.03.0000.
Just a few suggestions and little information here:
Be aware that this could take quite a bit of time and everything might not go through as planned. If it does not go as planned, then try googling it, search XDA for an answer, or ask people on XDA. Everyone on XDA is very nice and is always willing to help (as long as it coems within forum rules).
Secondly, I suggest u remove your SIM card from the phone so you will not be receiving any phone calls or messages or whatnot that could possibly mess the process up (optional. I did it just in case).
Thirdly, make sure to have a full battery charge even though you will have your phone connected to the computer from time to time.
1. Download and Set Everything up
On your C: drive, create an "android" folder. I will be referring to this throughout the guide.
This next part is really optional but it will help you be more tidy and orderly.
In C:/android create a "Blackrose" folder
In C:/android create a "Revolutionary" folder
In C:/android create a "Downgrade" folder
In C:/android/Downgrade, create a "Downgradekit" folder and an "RUU" folder.
Get HTC Sync here
Get IncS_MVDTKv3.4.1.zip and the RUU here. For the RUU, download the Typical IncS one unless you are with Sasktel or Bell in Canada or a South American user.
Get ClockworkMod Recovery here. Scroll to HTC Incredible S. At time of writing, the latest version was 5.0.2.0.
***You are also more than welcome to try ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.2.7 If you would like the link, here it is. However this is not an official release but remains pretty much bugless. You may also choose to flash 4ext (touch) recovery, though you better read up on how to flash it cause it is slightly different (although more automated and simple). I will NOT help you if you choose to flash 4ext (cause if you screw it up, then you better stop right there... This is not joke, thats how simple it is)
Get SuperUser here here
Get CyanogenMod ROM here
Get Blackrose here
Install HTC Sync, then uninstall it. We only need the drivers so the actual application is uneeded. (In the control panel, make sure you only select the one with the icon!)
Extract the files from the IncS_MVDTKv3.4.1.zip into the C:/android/Downgrade/Downgradekit. In the downgradekit folder, you should now have the "runme.cmd" and the "files" folder
Put the clockworkmod recovery on the root of C:/android (no folders or anything)
Put Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip on the root of your SD card on the Incredible S. DO NOT EXTRACT ANY FILES
Put CyanogenMod ROM on the root of your SD card. DO NOT EXTRACT ANY FILES
Take note of your devices serial number. It is either under the phone's battery or in the settings>About Phone. I forget the exact location of the serial number in the About Phone section of the settings but it should not take too long to find it. It started off with "HT......."
Enable USB Debugging on your phone. On Gingerbread this can be found under Settings>Applications> Enable Unknown Sources> Development and check USB Debugging. On ICS 4.0.4, it is found under Settings>Developer Options>Check Android Debugging
2. Backup your data
This step is completely optional and I will not post any apps whatsoever here. Google Play Store will help you here. I did not back up any thing on my phone (I do not have anything important so I did not really care).
3. Unlock Bootloader
Go to htcdev.com/bootloader. Create a free account and unlock the Bootloader. The steps are very simple and you should not run into any trouble. At some point during this process, you will receive confirmation on your phone that will ask you If you want to Unlock your Bootloader. Click Volume up and Power (these are hardware buttons on the side and top, just in case) to click yes.
Note: they tell you to download some thing like Android SDK. Put it all in your C:/android folder
Congrats. You just unlocked your bootloader.
4. Flash a recovery
Switch off your phone and go into bootloader. You will now see, highlighted in pink, UNLOCKED. Tog et into the bootloader, power down, then hold Volume Down and press Power button at the same time.
Plug your phone to the computer via USB cable, highlight fasboot and press power button to confirm. On your PC go to C:/android. Press Shift and right click. Press "Open Command Window here"
then type "fastboot devices". Your devices serial number should show up.
Then type in fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-vivo.img (assuming you did not change the name of the recovery image. If you did change it, type what you changed it too and do not forget the .img at the end
After a few seconds, the recovery should have been flashed to your phone.
5. Install Superuser and Test Root Access
From the fastboot menu, click volume down and press power button. This should bring you back to the bootloader screen.
Press volume down once to highlight RECOVERY and press power button. The HTC Splash screen should come up for a few seconds, the you will see the ClockworkMod interface. To navigate through this, use the volume up and down buttons to scroll and press the power button to confirm something.
Select "Install zip from sdcard"
Select "Choose zip from sdcard"
Select the Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip (this should be on the root of your sd card)
Select yes in the field of no's (lool i know XD)
Once it is done installing, reboot your phone. In the app drawer, you will notice that a new app called Superuser or SuperSU has showed up.
You should have root access but lets just be sure anyways. Go to C:/android and Shift, right click to Open Command Window here.
Type in adb.exe shell and press enter
You should get $ meaning adb has connected to your phone.
Next, type in su. If you obtain #, this means you have root access. Hooray
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO STOP GUIDE HERE. LIKE REALLY IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At this point you will be able to flash most ROMs. The exceptions are the one that require S-OFF (the ROM requirements in the thread will state so). Also you will have to flash the boot.img manually
To do this download your select ROM. Extract the boot.img to where you have the fastboot.exe, adb.exe, and AdbWinApi.dll (you should have gotten these 3 files when you unlocked the bootloader). Then open the command window (shift, right click, open command window here) and type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
the boot.img can be renamed to whatever you would like. I keep all my boot images and the fastboot.exe, adb.exe, and AdbWinApi.dll in 1 folder because i download a lot of ROMs. If you do rename the boot.img, i suggest renaming it to the name of the ROM its for. When you type in the fastboot command, just remember to put the .img at the end. This is necessary or it will not work.
If you want to gain S-OFF continue through the guide.
6. Backup Stock Rom
(optional but highly advised just in case something does not work right, then you have something to fall back on)
Go back to ClockworkMod Recovery (reboot into bootloader>select recovery)
Scroll to Backup and Restore
Then press Backup.
7. Run Nonverbose's script
***IF YOU HAVE HBOOT 1.13.0000 THEN YOU DO NOT DO THIS STEP***
Plug your phone into PC if it is not already. Select Charge Only, enable USB Debugging, and make sure fastboot is OFF (Settings>Power)
In C:/android/downgrade/downgradekit, launch runme.cmd
This part should be relatively simple. Just answer the questions honestly, and the script will do its stuff. If i recall correctly, the first question was are you running official ICS unlocked bootloader. I typed n.
Are you rooted?-n
Do you want to create a goldcard?- answer "y" or else you will get a customer ID error (which I believe is either Error 130 or Error 131) while running the downgrade RUU
Are you running HTC bootloader unlocked (or something similar to that)?-y (unless your version main comes out as something other than 2.00000000... in which case, type "n")
Note: Use this second method ONLY if the script did not work.
This script has worked for a lot of people, but it did not seem to work for me. So i typed in the command prompt
Navigate to the downgradekit folder or alternatively, shift right click within the folder to opwen command window here
adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp <------ copies the file to the device
adb.exe shell <------ you will get $ prompt
su <------ gain root access
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version <------ changing permissions of the file to execute
/data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 1.00.000.0 <------ you are faking the device to run the RUU installler to "upgrade" to Gingerbread
reboot bootloader <------ self-explanatory
In the bootloader>fastboot, check to see if the misc_version worked, type:
fastboot getvar version-main
If it returns
version-main: 1.00.000.01
then you are good to go
8. Run the RUU
***IF YOU HAVE HBOOT 1.13.0000 THEN YOU DO NOT DO THIS STEP***
After you run Nonverbose's script, reboot into the bootloader>fastboot and launch the RUU file from the C:/android/Downgrade/RUU
This process takes about 10 minutes so be patient. At the end of that, reboot to bootloader and the you should read somewhere
HBOOT-1.13.0000
This indicates you successfully downgraded the HBOOT.
9. Use Revolutionary to gain S-OFF
Put phone in normal charge mode, USB debug ON, fastboot off
Go to revolutionary.io
Scroll down to Downloads. Click download from Windows
Fill out the Beta Key form:
Your Operating System- Windows
Your Device- HTC Incredible S
HBOOT version- 1.13.0000
Serial number- Enter your serial number
Click Generate Key. Copy and Paste the Key to notepad or something.
Now I, for some reason could not get Revolutionary to work just by opening the exe file..... Since pictures are worth a thousand words, i have decided to post a Youtube clip which gives you verbal and graphical instructions on how to run Revolutionary.
The clip is right here. It is really simple the way the person describes the process. Just follow exactly how he does it and you will be fine.
If you reboot your phone into bootloader after running revolutionary, you will see **REVOLUTIONARY** where it once said **UNLOCKED**
After you have successfully run Revolutionary, check for root access by repeating step 5. If you get # at the end you are good to go If you do not have root, then re-flash the superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip in ClockworkMod Recovery.
**Please keep in mind that during the revolutionary, it asks you whether you want to flash a recovery. This flashes, (if i remember correctly) version 4.XXXXXX.... of ClockworkMod. You can choose to select yes to this, but i would suggest saying "no" because its an older version. After you successfully run revolutionary, reboot into bootloader>fastboot and do step 4 again where you flash CWM 5.0.2.0. **
At step 5, i mentioned the command line fastboot flash boot boot.img. This is now unnecessary if you gain S-OFF. Now you can flash any ROM you want on the go.
10. Flash a Custom ROM
Here is a nice index of ROMs, Kernels, Radios etc. This is updated once a month by the OP and has everything you need to get started.
I did request that you download CyanogenMod 7.2 so let's just use that for now.
Go back to ClockworkMod Recovery and make another backup. Keep in mind that this should be done everytime you decide to flash a new ROM to your phone.
Once you are done, go back and select Wipe data/factory reset, Wipe Cache Partition, and under advanced, wipe dalvik cache.
Go back to main recovery menu, select Install Zip from sd card.
Choose the CM7 zip (cm-7.2.0-vivo.zip if you did not rename it to something else)
Wait for it to be installed to your phone. When it is finished, reboot your phone and voila! You are running your first ROM.
11. Install Blackrose 2.03.0000
This eleventh step is optional as most ROMs do not require Blackrose HBOOT. However, if you have blackrose HBOOT and you flash a ROM that has just S-OFF as a requirement, nothing should go wrong. The ROM should still work perfectly fine.
To install BlackRose 2.03.0000
Plug your phone, charge only, USB debug on
In your C:/android/blackrose, run BlackRose_IS.exe
If it tells you, you need HTC Sync, just reinstall it, not that hard.
After that, wait for it the Blackrose.exe to finish executing
If everything ran correctly, turn off your phone, then back in bootloader mode.
Where it said **REVOLUTIONARY**, it should now say **BLACKROSE** Your HBOOT will also change from 1.13.0000 to HBOOT-2.03.0000
Some people have stated that they get stuck on the HTC splash screen. If so, just reinstall CyanogenMod 7 ROM like you did in step 10 and reboot.
After this you should now have BlackRose HBOOT, S-OFF, and a CM7 ROM flashed to your phone. Congratulations!!!
***Do not ask why Blackrose is not running unless you are sure you are running a rooted ROM (just use CM7, like cmon, its known to work so just use it to have less headaches)
Hey guys. Heres a great edition to this guide that can supplement or pretty much replace this section of Blackrose installation. This guide was made Sandeep_Jagtap. Give thanks to him :good:
If you would like to try a different ROM go to the index and select a ROM.
Happy Hunting
Note: Never compare ROMs. That means no: which ROM is best for this or that or what ROM is smoothest or anything like that.
You don't compare ROMs because:
1. Developers spend a lot of time making their respective ROMs.
2. Its disrespectful and rude to the developers.
3. XDA is not a competition ground for who can make the best ROM. Its here to give us the ability to discuss how we do so and so or whatever, just not comparing things with another.
In essence, the only comments going up about ROMs should be "Great ROM but I had so and so problem" (assuming so and so problem existed of course)

Appreciate the contribution, but you should have posted this in the General section. This is not a Development topic and should not have been posted here.

super
super super super !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks ................................ Спасибо все отлично

072665995 said:
Hey XDA ,
I have only been here for a couple of weeks (2-3 weeks ) and I must say, this place has a fantastic community. Everyone is always very nice and respectful. :highfive:
However, I have looked through this place and sometimes, some guides may be outdated (new ROMs, recovery, HBOOTs etc.) so I want to create this thread and hopefully maintain it to my best abilities. I will try and come back here at least once everyday to help anyone
DISCLAIMER: IF YOU SCREW UP YOUR PHONE IN ANYWAY FOLLOWING THIS GUIDE I AM NOT TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE!!! Please understand this!!!
CREDITS: I take absolutely no credit for anything that I write here. I took it from other people's threads and from here, here, and here.
Your phone should be HBOOT 2.02.0002 or HBOOT 2.03.0000 with official ICS 4.0.4 with HTC Sense 3.6.
This method will also work if you have Gingerbread but you may still have HBOOT that is not 1.13.0000
Throughout this guide I will give u (hopefully) working links that will give you everything you need, Backup your data, Unlock your bootloader, Flashrecovery, Install Superuser, Backup Stock ROM, Downgrade your HBOOT, Use revolutionary to gain S-OFF, flash custom ROM, and (optional) install Blackrose 2.03.0000.
Just a few suggestions and little information here:
Be aware that this could take quite a bit of time and everything might not go through as planned. If it does not go as planned, then try googling it, search XDA for an answer, or ask people on XDA. Everyone on XDA is very nice and is always willing to help (as long as it coems within forum rules).
Secondly, I suggest u remove your SIM card from the phone so you will not be receiving any phone calls or messages or whatnot that could possibly mess the process up (optional. I did it just in case).
Thirdly, make sure to have a full battery charge even though you will have your phone connected to the computer from time to time.
1. Download and Set Everything up
On your C: drive, create an "android" folder. I will be referring to this throughout the guide.
This next part is really optional but it will help you be more tidy and orderly.
In C:/android create a "Blackrose" folder
In C:/android create a "Revolutionary" folder
In C:/android create a "Downgrade" folder
In C:/android/Downgrade, create a "Downgradekit" folder and an "RUU" folder.
Get HTC Sync here
Get IncS_MVDTKv3.4.1.zip and the RUU here. For the RUU, download the Typical IncS one unless you are with Sasktel or Bell in Canada or a South American user.
Get ClockworkMod Recovery here. Scroll to HTC Incredible S. At time of writing, the latest version was 5.0.2.0.
Get SuperUser here here
Get CyanogenMod ROM here
Get Blackrose here
Install HTC Sync, then uninstall it. We only need the drivers so the actual application is uneeded. (In the control panel, make sure you only select the one with the icon!)
Extract the files from the IncS_MVDTKv3.4.1.zip into the C:/android/Downgrade/Downgradekit. In the downgradekit folder, you should now have the "runme.cmd" and the "files" folder
Put the clockworkmod recovery on the root of C:/android (no folders or anything)
Put Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip on the root of your SD card on the Incredible S. DO NOT EXTRACT ANY FILES
Put CyanogenMod ROM on the root of your SD card. DO NOT EXTRACT ANY FILES
Take note of your devices serial number. It is either under the phone's battery or in the settings>About Phone. I forget the exact location of the serial number in the About Phone section of the settings but it should not take too long to find it. It started off with "HT......."
Enable USB Debugging on your phone. On Gingerbread this can be found under Settings>Applications> Enable Unknown Sources> Development and check USB Debugging. On ICS 4.0.4, it is found under Settings>Developer Options>Check Android Debugging
2. Backup your data
This step is completely optional and I will not post any apps whatsoever here. Google Play Store will help you here. I did not back up any thing on my phone (I do not have anything important so I did not really care).
3. Unlock Bootloader
Go to htcdev.com/bootloader. Create a free account and unlock the Bootloader. The steps are very simple and you should not run into any trouble. At some point during this process, you will receive confirmation on your phone that will ask you If you want to Unlock your Bootloader. Click Volume up and Power (these are hardware buttons on the side and top, just in case) to click yes.
Note: they tell you to download some thing like Android SDK. Put it all in your C:/android folder
Congrats. You just unlocked your bootloader.
4. Flash a recovery
Switch off your phone and go into bootloader. You will now see, highlighted in pink, UNLOCKED. Tog et into the bootloader, power down, then hold Volume Down and press Power button at the same time.
Plug your phone to the computer via USB cable, highlight fasboot and press power button to confirm. On your PC go to C:/android. Press Shift and right click. Press "Open Command Window here"
then type "fastboot devices". Your devices serial number should show up.
Then type in fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-vivo.img (assuming you did not change the name of the recovery image. If you did change it, type what you changed it too and do not forget the .img at the end
After a few seconds, the recovery should have been flashed to your phone.
5. Install Superuser and Test Root Access
From the fastboot menu, click volume down and press power button. This should bring you back to the bootloader screen.
Press volume down once to highlight RECOVERY and press power button. The HTC Splash screen should come up for a few seconds, the you will see the ClockworkMod interface. To navigate through this, use the volume up and down buttons to scroll and press the power button to confirm something.
Select "Install zip from sdcard"
Select "Choose zip from sdcard"
Select the Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip (this should be on the root of your sd card)
Select yes in the field of no's (lool i know XD)
Once it is done installing, reboot your phone. In the app drawer, you will notice that a new app called Superuser or SuperSU has showed up.
You should have root access but lets just be sure anyways. Go to C:/android and Shift, right click to Open Command Window here.
Type in adb.exe shell and press enter
You should get $ meaning adb has connected to your phone.
Next, type in su. If you obtain #, this means you have root access. Hooray
At this point you will be able to flash most ROMs. The exceptions are the one that require S-OFF (the ROM requirements in the thread will state so). Also you will have to flash the boot.img manually
To do this download your select ROM. Extract the boot.img to where you have the fastboot.exe, adb.exe, and AdbWinApi.dll (you should have gotten these 3 files when you unlocked the bootloader). Then open the command window (shift, right click, open command window here) and type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
the boot.img can be renamed to whatever you would like. I keep all my boot images and the fastboot.exe, adb.exe, and AdbWinApi.dll in 1 folder because i download a lot of ROMs. If you do rename the boot.img, i suggest renaming it to the name of the ROM its for. When you type in the fastboot command, just remember to put the .img at the end. This is necessary or it will not work.
If you want to gain S-OFF continue through the guide.
6. Backup Stock Rom (optional but highly advised jsut in case something does not work right and you have something to fall back on)
Go back to Clockworkmod Recovery (reboot into bootloader>select recovery)
Scroll to Backup and Restore
Then press Backup.
7. Run Nonverbose's script
***IF YOU HAVE HBOOT 1.13.0000 THEN YOU DO NOT DO THIS STEP***
Plug your phone into PC if it is not already. Select Charge Only, enable USB Debugging, and make sure fastboot is OFF (Settings>Power)
In C:/android/downgrade/downgradekit, launch runme.cmd
This part should be relatively simple. Just answer the questions honestly, and the script will do its stuff. If i recall correctly, the first question was are you running official ICS unlocked bootloader. I typed n.
Are you rooted?-n
Do you want to create a goldcard?- optional though i would suggest it
Are you running HTC bootloader unlocked (or something similar to that)?-y (unless your version main comes out as something other than 2.00000000... in which case, type "n")
This script has worked for a lot of people, but it did not seem to work for me. So i typed in the command prompt
Navigate to the downgradekit folder or alternatively, shift right click within the folder to opwen command window here
adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp <------ copies the file to the device
adb.exe shell <------ you will get $ prompt
su <------ gain root access
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version <------ changing permissions of the file to execute
/data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 1.00.000.0 <------ you are faking the device to run the RUU installler to "upgrade" to Gingerbread
reboot bootloader <------ self-explanatory
In the bootloader>fastboot, check to see if the misc_version worked, type:
fastboot getvar version-main
If it returns
version-main: 1.00.000.01
then you are good to go
Note: Use the second method ONLY if the script did not work.
8. Run the RUU
***IF YOU HAVE HBOOT 1.13.0000 THEN YOU DO NOT DO THIS STEP***
After you run Nonverbose's script, launch the RUU file from the C:/android/Downgrade/RUU
This process takes about 10 minutes so be patient. At the end of that, reboot to bootloader and the you should read somewhere
HBOOT-1.13.0000
This indicates you successfully downgraded the HBOOT.
9. Use Revolutionary to gain S-OFF
Put phone in normal charge mode, USB debug ON, fastboot off
Go to reviolutionary.io
Scroll down to Downloads. Click download from Windows
Fill out the Beta Key form:
Your Operating System- Windows
Your Device- HTC Incredible S
HBOOT version- 1.13.0000
Serial number- Enter your serial number
Click Generate Key. Copy and Paste the Key to notepad or something.
Now I, for some reason could not get Revolutionary to work just by opening the exe file..... Since pictures are worth a thousand words, i have decided to post a Youtube clip which gives you verbal and graphical instructions on how to run Revolutionary.
The clip is right here. It is really simple the way the person describes the process. Just follow exactly how he does it and you will be fine.
If you reboot your phone into bootloader after running revolutionary, you will see **REVOLUTIONARY** where it once said **UNLOCKED**
After you have successfully run Revolutionary, check for root access by repeating step 5. If you get # at the end you are good to go
At step 5, i mentioned the command line fastboot flash boot boot.img. This is now unnecessary if you gain S-OFF. Now you can flash any ROM you want on the go.
10. Flash a Custom ROM
Here is a nice index of ROMs, Kernels, Radios etc. This is updated once a month by the OP and has everything you need to get started.
I did request that you download CyanogenMod 7.2 so let's just use that for now.
Go back to ClockworkMod Recovery and make another backup. Keep in mind that this should be done everytime you decide to flash a new ROM to your phone.
Once you are done, go back and select Wipe data/factory reset, Wipe Cache Partition, and under advanced, wipe dalvik cache.
Go back to main recovery menu, select Install Zip from sd card.
Choose the CM7 zip (cm-7.2.0-vivo.zip if you did not rename it to something else)
Wait for it to be installed to your phone. When it is finished, reboot your phone and voila! You are running your first ROM.
11. Install Blackrose 2.03.0000
This eleventh step is optional as most ROMs do not require Blackrose HBOOT. However, if you have blackrose HBOOT and you flash a ROM that has just S-OFF as a requirement, nothing should go wrong. The ROM should still work perfectly fine.
To install BlackRose 2.03.0000
Plug your phone, charge only, USB debug on
In your C:/android/blackrose, run BlackRose_IS.exe
If it tells you, you need HTC Sync, just reinstall it, not that hard.
After that, wait for it the Blackrose.exe to finish executing
If everything ran correctly, turn off your phone, then back in bootloader mode.
Where it said **REVOLUTIONARY**, it should not say **BLACKROSE** Your HBOOT will also change from 1.13.0000 to HBOOT-2.03.0000
Some people have stated that they get stuck on the HTC splash screen. If so, just reinstall CyanogenMod 7 ROM like you did in step 10 and reboot.
After this you should now have BlackRose HBOOT, S-OFF, and a CM7 ROM flashed to your phone. Congratulations!!!
If you would like to try a different ROM go to the index and select a ROM.
I have personally tried all the Jellybean 4.1.X ROMs, almost all the Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.X with Sense 4.X Roms, almost all the ROMs from the Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.X with Sense 3.6/3.5 and Rebased Multilang MIUI4 ROM under MIUI ROM's. I really liked all of them. Great job out there devs :good: :good: :good: :good:
Ones i liked in particular are
From Jellybean 4.1.X: Unofficial CyanogenMod 10 (seems to have the least problems) Android Open Kang Project Release v2 (great customizability though browse through the pages as there are still a number of bugs), and Paranoid Android v1.9.7 (again great number of features here)
From ICS 4.0.X with Sense 4.X: Sabsa Prime v12 (very few bugs as well as a number of different mods that you can add from the installer) and ViperVIVO 1.3.0 (for its great level of customizability clearly evident through the creation of the Venom Hub).
From ICS 4.0.X with Sense 3.6/3.5: Incredible Bliss v1 (its stable, adds a new look, and its really smooth like Project Butter), Android Revolution HD 4.0 (its essentially the same thing as HTC Sense 3.6 except the developper added a lot of hardware speed upgrades and improved its stability) as well as the Second Sun V2.5 (all that's got to be said is that its a great ROM that is similar to Android Revolution HD; improced stock sense 3.6)
These are just my favorites but you really have to try them all out to know which ones you like best Happy Hunting
Please note this is my first guide. If I am missing anything here please inform me and I will correct it. Thank you very much!
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I tried, but it said thats error [131] Customer ID ERROR in step 8 (run RUU)
My IS Hboot 2.0.2 - S on
I think It might have goldcard?

V77V77 said:
I tried, but it said thats error [131] Customer ID ERROR in step 8 (run RUU)
My IS Hboot 2.0.2 - S on
I think It might have goldcard?
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Yes you need a goldcard to proceed.

V77V77 said:
I tried, but it said thats error [131] Customer ID ERROR in step 8 (run RUU)
My IS Hboot 2.0.2 - S on
I think It might have goldcard?
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Yes you do need a goldcard. Did you select yes when nonverbose's script asked you do you want a goldcard? If you pressed no, then I would suggest you rerun the script and press "y" when it asks you.

Starting Now
Im Trying now, wish me luck! :good:

072665995 said:
Yes you do need a goldcard. Did you select yes when nonverbose's script asked you do you want a goldcard? If you pressed no, then I would suggest you rerun the script and press "y" when it asks you.
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Thank you very much.
I have done jet.:victory:
Ah, when i run nonverbose's script, make the gold card, the script run very fast.So where did the goldcard save?How can i backup it?

V77V77 said:
Thank you very much.
I have done jet.:victory:
Ah, when i run nonverbose's script, make the gold card, the script run very fast.So where did the goldcard save?How can i backup it?
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The script turned your SD card into a goldcard. It wrote a special signature to the SD Card. You can continue to use it as a normal SD card.

tpbklake said:
The script turned your SD card into a goldcard. It wrote a special signature to the SD Card. You can continue to use it as a normal SD card.
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Ahh tpbklake, u always beat me to it but its always great that everyone's always willing to help those who need it

Hi there,
I am following the guide but somehow i don't know why the computer cannot detect the devices during the fastboot mode. But the device can be found if it is booted into the android OS. I am using a mac and thus using a VM with Windows XP. I don't know if it may cause the issue.
When I was trying to type "fastboot devices", it actually doesn't work in XP (connected to Xp). But it's able to work in Mac where I type "fastboot-mac devices" (connected to mac). Thus I can go thru the step 4.
Now I am stuck at Step 7 where the script boot the device into the fastboot mode.
Could anyone help?

chpchai said:
Hi there,
I am following the guide but somehow i don't know why the computer cannot detect the devices during the fastboot mode. But the device can be found if it is booted into the android OS. I am using a mac and thus using a VM with Windows XP. I don't know if it may cause the issue.
When I was trying to type "fastboot devices", it actually doesn't work in XP (connected to Xp). But it's able to work in Mac where I type "fastboot-mac devices" (connected to mac). Thus I can go thru the step 4.
Now I am stuck at Step 7 where the script boot the device into the fastboot mode.
Could anyone help?
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Go to fastboot menu in bootloader. Does it say fastboot usb. If it does not, then there might be something wrong with your phone miniHDMI port, the computers USB port, or the cable. If it does then i must ask, in command prompt, did u navigate to the location of the adb.exe, fastboot.exe, AdbWinApi.dll (during bootlaoder unlock process, they should have asked for these files)??

072665995 said:
Go to fastboot menu in bootloader. Does it say fastboot usb. If it does not, then there might be something wrong with your phone miniHDMI port, the computers USB port, or the cable. If it does then i must ask, in command prompt, did u navigate to the location of the adb.exe, fastboot.exe, AdbWinApi.dll (during bootlaoder unlock process, they should have asked for these files)??
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I figured out the issue that it should be related to the driver installation was not successful in fastboot mode. I changed to a Windows 7 notebook then it is fine. And I was able to install the ROM successfully following your instruction. Thanks. :victory:

chpchai said:
I figured out the issue that it should be related to the driver installation was not successful in fastboot mode. I changed to a Windows 7 notebook then it is fine. And I was able to install the ROM successfully following your instruction. Thanks. :victory:
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Alright. its great to know that you have resolved your problem. Congratulations on obtaining S-OFF :good:

Help on this step.
wong post .... oops

Thanks a lot for this instructions!
It's the first time i'm dealing with this things (got completely pissed of after that ****ty HTC ICS upgrade) and it went all right.
The only two places which were not completely clear to me and you might suppose to put more details:
1. Step 8 RUU should run in bootloader->fastboot
2. After step 9 (revolutionary) Recovery should be flashed again: either answer yes during that script execution or repeat step 4.

andropol said:
Thanks a lot for this instructions!
It's the first time i'm dealing with this things (got completely pissed of after that ****ty HTC ICS upgrade) and it went all right.
The only two places which were not completely clear to me and you might suppose to put more details:
1. Step 8 RUU should run in bootloader->fastboot
2. After step 9 (revolutionary) Recovery should be flashed again: either answer yes during that script execution or repeat step 4.
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Alright thank you. I will update it.

excuse me guys. my device is rooted and s-on
if i make my device s-off ihave to root it again or not????

shmetal said:
excuse me guys. my device is rooted and s-on
if i make my device s-off ihave to root it again or not????
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Nope. If you are already rooted, Start from where it says to run Nonverbose's script. This will fake the ID of your device to run the RUU to "upgrade" to HBOOT 1.13.0000. Then run revolutionary.

Thank you and its all going great for a noob here.
Thank you for the detailed process. I've done a Mimmi root and custom kernel and CM-7 mod before and for the Vivo that I got recently this was really useful as all the information was out there.
As far as this process goes, all went well except that when you do the RUU upgrade by fooling the upgrader that your Hboot is 1.00 or something and then it copies all those system files of stock 2.3 to the phone - somehow I lost the recovery and root (which I hassled about for some time and realized I can do the following :
1. Bootloader > Fastboot
2. USB connect
3. cmd.exe
4. fastboot flash recovery recovery-image.img
(ONCE AGAIN after the RUU) and everything seems to have worked like butter thereafter.
ROM's I could install after that:
1. MIUI roms (tried the MAUI WOWIE 2.9) Then tried the MIUI3.2.8 - worked well but little laggy - both work well except some apps wont install - very stable, battery lasted as good as stock, slightly better
2. Cyanogenmod 7.2 (hats off to these guys. worked most awesome but wanted to try so moved on) battery great, no bugs, plain simple fast.
3. Virtuous for - the Quattro. This was amazingly fast but there are bugs that need to be ironed out
here I installed 4EXT recovery and
4. Stock gingerbread with SENSE. - boring
5. Now running JellyTime 4.2.1. Not buggy, smooth, Battery seems to be doing well so far and call sound is okay and till now this one I liked a lot.
NOTE: Offline Dictation - Even after enabling google now and updating all google apps, there is no option do downlod offline speech recognition data in google voice typing settings........ If someone has got this to work I'd be glad to know.
I looked around and everyone seems to be suggesting that there is a check box within the google voice input options dialogue. But all I see is Language (automatic) and Block Offensive Words
Overall, seems like this is a great tutorial for anyone starting on their VIVO. Go Incredible! You've got my Flashing

[TUTORIAL] Install MMB29X and Rooting

As the title says i am ready to show you guys how to install MMB29X and then how to root the device.
First of all , the requirements ofcourse..
1. A Nexus 5 with an unlocked bootloader obviously .. if not i'm gonna show you how to unlock the bootloader safe and fast.
2. Usb Cable ,preferably micro-usb , the size does not matter at all ..
3. ADB and FASTBOOT Drivers , you can download them from here
4. Original Firmware package from here
5. SuperSU Beta 2.66 from here
6. CWM Recovery , i used it in process you can use it too , worked for me ,it should work for you too.. here
7. Some Time
First Of all , download everything and install the drivers systemwide (reccomended)
1.0 Unlock your bootloader.. WARNING (THIS WILL WIPE YOUR DEVICE!)
1.1 - To do that put your phone into fastboot bode and connect it to the computer and search for adb in the programs , press windows key and search for adb , you will see a program called adb.exe don't panic and click the file! right click and open file location.
1.2 - After you will probably see fastboot and adb programs exe's good , that means you installed everything corectly congratulations!
1.3 - Shift+ Right click on a blank space and select open command window here.
1.4 - With the Device connected to pc via fastboot type in that command window ,without commas "fastboot oem unlock" that will unlock your bootloader , then type "reboot bootloader" to reboot to bootloader again. then you have to restart the phone normally and proceed to the next step.
2.0 Flashing MMB29X Image
2.1 - Put your phone into bootloader mode , power off the device and put it into bootloader mode vol.down + power then connect it to the computer ( hope you backed up your data! )
2.2 - On the computer ,copy the downloaded image file to the adb root folder that i talked in the first step then right click on the .tgz image file and extract it in there.
2.3 - Shift + Right click again on a blank space and select open command window here.
2.4 - Navigate onto the folder called "hammerhead-mmb29x" and run "flash-all.bat" file , that batch file will flash everything just take a break and relax until is finished then power up the device and configure it , wifi , google account etc..
2.5 - Copy SuperSU .zip file into sdcard directory
3.0 Custom Recovery and Root!! Finally ..
3.1 - After you completed step 2.5 power off your device and put it into bootloader mode and connect it to the computer.
3.2 - Copy "recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.5-hammerhead.img" into that adb folder that we used before and rename it into "cwm.img"
3.3 - Shift + Right Click and select open command window here and type "fastboot flash recovery cwm.img"
3.4 - After the process is finished , go straight without rebooting into recovery mode by pressing the vol. down button 2 times and press power button to select the option to enter into the recovery mode.
3.5 - Select install zip > choose zip from sdcard > 0/ > and select supersu zip file , then install it! then go back and reboot the phone , IT WILL PROBABLY ASK YOU TO ROOT THE DEVICE , JUST PRESS NO AND LEAVE THE PHONE TO REBOOT !!
3.6 - Wait the phone to reboot and enjoy your rooted device!
3.7 - Press Thanks if i helped :good:

You've come a long way in a short time...
But your tutorial needs a proper proof-read. Did you walk through these steps yourself to make sure that the instructions are correct?
"SuperSU Beta 2.66" - why not the newest version?
"Usb Cable ,preferably micro-usb" - what other type will fit?
Step 1.0 You haven't mentioned in big red capital underlined letters "This will wipe your phone".
Step 1.4 "then you have to restart the phone normally" - why, since the next step is "Put your phone into bootloader mode"?
Step 2.1 "Put your phone into bootloader mode , power off the device and put it into bootloader mode" doesn't really make sense.
Step 2.4 You haven't mentioned in big red capital underlined letters "This will wipe your phone".
Step 3.2 says "rename it into "cwm.img"" and the following flash command refers to "zip".
Step 3.3 "type "flash recovery cwm.zip"" - wrong. "Fastboot flash recovery cwm.img".
But kudos for writing the tutorial and posting it as a help to others. Can you correct at least the errors so that new users don't get in a mess? And this time I suggest that you then walk through it step by step to be sure that you've got it all right.

Here is the complete guide for update to the latest firmware for those who have rooted phone:
[GUIDE] Update stock rooted/modified rom to last 6.0 Marshmallow w/o losing your data
I think it is sufficient and complete ...

dahawthorne said:
You've come a long way in a short time...
But your tutorial needs a proper proof-read. Did you walk through these steps yourself to make sure that the instructions are correct?
"SuperSU Beta 2.66" - why not the newest version?
"Usb Cable ,preferably micro-usb" - what other type will fit?
Step 1.0 You haven't mentioned in big red capital underlined letters "This will wipe your phone".
Step 1.4 "then you have to restart the phone normally" - why, since the next step is "Put your phone into bootloader mode"?
Step 2.1 "Put your phone into bootloader mode , power off the device and put it into bootloader mode" doesn't really make sense.
Step 2.4 You haven't mentioned in big red capital underlined letters "This will wipe your phone".
Step 3.2 says "rename it into "cwm.img"" and the following flash command refers to "zip".
Step 3.3 "type "flash recovery cwm.zip"" - wrong. "Fastboot flash recovery cwm.img".
But kudos for writing the tutorial and posting it as a help to others. Can you correct at least the errors so that new users don't get in a mess? And this time I suggest that you then walk through it step by step to be sure that you've got it all right.
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Fixed!
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Really? I still see v2.66, "preferably micro-USB"... I stopped reading after that.
And you haven't confirmed that you've walked through the instructions to test that they now work.
Have you heard the saying "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing"?
And finally a general message - maybe I should add it to my signature:
(P.S. A plea to everyone in these forums. Don't reply to a simple 1-page thread post copying the entire post to which you're replying. I've already read the original - I don't need to read it again. Copy the original post only where necessary - e.g. if it's on a previous page. And even then copy only the point to which you're replying, not the entire post. The result will be clearer and shorter threads which will be more enjoyable to read.)

While we do appreciate your effort , the guide is incomplete and incoherent.
It might brick phones of new users.
Thread closed.
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[In-depth Guide] How to Root, ROM, Unbrick and add CWM to your GT-S5830i

So the Samsung Galaxy Ace is starting to get old and obsolete now. But that makes it the perfect device to mess around and try all these ROM's on! This is going to be a short guide explaining how to root, unbrick and add some ROM's (With downloads) to your device.
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There's a link to all downloads at the end of this post. Note - I do not own the rights to any of the tools used for the rooting, ROM-ing and unbricking process, all credit goes to the rightful owners, unfortunately I can't remember who made each one so shout out to them all!
Downloads - Dropbox
Google Download
Disclaimer: In doing any of the following you are voiding your warranty and will trip the knox counter. If you don't understand the implications of rooting and changing your devices coding, I would advice checking before continuing
Rooting your device
So let's start. First off your gonna want to root your device, right? So in order to do this we are going to use a small zip file (download below)
Step 1 - Connect your PC to your device using a USB cable.
Step 2 - Chances are now you will get a notification pop up on your phone, this will say something along the lines of "Click here to start file transfer." All your gonna want to do is click on this notification and then wait until a button comes up saying connect to PC. Click that button and now we have access to the device from your PC.
Step 3 - Download the root zip file below if you haven't already.
Step 4 - With your phone still on, locate the folder in which your device stores everything and copy the root.zip file into your phones sd directory (if possible), or main directory.
Step 5 - Now power off your phone.
Step 6 - Hold down Power, Volume up and Home to enter recovery mode.
Step 7 - Now you should be presented with some nasty looking words, don't worry this is totally normal! Use your Volume down button to scroll down to "apply update from sdcard" and then press the Home button to confirm.
Step 8 - Again, using your volume controls scroll down to your root.zip file and press the home button
Step 9 - All being well you should get a message saying "Phone Rooted!"
Step 10 - Using your home button press "Reboot system now".
Step 11 - Check if root is installed successfully using an app from the google play store called "Root Checker". All being well you should have a rooted device! If your phone gets stuck on the samsung logo during the initial reboot wait 5-10 mins and if it is still stuck refer to "Unbricking a device".
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Adding Custom recovery to your device
So now your device is rooted your gonna want some kind of custom recovery to replace the old one, for this I am going to use Clockwork Recovery (aka CWM)
Step 1 - Turn your phone on if it's currently off
Step 2 - Connect your device to your PC as mentioned before.
Step 3 - Download "ClockWorkRec_S5830C-i-M.zip" (below)
Step 4 - Copy this file over to your device.
Step 5 - Turn off your device.
Step 6 - Boot into recovery mode using the button combination Power, Volume Up and Home.
Step 7 - Again, using your volume keys scroll down to "install zip from sdcard"
Step 8 - Find ClockWorkRec.zip and click it using the home button.
Step 9 - It should now start the short process of installing CWM.
Step 10 - All being well you should be presented with a yellow screen with ClockworkMod Recovery written at the top.
Side note - On my device every time I boot into recovery I have to reinstall CWM, this isn't a major issue but if it's the same for everyone, one that may need looking into!
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Unbricking a device
So after installing CWM I find this is the most common time things go wrong. Provided you followed the instructions nothing should have gone wrong however there's always a chance. Alternatively you could have done everything right and just a ROM or something happened to screw up your device. Don't panic! All you will need to fix this is a computer and a usb cable
Step 1 - Install the following files from below - "S5830IDXMB1_OLBLD1.rar" "16_Shrewsbury.rar" and "Odin3-v1.85.zip"
Step 2 - Extract all these into somewhere sensible in your PC.
Step 3 (Pre checks) - Power your phone into download mode using Power, Volume Up and Volume down. Then when the screen comes on, press Volume Up again.
Step 3 - Open the folder now hosting odin and double click on the .exe file.
FOLLOW THE NEXT FEW STEPS VERY CAREFULLY
Step 4 - Boot up odin. Provided everything is working the ID:COM box should go some kind of color (other than white) and have something like "0:[COM4]" being displayed.
Step 5 - This is the important bit. Click "Bootloader". Now find the folder you extracted to before and click on "S5830IDXMB1_OLBLD1/ BOOT_S5830iDXMB1_REV00.tar.md5"
Step 6 - Now click on "PDA" and select "S5830IDXMB1_OLBLD1/ PDA_S5830iDXMB1_REV00.tar.md5"
Step 7 - Now select "Phone" and choose "S5830IDXMB1_OLBLD1/ MODEM_S5830iDXMB1_REV00.tar.md5"
Step 8 - Finally choose "CSC" and pick "S5830IDXMB1_OLBLD1/ GT-S5830i-MULTI-CSC-OLBLD1.tar.md5"
Step 9 - Make sure that your odin now looks like this -
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Step 10 - All being the same, click "Start"
Step 11 - Hold your breath and with some luck it should finally say "PASS!"
Step 12 - Reboot your phone and it will be good as new.
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Adding Custom ROM's to your device
In this tutorial I am going to be using to of my favourite (and working!) custom ROM's. These are simplicity and a lollipop firmware update.
Step 1 - Turn on your phone again
Step 2 - Download your chosen ROM of choose below.
Step 3 - Transfer the zip file to your device.
Step 4 - Power down your device.
Step 5 - Enter recovery mode using the keys Power, Volume Up and Home
Step 6 (Optional) - Re-install CWM if not already installed
Step 7 - Make a nandroid backup by scrolling to "backup and restore" and clicking backup.
Step 8 - Go back to the main homepage and scroll down to "wipe cache partition".
Step 9 - Go back to the main homepage again and this time go to "advanced" and then "Wipe Dalvik Cache"
Step 10 - Finally go back to the homepage and click on "install zip from sdcard"
Step 11 - Choose your chosen zip of the ROM
Step 12 - Wait until finished then repeat steps 8 and 9 before rebooting the system.
Step 13 - All being well you should now have a Custom ROM installed on your device. If your device gets stuck in a bootloop this could be because of a faulty ROM and you should go back to "Unbricking a device".
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Downloads - Dropbox
Google Download
Thanks for reading! If any of that made any sense or helped you out with your device, show me some thanks in the comments or something as this took me quite a while to write!

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There doesn't seem to be a download for the root in your provided Dropbox link.
I just bricked und restored my phone, I don't want to download files from different guides again.

Deimos94 said:
There doesn't seem to be a download for the root in your provided Dropbox link.
I just bricked und restored my phone, I don't want to download files from different guides again.
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It appears Dropbox is playing up at the moment, I'll add a google link as well that should be working in a minute
Google Download

Finally my phone is working again. Great thread, awesome

I have just unbricked my phone
Thank you

I know this may not be a popular thread anymore, however, Google says there's a virus detected and won't allow dowbload of the ROOT-S5830C-i-M.zip file.

Google detects 'virus' patterns in many root applications, guess they are very similar to real virus files.
If you download all files together (or the folder) download is possible.
Or make a copy to your own gdrive to download this file.

Sigh, I hope I'm not spamming the forums, but they seem to be inactive and I can't seem to find a solution...
My phone's usb port is aparently damaged. When connected to my computer, it will only charge, with no response whatsoever from the computer.
This by itself represent no problem, as I can just use the SD card for file transfers, but now I need Odin, but without USB it woun't work (evidently).
There is some app like FlashFire that works with S5830i?

Hey, what is the current state of your phone (rooted, unrooted, bricked, etc.) and also what is it your aiming to achieve?

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