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LeeDroid installed :D

I'd like to extend my thanks to all who provided moral support and I apologise for coming off like a paranoid noob.

lol - it's good to be on the other end for once, holding someone's hand (so to speak)... glad you got it all sorted!

At least you've done it now, so know what to expect next time!!
 
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I know what you mean, but I can't see any other way out of it.

I got the initial screens in ClockWorkMod (backup, wiping and installing new ROM), stepped away from my desk for a minute, and when I got back there was the HTC splash screen - bright white background and 'htc' in green letters. Now been like that for >30 minutes.

Don't think there's anyway to revive it. The battery will run out anyway if left like this ... Dunno.

Maxy
 
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You were flashing a ROM, not a radio, right? That means it's ok to pull the battery.

Did you do a factory reset before flashing the ROM?

Hi Xyro. In response to your questions, 'no' and 'yes' (in that order). I setup the flash in ROM manager, and ticked all of the boxes for wiping, etc.

Think I'm going to remove batt now, because I might have another chance to do it if I act now.

Maxy

EDIT: sorry, I was unclear in my response there. I was flashing a ROM, not a radio.
 
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EDIT: sorry, I was unclear in my response there. I was flashing a ROM, not a radio.

What you need to do is:

- Pull the battery (you can't brick the phone by flasing firmware, fortunately :) )
- Redownload the firmware you were flashing, in case this was caused by a corrupted download.
- Reboot into recovery by holding volume down + power
- Plug the phone in to your PC via USB
- Go to Storange & Mounts and pick the option mount USB storage (Use the volumte buttons to navigate, the power button to select)
- Put the re-downloaded firmware on the phone
- Pick the option to unmount on the phone
- Do a factory reset
- Flash the file again.
 
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Good call - thanks. I'll leave my next attempt for tomorrow night, as I'd need to get the phone useable for tomorrow's commute. Currently restoring my nand backup (thank goodness I took a backup).

The funny thing is, I downloaded Leedroid from the leedroid.com website, and the md5 was correct. The only thing that was a bit odd was that the first time I attempted the flash with ROM manager, the phone just rebooted into CWM recovery. It was only on my second attempt that the flash seemed to begin (although clearly it didn't finish). Tomorrow I'll try to flash Leedroid (after a second DL) directly from CWM.

System now restored, and all I've lost is an hour - so could be worse!

Maxy
 
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Ahead of tomorrow night's attempt, anoyone know if there's any way to verify that I do indeed have perm root, radio S-OFF and Eng S-OFF?

Maxy

It says something like ship PVT when you go in to recovery, I think (for ENG Off... if you only have Radio S-Off, I think it says Ship S-Off... this is from memory - did Radio first and ENG second, so don't know if it says Radio AFTER you get ENG S-Off!!)
 
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In clockwork, what does wiping the davlik cache do? I'm sure when I flashed the Orange San Francisco, the instructions said to wipe the davlik cache.

Ahead of tomorrow night's attempt, anoyone know if there's any way to verify that I do indeed have perm root, radio S-OFF and Eng S-OFF?

Maxy

Do you have a super user app on the phone? I think that means you have permaroot. I think if you had all that stuff on your backup, you have it now.

From what I've read anyway, S-OFF & ENG S-OFF are there permanently, unless you turn then back on.
 
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From what I've read anyway, S-OFF & ENG S-OFF are there permanently, unless you turn then back on.

I read something yesterday... it seems that sometimes, when you flash a new rom, it resets one or the other (not sure which)... I'm sure I read that some people have had to re-do Radio S-Off after flashing a custom ROM... I'll see if I can find the thread I was reading!!

EDIT - can't find it right now... will have a look tomorrow!
 
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