Root Flash a recovery

[Smarmylamb]

any roms for it

Yep but I have a HTC evo design or hero s, don't know yet, I yay need a battery already ordered it.

 

[knoober]

what the ppl are saying is that in order for a recovery to be flashed the bootloader has to be unlocked for that to happen. the bootloader checks certain things and if they dont match it reboots the phone. so as far as custom recovery its a no go. the bootloader needs to be unlocked. it checks the md5 sum and if they dont match nothing gets flashed.

I'm sure this can't be the same thing you're talking about but this thread says bootloader is unlocked. I haven't had time to try it yet ( I'm always way behind what I read) but maybe this will help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2310573

 

[roadkill42]

couldent u make an recovery u put on SD card and get into that recovery and flash things I know some tablets and phones can do it just a thought

 

[knoober]

couldent u make an recovery u put on SD card and get into that recovery and flash things I know some tablets and phones can do it just a thought

So if I understand what you saying, you mean to create a recovery... Install it (flash it) manually from a terminal emulator, thereby bypassing the need for the bootloader to be unlocked? That's a hell of a plan and just gutsy enough... But IMHO it won't work. Great idea though. I dont think you could reboot to that custom recovery even if you could install it past the bootloader. When the bootloader checked the img it would continuously reboot until it found the correct img (bootloop) and if you can't boot to change back to the stock recovery... Brick. I may be wrong (and by may I mean probably) but that's what I think....

 

[Smarmylamb]

So if I understand what you saying, you mean to create a recovery... Install it (flash it) manually from a terminal emulator, thereby bypassing the need for the bootloader to be unlocked? That's a hell of a plan and just gutsy enough... But IMHO it won't work. Great idea though. I dont think you could reboot to that custom recovery even if you could install it past the bootloader. When the bootloader checked the img it would continuously reboot until it found the correct img (bootloop) and if you can't boot to change back to the stock recovery... Brick. I may be wrong (and by may I mean probably) but that's what I think....

Your right it is a brick.

 

[roadkill42]

if u can change the signature signed filled on the stock recovery u might b able to get some were .some of these phones allow u to boot up off SD card and runn a ROM on if SD card it run little slugish it is how some people are still able to use there biicked phones

 

[knoober]

I found 1 tutorial on how to boot from sd, but I got to step 2 or 3 before I was lost. If you could boot from the SD though... I don't see any reason that you would t be able to flash a custom recovery (like cwm or twrp) , flash a custom rom, then return to stock recovery and regular use.... Thereby bypassing the locked bootloader. I wonder if you can pull a stock recovery image with the bootloader locked though. On paper it works... Not with my current t level of knowhow, but if I get smarter I'll try. Oh and here's the tutorial How to Boot Android from an SD Card | Just Started Micro2440

Edit: do t I feel silly, I went back know to reread that tutorial and saw it was for something else... Might have some useful knowledge in it anyway though.

 

[roadkill42]

thers some good devs on the zte awe section they might b able to help

 

[knoober]

thers some good devs on the zte awe section they might b able to help

I have two phrases that I use all the time
1. I'll look into it when after I learn more (or some variation)
2. Thanks for your help and time.

As far as asking devs goes see 1 this is a good little device though and deserves some attention. I think it's too old for any devs to take much interest though (otherwise they already would have) and as for myself once I learn to build cwm and cm this device is my first stop. Be warned that I am slooooooow though. Your ideas have given me so real hope for this forgotten little dual core champ! Thanks.

 

[roadkill42]

what is the size of the proscer I don't have the device a friend dose trying to help I have the zte awe with can run the cm11 now do to some good devs there one u might heard of phenomx4 who finally got it and got twrp 2.8 on our device just stop by might get u in the right direction think u are good I would try my self but don't have time to try any ways good luck hope j can do it

 

[knoober]

If memory serves it's a dual core 1g proc. I wanna say only 1g ram as well, but maybe 2-4 for the ram. I think it only supports a 16g sd card, but it's WATERPROOF! The screen is small, and the resolution is migrate, but it's WATERPROOF! did I mention it's waterproof? It's just one of my spare devices, I had it /broke it/ got a new device/ fixed it with a factory wipe and now it's basically an mp3 player. I think it could be a real contender I'd a person could slim it down and maybe add some OC or something. Like Isaid, iit's on my to do list to, right after getting knowledgeable

 

[Lordvincent 90]

1 ghz single core Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8655 processor with 512mb ram

http://m.gsmarena.com/kyocera_hydro_c5170-4748.php


http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Kyocera-Hydro_id7096

 

[roadkill42]

like I said ask won't hurt might point u in a direction for good info on it

 

[knoober]

1 ghz single core Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8655 processor with 512mb ram

Kyocera Hydro C5170 - Full phone specifications


Kyocera Hydro specs

My gosh I stand corrected. It is a single core.... I could have sworn cpu z said dual the last time I looked. Sorry about the misinformation. Still did I mention it's waterproof?

 

[roadkill42]

yes u did

 

[h8phckallh0z]

It is a dual core 1.2 ghz processor or maybe I just overclocked mine and its actually 1ghz. I dunno, but Im burnin 1188mhz dual core right now. It also has 1gb ram. So I guess it all depends what model we are talking about. Mine is the 6522n. Or the kyocera hydro xtrm on metropcs. Im not very knowledgable in terms of being able to accomplish this. But anyone who sais its impossible should really just save it, with all due respect. There is always a solution, its only a matter of whether or not someone with enough know how is willing to invest their time and put in some elbow grease troubleshooting the hassle kyocera has decided to make for us. Look at motorola's bootloaders. I still have my droid razr maxx, and if I had a dollar for everytime I read this cant be done or its impossible so stop asking, Id be rich, literally. And every single thing that was impossible has been done, including running it on a gsm network. I only talk about stuff I know, not think I know. I was on straight talk a while back with a samsung fascinate I believe. Dont hold it to me because I dont have the phone in front of me. Anyways there was a guy that figured out the bootloader and flashing of roms that started this website for straight talk prepaid phones only. I believe his website was called area51.com. Ill double check. But the process for that samsung i had involved the sd card and alot of tweaking, because straight talk made it a pain in the ass too. Anyways we just need someone that has the know how to invest some of their time. Whether that will happen it remains to be seen. Ive still got my fingers crossed tho.