Root Developer's Team

[blazen-moto]

I think yes, the bootstraper is open source and a programmer, who worked with android api could make that app work for us.

P.S. Devour, Droid X and Defy



Caveats:
This is not a *real* recovery. The way this recovery works is by hijacking portions of your boot process during system initialization and starting into recovery instead. So, if you hose your system *COMPLETELY* you will need to SBF. Specifically, if your logwrapper, logwrapper.bin, or hijack binary are missing from /system/bin, you will be screwed.

Do I have to be rooted to run this?
Yes.

So can we now install custom ROMs?
Yes, but you can't replace the kernel or boot image. But really, once you have access to /system, anything is possible. It will just take a little hackery.

How does this work?
When your device boots up, there is a init.rc script in your boot image that runs various components found in /system. The Droid X recovery bootstrap mimics the "logwrapper" binary. The hijacker then looks for "/data/.recovery_mode", and if it finds it, it unmounts /system to prevent android from starting. It then starts up recovery instead.
(c)My Brain Hurts: Droid X Recovery (and Droid 2 too!)

If we got it to work.... we will have Clockwork recovery

this should be my last question...im sure you guys are sick of me.
what kind of hackery is this talking about?
i want to put a custom rom on my phone but dont know how.

thanks (once) again.

moto

 

[olikua]

something like cheating by replacement: when the system boot bootstraper bloks booting procedure and runs recovery

 

[blazen-moto]

Any idea how to do this?
Ive done some searching and have found nothing.

 

[zrad.zg]

We could attempt to use the droid x instructions and see if thatll work for the devour, but i dont know if thatd brick our phone since its not for the devour exactly, but we have droid x bootstrapper on our phones which might make it possible to flash different roms onto our phones, but dont we have to mess with the apks of those roms first and tweak them to fit our specific bootloader and kernel?

 

[blazen-moto]

We could attempt to use the droid x instructions and see if thatll work for the devour, but i dont know if thatd brick our phone since its not for the devour exactly, but we have droid x bootstrapper on our phones which might make it possible to flash different roms onto our phones, but dont we have to mess with the apks of those roms first and tweak them to fit our specific bootloader and kernel?

who wants to try first?




I understand that my system is wierd because of the tweaking of the build.prop file, but now i cant use some of my apps (facebook, twitter) because they FC upon opening. Any Help?



Moto

 

[zrad.zg]

Mine did that as well and i ended up having to flash the source back onto my phone and start from scratch

 

[blazen-moto]

Mine did that as well and i ended up having to flash the source back onto my phone and start from scratch

so you just replaced the NEW build.prop with a copy of the old?

i made sure to save a EXACT copy of the old file if something went wrong (like this) and i wanted to revert back.

Moto

 

[zrad.zg]

I used the source code that was posted before on this board and flashed it using rsdlite and put my phone into recovery mode

Thats the only way i know of fixing it though

 

[olikua]

original recovery or alternative?

 

[zrad.zg]

original recovery or alternative?

The alternative i believe, but i wonder if using the bootstrapper if i can flash a 2.2 update to my devour either using rsdlite or using the recovery we have on the phones

 

[olikua]

I used the source code that was posted before on this board and flashed it using rsdlite and put my phone into recovery mode

Thats the only way i know of fixing it though

can you give step-by-step instructions?

 

[zrad.zg]

How to go back to stock firmware! Real simple. Good to use if you have rooted, removed too much bloatware and accidentally removed something you needed!
1. Google, locate and download RSD Lite 4.6
2. Download the stock Devour file HERE
3. Once downloaded and extracted, fire up RSD Lite and locate the Devour file in the program.
4. Put your Devour in bootloader mode by turning the phone off, removing battery and SDCard, plugging in USB and holding down keys E+R at the same time until blue screen shows up.
5. Once RSD Lite recognizes your Devour and you have the file located in the FILENAME area, click START. It will take a few minutes to complete.
6. Once RSD says it is done, put the battery back in the phone and restart. You will have to re-register the phone. Just follow the on screen prompts.
7. After you have set the phone up, go to Settings/About Phone/System Updates and check for updates. It will find the most recent update (since the file you have used in this tutorial is one update prior to the most recent {and last official update). Install the most recent update and VOILA'! You are back to stock firmware!



* instructions from Androidtechie:Devour [How to] go back to stock firmware!

 

[olikua]

I can't understand...

where is a part about recovery

 

[zrad.zg]

You have to download the file then put your phone into recovery mode

 

[olikua]

what file?
how can i put my phone into recovery?

 

[zrad.zg]

CALAND_X_01.15.08P_MONSTER_01.sbf (i found the source file on the pirate bay, which is a torrent site, so you'll have to set up a torrent, or i can upload it somewhere and give you the URL once it's downloaded.)
that's the source file for the Devour, then you download RSDLite 4.6 here.
then set it up and follow the instructions i posted earlier today to put your phone into bootloader mode (which i called 'recovery mode' earlier and i was wrong).

 

[olikua]

ooo

flashing stock sbf is just a way to unbrick phone

and we need a recovery..

we need a developer, cause bootstrap needs api4 to work, but it needs api7(8)to install... just a little tweak IN APK can solve our problem

P.S. didn't sold the phone only because of interest... bought Droid 2

 

[zrad.zg]

You sold your phone?
That's cool, at least
But we do need a developer unless theres something we can look at to compare what they tweaked or was tweaked

 

[blazen-moto]

back in the bootstrap app, hitting the first button gave you a recovery.

any way we can get a custom rom on there, say cyanogen?
if using a droid x how too works, then shouldn't other instructions work aswell?
Worth a shot right?

Moto

 

[zrad.zg]

back in the bootstrap app, hitting the first button gave you a recovery.

any way we can get a custom rom on there, say cyanogen?
if using a droid x how too works, then shouldn't other instructions work aswell?
Worth a shot right?

Moto

True it might, go ahead and try it

 

[blazen-moto]

honestly, i dont wanna try.
i have to use this phone 4 another year and dont wanna brick it now.

Any Volunteers?

Moto

 

[zrad.zg]

If you do brick your phone you can flash it back to stock, and it'll be brand new
But post the directions and ill try to use them to attempt to do it

 

[blazen-moto]

ya think this would work?
RoOoLeR's Guide ROOT / UNROOT / BACKUP / ROM / SBF / OVERCLOCK

Moto

 

[p_025]

Most guides and all that stuff are for more mainstream phones, written by peope who think the Droid/Droid 2 are the only Android phones in existence.

I'm also stuck with my Devour for another year. But I'd be willing to test anything with clear directions. I'm sick of the Devour's stock ROM.

 

[blazen-moto]

phone quit working...factory reset...sucks

starting with a clean slate...just need to use titanium backup to restore apps then im good.
however the market isnt working....

Moto


PS still have root