Root Help me PLEASE (advanced problem need really smart guy)

[doug piston]

Ok, everything else was failing but evidently due to the lack of a verifiable recovery partition? And where did you locate it anyway? I remembered Shadowmite's post from some time ago but the link was dead.

I had it from way back. Plus InvisibleEk gave me abother version. I hoard these types of files.

 

[doug piston]

More bad news
So i flashed clockwork recovery using BOTH 3.0.0.5 and 3.0.0.8

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img



everything went through fine. UPdated back to .92 and went to recovery


guess what? yup you guessed it. Reboot loop :/ WHAT TEH F*CK lol

And honestly you need to stop worrying about the Hboot. Use the .77 flash a recovery. Then start on the parted portion. Once thats done install a new rom not a backup. Once you have the phone booted you can worry about hboot then.

 

[iowabowtech]

I had it from way back. Plus InvisibleEk gave me abother version. I hoard these types of files.

Thankfully so, I owe you one BTW. Better chance of winning the lottery than finding that SOB.

Would also like to say thanks for still hanging with us Inc folk once in awhile and keeping the files on the site. Hope you're enjoying the TB.

OP,
I'm still running 0.77 by choice. The myth that some some Roms need 0.92 is either false or I haven't found said Rom yet. I'm assuming you have the parted info but the link in #7 of this post has it also and some half assed instructs. Having been through it a couple times, you'll need some intuitive decisions in addition to what's posted there unless you already have more info from your dealings with others.

 

[doug piston]

iowa,

Not a problem. Glad to be of at least some use every now and then.

 

[TestToDeath]

im in bed now and unable to do anything. Doug lets (try to lol) get specific here. i can use any recovery.img? or best to use stock? after flashing from SDK what do i do with the parted.zip file? I mean i assume i would use the recovery but how do i know if i even have te recovery up and running if im blind? im starting to get lost here. reply sometime tomorrow. Good night.

 

[TestToDeath]

@ Doug. also before i go i wanted to thank you for sticking through this with me. no matter how stupid/annoying i got :}

 

[TestToDeath]

So i flashed the recovery {fastboot flash recovery recovery.img} again and tried this

fastboot boot recovery


then it booted into recovery *i think*

then tried
"adb devices"

it came up empty. But my phone wasn't vibrating over and over so im guessing it did boot recovery. Not sure. I thought this little bit of info might help

 

[iowabowtech]

(note, if you go from .92 to this, you need to fastboot flash boot boot.img to get a new kernel image on, there are some differences in storage it appears and you might not boot up without this at first)

^^^Wonder if this would help to get the display back? Maybe in this case, the stock 2.2 kernel image would allow the screen to work much like what happened to SLCD users when accidentally downgrading to 2.1? Just a thought. If so, perhaps we could extract it from the stock 2.2 RUU and fastboot flash it to get boot and perhaps your screen functioning.

Or is the plan to fastboot flash all the necessary partitions one after the other and hope for a working phone at that time? In that event which partitions would need flashed precisely? Would there even still be a need for Parted at that point if the partitions are flashed via fastboot with stock images?

Any thoughts on those ideas Doug or did you have a different plan in mind altogether?

 

[doug piston]

I for one have never been a believer in the bigger boot.img in the .92 hboot but at this point it can't hurt one bit and is a excellent idea. Grab the boot.img out of a 3.26 build and fastboot that before upgrading hboot.


Iowa, excellent find.

 

[iowabowtech]

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^^^boot.img above. Let us know how it goes.

 

[TestToDeath]

Thanks for the link lol but it is unavailable.
I tired to get the file my self but i couldnt O-o my computer is fighting me -_-"

 

[TestToDeath]

ps when i rebooted in .7 it didnt vibrate over and over... this might work..

 

[TestToDeath]

no good.
i did it and attempted to get into recovery and it rebooted.
now i cant use fast boot lol status malformed.
what was the line of code for RUU mode on the phone?
its like
fastboot oem something something

i cant remember
is there anyway that we can use a RUU start fresh so we know everything we are using and then start flashing ALL partitions?

 

[iowabowtech]

Let's take a step back for a minute. Are you saying you're totally locked out of fastboot now or not? If not, you need to retry 'fastboot devices' again. We need to make sure you're device is being recognized. You are changing to the SDK Tools directory before running the final commands right?

 

[TestToDeath]

Let's take a step back for a minute. Are you saying you're totally locked out of fastboot now or not? If not, you need to retry 'fastboot devices' again. We need to make sure you're device is being recognized. You are changing to the SDK Tools directory before running the final commands right?

no no. its just ill have to run a stock PB31IMG and reflash the boot.img because it wont let fastboot in. even with .7 hboot. not locked out just ran into a door lol

 

[iowabowtech]

Don't understand wont let fastboot in? Whatever the case, let us know when you're ready to continue with the fastboot portion. I have questions about the process you've been using and we need to verify your device this time using the "fastboot devices" command. Without device recognition, this isn't going to work.

 

[TestToDeath]

Don't understand wont let fastboot in? Whatever the case, let us know when you're ready to continue with the fastboot portion. I have questions about the process you've been using and we need to verify your device this time using the "fastboot devices" command. Without device recognition, this isn't going to work.

it might be better ti help in real time. if u have an IM (skype ect) lemme know ill make one so we can figure this out faster

Edit: It see's my fastboot. I flashed the RUU rom. (RUU_Incredible_C_Froyo_VERIZON_WWE_3.26.605.1_Radio_2.15.00.07.28_2k4k_NV_1.70_PRL58006_release_152016_signed)


Then put the .7 hboot and it sees it again. i rewrote the recovery to make sure the data was getting through.



is there any way of forcing a back up into the phone with PB31IMG?

Files:
.android_secure.img
data.img
recovery.img
datadata.img
system.img
boot.img



These are all in one of my back up folder i wonder if we could do something with it. Even though i cant use ADB to push it but maybe flash them into it? i dont know im shooting into the dark hoping to hit something






C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools>fastboot devices
HT0CRHJ07939

 

[iowabowtech]

I was kind of thinking along the same lines. In fact, that's where I got the boot.img you downloaded. I just extracted the rom.zip from the RUU and then pulled the IMG file out of it (we just rename it to PB31IMG so the Inc will recognize it in hboot). The oddity here though is that you're already flashing all those partitions when you run the RUU so we'd really be doing the same thing it seems to me.

The only thing I can see helping the situation right now is to get a working recovery that doesn't cause a boot loop. In order to achieve that, I think we need to fastboot flash it. But before that's possible, you need to run a 'Fastboot Devices' command to make sure your device is recognized. Earlier you said your device wasn't listed and if that's the case, we need to do some driver work potentially. You can fastboot flash all day and without the device being recognized, you're aren't going to get anywhere. So once we get the device recongized, we can try to proceed.

Also, you didn't answer the question I asked a few posts back...are you navigating to the SDK/Tools folder via command prompt before issuing the Fastboot commands? If not, it won't work either. Have you used the SDK on this computer before?

 

[TestToDeath]

i edited previous post it should answer all your questions

 

[TestToDeath]

hmmm... what wont thee RUU touch inside the phone? ram? hm... is there an internal sd? that might be corrupted, because this happen completely randomly. I received a picture message and than it started happening.

 

[iowabowtech]

i
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools>fastboot devices
HT0CRHJ07939

Cool. Ok, well it seems that the RUU is getting through in some fashion if it's allowing you to get fastboot back. So...the RUU removes root. What I would try next is to extract the stock recovery and try to flash it via fastboot. We were trying Clockwork earlier and that may have been the reason for the failure.

Just copy it from out of the PB31IMG and try to fastboot flash it.

 

[scotty85]

im a little late to this game,and i skimmed thru this last night. did you ever get a clockwork recovery to flash on the phone? ill do some re-reading and see if i can find trhe answer,unless youre wathcing the thread now aND Can answer

 

[iowabowtech]

I'm also wondering if it would behoove you to use the erase command prior to the flash? I have no experience here to know what happens in terms of formatting/reformatting/ after that?

fastboot erase (partition) ...without ( ) added. Just a thought. If the first effort fails, it may be worth a go at this point.

 

[iowabowtech]

We can use all the help we can get Scotty.

 

[TestToDeath]

I flashed clockwork on .7 and i dont know if it worked because im using an SLCD screen and .7 doesn't support it.


ANYWHO lol i just flashed the RUU recovery.img