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Root [CDMA] Today I tried installing Android 4.1.2 PACman Jelly Bean Custom Firmware and Now I'm stuck :/

JonathanSkinny said:
I've already tried that by flashboot flashing it in my command prompt and it didn't seem to work.
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what do you mean,"it didnt seem to work?" did it give you an error message? or did it appear successful,but the phone still wont boot?

as the guys have said,with s on you cannot install the boot image from a permanent recovery. the recovery must be launched from fastboot into memory,or the boot.img must be installed manually.

a couple things about installing manually:
-the boot image muct be from the rom youre trying to install,as they are all different across roms. some may compatible,some may not.
-the boot image must be in your folder with the sdk tools adb,and fastboot. if you used the file above,the boot.img must be in the "mini-sdk" folder.

the other option is launching recovery from fastboot,wich well get to in a minute.

JonathanSkinny said:
Today I tried installing a PACman Android 4.1.2 and it completely failed on my phone because I did not realize that I had a 1.58 instead of 1.50. I then began the process of trying to fix it and I got to the step where I relocked my i bootloader and was running ruu and It didn't work. I got the error message 140. I would really appreciate your help guys. Thank you
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error 140 could pop up because the main version of the rom is higher than the ruu your trying to install,or the hboot is newer. s-on will not let you back-track in software builds or firmware,meaning you cant install older RUUs.

the ruu you should be using is this one:
Androidfiles RUU

if it fails,you may need to lower your main version.you can do that by:
-download setmainversionlow.zip from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23169557&postcount=4
-re-unlock your bootloader(you can use your original token)
-enter recovery,via hboot
-flash main version low zip file from recovery
-relock bootloader
-run ruu

before you do that, i suggest we try and install a stock,rooted rom.
-go to this thread and download Shooter_ICS_35_S_Sprint_WWE_2.89.651.2_odex
-you should still have a recovery image in your fastboot folder on your PC. when you first rooted,you undoubtedly permantly installed it using this command: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img. we are going to do something similar,but use a slightly different command to immediately load recovery into memory. plug in,make sure phone is in fastboot(you should see fastboot usb),open cmd window,change to adb/fastboot directory,and then use this command:
fastboot boot imagename.img

so if your recovery image is named simply "recovery" then you will:
fastboot boot recovery.img

shortly thereafter,your recovery should pop up on the phone. you can now:
-enable usb storage and trasnfer the rom to your sd card(or have moved it prior with an sd card reader,wichever is less confusing for you)
-wipe data/factory reset
-wipe cache
-wipe dalvik cache
-install the stock rom linked above
-reboot

launching recovery from fastboot in this manner will basically make your phone think its s off :eek: for lack of a better explanation. whenever you fastboot boot recovery a seperate boot image flash should not be needed.

let us know what happens. once you have a working phone again,we can help you get your rom of choice installed. as DS has mentioned,not all are compatible with all firmware,so youll need to either s-off,or chose one compatible with your 1.58 hboot.

hope that helps :)
 
DragonSlayer95 said:
Hey scotty, got a pm about 30 minutes ago from him saying he rooted using revolutionary.

That's for 1.40 on lower only isn't it? :eek:

If so, I've went the entirely wrong way about this.
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saaaaaaay whaaaaaaa ?? :eek:

if thats the case,he should be radio s off,and the roms hes chosen should have flashed just fine.

unless,he had rooted,turned s on for some reason,then tried to root using hctdev.

he also should not have gotten error 140 when running the ruu while s off.

is there hboot info earlier in the thread? if not then the info in the hboot screen would be very relevant to the discussion :D
 
scotty85 said:
saaaaaaay whaaaaaaa ?? :eek:

if thats the case,he should be radio s off,and the roms hes chosen should have flashed just fine.

unless,he had rooted,turned s on for some reason,then tried to root using hctdev.

he also should not have gotten error 140 when running the ruu while s off.

is there hboot info earlier in the thread? if not then the info in the hboot screen would be very relevant to the discussion :D
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I just caught the pm, he unlocked via htc dev and rooted via revolutionary, im confused now :confused:

Waiting on a pm to confirm his hboot
 
DonB said:
Tell him to stop with the PM's have him post in the thread so others can benefit also. This way we all can help with the proper input. ;)
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excellent idea. at this moment i have 61 unopened PMs in my inbox :eek: since i have limited time on the PC,its divided out like this:
-open PMs from other guides/mods look at requested threads
-make my rounds of my favorite forums
-then if time permits i start whittling away at other pms,usually moving them to the forum to answer

its always better to help in the forum,where lots of folks can benefit from the answers :)
 
When I rooted my phone I'm pretty sure I did not use the recovery command. :/ I just looked over it and apparently I did! sorry for the confusion I used the command ./fastboot-mac flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img
 
And btw my phone is Relocked with a security warning I just tried to unlock it using the unlocktoken method I used before and for some reason I'm getting the error message No file in directory when I clearly did it this way last time to unlock it.
 
JonathanSkinny said:
And btw my phone is Relocked with a security warning I just tried to unlock it using the unlocktoken method I used before and for some reason I'm getting the error message No file in directory when I clearly did it this way last time to unlock it.
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make sure that you are in the same directory as when you did it the first time. that error quite literally means the file your trying to flash(unlock_code.bin) is not in your current working directory.

you can cd c:\ to a previous directory,or just find your other directory and move unlock_code.bin from it,to your current one. you can also download it to your current working directory from the email,if you still have that.

JonathanSkinny said:
When I rooted my phone I'm pretty sure I did not use the recovery command. :/ I just looked over it and apparently I did! sorry for the confusion I used the command ./fastboot-mac flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img
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good! as above,youll need to make sure that cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img is inside your current working folder.

then your fastboot command,following your other mac directions will be:
./fastboot-mac boot cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img
 
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