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Root HELP! Weird Radio Problem

jivens716

jivens716

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So I just noticed this today, whenever I go to look at my radio, the thing says 1.48.00.0906_1, &?u2.11. {?}....where{} resembles a triangle lol...I will try and upload a picture later for better details but I was just wondering how or why this would happen..
 
Here it is
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I can't tell you how much I have tried to fix this...new rom,wipe everything, new radio, and this still shows up..PLEASE HELP!
 
You got me stumped, I haven't seen isues with the radio like this before. Have you tried flashing a different radio and seeing if it works properly?
 
Yeahha said:
You got me stumped, I haven't seen isues with the radio like this before. Have you tried flashing a different radio and seeing if it works properly?
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Yeah I had the latest one and flashed back to a previous one and still got this.....in the meantime I am unable to sent a text (only issue I can find so far) which is very aggravating

***nevermind..I cant make a call either....idk what to do
 
Yeah I think you should be ready to unroot and call VZW if that happens again but who knows. Glad it is working again did you miss any calls?

Sorry about not replying earlier to you I had no clue what was going wrong and I thought scotty or worm might chime in :mad:
 
Yeahha said:
Yeah I think you should be ready to unroot and call VZW if that happens again but who knows. Glad it is working again did you miss any calls?

Sorry about not replying earlier to you I had no clue what was going wrong and I thought scotty or worm might chime in :mad:
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Well I'm so hoping it doesn't happen again because I have a mac and I dont think you can unroot with a mac :(..I rooted with my mac just before it wouldn't work anymore so I guess I'm screwed if it doesn't work anymore:(
 
Could you use someone else's CPU? If not I have no experience with macs but is there a way to emulate windows or dos (dosbox or something similar) I think I remember a way to fake a dualboot with ubuntu on a mac but I can't find it ATM
 
I think it would depend on your hboot, if you had used revolutionary then no the RUU wouldn't work, if you have the eng hboot I think you would be fine, you may need to change back to a stock rooted rom and standard recovery, if you have the modified hboot that came out shortly before revolutionary then you may need to go back to the eng hboot as it blocks hboot overwrites. Scotty will be able to correct me where I am wrong (unless I'm not :rolleyes:) he is a bit better than me when it comes to these things (understatment of the day right there ;))
 
Yeahha said:
I think it would depend on your hboot, if you had used revolutionary then no the RUU wouldn't work, if you have the eng hboot I think you would be fine, you may need to change back to a stock rooted rom and standard recovery, if you have the modified hboot that came out shortly before revolutionary then you may need to go back to the eng hboot as it blocks hboot overwrites. Scotty will be able to correct me where I am wrong (unless I'm not :rolleyes:) he is a bit better than me when it comes to these things (understatment of the day right there ;))
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How do I know what my hboot is? like where can I look? sorry I'm no genius at this lol..and it was with this method..[Mac Procedure]: How to Root the HTC Thunderbolt - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com
 
You will need to boot into hboot and check the hboot version. This is something scotty posted earlier
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You can see his version of hboot is 1.05.0000

This is from http://androidforums.com/thunderbol...0-radios-recoveries-hboot-updated-9-24-a.html If you have 1.04.2000 it can be rewritten I believe

for original shipping 1.04.0000
hboot_7630_1.04.0000_110223.nb0 md5: bfa2f3ac5eb3bcf67af23509b4081999

for unlock support 1.05.0000
hboot_7630_1.05.0000_110719.nb0 md5: e1e330356ec5c889a92be1b5ef6c853d

of original engineering S-OFF 1.04.2000
hboot_7630_1.04.2000_110223_eng.nb0 md5: 6991368ee2deaf182048a3ed9d3c0fcb

for shadowmites perm patch hboot 1.04.0000
hboot_7630_1.04.0000_110223.nb0 95ecb03e355003af6fc0be393ab2fba7
 
Mine says exactly as follows...

mecha xd ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-1.04.2000 (PG0510000)

other stuff..

...i really want to just unroot now and stay that way if i can. I just hope there is a way to do that with my mac
 
I think you would be able to unroot using a ruu then without issues. I wouldn't suggest trying it without seeing what scotty says first as I said he is better at these things than I am, you may need to replace the recovery or something to keep from getting soft bricked. Hopefully you don't have to worry about it at all :D
 
Thanks so much for all you've done for me..you have no idea how much you've helped me..I hope I can just flash an ruu, that would be one of the happiest days of my life ha..I will wait till either of them chime in (hope its soon!!!) Just to make sure though..I definitely don't want to screw anything up now
 
I thought you said it was working? If you do have to flash an RUU you may wish to try out one of the newer ones but just as a caution if you go to GB unrooted the only way to root will be revolutionary so you will need to find a way to get it to work on your mac or someone who will let you use a windows/linux machine
 
Yeahha said:
I thought you said it was working? If you do have to flash an RUU you may wish to try out one of the newer ones but just as a caution if you go to GB unrooted the only way to root will be revolutionary so you will need to find a way to get it to work on your mac or someone who will let you use a windows/linux machine
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Well if I flash an RUU I want to just get another TBolt because I'm guessing that's whats wrong with it..so if i can flash an RUU it will look unrooted correct?

I would stay unrooted is what I mean as well if I didn't have to get another phone..I don't plan on rooting again soon, if I ever do :( I have so much going on in my life right now, I really have no time for all this..I also just don't like the idea of not having a working phone like i've had the past few days.
 
Yeah you would need to unroot to get a warranty replacement.

I can't blame you for not wanting to deal with the issues that can come with rooting, I can understand needing a phone that gets texts and calls, then if you don't have time to deal with it for one reason or another it is just a PITA. I PMed scotty to check out this thread but haven't heard from him. You may want to also, like I said I am pretty sure the RUU will get you back to stock but I don't want to give you any bad advise without someone checking it first, if unrooting would be easy and I give you 1 thing that is wrong causing a soft brick it could complicate the process way too much.
 
Yeahha said:
Yeah you would need to unroot to get a warranty replacement.

I can't blame you for not wanting to deal with the issues that can come with rooting, I can understand needing a phone that gets texts and calls, then if you don't have time to deal with it for one reason or another it is just a PITA. I PMed scotty to check out this thread but haven't heard from him. You may want to also, like I said I am pretty sure the RUU will get you back to stock but I don't want to give you any bad advise without someone checking it first, if unrooting would be easy and I give you 1 thing that is wrong causing a soft brick it could complicate the process way too much.
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Yeah its not that I don't like messing with my phone, i love it..I'm majoring in engineering in college so I absolutely love tinkering with things, I just need to take a well needed break from it. Thanks for letting Scotty know though!
 
Okay heard from scotty and he can't post but it looks like the easiest way to unroot would be following the directions in the root/unroot thread I have copied below

Putting current stock firmware and s-on back onto the phone
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after getting the bootloader back to the original s-off,engineering 1.04.2000 hboot download these 2 files:
1)PG05IMG_1.70.605.0_nohboot.zip
md5: c2c61df561e8a74cd103f0b9b89d81d6
and
2)PG05IMG_hboot_only_1.04.0000
md5: 584a4cdc12658835cb2a7885e8e44fd2

rename PG05IMG_1.70.605.0_nohboot.zip to "PG05IMG",move to your sd card,and flash in hboot.

this is important! you must flash the PG05IMG_1.70.605.0_nohboot.zip first

after successfully flashing that,you will be on unrooted mr2 with an eng s-off bootloader. delete the PG05IMG file from your sd card. now place the PG05IMG_hboot_only_1.04.0000 on your sd card. check the md5. once youve verified it matches,you can rename PG05IMG and flash it.

again, only flash the hboot file after you have successfully flashed the rom.

now you are 100% stock on latest firmware. unrooted MR2(1.70.605.0),with s-on 1.04.0000 bootloader.
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After that you should be able to OTA

I'm waiting to confirm the froyo radio is included in the files above so you will be able to get the OTA
 
Okay man, all is good, those 2 hboot flashes I linked above should get you to stock MR2 with the stock radios, you should then get the OTA sometime after you flash. Flash the no hboot file first in hboot then the hboot only file in hboot and you will be unrooted :D Hope the experience with root was a good one for you and maybe you will come back someday! If you have any other questions feel free to ask
 
Yeahha said:
Okay heard from scotty and he can't post but it looks like the easiest way to unroot would be following the directions in the root/unroot thread I have copied below



After that you should be able to OTA

I'm waiting to confirm the froyo radio is included in the files above so you will be able to get the OTA
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Thank you so much!!!!! Whenever you give me the go to do this, I will..it will probably be sometime tomorrow as I have to get to bed soon because I have class early tomorrow :(
 
SO just because I am extra careful, and even though you stated this above lol, these are the steps I am going to follow, correct?

1. download and check md5 of 1)PG05IMG_1.70.605.0_nohboot.zip
2. rename to PG05IMG and place on root of SD
3. flash in hboot
(delete file off of root of sd)
4. Download and check md5 of 2)PG05IMG_hboot_only_1.04.0000
5. rename to PG05IMG and place on root of SD
6. flash in hboot
(delete file off of root of sd)
good to go and wait for OTA!
 
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