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Exit one more time... Back.to your mini-adb_inc> prompt

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Boo Boo>cd c:\android

c:\android>adb devices
List of devices attached
HT11FHJ00659 device


c:\android>md5sums mtd0.img

MD5sums 1.2 freeware for Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP+
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Jem Berkes - http://www.pc-tools.net/
Type md5sums -h for help

[Path] / filename MD5 sum
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[c:\android\]
mtd0.img 34307be744275f1db1dd16af04c37839

c:\android>md5sums flash_image

MD5sums 1.2 freeware for Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP+
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Jem Berkes - http://www.pc-tools.net/
Type md5sums -h for help

[Path] / filename MD5 sum
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[c:\android\]
flash_image 0098a7dd6600b55fac34fc6645be5d7a

c:\android>adb push flash_image /data/local/
1401 KB/s (76044 bytes in 0.053s)

c:\android>adb push mtd0.img /sdcard/
2490 KB/s (655360 bytes in 0.257s)

c:\android>adb shell
$ su
su
# cd /data/local
cd /data/local
# ./flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd0.img
./flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd0.img
./flash_image: permission denied
#

And yes, I gave permission on my phone, phone is in debug mode, charge only, etc.
 
Are you sure you're not.accidentally in.disk.drive mode?

100% positive... Even looked, for the millionth time as soon as i read your question. Even made sure phone stayed lit up through the whole process. Could it be anything to do with the PB31IMG, or just mtd0.img at this point?
 
actually,now that i take a closer look,you are just missing a coulple commands. you need to chmod 0755 /data/local/flash_image

before you can ./flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd0.img

when you are doing the commands,look carefully at my codebox in post 1... yours will need to look like that.

if you have run thru all this once allready,you can possibly just boot to bootloader and provided everything you did was correct,and your PB31IMG is on the root of your sd card(not internal storage) then it will flash the downgrade RUU.

back to work,but ill try and keep watvching :)
 
actually,now that i take a closer look,you are just missing a coulple commands. you need to chmod 0755 /data/local/flash_image

before you can ./flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd0.img

when you are doing the commands,look carefully at my codebox in post 1... yours will need to look like that.

if you have run thru all this once allready,you can possibly just boot to bootloader and provided everything you did was correct,and your PB31IMG is on the root of your sd card(not internal storage) then it will flash the downgrade RUU.

back to work,but ill try and keep watvching :)

Yea, missing the chmod was just an oops on that one. So, I did it again, made sure I did Every line & same results. My only option left at this point is to try manually boot to bootloader. I'm just scared of something bad happening, if it Doesn't work. :( But oh well 'eh. I am curious if/how I will know if it works?

UPDATE

Manual reboot to bootloader Failed. I "think" it said it could not findPB31IMG (somewhat quick to go away blue/green words, after I chose fast boot(which than takes me to where I can "shut down", which by the way... I am having issues for a minute now, not being able to actually shut down(just reboots)... So anyway, I have PB31IMG named PB31IMG.zip & No, it's not being read as .zip .zip

I'm starting to feel hopeless... =(
 
Yea, missing the chmod was just an oops on that one. So, I did it again, made sure I did Every line & same results. My only option left at this point is to try manually boot to bootloader. I'm just scared of something bad happening, if it Doesn't work. :( But oh well 'eh. I am curious if/how I will know if it works?

UPDATE

Manual reboot to bootloader Failed. I "think" it said it could not findPB31IMG (somewhat quick to go away blue/green words, after I chose fast boot(which than takes me to where I can "shut down", which by the way... I am having issues for a minute now, not being able to actually shut down(just reboots)... So anyway, I have PB31IMG named PB31IMG.zip & No, it's not being read as .zip .zip

I'm starting to feel hopeless... =(


And you are definitely formatted to fat32?
At this point it would be worth the effort to format it again and don't use the quick format option.
As mentioned a bunch of times in this thread, the only reasons the phone won't see a PB31IMG.zip file on the root of the SD card is either the file is named wrong or the card isn't formatted to fat32 properly(could also try a different SD card).
 
And you are definitely formatted to fat32?
At this point it would be worth the effort to format it again and don't use the quick format option.
As mentioned a bunch of times in this thread, the only reasons the phone won't see a PB31IMG.zip file on the root of the SD card is either the file is named wrong or the card isn't formatted to fat32 properly(could also try a different SD card).

I will try re formatting, thanks...

As for trying a different SD card? Mine isn't removable. :confused:
 
And you are definitely formatted to fat32?
At this point it would be worth the effort to format it again and don't use the quick format option.
As mentioned a bunch of times in this thread, the only reasons the phone won't see a PB31IMG.zip file on the root of the SD card is either the file is named wrong or the card isn't formatted to fat32 properly(could also try a different SD card).

Ok... so reformatting got me to the reboot step... But the PB31IMG.zip file isn't being found. I had it named with .zip in the name, as i though was supposed to & besides, if i didn't, my phone didn't see it as a zip. And no, it wasn't .zip.zip. All I can think to try at this point is taking the .zip off, as i don't have the money for a new card, at the moment. Thanks bunches for the help though! Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Also, is it normal for the sd card to have two different drives?

UPDATE

Of course renaming it without .zip didn't work either. So, must it be my sd card??? Tell me it isn't so! =(
 
are you 100% sure that you put PB31IMG onto your sd card,and not your phones internal memory? 3 drives will typically pop up when you plug in an htc phone... make sure to put PB31IMG on the one that is your removeable sd card.

also the card does have to be "FAT32" it cannot be just plain "FAT" or anything else.
 
are you 100% sure that you put PB31IMG onto your sd card,and not your phones internal memory? 3 drives will typically pop up when you plug in an htc phone... make sure to put PB31IMG on the one that is your removeable sd card.

also the card does have to be "FAT32" it cannot be just plain "FAT" or anything else.

Yep, 100% sure it's on the sd card. I have, checked & renamed the file with ES File Explorer, under /sdcard/. ;) & yea, I figured out the third pop up is the phones storage & no, I at no point had put the file there. & yes, I formated it to Fat32 & Not quick mode. It found/recognized the mtd0.img so Hopefully that means it's not a card issue???

So, any hope or doomed to buy a new sd card? :confused:
 
yuo should not have to buy a new card. /sdcard/ on file explorer may not be the sd card. wouldnt hurt to pull the card out,put it in a card reader,and make sure that where the file is.

as was said,the rules for PB31IMG to flash are simple:
1)root of sd card
2)proper,zipped file(leave zipped,make sure md5 sum matches)
3)sd card formatted FAT32
4)proper name(phone must see PB31IMG.zip so name with windows to "PB31IMG" )

i know you have checked and double checked,but one of those things is not right if its not finding and checking the file.

an alternative since youre becoming fustrated might be to run an RUU on your PC,its alot more straightforward: download,run as administrator(if possible),then follow on screen prompts and plug in phone when directed.

download this RUU: http://pvillecomp.com/wp/wp-content...4k_NV_1.70_PRL58006_release_152016_signed.exe

wich was found on: Stock Images | PvilleComp's
 
yuo should not have to buy a new card. /sdcard/ on file explorer may not be the sd card. wouldnt hurt to pull the card out,put it in a card reader,and make sure that where the file is.

as was said,the rules for PB31IMG to flash are simple:
1)root of sd card
2)proper,zipped file(leave zipped,make sure md5 sum matches)
3)sd card formatted FAT32
4)proper name(phone must see PB31IMG.zip so name with windows to "PB31IMG" )

i know you have checked and double checked,but one of those things is not right if its not finding and checking the file.

an alternative since youre becoming fustrated might be to run an RUU on your PC,its alot more straightforward: download,run as administrator(if possible),then follow on screen prompts and plug in phone when directed.

download this RUU: http://pvillecomp.com/wp/wp-content...4k_NV_1.70_PRL58006_release_152016_signed.exe

wich was found on: Stock Images | PvilleComp's

1)root of sd card - Will see...
2)proper,zipped file(leave zipped,make sure md5 sum matches) - Check
3)sd card formatted FAT32 - Check
4)proper name(phone must see PB31IMG.zip so name with windows to "PB31IMG" ) :confused: If I name it "without" the.zip, phone doesn't see it as a zip file. So?

I don't have a card reader anymore. So what if I take the sd card out, boot back up & then see if ES Explorer sees the card then????

And... What than is the RUU for & what am I to do with it?

UPDATE

Removed sd card, booted, ES Explorer stated something like... "No sd card found or isn't mounted"... For me at least, that's pretty good confirmation that it is my sd card that it is seeing & where PB31IMG is.?.

I do get now, what you meant with naming it with windows.
 

Alrighty... Tried everything else, other than installing a new super user program, though I have doubts this is the issue. So, here I go with the RUU... Just wanted to ask, should I go ahead & delete the pb31img of my sd card?

AND...

What about disabling internet/wifi connection during the adb process, could this make any difference? I don't have service, just wifi.
 

Could anything else go wrong?

Now, as I did read could happen (though those I read about, still had no success with new usb plug) the program isn't able to tell that my usb plus IS plugged & working. :mad:
Does this mean I will have this problem with all custom rom installs? Ugh! I would ultimately like to have a custom rom, although I'm not sure it is necessary for what I am ultimately trying to achieve. Although I am fairly certain that my ultimate goal will require s-off.
Starting to think I should just abort Scotty. :(

Should I still have debugging, etc on for the RUU process? Maybe that's it? Though I doubt it. Humbug!
 
Sounds like Windows just isn't recognizing your phone. I wonder if the modified USB driver is just not compatible with the RUU? Worst case, temporarily download HTC Sync:

http://www.htc.com/us/support/droid-incredible-verizon/downloads/


Don't actually run the program once downloaded, it comes packaged with the stock Inc USB driver. Then plug in the phone in charge mode and with the phone still plugged in, reboot the PC. Should autodetect the phone upon reboot now that the driver is available. Verify that it gets detected and installs the driver.


Note: If you go this route and it works to perform the RUU, you may want to uninstall HTC sync before continuing with Scotty's root procedure as it may interfere. Honestly I thought your current driver should be working but for some reason it isn't so...may be worth a shot.
 
Sounds like Windows just isn't recognizing your phone. I wonder if the modified USB driver is just not compatible with the RUU? Worst case, temporarily download HTC Sync:

http://www.htc.com/us/support/droid-incredible-verizon/downloads/


Don't actually run the program once downloaded, it comes packaged with the stock Inc USB driver. Then plug in the phone in charge mode and with the phone still plugged in, reboot the PC. Should autodetect the phone upon reboot now that the driver is available. Verify that it gets detected and installs the driver.


Note: If you go this route and it works to perform the RUU, you may want to uninstall HTC sync before continuing with Scotty's root procedure as it may interfere. Honestly I thought your current driver should be working but for some reason it isn't so...may be worth a shot.

I will give that a try I suppose. However, windows did once already recognize & install the drivers & I haven't rebooted nor changed anything since than. :confused: Oh & if windows isn't recognizing phone, would I not have Not been able to do anything with the phone, via computer thus far? Yep, double checked & usb drivers are installed. Perhaps not good enough drivers vs. HTC's drivers?
 
Might also try simply starting your phone in fastboot mode.

And keeping fastboot checked & than run the RUU?

Tried to load with fastboot, when i do, it checks the PB31IMG & of course fails. Deleted said image from sd card, yet to be able to get phone to load into mode where i can chose fast boot, perhaps that is because it is loading with fast boot? Argh! Sorry for such noob questions. lol

Should the phone be in charge only or disc drive when running RUU??????
 
Might also try simply starting your phone in fastboot mode.

Nothings working... Tried running twice in a row, closed all internet connections & pc programs, deleted any trace of verizon on pc, Except the usb drivers. FML & I swear to ya Scotty, that pb31img was named correctly(changed to .zip via windows, double checked not seen as .zip.zip, removed sd card to make sure file was actually on sd card)... "sighs" :(
 
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