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Root Problem rebooting with ROM Manager

After all of that, I took my SF back to the store for a refund today! After only a week, I'm quite disappointed with the phone. My emails and text messages were extremely delayed, some numbers in my contacts wouldn't connect. So I restored the phone back to the original software, took it back and exchanged it for an HTC Wildfire, which in my opinion is much better, except that I can only connect to the internet with Wi-Fi, so I might need some help with that later on. I'll see if I can find a solution elsewhere in the forum first.
 
ChrisR36 said:
After all of that, I took my SF back to the store for a refund today! After only a week, I'm quite disappointed with the phone. My emails and text messages were extremely delayed, some numbers in my contacts wouldn't connect. So I restored the phone back to the original software, took it back and exchanged it for an HTC Wildfire, which in my opinion is much better, except that I can only connect to the internet with Wi-Fi, so I might need some help with that later on. I'll see if I can find a solution elsewhere in the forum first.
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Ouch. You exchanged an OSF for a Wildfire? I could never switch my lovely 3.5" 480x800 screen for the much lower resolution (and smaller) screen on the Wildfire. Still each to their own. Hope it works out for you.
 
I admit, I did prefer the display on the OSF, but that's no good if the phone isn't doing it's job. Email is one of my priorities, and I was receiving them up to 10 hours later on the SF, even with third party apps like MailDroid.

I think the last straw was when I dialled a number, and it wouldn't connect, so I dialled the same number from my old Nokia E72 .... no problem. I need a phone I can rely on, and unfortunately, the OSF fails. It's a pity, because it's a nice phone, and I can usually live with a minor niggle or two, but the email and text problem was a big issue for me.
 
HTC Wildfire S or just Wildfire....???

Definitely a step back in terms of screen resolution???

Can't understand your probs with email & text coz my Gmail is perfect.

I have also used K-9, but went back to Gmail.

Also, SMS/MMS with GoSMS no probs whatsoever, who is your provider?

Some/most providers need to be set up manually, creating the APN's from known lists out there, but it is no biggie.

There are also a number of diallers, like AOSP and ZTE, but they are easy once you decide which one to use.

Mine works fine, also using CSipSimple on SS5, no probs with VOIP. (soon to be ditched, regretfully, for GSF)

Regretfully coz SS5/GEN2 has simply been sooo stable and good on this phone, I am loathe to change, but I must, or SN will have my guts for garters!!! almost no problems with FC's or freezes, or anything.

But, I will move on, with a full back-up of my existing set-up, just in case......

Sorry to go on, but it is a pity you didn't give it just another week, but obviously you need a day-to-day stable phone.......now what's this about no Mobile Date on your Wildfire???? :confused:

All the best, and let us know how you get on :)
 
Well, I am quite new to all of this, so creating APN's and all that is way out of my depth. I'm sure it's a simple process once you know what you are doing, but I did look into it, and it just looked too complicated for me. The easier option for me was just to exchange the phone for something else.

But once again, I find myself in the same situation as I did last week. I've spent all morning trying to root my Wildfire. It all looks so simple in print, but it just won't work for me :( I can only access internet using Wi-Fi, so I thought perhaps a software upgrade might resolve the issue. I've visited countless websites, followed instructions to the letter, yet the phone won't respond. The furthest I got was an error message telling me the firmware was 'too new'
 
But you need APN for mobile internet and mms.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Point_Name

either you get them from your provider... or DIY with a little help from your friends :-)

If you have issues with two separate devices you need that help.
 
dannymur said:
Can't understand your probs with email & text coz my Gmail is perfect.
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Maybe that's the problem, I've synchronized the phone with my Hotmail account and seem to have a delay on the Wildfire as well :( I never had this problem with the Nokia E72, I received emails instantly all of the time.

Since my last post, I've unlocked the phone and managed to get on the internet with my Orange simcard. I've found out that the Wildfire can't be rooted, but that's not a big deal, my Android software does everything I want it to, so why change it? It's just the delayed email that's the problem now, you think changing to Gmail might fix it?
 
Is the hotmail account configured for POP3 or IMAP?

I know there were issues with hotmail, POP3 on certain handsets. Switching to IMAP sorted the issue.
 
I've now configured it with Exchange ActiveSync. Not exactly sure what that is, but I read that it's now in sync with my Windows Live, which means I 'should' get my emails instantly on the phone now .... just verified this by sending myself an email. The only downside is that there's no audible warning, but I can live with that. Pity I didn't know all of this before I took the SFO back, but like dannymur said, maybe I should have given it another week. Still, I'm happy with the Wildfire.

Just curious, do you get an audible warning when you receive an email with the default Android email app? I'm still wondering if it would pay me to change over to Gmail?
 
hi to all..

i am new to develope a smartphone,so i guess i messed it up... :P

i have a zte blade with a default rom android 2.1..ive made a succesful update to android froyo 2.2 and then i had the brilliant idea of rooting my device installing custom roms,busybox etc...well..i rooted my phone temporarily cause the permanent root doesnt work temporary root says that after phone reboot the device is not longer rooted)...i used the z4 apk to do that...superuser was installed as well as busy box...i downloaded the cyanogenmod 7.0.3 stable without the google apps and then flashed it...clockworkmod recovery was running and installing the new rom...

everything seem ok..and then my phone reboot the green android little man was there and then the image of the blue android little man skating...i thought i made it but instead of booting normally the blue android skating little man keeps appearing on the screen and it doesnt boot at all...i think i brick my zte...

i found a solution in a forum that says push the volume down button plus the poweron button together to start the clockwork recovery mod...i did it but there are only the basic options there and nothing more...no secondary oprin like usb mass storage...i guess tht is because my phone its not rooted yet since reboot after cyanogenmod installation....

so....here i am...what should i do now in order to fix this bootloop???any suggestion????plsssss???? )
thx!!!
 
hey elastic ninja...thx for the reply..

could you be more specific pls about that tpt??
what is it and where i can find it??

remind that my device doesnt boot at all...doesnt boot at any operation and option of the phone...

thx a lot
 
filoktitis said:
hey elastic ninja...thx for the reply..

could you be more specific pls about that tpt??
what is it and where i can find it??

remind that my device doesnt boot at all...doesnt boot at any operation and option of the phone...

thx a lot
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Sorry for jumping in, here are wbaw's instructions for TPT to restore phone and install recovery, you can choose to either run custom TPT, with no ROM included, and then flash ROM of choice, or use combined TPT wit Cyanogen or GSF.

Instructions
Copy a Gen2 rom zip file to your sd card ready to install. Check the md5sum of that against the source (you can use AFV for this). (or a combined tpt+rom)

Unzip this Gen2 TPT zip file to your sd card, it should create an image directory.

Check the nandroid.md5 file in the image directory on your sd card using AFV on your phone (long press on nandroid.md5 file, then Verify Nandroid Backup)

Power off, wait a few seconds, then power on with menu & vol+ held.

It should take a few seconds to flash the new Gen2 firmware (you should see some green text), then it should reboot into ClockworkMod recovery, use that to wipe data & then install your Gen2 rom.

Once installed, remove the image directory from your sd card, to prevent accidentally reinstalling. Once you have installed this just vol+ & power on will send you back into tpt mode if there is an image directory, even if you needed menu & vol+ before.
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Note, you may need to use card reader connected to PC, with your SD card, if you cannot connect phone by USB, so amend above instructions accordingly.
 
thx a lot chris...

every reply is accepted...

i dont wanna lose my phone...

so im gonna try that with a card reader of course cause my pc doesnt recongnise the phone and ill reply to you!!

thx again!!
 
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