Root Root around boot error

[scotty85]

so i used the RUU and installer to install the v3 leak rom. it went smoothly,so i decided to try and use the installer trick to sneek the eng bootloader/root rom back onto the phone.

i figured out with no prollem when to let the installer wait so i could find "rom.zip" and replaced it with the renamed root rom.

it erased data,sent,and was verifying siginture,and sure looked like it was working, when it decided it couldnt do it. it told me it could not update,and to get the right rom and try again

this failure was harmless,and the phone booted back up just fine,with all my data still there,even.

im just wondering,did the installer trick fail because it was the v3 leak(for the same reason that attempting to flash in hboot results in a "main version higher" error)?

im also happy to report there were no PC crashes- no PCs or erii were harmed in the making of this post

 

[scary alien]

so i used the RUU and installer to install the v3 leak rom. it went smoothly,so i decided to try and use the installer trick to sneek the eng bootloader/root rom back onto the phone.

i figured out with no prollem when to let the installer wait so i could find "rom.zip" and replaced it with the renamed root rom.

it erased data,sent,and was verifying siginture,and sure looked like it was working, when it decided it couldnt do it. it told me it could not update,and to get the right rom and try again

this failure was harmless,and the phone booted back up just fine,with all my data still there,even.

im just wondering,did the installer trick fail because it was the v3 leak(for the same reason that attempting to flash in hboot results in a "main version higher" error)?

im also happy to report there were no PC crashes- no PCs or erii were harmed in the making of this post

Scotty,

Did you look or note if you now had the S-OFF bootloader anyway? It looks like SoSicWiTiT also had a failure, but he went from the 1.49.0000 S-ON bootloader to the 1.49.2000 S-OFF bootloader:

xda-developers - View Single Post - [Q] semi-Bricked?? fix?

Curious to see yours and eu1's replies .

Cheers!

 

[scotty85]

lol,yup... that was the first thing i checked

still s-on. i tried the PB00IMG root rom also,and got the "main version older" error.

i ran the back to stock file,so its on the current firmware. im thinking of giving it one more shot when it charges up

 

[scary alien]

lol,yup... that was the first thing i checked

still s-on. i tried the PB00IMG root rom also,and got the "main version older" error.

i ran the back to stock file,so its on the current firmware. im thinking of giving it one more shot when it charges up

LOL, I found your and eu1's "discussion", http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/121597-how-install-engineering-bootloader.html#post2091234, talking about HowTo: Flash Any Ruu - xda-developers.

I think that (jcase's alternate misc.img) might allow you to flash the base root ROM...although, you are "Dexter" now (from the "Dexter's Lab" cartoon my son used to watch ).

 

[scary alien]

BTW, Scotty, go nuts on your Eris...if you nuke it, I'll send you mine .

Although eu1 or doogald might claim "dibs" since I've offered it to them too, LOL.

Cheers!

 

[scotty85]

lol,im pretty sure it will work now. i booted to hboot (from current firmware 2.41.605.6) and it unpacked and checkd the update,and asked if i wanted to update rather than "main version higher" so at this point,i could just flash it in hboot the old fashioned way. but i think ill try the RUU thing one more time.

ill report back in a few

 

[scotty85]

ill report back in a few

worked like a charm. back to s-ff,2.19.605.1 firmware

flashed "tracball optional" via our sweet hboot file,and im back in business with a custom recovery and a stock,unrooted rom

prolly let him rest a lil bit before restoring my ccm v11 backup