so is the hardest part of this trying to get the 1.13 ruu to download? lol i have been trying for 2 days lol. will any 1.13 ruu work or do i have to have this one
im having trouble getting my ubuntu to recognize my phone. How can i tell tell if my phone is actually bricked or not? Or maybe if there is an issue with my connection or my linux box.
so is the hardest part of this trying to get the 1.13 ruu to download? lol i have been trying for 2 days lol. will any 1.13 ruu work or do i have to have this one
It's bricked if the device no longer boots at all (No power) and when you put the battery back in and plug it into the wall, it does NOT indicate that it's charging. (Only the dim light shows up)
thanks! i tried last night and tried the battery pull method. I got the dim red light and when I plugged my phone in i got no response. i put the battery in while plugged into my linux box and i got the bright light as if it were charging. maybe i pulled batter too soon. i was able to boot into fast boot installed the the PG86IMG i had which allowd me to get back up and running. I'll have to try again when I get off work tonight.
for anyone that knows, what ever happened to the origional first couple of steps where you have to put the "misc_version" to /data/local? There was another file also, but I cant remember what it's called. Do we still need to push the "misc_version" file?
Nope, this is not necessary anymore. The downgrade tool flashes the misc partition and the hboot now, so temproot is not even required at all. just brick it and downgrade.
So now the only option we have is to use the tool kit cd/usb thing? What happens if we already have Ubuntu installed, and we dont need to run it off of a usb drive or a live cd? How do we use the tool kit in this case?
No. You can always grab the downgrade.zip from Unknownforce's OP. The CD is designed to make it easier for the user who isn't familiar with Linux.
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Okay, but I'm wondering if I can just boot into ubuntu and use your toolkit still? Or do I HAVE to install the linux on the usb drive to be able to use it?
You would have to install it onto a flash drive. It's a lot smaller (~40MB) than it used to be though, so it's not a huge pain to download anymore.
But, I'm assuming you use Linux as your main OS? If that's the case, writing it to the USB Flash Drive using the method in my guide won't work (it's Windows-only). You should be able to use Unetbootin if you don't mind renaming a few files (it's the nature of the base OS). Information here. Unetbootin here.
Edit: If you have a Windows install or another machine with Windows, I would highly recommend using the Core2USB software mentioned in post #3 of the Toolkit thread.
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Something is going on here, I'm trying to run the "chmod 755 downgrade" command but end up having to run it like this "chmod 755 downgrade/downgrade" to get the correct permissions, then the next command goes "./downgrade" but I also end up having to "./downgrade/downgrade" but then it says it's missing the misc img??? I checked the downgrade.zip and IT DOES contain the file "misc.img". So what is going on here?
It's looking for the two image files from the directory that you started the ./downgrade script from. ./downgrade/downgrade. Move the downgrade script up one directory or change directories and then run the script.
That should work.
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So now the only option we have is to use the tool kit cd/usb thing? What happens if we already have Ubuntu installed, and we dont need to run it off of a usb drive or a live cd? How do we use the tool kit in this case?
Its probably the powersource not enough maybe try pressing the update with the battery in then count 4 sec to take the battery out to brick it work for me but let it sit for 2 mins before pressing the update.Can someone help me... when i put the PG86IMG on the sd card and go into bootloader it says if i want to update... and when i press vol up to update the phone turns off instantly.. am i doing aything wrong?
Yeah use this PG86IMG its xHausx this one is best one to use it work for everybody.
==== Original emmc_recover tool written by Fuses ====
==== Downgrade v 1.0, written by Unknownforce ====
Ready to Downgrade?
Press ENTER for yes, or Press Ctrl+C for no.
Step 1... Plug in Device while holding down Volume Down key...
Waiting for device...
Found the Correct Device!
Writing image file!
511+1 records in
511+1 records out
1047808 bytes (1.0 MB) copied, 0.36689 s, 2.9 MB/s
SUCCESS!
Step 2... Unplug the device now.
AFTER device is removed, press Enter to proceed to next step.
Step 3... Plug the device back in
while holding the Volume Down key again.
Waiting for device...
Writing image file!
511+1 records in
511+1 records out
1047808 bytes (1.0 MB) copied, 0.36689 s, 2.9 MB/s
SUCCESS!