Delete the recovery image in the zip and you will keep your current recovery after flashing.
is the phone still s-on? you don't need the sim to get the official stock update. connect it via wi-fi and download/install it.OK, the OP doesn't tell me how to get into the bootloader and because this isn't my phone I had to look it up. IOW, the steps aren't explanatory enough.
Anyway, this should be a stock locked T-Mobile phone with Gingerbread. When I hold Vol - and Pwr from a powered off state it takes me to the bootloader menu. When the PG58IMG.ZIP file is on the root of the SD card, I see that it automatically says something quickly and disappears, leaving me back at the normal bootloader menu as if there were not even an SD card at all. By repeatedly picking FASTBOOT then BOOTLOADER to trigger the flash of info repeatedly, I managed to piece together that it is showing something like this:
SD Checking...
Loading...PG58DIAG.zip
No image
Loading...PG58DIAG.nbh
No image or wrong image!
Loading...
PG58IMG.zip
[New Screen]
Checking PG58IMG.zip
This is a stock Gingerbread ROM that hasn't been booted since sometime this summer when the owner shattered the glass and damaged the LCD, in case that helps determine how up-to-date the software might be. I just repaired those other issues and and noticed the terrible touchscreen responsiveness and hoped to fix that too, but I can't use the T-Mobile update considering that I have no SIM card (in owner's other phone for the last several months).
I'd like to have this taken care of before I return his phone. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
Edit: Somehow got the OTA update over WiFi and the screen works great now. Thanks guys!
Thanks. That's exactly what I did (see the edit). I don't even know what S-ON is but I imagine it has something to do with flashing ZIP files that are modified. As far as I know, it was completely stock and any kind of validation was still required. The instructions did not mention needing any kind of modified recovery or what to do if you needed to update on a stock ROM/recovery in the event that you had no OTA capability for no other reason than not having service.
Yes, I discovered that it would update "OTA" through WiFi but that isn't the case with many other providers/devices. Thanks!s-on is, like you said, a stock phone with all the security stuff still intact. we root our phones to gain s-off and the ability to flash different roms, radios, recoveries, firmwares, i.e. fun stuffThanks. That's exactly what I did (see the edit). I don't even know what S-ON is but I imagine it has something to do with flashing ZIP files that are modified. As far as I know, it was completely stock and any kind of validation was still required. The instructions did not mention needing any kind of modified recovery or what to do if you needed to update on a stock ROM/recovery in the event that you had no OTA capability for no other reason than not having service.
glad it worked for you!are you stock? if so, don't worry about this particular thread. update via t-mobile.
i believe this firmware was extracted from a ruu and made flashable for people with s-off. i think we have some threads that cover the going back to earlier gb ruus. never done it myself, so wouldn't know for sure
I can actually say that this firmware by itself does not go back after ICS. I flashed 3.32 and then an ICS ROM. I had previously been on 3.12 with GB ROMS because I needed wifi calling and I didn't have a good one to go back to other than 3.12. I think 3.12 was buggy so I wanted to try a true GB firmware and tried this.
blahbl4hblah: I was just curious and wanted to ask something since you are a TMOUS Sensation 4G user (and we are also both in L.A.) and more importantly that you are a recognized developer.
Ja ich auch.......es macht mich sehr wütend :-(exactly the same for me. i also tried proximity and light sensor fix but it didnt do any difference
