[Solved] Problems in S-OFF & ROOT aria 2.2.2

[singularthing]

Hi All,

I've been using CM7 on my HTC aria for more than an year without any problems. yesterday i decided to do S-OFF my phone and followed the below mentioned steps

Post#84 of the following linkhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122574&page=9

For windows users using CM7:

Note 1: This is assuming you already have the SDK installed and know how to use ADB, that you have CM7 installed.

Prerequisites:
- USBDeview - http://download.cnet.com/USBDeview/3...-10614190.html
- HTC Sync - http://www.htc.com/www/SupportViewNe...73&news_id=907
- clockwork2501.zip - http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...5&d=1305031790
- fastboot - http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...9&d=1230278653
- HTC Aria 2.2 - http://member.america.htc.com/downlo...ROM_Update.exe
alpharevx - http://alpharev.nl/x/beta/

1. Download all of the items listed above.
1a. Make a NANDROID backup!!!
2. USBDeview...delete (uninstall) all HTC related drivers.
3. Install HTC Sync
4. Plug phone in and allow windows to install the drivers.
5. Boot into fastboot (while powered down, press and HOLD trackball button and power button).
6. plug phone in to computer and run the HTC Aria for ATT Android 2.2 ROM Update (2.2 RUU).
7. Once you get 2.2 installed, and booted into the ROM, run the alpharevx executable.
8. It should notice your phone right away (make sure USB Debugging is enabled!!) and do it's thing, and then ask you for your beta key (get it from website, with your serial number) and then it will reboot a couple times and you're good to go.
9. Once you've got your S-OFF, boot into the ROM.
10. Place fastboot.exe and clockwork2501.zip into the folder where alpharevx.exe is (if you don't do this, you'll get an error about a missing .DLL (which happens to be included in the alpharevx download)).
11a. Open up command prompt and change directory ("cd") to your tools folder for Android SDK. Run the first command under step 12 (adb reboot bootloader)
11b. Open up command prompt and change directory ("cd") to wherever your fastboot.exe is (i.e. cd c:\users\username\desktop\alpharevx). Now run the rest of the commands under step 12.
12. Run the following commands:


Code:

adb reboot bootloader
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip clockwork2501.zip
fastboot reboot

12a. After "fastboot oem rebootRUU" your phone will be stuck at an HTC screen. This is when you should type the next command.
13. You should now be able to get into clockwork and restore your nandroid.
14. Boot into your CM7 and enjoy your S-OFF

This is going off of sheer memory but I am pretty sure it's exactly how i did it. If I have missed any steps or said anything wrong, someone feel free to correct me. If you have any questions, as always, feel free to ask.

Again, enjoy

+1 to alpharev team and whomever else made this possible!

i executed all the above steps in order. got froyo 2.2 and then did S-OFF (success). everythign was good until i faced some issues in STEP#12. while i executed the following command , i got the below mentioned error.

fastboot flash zip clockwork2501.zip

 Error message:
[COLOR="Red"]FAILED (remote: 51 partition update fail)[/COLOR]

Since then, the phone booting to a black screen with "HTC" in the middle
and "warning" triangles at the corners.

HELP!!! please help me in fixing this issue.

Thanks guys

 

[Theonew]

Are you able to boot into fastboot?

 

[singularthing]

Are you able to boot into fastboot?

thanks for your reply.

how do i check about fastboot? (tell me some commands that can run & check)

all i can say is, i'm not able to goto boot options-recovery (i.e clockworkmod). Before doing S-OFF,i had done a nandroid backup which i want to restore now.

I've tried many times to run "fastboot flash zip clockwork2501.zip". and also tried to download different version of clockworkmod recovery from the below link (for htc aria). none of them seem to work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14693680&postcount=1

 

[drumist]

Open the clockwork2501.zip (from your computer) and extract the contents. You want the recovery.img file that is inside the zip file. Then, while the phone is in FASTBOOT mode and USB cable connected to computer, issue:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

If you don't know how to get to fastboot mode, the easiest way is to completely turn the phone off (pull battery if necessary), then hold down the trackball button and press power button, then release trackball button after the screen turns on.

 

[singularthing]

the problem is i'm not able to get into either fastboot or hboot recovery bootscreen.


i took off battery, then hold down trackball , then pressed power button. still i get a black screen with "HTC" in the middle and "warning" triangles at the corners.

i took off battery, then hold 'volume -' button and then pressed power button. still i boot only into black screen with 'HTC' in the middle and triangles at four corners.

i get a feel that i still didn't install clockwork successfully. but the only problem is i couldn't figure out how to flash clockwork recovery. every time i try fastboot commands

fastboot flash zip clockwork2501.zip
or
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

[COLOR="Red"]c:\Downloads\HTC aria\Jun 2012\revolutionary-0.4pre4>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (4224 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: image update error)

c:\Downloads\HTC aria\Jun 2012\revolutionary-0.4pre4>fastboot flash zip clockwor
k2501.zip
sending 'zip' (2702 KB)... OKAY
writing 'zip'... INFOzip header checking...
INFOzip info parsing...
INFOchecking model ID...
INFOchecking custom ID...
INFOstart image[recovery] unzipping & flushing...
INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,0
INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,24
INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,64
INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,100
INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,0
INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,24
INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,48
INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,72
INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,96
FAILED (remote: 51 partition update fail)[/COLOR]

 

[drumist]

i took off battery, then hold 'volume -' button and then pressed power button. still i boot only into black screen with 'HTC' in the middle and triangles at four corners.

Just to make sure, you are continuing to hold down the 'volume -' button even after pressing power button, right? Don't let go too early. Also, make sure the USB cable is NOT plugged in while doing this. Plug the USB cable in after you're already in HBOOT or FASTBOOT.

If you're still having problems, I'd suggest attempting to run the official 2.2.2 RUU on your phone to see if it can revert your phone to a working state.

 

[singularthing]

Just to make sure, you are continuing to hold down the 'volume -' button even after pressing power button, right? Don't let go too early. Also, make sure the USB cable is NOT plugged in while doing this. Plug the USB cable in after you're already in HBOOT or FASTBOOT.

If you're still having problems, I'd suggest attempting to run the official 2.2.2 RUU on your phone to see if it can revert your phone to a working state.

awesome! i re-installed HTC sync and ran the official 2.2.2 RUU exe file. viola i'm able to go into 2.2.2 and make calls , send text etc!! But, i still love my CM7. so i decided to do 'nandroid restore'. but i couldn't get into clockworkmod recovery screen


when i hold 'volume -' button and power on i see the following

LIBERTY PVT SHIP S-OFF 
HBOOT -6.02.1002
MICROP-031B
TOUCH PANEL-STN21_03
RADIO-7.16.35.11
NOV 4 2010,23:12:58

HBOOT
RECOVERY
SIMLOCK ..

When i use volume keys and come down to 'RECOVERY' and press power button, i get some error screen (a black screen showing a small phone picture and a red triangle with exclamation mark).

i then tried the below two options.
1. rebooted the phone into 2.2.2 OS. enabled USB Debugging. Ran revolutionary.exe (it was handing in first step with message waiting for device) for a very long time. 15 mins after which i killed that in task manager.

2. rebooted phone. when into HBOOT. (waited for SD card diagnosis and then selected HBOOT via volume keys and then pressed power button). then connected USB cable and executed the following commands

c:\Downloads\HTC aria\Jun 2012\revolutionary-0.4pre4>fastboot flash zip clockwork2501.zip
< waiting for device >
^C
c:\Downloads\HTC aria\Jun 2012\revolutionary-0.4pre4>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
< waiting for device >
^C

looks like i'm still not able to goto clockwork recovery/ and do nandroid restore.

 

[drumist]

looks like i'm still not able to goto clockwork recovery/ and do nandroid restore.

Yeah, sorry if I wasn't clear, but even if you had CWM installed earlier, running the 2.2.2 RUU will remove it and bring you back to stock. I just told you to use the 2.2.2 RUU to bring the phone back to a working state. However, the RUU will NOT remove S-OFF, which is good.

The next step is to install CWM. I advise you to install the latest version, NOT the one you were previously using. The nandroid backup should still work fine. Here's what you should do:

Download 5.0.2.8 recovery (or a different one of your choice) here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25490394&postcount=66

Put your phone into FASTBOOT, then connect USB cable, and then do:

fastboot flash recovery filename.img

 

[singularthing]

Yeah, sorry if I wasn't clear, but even if you had CWM installed earlier, running the 2.2.2 RUU will remove it and bring you back to stock. I just told you to use the 2.2.2 RUU to bring the phone back to a working state. However, the RUU will NOT remove S-OFF, which is good.

The next step is to install CWM. I advise you to install the latest version, NOT the one you were previously using. The nandroid backup should still work fine. Here's what you should do:

Download 5.0.2.8 recovery (or a different one of your choice) here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25490394&postcount=66

Put your phone into FASTBOOT, then connect USB cable, and then do:

fastboot flash recovery filename.img

Many Many thanks drumist. yes as soon as i tried recent CWM things started to work (i tried 5.0.2.8). now i'm doing nandroid restore. i will do some basic checking tonight and report back tomorrow(tomorrow i will mark the thread resolved). i'm pretty confident everything should be okay.