Heh... ok, you got into recovery mode and know about nandroid
backups.... I thought that you mean that you restored the non-working
recovery image using the "recovery flasher".

You were *practically done*. It *was rooted*.

All you needed to do was flash *any* system image that you like --
i.e. the "write update.zip" or "write any .zip" options... to write
the image of your choice.

>From what I can tell, you actually *did* this... your only mistake is
that you just didn't WAIT LONG ENOUGH for the first bootup. The first
boot on a new image takes a *LONG* time. Just be patient. If you feel
like watching the progress, install the sdk onto your computer and run
"sdk/tools/adb logcat" -- it'll show you what is going on when it
appears to be "stuck" during the very very long firstboot process.


Pick a system image that sounds good to you. Copy it into the root of
your sdcard. Power off your phone, press and hold the HOME button, tap
the power/end button, keep holding the HOME button until it is in
recovery mode, write the update.zip, reboot, WAIT. Done.

You should also still write the engineering bootloader. It works the
same way -- copy the .zip file into the root of your sdcard, boot into
recovery mode, write zip, reboot. The advantage of the engineering
bootloader is that you get *no-sig-check fastboot mode*, which is like
a permanent super-root mode that allows you to write *any* system
image you like independent of recovery mode. This includes overwriting
ANY future unhackable system image that you ever happen to write to
the device.


On Sep 23, 4:05 pm, The Jaded Tech <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sep 23, 11:44 am, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > You are still not being clear about what you have done and where you
> > got to....
>
> I see that I did indeed miss some info.
>
> Ok, When I first for the phone, it was 1.1.  Some time later it
> 'automagically' turned into 1.5.  I remember seeing 'kila-user' and
> thought it was amusing but now it says CRC1 for the build number.
>
> As for where I got to, I was able to boot into recovery mode
> (Nandroid) and select the new image from the SD card.
>
> So, given this, does the above process you describe still work for my
> setup?
>
> Also, if root access is not available, and I'm not a developer (just a
> casual 'hack my own systems and see what happens'...and 'oooooh, look
> what I can do remotely with SSH and my Ubuntu desktop at home' type of
> guy, what would be the benefits for the engineering SPL then?  I'm all
> for learning more and getting into a lot of trouble...err...fun with
> my new toy, just kinda need some idea of what I could potentially gain
> from any particular image.  (better wi-fi reception would be nice
> though.....)
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