How to get back to complete stock from s-off

[kitvan]

I just completed this process.

After reboot, I received the OTA update again. I accepted it, but seemingly nothing happend. ?? Any clues? After going through wiping, etc. I'd like to get this update to work!

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[rohicks]

* After reboot I downloaded the RUU file from Doug's link above. I deleted the S-On file from the root of my SD, copied the RUU to the root, and renamed it to PB31Img.zip
NOTE: I left the tag (.zip) on.

* I rebooted to HBOOT

HBOOT came up, then sat and thought about things about 15-20 seconds, then the portion of the screen under the HBOOT label cleared and HBOOT reported the following:

SD Checking...
Loading...[PB31DIAG.ZIP]
No image!
Loading...[PB31DIAG.NBH]
No image or wrong image!
Loading...[PB31IMG.ZIP]

I successfully flashed to S ON and booted into HBOOT.

I get the Sd checking part in the quote above, but that's all I get then it stops and doesn't flash the RUU. Any suggestions on how to get it to parse the .zip file? I've renamed it with the .zip and without the .zip and still does the same thing. Goes through the loading no image loading no image etc. Then stops and goes back to the HBOOT menu.

[doug piston]

I successfully flashed to S ON and booted into HBOOT.

I get the Sd checking part in the quote above, but that's all I get then it stops and doesn't flash the RUU. Any suggestions on how to get it to parse the .zip file? I've renamed it with the .zip and without the .zip and still does the same thing. Goes through the loading no image loading no image etc. Then stops and goes back to the HBOOT menu.

Make sure you back your sd card anf format it to fat32. Also that it is on the root of the card and not in any folders. Double check the file name. Make sure its a PB31IMG.zip(Windows hides extensions so you would just rename it PB31IMG.) Yada Yada Yada.

[doug piston]

I just completed this process.

After reboot, I received the OTA update again. I accepted it, but seemingly nothing happend. ?? Any clues? After going through wiping, etc. I'd like to get this update to work!

Sorry for the delay. Have you tried a factory reset?

[dave.james]

Make sure you back your sd card anf format it to fat32. Also that it is on the root of the card and not in any folders. Double check the file name. Make sure its a PB31IMG.zip(Windows hides extensions so you would just rename it PB31IMG.) Yada Yada Yada.

The fat32 detail held me up for days. I stupidly figured that the sd card that came with the unit would have the needed format. Didn't check. After I checked it in windows with the phone connected using the disk drive choice I knew! Reformatted the card to fat32 and HBOOT immediately worked as advertised. I do remember a couple of lines from HBOOT that seemed like there was something wrong with PB31IMG.zip, but things went on past that and I had a stock phone again. When I do this over I will use a new sd card. The original that I have reformatted will now not come up in a window when I connect as a drive. Can't say the reformat did that feature in but it is possible. I have a replacement phone now and plan on buying a seperate card for using the HBOOT methods. Leave the original card for holding music etc.

-Dave

[rohicks]

Make sure you back your sd card anf format it to fat32. Also that it is on the root of the card and not in any folders. Double check the file name. Make sure its a PB31IMG.zip(Windows hides extensions so you would just rename it PB31IMG.) Yada Yada Yada.

Thanks for the reply Doug.

I doubled checked the file name.

I am on a mac. I formatted the card through the phone settings, but I'm thinking that may not be how I'm supposed to do it? I think the fat32 might be my hiccup in this situation. I have no way to hook it up to my USB card reader because I don't have a bigger card for the micro to hook into for reader slot (if you can follow that jibberish). Is there a way to format it with FAT32 with the mini being in the phone? I checked the setting on the card and it does say 16. I may have to buy me a new one as this one is a little older from my other phone. It is only 2GB anyways, but it holds me over.

[dave.james]

Thanks for the reply Doug.

I doubled checked the file name.

I am on a mac. I formatted the card through the phone settings, but I'm thinking that may not be how I'm supposed to do it? I think the fat32 might be my hiccup in this situation. I have no way to hook it up to my USB card reader because I don't have a bigger card for the micro to hook into for reader slot (if you can follow that jibberish). Is there a way to format it with FAT32 with the mini being in the phone? I checked the setting on the card and it does say 16. I may have to buy me a new one as this one is a little older from my other phone. It is only 2GB anyways, but it holds me over.

This may not help as I am on Windows, but it is how I did it:
On the phone:
Menu->Settings>Applications->Devlopment.>USB Debugging (Warning pops up ... Select OK)
Menu->Settings>Connect to PC :: Select Ask Me as needed to leave in a checked state.
Connect Mac and Phone via USB.
Connecting to a Windows computer the phone will display a screen titled 'Choose a connecton type'
Hopefully that will happen on a mac.
Select 'Disk Drive' Then 'Done'
I get three "Drive" windows. One of them as a directory called rosie_scroll. That is the sd_card.
Copy everything up to your computer then format the drive to fat32.
HTH,
-Dave

[doug piston]

If you are on a mac, I think that it will automatically open files when downloaded. This is something you do not want to happen.

How To Disable "Open Safe Files After Downloading" Feature In Safari

I do not own a mac but try this and then redownload the files and move to your sd card again.


And you can format the card while it is in the phone. Just mount the sd card like you wanted to look at your files, then transfer all your files to the pc. Then format it as if the phone was the card reader.

[rohicks]

Ok I figured it out. On a Mac you can format the mini SD card while it is still in the phone. I'll write it up below so others can do the same thing if they encounter any problems.

(this step may not be needed, but won't hurt) Go to your settings in your incredible > Applications > Development > check USB debugging > Click ok. Go to home screen.

Tether your device to your mac. A window should pop up and click to mount it as a Disk Drive.

Your SD card should appear on your desktop along with the phone memory mounted. Make sure they are on the desktop or else that means they did not mount correctly.

Now to go Mac Hard Drive (essentially explorer for windows), go to applications in the side bar, utilities folder, then open/start Disk Utility.

Now with Disk Utility open look in the left side bar to find your SD card listed. Click on it. Go to the erase tab. Make sure in the format drop down box that MS-DOS (FAT) is selected so you can share it between PCs and MACs. Click the erase button on the screen and let it do its erasing. After it's done it should be formatted to FAT32 automatically.

To make sure that it is formatted to FAT32 click on the SD Card in the left sidebar of Disk Utility (if it isn't already selected), and look at the bottom of Disk Utility in the information bar and it should say what type of format it is.

Tada!

[booyah]

Somewhat unrelated question:

I'm trying to transfer all my apps and settings from one DInc to another. I'm rooted, s-off, with the latest Skyraider and have backed up everything via hboot. Is it as simple as transfering my microSD card to the new phone, rooting, and then restoring a backup? Or will I have to root, flash Skyraider again, and then redownload all the necessary apps (Titanium, SetCPU, etc.)?

Thanks!