9742 Stock and Custom ROM

[vampirefo.]

You all did nothing but try to help, absolutely no apologies necessary! It's my fault for getting in over my head!

I backed it up. I installed the custom ROM..... it restarted, saw the Coby logo, and now it is black. Please tell me this is supposed to happen? It's been a few minutes and it looks like it is off. I'm afraid to mess with it in case something is going on behind the scenes?

That's normal

 

[vampirefo.]

If it hasn't booted by now then there is a problem.

 

[Gretchen333]

It has not.

Edit: When I hold it up to my ear it sounds like something is going on in there.

 

[vampirefo.]

reboot into recovery
and restore your backup, your 9742 is different than both Traveller1701 and Patchril

 

[vampirefo.]

if you have adb setup you can use adb to boot into recovery

adb shell

su

reboot-recovery

if you don't have adb then just press the reset and follow this post.

http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...2-stock-custom-rom-post223475.html#post223475

 

[Gretchen333]

Ummmm.... ok, well now I may be in trouble. I don't know what adb is. I did the "two finger" method of booting it into recovery, but that doesn't seem to be working now.

 

[vampirefo.]

Ummmm.... ok, well now I may be in trouble. I don't know what adb is. I did the "two finger" method of booting it into recovery, but that doesn't seem to be working now.

press reset button then use the two finger method.

 

[Gretchen333]

press reset button then use the two finger method.

It's not working. I see the coby logo, it goes black for a millisecond, and then the coby logo again..... then black.

 

[vampirefo.]

it's a timing issue, hold down volume and back button then press power release power button when you see coby keep holding down volume and back button until you are in cwm.

also here is another method to get into cwm

http://www.androidtablets.net/forum.../39273-screen-problems-9742-a.html#post220831

1) Press and Hold.. VolumeUp & Back button ...
2) While still holding above .... Press & Hold Power button. (30 Seconds)

 

[Gretchen333]

Whew. Ok. I'm back to where I started this morning. (Yay for backup!) It may still be slow as all getout, but at least it turns on!

 

[vampirefo.]

@ Patchirl did you flash the boot.img?after flashing custom rom? I believe that would fix your touch screen problem

 

[Gretchen333]

I have managed to get adb working (see, I'm learning!) and I even got a dump (I think...?)

MID9741-8_G333_Dump.zip

 

[Patchirl]

@ Patchirl did you flash the boot.img?after flashing custom rom? I believe that would fix your touch screen problem

I did not. Another rookie mistake.
I'll do that and report back.

Edit: Do I flash the boot image with Cwm or adb?
Thanks.

 

[vampirefo.]

I have managed to get adb working (see, I'm learning!) and I even got a dump (I think...?)

MID9741-8_G333_Dump.zip

Thanks I will be uploading two roms for you to test both built from your dump, you just need to wipe dalvik cache via cwm before installing.

MID9741-8_G333_1.zip

MID9741-8_G333.zip

 

[Gretchen333]

You are so kind to do this, THANK YOU!!

Neither seemed to work, but I may not be doing it correctly. I boot into Clockwork Recovery and tell it to update from the sd card, then I point it to the zip file - is that correct? I did the only wipe cash thing I saw in CWM, hoping that was correct.

Oh, so when I install them (provided I did it correctly) and reboot it gets stuck on the android screen. Let it sit on that screen for more than 30 minutes and it never went any further.