Trying to boot the kernel with fastboot boot ... freezes the phone, as does using pmbootstrap.py flasher boot
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Trying to flash the kernel with pmboostrap.py flasher flash_system or flash_kernel results in a remote:not allowed error, although this may be related to a corrupted partition table on my particular device.
Pulling flash offsets from two different dlx ROMS. Both match each other and what we're using.
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adb pushing the .img file and attempting to use dd to write into the system partition. Only succeeded in mangling the partition.
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Reflashing CM-12 just to be sure that the phone isn't totally bricked, but CM installs just fine and boots properly.
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Some theories
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Ross Schulman's particular HTC Droid DNA is individually broken and/or not unlocked properly (but see the ability to flash and boot multiple different CyanogenMod versions)
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Somehow the offsets are incorrect (haunting feeling this is it, but numbers were taken from previously mentioned CyanogenMod boot.img)
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The dlx doesn't actually use the m7's kernel at all (this doesn't seem plausible given the number of places that have indicated it is true)
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Ross is just mis-executing commands in some fundamental ways (the most likely of the bunch)
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