Broke WiFi on Droid after overclocking, Need Fix

[jared1337]

So I overclocked my Droid to 1GHz and now I cant start my WiFi, It just says "Unable to start WiFi". I have Nandroid and the SPRecovery and my droid is rooted. How do I fix the WiFi? Not sure how to do what it explains below. Do I do all this from SPRecovery?

WiFi Fix
You might also need this tiwlan_drv.ko, depending on what kernel you had prior. tiwlan_drv.ko
From a root, recovery console (su):


Code:
mount -o remount,rw /system
cp /sytem/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko tiwlan_drv.ko.bak
cat /sdcard/tiwlan_drv.ko > /system/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko
chmod 644 /system/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko
Mount -o remount,ro /system

[listenman20]

you d/l that file...tiwlan_drv.ko......then you use adb shell from pc to put in those commands or code

[Shad0w325]

You don't need to do that from the recovery menu, I'm not sure why it says that because it didn't work for me. Assuming you know how to use adb since your rooted and OC'd, just copy the tiwlan_drv.ko file to the root of your SD card, unmount the SD card from your computer, and open up command prompt. This is what you need to type.

adb shell
su
mount -o remount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
mount -o remount,rw /system
cp /sytem/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko tiwlan_drv.ko.bak
cat /sdcard/tiwlan_drv.ko > /system/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko
chmod 644 /system/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko
mount -o remount,ro /system
mount -o ro,remount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
sync
reboot

After your phone reboots your wifi should be working perfectly.

[messenger13]

I've helped a lot of noobs who don't like (or are afraid of) command line statements. If you belong in that group, here's another way...

1. In preparation, make sure you have Root Explorer installed on your Droid (it costs a couple of bucks, but it’s worth it).

2. Download the tiwlan_drv.ko file from the tasmanian_droid forum at Alldroid to the root of your SD card.

3. Open Root Explorer, scroll down to system, then lib, then all the way down to modules. Tap the white button at the top so that it says “Mount R/O.”

4. Long press on the file tiwlan_drv.ko file, select “Rename” and add the extension .bak to the file.

5. Go back to the main directory and scroll down to sdcard and find the WiFi fix file you downloaded there, then long press and select “Move”. If you’ve done it correctly, you’ll see a “Paste” button at the bottom as you navigate through the directories back to modules.

6. In modules, click “Paste,” then long press on the file and select “Permissions”. For “User,” check the boxes for Read and Write (but NOT Execute); for “Group” and “Others,” check only Read, then tap “OK”.

7. The details under the file name should show “rw-r--r--” (which is what 644 means) and should be identical to those for the file you renamed with the .bak extension.

That’s it, your WiFi should be up and running!

[Corinacakes]

joe i'm really beginning to think you're a geek

[JGard]

You don't need to do that from the recovery menu, I'm not sure why it says that because it didn't work for me. Assuming you know how to use adb since your rooted and OC'd, just copy the tiwlan_drv.ko file to the root of your SD card, unmount the SD card from your computer, and open up command prompt. This is what you need to type.

adb shell
su
mount -o remount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
mount -o remount,rw /system
cp /sytem/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko tiwlan_drv.ko.bak
cat /sdcard/tiwlan_drv.ko > /system/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko
chmod 644 /system/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko
mount -o remount,ro /system
mount -o ro,remount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
sync
reboot

After your phone reboots your wifi should be working perfectly.

nevermind, fixed my problem. Phone wasn't prompting me to allow SU access, even though it should have been., All set


strike that. Still no go. I keep getting the error "cp: not found". This occurs whether I try it through ADB or through a terminal emulator on the droid

Also, when I try the first mount instruction, I basically get a help file showing how to enter the Mount command and the options for it. So it doesn't like something when I type in mount -o remount,rw /system

[Se7enLC]

You don't need to do that from the recovery menu, I'm not sure why it says that because it didn't work for me. Assuming you know how to use adb since your rooted and OC'd, just copy the tiwlan_drv.ko file to the root of your SD card, unmount the SD card from your computer, and open up command prompt. This is what you need to type.

adb shell
su
mount -o remount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
mount -o remount,rw /system
cp /sytem/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko tiwlan_drv.ko.bak
cat /sdcard/tiwlan_drv.ko > /system/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko
chmod 644 /system/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko
mount -o remount,ro /system
mount -o ro,remount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
sync
reboot

After your phone reboots your wifi should be working perfectly.

nevermind, fixed my problem. Phone wasn't prompting me to allow SU access, even though it should have been., All set


strike that. Still no go. I keep getting the error "cp: not found". This occurs whether I try it through ADB or through a terminal emulator on the droid

Also, when I try the first mount instruction, I basically get a help file showing how to enter the Mount command and the options for it. So it doesn't like something when I type in mount -o remount,rw /system

This is what happens when people blindly follow instructions posted on a forum. That list of commands is RIDDLED with errors.

For starters, system has an S in it. The list up there says /sytem. There are TWO mount commands in a row for reasons I can't really understand. That should be a single command. Same with the two mount commands at the end.

Also, the way it is written, it's very confusing. The "cat" commands and the commands that mention /dev/block/mtdblock4 seem to imply that busybox is not installed, but some of the commands are "cp" and the mount commands without a device listed imply that busybox IS installed.

[hughesjr]

You don't need to do that from the recovery menu, I'm not sure why it says that because it didn't work for me. Assuming you know how to use adb since your rooted and OC'd, just copy the tiwlan_drv.ko file to the root of your SD card, unmount the SD card from your computer, and open up command prompt. This is what you need to type.

adb shell
su
mount -o remount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
mount -o remount,rw /system
cp /sytem/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko tiwlan_drv.ko.bak
cat /sdcard/tiwlan_drv.ko > /system/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko
chmod 644 /system/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko
mount -o remount,ro /system
mount -o ro,remount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
sync
reboot

After your phone reboots your wifi should be working perfectly.

nevermind, fixed my problem. Phone wasn't prompting me to allow SU access, even though it should have been., All set


strike that. Still no go. I keep getting the error "cp: not found". This occurs whether I try it through ADB or through a terminal emulator on the droid

Also, when I try the first mount instruction, I basically get a help file showing how to enter the Mount command and the options for it. So it doesn't like something when I type in mount -o remount,rw /system

This is what happens when people blindly follow instructions posted on a forum. That list of commands is RIDDLED with errors.

For starters, system has an S in it. The list up there says /sytem. There are TWO mount commands in a row for reasons I can't really understand. That should be a single command. Same with the two mount commands at the end.

Also, the way it is written, it's very confusing. The "cat" commands and the commands that mention /dev/block/mtdblock4 seem to imply that busybox is not installed, but some of the commands are "cp" and the mount commands without a device listed imply that busybox IS installed.

Also, if using cp in one place, why cat in the other?

I am also not sure how well cat works with binary type files ... it seems to work, but I have never done that.

if cp is not found, use busybox cp instead of cp, so:

busybox cp /system/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko tiwlan_drv.ko.bak

and

busybox cp /sdcard/tiwlan_drv.ko > /system/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko

[Se7enLC]

busybox cp /sdcard/tiwlan_drv.ko > /system/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko

no no no no no. (Sorry for the tone, but my original comment was in frustration over people posting incorrect/invalid command instructions, and you just posted another one). You should NOT be using the redirect (greater-than symbol) with a copy command.


HOW TO COPY A FILE


cat [SRCFILE] > [DESTFILE] is used when you don't have the cp command available (on a stock droid before installing busybox, for example). What it's doing is using cat to display the contents of a file and then redirecting the contents into another file with the > operator.

dd if=SRCFILE of=DESTFILE is another way to emulate a cp command when the cp command is not available. I prefer this method, as it should be safer for binary files. The DD command just copies data from one place to another. IF stands for "input file" and OF stands for "output file".

cp [SRCFILE] [DESTFILE] is how to copy files if you have busybox installed *correctly* or on a normal linux system.

busybox cp [SRCFILE] [DESTFILE] is how to copy files if you only have the busybox binary installed with none of the helper links created.

[hughesjr]

busybox cp /sdcard/tiwlan_drv.ko > /system/lib/modules/tiwlan_drv.ko

no no no no no. (Sorry for the tone, but my original comment was in frustration over people posting incorrect/invalid command instructions, and you just posted another one). You should NOT be using the redirect (greater-than symbol) with a copy command.


HOW TO COPY A FILE


cat [SRCFILE] > [DESTFILE] is used when you don't have the cp command available (on a stock droid before installing busybox, for example). What it's doing is using cat to display the contents of a file and then redirecting the contents into another file with the > operator.

dd if=SRCFILE of=DESTFILE is another way to emulate a cp command when the cp command is not available. I prefer this method, as it should be safer for binary files. The DD command just copies data from one place to another. IF stands for "input file" and OF stands for "output file".

cp [SRCFILE] [DESTFILE] is how to copy files if you have busybox installed *correctly* or on a normal linux system.

busybox cp [SRCFILE] [DESTFILE] is how to copy files if you only have the busybox binary installed with none of the helper links created.

Right ... made a mistake. I promise I know Linux commands. I am one of the CentOS Linux distribution developers