I successfully rooted my Hero last week and flashed "DamageControl_Deodexed_2.09.01.zip"
I wanted to try out another rom so I picked EzHero-V5.0.1_signed.zip
i followed the instructions in the rom thread:
Instructions:
1-Have the latest radio! Find it here
2-reboot into recovery and do Nandroid backup
3- Wipe is advised but not needed if you come from 2.0, if not everything, including davik cache and sd ext
4- Flash the EzHero
5- Report back for reviews and problems
Recommended- GET Juice Defender, Works wonders!
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I went ahead and copied the latest radio zip and rom file to the sd card. Booted my phone into recovery and followed the above instructions. I first flashed the radio zip file and it was successful. I then wiped the phone. Then came the rom flash... the phone was verifying the file but it stopped and gave me some error on some line and something about radio.img. I figured the rom i downloaded had an error so i went ahead and try to reboot the device. The device restarts with a box, arrow, and phone logo. I have no idea what this image is so I leave the phone alone thinking it is doing something.
I come back and the phone is black. The phone does not react to anything. I can't put the phone in fast boot (vol. down +pwr), recovery mode or anything! My computer does not show anything connected when I plug in the usb cable. No phone lights come on when attaching a home charger. I tried my friends hero battery and it still will not power up.
Do I have a brick? Any suggestions?
If you can't access fastboot or recovery, you have a brick.
OUCH,... Damage control is for CDMA Heros, Ez for GSM,... flashing a non compatible ROM "should" just result in errors,... but flashing wrong radios,.... well,... u know,... I think you are bricked.
Can you confirm if you have CDMA or GSM?
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
Definitely have a CDMA Hero...
the Development section needs to add CDMA or GSM to its thread titles... piece of ****.. whatever
stinky180 said:
Definitely have a CDMA Hero...
the Development section needs to add CDMA or GSM to its thread titles... piece of ****.. whatever
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They have seperate forums...
Awww... i see what i did now...
LOL!
they should add CDMA and GSM to the title of its parent forums....
anyways, time to recycle this.
Umm, there are separate subforums for GSM and CDMA Heros...
Between HTC having multiple names for same/like devices, members not putting SPECIFICS in their titles (whether that be manufacturer or carrier related) or, at the very least, in their posts AND google's inability to read minds, I agree with stinky180. Whether or not I do a search here AFTER a google search or BEFORE searching google, I can rarely figure out what people are talking about when it comes to CDMA vs. GSM with regards to same models. Just look at the PHP breadcumbs above. Although I know that the G2 is GSM, there's not one single mention of CDMA or GSM. While I can only speak for myself, I can say that after a google search, I NEVER proceed to the home page of the forum where I can start my search in the proper subforum.
Fortunately for me though, I am from the school of Read before you Proceed and therefore I've never had issues like stinky180 above. Still, I agree. Make the background colors different or something to visually distinguish between the 2 different technologies. I really don't like reading 133 pages of a single thread just to find out that the last hour I just wasted wasn't even related to the CDMA model I thought I was reading about. I regularly see posts moved to the proper section by mods and admins, so why not make things a little more intuitive when it comes to searching for something this essential. After all, google won't bring us to the 'start' page of the subforum, where the end user is that much more (ir)responsible. I'm not saying dummies should run the forum but, as a seasoned professional, I would immediately see that the post I was reading was in the wrong subforum and therefore renew my searches. There is always a better way of doing things. This awesome forum is proof positive of that.
Peace
Cellphonerepair <3
You're my hero!
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So I just flashed aospCMod 2.3.4 (5/16) and I forgot to flash firerats boot after...it first booted into the HTC boot screen then stopped. And now it does nothing. Doesn't turn on at all. Can't boot into recovery or anything. Bricked?
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Hey Guys, I keep trying to flash my Touch pro, and No matter what rom I use (minus the stock rom) it just sits at the "htc Rapael" screen, then restarts. I've unlocked with the SPL-0.37.CMONEX unlocker. tried the other one from the elite team, and I always get a corrupt message after it flashes.
The only rom I can flash onto this thing is the stock rom someone "Dumped" (DL from ppcgeeks).
I tried searching a bunch of times, but it's also a bit hard when you're at work and you're sitting next to a dead phone trying not to bug hehe...
Thanks guys.
Do you have a CDMA Touch Pro by any chance? IE does it have a SIM card or not? If not, either go over to the Raphael CDMA ROM section or go back to PPCGeeks before you brick your phone with the GSM ROMs
Have you changed your hard SPL package?
Quit trying to kill your phone. You clearly need cdma roms with that spl. Reading won't kill you. Not reading may kill your phone.
I tried both the Elite's 1.9 SPL and the 0.37-CMONEX SPL. Yes I have a CDMA Phone. I know I can brick it with the GSM spl, but nothing I've tried is working, and I've search so far, with no luck. I'm not too worried about bricking it. I have the insurance so it's not too much to get a new one. I'm assuming the 1.9 is GSM because although they DON'T specify, they mention things like 3G and ATT.
which is why I'm assuming it fails. there's no specifics to the ROM developement thread (as to which GSM or CDMA phone you have) so I figured if it's a ROM question it should go here? If it belongs in the CDMA section can I move it there?
Like I said, even with the .37-CMONEX SPL I can only flash the Stock rom. Any Idea's?
Go post in this forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=465
This is a GSM forum-you're in the wrong one. You don't even own a Raphael, you own a Herman. Check the CDMA forum or go to ppcgeeks.
Also, insurance will not cover 'user-inflicted' damage to your device. If you try to pry it open, they won't cover it. If you try to 'modify' the software features of the device (IE flashing a ROM), they won't cover it.
I'm sorry I didn't know this was a GSM only forum, I thought it was for all Rom Developement ( now I know that it's technically not raphael but herman).
and Insurance covers phones that have been run over, lost in the ocean, stole. it's not that hard to make a phone dissapear, or get run over.
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I know I can brick it with the GSM spl, but nothing I've tried is working
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... sounds a little like your trying to brick it.
rcintorino said:
I'm sorry I didn't know this was a GSM only forum, I thought it was for all Rom Developement ( now I know that it's technically not raphael but herman).
and Insurance covers phones that have been run over, lost in the ocean, stole. it's not that hard to make a phone dissapear, or get run over.
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That would be known as "insurance fraud" and is a felony.
We will not help you to perform an illegal act.
I'm not a straight noob. Ive had an OG Droid, Dinc, and now a HTC Thunderbolt. I want to put the dasBAMF Gingerbread rom on my phone, that thread s freakin ridiculous. Last i checked it was at 108 pages. Could a kind soul tell us (meaning everybody who is lost as a mug) how to put this on their HTC Thunderbolts. Just SIMPLE instructions. PLEASEEEEEEEEEE......
Did you already root your phone? If not, you have to do that first.
You can make it far less pages if you change the default posts per page in your profile. However, the only actual relevant post(s) are the ones by the OP (developer).
If you haven't rooted, there's several threads in the developers forum about how to do that.
Yes sir, Im rooted. I just dont understand all the radio and adb thing.
Radios are just what controls your connection to the verizon network (data/voice). You dont really need to mess with those for most roms unless the rom post by the developer says you need a certain one/type.
For how to flash a rom, just read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032510&highlight=flashing+rom
The overall search for xda isnt that great, but if you search the thunderbolt subforum, it works pretty well overall. I just grabbed that from a quick search.
Thanks Bro!!!!!!!
Use ROM Manager to boot into Recovery then you can navigate to the folder where the bamf ROM is. Make sure to wipe data, davlik, and cache first. Flash away. Then you will have to use adb or the battery pull trick to flash to the newest radio.
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA App
guys tried two roms including this one and it gives me "jumping to kernel (custom)..." freeze ...how to fix it up?
I have original rom installed, copied the Android folder /sdcard/Android
ran the Haret and thats the results as stated above ...
The model: HD2 (original 6.5 rom)
plz help
thanks!
Update your Radio
how do i make this radio update? my device is not rooted.
thanks!
Please search. There are a large amount of threads about that.
Hint: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=808015
codiak said:
Please search. There are a large amount of threads about that.
Hint: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=808015
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Any one click apps to update radio on stock roms?
You have to understand what you are doing. Otherwise you can get in trouble.
So you have to read...
Oh, and this is the wrong forum by the way!
This is the right one for you question.
there is no shorten click and run guide for radio update? no way run android/haret without update the radio?
As I said: This is the wrong Subforum for you question!
Download official stock ROM 3.14 from the HTC website, it should be available for all carriers. This will give you a good enough radio.
Sorry to post if this is inapropriate thread but just thought id chip in with my experience of this issue...There are two solutions i have come across for being stuck at the "jumping to kernel" issue
1. Reeboot phone into WM...as soon as hd2 boots, go straight to the android folder and again boot to android using the haret method (main point to note is to do this as soon as WM boots..ie; do nothing else in wm. Just go straight to file xplorer then android...This works for me every time.
2. Put hd2 into 'Airplane Mode' (in WM) the try booting to android via the haret method.
This has worked for me in the past but not sure if is 100% failsafe However method 1 always works...for me anyway
Another thing to note is you should give it enough time for the build to create when you get to the green htc logo (after jumping to kernel) if this is your first install..In fact you may want to start fresh by a new re-formatt of sd card and fresh android install. Just incase anytjing has been messed up when you were stuck @ JTK as i assume you would have pulled the battery, which may have disturbed an image being built
This is dev section, not Q&A/General.
Which is the best rom to go with?
I've downloaded _n0p_'s DSC v0.7 and Tenorntex's Longhorn 2.1 v2, seeing as these 2 were the newest and latest and had Android 2.3.3
Are there any other better rom's or has anyone tried the 2 I listed, if so whats the difference?
Thanks
Better is very vague when it comes to ROM's it all depends on what you want in a Rom. I have old Simple Streak 1.2. Yes there is newer ROM's out but this one works perfect for what I need. In my Case Stability.
DSC is the most actively developed/supported. Plenty stable for me. I don't think any of the earlier Froyo based ROMs are being developed further.
I meant as far as Stability, Performance and up to date, I don't care about the Stage UI and was gunna theme it myself or use SPB Shell 3D.
Could someone point me in the direction to an easy install rom?
I don't wanna install "these update pkg's" after renaming and then plug my phone into the pc and open cmd and then type this in on the pc. et cetera et cetera
I just wanna download a zip drag it to the card, bootup in safemode and install from sd card.
I'd consider doing all that work if I weren't testing out the device.
I won it off ebay, the guy replaced the screen and said it's been randomly rebooting ever since. But he never did a factory reset or new rom install ever since fixing the screen, so I just wanna simply install a rom and see if it works then go on from there.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Could someone point me in the direction to an easy install rom?
I don't wanna install "these update pkg's" after renaming and then plug my phone into the pc and open cmd and then type this in on the pc. et cetera et cetera
I just wanna download a zip drag it to the card, bootup in safemode and install from sd card.
I'd consider doing all that work if I weren't testing out the device.
I won it off ebay, the guy replaced the screen and said it's been randomly rebooting ever since. But he never did a factory reset or new rom install ever since fixing the screen, so I just wanna simply install a rom and see if it works then go on from there.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Unfortunately I do not believe that anyone can change the way that the Streak works just so it is more convenient for you or so that you don't have to learn anything.
In the time you took to navigate to XDA and make your post you could have flashed a ROM onto your Streak - plugging it in and everything.
The only ROM you can install by just putting it on the SD Card is the same one that is currently on the Streak, if you don't mind holding down a couple of buttons and using recovery mode.
n1nj4Lo said:
Could someone point me in the direction to an easy install rom?
I don't wanna install "these update pkg's" after renaming and then plug my phone into the pc and open cmd and then type this in on the pc. et cetera et cetera
I just wanna download a zip drag it to the card, bootup in safemode and install from sd card.
I'd consider doing all that work if I weren't testing out the device.
I won it off ebay, the guy replaced the screen and said it's been randomly rebooting ever since. But he never did a factory reset or new rom install ever since fixing the screen, so I just wanna simply install a rom and see if it works then go on from there.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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If anyone is wondering why developers leave and give the site a bad reputation look no further. Someone with over 600 posts under his username should not be making noob posts like this one. With so many posts he knows how to use the search engine and the wiki, but I guess when it comes to our device using the search engine and the wiki is an inconvenience, along with renaming a file "update.pkg".
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Unfortunately I do not believe that anyone can change the way that the Streak works just so it is more convenient for you or so that you don't have to learn anything.
In the time you took to navigate to XDA and make your post you could have flashed a ROM onto your Streak - plugging it in and everything.
The only ROM you can install by just putting it on the SD Card is the same one that is currently on the Streak, if you don't mind holding down a couple of buttons and using recovery mode.
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So would that be this: Streak_407_20707_14.pkg ? According to the first post above me do I rename it?
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If anyone is wondering why developers leave and give the site a bad reputation look no further. Someone with over 600 posts under his username should not be making noob posts like this one. With so many posts he knows how to use the search engine and the wiki, but I guess when it comes to our device using the search engine and the wiki is an inconvenience, along with renaming a file "update.pkg".
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Some people learn better through interaction where they can actually ask questions... I don't have over 600 posts so who are you talking about? Furthermore if you are talking about first thing I'd do is learn how to read mr wise guy, secondly!! You tell me how one is supposed to learn which rom is the best based on user reviews and opinions, where do I go to find that out and wheres the wiki on that, unless you expect people to read 200 and 300 page threads also? I have barely 150 posts and rarely post at all unless it is to ask questions or make requests. It's not like I have 600 posts and every single one of them are questions.
This is only my second time dealing with android and second time flashing android first time it was simply moving a zip to the sdcard and booting up into safe mode and selecting update through sdcard, so certainly I'd be baffled and have questions when one time it was so easy and the second time I've gotta jump through hoops and everything.
Lastly since WHEN Is asking a Question SOOOO wrong in the Dell Streak 5 Q&A Category???? It's not like I posted it in the wrong area or something, but ohhh no'es how dare n00b be confused and need a lil help/guidance of some experienced users, ohh mercy me the drama in that!!
Last time I checked that is what XDA is here for, for people to learn, not to be attacked by asshat trolls like you.
If anyone is wondering why XDA has a multitude more lurkers than posters look no further than to the hardass that is Strephon Alkhalikoi View Postwho can't stand to see a n00b in need of help!
Like this
Flashing/Updating
Installing a recovery
Download appropriate recovery to flash from Stock Recoveries or Custom recoveries
Enter fastboot mode on your phone
Flash recovery with fastboot: fastboot flash recovery <path to recovery.img>
After flashing is complete: fastboot reboot to reboot
Finished
If you are using a custom recovery see Disabling recovery overwrite in stock roms and follow the steps there to prevent the Streak from over writing the recovery. Re-install your custom recovery after following those steps.
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BUT THE VERY FIRST THING THE WIKI SAYS IS To Stay AWAY From Fastboot, but this tells you to use Fastboot... So what gives and which is it? LoL
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Like thisBUT THE VERY FIRST THING THE WIKI SAYS IS To Stay AWAY From Fastboot, but this tells you to use Fastboot... So what gives and which is it? LoL
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I hope that you can actually read better than that. The wiki does not say to stay away from fastboot. It clearly states two commands that should not be used on the Streak. It goes onto give a number of examples of using fastboot.
I hope that you other 157 posts (as I wtite this) on XDA were not as tiresome or ill-informed as the ones you have posted here.
The information you need is here in the forums, available at the links in my signature, and on other forums. Please exercise some patience and read the info.
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I hope that you can actually read better than that. The wiki does not say to stay away from fastboot. It clearly states two commands that should not be used on the Streak. It goes onto give a number of examples of using fastboot.
I hope that you other 157 posts (as I wtite this) on XDA were not as tiresome or ill-informed as the ones you have posted here.
The information you need is here in the forums, available at the links in my signature, and on other forums. Please exercise some patience and read the info.
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Uhh yea sory... I forgot about the 2 options to stay away from, just the dangerous part stayed with me. LoL
Do I need to be at a certain android version or can I make a semi-major update leap?
Also it says
Installing a stock rom
Reinstalling a stock rom will wipe all data!
1. Download stock rom pkg and recovery to install
2. Copy pkg to sdcard and rename to update.pkg
3. Install matching stock recovery
4. Enter recovery mode
5. After recovery loads press Camera to begin process
6. Finished
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Do I need the recovery.img as well? It said nothing about a img file or anything just said "matching stock recovery" so yea, is that the right thing?
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First I'm gunna try factory reset and see if that fixes the random reboot problem, hopefully it does the seller said he just installed the new screen and never did anything except for just trying to powering it up, use normally and it would reboot suddenly.
WELL NO DUH, you need to restore everything back to default settings with a factory/hard reset. Thats like trying to install a video card or webcam and expecting it to work right away without installing the dirvers. - Hopefully!
Well it's only getting as far as the dell logo screen/splash screen. I've tried the entering safe mode but nothing yet, once it's powered on it just sits at that screen.
dsc is great and very stable if you dont mind the few following quirks.
1. google maps will always run in the background unless you freeze it. This will drain your battery quite quickly
2. Wifi might or might not be broken, if it is broken use wifi analyzer if not profit
the benefits of dsc?
fast
running GB instead of froyo
dpi change is awesome.
screen default orientation is awesome
stable other than those few bugs
Battery life was decent.
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Im however just running 2.2 froyo on a stock rogers. The battery life is amazing on stock 2.2 (a whole day, and still have about 30% with heavy usage and constant 3g) and the wifi works fine. For me this is the most stable rom however it is a bit slow compared to DSC. This phone is used for work so it has to just.. work.
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Havent really tried the other roms yet, but depending on what you want out of the phone you can try the DSC and see if you can live with these little quirks.
Yea I was leaning more towards DSC than Longhorn, it looks like it's updated more frequently too.
Bad & Good News
Turns out when the guy replaced the screen he fried the mobo... Me and a friend at a small local pc store tried everything from rooting with new rom to factory resets. Always had the same problem.
But the guy at the pc store sells phones also and said he'd give me $100.00 credit to a new factory refirbed, rooted and unlocked dell streak mini if I gave him the one we tried to repair.
hboot is 1.15 i am running 1.22.651.3 i have s-on and am unlocked... i am trying to get s off i am trying to flash to cm10 but i cannot get any were can someone please point me in the right direction ... i have read and read and read and nothing adds up to what happens.. .i use clock work mod to download and install when it boots into recovery it says it installs but the screen stays black i have to hard reset (power vol down and camera) it to get anywere then it goes back into recovery and i use the back up file i had to get my phone to work... what am i doing wrong...
No offense to the developer but I would steer clear on CM10 on the Evo. It ran fine on my Nexus but it really didn't do well on my Evo. The MMS didn't work worth a darn. The biggest issue I had was no data. I reflashed it. I wiped everything. I read the instruction 20 times. It just doesn't work well and has some bugs. There seems to always be some major bugs in the AOSP line of roms. Even on the Nexus G AOKP was a constant headache. I wish I could just say do these three steps and all will be flawless. Sorry, that just isn't the case.
Sorry to point this out but this topic goes on the q&a section not on development
HTC EVO LTE
Not sure what kc is talking about I have flawless data and mms on cm10. I have 4g and it works totally fine with no data issues whatsoever. Now the op is posting in the wrong place, but I would gladly help if the post was more clear. So are you s-off or not? If not it will require you to either get s-off or flash the boot.img separately. If you are s-off try using twrp not clockwork. I have been on twrp since I got the Evo in July and have had zero flashing issues.
Sent from my EVO using xda premium
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I will add mms has been flawless since using Gosms as has been discussed in the cm10 thread multiple times. Not sure if mms works otherwise, but go sms solves it if it is still being worked on. If you don't like/want to us Gosms then just install it solely for mms because it does send and receive them and they show up in the stock messaging app as well.
Sent from my EVO using xda premium
i have s on and all i can access is twrp and hboot
I'm not entirely sure how you managed to put [Q] in your thread title AND ignore the box that says "Is this a question?". There is a very, very clearly labeled section for questions and answers, and your question is one of the most asked here.
Here's your two step fix:
1. Learn where to post. (please)
2. You are S-ON. The reason why you see a black screen is because S-ON users can't flash kernels from recovery. You have to do it seperately. Custom ROMs like AOSP or ROMs that use custom kernels can't be flashed normally on S-ON.
3. No, you did not read. At all. We can tell because the very first thread in the Questions and Answers forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1869377) says the following:
Note: To those of you with CWM Recovery, it is recommended that you use TeamWin Recovery as it is better suited for our phones.
Brick This is a very serious problem, your device is catatonic and will not respond to the usual methods of power on/off or sim-pull. In some cases the phone comes back when the battery dies and is recharged, this isn't very often. There are un-bricking tools written by OEMs when they screw up (Samsung / Motorola) and there are tools written by developers working on S-OFF. They notice a very real danger and will supply the tool just in case (this is not possible in all cases). Bricking can and will be permanent in many situations
Boot loop There a different kinds of boot loop situations (also referred to as soft brick, please do not cry brick in the forums if it is a boot loop) the most common are a mismatch of kernel and ROM.
Help, my phone is stuck in a boot loop or my phone is stuck on HTC! Not a problem at all. Hold down the power button and continue to hold it, the capacitive buttons will begin flashing and phone will reboot. After the screen turns off let go of power for one second and the press and hold power and volume down to boot into the boot loader. This is known as a simulated battery pull. HTC built this in as a fail safe to reboot your phone, and it gives us a chance to jump into the boot loader should anything go wrong. Once you have successfully made it to the boot loader read through these forms of boot loop to understand what went wrong.
Known forms of boot loop
Generic Boot loop You have a working recovery and now you have installed your first ROM. There's just one problem every ROM you try boot loops but if you restore your back up and it runs fine. This is common when you haven't taken the time to wipe your phone before you flash. You can use a wipe script to clean your phone or you can systematically wipe Dalvik, Cache, Factory Restore, and then wipe System. Now you can flash your custom ROM (HBOOT 1.15+ requires you to flash the kernel separately)
Help my phone won't boot past the splash screen similar to a generic boot loop, the most common fix is to wipe the phone before flashing your ROM. Wipe your dalvik and cache, the factory reset and wipe system. You can now flash your new ROM
Kernel Issue You have flashed a kernel that may be corrupt, originate from a different base, or is just not supported by the ROM (not really the case these days, most developers are willing to share tweaks and custom code) The result is a phone that boots to a black screen and will hang or reboot.
Note: HBOOT 1.15+ requires you to flash the kernel separately, all relevant info to do so is in this guide.
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In the future, if you have a question, consider placing it the forum that is meant for that. Sorry to sound like an ass, but I'm in a bad mood.
thank for the help...
I am running Cyanogen Mod 10.0 on the phone for 2 weeks and not even one issue. I updated to the latest TWP before I installed the ROM. I am never going back to gay Sense. Sorry but I can't stand sense. I love the build quality of the EVO more than any other phone on the market. I really hope they come out with a Nexus Device.
Download CyanogenMod from their site and you will not have an issue.
Go to the aokp thread and at the beginning says how to push the boot.img vías fast boot after that you should be fine flashing the rom
Sent from my EVO using xda premium
Can someone delete this thread? or move it? or help this guy read instructions on how and where to post things?
Yes I'm closing this. And OP WATCH your language. YOU posted in the wrong area, not the other way around... So it's YOUR fault and No ONE herer owes you ANYTHING.
On a side note, if everyone quotes the offensive language I have to delete that too... just an FYI