Hey i tried flashing a new kernel first time, my phone gets stuck in a loop htc splash screen, shuts off, rinse repeat. How can i fix this im sweating bullets here, i have PH*IMG on SD card but installation keeps getting aborted, help me. arrrrgh, thanks in advance. I think i should have just left my phone alone lol.
edyts said:
Hey i tried flashing a new kernel first time, my phone gets stuck in a loop htc splash screen, shuts off, rinse repeat. How can i fix this im sweating bullets here, i have PH*IMG on SD card but installation keeps getting aborted, help me. arrrrgh, thanks in advance. I think i should have just left my phone alone lol.
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No clue on why the installation keeps getting aborted.
Try this.
Use the kernel flasher tool to flash your original boot.img file (from your custom rom).
Then adb reboot recovery to get back into recovery and flash your previous rom.
That should take care of it.
i cant get the computer to recognize device, when i tried to flash the original kernel it just keeps waiting for device
edyts said:
i cant get the computer to recognize device, when i tried to flash the original kernel it just keeps waiting for device
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Get into hboot mode.
take the boot.img file and place inside the Kernel flasher folder. Make sure fastboot.exe is in there.
Open command prompt (Run as administrator)
cd to the directory with fastboot.exe and boot.img
enter:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
You should be good.
im not sure what you mean, i come from black berry lol. How do i cd to "said" directory? Sorry took a break it was stressing me out, i appreciate the input alot though. Am i looking to install this on my phone or on my computer, is there anything i can do to give you more info? my computer doesnt recognize the device, i cant get past hboot, i can get to clockwork, sometimes but im not sure what to do all the stuff ive researched to do doesnt work.
Edit. So are you saying put the boot img and fast boot in the kernelhere folder, or the folder preceding that? think my batteries dead now, im really hooped. in my command prompt when i run as admisnstrator i get this command line "C:\Windows\system32>" how do i navigate to where you were saying?
Edit: ok i figured out how to navigate around command prompt but now i think my bettery is to dead, i cant get to hbooot, grrr, this sucks. hopefully itll charge over night enough to do this.
edyts said:
im not sure what you mean, i come from black berry lol. How do i cd to "said" directory? Sorry took a break it was stressing me out, i appreciate the input alot though. Am i looking to install this on my phone or on my computer, is there anything i can do to give you more info? my computer doesnt recognize the device, i cant get past hboot, i can get to clockwork, sometimes but im not sure what to do all the stuff ive researched to do doesnt work.
Edit. So are you saying put the boot img and fast boot in the kernelhere folder, or the folder preceding that? think my batteries dead now, im really hooped.
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Just trying to make it easy for you man.
Re-download your original rom.
Extract the boot.img file to the exact same location as the fastboot.exe file.
Use the command prompt to navigate to the directory where you have the boot.img and fastboot.exe file.
Boot to hboot.
In the command prompt enter this command
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then reboot to recovery.
From recovery flash your rom .zip file.
If your battery is completely drained then try charging it for a few hours. If it doesn't charge then try something like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198585
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1336005
Or you can look on Amazon for an Anker battery and charger. Best investment for the Amaze that I've ever made.
Worse case scenario, go to T-Mobile and tell them that your battery is shot and need a replacement. Or send me a pm and I'll see some other ways that I can help you out. Maybe I'll let you mail me your device and I can fix it for you. Very last resort of course.
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I just noticed that you have a Canadian ip address. Do you have Telus? If so then remember to use xboarders56's telus patch too after you have flashed your rom.
Just for the hell of it... try using this rom and the boot.img file from it as well (assuming you do have Telus)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337407
I will try all those things in the morning, i think its cause my batteries dead now im not able to do anything really , i appreciate the help, and thanks for dumbing it down. Although i still need to clarify, "original ROM" i assume is the stock telus one, yes im on telus, is that a correct assumption, or is original ROM the ROM i was running when i f*&ked everything up? I will stop posting here unless someone else chimes in, ill just pm you, youve been a huge help and im starting to see light at the end lol. cant wait to wake up and hope my phone can hboot.
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I dunno if ill be hard wiring anything lol, although desperate times call for desperate measures lol. I do need a battery to be charged, hmmm
edyts said:
I will try all those things in the morning, i think its cause my batteries dead now im not able to do anything really , i appreciate the help, and thanks for dumbing it down. Although i still need to clarify, "original ROM" i assume is the stock telus one, yes im on telus, is that a correct assumption, or is original ROM the ROM i was running when i f*&ked everything up? I will stop posting here unless someone else chimes in, ill just pm you, youve been a huge help and im starting to see light at the end lol. cant wait to wake up and hope my phone can hboot.
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I dunno if ill be hard wiring anything lol, although desperate times call for desperate measures lol. I do need a battery to be charged, hmmm
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Yes, use the telus rom that you had before.
Within that telus rom should be a boot.img file.
That one is the one that you want to fastboot flash.
Where can i find my stock rom, is that th PH8IMg file, i just want to be sure
edyts said:
Where can i find my stock rom, is that th PH8IMg file, i just want to be sure
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Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337407 or a Telus rom here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308078
Or if you want to use a PH85IMG.zip file (ruu) that's fine too. You'll just have to reroot and you'll loose all of your data. Hopefully you have made a clockwork backup.
Link to RUU http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335703
Anker being ordered tomorrow, got phone into hboot once today but i was at work lol figures, hoping i can get it there later tonight at home. Ill keep updating progress, no phone sucks though. Really thinking about doing that battery jumpstart thing you linked, but dont wanna ruin my phone further lol.
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K i got into hboot, did the fastboot flash boot boot.img command through command prompt, after restart i could boot into recovery, but still it aborts trying to flash the stock rom. Im feeling better though i couldnt get here yesterday lol
EDIt
Hboot i get CID incorrect! Update Fail! Press <Power> to update. Had this before i drained my battery, im actually happy to be back at this point lol. Any ideas, anyone?
edyts said:
Anker being ordered tomorrow, got phone into hboot once today but i was at work lol figures, hoping i can get it there later tonight at home. Ill keep updating progress, no phone sucks though. Really thinking about doing that battery jumpstart thing you linked, but dont wanna ruin my phone further lol.
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K i got into hboot, did the fastboot flash boot boot.img command through command prompt, after restart i could boot into recovery, but still it aborts trying to flash the stock rom. Im feeling better though i couldnt get here yesterday lol
EDIt
Hboot i get CID incorrect! Update Fail! Press <Power> to update. Had this before i drained my battery, im actually happy to be back at this point lol. Any ideas, anyone?
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Okay if you can get into recovery then just flash a Telus rom.
If you already did the fastboot boot boot.img command then it should boot up just fine.
Yep it did, i had my phone working before i left to work, i thought i already posted this. Thanks again for all your help, without you my girlfriend would still be mad at me hahaha, and id have no phone to escape to. Love the support here you guys all rock.
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Okay folks, I am at oss and need to know if I am just flat out screwed or if maybe, just
Maybe I might have a shot at storing my EVO 3d. I was running meanrom. Everything was running smoothly but I decided to give ViperROM a shot. So I d a wipe, rebooted into recovery and flashed ViperROM. Initially I thought everything had gone according to plan until I realized something was amiss when I attempted to start 4g. 4g wouldn't start. I did some looking into and came to tonclusion that because as far as I could tell because I had been running meanrom when I flashed viper the kernel no longer stock was not compatible with viper. So I started flash image GUI, found stockkernel.zip on my sd card and flashed or so I thought the stock kernel in hopes that after I did then the 4g would work on ViperROM. Well I was mistaken. When the phone rebooted, after the initial HTC screen rather than next seeing the ViperROM boot animation my screen went black. It remained there laughing at me till the phone automatically rebooted and then once again went to a darn black screen. It seems my phone is stuck in an endless loop. HTC screen, black scree reboot, HTC... Ect. I then booted into recovery wiped again and tried to then just reinstall meanrom. Well, according twrp recovery the installation went smoothly but after HTC screen, my phone goes straight to black screen. Ive tried various variations of reinstallations and nothing has worked so far. Am I stuck like this or is there something that can be done. Any pointers or suggestions would be more than appreciated
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3ncrypt3d said:
Okay folks, I am at oss and need to know if I am just flat out screwed or if maybe, just
Maybe I might have a shot at storing my EVO 3d. I was running meanrom. Everything was running smoothly but I decided to give ViperROM a shot. So I d a wipe, rebooted into recovery and flashed ViperROM. Initially I thought everything had gone according to plan until I realized something was amiss when I attempted to start 4g. 4g wouldn't start. I did some looking into and came to tonclusion that because as far as I could tell because I had been running meanrom when I flashed viper the kernel no longer stock was not compatible with viper. So I started flash image GUI, found stockkernel.zip on my sd card and flashed or so I thought the stock kernel in hopes that after I did then the 4g would work on ViperROM. Well I was mistaken. When the phone rebooted, after the initial HTC screen rather than next seeing the ViperROM boot animation my screen went black. It remained there laughing at me till the phone automatically rebooted and then once again went to a darn black screen. It seems my phone is stuck in an endless loop. HTC screen, black scree reboot, HTC... Ect. I then booted into recovery wiped again and tried to then just reinstall meanrom. Well, according twrp recovery the installation went smoothly but after HTC screen, my phone goes straight to black screen. Ive tried various variations of reinstallations and nothing has worked so far. Am I stuck like this or is there something that can be done. Any pointers or suggestions would be more than appreciated
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Your phone is alright and working , dont worry.
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I am assuming you are unlocked via htcdev.com .
Follow the steps:
Copy the img file of the recovery you are using to the fastboot/adb folder (folder which you have used to unlock the bootloader).
1.Now boot your phone in bootloader
2.Select Fastboot and connect to PC.(phone should say "fastboot-usb")
3.now open command prompt and navigate to your fastboot folder.
4.Type "fastboot boot <recovery name>.img". Your recovery should boot now.
5.Wipe everything , and install any ROM you want.
6.Then reboot your phone as normal and your problem should be solved.
7.If you get stuck at HTC screen or that black screen , just open the zip file of the ROM that you've just flashed and copy the boot.img file to your fastboot/adb folder > then boot your phone into bootloader > select fastboot > connect to PC > in command prompt type "fastboot flash boot boot.img" > then reboot.
Hope this helps........
Did you make a nand backup before you flashed vipers rom? Or do what he said ^^^^^^^
Did you look in the meanrom folder on ur SD card. Inside of there is the stock kernel. Second try to flash cleanROM and see if that helps. And if that doesn't work, look for the modifiedsuperwipe.zip. if all else fails..... I had the boot loop a while a go. All I did was flash the modifiedsuperwipe.zip and then flashed the ROM of choice and i was good to go. Hope this helps a lil
I'm stumped
So I did the modified wipe. I thought it was going to be smooth sailing well, I plugged in the phone and went to fast boot tried sending my phone a command line but it hangs on waiting for device. So now I'm stuck wondering wtf. No go on fastboot commands for now that is unless someone has an idea on that. Is there a way to perhaps browse root from recovery and transfer the boot image from my sd card to the folder in needs to. Go to? Or can I mount as a usb storage device and move the boot.img file to where it needs to go from the computer. I'm so desperate to fix this issue without surrendering to defeat and bringing it somewhere for someone else to do it. Hell I probably can't afford it if I have to. Whelp, if you have any thoughts I'm grateful. Thanks for the assistance thus far fellas. When bootloader loads it says I believe loading PG86DIAG.zip no image found if that means any more to any of you. I also tried reinstalling meanrom. I booted into recovery via hold power +. Volume up then choose recovery. Twrp loads. Choose meanrom zip flash image. According to twrp this goes down swell with not a problem but when I boot to system still I get the black screen. It mocks me still.
oh yes. Probably worth mentioning. Today I was working from a bit installation of windows. It was a pain on the as o get the adb drivers workingnet but finally found something called pdapal installed it and it got things squared away or so I thought on the windows drivers side of things. So in device manager there are no errors and it says the android device is working properly now alert symbols over the driver or anything but still can't get the phone to accept fastboot commands.
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So I did the modified wipe. I thought it was going to be smooth sailing well, I plugged in the phone and went to fast boot tried sending my phone a command line but it hangs on waiting for device. So now I'm stuck wondering wtf. No go on fastboot commands for now that is unless someone has an idea on that. Is there a way to perhaps browse root from recovery and transfer the boot image from my sd card to the folder in needs to. Go to? Or can I mount as a usb storage device and move the boot.img file to where it needs to go from the computer. I'm so desperate to fix this issue without surrendering to defeat and bringing it somewhere for someone else to do it. Hell I probably can't afford it if I have to. Whelp, if you have any thoughts I'm grateful. Thanks for the assistance thus far fellas. When bootloader loads it says I believe loading PG86DIAG.zip no image found if that means any more to any of you. I also tried reinstalling meanrom. I booted into recovery via hold power +. Volume up then choose recovery. Twrp loads. Choose meanrom zip flash image. According to twrp this goes down swell with not a problem but when I boot to system still I get the black screen. It mocks me still.
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4ext has kernel flashing for hboot 1.5 works good i am no good with hboot i got lucky i got soff in 1.5 look into 4ext its a good recovery
Thanks
I've got twrp flashed fine. However my phone won't respond to commands while in fastboot from the command prompt. It says waiting for device and never responds. Is there a possibility that usb debugging is not working. Is there a way to the? this on from recovery if you needed. I'm not nt intimidated by advanced procedures Im an analyst programmer and am stuck doing super boring things most of the day. I can't believe I'm being thrown a curve ball like this. I'm definitely humbled. Just saying that anything you throw out there Ide be willing to give a shot at this point.
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I've got twrp flashed fine. However my phone won't respond to commands while in fastboot from the command prompt. It says waiting for device and never responds. Is there a possibility that usb debugging is not working. Is there a way to the? this on from recovery if you needed. I'm not nt intimidated by advanced procedures Im an analyst programmer and am stuck doing super boring things most of the day. I can't believe I'm being thrown a curve ball like this. I'm definitely humbled. Just saying that anything you throw out there Ide be willing to give a shot at this point.
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could be the abd drivers are not on your pc for your phone the reason i said to get ext4 recovery is you can flash kernels now you still cant do that with twrp but with your phone plunged in, in fastboot go to my computer right click propertys go to hardware tab click device manager and look for a question mark that says android phone if it is their you need the drivers
hope i helped you out
3ncrypt3d said:
I've got twrp flashed fine. However my phone won't respond to commands while in fastboot from the command prompt. It says waiting for device and never responds. Is there a possibility that usb debugging is not working. Is there a way to the? this on from recovery if you needed. I'm not nt intimidated by advanced procedures Im an analyst programmer and am stuck doing super boring things most of the day. I can't believe I'm being thrown a curve ball like this. I'm definitely humbled. Just saying that anything you throw out there Ide be willing to give a shot at this point.
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Are you sure you are accessing fastboot from bootloader ? By your words, it seems like you are checking fast boot in settings> power
Does the bootloader say fastboot-usb? If not select it and press power.
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Still Trying
Yeah, I'm definitely in fastboot through bootloader. Yes it says fastboot usb. I think despite the fact that it says drivers are installed properly in device manager there might still be some kind of driver issue. I'm away from home and don't have access to. My usual computers? I'm stuck on an installation of windows 7 64bit. Originally I was having issues getting the right drivers installed and so I installed pda net and that seemed to solve the issue in device manager but I'm still having issues. If there's some recovery I could flash which would allow me toove boot.img to the right path manually that might be a way I could solve this. Hell, I'll give anything a try. So that's where I am so far. Any advice on what I might be doing wrong or where I might go from here?
hboot 1.5 s-on
I've got the same specs as you save the rom and kernel. @ itzloltraim.
I did try flashing clockwork mod using rom manager before my phone started having issues but even though rom manager said it flashed when I booted to recovery next twrp was still there. Is there somewhere I can download a flashable zip from? I couldn't find one last time I looked. From what I remember the Dev Site Links to rommanager to get it. If you have a link that would be a help.
Questions
Hboot?
Base?
Have you tried flashing clockworkmod?
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iTzLOLtrain said:
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Hboot?
Base?
Have you tried flashing clockworkmod?
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That plus what is he doing rooting or trying to flash a recovery?
Yea, I have the same problem...
I was running MeanROM4.1 with the dodava kernel. Being an idiot I flashed the new Anthrax kernel and now my phone gives me a black screen. When the phone starts up, theres no lock ring. Ive been trying to flash another kernel but i dont seem to be doing it properly. im using 4ext as recovery.
Im currently performing a Superwipe then factory reset. Ill reply with my findings. Good thing I backed up at MeanROM3.91, but if I cant get my screen to work...shall I assume bricked?
**problem solved. I flashed a kernel using the fastboot method. Someone posted it and it worked fine for me.**
Dear all,
Here is the situation. I decided to root my evo 3d gsm (hboot 1.5++) today, and all went well until I flashed a rom (virtuous). Now whenever I boot on the phone, it shows me this "V" logo and loads for more than 10minutes or so. I can go into my bootloader, but when I attempt to do anything from my clockworkmod recovery, when I press the power button to select different options, I get blank menus and I can attempt nothing. I am an unexperienced user, and can anyone out there who is experience render some assistance? I am at my wits end...
Thanks
Well I'm not too familier with the gsm version... the "V", is that part of the boot animation? and does it just loop over and over? maybe try reflashing clockworkmod and re wipe and install?
netwokz said:
Well I'm not too familier with the gsm version... the "V", is that part of the boot animation? and does it just loop over and over? maybe try reflashing clockworkmod and re wipe and install?
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The "V" is the part of the boot animation. And the "V" just glows again and again, yeah so i guess it loops. Why I am so worried is because I saw a window of my HTC sense booting to life earlier on, but I saw the words "Unfortunately... has... crashed..." but it was very brief, and after which the animation began again. Is it because I waited for too short a period of time? (around 15 minutes or so) or because it really boot looped? And how do I reflash clockwordmod when I can't access my phone and sd card? Will appreciate your kind help...
I've never had to wait more than 5 minutes for something too boot, and it should really never take longer than that. Can you tell me the steps you took to flash the rom(not to root it). and could you give some more info about your phone? are you s-on or s-off? And what do you mean by blank menus in clockwork mod? Do you know how to boot into your hboot menu? from there you can boot to fastboot and install the recovery from your pc. connect your phone to the pc while in fastboot mode and get your recovery.img file and type the following command from the command line:
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fastboot flash recovery /path/to/<recovery>.img
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I've never had to wait more than 5 minutes for something too boot, and it should really never take longer than that. Can you tell me the steps you took to flash the rom(not to root it). and could you give some more info about your phone? are you s-on or s-off? And what do you mean by blank menus in clockwork mod? Do you know how to boot into your hboot menu? from there you can boot to fastboot and install the recovery from your pc. connect your phone to the pc while in fastboot mode and get your recovery.img file and type the following command from the command line:
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fastboot flash recovery /path/to/<recovery>.img
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Ok, here is the infomation. I live in Singapore, which is a part of Southeast Asia, my phone is the GSM version with HBoot 1.530007(i cant remember the decimal placing).
I firstly used HTCDEV to unlock my bootloader, which went well, then I went to evohacks to get the conventional rooting method, which went well too. And it all came when I was careless, and I accidentally forgot to wipe the data and cache of my evo before i flashed the rom. And now it gets stuck in the "V" logo loading phase. If the hboot menu is the menu where I have to press the powerbutton and the volume down button then yes. I can also get into my recovery, but the problem is that it shows a blank menu in (clockwordmod specifically), thus rendering whatever me helpless. i have downloaded the PG86IMG.zip and Im waiting for it to finish. So how do I go about solving this matter? This phone is my only asset and I really want to save it...
Blank menu as in for example when I click "Reboot", or "Factory Reset" or perhaps "Restore" in the CWD Recovery, it just shows me a blank menu with the CWD logo in the background, with no options or drop down words or whatsoever. And the sad thing is that I did not make any recoveries at all.... So I plucked my sd card out, and now im waiting to finish downloading the PG86IMG.zip to put on my sd and into my phone, and flash it to revert it back to stock and stuff..... I hope this works
Ok, well as long as you can get to either hboot or recovery you'll be ok. I would recommend flashing 4ext recovery, as it has never failed me and seems to help others. here is the link to it. Download that and pull the recovery.img out and flash that from your pc with the command I gave above. It sounds like you are either pushing the wrong button in the recovery or it might just be messing up for some reason. Is it the touchscreen version of clockworkmod?
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Ok, well as long as you can get to either hboot or recovery you'll be ok. I would recommend flashing 4ext recovery, as it has never failed me and seems to help others. here is the link to it. Download that and pull the recovery.img out and flash that from your pc with the command I gave above. It sounds like you are either pushing the wrong button in the recovery or it might just be messing up for some reason. Is it the touchscreen version of clockworkmod?
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The recovery is the free version, so it shouldn't be the touch one. May I ask, what do you mean by recovery.img? I emptied my SD card so that I can put the PG86IMG.zip into it later. Any more specific steps you can give? Sorry but Im really a newb in the android world
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The recovery is the free version, so it shouldn't be the touch one. May I ask, what do you mean by recovery.img? I emptied my SD card so that I can put the PG86IMG.zip into it later. Any more specific steps you can give? Sorry but Im really a newb in the android world
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The recovery.img is the image that the phone flashes to install the recovery. If you look in the zip I posted in the link you'll see that file in there. the one I posted is the 4ext touch recovery. you can manually flash that file to your phone in case you can't get it to boot(like your case). I would suggest trying the 4ext recovery I linked, or maybe try to boot to recovery again and see if its touch based. Were the menus working when you flashed the virtuous rom, and then it stopped working?
OH stupid me. Whoops. Actually I CAN navigate. Ive been pressing the wrong button all this while. I pressed the power instead of the camera, which is the select button. Whoops. seems like CMD was working after all. sorry...
ok but still, can I just attempt to install the RUU file I downloaded in the CWD menu? Will it work? Will my phone be reverted back to its original unrooted state? I saw someone say it could...
There is something bugging me though. My SD card is now completely empty. Will it have any negative effects on what i do?
I thought something like that was happening, glad you got it sorted. Try to wipe everything and reinstall your virtious rom again first. yes the PG86IMG.zip will return you back to complete stock, recovery and all. So if you do that you might have to re-root all over again.
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There is something bugging me though. My SD card is now completely empty. Will it have any negative effects on what i do?
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no it won't.
thank you so much! So since now everything is clean, you recommend another shot at the virtous? I just drag it and put it in my sd card right? Neat! Will go try, if i encounter another problem will come back here. Thanks a lot! It really means a lot to me!
mrkittyhawk said:
thank you so much! So since now everything is clean, you recommend another shot at the virtous? I just drag it and put it in my sd card right? Neat! Will go try, if i encounter another problem will come back here. Thanks a lot! It really means a lot to me!
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I would recommend trying it before you go back to stock just to re-do it all, but its up to you. yeah if you need more help just come here or pm me. glad you got it working again!
Thank You!
Oh ok! I thought by clearing the data using recovery on the phone and sd will render the root useless. Will try redoing it again. Will update you on the further details
Many thanks!
mrkittyhawk said:
Oh ok! I thought by clearing the data using recovery on the phone and sd will render the root useless. Will try redoing it again. Will update you on the further details
Many thanks!
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If you only wipe /data/ you will still have root. sdcard doesn't matter.
mrkittyhawk said:
Oh ok! I thought by clearing the data using recovery on the phone and sd will render the root useless. Will try redoing it again. Will update you on the further details
Many thanks!
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So theoretically flashing the ROM shouldn't take more than... around 15 minutes?
correct
Its now 10 minutes and so far my phone had made 2 major vibrations. So if this doesn't work, can i just wipe all the data again, put the PG86IMG.zip in my phone, go to recovery to install it, and then I just press reboot right?
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Its now 10 minutes and so far my phone had made 2 major vibrations. So if this doesn't work, can i just wipe all the data again, put the PG86IMG.zip in my phone, go to recovery to install it, and then I just press reboot right?
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Sometimes sense roms can take a bit, but if its vibrating than it should be working. if not just put the PG86IMG.zip on the root of your sdcard and boot into hboot and let it do its thing. no need to wipe data for that.
Okay, so I am far from a newbie at this stuff, but I did try to unlock/root my new EVO 4G LTE today with disastrous results. As it stands right now, I've got the bootloader unlocked with TWRP installed, but no matter what ROM I install, after the HTC screen, it just sits at a black screen indefinitely. But here's where I really got screwed: I accidentally hit "Factory Reset" on the bootloader screen when I hit the volume down twice instead of once to get into recovery (and then hit power by force of habit). So now my internal SD card is completely empty and can't be recognized by my computer. I do have a MicroSD card, though, that I can access to get files onto it. So here's where I am. I can't boot into ANY ROM, so I can't just RUU it back to stock, my internal SD card is cleared, and I'm pretty much freaking out right now. This is my 8th Android device, all of which I rooted and installed custom ROMs on, and I've never bricked it so bad I couldn't fix it. Does anyone have any ideas to help me out? I royally effed up somewhere, and I can't figure out how to fix it!
SOLVED! Check out the DON'T PANIC thread to fix pretty much any of your problems, especially the one I outlined above.
Boot 1.15+ require you to fast boot the kernel, extract boot.image from zip and place in adb directory, then from terminal type fastboot flash boot boot.image. next jump into twrp and mount your external SD to your computer, copy the ROM zip to your phone. Now you can flash the ROM and reboot
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Boot 1.15+ require you to fast boot the kernel, extract boot.image from zip and place in adb directory, then from terminal type fastboot flash boot boot.image. next jump into twrp and mount your external SD to your computer, copy the ROM zip to your phone. Now you can flash the ROM and reboot
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So extract the the boot.img from the ROM zip and then ADB it to the phone through fastboot?
Yes, its pretty simple. Take a look at my guide I break down everything I can possibly think if and I update it like a mad man....maybe Bilbo is right about it being stickied...oh well
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Yes, its pretty simple. Take a look at my guide I break down everything I can possibly think if and I update it like a mad man....maybe Bilbo is right about it being stickied...oh well
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Oh my god. You are a God among men. It's finally booting! Thank you SO much. Watch for a donation. I can't thank you enough. I'm assuming that extra step is because of S-ON?
I just sent you a $20 donation for your help. You saved my ass tonight. The wife was ready to kill me. lol
Yes HTC has disabled access to boot. They decided to disable it with a few phones, someone must love us over there because this phone originally had an hboot that allowed recovery to write to boot. HTC promptly removed it in the very next update
I put that link up to humor the gf, never thought anyone would use it. She set up a PayPal when I lost my job and I wasn't about to argue since she is now the one who pays rent. Thank you for proving her right, I will never hear the end of it lol
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Yes HTC has disabled access to boot. They decided to disable it with a few phones, someone must love us over there because this phone originally had an hboot that allowed recovery to write to boot. HTC promptly removed it in the very next update
I put that link up to humor the gf, never thought anyone would use it. She set up a PayPal when I lost my job and I wasn't about to argue since she is now the one who pays rent. Thank you for proving her right, I will never hear the end of it lol
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so her argument is right and $20 goes to her for your work LOL!
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Yes HTC has disabled access to boot. They decided to disable it with a few phones, someone must love us over there because this phone originally had an hboot that allowed recovery to write to boot. HTC promptly removed it in the very next update
I put that link up to humor the gf, never thought anyone would use it. She set up a PayPal when I lost my job and I wasn't about to argue since she is now the one who pays rent. Thank you for proving her right, I will never hear the end of it lol
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$20 is a drop in the bucket of the hell I'd have had to pay with the wife if I couldn't get it fixed. That's money well-spent, in my eyes. You really did save me last night, and though you probably thought it was a stupid mistake I made, you earned it. Thanks so much again. And, um, sorry about proving her right. Hopefully you're proved right by others too.
this is my exact problem.can this be explained with noob bumpers please?
Did you fastboot your kernel?
You need the adb tools package to use fastboot. I would post a link but I'm not at my pc, do a search for evo4glteroot2.zip
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chrisliphart said:
$20 is a drop in the bucket of the hell I'd have had to pay with the wife if I couldn't get it fixed. That's money well-spent, in my eyes. You really did save me last night, and though you probably thought it was a stupid mistake I made, you earned it. Thanks so much again. And, um, sorry about proving her right. Hopefully you're proved right by others too.
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What's so stupid about an honest mistake? A lack of knowledge does not equal stupidity
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Did you fastboot your kernel?
You need the adb tools package to use fastboot. I would post a link but I'm not at my pc, do a search for evo4glteroot2.zip
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What's so stupid about an honest mistake? A lack of knowledge does not equal stupidity
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ok i found the zip and downloaded it.I have my phone in recovery FASBOOT USB is in red, BOOTLOADER is in blue.I have the boot image of the rom i tried to flash on my cpu.I'm so lost if I fix this I think I'll retire.
Im assuming your in windows. Place the boot.img in the adb folder. Click windows start button and type cmd in run, this will open dos prompt terminal. In the terminal use the command CD (folder) to go to what ever directory adb tools is in if you need to look at your list of folders type dir. Once you are in your adb folder type fastboot flash boot boot.img
dirtred1031 said:
ok i found the zip and downloaded it.I have my phone in recovery FASBOOT USB is in red, BOOTLOADER is in blue.I have the boot image of the rom i tried to flash on my cpu.I'm so lost if I fix this I think I'll retire.
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fastboot is not recognized as an external on internal command I get
Odd, are you sure you were able to navigate to the folder? You have to be in the folder
I'm a bit out of practice when it comes to windows, but I believe the structure would be c:\users\your user id\downloads\evo4glteroot2 or something similar depending on where you unzipped the folder
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Odd, are you sure you were able to navigate to the folder? You have to be in the folder
I'm a bit out of practice when it comes to windows, but I believe the structure would be c:\users\your user id\downloads\evo4glteroot2 or something similar depending on where you unzipped the folder
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said sending boot this time.Did I get it right thus far?
It should say OK and give a write time. Now you can try to reboot normally
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It should say OK and give a write time. Now you can try to reboot normally
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MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you saved me! This has to be done with each rom? My phone screen blacks out with this CyanogenMod 10. Is there a more stable rom or can i go back to stock?
Can you explain black out? You only have to flash the kernel when switching base ROMs or when the kernel for your ROM has any significant changes. Its usually a good idea to flash the kernel anyway. I got a ton of info in my guide, the link is in my sig
Well I've really done it this time. The phone will not power up at all. Ever since the whole Google Maps Rebooting issue the phone has been worthless. It hasn't been able to be turned on in a week. Just black screen. Before it completely failed it would boot, but after about 10 seconds it would restart or power off.
I have a feeling that the battery is not charging. When I plug it in to charge the orange battery led lights up but for only a couple of seconds and then it turns off. Maybe I need to get an external charger or something to charge my battery.
I would love to send the phone back for warranty, but I'm unlocked and rooted, so I am afraid that they won't help me out with warranty. Also, I would love to sell the phone, but obviously I'm not going to sell a phone that doesn't work.
If I could just get the phone to turn on so I can get some of my personal documents off of it that would be great. For some reason the phone stopped syncing contacts a few months ago and I need to get these off of the phone. Anyway. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for any help/ideas.
Have you tried putting in a new battery? Also what recovery did you have on your device?
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luis86dr said:
Have you tried putting in a new battery? Also what recovery did you have on your device?
HTC Rezound
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I haven't tried a new battery. I don't have one. I might have to get one or an external charger.
I am using CWM touch. Yeah, I have read on here that CWM is crap for the rezound.
currentsupply said:
I haven't tried a new battery. I don't have one. I might have to get one or an external charger.
I am using CWM touch. Yeah, I have read on here that CWM is crap for the rezound.
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there's your problem. the touch recovery will not allow the phone to charge when its 100% dead.
let me find the thread you need to bring it back to life
EDIT: follow this guide and report back please
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711408
edit2: here is a mini ADB and fastboot zip i have. it will give you the tools you need if you dont have them of course. link
synisterwolf said:
there's your problem. the touch recovery will not allow the phone to charge when its 100% dead.
let me find the thread you need to bring it back to life
EDIT: follow this guide and report back please
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711408
edit2: here is a mini ADB and fastboot zip i have. it will give you the tools you need if you dont have them of course. link
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Thanks for you help. I will try this as soon as I get home this evening. I will report back, thanks again...
currentsupply said:
Thanks for you help. I will try this as soon as I get home this evening. I will report back, thanks again...
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you're welcome.
on a side note, if you like touch recovery and that's why you chose CMW touch, the TWRP is a good alliterative. LINK
synisterwolf said:
there's your problem. the touch recovery will not allow the phone to charge when its 100% dead.
let me find the thread you need to bring it back to life
EDIT: follow this guide and report back please
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711408
edit2: here is a mini ADB and fastboot zip i have. it will give you the tools you need if you dont have them of course. link
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Lol just checked thread when I got home. Beat me to it.
HTC Rezound
Ok, I did that trick and I am back in business. Thanks for your help. Now I need to figure out how to go back to stock. I would like to install the RUU file, stock ota file.
I am looking for instructions on how to do this. I know there are many threads covering this, but not very many good answers.
currentsupply said:
Ok, I did that trick and I am back in business. Thanks for your help. Now I need to figure out how to go back to stock. I would like to install the RUU file, stock ota file.
I am looking for instructions on how to do this. I know there are many threads covering this, but not very many good answers.
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here is the global ruu http://bit.ly/RaKEAr, instructions are on mostly on rom's on how to do this. very simple to do!
i followed nil's 6.1 version to do it.
abrego47 said:
here is the global ruu http://bit.ly/RaKEAr, instructions are on mostly on rom's on how to do this. very simple to do!
i followed nil's 6.1 version to do it.
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does this file get flashed in recovery like a normal rom? Does it take me back to locked/non-rooted? Thanks.
Rename to PH98IMG.zip, put on the root of the external SD, boot to bootloader and it will do the rest automatically. Make sure you delete the file from the SD after you're done so you won't have trouble in the future.
EDIT: It might reboot two or three times during the installation and look like it's doing some things multiple times. That's normal, so don't panic.
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does this file get flashed in recovery like a normal rom? Does it take me back to locked/non-rooted? Thanks.
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Rename to PH98IMG.zip and flash in boot loader.
currentsupply said:
does this file get flashed in recovery like a normal rom? Does it take me back to locked/non-rooted? Thanks.
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Flashing the RUU will get you phone back to 100% right out of the box stock.
it will update your hboot to 2.27 and lock it.
it will wipe internal storage.
it will give you global firmware and kernel.
all you need to do is relock the device via fastboot command " fastboot oem lock"
then place zip on root of the sd card and rename it to PH98IMG.zip
boot into hboot and it will detect it.
first flash will update hboot, firmware, kernel, splash, radio
it will reboot automatically. (back to fastboot)
then go back to hboot and let it run one more time. (this will take a while as its wiping, formatting, then installing system files)
after its all complete it will boot the phone into the os.
Ok, I'm going to go for this tonight when I get off work.
Hopefully the RUU OS stops the rebooting problem I am having. I am currently running Scott's Clean ROM. I was working great since about May, but now even after a few wipes and re-installs, it still has the reboot bug. Phone won't stay on for longer than 5 minutes and it continually reboots and quickly drains the battery. Basically it is unusable. I was able to flash Amon Recovery and that did fix the charging issue, but it didn't help with the reboots.
Hopefully after the RUU it's back to stable.
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Ok, I'm going to go for this tonight when I get off work.
Hopefully the RUU OS stops the rebooting problem I am having. I am currently running Scott's Clean ROM. I was working great since about May, but now even after a few wipes and re-installs, it still has the reboot bug. Phone won't stay on for longer than 5 minutes and it continually reboots and quickly drains the battery. Basically it is unusable. I was able to flash Amon Recovery and that did fix the charging issue, but it didn't help with the reboots.
Hopefully after the RUU it's back to stable.
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It should, Scotts Rom is to old. Once you do the ruu, do a clean install of a newer Rom
Sent from my iPhone...
So far so good. Thanks for your help guys. Right now it is loading the ph98img.zip in the hboot,
checking..[ph98img.zip]
Androids on Skateboards on bottom of screen ****RELOCKED**** in purple on top
Do I want to start update it asks.. Vol Up for yes
it's going through the list. screen goes black.... waiting..... back on
HBOOT IS UP AGAIN LOOKS LIKE IT'S STARTING OVER.... AGAIN LOADING....[PH98IMG.zip]
Vertical status bar on right upper again going through loading....
again Checking..[PH98IMG.zip]
..... Waiting ......
Update is in progress.....
Do not power off the device!
stayed at system for a while... now Update Complete, press power to reboot.. ok
htc on white
beats logo
4G LTE logo
and.......
WAITING..... AND I'M IN.. HELL YEAH.. CROSSES FINGERS FOR NO REBOOTS!
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does this file get flashed in recovery like a normal rom? Does it take me back to locked/non-rooted? Thanks.
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it depends if you are s-on or s-off?
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WAITING..... AND I'M IN.. HELL YEAH.. CROSSES FINGERS FOR NO REBOOTS!
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giggidy.
Let us know if you need anymore help.
Yesterday I was running Viper's ROM and it worked flawlessly. A friend added some ROM manager on my phone, and it's been screwed up ever since. I tried flashing to a new ROM, no realizing it was Clockwork recovery. I was able to get Scott ROM to somewhat boot but it restarts randomly.
Viper ROM says to make sure you don't use Clockwork recovery. How can I ensure that is no longer on my phone? Secondly, with S-ON can I get Armona or another recovery tool?
Help.. what can I do to get the phone back to normal?
Greatly appreciate any help to restore my phone back.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think you can flash amon ra through bootloader and reinstall ROM from there.
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get the RA 3.15 recovery image file. rename to recovery.img and move it to where fastboot is on your PC assuming you have the sdk/tools/drivers configured like you would for using adb. reboot to bootloader for fastboot-usb when your usb cord is plugged in. the command is "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" without the quotes and you'll be back in business
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Yesterday I was running Viper's ROM and it worked flawlessly. A friend added some ROM manager on my phone, and it's been screwed up ever since. I tried flashing to a new ROM, no realizing it was Clockwork recovery. I was able to get Scott ROM to somewhat boot but it restarts randomly.
Viper ROM says to make sure you don't use Clockwork recovery. How can I ensure that is no longer on my phone? Secondly, with S-ON can I get Armona or another recovery tool?
Help.. what can I do to get the phone back to normal?
Greatly appreciate any help to restore my phone back.
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Fastboot flash this to get amonra recovery back. Make sure you WIPE before you set up your next rom for no issues
At work they shut off the ability to charge via USB. Found an alt source.
The phone now boots up, but randomly restarts.
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Fastboot flash this to get amonra recovery back. Make sure you WIPE before you set up your next rom for no issues
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Want to make sure have the steps right.
Have a macbook, does this need to be done on a pc?
In recovery mount USB.
Put the file on the root (not in a folder)
Get to the fastboot menu and execute.
Please correct
Not sure if you need it or not, but I have a zip file that contains AmonRa 3.15. You can install it as a PH98IMG in bootloader. It is what I use to re-install AmonRa when needed. Apparently, I do not have enough posts to attach it so PM me your e-mail address if you would like me to send it to you.
pmgreen, it looks like Roman and the guys above took good care of you already but if you're still having problems I would be glad to do a remote session and help you get it straightened out.
Unfortunately friends can wreak havoc on your phone with things like this, but we will make sure you get all fixed up.
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pmgreen, it looks like Roman and the guys above took good care of you already but if you're still having problems I would be glad to do a remote session and help you get it straightened out.
Unfortunately friends can wreak havoc on your phone with things like this, but we will make sure you get all fixed up.
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CharliesTheMan, thanks for the offer I greatly appreciate it. Thought the battery issue was resolved, but now it doesn't want to turn back on
Friend meant well, but lesson learned.
Will definitely take you up on the generous offer if there isn't success.
I took the file from Roman but got the following error: main version is older update fail rezound
On a MAC I tried to fastboot using the recovery file, but getting an error "Waiting on device to respond"
Silly question, I used the MAC to root a Nexus 7 and used a different PC for the rezound
Do you need to use the same computer to ABD?
Good news, I'm up and running. Flashed SetMainVersionLOW.zip then the recovery from Roman.
When I go into recovery no longer see that hat.
Thanks so much for your help.. really appreciate it and hope I help out some time too
Glad to hear that you are back up and running!