This is embarrassing but I think I might have just bricked my phone. I'm hoping that there is a work around. Please let me know if you need more info to possibly help me.
I was running:
1. SIM Unlocked/Rooted T-Mobile Amaze 4G with 1.43.531.3 Radio
2. BulletProof 2.41 Rom
3. Faux123 Kernal v.0.0.8 [Jan 22]
4. Have Clockwork Recovery Installed
I've been dealing with constant reboots since I bought the phone new. I saw that someone posted in the Energy Rom thread that when they installed his Rom that the reboots went away. So I decided to try his.
I then:
1. Grabbed the Stock Kernal Flasher and tried to flash back to the stock kernal using Xboarders Easy Flasher. Everything seemed to go fine.
2. Phone rebooted and Its just stuck at the HTC Logo.
Any options for me? I did try to restore from my last ROM backup using CWM (which I figured was futile) but that didn't change anything.
Thanks for your help on this. I love this phone but I just couldn't keep dealing with the constant reboots. Now I'm really hosed
Reflash the kernel again...maybe it didn't write everything.
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Double0EK said:
Reflash the kernel again...maybe it didn't write everything.
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Thanks for the reply,
I used Windows to flash the phone's kernal. It won't recognize the device since its stuck at the logo.
If there is a way to flash the kernal in Recovery (I'm still S-On with unlocked bootloader) please let me know and I'll try it that way..
Stephen
dnslammers said:
Thanks for the reply,
I used Windows to flash the phone's kernal. It won't recognize the device since its stuck at the logo.
If there is a way to flash the kernal in Recovery (I'm still S-On with unlocked bootloader) please let me know and I'll try it that way..
Stephen
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i think the problem is using the stock kernel.
take out the battery, use the vol down+power buttons to boot into hboot, then boot into fastboot, flash the kernel appropriate to the rom your using, dont just use stock, and then reflash your rom. always remember to do a full wipe
alx294 said:
i think the problem is using the stock kernel.
take out the battery, use the vol down+power buttons to boot into hboot, then boot into fastboot, flash the kernel appropriate to the rom your using, dont just use stock, and then reflash your rom. always remember to do a full wipe
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Thanks for your suggestion. Before I saw your reply, I decided to flash the Energy Rom since it had the Stock kernal built into it. I fortunately already had the rom on my SD card so I went into Recovery and flash that rom.
FORTUNATELY, the phone rebooted successfully after rom flash to the new rom. My phone is still using Faux123's kernal so the Energy rom didn't flash the stock kernal after all. But my phone is working again!!!
Thanks for everyone's help. I guess I'll just leave the Faux123 kernal on it and be satisfied with that with the Energy rom. Hopefully the constant reboots will go away.
Stephen
dnslammers said:
My phone is still using Faux123's kernal so the Energy rom didn't flash the stock kernal after all.
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Thanks to S-ON the kernel will not flash when you flash a rom. You have to flash the kernel separately using the kernel flash utility.
I'm running the Energy rom using the stock kernel from his thread and am loving it. Battery life is great. I've heard that battery life is not so good with faux.
No worries needed... glad you figured it out. The good news though about having S=on is that it's virtually impossible to brick. I'm pretty sure I've read posts from members saying good luck trying to brick it.
I'm sure if you edit the right code in the build.prop, you might be able to brick it, but even then you should still be able to boot into recovery.
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I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it okay... then I flashed a ROM, that also worked fine. I tried to flash a kernel and now it just gets stuck on the HTC screen. I tried restoring my back up, still the same issue. Tried reflashing the ROM, same issue. Not sure how to get it back to normal at this point.
It sounds like the kernel you flashed is either a 2.3.3 kernel that doesn't work on 2.3.4, or it was a bad flash. You should be able to fix this by holding volume down when booting up (opens HBOOT) then choose Recovery and from the recovery you can then either enable USB Mass Storage device and transfer a stock kernel over USB to your SD card then flash the stock kernel, or if you already have a stock kernel on your SD card, you can just select it from the install from zip menu and flash.
This Kernel should work fine (it's stock with CIQ spyware removed):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1224659
and after I flash this kernel it should be back to normal.... or should I try to flash a ROM all over again as well? As long as it can definitely be fixed then that's quite alright.... this phone compared to the Epic (which I came from) seems like it's much less fail safe to me.
Coriolis3ffect said:
and after I flash this kernel it should be back to normal.... or should I try to flash a ROM all over again as well? As long as it can definitely be fixed then that's quite alright.... this phone compared to the Epic (which I came from) seems like it's much less fail safe to me.
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ROMs usually have kernels. You could just wipe Dalvick cache and cache and flash your original rom (which has it's original kernel). and that should work.
There's a sea of roms. You could try posting on a rom's thread whether a particular kernel is compatible. Just follow the spin of things. Saves from just going round in circles.
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and after I flash this kernel it should be back to normal.... or should I try to flash a ROM all over again as well? As long as it can definitely be fixed then that's quite alright.... this phone compared to the Epic (which I came from) seems like it's much less fail safe to me.
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Here's a scenario: If you installed a rooted stock 2.3.4 rom then decided to install Silverneedle kernel, your phone will get stuck in this boot-loop because the silverneedle kernel is not compatible with 2.3.4 yet. So by flashing a stock kernel over what is already on there, it should fix the problem. Before you flash the stock kernel clear cache and dalvik. After that flash the kernel and reboot the phone. Chances are it will boot normally. I doubt you will have to reflash a ROM to fix this.
Just cleared the dalvik and the cache, reflashed the ROM hoping to start completely fresh and its still getting stuck...
Coriolis3ffect said:
Just cleared the dalvik and the cache, reflashed the ROM hoping to start completely fresh and its still getting stuck...
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Then flash a stock kernel. I have had the same problem before. I flashed a ROM, installed a kernel and stuck at HTC boot screen. The fix is to either install a stock kernel through bootloader or flash another ROM in recovery. If you want the best chance of it working the first time, then flash the stock rooted 2.3.4 ROM by xhausx. If you want to try other ROMs and kernels, make sure that your ROM and kernel are compatible. Also use the synergy wipe zip file before flashing to make sure everything is formatted properly. Also, did you flash the extra firmwares that came with the 2.3.4 update? If not, make sure you flash those along with the new radio that just came out.
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Take it you didn't do a nandroid before flashing?
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Tried to get my nandroid and it still got stuck..
Perhaps I should've also mentioned that my bootloader still says S-ON and I unlocked it using the HTC unlock method.
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Then flash a stock kernel. I have had the same problem before. I flashed a ROM, installed a kernel and stuck at HTC boot screen. The fix is to either install a stock kernel through bootloader or flash another ROM in recovery. If you want the best chance of it working the first time, then flash the stock rooted 2.3.4 ROM by xhausx. If you want to try other ROMs and kernels, make sure that your ROM and kernel are compatible. Also use the synergy wipe zip file before flashing to make sure everything is formatted properly. Also, did you flash the extra firmwares that came with the 2.3.4 update? If not, make sure you flash those along with the new radio that just came out.
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Not sure about any extra firmwares actually.... currently going to try flashing xhaus' ROM and hope that works...
Flashed the superwipe before flashing the ROM, then flashed the ROM... it went to the HTC screen for a second then just vibrated and then turned black.
When I go into the bootloader when it is loading up the images.... it kept saying "No Image!" for all of them. I'm not having any luck with this at all.
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When I go into the bootloader when it is loading up the images.... it kept saying "No Image!" for all of them. I'm not having any luck with this at all.
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Do you have it named exactly PG86IMG.ZIP?
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Okay... you mentioned something about firmwares to flash... which ones are they?
I'm kinda lost at this point because I'm not sure about the specific order in which you are supposed to do things.
Which version of hboot do you have?
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1.50.000 or whatever
Just follow this guide easy. Easy step by step.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1231249
jayharper08 said:
Just follow this guide easy. Easy step by step.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1231249
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+1 on this. RUU method should be bullet proof
Coriolis3ffect said:
Okay... you mentioned something about firmwares to flash... which ones are they?
I'm kinda lost at this point because I'm not sure about the specific order in which you are supposed to do things.
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It's in the post that xhausx made for the stock rooted 2.08.651.2 ROM.
URL: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223979
List of new firmwares for the 2.08.651.2 update:
(If you do the RUU method, you should have all the firmwares installed automatically btw...)
Radio & PRI Updates Radio 0.97.10.0808 PRI 1.24_003
PG86IMG_radio_pri.zip (MD5: E28414AAC6F91CE9D7B3615B2999AD3A)
RPM Possible fix for Black SOD
PG86IMG_rpm.zip (MD5: DE69396C8922FAD3AC82E5F836EE95FB)
SBL Secure Bootloader?
PG86IMG_sbl.zip (MD5: 5604349AD611241CF1AC152FD3B0DE45)
TZ Trusted Zone - Not sure of it's purpose
PG86IMG_tz.zip (MD5: 75749FBCCE1331A5A85D2A154E15B276)
PG2F2_SPCUSTOM - No idea what it is
PG86IMG_pg2f2_spcustom.zip (MD5: 7A7DE8659A0771919A14B0C299CA18CC)
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The link posted is for the GSM Evo 3D... will it work on CDMA?
Hey guys maybe some budy can help, I can go into recovery and wipe data, cache etc.. but for some reason I can't run any rom that runs with sence they all get stuck at boot screen, the phone freezes,.. but I can intall miui through fastboot and everything runs ok, rom boots it doesn't get stuch what's happening, by the way I unrooted the phone the HTC way so I'm on 1.5..
You need to reinstall a different kernel through fastboot usb. If miui works then a sense rom won't until you flash compatible kernel.
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You need to reinstall a different kernel through fastboot usb. If miui works then a sense rom won't until you flash compatible kernel.
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gootcha, this makes lots of sence, thanks a ton ..now I'm a camper..
Similar problem being stuck in boot screen
I am on twrp shooter 2.0 with hboot 1.5 and I was running syncombelite when I tried to in stall the CM9 Alpha build and I was not having luck with loading the rom through recovery so I tried to use Flash image GUI. It loaded the image but after it was done it would not boot. I was stuck on the HTC boot screen. I tried to do a nandroid recovery and the same thing over and over. I figured maybe try a different rom so I tried a couple.. I used one and it actually made it past the boot screen and loaded the Beats audio logo then was stuck there for maybe 30 minutes before I tried a reboot and the same thing. Then I though I wll do a superwipe so I downloaded the synergy superwipe along with the
fresh-evo-3d-4.2.0 then it made it past the HTC boot and just went black for another 30 minutes. Now I am at a loss. Please help me...
Dale if your reading this I am the guy you helped a while back with the Toshiba thrive..maybe a month ago then I made a generous donation. I am happy to pay someone for their time. Please help..I need my phone. Thanks all.
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Hey guys maybe some budy can help, I can go into recovery and wipe data, cache etc.. but for some reason I can't run any rom that runs with sence they all get stuck at boot screen, the phone freezes,.. but I can intall miui through fastboot and everything runs ok, rom boots it doesn't get stuch what's happening, by the way I unrooted the phone the HTC way so I'm on 1.5..
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your phone is doing a boot loop b/c your boot.img file is corrupt... the rom you are trying to install isnt installing properly and is causing this issue....what version of the rom are you trying to install?
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lonewolf5557 said:
I am on twrp shooter 2.0 with hboot 1.5 and I was running syncombelite when I tried to in stall the CM9 Alpha build and I was not having luck with loading the rom through recovery so I tried to use Flash image GUI. It loaded the image but after it was done it would not boot. I was stuck on the HTC boot screen. I tried to do a nandroid recovery and the same thing over and over. I figured maybe try a different rom so I tried a couple.. I used one and it actually made it past the boot screen and loaded the Beats audio logo then was stuck there for maybe 30 minutes before I tried a reboot and the same thing. Then I though I wll do a superwipe so I downloaded the synergy superwipe along with the
fresh-evo-3d-4.2.0 then it made it past the HTC boot and just went black for another 30 minutes. Now I am at a loss. Please help me...
Dale if your reading this I am the guy you helped a while back with the Toshiba thrive..maybe a month ago then I made a generous donation. I am happy to pay someone for their time. Please help..I need my phone. Thanks all.
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dont be upset.... i got CM9 to work on my phone just b/c i wanted ICS but there is a graphical error in the set up and overall isnt worth it... just wait till they iron out some bugs i say abd then worry about ICS
How did you get CM9 to work...what recovery are you using and so on..?
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How did you get CM9 to work...what recovery are you using and so on..?
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i use boot manager pro first off b/c i am a flashaholic... but if i recall correctly i had to use the boot.img from cm7 and migrate it over to the cm 9 set up and let it install from there...
im on hboot 1.5 with clockwork mod recovery... ver 4.0.1.4 any other ?'s just ask
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How did you get CM9 to work...what recovery are you using and so on..?
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The recovery you use shouldn't matter. I have used CWM touch and non and TWRP all the same as long as it works for you. The easy way to flash CM9 is to use FlashImageGUI.apk before you wipe your current rom. Do not wipe ROM before using FlashGUI as it needs a OS to run on.
First flash recovery, whichever you want. If you don't already have one.
Put CM9 on sd
Flash boot.img from CM9.zip with Flash...GUI.apk (browse to CW9 on sd card)
Boot recovery, Flash rom from there.
(Flash..GUI should ask if you want to boot recovery after flash)
I used TWRP to flash CM9 tonight so I know it works 100%
I have tried that and I get stuck at HTC boot screen. I'm at a loss. I finally got virus eternity to flash using fastboot on my pc. I then tried ics (yes I know that's not what we were talking about) but I can't flash many different Roms lately. It's just weird. I have been rooting and flashing for a couple years now but I'm feeling more noobish lately than ever.
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I have tried that and I get stuck at HTC boot screen. I'm at a loss. I finally got virus eternity to flash using fastboot on my pc. I then tried ics (yes I know that's not what we were talking about) but I can't flash many different Roms lately. It's just weird. I have been rooting and flashing for a couple years now but I'm feeling more noobish lately than ever.
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i use a program called boot manager pro and it actually works... its for flashaholics... but the full build that i download works... i do have a prob booting into it at first.. it will hang at the HTC screen... but i pull the battery out and reboot and it goes right to the cyanogenmod boot up wondow and boots up... make sure you install the gapps before hand otherwise youll have a pain in the butt time trying to work around it but its do-able ......pm me if you need help ill be up for a bit....
Do we have a purely stock kernal around? I didn't see one.
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Do we have a purely stock kernal around? I didn't see one.
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beastmod and quiksense have stock kernels.
If I go to those and then revert back to rooted stock through cwm will it put back my original kernal. Yes right?
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If I go to those and then revert back to rooted stock through cwm will it put back my original kernal. Yes right?
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the only custom kernel we have for the amaze is faux's kernel. all the rest are stock kernels.
Ok cool. Thanks.
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Doing a restore of one of my backups through cwm will restore the kernal too?
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Doing a restore of one of my backups through cwm will restore the kernal too?
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Only if your phone was shipped with S-OFF.
So... probably not.
Before I unlocked and rooted, I did an OTA to 1.3, has no Idea at the time. I then unlocked and rooted and was basically on everything stock, with just a different launcher and widgets. Then I flashed Faux's kernel and worked fine. I tried to go back to stock kernel, boot.img as provided by xboarder, bluetooth and wifi stopped working and phone became unstable. I cannot downgrade to any older rom either, when I relock, it gives me a security warning and gets stuck starting in fastboot everytime. As you know I tried scratched my phone screen and am trying to get a replacement. Went to the t-mobile store to exchange and they told me I needed to go back to stock and relock the bootloader which is impossible at this point. I guess I'm stuck at this point with the kernel and this rom.
I am having trouble making the proper clock speed stick with faux's kernel and fauxclock app. I want a clock speed of about 1.5 and prefer not to undervolt too much. Everything sticks except the clock speed, am I doing something wrong. in fauxclock I did click on the button "set on boot" and still nothing...The screen off clock sticks but not the awake clock...I am on ondemand governor does this have something to do with it, sorry I am not very familiar with kernels as I did not play around with them too much before this.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Before I unlocked and rooted, I did an OTA to 1.3, has no Idea at the time. I then unlocked and rooted and was basically on everything stock, with just a different launcher and widgets. Then I flashed Faux's kernel and worked fine. I tried to go back to stock kernel, boot.img as provided by xboarder, bluetooth and wifi stopped working and phone became unstable. I cannot downgrade to any older rom either, when I relock, it gives me a security warning and gets stuck starting in fastboot everytime. As you know I tried scratched my phone screen and am trying to get a replacement. Went to the t-mobile store to exchange and they told me I needed to go back to stock and relock the bootloader which is impossible at this point. I guess I'm stuck at this point with the kernel and this rom.
I am having trouble making the proper clock speed stick with faux's kernel and fauxclock app. I want a clock speed of about 1.5 and prefer not to undervolt too much. Everything sticks except the clock speed, am I doing something wrong. in fauxclock I did click on the button "set on boot" and still nothing...The screen off clock sticks but not the awake clock...I am on ondemand governor does this have something to do with it, sorry I am not very familiar with kernels as I did not play around with them too much before this.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Just use fastboot to flash your roms boot.img file.
Assuming you're using one of xboarders roms like 3.0.0 then use that boot.img file.
With your phone is bootloader mode
fastboot flash boot boot.img and it should push everything over and update your kernel.
Then reboot to recovery and try reflashing the rom. That should do it.
Binary100100 said:
Just use fastboot to flash your roms boot.img file.
Assuming you're using one of xboarders roms like 3.0.0 then use that boot.img file.
With your phone is bootloader mode
fastboot flash boot boot.img and it should push everything over and update your kernel.
Then reboot to recovery and try reflashing the rom. That should do it.
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1. Ya, I flashed faux's, that's what I can use at the moment only...I flashed back to stock kernel from the original 1.3 and lost bluetooth and wifi.. (not a biggie since I won't be using the stock anyways but still a problem if anyone ever decides to go back to complete stock
2. my main problem clock frequency will not stick (want to underclock back to 1.5) even with enabling set on boot. I use fauxclock's app. perhpas I should contact him about his one....thanks.
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1. Ya, I flashed faux's, that's what I can use at the moment only...I flashed back to stock kernel from the original 1.3 and lost bluetooth and wifi.. (not a biggie since I won't be using the stock anyways but still a problem if anyone ever decides to go back to complete stock
2. my main problem clock frequency will not stick (want to underclock back to 1.5) even with enabling set on boot. I use fauxclock's app. perhpas I should contact him about his one....thanks.
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Don't worry about making it stick. I don't even use any of the apps. Just use the kernel as it is.
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Don't worry about making it stick. I don't even use any of the apps. Just use the kernel as it is.
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yea ok!!! guess a little speed won't hurt, atleast I undervolted, just concerned about battery life!!! don't like carrying battery life around!!! pain in the butt to get my hard case off and replace battery...thanks...
P.S. what kind of battery life you get with this kernel? better same or worse than stock?
cant get back to stock
Hey guys I know i sound like a noob but I am having an issue getting my amaze back to stock. I originally flashed it when it was just out and all that thread seems to have disappeared. I got the all in one tool kit and got the recovery image on there but every time I try to flash the original tmo usa rom it says it cannot open the zip file. I have tried a few diff zip files that i have even for other roms to see whats going on and it cant open any of the zip files. Need to get this back to tmo as I need to send it back in from my warranty exchange. Any help or advice would be great. Been flashing phones since the old mda was out and this is the first time i have had any issues getting it back to stock. Please help me!! When i use the recovery image provided by the tool kit it never shows me the option to flash a zip file just gives me an install option
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Hey guys I know i sound like a noob but I am having an issue getting my amaze back to stock. I originally flashed it when it was just out and all that thread seems to have disappeared. I got the all in one tool kit and got the recovery image on there but every time I try to flash the original tmo usa rom it says it cannot open the zip file. I have tried a few diff zip files that i have even for other roms to see whats going on and it cant open any of the zip files. Need to get this back to tmo as I need to send it back in from my warranty exchange. Any help or advice would be great. Been flashing phones since the old mda was out and this is the first time i have had any issues getting it back to stock. Please help me!! When i use the recovery image provided by the tool kit it never shows me the option to flash a zip file just gives me an install option
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Give me a minute and ill edit this post with what to do...
ok. Tmobile ruu is here, its in the third post http://www.android-dev.us/showthread...ver-Error-Fix! but its a torrent so u will need a torrent client such as utorrent to download it. Make sure u name the ph85img.zip and put it on the root of your external sd card. next relock your bootloader, i believe you can use hasoons toolkit to relock. MAKE SURE U PUT THE PH85IMG.zip ON YOUR SD CARD BEFORE RELOCKING. after you relock, boot your phone into bootloader by holding down power+volume down. when it boots into bootloader it will ask if you want to install update, select yes and it will do the rest from there.
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i know there are many tpics similar but i cant find a straight answer or working link..
basically i flashed a rom and this rom ws working fine until it started to reboot everytime i chargd the phone then it would boot loop for like 30min and finaly go in to the rom.. ive tried to access the recovery to switch roms but it just bootloops.. onlything i can go is to bootloader.. i was looking for a stock rooted
P0g5?? file to flash in bootloader but all i can find is mr2 and its in multiupload which is not working for me.. can anyone please give me a working link or answer... and the last option i would hate to do is completely restore to stock and root allover again.. i want to restore to stock rooted/s-off.. not stock rooted/s-on.. please help anyone....
Can u download a new recovery, rename, then flash in hboot possibly?
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I had an issue kinda similar like this and ended up having to flash the RUU through the bootloader. It is the stock firmware 605.19, and I had to reroot. It's a pain I know but it works
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dizzyman1180 said:
I had an issue kinda similar like this and ended up having to flash the RUU through the bootloader. It is the stock firmware 605.19, and I had to reroot. It's a pain I know but it works
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I to had to this at one point and it does work. I would first try to flash cwm in fastboot though. Sometimes that works.
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My friend's phone tried to pull an OTA while he had CWM recovery installed, and it started boot looping. Had to download the stock recovery, name is PG05IMG.zip in the root of the SDCard, and force the phone to boot to the bootloader and install it. Once it did, the phone started up, rebooted itself, and installed the OTA fine. Sounds like yours may be trying to do something similar?
If so rooted phones need caches cleared for the ota to work.
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From my understanding, Rooted can still take OTA, but you have to have stock recovery to do it (as I witnessed earlier). You will lose root, and will have to re-flash recovery to TWRP, CWMR, or whatever your normal choice is, and then re-apply the su.zip, but otherwise easy as pie.
Tiezane said:
My friend's phone tried to pull an OTA while he had CWM recovery installed, and it started boot looping. Had to download the stock recovery, name is PG05IMG.zip in the root of the SDCard, and force the phone to boot to the bootloader and install it. Once it did, the phone started up, rebooted itself, and installed the OTA fine. Sounds like yours may be trying to do something similar?
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Do you by chance have a working link to the stock recovery? I have been trying to find one without success.
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I won't be home to later, I'll get it to you then, but I'm piety sure I found it through thunderboltforums.com
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Tiezane said:
I won't be home to later, I'll get it to you then, but I'm piety sure I found it through thunderboltforums.com
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I would appreciate that. Thank you
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I would appreciate that. Thank you
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Stock recovery PG05IMG.zip http://dl.dropbox.com/u/61129367/PG05IMG-Stock-Recovery.zip
Hello, first of all I would like to thank everyone who has posted in this thread to try and help out. I just started having a very similar problem- I'm rooted and running stock, but apparently my phone accepted an OTA and I'm stuck in a bootloop as well.
I got into CWM recovery and downloaded the stock recovery PG05IMG.zip, but it won't install. It just aborts every time I try to install it. I'm a noob at this stuff and not very good at dealing with these sorts of things and I've been having a panic attack for the past hour, so if anyone could help me as soon as possible I would really appreciate it.
I'm really scared of making things worse than they already are. I just want a working phone.
trter10 said:
Stock recovery PG05IMG.zip http://dl.dropbox.com/u/61129367/PG05IMG-Stock-Recovery.zip
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Much appreciated my friend.
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pull battery, wait a minute, turn on phone
when in bootloader screen,
volume down, select reboot
back to white screen, select recovery ( i had to do this twice)
hold volume up and power when black screen appears
choose the bottom option (wipe cache i believe)
choose reboot
phone should be good aftter this
( idont own a thunderbolt, but i had to fix this for a nother phone, called tech support and this worked)
hope this helps - hopefully saves someone from ruu'ing and wiping their phone
Thank you for posting the file, life got in the way yesterday. Hope that fixes your situation!
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webermn15 said:
Hello, first of all I would like to thank everyone who has posted in this thread to try and help out. I just started having a very similar problem- I'm rooted and running stock, but apparently my phone accepted an OTA and I'm stuck in a bootloop as well.
I got into CWM recovery and downloaded the stock recovery PG05IMG.zip, but it won't install. It just aborts every time I try to install it. I'm a noob at this stuff and not very good at dealing with these sorts of things and I've been having a panic attack for the past hour, so if anyone could help me as soon as possible I would really appreciate it.
I'm really scared of making things worse than they already are. I just want a working phone.
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The zip won't work in CWM because it's not designed for use with CWM. It's designed for use in Fastboot. Should be on the root of your sd card. From off, if I'm correct (like this with other HTC devices), hold volume down and power to boot into fastboot. This will allow it to flash the stock recovery.
dlamber7 said:
The zip won't work in CWM because it's not designed for use with CWM. It's designed for use in Fastboot. Should be on the root of your sd card. From off, if I'm correct (like this with other HTC devices), hold volume down and power to boot into fastboot. This will allow it to flash the stock recovery.
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Right. I also have a recovery zip that installs the stock recovery if anyone wants it?
It can be found here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/61129367/OTARestoreAndRecovery.zip
(warning: I have tested it and it works but it did cause me a bootloop, and im assuming this is becuase im on a different rom - - - so not responsible for any damages)
HELP
My battery went tits up the other day so I had to purchase a new battery.....Ended up with HTC extended battery.(all verizon had in stock). When I put the battery in and powered on it just pops up with the HTC screen....couple secs go by the phone vibrates....HTC again......I can get the phone into bootloader.....but for the life of me can only get fastboot to work.....I have tried pushing cwm through that as well as the img above with no luck.....The Hboot only shows my device as android 1.0 and is unrecognized.I have reloaded drivers and everything I know how....Someone please help
Windows 7 64 bit ultimate
Rooted Thunderbolt running Thunderstick
BaD TacTics said:
My battery went tits up the other day so I had to purchase a new battery.....Ended up with HTC extended battery.(all verizon had in stock). When I put the battery in and powered on it just pops up with the HTC screen....couple secs go by the phone vibrates....HTC again......I can get the phone into bootloader.....but for the life of me can only get fastboot to work.....I have tried pushing cwm through that as well as the img above with no luck.....The Hboot only shows my device as android 1.0 and is unrecognized.I have reloaded drivers and everything I know how....Someone please help
Windows 7 64 bit ultimate
Rooted Thunderbolt running Thunderstick
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Have you tried an ruu?
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So I unlocked the bootloader using the Htc dev unlock method I have hboot1.5 then flashed clockwork mod recovery and flashed the newt one s rc3 rom and the boot image all I get is bootloops over and over lock screen comes up with battery icon and everything but the lock ring and then reboots I tried to restore a nandroid if my stock rom all it does is go to the white screen with the green Htc letters and then it goes black and nothing, I can get into recovery but not fast boot USB I even tried flashing other Roms and the rooted stock Rom but to no avail it doesn't work. I really don't know what to do to get it back to normal I would be very gratefully if any of you could help me with this
Did you originally flash through fastboot?
If you didn't, and now can't get fastboot to work, your best option is to flash whatever ROM you were originally coming from (sounds like stock) and flash that.
I know you said you tried it, but that really is your best bet. I'd try it again, wiping data a few times and doing a reset.
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flonker said:
Did you originally flash through fastboot?
If you didn't, and now can't get fastboot to work, your best option is to flash whatever ROM you were originally coming from (sounds like stock) and flash that.
I know you said you tried it, but that really is your best bet. I'd try it again, wiping data a few times and doing a reset.
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I tried to flash back my nandroid of my stock rooted rom 7 times wiped dalvick everything
I flashes by holding volume down and power till fast boot screen came up then selected recovery and flashed through revolutionary like I do on my og evo
Okay.
If you don't boot the recovery through fastboot, the kernel won't stick. So if you were just flashing through recovery without booting the recovery through fastboot, you probably still are running a stock GB kernel.
I would download a stock Rom and flash that. Do a factory data reset before flashing the Rom and wipe cache. That should work, assuming that you are still running a stock kernel. From the way you've explained things I would think you are.
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taguluchi said:
I flashes by holding volume down and power till fast boot screen came up then selected recovery and flashed through revolutionary like I do on my og evo
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Unlocking the phone on hboot 1.5 via HTC, leaves you with S-ON. You can still flash any ROM you want, but it is a little bit different than OGEvo. You can't just flash through recovery, especially if you're switching from GB to ICS. This may also be while your nandroid failed... Although I'm not sure because I've never had to run a nandroid and I've never created one outside of fastboot.
So, I would try...
Downloading a stock Rom.
Wipe data/Factory Reset.
Flash Rom (like you've been trying to)
That should work.
Then I'd check out how to properly flash a ROM in the stickies, there are a couple different methods, but you can't do it on your 3D like you did on your OG unless you get S-OFF.
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flonker said:
Unlocking the phone on hboot 1.5 via HTC, leaves you with S-ON. You can still flash any ROM you want, but it is a little bit different than OGEvo. You can't just flash through recovery, especially if you're switching from GB to ICS. This may also be while your nandroid failed... Although I'm not sure because I've never had to run a nandroid and I've never created one outside of fastboot.
So, I would try...
Downloading a stock Rom.
Wipe data/Factory Reset.
Flash Rom (like you've been trying to)
That should work.
Then I'd check out how to properly flash a ROM in the stickies, there are a couple different methods, but you can't do it on your 3D like you did on your OG unless you get S-OFF.
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It was because I wasn't going through fast boot for my recovery went through that and flashed my nandroid and I'm all good now
Glad you got it working.
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