EVO 3d cdma 1.4 s-off with cwm was running cyanogen 7. went into rom manager app and super user had an update. updated ok then froze and now stuck at HTC load screen.
1. with sd card containing PG86IMG.zip: regular power up - hangs on HTC screen
2 with sd card containing PG86IMG.zip: HBoot - device ask to update (yes) tries to update (1)bootloader ... sucesss i get an ok then when prompts me to reboot it hangs at HTC again.
3. no sd card: regular power up hangs at HTC
4. no sd card: hboot will not let me go into recovery or factory data reset, just short vibrate then fastboot screen
5. blank sd card: scrolls down no img or wrong PG86IMG then after will not go into recovery or factory data reset, short vibrate then fastboot screen.
*can not get to usb debugging stuck at HTC screen
*connect to computer phone: fastboot to fastboot usb
*@command prompt,
6.adb devices,reboot-bootloader,remount, etc - no devices found. guess usb debugging needs to be on.
7.fastboot devices - i get serial #
8.fastboot flash recovery recovery.img - gets FAILED (remote not allowed) ... tried different recoveries ... named/renamed all the same
9. fastboot erase cache ... ok
10. fastboot reboot-bootloader ... ok
any ideas what i should try next?
controlofsound said:
EVO 3d cdma 1.4 s-off with cwm was running cyanogen 7. went into rom manager app and super user had an update. updated ok then froze and now stuck at HTC load screen.
1. with sd card containing PG86IMG.zip: regular power up - hangs on HTC screen
2 with sd card containing PG86IMG.zip: HBoot - device ask to update (yes) tries to update (1)bootloader ... sucesss i get an ok then when prompts me to reboot it hangs at HTC again.
3. no sd card: regular power up hangs at HTC
4. no sd card: hboot will not let me go into recovery or factory data reset, just short vibrate then fastboot screen
5. blank sd card: scrolls down no img or wrong PG86IMG then after will not go into recovery or factory data reset, short vibrate then fastboot screen.
*can not get to usb debugging stuck at HTC screen
*connect to computer phone: fastboot to fastboot usb
*@command prompt,
6.adb devices,reboot-bootloader,remount, etc - no devices found. guess usb debugging needs to be on.
7.fastboot devices - i get serial #
8.fastboot flash recovery recovery.img - gets FAILED (remote not allowed) ... tried different recoveries ... named/renamed all the same
9. fastboot erase cache ... ok
10. fastboot reboot-bootloader ... ok
any ideas what i should try next?
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Damn, that's wild. Just from updating superuser!
The next thing I would try is running an RUU with the phone in fastboot mode, or running an RUU as a PG86IMG.zip. Hopefully one of those will run.
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progress. the latest RUU broke through.
seems like i am now unlocked 1.5 hboot s-off.
I think i will run stock til cm9 beta hits.
I'm glad it worked for you. Since you're still s off, you can downgrade your hboot back to 1.4 if you want to. No real reason to though, other than it won't say locked.
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k2buckley said:
I'm glad it worked for you. Since you're still s off, you can downgrade your hboot back to 1.4 if you want to. No real reason to though, other than it won't say locked.
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have you tried a different cable?
I'm not sure if it's a good suggestion because your also having issues with RUU zips but its worth a try.
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Hello people
I think my HTC Hero is what you call softbricked.
When I hold Home + Power on to go to recovery mode I get this single line of text:
Build : RA-hero-v1.5.2
If I hold Home and press power on the text disappears leaving an all black screen. Pressing home + power on again brings the text back.
When I boot normally it just keeps saying "Hero"
I think I did a full wipe, installed VillainROM 6.0.0 and then did a OTA update to VillainROM 6.1.0. I did notice the latest rom being rather slow and hanging sometimes. Then three days ago it froze. I pulled the battery and when I put it back in I was left with what I've described above.
Can't access VillainROM's official website
Another frustrating thing is that w w w. villainrom .co .uk has seemed down to me this whole softbrick-period. But they've announced a new version and no one have commented on their site being down. Apparently I'm the only one who can't access it.
Vol. down + power on
I've never used this boot mode. But it's the only one which seems to work.
HBOOT says Sd checking and all the tests results in:
No image! or No image or wrong image!
FASTBOOT just gives a red box with the white text FASTBOOT in it.
What can i do?
I did a nandroid backup before installing VillainROM 6.0.0 but I can't access recovery mode.
I would like to install the official 1.5 RUU-rom but HTC Sync can't find my phone, neither can adb shell.
I can insert the SD card in my computer and put an update.zip file in the root. Is this a solution? I don't know how to make the phone boot the update.zip file or how this works.
Sorry for this long post. I've been searching the web ever since thursday without any luck. So now I'm just putting all I've experienced out.
I hope someone can help me. I would be very glad
Alright, if you can get to the fastboot screen, this is what you should do:
Plug your hero in fastboot mode into a computer with the latest android sdk installed.
DL the latest recovery for your device: I don't think I can post links yet so search the forum for Amon RA's recovery (1.6.2) and place it in the tools folder of the sdk.
Then:
Open a command prompt (or terminal for linux, idk for mac)
Go to the tools folder with cd
(./)fastboot boot recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img
(./ is for linux ^^,) And that should normally work
From there your best bet is to use Nandroid to recover one of your backups.
Thank you for your response
But I got an error:
Code:
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools\fastboot boot recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img
downloading 'boot.img' ... FAILED (remote: not allow)
finished. total time: 0.010s
The site I downloaded the recovery image from suggestion this installation:
via fastboot + adb -> In case you don't have a custom recovery, so when you get signature fail errors
Code:
adb shell reboot bootloader fastboot boot recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img adb shell mount /sdcard adb push recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img adb shell reboot
I've also tried this but it resulted in: error: device not found
I've noticed how my phone says "fastboot usb" when connected to my computer.
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NessGuard said:
Thank you for your response
But I got an error:
Code:
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools\fastboot boot recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img
downloading 'boot.img' ... FAILED (remote: not allow)
finished. total time: 0.010s
The site I downloaded the recovery image from suggestion this installation:
via fastboot + adb -> In case you don't have a custom recovery, so when you get signature fail errors
Code:
adb shell reboot bootloader fastboot boot recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img adb shell mount /sdcard adb push recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img adb shell reboot
I've also tried this but it resulted in: error: device not found
I've noticed how my phone says "fastboot usb" when connected to my computer.
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Have you flashed the official 2.1 rom thats been floating round?
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AndroHero said:
Have you flashed the official 2.1 rom thats been floating round?
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No, I haven't.
Just now I did this:
Code:
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools\adb devices
List of devices attached
And none was shown...
Then I did:
Code:
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools\fastboot devices
HT97TL903447 fastboot
Is this some sort of serial number of my phone?
Re: Hangs on boot to recovery mode and normal mode
Your sd card is seen by your phone or not ?
sebxd said:
Your sd card is seen by your phone or not ?
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How can I check this?
Hboot says Sd checking and all the tests results in:
Code:
No image! [I]or[/I] No image or wrong image!
The site isn't down, but some people can't get to it due to their DNS setup.
Use 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 to get it, or go to http://villainrom.grense.no/villainrom.co.uk to get in.
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Mmm if i'm right you can't boot normaly ? It's strange..
Have you tried to boot without your sd card ?
I don't really know what the answer of fastboot means..
anon2122 said:
The site isn't down, but some people can't get to it due to their DNS setup.
Use 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 to get it, or go to
[url not allowed] to get in.
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Thanks, but I think I will just stick to this forum. Hope I can get a solution
sebxd said:
Mmm if i'm right you can't boot normaly ? It's strange..
Have you tried to boot without your sd card ?
I don't really know what the answer of fastboot means..
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Yes, I have tried booting without SD card and without simcard aswell. My simcard is now in a good old Nokia 3310
I have updated the radio earlier
A while ago I updated the radio to this version: 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26
Is that an android 2.1-radio? And is that what's causing "not allow" when running fastboot flash?
What recovery image would I then be allowed to flash? An official one?
Or is it my bootloader (that's SPL, right?) that needs to be flashed to a version that allows the fastboot flashing?
I haven't been able to find a guide on flashing SPL on HTC Hero.
Is this the way to go?
Still need help or is this now sorted?....
It's now working
My phone is now working. I did the following:
1. Connected my phone to a computer with HTC Sync and drivers installed.
2. Started the bootloader on my phone (vol. down + power on, hold until bootloader starts).
3. Pressed back to start fastboot. It said fastboot usb because it was connected to my computer.
4. I tried to install an official 1.5 RUU rom. The phone responded and began the process. It cleared/deleted some caches/files or something. But then my computer and my phone said that the ROM installation had failed and that I should find the right rom.
5. Somehow this cleaned up the phone so I now could boot in recovery mode as I used to (I didn't try a normal boot, so can't say if that worked). I did a full wipe and flashed a custom rom (not VillainROM 6.0.0 ).
Even though VillainROM has made me sad I will now go for VillainROM 10.
Wish me luck
And thanks for your responses.
Brilliant. Just edit the title of your thread to put [SOLVED] on.
And good luck, but i'm sure you wont need it.
EDIT...... Excellent, done it already.
ddotpatel said:
EDIT...... Excellent, done it already.
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Hehe, yes, even though it's my first post I am a little bit smart
Oh nice ! You have done it ! It is really smart indeed and I'm happy for you !
its not solved for my hero
i tried everything within last two days. but i havent succeess. (i tried your solition too)
i did nondroid backup and then restore. finaly my phone doesnt open.
and after i have given the same your errors (from adb and phone)...
but i havent success..
where i do wrong?
thanks...
Can you explain what you did, what are the errors and when does it appears please
EDIT...... Excellent, done it already.
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Hehe, yes, even though it's my first post I am a little bit smart
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Indeed. I'm sorry, I never meant to sound like an ass.
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//Header information
***UNLOCKED***
SHOOTER XC SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.50.0000
eMMC-boot
Hey guys, I recently acquired an EVO 3D in a trade deal and even though I don't want it (I plan on selling it but the cash deal + EVO 3D was worthy), I ended up being hellbent on rooting it last night. Success. Great, I threw Cyanogenmod7 on there and realized I'll have to undo the root/ROM to sell it later. I used what I believe is referred to as the REVOLUTIONARY method (using HTCDev.com, some terminal commands on my Mac, etc.)
Anyhow, didn't think it would be hard to undo what I did and I guess I was wrong. Let me tell you what I've tried so far.
I've tried using the PG86IMG.zip flash and nothing. No option (VOL UP or VOL DOWN) to even TRY installing it. Just quickly flashes the green text "No Image!" under each category (it goes too fast for me to read it) and I'm back at the boot menu. I've tried using different copies of the PG86IMG.zip with the same results (latest site acquired from: Goo-inside me, or something like that).
I've also tried using the RUU*.exe method on a Windows 7 machine. I've installed the drivers, everything checks out just fine until it actually tried to update the ROM. What happens here is that the phone reboots (as expected) and though the splash screen is different (black background with silver/gray hTc logo, semi-reflected) from the usual splash screen (white background with hTc in green), nothing happens. The software on the Windows 7 machine says "Waiting for bootloader" - which never shows up. Then it quickly gives me an error stating that the USB cable between the PC and the phone needs to be checked. Of course, there's no disconnect anywhere in the cables.
Please help! I planned on selling this device but if it's stuck in Cyanogenmod7, especially with no Google apps (couldn't get Gapps*.zip to work but whatever, not really concerned about that right now), there's no way I could sell this thing. I'm fairly knowledgeable in the basics of these matters as I have a rooted EVO 4G as well.
Anyone wanna buy an EVO 3D? HAHA
you could always flash a stock rooted rom .
You've gotta relock through adb before running the RUU.exe; then it'll work.
Hit the thanks if I helped
Here's another problem: I can't get back into Clockwork Mod Recovery (so I don't know how to flash another ROM on there). If I hold VOL DOWN while powering up, it starts automatically loading PG86IMG.zip. Then I get the options FASTBOOT, RECOVERY, FACTORY RESET, SIM LOCK, and IMAGE CRC.
Trying to enter recovery reboots to the splash screen and it gets stuck there.
How would I lock it using ADB?
zer0xity said:
Here's another problem: I can't get back into Clockwork Mod Recovery (so I don't know how to flash another ROM on there). If I hold VOL DOWN while powering up, it starts automatically loading PG86IMG.zip. Then I get the options FASTBOOT, RECOVERY, FACTORY RESET, SIM LOCK, and IMAGE CRC.
Trying to enter recovery reboots to the splash screen and it gets stuck there.
How would I lock it using ADB?
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It's because of the pg86img.zip you can delete/move it away from the root of your sd card and get back into recovery... but you shouldn't need to, follow these steps:
1) Turn off phone
2) Hold power+vol down
3) Choose fastboot
4) Plug into your PC if you're not already
5) When you see FASTBOOT USB on the phone screen go back to your command prompt where you have your adb.exe, fastboot.exe, etc.
6) Type: " fastboot oem lock "
7) Aaaand you're done w/ the relocking go crazy and run your RUU.exe, don't reboot the phone or anything just run your RUU while your phone's still in HBOOT.
Edit: Oh, the adb I was talking about would kind of make everything easier; in command prompt: adb reboot bootloader AND THEN fastboot oem lock
Two steps, mhm.
I'm on it! Standby...
Okay, the adb stuff - can I do that from terminal in Mac? I tried doing it while in the appropriate folder where all that adb stuff is and I typed: adb reboot bootloader (ERROR: command not found), then I tried just: reboot bootloader (not permitted). I did try: ./fastboot-mac oem lock (successful. header now says *** RELOCKED ***).
Tried the RUU*.exe stuff on the Windows machine while in that state and again an alleged problem with the USB connection...
Sounds like we're close?
BAM! Got it. You put me on the right track with that last post. RUU still wouldn't do the reversion even though I had some drivers installed on Windows so I had to find some other drivers (some HTC3*.exe file, 13MB) and ended up running those for it to recognize the phone.
+1 to you, sir. Thank you so much!
Glad it all turned out well.
Hi All,
I've been using CM7 on my HTC aria for more than an year without any problems. yesterday i decided to do S-OFF my phone and followed the below mentioned steps
Post#84 of the following linkhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122574&page=9
For windows users using CM7:
Note 1: This is assuming you already have the SDK installed and know how to use ADB, that you have CM7 installed.
Prerequisites:
- USBDeview - http://download.cnet.com/USBDeview/3...-10614190.html
- HTC Sync - http://www.htc.com/www/SupportViewNe...73&news_id=907
- clockwork2501.zip - http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...5&d=1305031790
- fastboot - http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...9&d=1230278653
- HTC Aria 2.2 - http://member.america.htc.com/downlo...ROM_Update.exe
alpharevx - http://alpharev.nl/x/beta/
1. Download all of the items listed above.
1a. Make a NANDROID backup!!!
2. USBDeview...delete (uninstall) all HTC related drivers.
3. Install HTC Sync
4. Plug phone in and allow windows to install the drivers.
5. Boot into fastboot (while powered down, press and HOLD trackball button and power button).
6. plug phone in to computer and run the HTC Aria for ATT Android 2.2 ROM Update (2.2 RUU).
7. Once you get 2.2 installed, and booted into the ROM, run the alpharevx executable.
8. It should notice your phone right away (make sure USB Debugging is enabled!!) and do it's thing, and then ask you for your beta key (get it from website, with your serial number) and then it will reboot a couple times and you're good to go.
9. Once you've got your S-OFF, boot into the ROM.
10. Place fastboot.exe and clockwork2501.zip into the folder where alpharevx.exe is (if you don't do this, you'll get an error about a missing .DLL (which happens to be included in the alpharevx download)).
11a. Open up command prompt and change directory ("cd") to your tools folder for Android SDK. Run the first command under step 12 (adb reboot bootloader)
11b. Open up command prompt and change directory ("cd") to wherever your fastboot.exe is (i.e. cd c:\users\username\desktop\alpharevx). Now run the rest of the commands under step 12.
12. Run the following commands:
Code:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip clockwork2501.zip
fastboot reboot
12a. After "fastboot oem rebootRUU" your phone will be stuck at an HTC screen. This is when you should type the next command.
13. You should now be able to get into clockwork and restore your nandroid.
14. Boot into your CM7 and enjoy your S-OFF
This is going off of sheer memory but I am pretty sure it's exactly how i did it. If I have missed any steps or said anything wrong, someone feel free to correct me. If you have any questions, as always, feel free to ask.
Again, enjoy
+1 to alpharev team and whomever else made this possible!
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i executed all the above steps in order. got froyo 2.2 and then did S-OFF (success). everythign was good until i faced some issues in STEP#12. while i executed the following command , i got the below mentioned error.
Code:
fastboot flash zip clockwork2501.zip
Code:
Error message:
[COLOR="Red"]FAILED (remote: 51 partition update fail)[/COLOR]
Since then, the phone booting to a black screen with "HTC" in the middle
and "warning" triangles at the corners.
HELP!!! please help me in fixing this issue.
Thanks guys
Are you able to boot into fastboot?
Theonew said:
Are you able to boot into fastboot?
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thanks for your reply.
how do i check about fastboot? (tell me some commands that can run & check)
all i can say is, i'm not able to goto boot options-recovery (i.e clockworkmod). Before doing S-OFF,i had done a nandroid backup which i want to restore now.
I've tried many times to run "fastboot flash zip clockwork2501.zip". and also tried to download different version of clockworkmod recovery from the below link (for htc aria). none of them seem to work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14693680&postcount=1
Open the clockwork2501.zip (from your computer) and extract the contents. You want the recovery.img file that is inside the zip file. Then, while the phone is in FASTBOOT mode and USB cable connected to computer, issue:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
If you don't know how to get to fastboot mode, the easiest way is to completely turn the phone off (pull battery if necessary), then hold down the trackball button and press power button, then release trackball button after the screen turns on.
the problem is i'm not able to get into either fastboot or hboot recovery bootscreen.
i took off battery, then hold down trackball , then pressed power button. still i get a black screen with "HTC" in the middle and "warning" triangles at the corners.
i took off battery, then hold 'volume -' button and then pressed power button. still i boot only into black screen with 'HTC' in the middle and triangles at four corners.
i get a feel that i still didn't install clockwork successfully. but the only problem is i couldn't figure out how to flash clockwork recovery. every time i try fastboot commands
Code:
fastboot flash zip clockwork2501.zip
or
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Code:
[COLOR="Red"]c:\Downloads\HTC aria\Jun 2012\revolutionary-0.4pre4>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (4224 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: image update error)
c:\Downloads\HTC aria\Jun 2012\revolutionary-0.4pre4>fastboot flash zip clockwor
k2501.zip
sending 'zip' (2702 KB)... OKAY
writing 'zip'... INFOzip header checking...
INFOzip info parsing...
INFOchecking model ID...
INFOchecking custom ID...
INFOstart image[recovery] unzipping & flushing...
INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,0
INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,24
INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,64
INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,100
INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,0
INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,24
INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,48
INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,72
INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,96
FAILED (remote: 51 partition update fail)[/COLOR]
singularthing said:
i took off battery, then hold 'volume -' button and then pressed power button. still i boot only into black screen with 'HTC' in the middle and triangles at four corners.
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Just to make sure, you are continuing to hold down the 'volume -' button even after pressing power button, right? Don't let go too early. Also, make sure the USB cable is NOT plugged in while doing this. Plug the USB cable in after you're already in HBOOT or FASTBOOT.
If you're still having problems, I'd suggest attempting to run the official 2.2.2 RUU on your phone to see if it can revert your phone to a working state.
drumist said:
Just to make sure, you are continuing to hold down the 'volume -' button even after pressing power button, right? Don't let go too early. Also, make sure the USB cable is NOT plugged in while doing this. Plug the USB cable in after you're already in HBOOT or FASTBOOT.
If you're still having problems, I'd suggest attempting to run the official 2.2.2 RUU on your phone to see if it can revert your phone to a working state.
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awesome! i re-installed HTC sync and ran the official 2.2.2 RUU exe file. viola i'm able to go into 2.2.2 and make calls , send text etc!! But, i still love my CM7. so i decided to do 'nandroid restore'. but i couldn't get into clockworkmod recovery screen
when i hold 'volume -' button and power on i see the following
Code:
LIBERTY PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT -6.02.1002
MICROP-031B
TOUCH PANEL-STN21_03
RADIO-7.16.35.11
NOV 4 2010,23:12:58
HBOOT
RECOVERY
SIMLOCK ..
When i use volume keys and come down to 'RECOVERY' and press power button, i get some error screen (a black screen showing a small phone picture and a red triangle with exclamation mark).
i then tried the below two options.
1. rebooted the phone into 2.2.2 OS. enabled USB Debugging. Ran revolutionary.exe (it was handing in first step with message waiting for device) for a very long time. 15 mins after which i killed that in task manager.
2. rebooted phone. when into HBOOT. (waited for SD card diagnosis and then selected HBOOT via volume keys and then pressed power button). then connected USB cable and executed the following commands
Code:
c:\Downloads\HTC aria\Jun 2012\revolutionary-0.4pre4>fastboot flash zip clockwork2501.zip
< waiting for device >
^C
c:\Downloads\HTC aria\Jun 2012\revolutionary-0.4pre4>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
< waiting for device >
^C
looks like i'm still not able to goto clockwork recovery/ and do nandroid restore.
singularthing said:
looks like i'm still not able to goto clockwork recovery/ and do nandroid restore.
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Yeah, sorry if I wasn't clear, but even if you had CWM installed earlier, running the 2.2.2 RUU will remove it and bring you back to stock. I just told you to use the 2.2.2 RUU to bring the phone back to a working state. However, the RUU will NOT remove S-OFF, which is good.
The next step is to install CWM. I advise you to install the latest version, NOT the one you were previously using. The nandroid backup should still work fine. Here's what you should do:
Download 5.0.2.8 recovery (or a different one of your choice) here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25490394&postcount=66
Put your phone into FASTBOOT, then connect USB cable, and then do:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery filename.img
drumist said:
Yeah, sorry if I wasn't clear, but even if you had CWM installed earlier, running the 2.2.2 RUU will remove it and bring you back to stock. I just told you to use the 2.2.2 RUU to bring the phone back to a working state. However, the RUU will NOT remove S-OFF, which is good.
The next step is to install CWM. I advise you to install the latest version, NOT the one you were previously using. The nandroid backup should still work fine. Here's what you should do:
Download 5.0.2.8 recovery (or a different one of your choice) here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25490394&postcount=66
Put your phone into FASTBOOT, then connect USB cable, and then do:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery filename.img
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Many Many thanks drumist. yes as soon as i tried recent CWM things started to work (i tried 5.0.2.8). now i'm doing nandroid restore. i will do some basic checking tonight and report back tomorrow(tomorrow i will mark the thread resolved). i'm pretty confident everything should be okay.
I just downgraded my phone from hboot 1.58 to 1.40. I put the PG86IMG_1.40hboot on my sd card and rebooted into the bootloader and it started applying the PG86IMG update (downgrade?) It worked, my hboot is now 1.40 but, when the phone reboots it is now in a bootloop. So here is where I'm stuck, every time I go into the bootloader it automatically starts applying the PG86IMG that I used before I can access my recovery to delete the file. Is there a way I can get into recovery so I can delete this or any other work around for me to use?
Thanks
If you have adb setup on your pc it is easy.
With phone powered off connect usb cable to pc. Charge light will come one for a moment then go out and come back on. Now use this command on your pc. Adb reboot recovery. You will boot directly into recovery.
Without adb you will need to use a card reader on a pc to remove the file.
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Thank you so much.
A couple of weeks ago I bricked my HTC Inspire with the ACE toolkit. I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to get it back. At some point I just kept getting the HTC white screen and/or bootloader. While I thought I had ClockworkMod recovery in place, I don't. I've tried copying a PD98IMG.zip directly to the SD card. And, HBOOT will read the PD98IMG.zip, it just doesn't seem to apply it.
So this is what I have done so far to fix it:
1. Installed full Android SDK. With some special USB drivers, I am able to get Froyo files fastboot flashall & its says boot & system were both written successfully.
2. When I reboot the phone it starts the HTC Recovery. Its says "This application will set your phone to factory new condition. It is designed for AT&T Branded HTC Inspire only. Using it...blah,blah,blah....Hit OK to continue or Cancel to reboot to recovery?".
3. So I click OK and it says Running "gfree -s on -c CWS_0001"....Please wait. It goes thru this and seems to install OK & says Success GFree has returned your device to s-on and CID: CWS_001. Press OK to copy factory image to your SD card and continue the process..." So I let it do that with an OK.
4. At the end of the Factory Reset install, it says "Success Your device is s-on and a factory RUU has been copied to your SD card. Pressing OK will reboot you to HBOOT where you will be prompted to go ahead with the RUU install. Press vol-up when prompted." When I look in the Android window behind this message it says: "cp: can't stat 'data/rom.zip' no such file or directory. Copying complete".
5. If I hit OK, one of 3 things happens: a.) HBOOT is shown b.) HTC white screen stays on or c.) it tries to do the Factory Reset install once more.
This is where I am stuck.
6. No matter what I have been able to continue getting Android-SDK to talk to it with fastboot commands using the special USB drivers.
I feel like I am just missing something on this.
UPDATE
I am able to connect to the device with Droid Explorer.
Please, if anyone can help, I would appreciate it.