Fixed it! - HTC Rezound

I'm fairly embarrassed to even have put myself into this situation, mainly because I have no idea how I did it, and even less of one how to fix it.
My issue is this: I went ahead and unlocked the BL on the Rezound today, and then installed CWM Touch recovery (first). After that I went and installed CleanROM. Did the update in HBOOT like it told me to. No problem. After setting up the Rezound again, I loaded some music onto my memory card, and then noticed nothing showed up (media), so I decided to reset the phone. I used the power button to do so. So the phone rebooted.
Then it just sat on the HTC screen, which it now continues to do.
So what I have done is this:
Tried to reflash the ROM (no luck)
Tried using Amon Ra recovery instead (all I get is a black screen, but I know it is "working" because I hear my computer connect to it)
Tried flashing a different ROM (nothing)
Tried using the PH file from CleanROM to see if it would boot up (nope)
So now I'm stuck, and I have no idea what happened!
Can anyone help, or is this thing toast?
It's worth noting that the only recovery that seems to work is CWM (touch or not), Amon Ra won't display anything on the screen (both 3.14 and 3.13). Also that when it turns on the HTC comes up, then disappears and comes up again.
I have been searching and trying things for about two hours now, so at this point I'm ready to chuck it in the trash.

Edit, nevermind read that wrong, it isn't in a bootloop.
Try to flash the kernel from fastboot and see if that helps.

EmerikL said:
Did you delete the PH98IMG from the SD card?
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Yup, that's the only way I can get into recovery. It just tries to install it again and again if I don't.
My SD card has the CleanROM and the Stock Rooted Rom on it, nothing else.

Push the kernel through fastboot.

EmerikL said:
Push the kernel through fastboot.
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No dice. But I will try to install the ROM again, and then manually push the kernel rather than doing it on the phone.

Lock and run ruu if all else fails. Start ruu with phone in Hboot.
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k_flan said:
Lock and run ruu if all else fails. Start ruu with phone in Hboot.
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The phone doesn't need to be booted fully to run the RUU? I was going to run the .exe one and it said it needed to be on.
I'll try that, nothing else has worked.

Sounds like you need to push the boot.img using fastboot. If you dont have fastboot and all that installed you can get it from CleanFLASH 1.0. You need to make sure you have the correct boot.img or it will continue to be stuck. Also flashing it through hboot sometimes just doesn't work. Thats why you need to push it via fastboot.
Clean flash HERE
Just put the attached boot.img into the cleanboot folder. Open a command prompt into that folder. Put the phone in hboot and fastboot USB run the following command in the command prompt: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Note you must have the HTC drivers installed for fastboot to work.

zone23 said:
Sounds like you need to push the boot.img using fastboot. If you dont have fastboot and all that installed you can get it from CleanFLASH 1.0. You need to make sure you have the correct boot.img or it will continue to be stuck. Also flashing it through hboot sometimes just doesn't work. Thats why you need to push it via fastboot.
Clean flash HERE
Just put the attached boot.img into the cleanboot folder. Open a command prompt into that folder. Put the phone in hboot and fastboot USB run the following command in the command prompt: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Note you must have the HTC drivers installed for fastboot to work.
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Thank you, I will try this. I'm hoping I was using the wrong boot.img

sliderocket22 said:
Thank you, I will try this. I'm hoping I was using the wrong boot.img
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That boot image will work with CleanROM 1.7.5

sliderocket22 said:
The phone doesn't need to be booted fully to run the RUU? I was going to run the .exe one and it said it needed to be on.
I'll try that, nothing else has worked.
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I beleive it will run. If you try let us know.
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zone23 said:
That boot image will work with CleanROM 1.7.5
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I flashed CleanROm 1.7.5 and then instead of letting HBOOT flash the boot.img, I did it in Fastboot. No luck though as it's still just sitting on the HTC screen.
k_flan said:
I beleive it will run. If you try let us know.
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The RUU doesn't find my phone from HBOOT. I think it has to be on.

sliderocket22 said:
I flashed CleanROm 1.7.5 and then instead of letting HBOOT flash the boot.img, I did it in Fastboot. No luck though as it's still just sitting on the HTC screen.
The RUU doesn't find my phone from HBOOT. I think it has to be on.
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And your SURE you have the HTC drivers installed? Do you see the device properly installed in device manager? Just checking.
HTC Sync
HERE

zone23 said:
And your SURE you have the HTC drivers installed? Do you see the device properly installed in device manager? Just checking.
HTC Sync
HERE
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Yeah, anytime I try to flash something with fastboot it says writing and then success. I'm assuming that's correct. I'm gonna install HTC Sync again, just so I have covered all my bases.

sliderocket22 said:
Yeah, anytime I try to flash something with fastboot it says writing and then success. I'm assuming that's correct. I'm gonna install HTC Sync again, just so I have covered all my bases.
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Excellent, I'm pretty sure I ran the RUU without ever booting into the phone. Just make sure you have 2.01.605.11 because the older one wouldn't work. Thats if you can't get it to boot up flashing the boot.img.

zone23 said:
Excellent, I'm pretty sure I ran the RUU without ever booting into the phone. Just make sure you have 2.01.605.11 because the older one wouldn't work. Thats if you can't get it to boot up flashing the boot.img.
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Ah, I have the older one. Need to get the 2.01.605.11!

Here is what it looks like in device manger while in hboot (see attached). You still need the HTC drivers or the RUU wont work either. I know you have them or are checking just saying..

zone23 said:
Here is what it looks like in device manger while in hboot (see attached). You still need the HTC drivers or the RUU wont work either. I know you have them or are checking just saying..
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Hmmm, mine does not do that.
So maybe that is the problem. I'm gonna restart my computer, now that HTC Sync has installed. Are all HTC Drivers the same? I had Sync installed from when I had an Inspire 4G, but maybe the drivers for the Rezound are different.
This could be my problem.

sliderocket22 said:
Hmmm, mine does not do that.
So maybe that is the problem. I'm gonna restart my computer, now that HTC Sync has installed. Are all HTC Drivers the same? I had Sync installed from when I had an Inspire 4G, but maybe the drivers for the Rezound are different.
This could be my problem.
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Ya I would install it fresh. Also on my Xoom I have to use the USB ports in the back of the PC the ones in the front wont work. I know figure that out.

Also, does hboot now show "relocked"?
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[Q] Phone Not Booting

I'm using the latest version of Joelz Sense Redefined and occasionally my phone would just restart when I'm using it. It happened to me today and it won't boot back up. I got it into fastboot by holding down and power after a battery pull but when I choose any of the options, it just shows me the HTC screen and the turns off. It also won't charge...I haven't had this before. Is there something like ODIN for HTC phones?
I don't know what ODIN is but if you're willing to start over you can run the RUU and get yourself back to stock. You'd have to download the latest 2.x version, relock the phone in fastboot, make sure you have HTC Sync installed on your pc, run RUU. Then you can flash Amon Ra again and install su from the AR developer menu to regain root. Then you can flash a ROM again.
Fera,
Thanks for the response. I was downloading an RUU in hopes that would work, but I currently can't find anyone offering them for more than a few kbps.
Did you remember to delete the .img file from your SD card the last time you did an install?
Yeah, I just used Scott's CleanFlash to flash the img.
RUUing actually failed. Said I had the wrong bootloader or something. I had indeed relocked.
which RUU did you run, the 1.xx or the 2.xx?
EmerikL said:
which RUU did you run, the 1.xx or the 2.xx?
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RUU_Vigor_VERIZON_WWE_2.01.605.11_Radio_RS_0.95.00.1123r_3161E_9K_QMR_release_233635_signed
It says I have 3.10.
It's failing at Updating Signature....
Essentially I need the ICS RUU and I think I'll be okay. Anyone know where I can find a working link?
There isn't one but try searching for Awesome Recovery Tool in the dev section. It automates mainver workarounds. If that doesn't help your situation search "mainver" as you need to do a fix since your phone is on a higher mainver than the official one due to the ICS leak.
feralicious said:
There isn't one but try searching for Awesome Recovery Tool in the dev section. It automates mainver workarounds. If that doesn't help your situation search "mainver" as you need to do a fix since your phone is on a higher mainver than the official one due to the ICS leak.
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Unfortunately I can't even get to recovery to use that tool :-( Yeah the mainver errors seem to be trouble if you can't even get to recovery...that's why I think that 3.10 RUU will be the ticket to get me back on track...
thatguy222 said:
Unfortunately I can't even get to recovery to use that tool :-( Yeah the mainver errors seem to be trouble if you can't even get to recovery...that's why I think that 3.10 RUU will be the ticket to get me back on track...
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Well you won't get a 3.x RUU until the official ICS release afaik.
You said you can get into fastboot? Try flashing Amon Ra again, I read that v3.10 is best for ICS. And maybe the kernel in case that got corrupted.
Look at this post. You have two options to help you.
Personally I think that fix 2 will get you to where you need to be. I tried it before just to see if I could do it, and it was pretty easy.
EmerikL said:
Look at this post. You have two options to help you.
Personally I think that fix 2 will get you to where you need to be. I tried it before just to see if I could do it, and it was pretty easy.
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I'm having trouble with adb not seeing my device although the fastboot devices command does show it. I am in fastboot on the device.
feralicious said:
Well you won't get a 3.x RUU until the official ICS release afaik.
You said you can get into fastboot? Try flashing Amon Ra again, I read that v3.10 is best for ICS. And maybe the kernel in case that got corrupted.
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Tried reflashing Amon Ra and the kernel but the phone is just shutting off/going black when I choose Recovery in fastboot.
Did you get the file?
Are you in charge only mode?
EmerikL said:
Did you get the file?
Are you in charge only mode?
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I got the Android SDK and the hex editor. The trouble is I can't get into charge only mode because you actually need to be able to boot into Android to get that. :-( So I'm stuck with only being able to work from the bootloader/fastboot/hboot.
thatguy222 said:
I had indeed relocked.
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Have you re-unlocked since this?
EmerikL said:
Have you re-unlocked since this?
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Yes, but I re-unlocked via the All-In-One tool. I'm currently showing as Unlocked.
And when you go into fastboot does it change to fastboot USB when you connect to your computer? Is HTC Sync disabled?
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I really think it's bricked - help

Hi,
I have an unlocked Rezound that will boot to the hboot screen and fastboot one time and then I have no control over anything. I tether it to the computer but it does not find the device. If I try Fastboot or Recovery or any of the options, nothing happens.
Any ideas?
Garry
Maybe a dumb question but do you have the correct driver installed on your computer? Have you used ADB before without issues?
Please clarify a bit can you access recovery, can you use adb?
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lithium630 said:
Maybe a dumb question but do you have the correct driver installed on your computer? Have you used ADB before without issues?
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Yes, not at all dumb. I was using it all day before it bricked.
Try reflashing a recovery in boot ....if you can access hboot you're not bricked
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Chyrux said:
Please clarify a bit can you access recovery, can you use adb?
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Sure, I can not access recovery and ADB does not recognize my phone when I plug it in. I can reboot to Hboot, it runs Hboot once - goes through the fastboot and then it does nothing. I try recovery or fastboot or any other option and nothing happens. It is dead.
blah i've seen this problem before...think it's a hardware failure
jayochs said:
blah i've seen this problem before...think it's a hardware failure
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I'm not too sure. Happened when I was trying to go back to GB. I hadn't flashed the ICS Firmware but was on an ICS ROM and tried going back. Boinked my phone the same way his/hers. I couldn't use ADB, recovery, etc.
Dumb idea (but better than nothing) did youtry to reinstall the drivers?
localceleb said:
Try reflashing a recovery in boot ....if you can access hboot you're not bricked
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I can get in Hboot and it goes through the initial fastboot and then I have no control. How do I flash recovery in boot?
Just rename a recovery.IMG to the p98img file name, load it onto your sd card and boot into hboot.
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Chyrux said:
Just rename a recovery.IMG to the p98img file name, load it onto your sd card and boot into hboot.
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Is that a stock rom image? Or a Clean Rom image or the recovery-ra? Thank you in advance.
kingspan said:
Is that a stock rom image? Or a Clean Rom image or the recovery-ra? Thank you in advance.
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I have a bunch of roms - renamed one to the pH98img, it loaded but still nothing.
kingspan said:
I have a bunch of roms - renamed one to the pH98img, it loaded but still nothing.
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I think he is suggesting that you reinstall AmonRa recovery (not a ROM) using the PH98img. ...my $.02
Good luck!
rfarrah said:
I think he is suggesting that you reinstall AmonRa recovery (not a ROM) using the PH98img. ...my $.02
Good luck!
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Tried both ROM renaming and renamed Amon RA - neither worked.
kingspan said:
Tried both ROM renaming and renamed Amon RA - neither worked.
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last thing you could try is to find one of the complete stock RUUs in ph98img.zip form and see if that will install.
I had that happen and it kept failing to install, throwing partition errors. Guessing all the flashing killed the nand memory. Verizon sent me a replacement overnight.
kingspan said:
Sure, I can not access recovery and ADB does not recognize my phone when I plug it in. I can reboot to Hboot, it runs Hboot once - goes through the fastboot and then it does nothing. I try recovery or fastboot or any other option and nothing happens. It is dead.
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This happened to me when I failed to get S-OFF (I screwed up the wire trick terribly), and I was unable to recover. Once the battery died, the phone was done, since it needs software to use the charger. I was able to jury-rig my old DINC battery to try a few more times, but I ended up exchanging it, telling Verizon it just died and they accepted it as DOA. Of course I bricked it the same night FedEx delivered it so I was able to do a return w/out warranty issues being part of it.
http://db.tt/60qrVRHc
Download that file. Rename it by removing the "TWRP-" in the file name and then place it on the root of your SD card. And reboot into hboot. If that does nothing I'll be shocked.

[Q] AmonRa parsing issue?

Hey all, just received a replacement rezound under warranty due to the charge port being all muffed up, and of coarse the first thing was unlock via htcdev which worked fine.
Here is the issue.. when trying to flash amonra via fastboot or PH98IMG.zip in bootloader it won't flash. For fastboot it says "unknown error" and as a PH file in bootloader it says "parsing..." for a few seconds then disappears without flashing anything. I've re-downloaded and checked md5's and still get the same errors.
My last rezound was s-off and that whole process was quick and painless and I don't understand why the same procedure I used on my last rezound isn't working now.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
zac41189 said:
Hey all, just received a replacement rezound under warranty due to the charge port being all muffed up, and of coarse the first thing was unlock via htcdev which worked fine.
Here is the issue.. when trying to flash amonra via fastboot or PH98IMG.zip in bootloader it won't flash. For fastboot it says "unknown error" and as a PH file in bootloader it says "parsing..." for a few seconds then disappears without flashing anything. I've re-downloaded and checked md5's and still get the same errors.
My last rezound was s-off and that whole process was quick and painless and I don't understand why the same procedure I used on my last rezound isn't working now.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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What firmware is on the device?
hgoldner said:
what firmware is on the device?
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ota 3.14.605.12 710rd.
Can you flash in fastboot usb? (And, to be perfectly clear to avoid a dumb question, does hboot reflect that you are unlocked?)
hgoldner said:
Can you flash in fastboot usb? (And, to be perfectly clear to avoid a dumb question, does hboot reflect that you are unlocked?)
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indeed *** unlocked *** is displayed at the top on hboot. and ive tried "fastboot flash recovery (nameofrecovery.img) with nameofrecovery changed to what i have it saved as and no luck. even tried relocking and ruuing too just to make sure it wasnt the software messing everything up.
Can't remember but can you try to S-OFF first? (It's been so long, but I can't remember whether you have a custom recovery already on).
Ah, one other stupid thing.... have you tried a different sdcard?
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Can't remember but can you try to S-OFF first? (It's been so long, but I can't remember whether you have a custom recovery already on).
Ah, one other stupid thing.... have you tried a different sdcard?
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I was thinking about the sd card being the issue but it installed an ruu via ph98img.zip perfectly fine bit its worth a shot. And on unlimited.io's site they say you need to be completely stock with root and as far as I know amonra is the only way to root on a stock ruu. I managed to s-off tho after using hasoon's tool to flash amonra. I'm now completely stock again after ruuing back to gb then accepting ota
so I'll try flashing amonra again and report back. Thank you for your help!
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You can install any custom recovery and use it to flash SuperUser. The root option in Amon Ra doesn't usually work by itself anyway.
shrike1978 said:
You can install any custom recovery and use it to flash SuperUser. The root option in Amon Ra doesn't usually work by itself anyway.
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Oh ok thats good to know actually. just cant seem to install any custom recoveries lol. i chose to install amon ra 3.15 with hasoons tool and for some reason i have 3.06 installed.. dont know how or why but i do. tried to install 3.15 with his toolkit again and got the stupid error again. i dont know what to do at this point lol. never had this problem with the last rezound. i am s-off now but do not have the recovery i want installed.
should i try ruu'ing again and start fresh?
and for what its worth i do have the jb hboot installed just to see if that was the issue. had to use fastboot commands to install it so i dont think thats the issue. i think its the download for amonra 3.15 i have. if anyone has a personal copy of 3.15 that is confirmed working and is willing to share it itd be greatly appreciated.
To use the fastboot commands you must be unlocked. With the parsing error. That will sometimes happen if you have a file called "update.zip" on your sdcard. Try seeing if you have one of those files. If your HBOOT does say s-off. Flash the GB RUU. Just so you can verify everything has changed. and then restart with the ICS RUU then flash a recovery. This time not with that tool.
Flyhalf205 said:
To use the fastboot commands you must be unlocked. With the parsing error. That will sometimes happen if you have a file called "update.zip" on your sdcard. Try seeing if you have one of those files. If your HBOOT does say s-off. Flash the GB RUU. Just so you can verify everything has changed. and then restart with the ICS RUU then flash a recovery. This time not with that tool.
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Thank you for the response. i tested to see if i really did have s-off by doing just that. ruu'd back to gb without a hitch. then accepted the ota. so im thinking ill just ruu the ota (3.14.605.12) and see what happens. and im with you on not using the tool again. ive heard really good things about it but never used it personally until today. my old method worked well i just didn't know what else to do at that point lol
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Thank you for the response. i tested to see if i really did have s-off by doing just that. ruu'd back to gb without a hitch. then accepted the ota. so im thinking ill just ruu the ota (3.14.605.12) and see what happens. and im with you on not using the tool again. ive heard really good things about it but never used it personally until today. my old method worked well i just didn't know what else to do at that point lol
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To s-off you got to do the wire trick. But RUU then don't use the tool. lol Lets us now if it works out.
Flyhalf205 said:
To s-off you got to do the wire trick. But RUU then don't use the tool. lol Lets us now if it works out.
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Yupp s-off'd with no issues. Just want amonra lol. Ruu'd to OTA and am waiting for my battery to charge up enough to flash via hboot. The amonra thread has a PH98IMG.zip but I think that one was the 3.06 version. Dunno. Will report back.
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zac41189 said:
Yupp s-off'd with no issues. Just want amonra lol. Ruu'd to OTA and am waiting for my battery to charge up enough to flash via hboot. The amonra thread has a PH98IMG.zip but I think that one was the 3.06 version. Dunno. Will report back.
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I'm not trying to be a jerk or whatever but have you read the bottom of the AmonRA OP? It has a link to 3.15 I am pretty sure.
Curious. Why you want AR so bad? We have 2 other fully functional recoveries. lol
Flyhalf205 said:
I'm not trying to be a jerk or whatever but have you read the bottom of the AmonRA OP? It has a link to 3.15 I am pretty sure.
Curious. Why you want AR so bad? We have 2 other fully functional recoveries. lol
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The ph98img.zip in that post is 3.06. I just got really used to it lol. I have twrp 2.3.2.3 downloaded for a couple weeks now.. might as well try it out lol.
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zac41189 said:
The ph98img.zip in that post is 3.06. I just got really used to it lol. I have twrp 2.3.2.3 downloaded for a couple weeks now.. might as well try it out lol.
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Since you're on the OTA ICS firmware, you should definitely NOT be running Amon Ra 3.06. You need to be on 3.15. If the md5's match what's on your sdcard and what's on the OP at that thread, it shouldn't be a bad download, but just in case, I loaded it up on my Dropbox and you can try the one here.
As far as alternate recoveries, while I was very impressed with TWRP, it is incapable of wiping boot, so that's a nonstarter. Admittedly, if Flyhalf solved that issue, I'd switch to it. As far as CWM Touch, that has issues with reading sdcard2, as of the last time I checked, or at least with respect to its interaction with various ROMs and their features. For me at least, having tried all of the Rezound recoveries, Amon Ra is my preferred choice.
just push AR manually instead of using the tool:
Unzip the file from the link listed below onto the root of the C drive on your PC, and it should create a folder called Android on the root of C.
1) open a cmd prompt and type " cd c:\Android " without quotes
2) boot to fastboot and make sure your USB is plugged into the pc and phone
3) type " fastboot flash recovery recovery.img " without the quotes
This should push the AR 3.15 to your device. I included AR 3.15 in the Android folder below.
the folder contains a txt file of a few other handy commands that i use. that txt file is for reference only
https://www.dropbox.com/s/aycfqc37tvkhbdl/Android12-14-2012_22+21+19.rar
I ended up flashing twrp and it worked great. Like a previous poster said if it could wipe boot it would be perfect. But it got the job done and am up and running again. Thank you all for your help!
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Glad everything worked out for ya. Wiping boot can cause a lot of problems just sayin. So I debating on putting it back into TWRP. Just ask snuzzo in his kernel thread

[Q] Rezound Stuck At Lock Screen

Hi,
I am new here and this is my first post so forgive me if starting a new thread for this topic was wrong but I found my own situation slightly different from the others here who had the same problem.
I have a gsm unlocked rezound and was trying to get rid of the unknown sim error message at lock screen. I followed the steps mentioned on this thread --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1882355. I rooted the phone, downloaded the apk. Deleted the .odex file and replaced the existing apk with the downloaded one and rebooted. Now, I am stuck at the lock screen with no icons. But for the other people who faced similiar issue, they were able to open the home screen. I can't. I can see pop ups for sms/mail. I get ring when a call comes in but I cant pick. I tried hard reset. Tried booting without sim/sd card. Still no luck. I tried connecting the phone to my pc but now my pc wont recognise the phone when its connected. I can see icon on top of the phone which says USB connected and I also see sync icon, but it will not go any further. I dont know how to get into the phone's menu now.
I may have bitten more than I can chew, silly me :crying:
If you guys can help me in any way, I would appreciate that a lot.
OS : 4.0.3 ICS Running HTC Sense 3.6.
A quick fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017932
Flash my debloater, choosing the Sense option(will be brought to a widget removal screen if you don' use them all) & AOSP lockscreen. Disadvantage to that though, you will have to unlock to see the caller id when it rings.
Snuzzo said:
A quick fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017932
Flash my debloater, choosing the Sense option(will be brought to a widget removal screen if you don' use them all) & AOSP lockscreen. Disadvantage to that though, you will have to unlock to see the caller id when it rings.
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Thank you for the quick response. I have downloaded the file. I know this sounds stupid but I am a real rookie. I don't know how to do the flashing or how to get to the AOSP lock screen. If you could guide me through the process or maybe give me a link where I can learn it myself, it would be great.
Essentially since you already have rooted, you will(should) also have a custom recovery (TWRP, AmonRa, CWM). Install it as you would a regular rom but without any wipes until after flash of the zip. Dependent on which recovery you will want to look up their FAQ/QnA on how to wipe dalvik/cache.
Once you get inside the script, you will see what I meant by "Choose Sense & AOSP Lockscreen".
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Essentially since you already have rooted, you will(should) also have a custom recovery (TWRP, AmonRa, CWM). Install it as you would a regular rom but without any wipes until after flash of the zip. Dependent on which recovery you will want to look up their FAQ/QnA on how to wipe dalvik/cache.
Once you get inside the script, you will see what I meant by "Choose Sense & AOSP Lockscreen".
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Yes the phone was rooted, but I used a rooting software from google apps from the phone. After I downloaded that app, it rooted the phone and brought in an extra icon. I remember it as SU root something, but I didnt do it from the pc. So I dont have any recovery on the pc. I used to sync the phone with htc sync. Unfortunately, right now, my pc wont recognise the phone. I tried root explorer for android from pc, it wont recognise the device. HTC sync too will not. But my phone seems to know when a USB is connected, it brings the usb icon on top but thats about it. ((
Ok, best suggestion at this point is to follow the instruction in the OP for installing TWRP in the Rezound development section.
Snuzzo said:
Ok, best suggestion at this point is to follow the instruction in the OP for installing TWRP in the Rezound development section.
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Could you kindly provide me a link to the right topic. Do you think my phone is beyond repair ? Have I bricked it ?
I am running 4.0.3 ICS on Sense 3.6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1902381
You are far FAR from being bricked. Softbricked yes, hardbricked no.
Snuzzo said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1902381
You are far FAR from being bricked. Softbricked yes, hardbricked no.
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Thank you for the help buddy. I am glad you said its not. I dont know what I would have done if it had. This is my first android phone and I took it a week back. I was beginning to miss my iPhone . Unfortunately the link you provided wont help me because I have no way of restarting phone other than by removing battery. Even when in fastboot, the pc does not recognise the device even when device shows fastboot usb. I doubt if I can get past step 1 in that link.
I found that I am on Vigor H Boot 2.27.000 and Radio 2.22.10.0803r with S-ON. I tried to turn S-Off after reading and educating myself on android from this forum till now. But even to S-Off, I need to be able to enable USB in debug mode which I am not able to. Any suggestions ?
Device still not fixed
hi,
I took the phone to a couple of places to check if it can be fixed, No one was able to fix it thus far, Any other advice or suggestions to fix this would be great. Any admins/mods have something to add ? Please, I am desperate to fix this phone. Anyway of doing this ?
Have you tried flashing a different rom?
If he's S-on and locked, he can simply flash the latest RUU can't he(just to get the phone working again). From there someone can help him set up adb, and s-off.
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From what they posted, somehow they don't have a custom recovery even though they are rooted?
Can you put a PH98IMG.zip file of a recovery (either Amon Ra or TWRP) on your SD card and flash it in hboot? Then flash a custom ROM the same way from recovery.
You can take the SD card out and mount it on your pc and use your pc to copy over the recovery PH98IMG.zip file.
And oh yeah, I see what Obaterista... was saying. You should be able to flash the latest RUU from hboot. Here's a link for it:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
That's global too, which seems to be what you'll need.
jon7701 said:
Have you tried flashing a different rom?
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Yes I have vigor, tried AmonRa, that did not work mate. It starts fastboot, gets stuck @ unpacking PH98IMG.diag and then nothing happens.
Obaterista93 said:
If he's S-on and locked, he can simply flash the latest RUU can't he(just to get the phone working again). From there someone can help him set up adb, and s-off.
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The bootloader screen says S-On. On top it says ***Tampered*** and below it ***UNLOCKED***.
feralicious said:
From what they posted, somehow they don't have a custom recovery even though they are rooted?
Can you put a PH98IMG.zip file of a recovery (either Amon Ra or TWRP) on your SD card and flash it in hboot? Then flash a custom ROM the same way from recovery.
You can take the SD card out and mount it on your pc and use your pc to copy over the recovery PH98IMG.zip file.
And oh yeah, I see what Obaterista... was saying. You should be able to flash the latest RUU from hboot. Here's a link for it:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
That's global too, which seems to be what you'll need.
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Yes I rooted from a tool I found on android market. Noob me. So I do not have a recovery. I had downloaded the PH98IMG.zip and put it in my sd card and tried. The recovery starts and then shows a red exclamation and then nothing happens.
I was just trying different pages for help. Someone has mentioned that I should add the PH98IMG.zip as just PH98IMG and I shud not add the .zip. Thats the only thing left to try. I will post what happens when I do that.
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Yes I have vigor, tried AmonRa, that did not work mate. It starts fastboot, gets stuck @ unpacking PH98IMG.diag and then nothing happens.
The bootloader screen says S-On. On top it says ***Tampered*** and below it ***UNLOCKED***.
Yes I rooted from a tool I found on android market. Noob me. So I do not have a recovery. I had downloaded the PH98IMG.zip and put it in my sd card and tried. The recovery starts and then shows a red exclamation and then nothing happens.
I was just trying different pages for help. Someone has mentioned that I should add the PH98IMG.zip as just PH98IMG and I shud not add the .zip. Thats the only thing left to try. I will post what happens when I do that.
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What you'll have to do is relock your boot loader, flash the RUU and then unlock again. From there you should be able to flash a recovery and flash a rom.
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My phone is also soft bricked. I relocked the phone and now it just sits in hboot and won't do anything no matter if I yet to flash the ruu zip file or use the exe ruu.
Currently
Relocked
Hboot 2.10.0000
Believe I am 4.03.605.2 main version, at least that's what the exe file said.
I'm pulling my hair out just trying to any software installed. Help please!
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1967ls2 said:
My phone is also soft bricked. I relocked the phone and now it just sits in hboot and won't do anything no matter if I yet to flash the ruu zip file or use the exe ruu.
Currently
Relocked
Hboot 2.10.0000
Believe I am 4.03.605.2 main version, at least that's what the exe file said.
I'm pulling my hair out just trying to any software installed. Help please!
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Are you trying with the stock ROM ? If ure saving stock ROM as PH98IMG.zip, then try PH98IMG without the .zip typed in.
Obaterista93 said:
What you'll have to do is relock your boot loader, flash the RUU and then unlock again. From there you should be able to flash a recovery and flash a rom.
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Thanks a tonne. That helped. I am back in the menu now. I am so grateful for ure help. But my problems dont seem to end just yet. Now, my htc sync wont detect the phone. The phone is relocked. I will try unlocking and see if it works, but is that the cause ?
lllR2-D2lll said:
Are you trying with the stock ROM ? If ure saving stock ROM as PH98IMG.zip, then try PH98IMG without the .zip typed in.
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I'm trying to install any Rom. I find can of it is ics or gb. Nothing will load.
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1967ls2 said:
I'm trying to install any Rom. I find can of it is ics or gb. Nothing will load.
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I am no expert to give u any suggestions but maybe if you could explain how it got bricked in the first place, someone might be able to give u a better solution mate.

Bootlooping...

Hello,
I was recently given a bootlooping Evo 4G Lte. I have been trying to figure out how to get this thing out of a bootloop and havent been able to do it. I, unfortunately, have no history on what happened to this device. Currently, it bootloops on the "Mean Bean" loading screen but will go no further. I can get into the bootloader, which says it is Unlocked, S-On, but I am unable to boot it into a recovery, it just returns back to bootloader. I have tried fastbooting twrp, but it fails (remote: image update error), and I have tried fastbooting the Mean Bean kernel thinking maybe thats all it needs, but that failed as well. Anybody have an insight? Much appreciated! Thanks.
Mike
I would run the 3.17 RUU. Hit the top link in my sig and look at the last post in the thread. You can run it from the bootloader. You'll need to re-root afterwards but it should get your phone back in working condition.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
FinZ28 said:
I would run the 3.17 RUU. Hit the top link in my sig and look at the last post in the thread. You can run it from the bootloader. You'll need to re-root afterwards but it should get your phone back in working condition.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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Thanks for the quick reply. I downloaded the RUU and ran it. However it sits and says "Waiting for bootloader" then errors out with "USB connection issue". The usb is working. The reason I never ran the RUU in teh first place was because i thought i read that you cant RUU with and unlocked bootloader. Is that not true? or is that my problem?
Mike
Not 100% sure but I will check with someone who used this tool recently and see if they were still unlocked at the time. Were you connected via Fastboot USB? Sounds more like a driver issue.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
FinZ28 said:
Shouldn't matter. I know of a couple of users who were having phone issues and had unlocked bootloaders when they ran this tool. Were you connected via Fastboot USB? Sounds more like a driver issue.
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Yeah I was connected and it said fastboot USB. It said rebooting to bootloader and rebooted, still said fastboot USB. Then it sat at a screen that said "waiting for bootloader" and after a while error ed out.
You can try relocking. You just need to run the command "fastboot oem relock" from a command line while connected via fastboot USB mode.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
FinZ28 said:
You can try relocking. You just need to run the command "fastboot oem relock" from a command line while connected via fastboot USB mode.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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I have since tried relocking to see if that was it, and it did the same thing.
Mike
Hopefully @YoFayce can shed some light on the matter since he recently used this on his phone.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
FinZ28 said:
Hopefully @YoFayce can shed some light on the matter since he recently used this on his phone.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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crazymike1234 said:
I have since tried relocking to see if that was it, and it did the same thing.
Mike
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you can use the stock RUU and you can leave the bootloader unlocked as it will not affect anything.. it will fix your looping problem (Amongst others) as in gps not working ect.. once your done you will need to fastboot over your TWRP and from there mod as normal Good Luck! and ill be watching if you need any help!
YoFayce said:
you can use the stock RUU and you can leave the bootloader unlocked as it will not affect anything.. it will fix your looping problem (Amongst others) as in gps not working ect.. once your done you will need to fastboot over your TWRP and from there mod as normal Good Luck! and ill be watching if you need any help!
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Problem is the ruu keeps error in out. I am beginning to think it may still be a driver problem. Someday I will get this done!
Mike
crazymike1234 said:
Problem is the ruu keeps error in out. I am beginning to think it may still be a driver problem. Someday I will get this done!
Mike
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When in doubt update your android SDK remove the htc drivers reboot install drivers reboot and you should be good to go! Check the integrity of your USB cable and if possible use a rear USB port (More Power) Painful process yes but well worth it.. HTC drivers act strange till you reboot OOOh and make sure your using the proper HTC drivers for windows 32 bit or 64 bit!
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When in doubt update your android SDK remove the htc drivers reboot install drivers reboot and you should be good to go! Check the integrity of your USB cable and if possible use a rear USB port (More Power) Painful process yes but well worth it.. HTC drivers act strange till you reboot OOOh and make sure your using the proper HTC drivers for windows 32 bit or 64 bit!
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The drivers seem to be ok, but I am still not able to get any further. The RUU finds my phone, then reboots again to bootloader, but it just sits there saying "Waiting for bootloader" until it errors out due to "USB Connection error". I have tried a few different cables, and different USB ports. Not sure what the problem is but it just wont go any further. I re-unlocked my bootloader with htcdev. I have tried fastbooting a recovery to the phone but it errors out. I just cant get anything to work so I can boot anything. I really just want to get something working...anything! Any other ideas? Thanks.
Mike
use an sd card put a recovery image on the root of the sd boot into bootloader apply the recovery you should then have a recovery if you did it right, go into twrp mount device add a rom flash in recovery viola.
Sinistertensai said:
use an sd card put a recovery image on the root of the sd boot into bootloader apply the recovery you should then have a recovery if you did it right, go into twrp mount device add a rom flash in recovery viola.
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Sinister,
Thanks for the reply. I put TWRP on the sdcard (named PJ75IMG, right?) and tried to apply that when I rebooted to recovery last night and it failed. It tries to load it but gives a few errors quick (No Image) Did I do it wrong?
Mike
crazymike1234 said:
Sinister,
Thanks for the reply. I put TWRP on the sdcard (named PJ75IMG, right?) and tried to apply that when I rebooted to recovery last night and it failed. It tries to load it but gives a few errors quick (No Image) Did I do it wrong?
Mike
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make sure the file is just the PJ75IMG no additional text and it should be .zip If I recall correctly. make sure its on the root of the sdcard not internal but sd or external and it should be at the top level e.g. sdcard/ make sure its not in any other folders after you do that hold power and vol down get to hboot screen itll scan and then just follow the instructions.
Sinistertensai said:
make sure the file is just the PJ75IMG no additional text and it should be .zip If I recall correctly. make sure its on the root of the sdcard not internal but sd or external and it should be at the top level e.g. sdcard/ make sure its not in any other folders after you do that hold power and vol down get to hboot screen itll scan and then just follow the instructions.
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Thats exactly what I did. It is the only thing on the sdcard. It says no gift file, Loading, no image for 4 different things. Then returns to the bootloader.
Mike
crazymike1234 said:
Thats exactly what I did. It is the only thing on the sdcard. It says no gift file, Loading, no image for 4 different things. Then returns to the bootloader.
Mike
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zip files probably corrupt then. download another do the same process make sure you've got a good file use md5 checks
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zip files probably corrupt then. download another do the same process make sure you've got a good file use md5 checks
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Hmmm, Ill try download again. I got it from the main TWRP site.
crazymike1234 said:
Hmmm, Ill try download again. I got it from the main TWRP site.
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careful on the vol down press you might be holding it too long and its canceling the update.
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careful on the vol down press you might be holding it too long and its canceling the update.
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Well, which recovery file should I be using? When I use the main TWRP ones (ie openrecovery-twrp-2.6.0.0-jewel.img) it gives me the errors like I said above. I now see they have a few labeled like this PJ75IMG-twrp-2.3.1.0-jewel.zip. When I use these, it tries to continue but says "Main Version Is Older. FAILED"

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