Ok I cannot find what I'm looking for so I"ll ask. Also though I have been rooted since it first became available and have flashed a billion ROMS and tweaks forgive me that my knowledge is still not the greatest.
I just noticed that when I hold down the power+vol button to boot into recovery mode (hboot?) that it now gives me an error, it reads like this
parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1] RECOVERY
Do you want to update?
yes
No
I used the Revolutionary method to root and have HBOOT 1.40.1000
I can start my phone normally and even use clockworkmod to boot into it recovery to flash,make backups,ect... but what worries me is if I experience a bootloop or something I won't have CWMR to save me. I tried to download TWRP 2 and reflash the PG86IMG.zip but nothing works. what am I doing wrong?
any suggestions?
Thanks
You probably have a zip that the fastboot is trying to parse and extract to update your phone. Check your files in your SD card.
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Aersaud said:
You probably have a zip that the fastboot is trying to parse and extract to update your phone. Check your files in your SD card.
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^ This is the correct answer. Specifically, check for and remove any PG86IMG.zip that might be laying around on your sd card. You should then be able to boot to boot loader and then to recovery normally.
You can keep the recovery.img. (PG86IMG) on your sdcard just not on the root of your sdcard. Move it to another file, delete it, or keep it on the root and rename it so hboot doesn't see it.
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Thanks, I forgot to mention that it totally worked. You guys nailed it.
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man you forgot to delet that zip file from the root folder of you sd card and that is what's causing the problem
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So I woke up this morning and I noticed a little blue android man standing next to a caution symbol on my phone screen. I was stock rooted before this happened. I believe the recent update went ahead and updated itself while I was sleeping. Can someone help me get my phone back to stock root? If I press the menu button, it brings me to the Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4 screen where I have the options to "reboot system now", "apply sdcard:update.zip"... etc. I'm not really good with Revolutionary so before I do anything I would like the opinions and suggestions of others who are more experienced. Obviously I'd like to avoid a factory reset as much as possible. Thanks!
You have to get the stock ruu 2.11.605.5 and re flash it. It will remove root unfortunately because .9 is not rootable yet.
Flash back to non root stock by putting the ruu i mentioned above on your memory card (not in any folders) and rename it to PG05IMG then power off the phone.
Hold power and volume down for a few seconds and the phone will go to the Hboot screen, it will find the PG file and update itself. Once its all done, reroot with revolutionary and then go into the developement section here and get the rooted version of the 2.11.605.9 ruu file and just flash that in recovery.
You will have to flash the new radios as well. They have to be renamed to the same name I posted above and flashed the same way thru the Hboot screen
So even if I were to back up with My Backup Pro, I wouldn't be able to recover all my data, apk's, photos etc. because I wouldn't be able to root on the latest update, correct?
Try wiping cache and rebooting before you flash an RUU, lose root and your data. If it bootloops or is still otherwise non functioning THEN you will have to RUU it.
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So even if I were to back up with My Backup Pro, I wouldn't be able to recover all my data, apk's, photos etc. because I wouldn't be able to root on the latest update, correct?
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Your photo and apps should be backed up on your sd card. your setup will be wiped but all the stuff on the sd card will be fine. Just have to reinstall
as for what the post about wiping and rebooting, that will not help unfortunately because the update deletes root. If you want to get back to root, you have to reinstall.
go here for the exact process http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20446596#post20446596
Thanks guys. I ended up flashing the stock rom on the link below. Apparently that got it working where it wont break your root anymore.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...n-volume-exchange-and-more-sorry-no-ics-here/
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Thanks guys. I ended up flashing the stock rom on the link below. Apparently that got it working where it wont break your root anymore.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...n-volume-exchange-and-more-sorry-no-ics-here/[/QUOT
My buddy is having the same problem. How did you flash the new rom?
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jeitzen said:
jumpman1229 said:
Thanks guys. I ended up flashing the stock rom on the link below. Apparently that got it working where it wont break your root anymore.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...n-volume-exchange-and-more-sorry-no-ics-here/[/QUOT
My buddy is having the same problem. How did you flash the new rom?
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Just place the zip file on your SD card, then go into recovery and find the zip through there. Your new Rom should then begin flashing
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*edit: Sorry, I misread the first post.
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jeitzen said:
Just place the zip file on your SD card, then go into recovery and find the zip through there. Your new Rom should then begin flashing
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Ok, we downloaded the said rom.
He gets a no app2sd partition found and signature invalid.
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Hope this is the appropriate forum but I am in desperate need of help. Please move if there is a better place for this to be posted.
I rooted my sons Thunderbolt using ADB method a while back and was using a GingerROM of some sort and wanted to turn him on to Cyanogen as I use it on my Inc. and his ROM was acting funny at times as of late.
Anyways, I DL Cyanogen and a new radio found in these threads. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1249328
I Nadroid'd back up, wiped data, installed ROM from boot, said was successful...White boot screen for 10 minutes. Decided to pull battery and tried to boot again and several times after but cant get past white HTC boot screen.
I can however boot in H-boot. I am unable to navigate through the options as it goes straight to wanting to update from a .zip file. I left the old files that I flashed originally ROM and radio perhaps, and I'm not sure what ones it's wanting me to update to or from, new or old. I have not started the update as I am not sure of the files.
There are 2 files: 1) MDM9K and 2)RADIO_V2
I cancel the update and I have to press power to reboot which starts the process I started with all over again. I wanted to connect to PC so see the contents of the SD card and possibly start the flashing process over, but it will not recognize the device so I can read the SD contents.
What do I do?
Boot up in clockwork recovery....wipe data....and after also wipe cache ...and then install zip from SD card...and install your desired rom....I do not know if that rom requires a different radio so that it can function properly...but give the rom another shot..and wait for it to boot...it may take a while..just let it go thru...make some coffee or something to wait
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Said you had an Inc? Throw the Thunderbolts sdcard in your Inc, use a file manager to rename the file and you should be set to get into recovery.
And by the way, you'll want to rename PG05IMG as that's the file that is trying to be flashed in hboot.
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Thanks for the quick replies. I can't boot into clockwork, that's the problem. I will try putting the SD card in my phone and see if I can get a new ROM to flash after I delete old stuff from it.
Also you just have to put your sons sdcard in your phone to rename the radio file. Once it's renamed, put it back in the Thunderbolt and boot into recovery and restore the nand. Then you'll be able to download a new rom and connect to a PC and what not.
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Once you rename or remove the file, if it still gets stuck at the htc screen for longer than 10 minutes, you can hold down both volume buttons and the power button at the same time. I had that problem with the ROM I am on now and it cleared it up
im having a very similar problem except i dont have an extra phone to be abe to rename those files! i was originally on TWRP as a recovery but when i tried to install thunder sense or something like that and i tried wiping system partition, it wiped everything possible and when i tried flashing the ROM, it said that the zip could not be opened. i tried adb to flash a new boot img and to get cwm back but now im stuck. any help? is there a way to flash a system img and boot img from somewhere and still keep root?
What about the revolutionary process again to install CWM?
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im having a very similar problem except i dont have an extra phone to be abe to rename those files! i was originally on TWRP as a recovery but when i tried to install thunder sense or something like that and i tried wiping system partition, it wiped everything possible and when i tried flashing the ROM, it said that the zip could not be opened. i tried adb to flash a new boot img and to get cwm back but now im stuck. any help? is there a way to flash a system img and boot img from somewhere and still keep root?
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So you can't boot into recovery?
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So you can't boot into recovery?
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nope not able to because of the PG05IMG file on the card. i can take the card out but then theres no point in going into recovery if i cant do anything in it. and cant access the card through adb to pull it off because it appears offline when stuck in the boot loop and it doesnt appear at all when in hboot update mode.
Ok, took some troubleshooting but I think I got it.
Follow these steps:
1. Power off your phone & remove SD card and don't have your phone on the charger.
2. Hold Power and vol. down to get into hboot.
3. Now plug your phone into the charger to the wall (won't work w/ usb charging)
4. Pull battery. Should stay on in hboot
5. Insert sd card, replace battery and select Recovery from hboot
You should boot into recovery and should be able to connect to your pc to remove the radio file and throw a rom and flash. I tested this method and can confirm it worked. (though I suppose this only will work if you still have a recovery installed)
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nope not able to because of the PG05IMG file on the card. i can take the card out but then theres no point in going into recovery if i cant do anything in it. and cant access the card through adb to pull it off because it appears offline when stuck in the boot loop and it doesnt appear at all when in hboot update mode.
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I've run into that problem before, because of forgetting to rename the Radio. If you have an SD card reader lying around, you and pop your Micro SD into that and delete or rename the radio from there.
Ran into this problem last night. I barely removed my SD card, put the battery back in and start tilting it away from the phone. Leave yourself enough room between the battery and phone to slide something like a letter opener up to where the SD card is. Push slightly and your SD card will be ready forreading again. Put the battery down in its normal spot while the phone is still on, boot into Recovery and you are set.
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Haha, sounds difficult, but well played. using the charger method sounds easier
Im trying to flash my Thunderbolt back to stock to sell it and I cant seem to get it to read the PG05IMG.zip on the root of the SD card. Any advice to get this file to be read in HBOOT?
SOLUTION FOUND:
SDCARD was not formatted to FAT32. It was formatted to FAT.
Did you verify the Rom your trying to flash is a complete download, check the md5
so you think i should flash another rom and try again?
Get to HBOOT from a powered off device, and then power & volume DOWN. That's the only way mine sees the PG files.
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Thats what im doing but it goes though the green list and i see "Image not found [PG05IMG]"
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the file i flashed was supposed to be safe. seemed like a normal wipe script. but now i lost my recovery. phone just reboots into boot loader. i have the cdma hboot 1.3 s-off (still says that) and my computer dislikes adb for some reason.
Flash a recovery
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trying to find one.. been a while since ive done this. adb does not want to work on my computer
Exact same thing happened to me. What fixed it for me: Download twrp 2.2.0 from their website. Since adb is acting up, use the pg..zip one that flashes from fastboot. Copy to root of sd card and boot phone into fastboot. The directions are on their website in more detail.
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ty i did that or at least just an update tha just had the recovery file. but i lost everything on sd card
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ty i did that or at least just an update tha just had the recovery file. but i lost everything on sd card
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Download it again then.
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I tried flashing the Mean Bean rom. I'm not a noob when it comes to flashing, but I made a noob mistake. I just got my phone and forgot to image before I wiped and tried flashing. The rom was stuck at "format /system" for 20 minutes. I held down the power button, and now, since I didn't image the stock, I can't start the phone (it gets stuck at the white screen) and now when I try to install the rom again, the zip is missing.
I have no idea what to do next. I am downloading all of the ruu files and I'm going to run each one until one works, but I'm not sure if that's even going to fix the problem.
Any help would be more than appreciated.
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I tried flashing the Mean Bean rom. I'm not a noob when it comes to flashing, but I made a noob mistake. I just got my phone and forgot to image before I wiped and tried flashing. The rom was stuck at "format /system" for 20 minutes. I held down the power button, and now, since I didn't image the stock, I can't start the phone (it gets stuck at the white screen) and now when I try to install the rom again, the zip is missing.
I have no idea what to do next. I am downloading all of the ruu files and I'm going to run each one until one works, but I'm not sure if that's even going to fix the problem.
Any help would be more than appreciated.
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Try going into recovery then mount SD card in settings put the Rom back then repeat the flash process
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And all of the RUUs I've downloaded from Shipped-Roms (in the Jewel category) haven't done anything. I keeping "Unknown Error"
Please, I need help.
This happened to me....do what gmoe says.....if the Rom doesn't show up factory reset everything ABSOLUTELY everything and then reboot into recovery it'll tell you there's no os and then mount the usb again drop in the Rom and flash and you should be A okay
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And all of the RUUs I've downloaded from Shipped-Roms (in the Jewel category) haven't done anything. I keeping "Unknown Error"
Please, I need help.
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Click the link in my sig you will the RUU you are looking for
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Try going into recovery then mount SD card in settings put the Rom back then repeat the flash process
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Can you expand a little bit? I went into settings and there wasn't anything there to mount. I went into mount and marked "mount SDCard," and I went back to install and nothing popped up. I do have a ROM on my SD card, but its not the same rom. Its a rom I know that works.
EDIT: I noticed it was wanting to use an internal SD card, not an external. Switched it, and bam, works. I'll let you know if it flashes properly. Thank you for the help. This forum is the best, without a doubt. Never lets me down.
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Can you expand a little bit? I went into settings and there wasn't anything there to mount. I went into mount and marked "mount SDCard," and I went back to install and nothing popped up. I do have a ROM on my SD card, but its not the same rom. Its a rom I know that works.
EDIT: I noticed it was wanting to use an internal SD card, not an external. Switched it, and bam, works. I'll let you know if it flashes properly. Thank you for the help. This forum is the best, without a doubt. Never lets me down.
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Np dude :thumbup: just remember if your s-on you have to flash the Kernel first
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Got it to flash properly. Thank you again everyone, especially gmoe65!
Do you have any data you need or can you do full wipe? if that is possible this is a easy way to flash a ruu. 1 download the ruu from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1744700&highlight=how+to+root the one that is titled PJ75IMG.zip 2. you will need to put it on your external sd card somehow ( easy way would be taking it out of phone and putting it in a different one then move it using that phone, or mabye using twrp recovery if possible make sure it is the external sd though), make sure you put it on the root of the external sd card. 3. boot into bootloader and the file should be recognized and it will ask you if you want to processed click volume up for yes this will bring you back to stock ics and it will also flash a image to the phone. hope this helps