[Q] HTC Amaze 4G Bricked after Failed Revolution install - HTC Amaze 4G

Ok, so I recently upgraded to ICS leaked rom and wanted to move on to the ICS updated Revolution Rom. Problem is I tried to run superwipe and rom installation with CWM touch recovery instead of EXT4 Recovery Touch. the superwipe failed and the Rev Rom failed shortly after beginning. I think the system files are wiped and now I get to the HTC logo and it stops. I can't HBOOT into CWM recovery either. Fastboot has limited use and the phone doesn't boot far enough to use ADB. Any ideas?

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Pull battery
Take your SD card out put in ICS leaked RUU as ph85img
replace battery and SD card
Hold down volume down and power
let it install ICS leak RUU again
then this time get 4ext recovery and you're good

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THANKS
aznvi3tric3guy said:
Pull battery
Take your SD card out put in ICS leaked RUU as ph85img
replace battery and SD card
Hold down volume down and power
let it install ICS leak RUU again
then this time get 4ext recovery and you're good
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THANKS SO MUCH! Worked perfectly.

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I did the exact same thing, installed super wipe and revolution rom through cwm and the ICS rom failed. then it would freeze at the HTC boot screen, i tried to reinstall the stock ICS and same thing, then i was not able to load any recovery from hboot.. I finally got a recovery loaded after reflashing my backed up recovery from the Controlbear app for s-off. i have tried flashing everything under the sun (recovories, boot.img's, stock Telus RUU, custom GB roms) and still am stuck at the HTC screen.. The stock ICS rom boots to the "Android 4G T-Mobile" boot splash then hangs there... any ideas or did i really just brick my $700 phone.. I also didn't have 4EXT not can i try that now as i can't boot my device to install it... is there maybe a recovery image for 4EXT that i can flash through fastboot??

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Guys... I don't use superwipe any more. I really wish people would just use 4ext and make their lives easier. I don't get why this amazing tool is available to us all but there are still people screwing up with cwm...
Sent from my iced out HTC Ruby

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spikiex3 said:
I did the exact same thing, installed super wipe and revolution rom through cwm and the ICS rom failed. then it would freeze at the HTC boot screen, i tried to reinstall the stock ICS and same thing, then i was not able to load any recovery from hboot.. I finally got a recovery loaded after reflashing my backed up recovery from the Controlbear app for s-off. i have tried flashing everything under the sun (recovories, boot.img's, stock Telus RUU, custom GB roms) and still am stuck at the HTC screen.. The stock ICS rom boots to the "Android 4G T-Mobile" boot splash then hangs there... any ideas or did i really just brick my $700 phone.. I also didn't have 4EXT not can i try that now as i can't boot my device to install it... is there maybe a recovery image for 4EXT that i can flash through fastboot??
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Hasoons All-in-one tool will flash 4Ext for you, I believe.

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i've never had any issues using CWM before... is there anyway to flash a 4EXT recovery image from fastboot? if so where can i get it??
is there anything else i can try to get rid of this soft-brick? I'm not a noob by any means, i've been doing this for years with the htc touch, then move to HD2, and now the amaze.. this is the first time i've really enountered any serious issues with flashing customs roms on my phones...
Edit: i have hansoons all-in-one, tried both v2.4 & v3.0 and neither have 4ext just TWRP & CWM

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spikiex3 said:
i've never had any issues using CWM before... is there anyway to flash a 4EXT recovery image from fastboot? if so where can i get it??
is there anything else i can try to get rid of this soft-brick? I'm not a noob by any means, i've been doing this for years with the htc touch, then move to HD2, and now the amaze.. this is the first time i've really enountered any serious issues with flashing customs roms on my phones...
Edit: i have hansoons all-in-one, tried both v2.4 & v3.0 and neither have 4ext just TWRP & CWM
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get 3.1 it is there
http://199.91.152.22/a63fbw2c10gg/ik2jam39viwk03g/Amaze_All-In-One_Kit_AD_V3.1.rar

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Many Thanks!!!!!
I have 4EXT recovery on the phone now.. It appears that the device has an "error mounting /Internal_sdcard" and this may be where my device hangs after attempting to boot android in any rom what so ever... Hboot has no problem reading my /Ext_SD but 4EXT can not see it.. the other CWM recoveries are touch and go to if it can see the SD Card itself.. CWM 5.0.2.7 has no problem seeing it and flashing...
Is there a way to manually Erase or format the /Internal_Sdcard partion from hboot or fastboot as i can't even install file as zip as i believe the path to the SD card is /Internal_sdcard/Ext_SD..
also what exactly does 'wipe or format ->EXT3' & EXT4 do? with this also try to attempt to format the Internal SD?
Or did i completely fry the 16Gb internal memory somehow???

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spikiex3 said:
Many Thanks!!!!!
I have 4EXT recovery on the phone now.. It appears that the device has an "error mounting /Internal_sdcard" and this may be where my device hangs after attempting to boot android in any rom what so ever... Hboot has no problem reading my /Ext_SD but 4EXT can not see it.. the other CWM recoveries are touch and go to if it can see the SD Card itself.. CWM 5.0.2.7 has no problem seeing it and flashing...
Is there a way to manually Erase or format the /Internal_Sdcard partion from hboot or fastboot as i can't even install file as zip as i believe the path to the SD card is /Internal_sdcard/Ext_SD..
also what exactly does 'wipe or format ->EXT3' & EXT4 do? with this also try to attempt to format the Internal SD?
Or did i completely fry the 16Gb internal memory somehow???
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I have the same problem you're having; did you manage to find a fix finally?

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i think i have same issue keep updating when you find something out

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1st .. get this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1493905 hasoon2000
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2nd .. download this http://www.filefactory.com/f/40bba0821a54f264/ original post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1615164
3rd... Rename stock rom to PH85IMG then stick in the root of you SD CARD
4th... go into recovery mode n let it update make sure it loads and installs everything (^_^) once done let the STOCK rom load then delete the PH85IMG or rename it
5th... have usb debugging checked on in your stock rom
6th... use all in 1 tool kit and install 4ext recovey and reboor into recovery
7th... while in 4ext recovery Do FULL WIPE of everything even sd card make sure to back up whatever is on the sd card
8th... Put Energy ICS rom on sd card
9th....... now install Energy ICS Rom in recovery
all done if i helped hit thanks bro
all assuming your s-on

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I had an issue with ext not reading my internal sd so I flashed ics firmware and formatted the internal hd in ext, worked after that.

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glacierguy said:
Guys... I don't use superwipe any more. I really wish people would just use 4ext and make their lives easier. I don't get why this amazing tool is available to us all but there are still people screwing up with cwm...
Sent from my iced out HTC Ruby
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+1. superwipe is BS. the ONLY "superwipe" ive seen that actually works is the one made by TDJ. everything else is just smoke and mirrors. it doesnt do any more than a manual wipe thru recovery options...
oh, and 4ext is the shiznit. if youre still using hacked versions of cwm, you fail

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Please Help - Boot Loop
Jay_Rulen said:
1st .. get this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1493905 hasoon2000
All -in- 1 tool kit
2nd .. download this http://www.filefactory.com/f/40bba0821a54f264/ original post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1615164
3rd... Rename stock rom to PH85IMG then stick in the root of you SD CARD
4th... go into recovery mode n let it update make sure it loads and installs everything (^_^) once done let the STOCK rom load then delete the PH85IMG or rename it
5th... have usb debugging checked on in your stock rom
6th... use all in 1 tool kit and install 4ext recovey and reboor into recovery
7th... while in 4ext recovery Do FULL WIPE of everything even sd card make sure to back up whatever is on the sd card
8th... Put Energy ICS rom on sd card
9th....... now install Energy ICS Rom in recovery
all done if i helped hit thanks bro
all assuming your s-on
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I'm getting a boot loop and I can't figure out how to fix it. Originally, I used Hasoon's tool to unlock bootloader and I flashed CWM recovery and then used his tool to get perm root. My Amaze originally had GB to begin with and I tried to flash the Energy ROM but then it would freeze while loading and then go to the HTC screen and repeat over and over.
So I've been reading some things and I think my problem (I could be wrong) is that I should've obtained s-off or went to ICS first. I have used Hasoon's tool to flash the 4EXT recovery and I have tried flashing the kernel several times and that didn't help.
Then I came across this thread and was giving it a shot but it didn't work. I went to the File Factory link and there are several different choices to download. I downloaded "PH85IMG_RUBY_ICS_35_S_TMOUS_2.14.531.3_Radio_1.14.550L.17DC_30.78.550L.15_release_259626_signed" and put it on my SD card and renamed it to "PH85IMG" Now when I go into recovery, it says:
SD Checking…
Loading…[PH85DIAG.zip]
No Image!
Loading…[PH85DIAG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
Loading…[PH85IMG.zip]
At this point it has a status bar on the top right of the screen and eventually it will go on to say:
Checking..[PH85IMG.zip]
Wrong zipped image!
Loading…[PH85IMG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
Loading…[PH85IMG.tar]
No image!
(and a few more lines of this stuff that I couldn't read fast enough)
I've rooted one other phone before but didn't have problems like this and was hoping I could get pointed in the right direction.

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CWM doesn't flash the kernel. You need to run a kernel flasher to flash the boot.img stored inside ROM.zip and then it will boot
Sent from my HTC Ruby
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glacierguy said:
CWM doesn't flash the kernel. You need to run a kernel flasher to flash the boot.img stored inside ROM.zip and then it will boot
Sent from my HTC Ruby
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Thanks for the reply. Like I said, I've only rooted one phone before so I'm kinda new at all this so excuse any ignorance on my end. I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but I just tried doing the following:
I went to recovery (4ext), plugged my phone into my PC and using Hasoon’s tool (ver.3.1), I flashed the “Stock T-Mobile US” kernel. After that, my phone rebooted but then got stuck on the HTC logo screen. So then I pulled the battery, put it back and loaded bootloader. It tried loading PH85IMG.zip but failed saying “Wrong zipped image!” again. I didn't try it, but I'm sure if I went in and cleared the cache and tried to install a ROM, it would get me back into the boot loop.
Is this what you meant by running a kernel flasher or did you mean something else? Thanks.

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BloodlineK20 said:
Thanks for the reply. Like I said, I've only rooted one phone before so I'm kinda new at all this so excuse any ignorance on my end. I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but I just tried doing the following:
I went to recovery (4ext), plugged my phone into my PC and using Hasoon’s tool (ver.3.1), I flashed the “Stock T-Mobile US” kernel. After that, my phone rebooted but then got stuck on the HTC logo screen. So then I pulled the battery, put it back and loaded bootloader. It tried loading PH85IMG.zip but failed saying “Wrong zipped image!” again. I didn't try it, but I'm sure if I went in and cleared the cache and tried to install a ROM, it would get me back into the boot loop.
Is this what you meant by running a kernel flasher or did you mean something else? Thanks.
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Oh wow... You're a mess. Lol
Go to dev section. There is a [Collection] ROM Bible thread. Download the stock rom (ruu) for your carrier. ReName it "PH85IMG" (you don't need the .zip as its a zip file and the ext is hidden) and put it on the root of sd card. Boot into bootloader (needs to be locked or relocated) and let it update
Sent from my HTC Ruby
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glacierguy said:
Oh wow... You're a mess. Lol
Go to dev section. There is a [Collection] ROM Bible thread. Download the stock rom (ruu) for your carrier. ReName it "PH85IMG" (you don't need the .zip as its a zip file and the ext is hidden) and put it on the root of sd card. Boot into bootloader (needs to be locked or relocated) and let it update
Sent from my HTC Ruby
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You're the man!!! The key was using Hasoon's tool to RELOCK the bootloader. I hadn't done that before. Thanks a lot for your help. I want to try getting that Energy ROM now and want to make sure I do it right this time.
So am I right in thinking that I have to get a leaked ICS RUU > rename it to PH85IMG > place it on the root of the SD card > go to bootloader and let it update > unlock bootloader using hasoon's tool > flash recovery (4ext) > download desired ROM > place on root of SD > use recovery to wipe cache and install ROM?

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BloodlineK20 said:
You're the man!!! The key was using Hasoon's tool to RELOCK the bootloader. I hadn't done that before. Thanks a lot for your help. I want to try getting that Energy ROM now and want to make sure I do it right this time.
So am I right in thinking that I have to get a leaked ICS RUU > rename it to PH85IMG > place it on the root of the SD card > go to bootloader and let it update > unlock bootloader using hasoon's tool > flash recovery (4ext) > download desired ROM > place on root of SD > use recovery to wipe cache and install ROM?
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Wipe>format all partitions (except sd) in recovery instead of just cache... Just to be safe and ensure a clean install. Grab the 531.3 leak if you're on tmo... It's the OTA
Sent from my HTC Ruby
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