Hey guys and girls and maybe other mutant human-like things i may not know about on xda,
I have a HUUUGE problem. Whenever I flash a ROM that is Sense 3.6 or some versions of Sense 4.0, my phone WILL (somewhat) successfully boot the rom to the home screen only displaying a background and notification bar. No icons or dock. Just a background and the notification bar for 2 seconds, then freezes, then it reboots. It then reboots with the same fate. Blank home screen, freeze, reboot. Here's the ROM I want to flash:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1634807
Information about my phone:
HTC EVO 3D CDMA
HBOOT 1.50
What recovery are you using? I've been using 4ext and when I wipe I use the format options. No superwipe. I have yet to see a Rom not boot. I'm 1.50 S- on as well.
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UPDATE
I HAVE tried pulling the battery, same thing. But when I pulled the battery and rebooted one time I got to the lock screen.
I am using 4-ext recovery.
I AM S-ON
When I format I just tap Factory Reset. Also I tried to flash the ROM while using another custom ROM, but I Factory Reset first.
Format system as well along with the caches.
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Okay thx for quick replies but should I:
1. Wipe Dalvik cache and cache with rom installed already?
OR
2. Wipe System, Data, Boot, caches, and re-flash?
Go with option 2.
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I will do so and reply with information.
I just went into the recovery to see what I normally do. I select the option to format all partitions (except SD) and that takes care of it.
Did a superwipe to be sure and I am now flashing the rom so it will be like 15 to 20 minutes.
DAAAAAAAAAANNNNGGGIITTTTTTT!!!!!
Didn't work. Same result. Only this time I'm even more peeved off.
Try the option to format all except SD near the bottom of the wipe list. Don't run the superwipe. I stopped using it because I had issues with boot loops a while back so I do all formatting manually. Anyway, just use that option and try it. Also, what rom are you trying to flash. I can try it here as well.
cburk01 said:
Hey guys and girls and maybe other mutant human-like things i may not know about on xda,
I have a HUUUGE problem. Whenever I flash a ROM that is Sense 3.6 or some versions of Sense 4.0, my phone WILL (somewhat) successfully boot the rom to the home screen only displaying a background and notification bar. No icons or dock. Just a background and the notification bar for 2 seconds, then freezes, then it reboots. It then reboots with the same fate. Blank home screen, freeze, reboot. Here's the ROM I want to flash:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1634807
Information about my phone:
HTC EVO 3D CDMA
HBOOT 1.50
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This is a very easy to fix problem. You just need the firmware - Any true 3.0 linux kernel (which is included in Android 4.0) cannot boot or run well without the adsp.img.
Download this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lpx3nn7kjj2s3kq/PG86IMG.zip
Remove everything from it but adsp.img. Place it on the root of your sd card and go into bootloader. Confirm the flash.
Now you'll be on the new firmware without any of the nasty side effects that everyone is having with VM firmware.
Quick question, will this remove all data from phone and remove my unlock from the boot loader?
That's normal, u need the anthrax firmware test kernel or s-off. I had the same problem. I achieved s-off using the wire method on unlimited.io and can load any ics Rom and kernel and still have h-boot 1.5
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...what?
cburk01 said:
Quick question, will this remove all data from phone and remove my unlock from the boot loader?
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Ignore the other replies. The way I suggested is probably the best way to go about it. (Couldn't really think of a way to say this without coming off as a jerk)
You can't flash this without being S-Off. You shouldn't be S-On though since we have S-Off for HBOOT 1.5.
(S-Off gives your phone more freedom, like being able to flash kernels in recovery and flash unnofficial firmwares like this one)
To get Hboot 1.50 S-off: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585846
After you are S-Off, flash the firmware with everything but adsp.img like I said before. No data will be lost from your phone, but keep in mind that you should've wiped data before flashing a Sense 3.6/4.0 ROM anyway.
After flashing firmware, go into recovery and flash your desired Sense 3.6/4.0 ROM. When you boot up and the dust clears, you should hopefully be running it without issues.
P.S. Send me a PM if you have more issues or questions. I rarely follow threads I post in.
That's what I said! Lol just not in depth
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yousefak said:
Ignore the other replies. The way I suggested is probably the best way to go about it. (Couldn't really think of a way to say this without coming off as a jerk)
You can't flash this without being S-Off. You shouldn't be S-On though since we have S-Off for HBOOT 1.5.
(S-Off gives your phone more freedom, like being able to flash kernels in recovery and flash unnofficial firmwares like this one)
To get Hboot 1.50 S-off: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585846
After you are S-Off, flash the firmware with everything but adsp.img like I said before. No data will be lost from your phone, but keep in mind that you should've wiped data before flashing a Sense 3.6/4.0 ROM anyway.
After flashing firmware, go into recovery and flash your desired Sense 3.6/4.0 ROM. When you boot up and the dust clears, you should hopefully be running it without ssues.
P.S. Send me a PM if you have more issues or questions. I rarely follow threads I post in.
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The only exception is flashing Chad Goodman's anthrax kernel for ICS, but then you lose 3D and USB. Just bite the bullet and either downgrade to 1.4 so you can s-off or follow the new method for 1.5. Trust me, I kept doing all these workarounds for the longest time to get around my 1.5 s-on, and life got so much easier once I downgraded.
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Hey guys! Many people believe you must flash the new firmware to run Sense 3.6 Virgin Mobile leak based ROMS. I am here to prove you wrong and show you a very very simple work around!
THIS IS FOR HBOOT 1.50 S-ON USERS ONLY.
Here's how:
ALWAYS REMEMBER DO A NANDROID BACKUP!!!
1. Download a Sense 3.6 ROM for you EVO 3D. Here's a list:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/24783-evo3d04-mayromcdmavirtuous-quattro-sense-edition-100-rc2-sense-36-android-403/ (I used this ROM, Virtuous Quattro!)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1634807 (Unlike above, this one has tweaks.)
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?12441-Booster-Shot-RC2-5-7-2012-Boost-Kingdom-Rom-Ported-to-the-EVO-3D (Also has tweaks.)
2. Make sure the ROM is on the root of your EVO 3D's SD card. This will make things easier later.
3. Download this kernel here (THE GODLY FIX!!!): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24995663/AnthraX-htcleak-stockfirmwaretest.zip Place it on the root of your SD card.
4. Shutdown your phone, remove and re-insert the battery, then start into HBOOT (Volume down and power) and boot into recovery. (I have 4-ext recovery.)
5. First wipe all your phones data. Wipe the boot, data, and system partitions and wipe cache and dalvik cache.
6. Flash your ROM. DO NOT reboot.
7. Flash the "AnthraX-htcleak-stockfirmwaretest.zip" file.
8. Reboot and enjoy. You have successfully installed fully working Sense 3.6!!! Congrats!!!
THANKS TO chad.goodman FOR THIS GREAT FIX.
LIST OF ISSUES IN THE KERNEL:
3D doesn't work properly.
USB Mounting not working.
ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE:
4G works!!!
WiFi works!!!
3G works!!!
Rear camera works in 2D!!!
Front facing camera works!!! (FACE UNLOCK)
Virtually everything else…
Is this a new kernel from Chad because with his previous leaked kernel, 3D and USB were not functioning. I'm S-OFF now but I used this when I was HBOOT 1.5 S-ON and it brought ICS to a lot of us who got boot loops with the stock kernel so much kudos to Chad.
Looks like it's the same test kernel that he released before. I don't think there has been any further development on that and he is moving on to a kernel based off the Evo 3D/Sensation ICS kernel so those that had issue will be stuck with his test kernel unless they get s-off which I'm planning to do soon.
Guys, It worked 100% for me on Virtuous Quattro. USB storage didn't work, but it fixed my Sense 3.6 boot loop issue. If you DO have the issue, take a chance and flash the kernel. I am trying to be helpful.
MY SETUP:
HBOOT 1.50 S-ON
4-EXT RECOVERY
YOU SHOULD USE 4-ext RECOVERY IF YOU DON'T ALREADY
Ya this works great besides WiFi. There is no ssm clamping options in the setting menu so can't check it so don't work. Tried sereval roms and all are the same. Hope we can find a way to fix this and I be happy camper. I loaded viper, mik, and clean. Tried deleting the app and redownloading it from market ...no luck
What am I missing? I've been on MeanROM ICS since he released it. I even dirty flashed it right over his GB ROMs and it's been flawless since day 1.
hboot 1.4 s off and there is no way I was ever going to flash VM firmware.
Who/what is making this so difficult?
Edit: clarified in the OP.. disregard.
Answer
People with HBOOT 1.50 S-ON will be able to use this fix.
cburk01 said:
People with HBOOT 1.50 S-ON will be able to use this fix.
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You need to put this is the OP.
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This is for hboot 1.5 s-on. Prior to this fix phone would boot and just as loads up it reboot and start over on n on. I been fighting this issue for two weeks. Now I have ics running great beside 2 listed issues
Once S-Off is achieved by whatever means, you should not have any issues flashing any of the ICSense ROMs. Although many have been successful using the bricked method I have never been to fond of "breaking" (bricking) something to then "fix it" (downgrade). And even though the wire trick seems risky, it was very simple to follow. I definitely recommend it for anyone gong thru what I was going thru... Now bootloops are a thing of the past!
-DMD Future MD
ROM: ZR3DX 1.1
HBoot: 1.5 (and proud) S-Off
excessive81, if I helped, say thanks!
HBOOT 1.50 S-ON Only is in the original post now.
This is for gsm version.?
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i decided i going to be paitent. wifi is major item for me and whole reasonm i route so since i cant find way to get that working besides brivking my phone i just gonna wait
iamaniff
I am not sure. Only tested on the CDMA EVO 3D.
Ahh, come on man..just brick it!! lol..seriously I was in the same boat as you until this past weekend when I finally downgraded my bootloader. I was scared as hell at the thought of bricking my phone on purpose! But, it was crazy simple using the live cd. At no point was I like "wtf". I say give it a try.
excessive81 said:
i decided i going to be paitent. wifi is major item for me and whole reasonm i route so since i cant find way to get that working besides brivking my phone i just gonna wait
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I just got my EVO LTE today. It has hboot 1.12, and is dev unlocked. I've tried flashing the newest nightly of CM10 with both CWM (5.8.3.5) and TWRP (2.2.2.0), and everything seems to go well until I boot into CM10, and it just sits at the CM loading animation forever. Yes, I've done the normal wiping of caches. Any ideas out there? Thanks in advance!
bilbo524 said:
Yes, I've done the normal wiping of caches.
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Wiping caches isnt the proper wipe.
Thats your issue,.
Do a factory reset, wipe system, data, cache, and dalvik cache
Rxpert said:
Wiping caches isnt the proper wipe.
Thats your issue,.
Do a factory reset, wipe system, data, cache, and dalvik cache
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Ah. I'll try this right now.
I only ever did cache partition and dalvik when flashing CM7 on my EVO Shift and it worked fine first try, just assumed that's all I needed here.
Thanks already given
bilbo524 said:
Ah. I'll try this right now.
I only ever did cache partition and dalvik when flashing CM7 on my EVO Shift and it worked fine first try, just assumed that's all I needed here.
Thanks already given
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No problem, I'll stick around for more options if that doesnt fix it.
Also, in an unrelated note, I would highly suggest looking into getting S-OFF
Worked like a charm! :highfive:
I was reading up on lazy panda, but I guess I don't see the benefits of s-off if all I'm doing is CM10 official builds. Care to enlighten me?
bilbo524 said:
Worked like a charm! :highfive:
I was reading up on lazy panda, but I guess I don't see the benefits of s-off if all I'm doing is CM10 official builds. Care to enlighten me?
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S-OFF = bootloader securities off. You can flash things through the bootloader that are not signed by HTC.
With H-boot 1.12 you can still flash all the usual things that you would normally flash in the bootloader through the recovery, but S-OFF provides an extra bit of safety net in the fact that its future proof. Once you are S-OFF you are S-OFF until you flash the S-ON tool.
With HTC unlock, if somehow the phone gets updated (friends, family, ect not knowing to decline OTA's when using your phone) you lose all ability to flash new radios and other firmware bits. You would also have to fastboot flash kernels each time you flash a ROM. Its a pretty big pain.
Now, being on CM means you wont get HTC updates, so you shouldnt have to worry about it, but S-OFF is still regarded as being better for that added ability to flash through bootloader if things go wrong.
Its suggested that you have access to linux on your computer if you decide to S-OFF, because theres a chance you could temp brick the phone, and the unbrick tool only works in linux.
We have a great guide for this over on AF. Don't be discouraged by the size of it. Lazypanda only takes a few minutes if it doesnt brick.
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-lte-all-things-root/605567-s-off-lazypanda-root-dummies-guide.html
I'll have to look into that. As an IT Engineer with a Linux background, it should be cake
Thanks again for all of your help!
Rxpert said:
but S-OFF provides an extra bit of safety net in the fact that its future proof. Once you are S-OFF you are S-OFF until you flash the S-ON tool.
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Does this mean you can upgrade your hboot to 1.15 or 1.19 while still keeping S-OFF? I've been reluctant to touch my hboot out of fear of losing the S-OFF.
edit: whoops, found my answer in another thread. I guess it won't lose the S-OFF but I'm still going to leave it alone.
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Yes, but theres literally no need to update your h-boot
I had the same issue - didn't do factory wipe, just cache etc.. I cannot even boot into recovery - in a boot loop at that point too. Any suggestions on how to boot into recovery at that point?
if your boot looping. do a hard shut down of your phone. hold the power button down for like 20 seconds. your phone's capacitative buttons should flash. once its off. hold down the Volume down button and push power on the phone. it'll vibrate and should load into the bootloader menu. from there just select recovery and you should get in.
Is the "hard shutdown" an equivalent to a battery pull? ie. a function of the hardware, not software?
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Yes, holding power for 10+ seconds is the same as a battery pull
I highly advise using lazy panda from a booted Linux pc. I used ubuntu 12.0.4. No bricking problems. As an IT guy you should have no problems with setting up a bootable drive or cd
Took your advice and did the following:
1. Obtained S-OFF via lazy panda.
2. Full backup via TWRP.
3. Flashed stock ROM and followed Regaw's S-ON guide to put phone back to stock (S-ON, no dev unlock, etc). (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1744700)
4. Re-rooted, used lazy panda again.
5. Booted into stock ROM and downloaded newest PRL.
6. Flashed newest Radio, PRI with ZIP from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704612
7. Restored TWRP backup and am now running CM10 Nightly with newest Radio, PRI, and PRL, with S-OFF and no stupid dev-unlock.
Thanks for all of the help, guys! Everything went perfect.
I have an Evo V 4G (obviously) it's S-OFF (wire trick) and running the buttered toast kernel, I was on Paranoid Android 2.99 and I kept getting fc's, so I decided to try a few new ROMs, so I tried ViperROM for Sense 4.1, that froze in the boot animation, so I went into 4ext and wiped/flashed a new ROM, but in 4ext, when I hit "info" it still says ViperROM no matter how many times I've wiped it.
I've tried going back and forth retracing my steps and trying different ROMs, aroma installer set ups, and I have no clue.
Any ideas would be very much appreciated.
iZandeR said:
I have an Evo V 4G (obviously) it's S-OFF (wire trick) and running the buttered toast kernel, I was on Paranoid Android 2.99 and I kept getting fc's, so I decided to try a few new ROMs, so I tried ViperROM for Sense 4.1, that froze in the boot animation, so I went into 4ext and wiped/flashed a new ROM, but in 4ext, when I hit "info" it still says ViperROM no matter how many times I've wiped it.
I've tried going back and forth retracing my steps and trying different ROMs, aroma installer set ups, and I have no clue.
Any ideas would be very much appreciated.
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First suggestion would be to post in the right forum, which for this thread would be Q&A. I've reported it to the mods so they will move it for you.
If you are using 4EXT you should do a "format all partitions except sd card" in the wipe/format menu before flashing a ROM. Then make sure the the S-ON/Smartflash option is disabled in the tools menu, although that won't prevent your ROM from flashing correctly.
Try doing that and giving it plenty of time to boot after you flash it (10 minutes should be enough).
ramjet73
This needs to be in Q&A so get ready for some flames, but I'll attempt to answer.
Go into bootloader and use the wipe all utility there. Then go back to 4-ext and make sure to enable smartflash under settings. Wipe everything except your SD card, and then try to flash something like a sense 3.6 ROM that you know will be stable. Finally, let your device reboot or reboot it when the flash is complete, and let it sit for at least ten minutes. If by then, it still hasn't booted, post back.
Best of luck.
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ramjet73 said:
First suggestion would be to post in the right forum, which for this thread would be Q&A. I've reported it to the mods so they will move it for you.
If you are using 4EXT you should do a "format all partitions except sd card" in the wipe/format menu before flashing a ROM. Then make sure the the S-ON/Smartflash option is disabled in the tools menu, although that won't prevent your ROM from flashing correctly.
Try doing that and giving it plenty of time to boot after you flash it (10 minutes should be enough).
ramjet73
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lol beat me to it
nickelghandi said:
lol beat me to it
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At least we're consistent.
ramjet73
sorry about that guys, I'm not new to forums, I just use AndroidForums more often, I'll give it a try, although I've tried formatting already.
A possibility might be that ViperROM was supposed to be flashed with an RUU fastboot? I'm not really familiar with that method
My guess is Viper needs 1.58 hboot since it a sense rom.
And yeah, wrong forum.
well we've gotten past that, I get it, wrong forum, won't happen again.
That might be true, I'm on Eng 1.04, but I've tried installing Paranoid Android again which worked for me on 1.04, so is there any way I could possibly fix this and get it to boot
Yeah, you definitely need HBOOT 1.57 (Juop HBOOT, the one for Virgin Mobile) if you want this to run. Optionally you can also use 1.58 (Evo 3D ICS Bootloader), but you'll need to modify the SPC in info.txt to make it "02" or "2" I forget which one.
You can of course always fuse the build with the Virgin Mobile Leak kernel, and while you'll lose some stability, it will make it compatible with the ENG Bootloader. Sense 4.1 ROMs are not natively compatible with the ENG bootloader (1.04), because they use a modified version of the 2.89 (RUU) kernel.
thebeastglasser said:
Yeah, you definitely need HBOOT 1.57 (Juop HBOOT, the one for Virgin Mobile) if you want this to run. Optionally you can also use 1.58 (Evo 3D ICS Bootloader), but you'll need to modify the SPC in info.txt to make it "02" or "2" I forget which one.
You can of course always fuse the build with the Virgin Mobile Leak kernel, and while you'll lose some stability, it will make it compatible with the ENG Bootloader. Sense 4.1 ROMs are not natively compatible with the ENG bootloader (1.04), because they use a modified version of the 2.89 (RUU) kernel.
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thank you, is there any way I can get my phone to boot? I've tried every ROM on my sdcard, whether its JB, MIUI, Sense, Sensless, and it seems to be stuck at this HTC logo, it won't play any boot animation or bootloop, its just stuck
Wipe all partitions, get the original HBOOT 1.57 on it, wipe all partitions again, and then flash Harmonia. Harmonia always boots for me 100% of the time. It's really the only surefire way of doing in my opinion.
If you don't have the Juop HBOOT, here's a download from my personal repository https://www.box.com/s/s64uphj0a37yj7mf3jx1
You probably already know, but rename it PG86IMG.zip, put it on your SD card, and go into bootloader. Once it's there, do the update. Take out your SD and get another one (because you won't be able to get to the recovery anymore) and put Harmonia on it. Your phone should boot, this method has saved me more than once.
iZandeR said:
thank you, is there any way I can get my phone to boot? I've tried every ROM on my sdcard, whether its JB, MIUI, Sense, Sensless, and it seems to be stuck at this HTC logo, it won't play any boot animation or bootloop, its just stuck
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Some people with this problem have needed to flash the RUU.exe to get it resolved. The Virgin Mobile version is here.
Since you are S-OFF you can just flash that from Windows after putting the phone into "fastboot usb" mode, then flash a custom bootloader and recovery and you will be back in business. You can also boot into the stock ROM and download and install the VM OTA update before flashing the custom recovery. Should take no more than a half hour.
I have a link to the bootloaders and instructions for flashing them available in this post and they all work with both the Evo 3D and Evo V.
ramjet73
thebeastglasser said:
Wipe all partitions, get the original HBOOT 1.57 on it, wipe all partitions again, and then flash Harmonia. Harmonia always boots for me 100% of the time. It's really the only surefire way of doing in my opinion.
If you don't have the Juop HBOOT, here's a download from my personal repository https://www.box.com/s/s64uphj0a37yj7mf3jx1
You probably already know, but rename it PG86IMG.zip, put it on your SD card, and go into bootloader. Once it's there, do the update. Take out your SD and get another one (because you won't be able to get to the recovery anymore) and put Harmonia on it. Your phone should boot, this method has saved me more than once.
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I updated the HBOOT, but when I plug in my other SD card, it's trying to update the Radio, so I hit no and it automatically reboots (and stays frozen)
on the second SD card, all I need is the harmonia zip?
iZandeR said:
I updated the HBOOT, but when I plug in my other SD card, it's trying to update the Radio, so I hit no and it automatically reboots (and stays frozen)
on the second SD card, all I need is the harmonia zip?
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You need to delete the PG86IMG.zip file on your SD card. See my previous post if you can't get it working with your current direction.
ramjet73
Yeah, delete it, or snag a second SD. All you're going to need is the harmonia.zip. Flash it, and you should be good to go.
EDIT: And if you really can't get it to boot, the RUU is definitely the way to go. Ramjet is totally right there.
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My guess is Viper needs 1.58 hboot since it a sense rom.
And yeah, wrong forum.
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Not anymore, Virus was nice enough to make his ViperROM compatible with any Hboot I hear.
aoaleman said:
Not anymore, Virus was nice enough to make his ViperROM compatible with any Hboot I hear.
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That's true. I have r304 booting successfully with the ENG 1.04 hboot.
ramjet73
thebeastglasser said:
Yeah, delete it, or snag a second SD. All you're going to need is the harmonia.zip. Flash it, and you should be good to go.
EDIT: And if you really can't get it to boot, the RUU is definitely the way to go. Ramjet is totally right there.
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Thanks for the advice, I'll give it a try!
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Not anymore, Virus was nice enough to make his ViperROM compatible with any Hboot I hear.
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Yeah, that's what I thought too.
Running ICS rooted S on
flashed "Official jb ruu 3.15.651.16 Odex. zip" using TWRP it said it was successful. Went back to reboot system. The phone got to the htc quietly brilliant screen, then went black. I got a few white bars to pop up on the top of the black screen then nothing.
I then went in and flashed "boot img flasher v1.2 jb.zip" it failed until I cleared the D-cache, then it passed. Back to the reboot screen. reboot system and it did the same thing.
I then recovered ICS and rebooted and the phone is back to the old system
What am I missing?
Would it be easier to take the OTA version and then root to S off?
I've never bothered with RUU's but if I'm not mistaken you have to re-lock your bootloader and run the RUU through the bootloader, not recovery.
With some of the threads popping up about people having issues with the new JB RUU, you might be better off finding a rooted JB ROM, like MeanBean, and run that, instead. You'd be better off getting S-off, then upgrading.
Sent using my HTC EVO LTE and a magic wand
jchtcusre1 said:
Running ICS rooted S on
flashed "Official jb ruu 3.15.651.16 Odex. zip" using TWRP it said it was successful. Went back to reboot system. The phone got to the htc quietly brilliant screen, then went black. I got a few white bars to pop up on the top of the black screen then nothing.
I then went in and flashed "boot img flasher v1.2 jb.zip" it failed until I cleared the D-cache, then it passed. Back to the reboot screen. reboot system and it did the same thing.
I then recovered ICS and rebooted and the phone is back to the old system
What am I missing?
Would it be easier to take the OTA version and then root to S off?
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If you're s-on, retry flashing...(wipe everything and start over)..you're gonna have to flash jb Roms twice (as long as they are the zip format ones to my knowledge)...s-on is causing the kernel to take 2 flashes to install....first flash will install the kernel and then after that is successful, reflash without wiping anything and the Rom should boot....its a known procedure/hurdle for s-on users...hope that explains the bootloop. Let me know if it works...
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If you're s-on, retry flashing...(wipe everything and start over)..you're gonna have to flash jb Roms twice (as long as they are the zip format ones to my knowledge)...s-on is causing the kernel to take 2 flashes to install....first flash will install the kernel and then after that is successful, reflash without wiping anything and the Rom should boot....its a known procedure/hurdle for s-on users...hope that explains the bootloop. Let me know if it works...
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This is true with MeanBean due to how the kernel installs. You have to basically flash the ROM twice when you're S-on. Some ROM's have a S-on kernel installer, while others don't.
I still say get S-off, upgrade your firmware and install a rooted JB ROM.
Sent using my HTC EVO LTE and a magic wand
Than
Thank you both, I'll give that a try and see what happens. I wished I could have found that info earlier Been reading and messing with this phone for Hours.
Umm boot img flasher is a windows program that you run on a windows pc. You have to extract all the files out of the zip. NOT flash it on your phone. What hboot do you currently have?
Nope still not there. I tired flashing the rom 5 times and although I got to the second HTC quietly Brilliant screen, it still just goes black. I think I'll look into the dirty racun or lazy panda since I'm still at 1.12 h boot.
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Nope still not there. I tired flashing the rom 5 times and although I got to the second HTC quietly Brilliant screen, it still just goes black. I think I'll look into the dirty racun or lazy panda since I'm still at 1.12 h boot.
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Did you do a clean install wiping cache/del cache/system/ factory reset then flash the rom?
What version of twrp are you using? v2.3.3.0 is the latest version
Btw RUU's are .exe files not .zip files AFAIK
Since you're on Hboot 1.12, flashing the kernel separately isn't an issue like it is with the newer Hboots. That being said, it sounds like your issue lies elsewhere. Make sure you've got a good download (verify MD5 checksum) and make sure you wipe properly. For me, I'd wipe cache and Dalvik, factory reset and wipe system (this will wipe your current ROM from your phone), then flash the new ROM. Once you've flashed the new ROM, don't wipe anything in recovery, just go ahead and reboot. I'd definitely look at going S-off, as already stated.
So I'm trying to put the latest stock Sprint ROM on my phone, but I want to keep all my ROOT and S-OFF. I read that you have to have certain HBOOTs for it to not bootloop. I found that info here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1817513
and found the HBOOTS to flash from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30014044&postcount=7&nocache=1&z=7862393853720278
I got the 2.89 stock ROMS from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420206
and THOSE bootloop, both odexed and deodexed. HOWEVER... the 2.18 boots up but root isn't working in it. When I try to "su" from a terminal I get a segmentation fault.
PROBLEM:
I've tried a few different HBOOTS that should work with the 2.89 ROM, but it just keeps BOOTLOOPING
I even tried a few different recoveries, and also using the Synergy_3Dvo_Superwipe file.
It seems I am stuck.
I know these threads aren't very active anymore and I have an older phone but it's still my main phone and want to use it for a bit longer. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Ok I literally just finished trying EVERY HBOOT I could find and they ALL result in bootlooping on the stock ICS. Here are the ones I tried:
PG86IMG_1.30-hboot.zip
PG86IMG_1.40-hboot.zip
PG86IMG_1.50-hboot.zip
PG86IMG_1.58-hboot_.zip
PG86IMG_ENG_1.04-hboot.zip
PG86IMG_JBear_1.50.5050_hboot_GB.zip
PG86IMG_JBear_1.57.5757_hboot_VM_ICS.zip
PG86IMG_JBear_1.58.5858_hboot_Sprint_ICS.zip
PG86IMG_Revolutionary_1.40.1100-hboot.zip
All downloadable from one of the thread links I posted above.
First off you need hboot 1.57 or up for stock ICS
Flash hboot 1.58 since it newest... Jbear 1.58.5858 should work fine too.
Once you verify you have the correct hboot, boot to recovery and wipe all partitions except your SD card..
Now reboot the phone to recovery...usually an option in the power menu of recovery
Wipe all partitions except SD again
Flash 2.89 ROM.zip
Reboot phone
If that doesn't work
Take the boot.IMG from the ROM.zip and flash through fast boot
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First off you need hboot 1.57 or up for stock ICS
Flash hboot 1.58 since it newest... Jbear 1.58.5858 should work fine too.
Once you verify you have the correct hboot, boot to recovery and wipe all partitions except your SD card..
Now reboot the phone to recovery...usually an option in the power menu of recovery
Wipe all partitions except SD again
Flash 2.89 ROM.zip
Reboot phone
If that doesn't work
Take the boot.IMG from the ROM.zip and flash through fast boot
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Does wiping the partitions and then rebooting into recovery and doing it again do a better wipe? I don't think I've come across that tip before. However I ended up flashing a PG86IMG zip file of the stock ROM. I actually screwed myself a bit because I'm flashed to Boost Mobile and it messed up a bunch of stuff that I had to fix but it boots and now I got it working. I'm planning on ditching this phone as soon as I can find a new one that I like. Was looking at the Note 3 but it's hella monstrous and I am not a big fan of Super AMOLED displays, too much crayon effect color-wise for me, although I know most ppl love that. Thanks for your tip though. Wish I had tried it before but again my phone is working now.
When you change hboot it is wise to wipe and reboot recovery
I'm not sure on flashing to boost, but if you made a backup before you started messing around you may be able to go back easily after flashing your custom recovery...I assume you ran the ruu Pg86img which restores your factory recovery
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I'll take it, if your willing to donate to keep development going, I'm having a string of phones failing because of hardware getting old, that Sprint stop warranting them for me.