Error message after restore using TWRP - Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE

Smarter guys-When I do restore using TWRP at top of screen Restore Complete with Successful under that. At the bottom of progress screen under Verifying md5 hash for I get the following:
E:Unknown backup method for mount
--Error occured. check recovery.log. Aborting.
However when I then reboot seems the ROM restored but few errors popped up but when clicked OK on them everything seems to work. Anyone know why this error shows up? My backups are saved on my External SD card if that makes any difference.
Thanks Guys!
Doc
Did do a search but could not find anyone else had this issue posted.

Any chance you are keeping your backups on your external storage?
I ask because a guy brought up the point that the md5 hash seems to corrupt when transferring to the card and back, thought it might be that causing your error
sent from my EVO LTE

Spyderekz said:
Any chance you are keeping your backups on your external storage?
I ask because a guy brought up the point that the md5 hash seems to corrupt when transferring to the card and back, thought it might be that causing your error
sent from my EVO LTE
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You are correct as that is the case. Can I transfer backups to phone storage or is it necessary to create new backups to be saved there?
Thanks,
Doc

i was getting this to. i found a item on in the advance menu that had no listing next to it at all. i turned the mystery on to off. my backups are all on my sd and restore fine now.

kaos420 said:
i was getting this to. i found a item on in the advance menu that had no listing next to it at all. i turned the mystery on to off. my backups are all on my sd and restore fine now.
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Thanks for the heads up kaos! I will give this a try.
Doc

kaos420 said:
i was getting this to. i found a item on in the advance menu that had no listing next to it at all. i turned the mystery on to off. my backups are all on my sd and restore fine now.
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I just looked at advanced and see four items to click on. Do you remember which of the four you checked? All of these seem to be off by default but maybe I am not looking in same area as you did.
Doc

Docarut said:
I just looked at advanced and see four items to click on. Do you remember which of the four you checked? All of these seem to be off by default but maybe I am not looking in same area as you did.
Doc
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Give me a sec ill reboot to recover and find it.
Im must be high cant find it blank one maybe it was my theme. I have mine set to backup to my sd. I have the md5 check off. Every thing in advanced is off. I do have compressio. Turned on though. I havent had a issue since. Ive restored from my several times since i had those errors.
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kaos420 said:
Give me a sec ill reboot to recover and find it.
Sent from my ice cream powered Evo Lte!
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I think I found it. Is it the box with x in it with nothing to the right of it?

kaos420 said:
Give me a sec ill reboot to recover and find it.
Im must be high cant find it blank one maybe it was my theme. I have mine set to backup to my sd. I have the md5 check off. Every thing in advanced is off. I do have compressio. Turned on though. I havent had a issue since. Ive restored from my several times since i had those errors.
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Thanks. I will play with it and see if I can figure it out.

Spyderekz said:
Any chance you are keeping your backups on your external storage?
I ask because a guy brought up the point that the md5 hash seems to corrupt when transferring to the card and back, thought it might be that causing your error
sent from my EVO LTE
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I remember that thread, he ended up exchanging his phone and stopped having that issue. I don't think anyone was actually able to duplicate the md5 errors that he was getting.

I got similar errors when moving pictures around, but I was doing mount points swapping so I didn't think much of it
sent from my EVO LTE

Docarut said:
I think I found it. Is it the box with x in it with nothing to the right of it?
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YES!!! im themed now so i dont see it. but yes thats it.

kaos420 said:
YES!!! im themed now so i dont see it. but yes thats it.
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Great!
Thanks for letting me know.

well, i had the same thing from trying to root the phone. then i erased everything i could find to erase, and tried reflashing fastboot twrp.
after that, when i tried to flash the htc rom, it says md5 is not found, and boots into a white screen with green htc. that's it. nothing else.
can anyone tell me how to get this thing to find md5, and load a rom, any rom, i don't care which.

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SD Card Unexpectedly Removed

Getting this message for some reason, and can't find a resolution. Copying my important stuff off now, then will probably reformat with the phone.
It started when I put the card in the replacement 3VO I ordered, because my first one was acting funny. About half a day later it game me the SD message, (sent it right back). Ever since I put it back in my first one it's been giving me that message.
Anyone have any ideas? Is my SD actually just going bad? Is it a corrupt file? Something entirely different?
Thanks to anyone who can help me get this figured out. Been searching Google since, but haven't found anything really relevant to the Evo 3D.
johnequickiii said:
Getting this message for some reason, and can't find a resolution. Copying my important stuff off now, then will probably reformat with the phone.
It started when I put the card in the replacement 3VO I ordered, because my first one was acting funny. About half a day later it game me the SD message, (sent it right back). Ever since I put it back in my first one it's been giving me that message.
Anyone have any ideas? Is my SD actually just going bad? Is it a corrupt file? Something entirely different?
Thanks to anyone who can help me get this figured out. Been searching Google since, but haven't found anything really relevant to the Evo 3D.
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Hard to say, but you're doing the right thing coping everything off and then reformatting. My suggestion would be to also reformat it in the phone too. If this still happens, try another sdcard in the phone so you know for sure if it's the phone or the card.
Ok. Just went through with it. Seems like it's good so far. Didn't format it on the PC, just the phone, then reset the phone, then copied only my original stuff back on. So far so good. I'll add another reply in a couple days stating whether or not it holds up.
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johnequickiii said:
Ok. Just went through with it. Seems like it's good so far. Didn't format it on the PC, just the phone, then reset the phone, then copied only my original stuff back on. So far so good. I'll add another reply in a couple days stating whether or not it holds up.
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i've had the same issue with an aftermarket class 6 8GB sdcard I used in my EVO for a year. my experience has been once you start getting errors with an sdcard, they are on their last leg.
i would look into getting a replace or have a spare, just to be prepared, as its rough modifying your phone w/o an sdcard! too bad there isnt a tool which could give us more detail on the life/reliability of the sdcard!
hope it all works out!
i had the same problem....i do not think it is the sdcard
i believe the software is forgetting parts of the sdcard and sending the error.
it happened to me on my 16gb class 10
also happened on my wife's evo 3d with the stock card.
FIX: only fix i found is to get all info off with your pc then format the card and load everything back on through the phone or pc.
if anyone knows more i would like to know.
So far so good here. Took everything off my card, formatted it in the phone, put my stuff back on, and everything seems ok. Seems like if you just take your card out and toss it in another phone that'll happen. Didn't have that issue between my Hero and this one, so I'm not sure what the issue was.
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Can't format, tons of apps crashing.

So... I have FJ Mod on my note. Things have been running great for a long time. Then a few days a go, out of the blue, google voice was constantly crashing. Then the gapps process. Then it got ridiculous and everything would crash. Then I noticed that when I restart, it saves nothing that I had done. For instance, my call log, text messages, moved icons on my homepage.
I did a wipe in CWM, and everything came back the exact same. Still the same problem, icons still in the wrong place... no idea whats going on.
Has anyone got any advice for me? I was going to try and put a new ROM on later if worse comes to worse, but as is, this is very frustrating. I often have to restart my phone just to use the browser, or message, or anything really. I am just hoping that my internal SD isn't screwed some how and now allowing me to write to it. I haven't done any changes. I don't even believe I have downloaded any apps since a week or so prior to this issue.
Flashing with ODIN did not good either. I tried to revert back to stock. It uploaded with no issues apparently, and then when it rebooted I was back in ICS with everything as it was... argh.
Find one of the the ics leaka one click Odin packages and run that. Should wipe everything, and then you just have to flash cwm and root again.
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welchertc said:
Find one of the the ics leaka one click Odin packages and run that. Should wipe everything, and then you just have to flash cwm and root again.
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Well, I tried something similar with a rogers stock rom. Booted up Odin, connected to issues. Uploaded/transferred no issues. Figured I'd be on stock Gingerbread upon bootup, but it was ICS! I've done this and similar on multiple phones, not sure whats happening. I will try again with a different rom as you suggested tonight.
I know where the leaks are...this loser has them here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740367
welchertc said:
Find one of the the ics leaka one click Odin packages and run that. Should wipe everything, and then you just have to flash cwm and root again.
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johnnyb82 said:
Well, I tried something similar with a rogers stock rom. Booted up Odin, connected to issues. Uploaded/transferred no issues. Figured I'd be on stock Gingerbread upon bootup, but it was ICS! I've done this and similar on multiple phones, not sure whats happening. I will try again with a different rom as you suggested tonight.
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bigjoe2675 said:
I know where the leaks are...this loser has them here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740367
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Greatly appreciated! Thanks for posting the link. I will try it tonight and let you know how it works out.
johnnyb82 said:
So... I have FJ Mod on my note. Things have been running great for a long time. Then a few days a go, out of the blue, google voice was constantly crashing. Then the gapps process. Then it got ridiculous and everything would crash.
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I had the EXACT problem, out of the blue as well. I didn't have the other stated problems in your OP but I did have the one quoted above. First voice , then a few google apps(gmail, drive, etc). The apps would hang for a few 1-2 minutes (felt like hours) and the phone including capacitive buttons became unresponsive and couldn't do anything with the phone. The "wait" or "ok" buttons on the force close popup were not clickable.. It sorted itself out in a few days and boy did it drive me NUTS. I was afraid to post up here in fear people would think I was nuts and did something myself to make things go so awry. I was convinced I myself was nuts.. im by no means daft when it comes to android dev/tinkering lol. Very strange
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Well I was impatient and tried 2 different roms right away. Neither worked. Odin showed "pass", no errors. Then it does its auto-restart and bam, back where I was. Not having the best of luck with this right now.
Any other ideas would be appreciated!
simbill said:
I had the EXACT problem, out of the blue as well. I didn't have the other stated problems in your OP but I did have the one quoted above. First voice , then a few google apps(gmail, drive, etc). The apps would hang for a few 1-2 minutes (felt like hours) and the phone including capacitive buttons became unresponsive and couldn't do anything with the phone. The "wait" or "ok" buttons on the force close popup were not clickable.. It sorted itself out in a few days and boy did it drive me NUTS. I was afraid to post up here in fear people would think I was nuts and did something myself to make things go so awry. I was convinced I myself was nuts.. im by no means daft when it comes to android dev/tinkering lol. Very strange
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LOL I actually waited a few days before posting here too. I was hoping that maybe uninstalling and reinstalling some, or updated, or clearing cache and all that would help. As you can see, it did nothing. Heck, after I restart my updates didnt even stick and Google Play is trying to download them again!
Well... still no luck.
Here is another thing I noticed. When I hook up the note to my PC, and look at it, I cannot access my external SD. Furthermore, I had a file on my internal SD that I deleted. When I restarted my phone the file was back. Yet in windows it removed without error. I have no idea what is happening at all.
And now its reading it again........ Ive literally been sitting here trying a bunch of different ways to fix this. Playing around in CWM, trying ODIN including a couple 1 click solutions. The one starts writing to NAND, then stops and gives me an error.
Try taking out your sd card and running it for a while. First note i got was acting that way from the get go. Took it back and got a new one. It started doing the same thing. Finally took out sd card and ran great. Card was going bad. I had replaced the 8 gb stock card with the 16 gb one i had in another phone and apparently the mote didn't like it.
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johnnyb82 said:
Well... still no luck.
Here is another thing I noticed. When I hook up the note to my PC, and look at it, I cannot access my external SD. Furthermore, I had a file on my internal SD that I deleted. When I restarted my phone the file was back. Yet in windows it removed without error. I have no idea what is happening at all.
And now its reading it again........ Ive literally been sitting here trying a bunch of different ways to fix this. Playing around in CWM, trying ODIN including a couple 1 click solutions. The one starts writing to NAND, then stops and gives me an error.
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Did you, by any chance, install a custom kernal? IIRC, one of them messed with the mount points. By far, the only way to fix your issue immediately will involve restoring to stock through ODIN, then rerooting and reflashing CWM. This will 100% mark your Note as either defective, or prove that it's a problem in another area. However, I don't believe your problem is with your SD Card, unless you've been using an app like apps2sd.
If you're weary about doing this, try to reflash CWM, or TWRP to figure out if it's something going on with the recovery partition and/or settings. I'm no expert, but the only thing I'm aware of that sticks around through a wipe, and multiple flashes are our recovery, our internal SD files (possible), and sometimes the modem. Also, the one click leaks include a not loader, which could prevent you from restoring a GB Nandroid.
By flashing CWM, then TWRP, then CWM again, or sticking with TWRP, you at least knock out one variable...and by reformatting your internal SD, you ensure no resources are sticking around.
Edit:are you using TiBu to backup and restore/migrate after a flash? Verify your backups under the batch lost.
What could be happening, is you're restoring data in CWM, or TiBu, or w/e ap you're using, and then the Google account sync restore is restoring your settings, and replacing the desired ones, or vice versa.
Edit again: Which launcher are you using? Which utilities do you use? What are your main root apps?
The backup verify is a must...but some launchers will scoot icons out of the way. If you're having a touch screen issue, or an S Pen issue, you could be draggn items around when you're not aware of it.
I'll see this through. You've caught my interest.
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johnnyb82 said:
So... I have FJ Mod on my note. Things have been running great for a long time. Then a few days a go, out of the blue, google voice was constantly crashing. Then the gapps process. Then it got ridiculous and everything would crash. Then I noticed that when I restart, it saves nothing that I had done. For instance, my call log, text messages, moved icons on my homepage.
I did a wipe in CWM, and everything came back the exact same. Still the same problem, icons still in the wrong place... no idea whats going on.
Has anyone got any advice for me? I was going to try and put a new ROM on later if worse comes to worse, but as is, this is very frustrating. I often have to restart my phone just to use the browser, or message, or anything really. I am just hoping that my internal SD isn't screwed some how and now allowing me to write to it. I haven't done any changes. I don't even believe I have downloaded any apps since a week or so prior to this issue.
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Also, tap USB utilities in settings, by the other FJ mods, and tap the selection there, then check to see if you can find your SD card through your PC.
In addition to the above, you can also enter the "Tools" section of FJmods, and disable ad blocking, remove touchwiz UI, s voice, etcetera, and return ALL settings too default, and remove all extras. You can reflash recovery there too.
How are you trying to reformat your SD card?
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Jamesyboy said:
Also, tap USB utilities in settings, by the other FJ mods, and tap the selection there, then check to see if you can find your SD card through your PC.
In addition to the above, you can also enter the "Tools" section of FJmods, and disable ad blocking, remove touchwiz UI, s voice, etcetera, and return ALL settings too default, and remove all extras. You can reflash recovery there too.
How are you trying to reformat your SD card?
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I had installed a custom kernel on Gingerbread before, but obviously that was replaced with the one I used with FJmod. It had been operating fine for over a month.
Also, I removed my SD Card, and tried everything without it. I have tried restoring gingerbread stock and ICS stock through both ODIN and CWM. Even formatting through CWM does nothing as when I restart I am back to normal.
As for root, I only had 2-3 programs with access. ES File Manager/Task manager, and I tried one called Lucky Patcher (I will verify this evening). All of these had been on for at least a week prior to all this beginning.
I havent been using TiBu for anything at all actually.
The launcher I am using at the moment is Nova.
Other than that, I am going to try a few of your suggestions once I am done work. I will post my results tonight!
Thanks for the suggestions and info, greatly appreciated.
EDIT: Just to be clear. I am formatting then restarting and all my apps, icon placements and wallpaper return. Even my call history is stuck up to the 13th and erases recent calls. I am also trying to revert to stock ICS and Gingerbread through both ODIN and CWM. After it is done installing through ODIN and reboots, I return to the way my phone was before. Same with CWM. After flashing through CWM I return right back to the way it was. I am not doing any restoring or anything. I have done this plenty of times in the past before. The only thing I can possibly imagine at this point is that my SD is somehow stuck on read only. Yet it is weird because again, I can delete files and apps (and even windows shows them as gone), but after a restart they are all back! I can remove apps, but they are still in the app menu too.... I can even run them lol (even after deleting their folder). The phone is stuck in stasis.
All of this just happened one day out of the blue. No new apps (for at least a week) too.
I have a GTab that had the EXACT same symptoms.. turns out it's internal flash memory was bad, not the microSD. going for broke I opened it up and desoldered the flash memory IC and it uses the microSD now as its primary storage. If even after a stock reflash you have problems I hope you have warranty.
Black6spdZ said:
I have a GTab that had the EXACT same symptoms.. turns out it's internal flash memory was bad, not the microSD. going for broke I opened it up and desoldered the flash memory IC and it uses the microSD now as its primary storage. If even after a stock reflash you have problems I hope you have warranty.
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Great... lol! I have a warranty, but no one will work with it due to the fact I have a custom rom. Am I maybe contacting the wrong people? I contacted Rogers and they said they couldn't help me. Well I am going to purchase the s3 as I get a small discount on it. I am positive I will end up with the next note unless some sort of crazy deal passes in front of me for another note.
johnnyb82 said:
Great... lol! I have a warranty, but no one will work with it due to the fact I have a custom rom. Am I maybe contacting the wrong people? I contacted Rogers and they said they couldn't help me. Well I am going to purchase the s3 as I get a small discount on it. I am positive I will end up with the next note unless some sort of crazy deal passes in front of me for another note.
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No stock Odin for your phone? I would attempt this to be absolutely sure the problem isn't software related.. they should warranty hardware faults.
Black6spdZ said:
No stock Odin for your phone? I would attempt this to be absolutely sure the problem isn't software related.. they should warranty hardware faults.
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No sir. I tried stock gingerbread and ics. I've tried custom roms. I've tried just erasing it too! Tried Odin and CWM. I am going to try and change recovery today again too.
Rogers said they won't help. They used the word "launcher" but I knew what he meant. They think I may have overclocked it any burnt it out I bet. Maybe I will try calling samsung.
Thing is, all my private info is on there! At least no private pics though
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No sir. I tried stock gingerbread and ics. I've tried custom roms. I've tried just erasing it too! Tried Odin and CWM. I am going to try and change recovery today again too.
Rogers said they won't help. They used the word "launcher" but I knew what he meant. They think I may have overclocked it any burnt it out I bet. Maybe I will try calling samsung.
Thing is, all my private info is on there! At least no private pics though
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If your have insurance, and it turns out the phone was physically damaged , you could try making a claim....but that's only if it was physically damaged. So you restored stock through odin? Did this happen on the stock unrooted rom?
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Jamesyboy said:
If your have insurance, and it turns out the phone was physically damaged , you could try making a claim....but that's only if it was physically damaged. So you restored stock through odin? Did this happen on the stock unrooted rom?
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Well its currently stuck on FJ Mod (which I think is a great rom), and then it just started acting up. I cannot restore Gingerbread stock, or ICS stock, or anything else. ODIN and CWM both show completed on my attempts, but upon reboot my device is back exactly where it left off on the 13th.
I picked up the S3 and I like it, but I miss my note badly

[Q] Amaze stopped working.... not getting any signals anywhere

So my phone turns on fine, connects to wifi no issues but my phone does NOT get ANY reception any signals at all!!!! No matter where I go, I've 3 lines and the other two get full reception where as my amaze gets none! It's practically unsusable. There's no physical damage or water damage at all, it's so weird it just stopped working!!!! I tried flashing all the roms I could find, they are all the same, I just simpley can't get any reception! My sim card works though as I'm able to use my sim for other phones so it's not sim card unfortunately. I called TMobile who told me to upgrade with 2 yr contract. I'm 4 months away from my contract and don't want another 2 yr with T-Mobile. PLS PLS PLS PLS help!!!!
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ngtmobile said:
So my phone turns on fine, connects to wifi no issues but my phone does NOT get ANY reception any signals at all!!!! No matter where I go, I've 3 lines and the other two get full reception where as my amaze gets none! It's practically unsusable. There's no physical damage or water damage at all, it's so weird it just stopped working!!!! I tried flashing all the roms I could find, they are all the same, I just simpley can't get any reception! My sim card works though as I'm able to use my sim for other phones so it's not sim card unfortunately. I called TMobile who told me to upgrade with 2 yr contract. I'm 4 months away from my contract and don't want another 2 yr with T-Mobile. PLS PLS PLS PLS help!!!!
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Need to know what rom you're running. what kernel, are you s-on or off?
Another thing...
If you remove the battery often, the back of your phone case has contacts that can corrode or get dirty.
Take a pencil with a rubber eraser, orjust an eraser and rub ot on all the gold contacts on the case and the phone main body.
the antennas are in the back case. make sure you dont get any rubber in the phone.
get it cleaned and put back together and see how it does!
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Need to know what rom you're running. what kernel, are you s-on or off?
Another thing...
If you remove the battery often, the back of your phone case has contacts that can corrode or get dirty.
Take a pencil with a rubber eraser, orjust an eraser and rub ot on all the gold contacts on the case and the phone main body.
the antennas are in the back case. make sure you dont get any rubber in the phone.
get it cleaned and put back together and see how it does!
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Ohh yes, off course - forgot to add that info. I'm S-OFF (jopuntubear) and perm rooted was still on stock rom when this happened. After that I've tried every single rom - viper amaze, cm 10.1, pretty much every single rom with over 4.5 rating, no luck. I also did factory reset, deleted cache and dalvik cache, also deleted all partition except SD card, backed up and formated sd card as well.... did all that i could. And oh I'm on the default kernel (haven't flashed the custom kernel yet).
I'll try the cleaning contacts and pray to god it works
ngtmobile said:
Ohh yes, off course - forgot to add that info. I'm S-OFF (jopuntubear) and perm rooted was still on stock rom when this happened. After that I've tried every single rom - viper amaze, cm 10.1, pretty much every single rom with over 4.5 rating, no luck. I also did factory reset, deleted cache and dalvik cache, also deleted all partition except SD card, backed up and formated sd card as well.... did all that i could. And oh I'm on the default kernel (haven't flashed the custom kernel yet).
I'll try the cleaning contacts and pray to god it works
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Nope, tried that, didn't work. Also, found a stock rom and flashed it, still didn't work - god this is frustrating!!!! How can it literally just not work, without any kind of damage at all?? Is there any way to troubleshoot? I mean it's not bricked so to speak. It boots up, and loads whatever rom I throw at it, connects to wifi as well just simply no network/signals!! Help please!!!! Arggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
ngtmobile said:
Nope, tried that, didn't work. Also, found a stock rom and flashed it, still didn't work - god this is frustrating!!!! How can it literally just not work, without any kind of damage at all?? Is there any way to troubleshoot? I mean it's not bricked so to speak. It boots up, and loads whatever rom I throw at it, connects to wifi as well just simply no network/signals!! Help please!!!! Arggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Just run a ruu and see if it solve your problem??
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ravike14 said:
Just run a ruu and see if it solve your problem??
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nope, didn't help, still no reception - I've ordered a new back cover to see if that helps (antenna is in back cover for amaze) and keeping my fingers crossed.
One more thing, when i put my PH85img.zip file on ROOT of sd card and when i boot into recovery (4-ext); it does NOT recognize it. I've to go into ext_SD folder and then manually select PH85img.zip which is weird.
ngtmobile said:
One more thing, when i put my PH85img.zip file on ROOT of sd card and when i boot into recovery (4-ext); it does NOT recognize it. I've to go into ext_SD folder and then manually select PH85img.zip which is weird.
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Lol I think your doing wrong
1.a ruu can't be loaded from 4ext it only works on bootloader when you name it PH85IMG.zip
2.the zip has to be in the EXT SD card to load ruu cuz it wipe the internal sd in the process
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Lol I think your doing wrong
1.a ruu can't be loaded from 4ext it only works on bootloader when you name it PH85IMG.zip
2.the zip has to be in the EXT SD card to load ruu cuz it wipe the internal sd in the process
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Hmmm that's what I'm saying that for some reason the RUU (named as PH85IMG.zip) does not get recognized at all by 4-ext recovery (still on ROOT of sd-card). the same file PH85IMG.zip when i go into ext_sd folder from 4-ext recovey; i can run it by selecting it manually. Isn't it weird? recovery should be be automatcally recognizing the PH85IMG.zip file :-S
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Hmmm that's what I'm saying that for some reason the RUU (named as PH85IMG.zip) does not get recognized at all by 4-ext recovery (still on ROOT of sd-card). the same file PH85IMG.zip when i go into ext_sd folder from 4-ext recovey; i can run it by selecting it manually. Isn't it weird? recovery should be be automatcally recognizing the PH85IMG.zip file :-S
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Noooooo it doesn't recognise the ruu only the bootloader recognised the PH85IMG.zip to run a ruu you have to be in bootloader NOT YOUR RECOVERY AKA 4EXT
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ravike14 said:
Noooooo it doesn't recognise the ruu only the bootloader recognised the PH85IMG.zip to run a ruu you have to be in bootloader NOT YOUR RECOVERY AKA 4EXT
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ha! I think I'm losing it!!!! :cyclops: :crying: Okay, I'll try that as well, although I remember 4ext giving an option for reboot in bootloaded and don't think my phone still recognized the RUU but still, now I can't be too sure on what the heck was I doing so I'll re-test
This same thing happened to me. Restoring didn't help either. Such a weird bug... I wonder if tmobile still does exchanges for amazes?
realitysconcierge said:
This same thing happened to me. Restoring didn't help either. Such a weird bug... I wonder if tmobile still does exchanges for amazes?
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Nope, I used TMobile chat and phone help and then also went to a T-Mobile shop. They offered me a one-time $30 credit but that was it. No exchanges unless you have their protection plan (insurance)
ngtmobile said:
Nope, I used TMobile chat and phone help and then also went to a T-Mobile shop. They offered me a one-time $30 credit but that was it. No exchanges unless you have their protection plan (insurance)
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Oh man that is bonkers. I am not looking forward to paying for a new phone :/
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Well, I just let my phone sit off for a few hours and now it's working again. This is exactly what I did: I took the sim out, left it off for a while, turned it on, turned it off for a while again and then stuck the sim card back in. I hope it helps ngtmobile
realitysconcierge said:
Oh man that is bonkers. I am not looking forward to paying for a new phone :/
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Well, I just let my phone sit off for a few hours and now it's working again. This is exactly what I did: I took the sim out, left it off for a while, turned it on, turned it off for a while again and then stuck the sim card back in. I hope it helps ngtmobile
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Nope it didn't - I've been doing it for last 3-4 days. I flashed roms, ruus, formatted phone, sd card, boot, cursed HTC, amaze, T-Mobile. I kept the phone turned off, stared at it from some distance for a few hours, prayed different lords and chanted "buzz buzzz buzzz buzzz buzzzz" standing on just one leg - none of it helped :silly:
Oh Amaze, why did you do this to me 4-5 months before my contract end date? God damn it!!!!
I'm sorry man. Funny post though!
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Nope it didn't - I've been doing it for last 3-4 days. I flashed roms, ruus, formatted phone, sd card, boot, cursed HTC, amaze, T-Mobile. I kept the phone turned off, stared at it from some distance for a few hours, prayed different lords and chanted "buzz buzzz buzzz buzzz buzzzz" standing on just one leg - none of it helped :silly:
Oh Amaze, why did you do this to me 4-5 months before my contract end date? God damn it!!!!
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I feel bad for all the time you lost lol but tbh the fix takes less than half an hour only problem is your not listening to anyone nor read anything properly :beer:
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Turn on the phone while holding volume down with ph85img.zip on the root of the card.
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HORiZUN said:
Turn on the phone while holding volume down with ph85img.zip on the root of the card.
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Okay so here's what I'm doing
1) Place PM85img.zip to the root the external SDcard.
2) Reboot into recovery (power + Vol down)
3) It doesn't recognize PM85img
4) select install zip file and navigate to ext_sd folder where I do see the PM85img, when manually select it; it did take me to Android 2.3 factory reset (Note: the ICS RUU I flashed errored out by saying some build file missing - I'll post the screenshot later).
5) Still no luck with the signals.
NEXT: I'll try to connect the phone to computer and place the file to internal sd storage (root) and see if it picks up the PM85img.zip automatically.
Please let me know if I'm doing anything wrong.
ravike14 said:
I feel bad for all the time you lost lol but tbh the fix takes less than half an hour only problem is your not listening to anyone nor read anything properly :beer:
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Hmmmm Okay jokes apart; what am I doing wrong? I'm not being ignorant; perhaps I'm missing something simple and not able to realize it 'cos I'm too frustrated with this situation. I've listed the steps to flash stock RUU above.

[Q] No Root/Stuck on Sprint Logo - Ideas?

So here's the rundown - Any ideas helpful. Love the phone, but a new one is already shipping and if I can't fix this one I'll keep it when it arrives.
Here's what I was doing and what happened (nothing rooted/modded) - I was hearing clicking in call with Sprint and it was suggested to change roaming settings because I'm in an iffy call area and he thought it was a roaming notification.
After we hung up I made a couple of changes under roaming and the phone asked to reboot. On reboot I get nothing but the Sprint screen. Pulling the battery hasn't helped. Any ideas?
Sure missing my phone. Had to go back to my Evo 4G LTE and I am NOT happy. :crying:
toenail_flicker said:
So here's the rundown - Any ideas helpful. Love the phone, but a new one is already shipping and if I can't fix this one I'll keep it when it arrives.
Here's what I was doing and what happened (nothing rooted/modded) - I was hearing clicking in call with Sprint and it was suggested to change roaming settings because I'm in an iffy call area and he thought it was a roaming notification.
After we hung up I made a couple of changes under roaming and the phone asked to reboot. On reboot I get nothing but the Sprint screen. Pulling the battery hasn't helped. Any ideas?
Sure missing my phone. Had to go back to my Evo 4G LTE and I am NOT happy. :crying:
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If you can't get it to boot up, as a last resort you can try a Factory Reset. Power down and then press the Volume up + Home + Power buttons. This will take you into the Recovery screen. When it comes up, release all of the buttons and then use the Volume button to move to the Wipe Data/Factory Reset. Press the Power button to select it. Confirm by selecting Delete all User data. I thnk you have to select Reboot System. When it finishes, it should be just like it came out of the box.
Ha! I'm all thumbs today. I did what you said but hit the wrong thing and it rebooted all the way in. Yay! Thank you! Now to figure out if I keep this one or go with the new one. Need to get the clicking stopped.
Thanks!
toenail_flicker said:
Ha! I'm all thumbs today. I did what you said but hit the wrong thing and it rebooted all the way in. Yay! Thank you! Now to figure out if I keep this one or go with the new one. Need to get the clicking stopped.
Thanks!
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As long as it ended well! :good:
Exactly. :good:
Turns out that it was my SD card creating the stuck boot issues. Makes no sense. N3 sees the card fine and I can reformat in phone. If I reload my SD info it jams again. Trying other ways. I'm pretty sure this issue was created by using the Move Apps to SD function.
toenail_flicker said:
Turns out that it was my SD card creating the stuck boot issues. Makes no sense. N3 sees the card fine and I can reformat in phone. If I reload my SD info it jams again. Trying other ways. I'm pretty sure this issue was created by using the Move Apps to SD function.
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You might try uninstalling those apps that you moved to the SD card, put your SD card back in, format it and then reinstall the apps that you just deleted...see if that fixes the issue. I had a problem once on my HTC EVO 3D that was similar...
Thanks. That's exactly what I did to fix it. Came here after to see your post.
Can't really use apps to SD with this phone. Used my backup to reinstall the missing apps and it mostly worked. A couple didn't reinstall. It's going back anyway. I tried hard to find a reason for the clicking every 45 seconds or so and can't. What ever it is, it's not for me. New one should be here Tues.
toenail_flicker said:
Thanks. That's exactly what I did to fix it. Came here after to see your post.
Can't really use apps to SD with this phone. Used my backup to reinstall the missing apps and it mostly worked. A couple didn't reinstall. It's going back anyway. I tried hard to find a reason for the clicking every 45 seconds or so and can't. What ever it is, it's not for me. New one should be here Tues.
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It definitely sounds like it is defective. Mine doesn't make any noise (unless I want it to).
toenail_flicker said:
Ha! I'm all thumbs today. I did what you said but hit the wrong thing and it rebooted all the way in. Yay! Thank you! Now to figure out if I keep this one or go with the new one. Need to get the clicking stopped.
Thanks!
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The "clicking" was a "known" issue with MI5 and with MJ4 update it should have went away, have you taken the update and if not go into General/ System Update and do that.
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It definitely sounds like it is defective. Mine doesn't make any noise (unless I want it to).
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Yes, it does. And, the thing is - I just received this phone Monday 10/28 and two different Sprint reps tried to get me to "file an insurance claim". I told them no, and told them it didn't make any sense on a new phone less than a week old. I paid my dues with the Evo 4G LTE. This time I'll make sure I get a good phone.
If it wasn't for the clicking when calling the phone would be perfect and I would be totally happy. Can't use it the way it is.
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The "clicking" was a "known" issue with MI5 and with MJ4 update it should have went away, have you taken the update and if not go into General/ System Update and do that.
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Thanks. I knew about the issue before I bought so I knew I had to update. My phone came in and had the issue. I updated all the way to MJ4. The garbling, fading in and out, weak signal, etc. was fixed so I thought it was all fixed. Called Sprint on an unrelated matter and heard the clicking while on with Sprint and they heard it, too.
I've uninstalled apps, removed notifications, etc. and it's still there.
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If you can't get it to boot up, as a last resort you can try a Factory Reset. Power down and then press the Volume up + Home + Power buttons. This will take you into the Recovery screen. When it comes up, release all of the buttons and then use the Volume button to move to the Wipe Data/Factory Reset. Press the Power button to select it. Confirm by selecting Delete all User data. I think you have to select Reboot System. When it finishes, it should be just like it came out of the box.
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Since I was returning the phone anyway, I did the Factory Reset and Cache Wipe just to see if the problem would persist. After rebooting and setting it up again the issues are gone. Amazing phone!
I know to do factory resets when a device is acting up, but wasn't sure how to do it on the N3 and your help with the process was the key. Thanks again! :victory:
toenail_flicker said:
Since I was returning the phone anyway, I did the Factory Reset and Cache Wipe just to see if the problem would persist. After rebooting and setting it up again the issues are gone. Amazing phone!
I know to do factory resets when a device is acting up, but wasn't sure how to do it on the N3 and your help with the process was the key. Thanks again! :victory:
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Glad you figured it out. This is good infor for others if they have the same issue down the road. :good:
mvansomeren said:
Glad you figured it out. This is good infor for others if they have the same issue down the road. :good:
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Thanks. Me, too. That's why I posted it. To bring it to the surface. Hopefully it will help someone else. :fingers-crossed:

Bricked nook tab

I will pay shipping to anyone that wants to mess around with my nook tablet. Its been bricked since I got it 2 christmas's ago. I don't think its fixable but I don't know much about it, except how to brick it. It just sits here doing nothing. Bootloop and that's it.... Any Takers? I wouldn't mind having it fixed and would pay but I'm not rich. If you cant fix it......keep [email protected] I'm in Portland Oregon....Thanks for reading, Steve.
renofreak said:
I will pay shipping to anyone that wants to mess around with my nook tablet. Its been bricked since I got it 2 christmas's ago. I don't think its fixable but I don't know much about it, except how to brick it. It just sits here doing nothing. Bootloop and that's it.... Any Takers? I wouldn't mind having it fixed and would pay but I'm not rich. If you cant fix it......keep [email protected] I'm in Portland Oregon....Thanks for reading, Steve.
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I've bricked my nook PLENTY of times. There's always a way to get it back. Try charging it through a computer overnight (NOT through the wall) and see if that does anything. If that doesn't work, have you looked at all the unbrick guides here? It should be fixable.
As a last resort, I could e-mail you and you could send it to me and I'll try to work my magic on it. Assuming I get it fixed, you should get it in a couple weeks (as long as you cover the return shipping cost).
But before any of that, just go through all the unbrick guides here. One of them is BOUND to work. I personally recommend this thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663836
Good luck man!
Okay, I checked out the link you sent me and I've tried this with no luck. I not the most savvy when it comes to this stuff but this one got me, dont know what I'm doing wrong. Anyway, email me your address and I will get that sent to you....please, and I really do appreciate this.....
Can you elaborate a bit more, please?
Were you running stock bn firmware or cm or something else?
Screenshots (readable), etc....
Chris
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chrmhoffmann said:
Can you elaborate a bit more, please?
Were you running stock bn firmware or cm or something else?
Screenshots (readable), etc....
Chris
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It was rooted via cwm was running awesome and took a bn update and never booted up again. Now it turns on, the N shows up and it goes blackscreen over and over.......
topdawg7793 said:
I've bricked my nook PLENTY of times. There's always a way to get it back. Try charging it through a computer overnight (NOT through the wall) and see if that does anything. If that doesn't work, have you looked at all the unbrick guides here? It should be fixable.
As a last resort, I could e-mail you and you could send it to me and I'll try to work my magic on it. Assuming I get it fixed, you should get it in a couple weeks (as long as you cover the return shipping cost).
But before any of that, just go through all the unbrick guides here. One of them is BOUND to work. I personally recommend this thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663836
Good luck man!
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You still wanna give it a shot?
renofreak said:
I will pay shipping to anyone that wants to mess around with my nook tablet. Its been bricked since I got it 2 christmas's ago. I don't think its fixable but I don't know much about it, except how to brick it. It just sits here doing nothing. Bootloop and that's it.... Any Takers? I wouldn't mind having it fixed and would pay but I'm not rich. If you cant fix it......keep [email protected] I'm in Portland Oregon....Thanks for reading, Steve.
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I have never seen a completely bricked NT. There is always a way to fix them. Some are a little more stubborn than others, but still fixable. What have you tried so far?
BoostedB18C said:
I have never seen a completely bricked NT. There is always a way to fix them. Some are a little more stubborn than others, but still fixable. What have you tried so far?
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It seems like I've tried everything from adamOutler to many different options with the micro sd Acclaim, NTU unbrick and others. I give up. I can get into cwm with the sd card but cant get anywhere from there . Always E: cant read crap on everything. I think its bricked for good. Anyone wants to give it a shot they can. It bugs the hell out of me. I'm only hanging by a thread of hope and that thread is someone here.
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It seems like I've tried everything from adamOutler to many different options with the micro sd Acclaim, NTU unbrick and others. I give up. I can get into cwm with the sd card but cant get anywhere from there . Always E: cant read crap on everything. I think its bricked for good. Anyone wants to give it a shot they can. It bugs the hell out of me. I'm only hanging by a thread of hope and that thread is someone here.
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I think I have "erased" the factory partition table...
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It seems like I've tried everything from adamOutler to many different options with the micro sd Acclaim, NTU unbrick and others. I give up. I can get into cwm with the sd card but cant get anywhere from there . Always E: cant read crap on everything. I think its bricked for good. Anyone wants to give it a shot they can. It bugs the hell out of me. I'm only hanging by a thread of hope and that thread is someone here.
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I think I have "erased" the factory partition table...
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Once I get home I'll send you info on what to try to see if it works. It's a greater feeling if you are the one to accomplish fixing it than sending it to someone.
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Once I get home I'll send you info on what to try to see if it works. It's a greater feeling if you are the one to accomplish fixing it than sending it to someone.
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I guess I can spend one more whole day messing with it, LOL, Thanks,
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Once I get home I'll send you info on what to try to see if it works. It's a greater feeling if you are the one to accomplish fixing it than sending it to someone.
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Sorry, I'm just frustrated. And yes, I would love to be the one that fixes it. I've been modding my phones for years and just did my Samsung Tab 3 7.0. I'm addicted. The Nook is my nemesis....!
I'd rather you give it a shot first! I erased my ROM partition from clockworkmod and had to use the factory partition to fix it. You'll have to use ADB to fix it but it should be VERY easy to fix. Just copy and paste somebody's factory partition on to your nook and you should be good to go. You may have to edit a file in there and input your nook's serial number (located on the back of the microsd flap). The feeling you'll get after you fix it yourself is a GREAT feeling!
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I'd rather you give it a shot first! I erased my ROM partition from clockworkmod and had to use the factory partition to fix it. You'll have to use ADB to fix it but it should be VERY easy to fix. Just copy and paste somebody's factory partition on to your nook and you should be good to go. You may have to edit a file in there and input your nook's serial number (located on the back of the microsd flap). The feeling you'll get after you fix it yourself is a GREAT feeling!
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Sounds easy enough, Where can I get the rom and instructions? I'm totally willing but need guidance. Believe me, I have tried what I thought was everything and always knew that what your'e telling me is what I needed to do but was unable to get what I needed. Frustrating to say the least. I really do appreciate everyone's help. You have my email or the web, I will take in all that you have to show me, such as....."where to go to get what I need" What is the difference between "the factory partition" and "somebody's factory partition" or is it one and the same? And for the life of me, I could never get the nook to show up on my desktop or notebook while in CWM. I can sit here and whine all night but I wont.... I will look, read , search and try again and keep you posted as to what happens. If you have any good links, shoot them to me in an email please..... Next time I post, It will be to say I have trashed it or fixed it, preferably the latter. Peace people and thanks.
Do you remember flashing the 10-point touch firmware? If you never flashed it, then go to the following link, download one of the stock recoveries from one her file host sites, and then do the 8 times failed reboot thing (when it's attempting to boot up, hold down the power and home button to force shut it off; do it 8 times maybe more if it doesn't work) and then it will restore it back to factory.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1640958
lavero.burgos (Veronica) has a set of fantastic How-To instructions (with video) in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415812
Included are instructions on how to restore partitions, resize partitions etc. Have you checked it out?
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Totally Bricked
Ok, I am able to get into recovery via the sd card. I'm pretty sure I tried everything that I could find and download.everything failed, nothing worked! I am seriously done Fu#@king with it....Thanks for all the links and such.

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