My daughter has a stock Thunderbolt, which has worked since Christmas. All of a sudden a couple weeks ago, she woke up and it was stuck in a boot loop on the HTC splash screen.
I'm still able to get into bootloader, but unable to do a factory reset, or flash a stock RUU. Cannot boot into (stock) recovery. As soon as it tries to load the recovery console, it starts the splash screen looping again. Seems like recovery is corrupt or something
I've tried some unbricking processes, but nothing has worked. If I could get adb to see it, I'd just root it and put cwm on it, but can't get that either.
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Jul 19 2011, 14:51:00
Any help is very much appreciated. Verizon store said they can't flash a fresh recovery on it, or the latest RUU...
Nothing? No suggestions?
Maybe something herehttp://androidforums.com/thunderbolt-all-things-root/449138-boot-loop.html will help...
What won't work with the RUU?
It possibly could be caused because of a corrupt sim card and/or a corrupt SD card. Try removing the SD card and see if it will load up. If still nothing, take it to Verizon for another sim card. If you go into a corporate store, they won't charge you for another sim.
Just a couple of my suggestions.
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I will try that link above.
I brought it into a privately owned verizon store on Thursday, explained to them what was going on, they said they have no idea, and I should bring it to a corporate store, so I did.
I told the guy exactly what was happening. He assumed a read a few things on the internet, so treated me like I've never used a phone before. I have had a G1, Evo, and Evo 3D...all rooted and mega customized, so not like this is my first attempt at using a smartphone.
I've tried booting without the sdcard, same thing. I've tried booting without a sim card, same thing. I tried with another verizon LTE sim card, same thing.
When I try to flash anything, I put the zip on the sdcard, power on to hboot, let it load the zip, then it does nothing, just sits at hboot. I scroll down to recovery to be able to select to restart or power down, press power, it goes to the white HTC splash screen, then the circular arrows above the phone, then to the red X, then back to HTC splash screen and boot loops the splash screen.
I can tell you your recovery is gone. Try downloading the hboot flashable cwm again and flash that in hboot. If you can get into recovery maybe you will be able to flash a rom again. You may also want to reformat your sd card or even try a different one.
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disconnecktie said:
I can tell you your recovery is gone. Try downloading the hboot flashable cwm again and flash that in hboot. If you can get into recovery maybe you will be able to flash a rom again. You may also want to reformat your sd card or even try a different one.
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that's exactly what I told the verizon dude, that recovery is gone and all they need to do is flash it back on, he said that's not possible, handed the phone back to me and said "have a good day".
I knew it was a long shot when I went in there and had to tell them how to boot into hboot, and how to remove the battery.
Don't I have to be S-OFF to flash cwm? Remember, it's stock, unrooted, and S-ON
How didn't the ruu work?
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How didn't the ruu work?
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Because when hboot loaded it, which took a few minutes to load and verify, it then automatically went into recovery to actually flash it, which put it right back into the boot loop.
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Because when hboot loaded it, which took a few minutes to load and verify, it then automatically went into recovery to actually flash it, which put it right back into the boot loop.
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Now that I think about it, it shouldn't have to go into recovery to flash it, it should have been just fine from hboot....but...after I flashed the RUU, it did reboot into recovery, and started the loop
So did you remember to clear cache and dalvik cache? That would put you in a boot loop every time.
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So did you remember to clear cache and dalvik cache? That would put you in a boot loop every time.
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They weren't installing a rom
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So did you remember to clear cache and dalvik cache? That would put you in a boot loop every time.
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No...it's stock, stock recovery, stock rom, S-ON...she brought it to me in this condition. It's not a rooting gone wrong. If I could get the laptop to see it, I'd root the damn thing so I can get cwm on it.
When she brought it to me, it was in this exact state. First thing I tried was to boot into recovery, which didn't work. So I googled for 'thunderbolt boot loop' and started trying things.
Before I go any further, I'd like to thank everyone for their input and thoughts. She's 12, and I really don't want to have to buy her a new phone.
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No...it's stock, stock recovery, stock rom, S-ON...she brought it to me in this condition. It's not a rooting gone wrong. If I could get the laptop to see it, I'd root the damn thing so I can get cwm on it.
When she brought it to me, it was in this exact state. First thing I tried was to boot into recovery, which didn't work. So I googled for 'thunderbolt boot loop' and started trying things.
Before I go any further, I'd like to thank everyone for their input and thoughts. She's 12, and I really don't want to have to buy her a new phone.
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Try redownloading the ruu
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I have the exact same problem, I am using a custom rom, killasense.
It loads to HTC splash when I try to connect to computer or try to go into recovery from revolutionary. It says S-OFF on revolutionary, not sure what it means.
Please update if you find a solution, I am trying to do a factory reset, but cannot.
If it says s off that means the phone has been rooted. You're running killasense which is a custom rom.. If you want to go back to stock simply download the most recent ruu, put it on the root of your sd card and rename the file to PG05img. Reboot into the bootloader press the power button to enter fast boot. It will ask you if you want to update select yes. After it completes make sure you rename the file so it doesn't try running the ruu every time you enter the bootloader. Also check the md5 before you try to run it.
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I downloaded the 2.1 mecha ruu and tried to load it in hboot, and it said the existing Rom is older. So that mean I can't flash a newer ruu? Gotta be the same or older?
Since I don't have a thunderbolt, I'm not familiar with ruu versions, any way to tell in hboot so I can download the same or older?
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I put a new rom file (BAMF SoaB) into the SD card and renamed it PG05img, went to Revolutionary it said loading PG05img, but after it loaded it did not show a yes or no prompt. It went back to home screen of revolutionary after saying "No image or wrong image", still stuck on boot loop splash screen.
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I put a new rom file into the SD card and renamed it PG05img, went to Revolutionary it said loading PG05img, but went back to the revolutionary screen without installing I think, still stuck on boot loop splash screen.
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That means you need to redownload it.
Try this one http://db.tt/z7zbekNa
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I'm runninng das bamf 3.4 ,have been for couple weeks . love rom. today working at 106 my thunderbolt would not make a call, so I thought I would reboot and now it is stuck in boot loop, I can get to h-boot and hit recovery but it goes to htc screen
Have you tried pulling the battery, then volume down+power to get to hboot?
yes . I can get to h-boot but when I HIT RECOVERY it goes back to bootloop.S orry for capitals
Sorry, mis-read. You could always RUU and start over. Sorry, all I know to do with out recovery.
It reboots in recovery?? If so sounds like a brick. Aka bootloop of death.
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pennie57 said:
I'm runninng das bamf 3.4 ,have been for couple weeks . love rom. today working at 106 my thunderbolt would not make a call, so I thought I would reboot and now it is stuck in boot loop, I can get to h-boot and hit recovery but it goes to htc screen
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If your recovery is damaged/non-existent and you get stuck on the HTC screen instead (IOW, recovery never loads) and the ROM is bootlooping then try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179386
It should get you a working recovery back on your phone so that you can either then wipe data/cache for the ROM or flash something else.
Made for just such an occasion
Absolute_Zero said:
If your recovery is damaged/non-existent and you get stuck on the HTC screen instead (IOW, recovery never loads) and the ROM is bootlooping then try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179386
It should get you a working recovery back on your phone so that you can either then wipe data/cache for the ROM or flash something else.
Made for just such an occasion
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Thanks very much for this.
courtesy of my rooted bolt
ruu recovery ,didn't work .Put stock zip on ruu and least got s-on . Still in boot loop , think is toast
pennie57 said:
ruu recovery ,didn't work .Put stock zip on ruu and least got s-on . Still in boot loop , think is toast
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Might be, I'd hop on here and see what they think just to be sure.
Same thing happened to me, you need to put a recovery .img on sdcard and flash it in recovery. Thought i was dead for me too but turned out for the good
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I did that first. Didn't work thanks anyway
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I for my replacement today about afraid to root this one. I really think the heat and rough treatment was the culprit
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Hello everyone. The other day i used revolutionary to Perma-root my evo 3d. Everything was fine, till my text messages were not sending. So i took out the battery and popped it back in, and all i got was the HTC logo, then a dimmed black screen. Yes i can get into hboot, but i have clockworkmod recovery. I seem to be having a difficult time flashing the official sprint evo 3d rom. Any help is appreciated.
Download the pg86100.zip to revert back to stock in the dev section then go into hboot and let it update and you will start back at the stock ROM
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xSpAzzZAttAcK said:
Hello everyone. The other day i used revolutionary to Perma-root my evo 3d. Everything was fine, till my text messages were not sending. So i took out the battery and popped it back in, and all i got was the HTC logo, then a dimmed black screen. Yes i can get into hboot, but i have clockworkmod recovery. I seem to be having a difficult time flashing the official sprint evo 3d rom. Any help is appreciated.
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try hboot flashing twrp recovery. then if you can boot up update your prl and profile, also make a phone call to see if you got that error 16 thing. Also, did you by chance try to replace your bootanim? If you did, and something like wrong permissions were set, it would still be booting with a black screen, maybe try leaving it alone while it's booting for a bit?
I did the twrp recovery, but i still get the dim black screen. after the dim black screen it goes black for a few seconds, then goes to the HTC logo again. I didnt try to change anything either...
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Download the pg86100.zip to revert back to stock in the dev section then go into hboot and let it update and you will start back at the stock ROM
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Above is your best solution. From there you can decide to either root again or wait a bit longer. But that should fix the issue and keep you from a boot loop of just the HTC screen.
Well thats where you are wrong. I am still in the boot loop after doing the stock HTC EVO 3d flash.
So the bootloader scanned and flashed the PG86IMG file and you are still showing just the HTC screen?
Did you follow the directions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194053
Hi where exactly do the adb and fastboot files go when you start to run commands?
Well no i still get the boot loop. guess i have a bricked phone...
xSpAzzZAttAcK said:
Well no i still get the boot loop. guess i have a bricked phone...
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A brick is when the phone is completely unresponsive and won't boot or give you a charging led. If you can get to hboot you're not bricked. I would do a factory wipe from hboot menu (choose clear storage), and then either run an RUU with your phone in fastboot usb mode, or use a PG86IMG.zip
of an RUU to flash back to stock. That should hopefully fix the loops.
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**** YES! I used the RUU.exe from sprint and now my phone works.
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A brick is when the phone is completely unresponsive and won't boot or give you a charging led. If you can get to hboot you're not bricked. I would do a factory wipe from hboot menu (choose clear storage), and then either run an RUU with your phone in fastboot usb mode, or use a PG86IMG.zip
of an RUU to flash back to stock. That should hopefully fix the loops.
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From past experiences like this, wipe, flash the bare stock rooted ROM in the development section. Do this in recovery mode. Before wiping you could try just flashing the bare Rom over. That usually worked for me.
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xSpAzzZAttAcK said:
**** YES! I used the RUU.exe from sprint and now my phone works.
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Sorry, was a min too late. Glad it works again!
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xSpAzzZAttAcK said:
**** YES! I used the RUU.exe from sprint and now my phone works.
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Sweet, glad you got it booting. Now that you've ran the RUU, you'll probably need to run Revolutionary again and then flash TWRP recovery. You should be good to go then. I think your hboot will still be S-off after the RUU, but from reports of other people it acts like it's still S-on and won't let you flash anything, so running Revolutionary again is necessary.
Well i cant use revolutionary...
My device is not supported?
And now i cant make calls or text messages, i get error 16.
any help?
xSpAzzZAttAcK said:
Well i cant use revolutionary...
My device is not supported?
And now i cant make calls or text messages, i get error 16.
any help?
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Call Sprint. . they can fix it. . .it's actually a common problem after the root. Try to make a call. . .you will get the error message. . .you should hang on the line for a few minutes and it will direct you to sprint. They will call you on another line. . that's not your phone, and have you power the phone off. . .they will wait a few minutes then tell you to turn it on and make a test call. . .they may have you go thru a few things, but I didn't. . .and it will work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194460 this forum should answer the question
Help!
I feel like such a freakin noob. My EVO3D is not quite bricked but I think i broke my recovery img AND my ROM. All I can do is turn on Hboot. Tried the stock Sprint RUU to go back to stock and i keep getting an error message everytime it tries to update the ROM image. Have no idea what to do now without being able to go into recovery. Suggestions?
My phone is doing the exact same thing, cept running the ruu.exe didn't fix it. Anyone else have some more ideas?
My original thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281565
Tried to S-Off. Something went wrong and now I'm stuck at the Juopunut splash screen on the phone. Can't do anything but access hboot. Not sure what to do and some help would be appreciated...
Re run the juopuntbear program if you want to keep trying. Or flash the boot.IMG from your Rom to get it back running
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Flash recovery again with fastboot, you can either add it to your sd card as pb31img (or whatever it is) or just use a pc.
Once recovery is back on, boot to it and flash a new Rom, then try the soff procedure again.
You can try to just flash a new boot.IMG, but that never works for me. I've done soff like 5 times now, and when I get stuck at that screen you are on, I just flash a new recovery and Rom then try again.
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Thanks. I'm able to recover the phone by flashing through fastboot. Finally, S-OFF! Not sure what I was doing wrong as I changed nothing but the program keep on hanging up in the same place everytime like 4 times in a row forcing me to fastboot boot and recovery img's. I guess 5th time's a charm this time! Thanks for the help...
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Thanks. I'm able to recover the phone by flashing through fastboot. Finally, S-OFF! Not sure what I was doing wrong as I changed nothing but the program keep on hanging up in the same place everytime like 4 times in a row forcing me to fastboot boot and recovery img's. I guess 5th time's a charm this time! Thanks for the help...
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I had the same happen to me. Run control bear, get stuck, fast boot flash bootbackup and recovery backup, repeat 4-5x, then suddenly success.
Haven't had any problems since.
Congratulations on S-off!
Same problem here. My phone would not reboot when performing he wire trick. I had to battery pull after the wire trick, then it ran all the way through.
Rezound, rooted, loving it.
I purchased a Rezound from eBay and it's locked with a gesture lock. The seller told me to do a factory reset, which I did a couple of times, and it doesn't reset the phone to the new activation screen. It looks like he rooted the phone at one point. The recovery screen says "Tampered," "Relocked," and "VIGOR PVT SHIP S-ON RL."
My question is, how do I get past the gesture lock? Will rooting and flashing a different rom do the trick? I am obviously a newbie, and likely wouldn't have rooted it and installed a custom rom if I didn't have to, but it seems like I may have to at this point. Thanks!
willievee said:
I purchased a Rezound from eBay and it's locked with a gesture lock. The seller told me to do a factory reset, which I did a couple of times, and it doesn't reset the phone to the new activation screen. It looks like he rooted the phone at one point. The recovery screen says "Tampered," "Relocked," and "VIGOR PVT SHIP S-ON RL."
My question is, how do I get past the gesture lock? Will rooting and flashing a different rom do the trick? I am obviously a newbie, and likely wouldn't have rooted it and installed a custom rom if I didn't have to, but it seems like I may have to at this point. Thanks!
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Flash a custom recovery and wipe if you want the stock Rom.rooted
Or you can just ruu to stock and it will wipe it
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Thanks for the advice. I used the Rezound All in One kit and got it working. I'll leave it rooted for now, maybe install ICS on it.
willievee said:
Thanks for the advice. I used the Rezound All in One kit and got it working. I'll leave it rooted for now, maybe install ICS on it.
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Deff go for ICS, i'd even recommend stepping up to Sense 4 but you might prefer stock
Sense 4.0 still has a few bugs, but 3.6 is golden.
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willievee said:
I purchased a Rezound from eBay and it's locked with a gesture lock. The seller told me to do a factory reset, which I did a couple of times, and it doesn't reset the phone to the new activation screen. It looks like he rooted the phone at one point. The recovery screen says "Tampered," "Relocked," and "VIGOR PVT SHIP S-ON RL."
My question is, how do I get past the gesture lock? Will rooting and flashing a different rom do the trick? I am obviously a newbie, and likely wouldn't have rooted it and installed a custom rom if I didn't have to, but it seems like I may have to at this point. Thanks!
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Obviously the first thing that comes to mind is if all it needed was to have a factory reset done why didn't the seller do just that and avoid the hassle? Kinda like when you look at a car and all it needs for the AC to work is a recharge..yeah I've been bit by that one before too.
Glad you got it working..youll enjoy being rooted
Looks like it isn't entirely right. I took it to Verizon to get it activated, and I have data connectivity but cannot call or text at all. The software version is 4.0.3 Android with 3.6 Sense. I am going to try to restore the factory version (from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338916) and hope that does the trick. Otherwise, I guess there's something wrong and I have to return the phone to the seller.
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Looks like it isn't entirely right. I took it to Verizon to get it activated, and I have data connectivity but cannot call or text at all. The software version is 4.0.3 Android with 3.6 Sense. I am going to try to restore the factory version (from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338916) and hope that does the trick. Otherwise, I guess there's something wrong and I have to return the phone to the seller.
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If you haven't done this yet, what is your baseband.
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My baseband is 1.22.10.0421r.
I haven't done anything yet. Currently downloading the RUU.
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My baseband is 1.22.10.0421r.
I haven't done anything yet. Currently downloading the RUU.
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Are you downloading aan ICS ruin?
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I want to restore it to stock, so I'm downloading an official RUU from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338916&page=12.
(RUU_Vigor_VERIZON_WWE_2.01.605.11_Radio_RS_0.95.00.1123r_3161E_9K_QMR_release_233635_signed.exe)
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I want to restore it to stock, so I'm downloading an official RUU from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338916&page=12.
(RUU_Vigor_VERIZON_WWE_2.01.605.11_Radio_RS_0.95.00.1123r_3161E_9K_QMR_release_233635_signed.exe)
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You wont be able to run that RUU. You are s-on and cannot go backwards in RUU you can only go forward. Either s-off or you'll need to flash the latest ICS RUU leak.
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Gotcha. Thanks. I'll try to sort out how to download the newest ICS RUU and flash it. I tried to follow these directions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614366
and downloaded [ICS][2.25][STOCK][5-7]PH98IMG.zip but I wasn't able to flash it. I guess I have to figure out which ICS RUU to download and flash.
I still don't understand why I have data but no call or text capability.
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Gotcha. Thanks. I'll try to sort out how to download the newest ICS RUU and flash it. I tried to follow these directions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614366
and downloaded [ICS][2.25][STOCK][5-7]PH98IMG.zip but I wasn't able to flash it. I guess I have to figure out which ICS RUU to download and flash.
I still don't understand why I have data but no call or text capability.
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http://multiupload.biz/bdkjtkk1j4zw/PH98IMG_MultiUpload.biz.zip.html
Download that file, rename it PH98IMG.ZIP and make sure it isn't named PH98IMG.ZIP.ZIP and then put that on the root of the actual SD Card. Not the internal memory.
Reboot into hboot, and it will find that file and load it. You will have to chose volume + to accept. It will flash bootloader first, then the radios and rom and such. After this has flashed and booted, delete the PH98IMG.ZIP file from your sd card, and then reboot into hboot and chose factory reset. Let it do its thing, and try a phone call or text on reboot.
should be good to go after this.
I downloaded the file, put it in the root directory of the sd card, and booted into hboot. It says "Loading PH98IMG.zip" for a few minutes, then goes back to the hboot screen. I then powered down, removed SD card, and tried to factory reset. The phone entered the Android system recovery. I rebooted, and the phone seemed exactly the same. I'll retry, maybe I'm doing something wrong.
Update: I've retried a few times, and it just seems that hboot won't load PH98IMG.zip. Might it matter that I'm still at S-ON?
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I downloaded the file, put it in the root directory of the sd card, and booted into hboot. It says "Loading PH98IMG.zip" for a few minutes, then goes back to the hboot screen. I then powered down, removed SD card, and tried to factory reset. The phone entered the Android system recovery. I rebooted, and the phone seemed exactly the same. I'll retry, maybe I'm doing something wrong.
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Try redownloading again might have been a bad download. Remember once the file starts to flash it might shut off and turn on and continue doing its thing just make sure when it's all done every item says "ok" next to it if it does your good to go next just make sure you go into bootloader do a factory reset.
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willievee said:
I downloaded the file, put it in the root directory of the sd card, and booted into hboot. It says "Loading PH98IMG.zip" for a few minutes, then goes back to the hboot screen. I then powered down, removed SD card, and tried to factory reset. The phone entered the Android system recovery. I rebooted, and the phone seemed exactly the same. I'll retry, maybe I'm doing something wrong.
Update: I've retried a few times, and it just seems that hboot won't load PH98IMG.zip. Might it matter that I'm still at S-ON?
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No s-on wouldn't matter. Your bootloader is still locked right?
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I unlocked the bootloader last night. Redownloading the file now.
willievee said:
I unlocked the bootloader last night. Redownloading the file now.
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Relock the bootloader I believe when S-ON you have to lock it to run the RUU
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LakerStar25 said:
Relock the bootloader I believe when S-ON you have to lock it to run the RUU
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This. It won't run else wise. I didn't think to ask this as you said previously it was locked.
My bad.
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I managed to soft brick my phone or i believe so. I unlocked the bootloader, flashed cwm to the phone, rooted then read that it fails alot with the rezound so i prepped my phone to unroot and remove cwm and install Amon Ra and nodded off to sleep while in the recovery menu... This is where it gets weird... I woke up to my phone like this. I uploaded a picture of the bootloader screen... Its relocked and will not allow me to do jack... Im not the best at development and relatively inexperienced... I desperately need help. Please.
Well you have hboot so its not bricked. I would pull the battery and then make sure you don't have a ph98img.zip in root of sd. Then put battery back in and see what happens.
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texascfdad said:
Well you have hboot so its not bricked. I would pull the battery and then make sure you don't have a ph98img.zip in root of sd. Then put battery back in and see what happens.
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When I I rooted my phone i had forgotten to put my sd card in so it rooted using the internal sd. I cannot find external or internal sd card through the bootloader or via usb connection. Here is what the bootloader shows when i try to launch recovery.
Reunlock your hboot then try a regular reboot.
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Snuzzo said:
Reunlock your hboot then try a regular reboot.
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I've tried to use hasoon2000's kit to reunlock my phone and to no effect. It cant even locate my device... Here's a screen shot...
jaredvillhelm2002 said:
I've tried to use hasoon2000's kit to reunlock my phone and to no effect. It cant even locate my device... Here's a screen shot...
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Does the phone say fastboot usb?
darkghost568 said:
Does the phone say fastboot usb?
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When connected to the pc via usb cable yes. My pc however cannot find any files or even recognize the phone as a device. Ive put my microsd card into the reader and it is also completely wiped... nothing...
jaredvillhelm2002 said:
When connected to the pc via usb cable yes. My pc however cannot find any files or even recognize the phone as a device. Ive put my microsd card into the reader and it is also completely wiped... nothing...
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Do you have HTC sync installed?
Have you tried to download a complete RUU in PH98IMG.zip form and see if it will install from the bootloader?
Here is a link...
Flash ruu of your choosing then use the toolbox to install amon ra. When in doubt use ruu to get back to square one. I have had to do it a few times lol.
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I've downloaded HTC sync and it's fully updated. I downloaded the 4.0.3.xxxx ph98img.zip from I can't remember where and tried throwing it onto my sd card but when I booted the phone I to hboot it did nothing. I'll try again if someone can guide me through it. And this is my fault for thinking after being out of the tech loop for years that I could jump back in and do a full root and rom flash without much more extensive research. I found out what happened also. My gf was trying to get the phone to turn on and couldn't figure out what was happening and turned out she was playing with the volume rocker and power button. So god knows she may have wiped everything from the inside out...
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We've all heard the gf excuse... not gonna fly.
You could try reformatting the sd card using your pc and using that one to flash the RUU?
feralicious said:
We've all heard the gf excuse... not gonna fly.
You could try reformatting the sd card using your pc and using that one to flash the RUU?
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<3.
Not going to pull any punches. 1st off; learn your fastboot commands hassoon's toolkit is for ease of use. 2nd; You were almost there. 3rd; When trying to use fastboot/adb, make sure HTC sync isn't running in the background.
jaredvillhelm2002 said:
I've downloaded HTC sync and it's fully updated. I downloaded the 4.0.3.xxxx ph98img.zip from I can't remember where and tried throwing it onto my sd card but when I booted the phone I to hboot it did nothing. I'll try again if someone can guide me through it. And this is my fault for thinking after being out of the tech loop for years that I could jump back in and do a full root and rom flash without much more extensive research. I found out what happened also. My gf was trying to get the phone to turn on and couldn't figure out what was happening and turned out she was playing with the volume rocker and power button. So god knows she may have wiped everything from the inside out...
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Have it named PH98IMG.zip(watch your filenames, be careful not to name it PH98IMG.zip.zip). But first try reunlocking again and see if you get boot. If you at least get boot animation that tells me you have a working boot partition. If not then you would need to reflash a boot.img. If you are adamant about gaining root, you could have just flashed a custom rom after flashing Amon RA + a data wipe along with proper boot.img in fastboot.
Snuzzo said:
Not going to pull any punches. 1st off; learn your fastboot commands hassoon's toolkit is for ease of use. 2nd; You were almost there. 3rd; When trying to use fastboot/adb, make sure HTC sync isn't running in the background.
Have it named PH98IMG.zip(watch your filenames, be careful not to name it PH98IMG.zip.zip). But first try reunlocking again and see if you get boot. If you at least get boot animation that tells me you have a working boot partition. If not then you would need to reflash a boot.img. If you are adamant about gaining root, you could have just flashed a custom rom after flashing Amon RA + a data wipe along with proper boot.img in fastboot.
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Simple steps I used when I was in an HTC boot loop.
1. Relocked and installed the stock ruu.
2. Unlocked and flashed the recovery partition using fast boot flash recovery recovery.img (name of your recovery image you want to use.)
3. Used recovery to install su.
4. Profit.
You can also use fast boot to install asop boot images. But for now if you want root use steps 1-4. It worked for me when I borked the heck out of entire phone. ( I had no recovery even after fastboot flashing the recovery partition.)
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lol, your not bricked at all. Not even close. You just need to figure out how to flash an ruu in hboot to get back to square one. That way you have a clean slate to start over again with.
Next time, DONT FALL ASLEEP.
wildstang83 said:
lol, your not bricked at all. Not even close. You just need to figure out how to flash an ruu in hboot to get back to square one. That way you have a clean slate to start over again with.
Next time, DONT FALL ASLEEP.
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Snuzzo said:
Not going to pull any punches. 1st off; learn your fastboot commands hassoon's toolkit is for ease of use. 2nd; You were almost there. 3rd; When trying to use fastboot/adb, make sure HTC sync isn't running in the background.
Have it named PH98IMG.zip(watch your filenames, be careful not to name it PH98IMG.zip.zip). But first try reunlocking again and see if you get boot. If you at least get boot animation that tells me you have a working boot partition. If not then you would need to reflash a boot.img. If you are adamant about gaining root, you could have just flashed a custom rom after flashing Amon RA + a data wipe along with proper boot.img in fastboot.
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What should be done if i'm stuck at re-locked bootloader, S-ON, download mode screen, unable to lock-unlock bootloader nor able to flash RUU ? Even the unbrick tool at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=183353 doesn't detect my phone.
I gave it to a repair shop, he tried flashing the RUU but said he was getting some USB error.
Pull SD card, place a full ruu ph98img on it with a card reader.
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Snuzzo said:
Pull SD card, place a full ruu ph98img on it with a card reader.
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Done that several times.. even tried different sd cards and different new downloads.. still doesn't boot up.. ruu flashes just one pass only very quickly in under 2-3mins..
Not recognizing fastboot at all?
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