Urgent. Need Help! I think I may have bricked the LTE! - Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE

Hello,
I recently rooted my EVO LTE and was looking to install a Custom ROM.
I used this method and this Video:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1690919
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1690919
I put the Latest Mean ROM on an External SD Card and then opened the Team Win Recovery with the Quick Boot App.
Once I got into Team Win Recovery, I deleted all the Data, Cache, and etc and I was not able to locate the Meanrom.zip file.
I could see all my files except for the Mean Rom Zip File on my external SD Card, I mounted it and saw that the Mean ROM file was in the SD Card.
Then I turned off my EVO using the Reboot Option on the Team Win Recovery, but now when I turn it on, all I see is the HTC Quietly Brilliant Screen and I cannot turn off the phone. Can someone help me return back to recovery and help me install a custom rom?
Thanks

gokuman56 said:
Hello,
I recently rooted my EVO LTE and was looking to install a Custom ROM.
I used this method and this Video:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1690919
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1690919
I put the Latest Mean ROM on an External SD Card and then opened the Team Win Recovery with the Quick Boot App.
Once I got into Team Win Recovery, I deleted all the Data, Cache, and etc and I was not able to locate the Meanrom.zip file.
I could see all my files except for the Mean Rom Zip File on my external SD Card, I mounted it and saw that the Mean ROM file was in the SD Card.
Then I turned off my EVO using the Reboot Option on the Team Win Recovery, but now when I turn it on, all I see is the HTC Quietly Brilliant Screen and I cannot turn off the phone. Can someone help me return back to recovery and help me install a custom rom?
Thanks
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Have you tried holding volume down and power to get into the bootloader? Also, if you have adb on your PC, you can type:
adb reboot recovery
...to get into recovery.
Sent from my EVO LTE

You wiped everything the phone needs to boot. So it will not boot into the android OS.
Use the button combo to boot into recovery and flash a ROM.
YOU ARE NOT BRICKED>

gokuman56 said:
Hello,
I recently rooted my EVO LTE and was looking to install a Custom ROM.
I used this method and this Video:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1690919
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1690919
I put the Latest Mean ROM on an External SD Card and then opened the Team Win Recovery with the Quick Boot App.
Once I got into Team Win Recovery, I deleted all the Data, Cache, and etc and I was not able to locate the Meanrom.zip file.
I could see all my files except for the Mean Rom Zip File on my external SD Card, I mounted it and saw that the Mean ROM file was in the SD Card.
Then I turned off my EVO using the Reboot Option on the Team Win Recovery, but now when I turn it on, all I see is the HTC Quietly Brilliant Screen and I cannot turn off the phone. Can someone help me return back to recovery and help me install a custom rom?
Thanks
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There is a small option in TWRP. When on the screen to pick your file to flash, make sure the appropriate option is checked (internal storage or sdcard). It is right above the files to choose. Hopefully that is what is wrong.
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

If you are trying to install the latest MeanRom you must be on twrp 2.2.1. If you are not you will most likely get errors or the install will fail. Mikey has put together a great rom, but with the addition of Google Now the rom has grown to 615mb. For some reason the older versions of twrp seem to choke on that large of a rom. Also, you should be on the latest firmware. Good luck.
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[Q] Can't mount SD card on recovery

Hi all. Used the search tool but couldn't find nothing similar.
My ATRIX is unlocked, rooted, running stock gingerbread. I used the automatic script for unlocking bootloader and rooting. I guess it installed Tenfar's recovery too. I installed Rom Manager some time ago, and today I have CWM Recovery 5.0.2.0. So I wanted to switch to romracer's in order to install a custom rom (maybe neutrino or wet dream, something with hdmi landscape =).
I was trying to instal romracer's recovery this morning. I'd put the .zip on my ext sdcard, but when I tried to use the "Install fom SD card" in RomManager, all I could see was the internal storage files. So I went ahead and transferred the .zip to internal storage root. Used Install from SD card again, selected the .zip. The phone rebooted, got into recovery mode.
That's when the problem came. It keeps waiting for SD card to mount, and then times out (20s). Is this sdcard trying to mount the EXT microSD? Why he needs it, since the .zip is in internal storage?
Any ideas on how to solve this? Am I doing something wrong here? Thank you very much. sorry providing so much information, thought it could be useful.
edit: additional information: I can see and use the external sd card on the phone normally. Can acces it via USB too, no problem.
Where exactly are you stuck? You say you managed to flash a zip and then rebooted the phone, right? So where are you now?
What filesystem is your SD card formatted in?
Boot to fastboot and flash recovery from fastboot.
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nthon9 said:
Where exactly are you stuck? You say you managed to flash a zip and then rebooted the phone, right? So where are you now?
What filesystem is your SD card formatted in?
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When it reboots and automatically enters recovery, it says it cannot mount the SD card. So it doesn't actually flashes the zip, I guess. I'm where I begun.
Windows says its "FAT". Not FAT32, just FAT. Its a small (512mb) microsd card from my old phone. Should I format it? Maybe its just too small to use in this phone?
Thanks for your reply.
d3athsd00r said:
Boot to fastboot and flash recovery from fastboot.
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will try that later. thanks.
no clue about what was happening to my sdcard?
I thought it might've been a fs issue - I had something similar recently, but it does seem more like your recovery is borked!
As that guy up there ^ said, flashing over the recovery may do the trick

TWRP not showing Mean ROM

Followed all steps to flash Mean Rom for Evo 4G LTE, except that the Mean zip file doesn't show up in TWRP when I click "Install" and search my files for the Mean zip file.
I've rooted multiple times to see if that was the issue.
I've deleted and redownloaded the Mean zip file multiple times to see if that was the issue.
My computer shows the file there when connected via USB, but TWRP isn't showing it when ready to install.
I rooted my Evo 4G two years ago with help from a friend, so I'm really a n00b at this.
Please help, thanks!
~Brian
briansoccer14 said:
Followed all steps to flash Mean Rom for Evo 4G LTE, except that the Mean zip file doesn't show up in TWRP when I click "Install" and search my files for the Mean zip file.
I've rooted multiple times to see if that was the issue.
I've deleted and redownloaded the Mean zip file multiple times to see if that was the issue.
My computer shows the file there when connected via USB, but TWRP isn't showing it when ready to install.
I rooted my Evo 4G two years ago with help from a friend, so I'm really a n00b at this.
Please help, thanks!
~Brian
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did u try both sd card folders?
Hold the volume down + power when you boot and see if it goes into bootloader. From there, see if you can go to "recovery" using the power button.
Check for SDCard1 and SDCard2 folders. When plugging it into my computer, the file was in SDCard2 and TWRP defaulted to SDCard1 folder so scratched my head until I finally saw both SDCard folders haha. Worked fine after I switched.
briansoccer14 said:
Followed all steps to flash Mean Rom for Evo 4G LTE, except that the Mean zip file doesn't show up in TWRP when I click "Install" and search my files for the Mean zip file.
I've rooted multiple times to see if that was the issue.
I've deleted and redownloaded the Mean zip file multiple times to see if that was the issue.
My computer shows the file there when connected via USB, but TWRP isn't showing it when ready to install.
I rooted my Evo 4G two years ago with help from a friend, so I'm really a n00b at this.
Please help, thanks!
~Brian
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Iook under the mounts tab in TWRP and make sure the external sd card is mounted.
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still no there...
In TWRP (recovery), I do see two SD card folders; "sdcard" & "sdcard2".
Following lanewhit's advice, I did mount the SD card.
But the Mean zip file still isn't showing.
~Brian
RESOLVED!
I had to unmount the SD card on my phone.
Then, connected phone to computer via USB through "media sharing" option on USB connection on phone.
Then, I was able to download the zip file directly to the phone.
THEN, the Mean zip file showed up for me to flash.
Weird.
Thanks all for the suggestions!
~Brian
briansoccer14 said:
In TWRP (recovery), I do see two SD card folders; "sdcard" & "sdcard2".
Following lanewhit's advice, I did mount the SD card.
But the Mean zip file still isn't showing.
~Brian
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Make sure it has the appropriate extension (.zip) And also, it can't be all caps (.ZIP)
I suggest makin a new folder and drag and drop all your roms into that one. I named my folder zz-roms for ex. Now all I do is open that folder and flash away. I try and stay organized. Make sure its in your internal storage and not your sd card. Idk if twrp supports external sd cards on this phone yet
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TWRP v2.2.0 supports external SDcard I did my rom update from it and it worked fine

[Q] Need some help please.

I thought I was doing pretty good with this One being used to the HTC One X . Now a new problem I can't figure out. When connecting usb. It says usb connected. Debugging mode checked. My computer says Android device , My HTC. but it wont show as a hard disk in the computer, It only shows as a portable media player. I can't access the SD card, can't go into Recovery and mount SD card to copy or delete. This just started when I flashed Cognition 1 rom. I had factory on it before and was reading the SD by copying and deleting roms to the card. Any backup I make in recovery and rename , it still has a label as factory rom.
Windows 8,
unlocked , rooted, TWRP recovery v 2.5
I have a folder on the SD card labeled "Roms" where I put the Rom zips to flash in recovery and can't find that now either. In settings , under storage there is "mount usb storage " as greyed out. I have deleted HTC sync. Deleted drivers, reintstalled drivers and back to where I was before. Any help ?
Try rebooting computer
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Tried that too, didn't work. or do anything for my problem.
leesumm said:
Tried that too, didn't work. or do anything for my problem.
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Just trying to help man you'd be surprised sometimes that's all it takes but good luck since it didn't "do anything for your problem"
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 2
tyshemi said:
Just trying to help man you'd be surprised sometimes that's all it takes but good luck since it didn't "do anything for your problem"
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 2
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At least you offered something even if it didn't work. I can't figure out why it was working fine, then nothing. I can get to the"portable media player" thru my computer and all is recognized but the SD card wont show or be able to mount in recovery.
Yea I haven't ever had that issue yet lol if I find anything I'll post it here for ya maybe @gunnyman may have some insight he's been around the HTC block before
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Only thing I can think of is try cwm recovery instead of twrp
leesumm said:
I thought I was doing pretty good with this One being used to the HTC One X . Now a new problem I can't figure out. When connecting usb. It says usb connected. Debugging mode checked. My computer says Android device , My HTC. but it wont show as a hard disk in the computer, It only shows as a portable media player. I can't access the SD card, can't go into Recovery and mount SD card to copy or delete. This just started when I flashed Cognition 1 rom. I had factory on it before and was reading the SD by copying and deleting roms to the card. Any backup I make in recovery and rename , it still has a label as factory rom.
Windows 8,
unlocked , rooted, TWRP recovery v 2.5
I have a folder on the SD card labeled "Roms" where I put the Rom zips to flash in recovery and can't find that now either. In settings , under storage there is "mount usb storage " as greyed out. I have deleted HTC sync. Deleted drivers, reintstalled drivers and back to where I was before. Any help ?
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Try redo factory reset?
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Android The Greek said:
Try redo factory reset?
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If you get stuck, I always choose sideloading because that doesn't require access to the phone storage.
JacksonS918 said:
If you get stuck, I always choose sideloading because that doesn't require access to the phone storage.
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I haven't got stuck yet to the point of no return. I tried using CWM no difference. Tried calling HTC. they offered no help. For some reason I just made another folder for roms and presto there is the folder. When in recovery I see the "rom" folder and whats in it, but connecting to the PC there is no folder except now the one I made. When I go back to recovery there is only one "rom" folder but I can also see what I put in it before making the new folder and adding to it. Still can't mount the SD card in recovery tho.
leesumm said:
I haven't got stuck yet to the point of no return. I tried using CWM no difference. Tried calling HTC. they offered no help. For some reason I just made another folder for roms and presto there is the folder. When in recovery I see the "rom" folder and whats in it, but connecting to the PC there is no folder except now the one I made. When I go back to recovery there is only one "rom" folder but I can also see what I put in it before making the new folder and adding to it. Still can't mount the SD card in recovery tho.
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Never call support... Absolute uselessness in that solution. Just install from zip to get the boot.

My phone won't mount the internal memory!

My phone came broken, it wouldn't make phone calls. I tried a bunch of different roms and none of them worked. Now I can't even boot into a rom and it just hangs at the splash screen of whatever rom I flash. In Twrp is says that it cant mount anything in the internal memory card pretty much.
gabezermeno said:
My phone came broken, it wouldn't make phone calls. I tried a bunch of different roms and none of them worked. Now I can't even boot into a rom and it just hangs at the splash screen of whatever rom I flash. In Twrp is says that it cant mount anything in the internal memory card pretty much.
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If TWRP can't find it or fix it, then you will probably have to be S-OFF and RUU back to stock.
acejavelin said:
If TWRP can't find it or fix it, then you will probably have to be S-OFF and RUU back to stock.
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Is there really no other way? At this point I feel like just not having a phone. I have been more than a day now with a bricked phone. It just doesn't seem worth it anymore. I can't get s-off because I need to be on a stock rom to do so. I can't install a stock rom because everyone I download doesn't work.
gabezermeno said:
Is there really no other way? At this point I feel like just not having a phone. I have been more than a day now with a bricked phone. It just doesn't seem worth it anymore. I can't get s-off because I need to be on a stock rom to do so. I can't install a stock rom because everyone I download doesn't work.
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have you tried using twrp 2.6.3.0 going into Mount minting the internal sd (emmc) and nothing else and reformatting it from your pc
REV3NT3CH said:
have you tried using twrp 2.6.3.0 going into Mount minting the internal sd (emmc) and nothing else and reformatting it from your pc
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It won't let me select the internal sd but it lets me select everything else.
gabezermeno said:
It won't let me select the internal sd but it lets me select everything else.
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at the bottom of the selections under the "Mount" tab in TWRP do you get area that says Micro sd or EMMC and storage space size
still having problem??
"It won't let me select the internal sd but it lets me select everything else."
If you are unlocked or S-0ff and still having this issue, I would suggest installing Amon-Ra recovery
via PH98IMG.zip.
Start recovery, choose USB-MS toggle, connect to Windows machine,
choose toggle internal SD, then format it. could do the external storage to format as well.
Now both should be visible and ready to take your ROM flash or nandroid restore.

Help ! No OS / dead internal memory

**TAMPERED**
**UNLOCKED**
Zara_UL
S-ON
So i tried to root my desire 601 and accidentally killed my internal SD card and wiped off my rom inside . Now i have no OS and a dead internal SD card inside . I can't mount system/data/sdcard in recovery and almost everything else . I do have am 2gb external memory card though . I tried flashing Insertcoin ROM from my external SD card but whenever its installing halfway in Aroma , the phone will just turn black screen (shutdown or something) and then it will get stuck at HTC bootscreen .
I tried to use adb to mount the internal memory to my PC using some guide on xda forums but it won't work too .
Any help is appreciated . Thanks :thumbup:
Sent from my LG-E980 using XDA Free mobile app
isaacpeh said:
**TAMPERED**
**UNLOCKED**
Zara_UL
S-ON
So i tried to root my desire 601 and accidentally killed my internal SD card and wiped off my rom inside . Now i have no OS and a dead internal SD card inside . I can't mount system/data/sdcard in recovery and almost everything else . I do have am 2gb external memory card though . I tried flashing Insertcoin ROM from my external SD card but whenever its installing halfway in Aroma , the phone will just turn black screen (shutdown or something) and then it will get stuck at HTC bootscreen .
I tried to use adb to mount the internal memory to my PC using some guide on xda forums but it won't work too .
Any help is appreciated . Thanks :thumbup:
Sent from my LG-E980 using XDA Free mobile app
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1. What is your hboot version?
2. What recovery did you flash?
You might have the wrong recovery, which causes the reboots during the flashing process. If you updated to kitkat via OTA, you should install TWRP recovery, which you can find in Desire 601 Original Android Development. Also, if you have an OTG cable, you can use a USB stick or HDD instead of an SD card.
patrik.KT said:
1. What is your hboot version?
2. What recovery did you flash?
You might have the wrong recovery, which causes the reboots during the flashing process. If you updated to kitkat via OTA, you should install TWRP recovery, which you can find in Desire 601 Original Android Development. Also, if you have an OTG cable, you can use a USB stick or HDD instead of an SD card.
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Thanks for replying , I used this TWRP : http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/217
My HBOOT Version is 2.22.0000 (Shown on hboot screen)
and no , i do not have an OTG cable . >.>
isaacpeh said:
Thanks for replying , I used this TWRP : http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/217
My HBOOT Version is 2.22.0000 (Shown on hboot screen)
and no , i do not have an OTG cable . >.>
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You have the new hboot with the new partition layout. You HAVE TO use this TWRP. Otherwise it will always do some weird stuff and mess up your phone. If you really can't find a working SD, then use adb to push the ROM zip file in your internal memory by typing this into your cmd/terminal:
Code:
adb push <file>.zip /sdcard/rom.zip
Replace <file> with the name of the ROM zip you downloaded.
Then in TWRP go to Install and select the rom.zip file from the list. It should work fine.
patrik.KT said:
1. What is your hboot version?
2. What recovery did you flash?
You might have the wrong recovery, which causes the reboots during the flashing process. If you updated to kitkat via OTA, you should install TWRP recovery, which you can find in Desire 601 Original Android Development. Also, if you have an OTG cable, you can use a USB stick or HDD instead of an SD card.
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patrik.KT said:
You have the new hboot with the new partition layout. You HAVE TO use this TWRP. Otherwise it will always do some weird stuff and mess up your phone. If you really can't find a working SD, then use adb to push the ROM zip file in your internal memory by typing this into your cmd/terminal:
Code:
adb push <file>.zip /sdcard/rom.zip
Replace <file> with the name of the ROM zip you downloaded.
Then in TWRP go to Install and select the rom.zip file from the list. It should work fine.
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Thanks . For once i thought my phone is gone . But it all came to flashing a wrong TWRP . You really saved me . phew. // Thannkks

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