Im new with HTC devices and had a question. i rooted my rezound and flashed an ics rom and kernel. I tried to go back to stock by restoring my nand backup but got stuck on the htc screen. I checked around the site and saw threads dealing with ruu and mainver problems. anybody know how to go back to stock?
RUU is the best way to get it completely clean and stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23115164&postcount=12
Or you can grab one of the two stock rooted ROMs from the dev forum and flash those, if you are already updated then I think scrosler's is the way to go. If you are not updated to the OTA and you want to be RUU is best way, or else grab con247's stock rooted ROM and do this:
Put ROM on sd card
Flash in recovery
When you get to bootloader put phone in fastboot and connect to PC
Relock phone
Flash PHzip in hboot
Unlock phone
Flash Amon Ra if needed (can't recall if you'll have stock recovery now or not)
Install su
Also, there's a Q&A forum in here where this thread should really have been posted.
guitarist8482 said:
Im new with HTC devices and had a question. i rooted my rezound and flashed an ics rom and kernel. I tried to go back to stock by restoring my nand backup but got stuck on the htc screen. I checked around the site and saw threads dealing with ruu and mainver problems. anybody know how to go back to stock?
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There are like 6 threads now with your exact problem!
You didn't flash a gingerbread kernel and you cannot boot GB on ICS kernel. We also cannot flash kernels through recovery on our s-on devices.
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I went to upgrade to the new Revolution ICS kernel a few days ago, my Amaze had already been rooted from HTC on the stock kernel & rom, with CWM (xboarder56).
I believe I made a procedural mistake and corrupted the Rom. So, I tried to start from scratch. But everything I try and do won't get me a boot from anything I do. I tried replaced the stock rom and ICS rom from loading PH85IMG.zip in Hboot. I thought maybe it was a kernel issue, and tried loading the Faux 0.0.8, Stock 1.43 (tmobile), and 1.46 kernels.
I can't even get into CWM now. I don't know what I did but I've been reading the forum for days and still haven't gotten anywhere. The trackball on my backup nexus one is on its way out, not sure how much longer it'll last!
Anyone have any suggestions? I think my next attempt will be flashboot CWM -> stock gingerbread rom -> lock bootloader, and start from scratch.
You don't flash the PH85IMG.zip in recovery...it needs to he flashed in Hboot. There are SOOOOOOO many tutorials about upgrading to the new ICS and can't believe how you botched the upgrade.
So if you can get into Hboot then you're still safe.
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I did flash PH85IMG.zip in Hboot, I said recovery referring to hboot. Sorry for the confusion.
After loading the RUU from Hboot you should Re-UNlock the bootloader and flash a recovery. Because flashing th RUU in Hboot removes the custom recovery. After you have successfully reflashed a recovery then flash your Rom.
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After loading the RUU from Hboot you should Re-UNlock the bootloader and flash a recovery. Because flashing th RUU in Hboot removes the custom recovery. After you have successfully reflashed a recovery then flash your Rom.
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Thanks bud, that makes sense. I got it working now. Appreciate your help!
I've got an Amaze 4G on Wind Mobile. My brother and I recently tried upgrading it to ICS. We followed numerous sets of instructions, flashing a recovery, a new version of hboot, s-offing the phone, changing the SuperCID and flashing an ICS ROM. We originally tried Android Revolution HD, but the phone always got stuck at the HTC logo and wouldn't boot up.
After a few hours of searching the forums and trying various things, we finally got the Energy ROM version 5/1 installed, after changing the SuperCID back to the Wind default (globa001 I think). We figured it was an issue with the Revolution ROM, but when I tried upgrading to Energy 5/6, I ran into the same issue.
I have searched the forums and found numerous people with the same problem, but I have not found a solution. I spent all night flashing ROMs and trying various things and I finally got it to go to the Energy boot animation, but it would just sit there and do nothing (I left it a good half hour). The next morning I tried installing Speed Rom with the SuperCID 11111111 and it worked. However, I had tried the same thing the night before, so I'm not sure what changed.
I'm not happy with Speed and would like to go back to Energy, but I'm worried it will brick my phone again.
I am currently using the TWRP recovery, but I used 4ext before with the same result. My firmware versions are as follows:
RUBY PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.93.0002
OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0202
eMMC-boot
Any help would be very much appreciated.
acc3ssd said:
I've got an Amaze 4G on Wind Mobile. My brother and I recently tried upgrading it to ICS. We followed numerous sets of instructions, flashing a recovery, a new version of hboot, s-offing the phone, changing the SuperCID and flashing an ICS ROM. We originally tried Android Revolution HD, but the phone always got stuck at the HTC logo and wouldn't boot up.
After a few hours of searching the forums and trying various things, we finally got the Energy ROM version 5/1 installed, after changing the SuperCID back to the Wind default (globa001 I think). We figured it was an issue with the Revolution ROM, but when I tried upgrading to Energy 5/6, I ran into the same issue.
I have searched the forums and found numerous people with the same problem, but I have not found a solution. I spent all night flashing ROMs and trying various things and I finally got it to go to the Energy boot animation, but it would just sit there and do nothing (I left it a good half hour). The next morning I tried installing Speed Rom with the SuperCID 11111111 and it worked. However, I had tried the same thing the night before, so I'm not sure what changed.
I'm not happy with Speed and would like to go back to Energy, but I'm worried it will brick my phone again.
I am currently using the TWRP recovery, but I used 4ext before with the same result. My firmware versions are as follows:
RUBY PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.93.0002
OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0202
eMMC-boot
Any help would be very much appreciated.
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ok, well if your on wind mobile you want to use super cid.
but heres what i think the problem is, you didnt mention anything about wiping. try flashing the superwipe.zip before flashing roms. and always have a nandroid of a working rom. or else you may get stuck....
if you need anymore help, i will be watching this thread
Sorry, I forgot to mention that. I used superwipe and tried the various wipe options in the recovery, with the same result.
I'll definitely look into nandroid before I try installing another rom ;-)
I'd advise switching back to 4EXT recovery, makes flashing easier, trust me. Now update your phone to stock ICS, install 4EXT recovery then format all partitions except sd then install the ROM of your choice.
Before installing ICS you'll need to flash GB stock from WIND, then update to ICS via either OTA or directly on the phone via OTA. Then do what I said above, let us know what happens.
yeah like dark said above me, use 4ext. it makes flashing easier.
ziggy46 said:
yeah like dark said above me, use 4ext. it makes flashing easier.
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Damn thanks limit, lol. +ziggy.
Dark Nightmare said:
Damn thanks limit, lol. +ziggy.
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haha they should make it like 12 max
ziggy46 said:
haha they should make it like 12 max
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The app has no limits, gonna switch to that in a sec, I already gave out like 30 thanks for today, therefore no limits would be awesome, just people might abuse it, smh.
Dark Nightmare said:
I'd advise switching back to 4EXT recovery, makes flashing easier, trust me. Now update your phone to stock ICS, install 4EXT recovery then format all partitions except sd then install the ROM of your choice.
Before installing ICS you'll need to flash GB stock from WIND, then update to ICS via either OTA or directly on the phone via OTA. Then do what I said above, let us know what happens.
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Thanks for your help everyone. I'm a little confused about how to proceed though. I downloaded the stock Wind ruu.exe file from the forums, but I'm not sure what to do with it. I'm running Linux, so I can't execute the file. Is there any way to flash it without a Windows machine?
Also, do I need to relock my bootloader and go through the whole s-off procedure again, or can I simply downgrade to GB and upgrade back to ICS again without going through all those steps?
acc3ssd said:
Thanks for your help everyone. I'm a little confused about how to proceed though. I downloaded the stock Wind ruu.exe file from the forums, but I'm not sure what to do with it. I'm running Linux, so I can't execute the file. Is there any way to flash it without a Windows machine?
Also, do I need to relock my bootloader and go through the whole s-off procedure again, or can I simply downgrade to GB and upgrade back to ICS again without going through all those steps?
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You need windows to flash it.
acc3ssd said:
Thanks for your help everyone. I'm a little confused about how to proceed though. I downloaded the stock Wind ruu.exe file from the forums, but I'm not sure what to do with it. I'm running Linux, so I can't execute the file. Is there any way to flash it without a Windows machine?
Also, do I need to relock my bootloader and go through the whole s-off procedure again, or can I simply downgrade to GB and upgrade back to ICS again without going through all those steps?
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Once you're s-off once, you'll always be s-off unless you s-on again, to use the windows file your best option would be to use WINE. Which I figure you should be know how to use.
Dark Nightmare said:
I'd advise switching back to 4EXT recovery, makes flashing easier, trust me. Now update your phone to stock ICS, install 4EXT recovery then format all partitions except sd then install the ROM of your choice.
Before installing ICS you'll need to flash GB stock from WIND, then update to ICS via either OTA or directly on the phone via OTA. Then do what I said above, let us know what happens.
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Thanks again for your help. I followed your instructions: Downgraded to GB, flashed the Wind ICS OTA, install 4ext recover, ran superwipe and formatted everything except the SD card, and then flashed Energy 6/6. It got past the HTC screen, but got stuck on the Energy boot animation.
Do you have any other suggestions?
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Thanks again for your help. I followed your instructions: Downgraded to GB, flashed the Wind ICS OTA, install 4ext recover, ran superwipe and formatted everything except the SD card, and then flashed Energy 6/6. It got past the HTC screen, but got stuck on the Energy boot animation.
Do you have any other suggestions?
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flash the kernel from his 3rd post on energy rom
also you did flash the PH85IMG.zip on his downloads ya ?
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flash the kernel from his 3rd post on energy rom
also you did flash the PH85IMG.zip on his downloads ya ?
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And did you wait a bit? First boot usually takes a while.
Sent from an Amaaaaaazing place :-D
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And did you wait a bit? First boot usually takes a while.
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I waited at least half an hour, took out the battery and tried again to no avail.
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flash the kernel from his 3rd post on energy rom
also you did flash the PH85IMG.zip on his downloads ya ?
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Is that an Energy ROM image?
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Is that an Energy ROM image?
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Yes it is.
Sent from an Amaaaaaazing place :-D
Same issue
I'm doing the same and I need help
I'm trying to get the latest EnergyRom. I was using the GB EnergyRom before and finally made it to the T-Mobile Stock ICS rom using fastboot instructions from here: androidforums.com/rezound-all-things-root/535820-how-easier-way-flash-ph98img-files.html using the this ruu. [bravo.d-h.st/z70?key=1340081175
Right now I don't se any S-On instructions for Energy rom, though I do see one for Android Revolution HD. I need to get CWM re-installed as that was lost. Do I need S-Off to get Energy Rom?
How do I get the latest Energry rom installed?
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Yes it is.
Sent from an Amaaaaaazing place :-D
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Yes, that's the one I installed. What will the other kernel do?
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acc3ssd said:
Yes, that's the one I installed. What will the other kernel do?
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It's the kernel he built his rom on, so requires it to work properly.
Edited: the phone I had was running with a non-OEM battery I switched the battery over to the extended OEM and the phone has not boot-looped since then.
I was trying to get rooted again on my rezound that is already s-off. I entered the stock recovery on accident and got the red triangle and after that my phone will boot normally and show the homescreen but it randomly restarts within 5- 10 minutes. This is before I accomplished root. I reset the phone after this and it seemed to stop the bootlooping.
Today I powered on the phone and its bootlooping all over again. This time it boots up normally but reboots anywhere from immediately to up to about 20 mins later. I didn't have any personal info or apps installed because I don't plan on using it until I install a custom rom. I went on to flash Amon-ra 3.15 with adb and installed the SuperSU.zip in AmonRA recovery. So I'm rooted right now. I had no bootlooping while in hboot or recovery. I want to backup my current setup so that I can return to a clean rooted stock if needed.
I've read that many people do a wipe with AmonRA and still have the bootlooping issue. I've been reading a ton of threads and I can't figure it out. Can anyone offer insight on what I did wrong/what happened and how I can fix it?
I'm currently S-off, rooted
Have AmonRa Recovery
SuperSU v0.96
Running software: 3.14.605.12 710RD
Kernel version: 3.0.16-gd0049f1
Baseband: 1.22.10.0421r, 1.22.10.0424r
I would just check through the basics. Did you wipe system, cache, dalvik, etc when you went from one rom to the other. I know when I don't delete the ph98img after I flash a rom and that file in bootloader I would get boot looping. Some one should chime in if this didn't help atleast it was bumped
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Edited: the phone I had was running with a non-OEM battery I switched the battery over to the extended OEM and the phone has not boot-looped since then.
I was trying to get rooted again on my rezound that is already s-off. I entered the stock recovery on accident and got the red triangle and after that my phone will boot normally and show the homescreen but it randomly restarts within 5- 10 minutes. This is before I accomplished root. I reset the phone after this and it seemed to stop the bootlooping.
Today I powered on the phone and its bootlooping all over again. This time it boots up normally but reboots anywhere from immediately to up to about 20 mins later. I didn't have any personal info or apps installed because I don't plan on using it until I install a custom rom. I went on to flash Amon-ra 3.15 with adb and installed the SuperSU.zip in AmonRA recovery. So I'm rooted right now. I had no bootlooping while in hboot or recovery. I want to backup my current setup so that I can return to a clean rooted stock if needed.
I've read that many people do a wipe with AmonRA and still have the bootlooping issue. I've been reading a ton of threads and I can't figure it out. Can anyone offer insight on what I did wrong/what happened and how I can fix it?
I'm currently S-off, rooted
Have AmonRa Recovery
SuperSU v0.96
Running software: 3.14.605.12 710RD
Kernel version: 3.0.16-gd0049f1
Baseband: 1.22.10.0421r, 1.22.10.0424r
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I'd suggest running an ruu and do a full wipe while in that setup.. then try flashing to where you wanna be..
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Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'm stock rooted right now, so i've haven't flashed a rom yet. Famouscollin, your saying that I should pretty much return to the stock ruu and re-root to see if that takes care of the problem?
Since I've changed the battery out, I've had no bootlooping.
Can you recommend a full image backup that I can use?
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Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'm stock rooted right now, so i've haven't flashed a rom yet. Famouscollin, your saying that I should pretty much return to the stock ruu and re-root to see if that takes care of the problem?
Since I've changed the battery out, I've had no bootlooping.
Can you recommend a full image backup that I can use?
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yes that would be my first suggestion as where you could use th updated radios anyways.. itll prolly solve your issue as well..
I've been trying to root my HTC Evo 4G LTE phone and I've run into some problems. I was able to root the phone with no problem, however I wasn't able to get S-OFF due to my HBOOT version. I flashed CWM 10 rom so that I could get Jelly Bean on my phone but every time I booted my phone up, it would just hang on the boot logo.
I researched a little more and I found out that I didn't have the right kernel to run that Rom. I read that I was suppose to Flash the boot.img from the Rom I wanted to install using the Flash Image GUI app. I did so, and when my phone rebooted, it goes straight to the Bootloader / Fastboot screen automatically. I can not get it to load the Rom I flashed.
Can anyone help me or lead me in the direction to get the rom to load correctly?
Thanks
juaxoo said:
I've been trying to root my HTC Evo 4G LTE phone and I've run into some problems. I was able to root the phone with no problem, however I wasn't able to get S-OFF due to my HBOOT version. I flashed CWM 10 rom so that I could get Jelly Bean on my phone but every time I booted my phone up, it would just hang on the boot logo.
I researched a little more and I found out that I didn't have the right kernel to run that Rom. I read that I was suppose to Flash the boot.img from the Rom I wanted to install using the Flash Image GUI app. I did so, and when my phone rebooted, it goes straight to the Bootloader / Fastboot screen automatically. I can not get it to load the Rom I flashed.
Can anyone help me or lead me in the direction to get the rom to load correctly?
Thanks
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I had the same problem when I first Jumped ship from Sense. Since you have S-ON you need to also flash the kernel of any aosp rom. So first things first do you have the android development tools installed on your computer?
T3CHW0LF said:
I had the same problem when I first Jumped ship from Sense. Since you have S-ON you need to also flash the kernel of any aosp rom. So first things first do you have the android development tools installed on your computer?
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Yes I do. I am using a Mac if that helps in any way