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Ok so I got this phone the other day. It was rooted but I dont know about a custom ROM. It has Clockwork v3.1.0.2 on it and OS ver 1.12.605.6.
I did a factory wipe on the phone, obviously a mistake, and now it's locked on the HTC boot screen. It doesnt reboot over and over, it's simply locked. I tried to install PG05IMG_Mecha_VERIZON_WWE_1.12.605.6_Radio_1.16.00.0223r_NV_8k_1.41_9k_1.64_release_174685_signed.zip on it by renaming it PG05IMG but it comes up no image error. I checked and the SD card is mounted. Any ideas on what I can do to recover?
Try the 1.13.605.7 RUU (MR1-first OTA) or the 1.70.605.0 RUU.(MR2-second OTA) Making sure you download the .zip not .exe version. Rename PG05IMG.zip like you did before. Download to you computer first and transfer to the sdcard or at least make sure you are downloading over WiFi if you use your phone.
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Still came up as no or wrong image. It see's the file in the recovery menu but says it's (bad). Im not sure why it's not loading. Unless its that I loaded it using a SD card that was in an eris to get the zip on the card...
killgorian said:
Still came up as no or wrong image. It see's the file in the recovery menu but says it's (bad). Im not sure why it's not loading. Unless its that I loaded it using a SD card that was in an eris to get the zip on the card...
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Because those are meant to be flashed from bootloader not recovery.
Follow the instructions for flashing a radio here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220484
using the PG05IMG.zip file you want
You dont need to rename rooted rom zips. You only rename radio zips (or certain files that devs tell you to) to the PG50IMG.zip format.
In recovery flash the rom zips with whatever name it has (do not flash .EXE files as stated above)
In Bootloader you flash the radios or PG50IMG.zip files
Thank you very much for the answers. I believe you do have to rename the RUU .zips and flash like a radio as they are signed ROMS, as opposed to rooted. I did try to flash in bootloader first, but when that failed I rebooted in recovery to see if the phone was reading the file by accessing the load from ZIP. It did see the file but failed to load in bootloader.
I also double checked to see if the SD card was mounted, which it was. Im at a loss.....this thing should load. Could the bootloader be damaged or corrupt??
Ok, I was trying to flash the newest ICS leak and being the newb I am, its borked.
Right now I have an unlocked bootloader with H-Boot 2.11.0000
I have a blank SD card and I just need to know what files to copy to it and what steps to get back to stock or possibly getting the 5/8 ROM leak installed
I'm assuming your s-on still, follow the directions in the OP to install.
Installation for S-ON Devices on Gingerbread firmware
* Copy ROM to SD Card AND PH98IMG.zip AND GB Firmware Patch to ROOT of SD Card
* Reboot to recovery
* wipe data / Factory Reset
* Flash ROM
* Flash GB Fimrware Patch
* Use Developer Menu to reboot to bootloader and flash the boot.img file in the PH98IMG.zip
* Reboot
* Profit!
How exactly do you FLASH the rom without renaming it?
mjones73 said:
I'm assuming your s-on still, follow the directions in the OP to install.
Installation for S-ON Devices on Gingerbread firmware
* Copy ROM to SD Card AND PH98IMG.zip AND GB Firmware Patch to ROOT of SD Card
* Reboot to recovery
* wipe data / Factory Reset
* Flash ROM
* Flash GB Fimrware Patch
* Use Developer Menu to reboot to bootloader and flash the boot.img file in the PH98IMG.zip
* Reboot
* Profit!
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I can't get past the bolded parts... How do you flash with those files on the SD card, everytime I return to the bootloaded it just runs the PH98IMG file and updates.... from there I'm stumped.
Jonger1150 said:
I can't get past the bolded parts... How do you flash with those files on the SD card, everytime I return to the bootloaded it just runs the PH98IMG file and updates.... from there I'm stumped.
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Take out your sd card, then go to recovery, wipe. Pop your battery out put your sd card back in, then continue.
Jonger1150 said:
I can't get past the bolded parts... How do you flash with those files on the SD card, everytime I return to the bootloaded it just runs the PH98IMG file and updates.... from there I'm stumped.
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1) Easiest thing for you is to turn USB Debugging on in Settings (Apps > Development), hook up to PC, and use the Hasoon2000 Noob-proof toolkit to reboot directly to recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22696442
2)Many Custom ROMs have Reboot to Recovery in the power button menu
3)Ninja grab the battery at an angle and slide SD Card out, go to recovery, and slide in while mainitaining power connection. (Not ah, recommended but good in a bind)
skater95 said:
Take out your sd card, then go to recovery, wipe. Pop your battery out put your sd card back in, then continue.
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When my options are
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACT Reset
Clear Storage
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
Which one flashes the rom?
Jonger1150 said:
When my options are
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACT Reset
Clear Storage
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
Which one flashes the rom?
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You need to first flash a custom recovery and then select that option (AmonRa 3.15 recommended, CWM is buggy on charging battery). That Hasoon2000 kit in last post can do that for you too if you don't have AmonRa installed.
PhantasmRezound said:
You need to first flash a custom recovery and then select that option (AmonRa 3.15 recommended, CWM is buggy on charging battery). That Hasoon2000 kit in last post can do that for you too if you don't have AmonRa installed.
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That seems to be the biggest issue, can I flash a recovery without being able to boot my phone up... I only have access to the bootloader.
All the instructions fail to mention the requirement for the recovery app... That was the newb boo-boo.
I think there is a zip somewhere, but it's easier with adb.
fastboot flash recovery (name of recovery).img
I recommend S-Off. It makes all of this super easy. I promise its really not that hard. The wire trick looks worse than it is.
Edit: fixed. I'm retarded in the morning.
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Jonger1150 said:
That seems to be the biggest issue, can I flash a recovery without being able to boot my phone up... I only have access to the bootloader.
All the instructions fail to mention the requirement for the recovery app... That was the newb boo-boo.
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Yeah, manually you can flash a custom recovery via the same method, a PH98IMG.zip from bootloader. You delete the existing PH98IMG file and replace with one containing AmonRa (what exactly is that zip, do you need it still?)
But, adb fastboot commands when hooked up to PC can flash the recovery directly to memory from an img file. Just need USB Debugging turned on in the Settings on a regular boot to the ROM.
Sooo just use the toolkit on a PC to eliminate hassle if ya can lol. It uses that second paragraph's method. Just need to click an option and it runs the script. Now ya know both ways.
Oh, link in earlier post from my XDA app is not working :/ here is the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22696442
I guess until I find the zip and instructions I have a brick.
PhantasmRezound said:
Yeah, manually you can flash a custom recovery via the same method, a PH98IMG.zip from bootloader. You delete the existing PH98IMG file and replace with one containing AmonRa (what exactly is that zip, do you need it still?)
But, adb fastboot commands when hooked up to PC can flash the recovery directly to memory from an img file. Just need USB Debugging turned on in the Settings on a regular boot to the ROM.
Sooo just use the toolkit on a PC to eliminate hassle if ya can lol. It uses that second paragraph's method. Just need to click an option and it runs the script. Now ya know both ways.
Oh, link in earlier post from my XDA app is not working :/ here is the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22696442
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USB debugging in my PC? I can't access Android OS. I'm 100% limited to the bootloader with NO recovery tool.
OK!!
Got Clockwork installed!
Jonger1150 said:
USB debugging in my PC? I can't access Android OS. I'm 100% limited to the bootloader with NO recovery tool.
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Ah, I meant the ROM, but not even the ROM boots because of bad flash. No worries. Don't need to be in the ROM anyway, toolkit works in the bootloader.
1) Ensure drivers for phone are properly installed on PC. (Google and download HTC Sync if unsure.)
2) Download and extract toolkit. Run the All In One exe file. The GUI comes up with your options.
3) With phone off, remove SD Card.
4) Boot into bootloader. Select Fastboot option.
5) Connect to PC via USB.
6) Select AmonRa from toolkit options and install.
7) Power down phone, disconnect and insert SD Card.
8) Connect phone, power it up and select Reboot to Recovery on the toolkit.
From recovery, you can enable USB mass storage option for memory and download/transfer files you need from your PC, delete the PH98IMG.zip, etc.
Jonger1150 said:
OK!!
Got Clockwork installed!
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Ah good Still please be careful though:
PhantasmRezound said:
You need to first flash a custom recovery and then select that option (AmonRa 3.15 recommended, CWM is buggy on charging battery). That Hasoon2000 kit in last post can do that for you too if you don't have AmonRa installed.
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Several user reports in the forum say ClockworkMod (CWM) has an issue with charging our batteries when the drain gets low. Risk not being able to charge phone at all and brick that way. AmonRa or TWRP from the Development section are still recommended for this particular phone for now.
Hope you get sorted out on the ROM
Sounds like you're getting instructions to do more than you asked.
Go to post three on the following page and scroll down to "Latest leak and installation instructions".
Make sure it flashes twice. I just did this procedure this afternoon without any trouble.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508118
I got the ROM up and running.... Updating my backup settings... Next step will be to replace clockwork and flash a recovery image... Gotta figure that all out now.
Is it possible to flash AMON recovery over CWM?
Jonger1150 said:
I got the ROM up and running.... Updating my backup settings... Next step will be to replace clockwork and flash a recovery image... Gotta figure that all out now.
Is it possible to flash AMON recovery over CWM?
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Yes, just install the new recovery normally, will be okay.
I guess I did end up installing AMON recovery, I just checked. Creating Nandroid right now....
Does a Nandroid basically recover EVERYTHING?
edit.... so I somehow miraculously now have it working again.... installed amon-ra recovery, then unsuccessfully flashed Neo, but was able to get Ecliptic Rez to work... can't seem to delete this thread though...
Hi,
So I was running the most recent RUU re-locked, S-on.
I went through the unlock process successfully, then got TWRP on my phone (not even sure how this worked... was using the Rezound all-in-one tool, it didn't seem to work properly the first time, but was able to pull up TWRP through Recover later on) then used TWRP to flash SuperSU and was rooted. Then feeling cocky I went ahead and did a clean wipe (note: I was very dumb and never setup a Restore... I thought, oh everything is going great, I'll just flash real quick, no reason to create a backup.... lesson learned haha) and tried to flash Ecliptic Rez. The first time it didn't work... it almost instantly said it was "installed" but didn't work. I tried to Flash it again, this time it looked good, took a while to install, everything looked great. I rebooted and the EclipticRez splash screen came up.... but then it stayed up, and it's still up. I can go back to recovery/hboot/whatever.
If it matters I pretty much flashed Ecliptic with all the options as default (except I chose S-on)...
I also tried just now to flash NeoMax2.0 but this is stuck at the splash screen as well. I tried to flash this rom first by having it as PM98IMG.zip on my root, but it didn't seem to install properly (it went through an initial phase on hboot for about a minute then went back to the hboot screen. So I then flashed it using TWRP, it said it was "injected successfully" (or something like that) but then when I rebooted it went to the splash screen and is stuck there...
If it matters too, my phone is "unlocked" and "tampered" on hboot.
My questions are...
Where should I go from here?
I really don't wanna mess with S-OFF..
I'm trying to learn more about amon-ra recovery but it's gonna take a while for me to digest all that info.
Could it be a TWRP issue in some way?
Any help/ideas would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
For future reference, since you are s-on (as am I) you need to flash the kernel after the ROM.
Some ROMs you have to pull the kernel out and do it in fastboot, or some, like Ecliptic, will put a PH98IMG on your sd card and put you in hboot after the ROM flashes. Then you accept the update if it doesn't start automatically and it will flash the kernel and then you should be able to boot.
You shouldn't need to rename the ROM to PH98IMG, just select flash zip in recovery and navigate to it.
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For future reference, since you are s-on (as am I) you need to flash the kernel after the ROM.
Some ROMs you have to pull the kernel out and do it in fastboot, or some, like Ecliptic, will put a PH98IMG on your sd card and put you in hboot after the ROM flashes. Then you accept the update if it doesn't start automatically and it will flash the kernel and then you should be able to boot.
You shouldn't need to rename the ROM to PH98IMG, just select flash zip in recovery and navigate to it.
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That's dead on! Thank you. That was the difference I noticed. I'm not sure why, but amon-ra after flashing EclipticRez sent me back to hboot and there I realized that I was supposed to do another step, and at that point I thought, hey this might work this time lol
Out of curiosity.... so you say some ROMs have you "pull the kernel out" - what exactly does that mean? Would I have to download (or perhaps just located the kernel in the SD card) and change that to PH98IMG and put it on SD Root so it loads that update in hboot? Thanks
Since I download everything to my pc then transfer to my phone, what I do is just look in the ROM zip file in explorer and then copy the boot.img out of it into my fastboot folder. Then I just flash it from there using:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
There's probably a way to get it out using Root Explorer or ES File Explorer, but I don't know how you would put it into a PH98IMG file on the phone.
I avoid PH98IMG files whenever possible. Those could be anything packaged up into a file named PH98IMG and I feel safer flashing something using the real name. Would hate to use the wrong PH98IMG file by accident and do something I regret later.
feralicious said:
Since I download everything to my pc then transfer to my phone, what I do is just look in the ROM zip file in explorer and then copy the boot.img out of it into my fastboot folder. Then I just flash it from there using:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
There's probably a way to get it out using Root Explorer or ES File Explorer, but I don't know how you would put it into a PH98IMG file on the phone.
I avoid PH98IMG files whenever possible. Those could be anything packaged up into a file named PH98IMG and I feel safer flashing something using the real name. Would hate to use the wrong PH98IMG file by accident and do something I regret later.
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Ok cool, so you'd flash your ROM first using the command prompt, then after the ROM has finished installing and you're back in hboot you would then flash the boot.img (aka Kernel right?)?
Flash the ROM in recovery - on the phone, not fastboot. I just download to my pc and store everything there then copy what I need to my phone when I want. So when I flash a ROM I copy it to my sd card to use in my phone.
Then you may or may not have to flash the kernel in fastboot. Only need to use fastboot if the ROM doesn't make a PH98IMG file for you and put it on your sd card. If it does make one I believe it will put you in bootloader and ask you if you want to update and you just select yes with no need to use pc.
i downloaded [ROM][11.18.2012] Newts OnE XxX RLS 6.0.2 *Global*[Sense 4.1], pulled the boot.img out of the zip and put it in my folder with fastboot, put them on my sd card (although i may not have put the boot.img on my phone), flashed cleanwipe.zip (or w/e it's called), flashed rom, tried to flash boot.img from my computer but after putting in the fastboot flash boot boot.img command it just sat there saying "waiting for device." i couldn't get back to the bootloader from clockword mod recovery so i pulled/replaced the battery and power+vol down, bootloader came up but before i could do anything i get this:
HBOOT
Parsing...(SD ZIP)
[1] BOOT
Do you want to start update?
<vol up> yes
<vol down> no
if i go up it says it updates, and even if i decline it doesn't go back to bootloader, it just tells me to hit power to resart the phone. so i restart, and get stuck in a bootloop of the new mikroms loading animation. i can't seem to get to the bootloader to load recovery. i'm not sure what i did wrong, and i hope someone can please help?
You have something on your SD Card that the bootloader is trying to load, you're gonna need to put the SD Card in a reader and delete it first or boot the phone up with the SD Card out so you can at least fastboot the kernel in.
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You have something on your SD Card that the bootloader is trying to load, you're gonna need to put the SD Card in a reader and delete it first or boot the phone up with the SD Card out so you can at least fastboot the kernel in.
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i'm not sure how to do that. i thought i knew how to use fastboot from my computer but i can't even remember where i learned how to do it. but you were right, i pulled out the sd card and it went to bootloader. i just don't know what to do from here, i guess i need a ph98img.zip to put on my internal storage?
1.You need to delete the zip on the external SD card.
2.Wipe your phone(like you normally would when flashing a rom )
3.flash the ROM
4.flash s-on stock zip
5.flash the flashable boot image zip you can use to flash the boot.IMG for the ROM.
Head over to the mikmik you can find everything you need their under newts section.
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se5s said:
i'm not sure how to do that. i thought i knew how to use fastboot from my computer but i can't even remember where i learned how to do it. but you were right, i pulled out the sd card and it went to bootloader. i just don't know what to do from here, i guess i need a ph98img.zip to put on my internal storage?
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Put the boot.img on your PC, boot to bootloader/fastboot, run in the command prompt - "fastboot flash boot boot.img" without the quotes. If boot.img is not in the same folder as fastboot.exe, add to path to it, ex. fastboot flash boot c:\path\to\boot.img.
I have no os on my phone anymore, i have no idea where to even start. Ive been searching and searching forever now.
S-On
Hboot- 2.28
No Backup and Non-Root as well
Bootloader Unlocked
Is there anything i can do? I know the Hboot 2.28 RUU hasnt came out yet that i know of and researched of as well....Thanks in advance!
Your fine, did you just wipe everything or re-did the ruu?
If your did the ruu than you need to get your recovery back in your phone
If you just wiped everything in recovery than you need to download the ROM you want to use than install the zip in recovery but don't boot into it yet. Pull the battery and boot into bootloader and go into fastboot. Than on your PC take the boot.img file out of the ROM zip you just installed and flash it over ADB.
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
If you need any more help or questions I can continue to help or others will pop in
Edit: IF your trying to get back to just stock than you need to ruu again http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
You need to have a locked bootloader when flashing the ruu,
After downloading the file, rename it to "PH98IMG.zip" (no quotes)
Place the renamed file onto the root of the SD Card
Than boot into bootloader and it should load it up and install it, make sure to just leave it be. The phone might turn off than back on by itself once during the installation and that's normal, it'll continue installing and it will let you know when its finished
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Add a rom zip file to your external sd card via your computer. And install it via yiur custom recovery. If for some reason you don't have a custom recovery, use Odin to go back to stock.
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Ok ive got a ROM installed but every time i try to flash the Boot.img it says "Failed (data transfer failure)"