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hey fam i was running virus rom Eternity 3.0 with stock kernel then i flashed the cm7 rom by joelz yesterday but had to change kerenls to get it to work. i used the apk to do that i think its gui i think, but anyway i tried to restore back from nadroid and my phone wont boot. im on 1.5 with s-on
thanks if any one can help.
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hey fam i was running virus rom Eternity 3.0 with stock kernel then i flashed the cm7 rom by joelz yesterday but had to change kerenls to get it to work. i used the apk to do that i think its gui i think, but anyway i tried to restore back from nadroid and my phone wont boot. im on 1.5 with s-on
thanks if any one can help.
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I guess you have flashed a 2.3.3 kernel so you are experiencing issues.........so now just boot your phone in bootloader then select fastboot > connect your phone to pc (it should say fastboot usb on phone)> now open cmd > head to your fastboot folder in cmd> then type fastboot boot xxxxx.img (xxxx = your recovery img (cwm/twrp) ) > Now your phone will boot into recovery > then restore your Nandroid backup .......
Hope this helps
If the above didnt work try to flash boot.img from your nandroid backup using fastboot (not recovery) with command "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
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is there a way i can do it without my computer im at work,so i don't have all my files on hand...thanks this has got me stomped......
I m sorry you cannot do it without a pc .....you know the limitations of htc unlock method...you can only flash kernels made for 2.3.4 from flash image gui......you can always download those fastboot/adb files from here or google for it.They are just a few kb's
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is there a way i can do it without my computer im at work,so i don't have all my files on hand...thanks this has got me stomped......
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Yes, as long as all the nandroid backup files are on your sdcard. Steps below.
mnomaanw said:
I m sorry you cannot do it without a pc .....you know the limitations of htc unlock method...you can only flash kernels made for 2.3.4 from flash image gui......you can always download those fastboot/adb files from here or google for it.They are just a few kb's
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This isn't true. Flash Image GUI will flash the kernel for any version, but if your system OS is not also updated at the same time, the device will not boot.
If you're looking to do a nandroid restore w/o using fastboot (or being attached to a computer), here are the steps I would suggest:
1) From Flash Image GUI, select the boot.img from inside of the custom recovery backup directory on the /sdcard. Flash this kernel.
2) Reboot directly into recovery mode. Run the nandroid restore for that SAME backup as the boot.img was pulled from and flashed via Flash Image GUI.
3) After nandroid restore finishes, reboot and the device should be back to the previous state found in the backup.
Remember, this is a work around for the HTC unlock and might not always be the best solution.
Keep us updated and let us know. Hope that helps!
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Yes, as long as all the nandroid backup files are on your sdcard. Steps below.
This isn't true. Flash Image GUI will flash the kernel for any version, but if your system OS is not also updated at the same time, the device will not boot.
If you're looking to do a nandroid restore w/o using fastboot (or being attached to a computer), here are the steps I would suggest:
1) From Flash Image GUI, select the boot.img from inside of the custom recovery backup directory on the /sdcard. Flash this kernel.
2) Reboot directly into recovery mode. Run the nandroid restore for that SAME backup as the boot.img was pulled from and flashed via Flash Image GUI.
3) After nandroid restore finishes, reboot and the device should be back to the previous state found in the backup.
Remember, this is a work around for the HTC unlock and might not always be the best solution.
Keep us updated and let us know. Hope that helps!
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hey joey i know we can use flash image gui to flash boot.img from a rom.zip but evoguy cannot boot his phone at all.So how will he be able to use Flash image GUI? I m only telling him what he can do now........
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hey joey i know we can use flash image gui to flash boot.img from a rom.zip but evoguy cannot boot his phone at all.So how will he be able to use Flash image GUI? I m only telling him what he can do now........
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If the device won't boot past the splash screen, chances are the issue is kernel related. For kernel related issues, the ONLY method provided by HTC via their unlock is to use fastboot to boot the recovery. This is the only accessible mode HTC grants write access to the kernel partition.
This is the only way HTC provides write access to the kernel for a device that is not booting properly. The command using fastboot is as follows: fastboot boot c:\recovery.img .
This command will temporarily load the custom recovery with kernel write access allowing a proper recovery to take place.
One reason the device is not booting could be the android OS version mismatches with the kernel, therefore the kernel's ramdisk is looking for files which are not present and cause the device to either freeze or reboot.
There are other reasons too, probably too many worth detailing out as the easiest route to solving the issue is to restore back to a known good working nandroid or cleanly load another known working ROM/kernel combination.
Hope that helps clarify! Best of luck!
Thanks to all you guys. Got it back running XDA is the best.
sent from my Rooted & Boosted 3VO.
Guys,
I followed this guide to unlock my phone and gain superuser access step by step:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239821
I then installed Rom Manager, and restarted in Recovery.
I placed this zip: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421065 onto my SD Card, and did not rename it. Once in recovery I installed that ROM. It installed with no errors however now the phone gets stuck at the htc logo screen.
Any thoughts?
What was contained that .zip file you flashed, and did you make a backup of your system before you flashed?
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Did you wipe data cache and dalvik? If not wipe again. If it bootloops again try pushing the kernel with fastboot.
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The .zip contains the following files:
data
devices
kernel
META-INF
sdcard
system
CHANGELOG
check_data_app
mike, can you tell me how to push the update with fastboot, I'm kind of new to all of this telephone wizardry
I can get into FASTBOOT/HBOOT/RECOVERY, however nothing I do seems to help me get past the HTC Logo. Any thoughts? Maybe I'm not waiting long enough? Can someone please tell me exactly what I need to do (if I can even do something). I might just be approaching this whole process the wrong way.
Do I install a ROM from ZIP from Recovery? Do I need to fastboot an .img file first?
Sounds like your hboot 1.5 and your phone is hanging due to you need to place a copy of your recovery in your adb folder...
The while in Hboot
Using adb with phone plugged in and debug turned on
fastboot boot recovery.img
Then wipe and flash the rom you were trying to flash...
You can't just flash a rom with recovery since your s-on
Two methods
One is fastboot boot recovery.img which is easy
Other is boot.img pain in the ass
I tried booting directly into recovery like you just said. I am using TWRP recovery.img file.
Can this be caused by the type of ROM that I am trying to install?
Everything works fine, the .zip gets applied and seems to install correctly, but it still hangs at the htc logo.
I also forgot to mention that originally I used Clockwork Recovery Mod, which i got from the market, and selected the option to boot into recovery. I don't know if that makes any difference.
You should Google shooter ruu. Get back to stock. Retry this with another shot at reading the instructions.
You must plug your phone into pc while in fastboot and give it a command to boot recovery recovery.img .
Then reflash a rom.
Read more I'm hboot 1.4 and I can still flash a 1.5 hboot correctly cause I've read how to.
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If u haven't figured it out yet, see if this helps:
[Guide] My Hboot 1.50 HTC Unlock/recovery/rom/kernel flashing notes http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1495358
If u have updated your phone to the newest radio in the 2.17.651.5 update you may have problems if the Rom is based on an earlier kernel/radio like I think Warm is, but I could be wrong.
You may have flashed the Rom incorrectly & not had the kernel get flashed causing the boot loop.
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I've just unlocked my rezound and i'm trying to root via my mac. i downloaded the amonra recovery and put it in my android folder. i've got my phone rebooted and i'm in the fastboot usb menu. i have bootloader, reboot, reboot bootloader, and power down as options.
a little help?
maybe i'm just not meant to root my phone :-(
On mine the command was ./fastboot recovery recovery.img as long as you are in fastboot in the bootloader.
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Since you're in fastboot usb, make sure the recovery image is in the android tools folder containing fastboot.exe. The command is "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" without the quotes and recovery.img being the name of the image file you put in your android tools folder.
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Since you're in fastboot usb, make sure the recovery image is in the android tools folder containing fastboot.exe. The command is "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" without the quotes and recovery.img being the name of the image file you put in your android tools folder.
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Damn knew i was missing something lol well said.
alright, got amonra installed with the right path and all, went to dev options, installed su & superuser, rebooted, i see superuser, but NOTHING is getting root access.... titanium backup, file explorer... nothing.
so, i don't think it's really rooted. sigh.
if it makes a difference, i was on the ICS leak prior to all this. make a difference?
Not really sure are you on stock right now or did you flash a rooted Rom?
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tp62688 said:
Not really sure are you on stock right now or did you flash a rooted Rom?
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stock right now, no rooted rom.
brewner said:
stock right now, no rooted rom.
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Have you rebooted since rooting through Amon and installing SU? If that doesn't solve it, installing one of the rooted ROMs should.
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Have you rebooted since rooting through Amon and installing SU? If that doesn't solve it, installing one of the rooted ROMs should.
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I concur lol
OLDsJUNKIE said:
Have you rebooted since rooting through Amon and installing SU? If that doesn't solve it, installing one of the rooted ROMs should.
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Suggestions?
I would just flash a prerooted Rom thats what I did with mine installed the root user access from amonra didn't work for me. You gonna go with GB or ICS?
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I would just flash a prerooted Rom thats what I did with mine installed the root user access from amonra didn't work for me. You gonna go with GB or ICS?
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I would prefer ICS.
I would read up on BAMF ICS or Cleanrom ICS and follow the steps to flash as long as you are on the new firmware. There are others but those are the ones that I've tried I'm currently on BAMF.
BAMF looks more straightforward. waiting for a response on a question over there.
What did you need to know?
it *appears* that i'm ready to flash. there are two files that i've downloaded. one is a rom, the other a kernal. i'm trying to figure out which is which and what my next steps are.
here are the instructions, and i'm wondering how important the nandroid backup is, since i'm basically starting fresh.
Download rom file and PH98IMGnewfirmwarepeople.zip
Rename PH98IMGnewfirmwarepeople.zip to "PH98IMG.zip" without the quotes
Place both files on external SD card and reboot to recovery
Make a nandroid backup
Wipe data, cache, dalvic cache, and system
Flash the rom through the "Flash Zip Menu" in recovery
From main recovery screen, choose "Developer Menu"
Select "Reboot to Bootloader" from the developer menu
Phone will reboot to hboot, you may have to select bootloader from hboot screen
Bootloader will load the PH98IMG.zip, select "Yes" to update.
Rock on with your bad self and reboot system
The one with BAMF in the title is typically the Rom and the kernel would either be oldfirmwarepeople.zip or newfirmwarepeople.zip this file has to be renamed as PH98IMG.zip and place on the ext sd card. Then in amon-ra wipe everything and flash the rom zip then from the developer menu boot into bootloader and let it apply the kernel update then it will reboot then profit.
do you see any issues with following the directions above?
Hi,
Let me start off by saying that I have viewed other threads but have not been able to find one that has this same exact problem. Can someone please help?
I have an HTC Evo 3D unlocked with the HTC method, S-On.
I put a new rom on my SD card, I was using InfectedRom but it had some issues. I loaded into bootloader and used revolutionary to flash the rom. I didn't do a wipe or anything else, thinking that it would just flash the rom and I would be good to go.
The phone gets stuck on the HTC splash screen when I go to boot it. I have tried everything from restoring from a back up, to wiping the phone to wiping the cache and am at a loss.
Can someone please offer me some advice? I really need to get this phone back up and running.
Thanks in advance.
Did you flash the boot.img for the ROM?
How can I do that?
Jep4444 said:
Did you flash the boot.img for the ROM?
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Thanks for the quick response. How can I go about doing that?
thealist said:
Thanks for the quick response. How can I go about doing that?
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Considering you're S-ON, how did you install a custom ROM in the first place without doing so?
thealist said:
Thanks for the quick response. How can I go about doing that?
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You can do that by using fastboot to boot your recovery image.
Code:
fastboot boot [NAMEOFRECOVERY].img
Just running your recovery normally won't allow flashing to certain partitions.
From there, you shouldn't have any problems flashing the full image. The second option would be to use 4EXT recovery (There's a CDMA/GSM version, but don't know off the top of my head), or joeykrim's FlashImageGUI to assist in flashing to specific partitions from the phone.
Edit: CDMA and GSM correction.
Jep4444 said:
Considering you're S-ON, how did you install a custom ROM in the first place without doing so?
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thealist took the HTCDev unlock which doesn't give S-OFF, but does allow the user to flash custom ROMs.
~co~
closeone said:
You can do that by using fastboot to boot your recovery image.
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fastboot boot [NAMEOFRECOVERY].img
Just running your recovery normally won't allow flashing to certain partitions.
From there, you shouldn't have any problems flashing the full image. The second option would be to use 4EXT recovery (There's a CDMA/GSM version, but don't know off the top of my head), or joeykrim's FlashImageGUI to assist in flashing to specific partitions from the phone.
Edit: CDMA and GSM correction.
thealist took the HTCDev unlock which doesn't give S-OFF, but does allow the user to flash custom ROMs.
~co~
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Don't S-ON roms still need the boot.img to be flashed to install any ROM?
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You can do that by using fastboot to boot your recovery image.
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fastboot boot [NAMEOFRECOVERY].img
Where do I find my recovery image?
Just running your recovery normally won't allow flashing to certain partitions.
From there, you shouldn't have any problems flashing the full image. The second option would be to use 4EXT recovery (There's a CDMA/GSM version, but don't know off the top of my head), or joeykrim's FlashImageGUI to assist in flashing to specific partitions from the phone.
Edit: CDMA and GSM correction.
Thanks. Where would I find this and do I put that into the root sd card portion of my phone and then run through the bootloader? Sorry, I am relatively new to this process. Thanks for your patience.
thealist took the HTCDev unlock which doesn't give S-OFF, but does allow the user to flash custom ROMs.
That's exactly what I did.
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Thanks for all the help. It's very much appreciated.
closeone said:
You can do that by using fastboot to boot your recovery image.
Code:
fastboot boot [NAMEOFRECOVERY].img
Just running your recovery normally won't allow flashing to certain partitions.
From there, you shouldn't have any problems flashing the full image. The second option would be to use 4EXT recovery (There's a CDMA/GSM version, but don't know off the top of my head), or joeykrim's FlashImageGUI to assist in flashing to specific partitions from the phone.
Edit: CDMA and GSM correction.
thealist took the HTCDev unlock which doesn't give S-OFF, but does allow the user to flash custom ROMs.
~co~
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Sorry, my last post did not quote correctly.
How do I find my recovery image?
Once I get FlashImageGUI, do I put that into the root of my SD card by plugging it into my mac?
Jep4444 said:
Don't S-ON roms still need the boot.img to be flashed to install any ROM?
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Well, all ROMs will need to have a boot.img flashed to boot, but since they are included in the ZIP file containing the ROM, they are normally flashed along with the ROM. If you use FlashImageGUI, you can flash from a boot.img or from a kernel zip file. By running the fastboot boot command, this allows the user to flash to partitions that are locked when booted into recovery from the bootloader.
thealist said:
Sorry, my last post did not quote correctly.
How do I find my recovery image?
Once I get FlashImageGUI, do I put that into the root of my SD card by plugging it into my mac?
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These are two different methods for accomplishing the same task.
Have you loaded a custom recovery (like ClockworkMod Recovery, TWRP, or 4EXT) before? If you've kept the recovery image on your computer, you can just use that one. Instead of flashing it to your recovery partition (fastboot flash recovery [NAMEOFRECOVERY].img), you would boot to it instead (fastboot boot [NAMEOFRECOVERY].img).
If you use want to use FlashImageGUI, you would copy it to your SD card, install it on the phone, and run the app. Make sure that you've got the ROM you want to flash on the SDCard. If I remember correctly, FlashImageGUI will pull the boot.img out of the ZIP and flash it. Then you will have to boot into your custom recovery to flash the rest of the image. Flashing just the boot image will most likely leave you with a phone that won't boot (until you flash the rest of the ROM).
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Well, all ROMs will need to have a boot.img flashed to boot, but since they are included in the ZIP file containing the ROM, they are normally flashed along with the ROM. If you use FlashImageGUI, you can flash from a boot.img or from a kernel zip file. By running the fastboot boot command, this allows the user to flash to partitions that are locked when booted into recovery from the bootloader.
These are two different methods for accomplishing the same task.
Have you loaded a custom recovery (like ClockworkMod Recovery, TWRP, or 4EXT) before? If you've kept the recovery image on your computer, you can just use that one. Instead of flashing it to your recovery partition (fastboot flash recovery [NAMEOFRECOVERY].img), you would boot to it instead (fastboot boot [NAMEOFRECOVERY].img).
If you use want to use FlashImageGUI, you would copy it to your SD card, install it on the phone, and run the app. Make sure that you've got the ROM you want to flash on the SDCard. If I remember correctly, FlashImageGUI will pull the boot.img out of the ZIP and flash it. Then you will have to boot into your custom recovery to flash the rest of the image. Flashing just the boot image will most likely leave you with a phone that won't boot (until you flash the rest of the ROM).
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I have never loaded ClockworkMod Recovery, TWRP, or 4EXT to my phone. Is that something I can download online and then transfer to my phone using the bootloader? I have Revolutionary which allows me to mount the SD card. Same thing goes for FlasImageGUI. I can't get past the HTC load screen so is that something I can just transfer and use Bootloader with?
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I have never loaded ClockworkMod Recovery, TWRP, or 4EXT to my phone. Is that something I can download online and then transfer to my phone using the bootloader? I have Revolutionary which allows me to mount the SD card. Same thing goes for FlasImageGUI. I can't get past the HTC load screen so is that something I can just transfer and use Bootloader with?
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What is this 'Revolutionary' that you're talking about? I realize that multiple pieces of software can be called the same thing though. How did you load on the ROM that you're currently on? Also, before I link you anywhere (because I don't want you loading the wrong recovery on your phone), is your phone on Sprint, or another carrier? You'd use Recovery to load ROMs, back them up, and so on.
What exactly was it that you were trying to do? Or rather, how did the phone get to a state where it's frozen on the HTC logo? Do you have a custom ROM loaded, or the stock ROM?
Sorry for all the questions, and hopefully this response doesn't come off rude (I don't mean it to ). I'm just trying to figure out what's going on before I suggest anything.
If you are on Sprint, you can run this recovery from Fastboot USB mode.
Code:
fastboot boot cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img
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What is this 'Revolutionary' that you're talking about? I realize that multiple pieces of software can be called the same thing though. How did you load on the ROM that you're currently on? Also, before I link you anywhere (because I don't want you loading the wrong recovery on your phone), is your phone on Sprint, or another carrier? You'd use Recovery to load ROMs, back them up, and so on.
What exactly was it that you were trying to do? Or rather, how did the phone get to a state where it's frozen on the HTC logo? Do you have a custom ROM loaded, or the stock ROM?
Sorry for all the questions, and hopefully this response doesn't come off rude (I don't mean it to ). I'm just trying to figure out what's going on before I suggest anything.
If you are on Sprint, you can run this recovery from Fastboot USB mode.
Code:
fastboot boot cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img
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Your questions are really appreciated. Sorry I haven't been more clear.I really appreciate the help as I've gotten myself in trouble here.
I went on htcevohack and found how to flash the synergy infectedrom. The rom has some bugs in it so I downloaded a new rom and placed in the root folder of my SD card. Revolutionary is a program that allows me to wipe data, install from zip card, mount storage so and so forth. I tried to flash the zip from the new rom using this program and this is where I have had the problem. I have the Sprint Evo 3D. I am relatively new to this and just want a stable rom that has wifi tether on it. Thanks again for the help and for the patience.
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Your questions are really appreciated. Sorry I haven't been more clear.I really appreciate the help as I've gotten myself in trouble here.
I went on htcevohack and found how to flash the synergy infectedrom. The rom has some bugs in it so I downloaded a new rom and placed in the root folder of my SD card. Revolutionary is a program that allows me to wipe data, install from zip card, mount storage so and so forth. I tried to flash the zip from the new rom using this program and this is where I have had the problem. I have the Sprint Evo 3D. I am relatively new to this and just want a stable rom that has wifi tether on it. Thanks again for the help and for the patience.
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Oh! Now I know what your talking about. Max from HTCEVOHacks put the Revolutionary branded version of ClockworkMod Recovery in that archive. I know that for a fact (I downloaded it). It's actually the same version of ClockworkMod Recovery that I linked you to.
Okay. Here's my suggestion to start out with. Flash the recovery.img he included (CWM) onto your phone by booting it up into the bootloader, connecting it to your computer making sure that the phone is in FASTBOOT USB mode. Instead of running the command:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
Run the command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
That will put a copy of ClockworkMod Recovery on your phone. It's accessible by selecting Recovery from the HBOOT menu.
Now, because HTC's Unlock method doesn't unlock enough to flash most images to your phone, you'll still have to run the 'fastboot boot recovery.img' command each time you want to flash different image. That's the classic way we have used to get around HTC's restrictions.
From there, you can flash another image. Make sure to wipe data before flashing.
The reason I told you to also flash the recovery image to your phone is because, you can still create NANDroid backups without connecting to a computer. However, to restore those backups, you'll have to 'fastboot boot ...' the recovery image.
Now, his archive is quite dated. I'd personally recommend after you flash a new ROM, that you take a look at the 4EXT recovery thread in the EVO 3D CDMA development forum. It's really very good (I also like TWRP as well).
Now, there probably wasn't a problem with the ROM. I've used it myself, and have found it to be quite stable. If you flash a ROM onto the phone without wiping data first, you'll probably run into problems booting the ROM. If you liked InfectedRom Eternity, you can always try it again.
This is where NANDroid backups are important. If anything gets messed up, you can easily restore from one in your custom recovery (CWM/4EXT/TWRP).
I hope I didn't throw too much out there. Hopefully this gets you off the ground.
~co~
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Oh! Now I know what your talking about. Max from HTCEVOHacks put the Revolutionary branded version of ClockworkMod Recovery in that archive. I know that for a fact (I downloaded it). It's actually the same version of ClockworkMod Recovery that I linked you to.
Okay. Here's my suggestion to start out with. Flash the recovery.img he included (CWM) onto your phone by booting it up into the bootloader, connecting it to your computer making sure that the phone is in FASTBOOT USB mode. Instead of running the command:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
Run the command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
That will put a copy of ClockworkMod Recovery on your phone. It's accessible by selecting Recovery from the HBOOT menu.
Now, because HTC's Unlock method doesn't unlock enough to flash most images to your phone, you'll still have to run the 'fastboot boot recovery.img' command each time you want to flash different image. That's the classic way we have used to get around HTC's restrictions.
From there, you can flash another image. Make sure to wipe data before flashing.
The reason I told you to also flash the recovery image to your phone is because, you can still create NANDroid backups without connecting to a computer. However, to restore those backups, you'll have to 'fastboot boot ...' the recovery image.
Now, his archive is quite dated. I'd personally recommend after you flash a new ROM, that you take a look at the 4EXT recovery thread in the EVO 3D CDMA development forum. It's really very good (I also like TWRP as well).
Now, there probably wasn't a problem with the ROM. I've used it myself, and have found it to be quite stable. If you flash a ROM onto the phone without wiping data first, you'll probably run into problems booting the ROM. If you liked InfectedRom Eternity, you can always try it again.
This is where NANDroid backups are important. If anything gets messed up, you can easily restore from one in your custom recovery (CWM/4EXT/TWRP).
I hope I didn't throw too much out there. Hopefully this gets you off the ground.
~co~
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Thanks a lot! I am going to try this right now. I have a mac so I am assuming that I need to use terminal which is what I originally used. Do you know if the extension you provided were also for a mac?
Hey guys
I've only just got into this stuff so please forgive my ignorance, but I need a hand understanding what might have gone wrong. I've got a GSM Evo 3D which I've unlocked through htcdev, phone is still S-ON, hboot 1.53.007. I flashed CWM recovery but have since switched to 4ext.
I downloaded Viper3D, ran a backup using 4ext recovery so I could go back to stock when I feel like it, then flashed the new ROM to test it out (mainly just testing the process). The phone booted fine - no problem. On that success, I went to restore the backup I made before flashing Viper3D. The restore completed successfully from 4ext recovery, but on trying to boot my phone it just hangs on the first HTC boot screen.
Tried rebooting a few times, tried restoring a second time, did wipe/factory reset first, tried clearing cache and dalvik cache, still just hangs on that HTC boot screen. I probably left it for about 20 minutes on that screen but it didn't go anywhere.
I flashed Viper3D again, and it worked again and my phone boots up fine. So the question is, what's going wrong when I try to restore my original backup? I haven't upgraded hboot or changed the kernel.
Would appreciate if someone could shed some light on this, cheers.
Ok so I think I've figured it out but could still do with a little clarification from someone.
I've read around and found that people have fixed the HTC screen hang by flashing the boot.img with fastboot from the PC, so I decided to give it a go. I copied the boot.img from my original backup to my PC, then booted the phone up into 4ext recovery and restored the backup. After restoring had completed, I rebooted into fastboot and hooked up to my PC, then flashed the boot.img from there. Once that was done, disconnected the phone from the PC and rebooted and the phone booted up fine into my stock ROM.
One thing I noticed when flashing Viper3D is that immediately after flashing, the phone would boot to the HTC screen, then reboot a second time by itself. I now understand this is where 4ext is flashing the boot.img with Smartflash, and it didn't reboot this second time when I was trying to restore my backup so I'm guessing that's where the problem lies.
So it looks to me like 4ext/Smartflash is not doing the whole process for some reason, perhaps a bug? Smartflash is enabled permanently on my phone, so I can't think of another reason why it didn't work except that it's bugged.
Can anyone confirm this issue or have any other comments? Cheers.
zaphodalive said:
So it looks to me like 4ext/Smartflash is not doing the whole process for some reason, perhaps a bug? Smartflash is enabled permanently on my phone, so I can't think of another reason why it didn't work except that it's bugged.
Can anyone confirm this issue or have any other comments? Cheers.
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Read the requirements for the SmartFlash feature to work on the OP of the 4EXT Recovery thread, and in particular the limitations section. My guess is that you didn't have a bootable kernel when trying to use the SmartFlash option.
An easier way to re-flash the ROM in that situation is to start recovery with this fastboot command:
fastboot boot recovery.img (where recovery.img is the name of your 4EXT recovery file)
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That command will boot any custom recovery in a mode that will let it flash the entire ROM from recovery, but for 4EXT you have to make sure that the SmartFlash/S-ON option is disabled in the tools menu and then flash the ROM zip file.
ramjet73
Ok thanks, just to clarify - by doing fastboot boot recovery.img, that would reboot the phone into 4ext recovery and allow it to flash both boot.img and recovery.img when flashing the ZIP? What exactly is the fastboot command doing that allows this?
Cheers
zaphodalive said:
Ok thanks, just to clarify - by doing fastboot boot recovery.img, that would reboot the phone into 4ext recovery and allow it to flash both boot.img and recovery.img when flashing the ZIP? What exactly is the fastboot command doing that allows this?
Cheers
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The "fastboot boot" command starts the recovery as an OS image and just like Android it has the ability to flash the boot partition (kernel) when loaded that way. When started in the "recovery" mode it is not able to flash the boot partition when the phone is S-ON.
SmartFlash uses the same principle to flash the boot partition after the existing kernel is booted, but if the current kernel is not bootable SmartFlash doesn't work.
ramjet73
Ok, I kinda understand (without quite understanding)... can the same command be used for flashing ROMs in a ZIP? e.g. fastboot boot yourromhere.zip
Thanks
zaphodalive said:
Ok, I kinda understand (without quite understanding)... can the same command be used for flashing ROMs in a ZIP? e.g. fastboot boot yourromhere.zip
Thanks
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No. The "fastboot boot" command only works with bootable images and not zip files.
ramjet73
Thanks very much for your help. A couple of final questions...
How can you flash a custom ROM in a ZIP with fastboot? e.g. the Viper3D ZIP didn't have a recovery.img, only a boot.img
Also, I'm downloading Cool ICS and CoolZ kernel, and this is my first time flashing a kernel. Checked the CoolZ ZIP file and there's no boot.img which I was expecting, so I'm hoping that 4ext won't have any problems flashing it..? Also not sure whether to flash CoolZ or Cool ICS first.
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The fastboot commands are part of the bootloader (hboot) and custom ROM's are flashed by recovery.
There are guides in the general forum that cover ROM flashing procedures including this one by mpgrimm2.
ramjet73
Thanks, getting stuck installing the CoolZ kernel. I rebooted into 4ext with fastboot boot recovery.img, disabled Smartflash, tried flashing the ZIP, and after extracting files I got the error message:
assert failed: write_raw_image(" /tmp/newboot.img", "boot")
I assume this means it failed writing to the boot partition... any thoughts why?
zaphodalive said:
assert failed: write_raw_image(" /tmp/newboot.img", "boot")
I assume this means it failed writing to the boot partition... any thoughts why?
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If the assert fails that usually means you are trying to flash something that's not intended for your device. Make sure you are flashing the correct version since there are CoolZ kernels for both the CDMA and GSM Evo 3D models.
Edit: I just checked and it looks like the CoolZ v4.5 kernel has one installation file for both Evo 3D models.
Make sure you can boot into the ROM you flashed before you try to flash the kernel.
ramjet73
Ok, a little weird...
I tried installing the CoolZ kernel, that failed (as mentioned before), then I installed the v14 ROM and v14b update. Booted up the phone, had no WIFI (just said error). So I flashed the boot.img from the v14b ZIP after that to see if I'd get WIFI back, got a couple of bootloops on the splash screen, and it then booted up with WIFI working and the CoolZ kernel installed.
I originally downloaded the CoolZ kernel separately from the Cool ICS ROM, but it appears that the kernel is part of the ROM package so I didn't need to do that.
Anywho, seems to be working now so I'll have a fiddle around. Thanks very much for your help.