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I rooted my phone and had Revolutionary recovery. I installed Rom Manager and installed the recovery, and now I cant get to my recovery screen no matter what I have tried. I really need help because now I cant do a factory data reset, flash new ROMs, anything. I have tried through bootloader, everything and I cant get to that screen. Has anyone had this problem or can anyone help me?
bslim11 said:
I rooted my phone and had Revolutionary recovery. I installed Rom Manager and installed the recovery, and now I cant get to my recovery screen no matter what I have tried. I really need help because now I cant do a factory data reset, flash new ROMs, anything. I have tried through bootloader, everything and I cant get to that screen. Has anyone had this problem or can anyone help me?
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5.0.2.0 CWR?
Have you rebooted?
ROM: Warm TwoPointThree
Kernel: MegAnthraX
Software: 2.08.651.3
Baseband: 0.97.10.0808
PRI: 1.24_003
Don't use rom manager to flash recovery. Also, just my opinion, but TWRP recovery is better than clockwork. So, find the TWRP thread, grab the PG86IMG.zip and flash in hboot. Should solve all your issues.
Rebooted quite a few times, still cant get to recovery mode. I guess this is where being a noob kind of sucks, but how do I flash when I cant get into recovery, or how do I flash in hboot?
You don't have fastboot checked under power settings, do you? If so, uncheck it.
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flonker said:
You don't have fastboot checked under power settings, do you? If so, uncheck it.
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Nope, been unchecked since I have been trying to fix it.
I am totally at a loss, how do you flash from the hboot screen?
bslim11 said:
I am totally at a loss, how do you flash from the hboot screen?
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There are essentially three methods to flashing a custom recovery on the EVO 3D with S-OFF (revolutionary method you mentioned using above).
1) Flash from normal android mode: My application works well for this, Flash Image GUI, as well as flashing kernels, especially when being away from or not having a computer available.
2) Flash through the bootloader by putting a PG86IMG.zip file on the root of your sdcard. This file with the recovery.img loaded inside is available at the TWRP site.
3) Flash through fastboot by using the following command: fastboot flash recovery c:\downloads\twrp-recovery.img
All three of these methods will load the custom recovery image into the recovery partition on a revolutionary s-off EVO 3D.
Hope that helps!
Every time I try to flash the PG86IMG.zip in my bootloader I keep getting a error that says "Main Version is older! Update fail!" I just dont get what I am doing wrong there.
It worked! Thank you so much joey krim!
bslim11 said:
Every time I try to flash the PG86IMG.zip in my bootloader I keep getting a error that says "Main Version is older! Update fail!" I just dont get what I am doing wrong there.
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Odd. I would only expect to see this error if you're loading a PG86IMG.zip file which contains ADDITIONAL files, other than just the recovery.img.
This error is usually only present for people who used the HTC unlock method. Those who used the revolutionary unlocked method should not see this error message.
Perhaps when you stated you loaded the revolutionary recovery, you meant the revolutionary version of cwm recovery and unlocked your device using HTC's unlock method?
bslim11 said:
It worked! Thank you so much joey krim!
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Great to hear the process worked for you. Which of the three methods ended up working best for you?
I used your app and then flashed a twrp recovery, so happy that its back to normal, it has happened to me once before, and I fixed it on my own, but nothing was working this time.
So I used a superwipe for the first time in about 6months and now i cant install ROMs. Whenever it boots it goes into a constant bootloop, all i can do is restore backups now. Any Help?
NexusS4gFreak said:
So I used a superwipe for the first time in about 6months and now i cant install ROMs. Whenever it boots it goes into a constant bootloop, all i can do is restore backups now. Any Help?
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Have you tried doing a normal recovery full wipe or reflashing the recovery?
When that happened to me, I had to flash the ruu.exe. If you're s-off, I recommend it.
Jsparta26 said:
Have you tried doing a normal recovery full wipe or reflashing the recovery?
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Yes i tried both of them, none worked.
coal686 said:
When that happened to me, I had to flash the ruu.exe. If you're s-off, I recommend it.
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Can i just run it or do i have to unroot?
NexusS4gFreak said:
Can i just run it or do i have to unroot?
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It will unroot itself in the process but you can always flash your recovery again and gain root back by flashing your ROM.
NexusS4gFreak said:
Can i just run it or do i have to unroot?
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Like jsparta said, you lose root when you run it because it puts everything back to stock. But you still remain s-off. So you just have to flash custom hboot, flash custom recovery, and flash custom Rom and you're back in business.
coal686 said:
Like jsparta said, you lose root when you run it because it puts everything back to stock. But you still remain s-off. So you just have to flash custom hboot, flash custom recovery, and flash custom Rom and you're back in business.
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Cant run RUU, says unknown error and find correct RUU. Im on ViperROM r304
try flashing a new rom+kernel via fastboot
NexusS4gFreak said:
Cant run RUU, says unknown error and find correct RUU. Im on ViperROM r304
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If I remember right, you're cdma, so try the ruu from ramjet's zip file here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889438
Sorry if the answers im looking for are somewhere else but i cant find them. Im not new to the rooting game but it has been awhile, last phone rooted was the original evo and ive fallen behind on the new software and such. anyways ive rooted successfully and am running hboot 1.19 with s-on. for some reason i get the same error message when flasing a rom saying that sdcard cannot be found. do i need to be running s-off with 1.19 to flash roms? Thanks!
zolis1931 said:
Sorry if the answers im looking for are somewhere else but i cant find them. Im not new to the rooting game but it has been awhile, last phone rooted was the original evo and ive fallen behind on the new software and such. anyways ive rooted successfully and am running hboot 1.19 with s-on. for some reason i get the same error message when flasing a rom saying that sdcard cannot be found. do i need to be running s-off with 1.19 to flash roms? Thanks!
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What rom are you flashing? What recovery are you using? What release of said recovery are you using? can you see the sdcard in the listing of the recovery screen?
rawintellect said:
What rom are you flashing? What recovery are you using? What release of said recovery are you using? can you see the sdcard in the listing of the recovery screen?
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i was trying to flash the new 4.2.2 CM10.1 rom, when i found that wasnt working, i tried to flash jellybam and that didnt work either. Im using TWRP v 2.1.8 and i can see the sdcard listing. ive done all the routine wiping and such. do you think its an issue of hboot and s-on?
this is the error message i get.
E: Unable to stat '/sdcard2/.
Error flashing zip '/sdcard/cm-10-1.zip"
You need to update twrp
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You need to update twrp
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ahh such a simple solution lol. will this take care of the s-on?
zolis1931 said:
ahh such a simple solution lol. will this take care of the s-on?
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Hopefully that all that is needed... but S-OFF is the way to go if you can do it. It will save you so many headaches in the future. HTC is making it harder on s-on people to do anything to their phone, this started with the 3.15 JB update and will probably get worse. S-OFF my friend S-OFF
bigdaddy619 said:
Hopefully that all that is needed... but S-OFF is the way to go if you can do it. It will save you so many headaches in the future. HTC is making it harder on s-on people to do anything to their phone, this started with the 3.15 JB update and will probably get worse. S-OFF my friend S-OFF
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I would love to go s-off as on my old evo but unfortunately, my pc is a thing of the past and im now stuck with a macbook :/
zolis1931 said:
I would love to go s-off as on my old evo but unfortunately, my pc is a thing of the past and im now stuck with a macbook :/
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Ubuntu can be installed on macbooks:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleIntelInstallation
Flashing a newer recovery didnt work, im just going to borrow a friends pc tomorrow and go s off
zolis1931 said:
Flashing a newer recovery didnt work, im just going to borrow a friends pc tomorrow and go s off
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Hold the phone. Flashing TOO new of a recovery (like TWRP 2.4.1) can also cause problems. There's something that the dev has to place in the ROM in order to be compatible with 2.4.1. May I suggest you try 2.3.1? It seems to be the "sweet spot" and works with most ROMs out there today.
Here's the install page for the evo 4g LTE:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/98
rawintellect said:
Hold the phone. Flashing TOO new of a recovery (like TWRP 2.4.1) can also cause problems. There's something that the dev has to place in the ROM in order to be compatible with 2.4.1. May I suggest you try 2.3.1? It seems to be the "sweet spot" and works with most ROMs out there today.
I shall give that a shot now
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zolis1931 said:
rawintellect said:
Hold the phone. Flashing TOO new of a recovery (like TWRP 2.4.1) can also cause problems. There's something that the dev has to place in the ROM in order to be compatible with 2.4.1. May I suggest you try 2.3.1? It seems to be the "sweet spot" and works with most ROMs out there today.
I shall give that a shot now
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cool. and if you can't find them here is the link to the fastboot images:
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/jewel
these are flashed via fastboot with the command:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-jewel.img command
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Just flashed my first ROM (newest CM 10.1 nightly) with TWRP and everything seemed to have gone well but when I hit "Reboot" the HTC logo flashed for a second and then the screen went black and it's not doing anything. Been like this for 10 minutes.
I already rebooted back into recovery and reset the phone and cleared the caches and flashed the ROM again. Same thing.
Anyone know what's going on?
rdtmk said:
Just flashed my first ROM (newest CM 10.1 nightly) with TWRP and everything seemed to have gone well but when I hit "Reboot" the HTC logo flashed for a second and then the screen went black and it's not doing anything. Been like this for 10 minutes.
I already rebooted back into recovery and reset the phone and cleared the caches and flashed the ROM again. Same thing.
Anyone know what's going on?
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Are you S-OFF? If not, you need to flash the boot.img separately.
exSD said:
Are you S-OFF? If not, you need to flash the boot.img separately.
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No i'm not. Are there instructions anywhere on how to do that? Thanks for the help :good:
rdtmk said:
No i'm not. Are there instructions anywhere on how to do that? Thanks for the help :good:
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There are 2 S-off methods in the original development threads.
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rdtmk said:
No i'm not. Are there instructions anywhere on how to do that? Thanks for the help :good:
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Look in the thread. If the author has posted the boot.img you can do it fairly easily.
mulhiny said:
There are 2 S-off methods in the original development threads.
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Figured it out. Flashed it manually with Fastboot method and it boots into CM10.1 now but my touchscreen appears to not be working
You most likely need newest firmware if I'm not mistaken. You really need to s-off your phone. Then you won't have all the difficulty your having. Otherwise, you need newest firm ware...
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rdtmk said:
Figured it out. Flashed it manually with Fastboot method and it boots into CM10.1 now but my touchscreen appears to not be working
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This is because you have the newest touch panel firmware. It only works with roms based off of 3.16...currently no aosp Rom will work for you unless you s-off and downgrade to the 3.15 panel firmware. This is my understanding anyway. Flash a 3.16 sense Rom (viper, meanbean, etc) and you'll be back in business.
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mulhiny said:
This is because you have the newest touch panel firmware. It only works with roms based off of 3.16...currently no aosp Rom will work for you unless you s-off and downgrade to the 3.15 panel firmware. This is my understanding anyway. Flash a 3.16 sense Rom (viper, meanbean, etc) and you'll be back in business.
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Thanks for the help everyone. So without touch I wasn't able to turn on USB debugging mode so that I could get superCID so that I could S-Off so I tried to recover with the backup I made in TWRP but it just boot loops.
How can I copy a ROM onto my phone without actually being able to boot into a ROM?
rdtmk said:
Thanks for the help everyone. So without touch I wasn't able to turn on USB debugging mode so that I could get superCID so that I could S-Off so I tried to recover with the backup I made in TWRP but it just boot loops.
How can I copy a ROM onto my phone without actually being able to boot into a ROM?
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Flash the ROM through fastboot.
fastboot flash zip nameofrom.zip
exSD said:
Flash the ROM through fastboot.
fastboot flash zip nameofrom.zip
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says:
"writing 'zip' ... FAILED (remote: not allowed)"
Try getting a copy of cwm (not the touch version) and flash it via the fast boot method. Use the volume rockers to move, camera to select, power to go back.
It'd be easier to just ruu back to stock and start at square 1. Doesn't take that long to root and s-off anymore. Dirty racun would probably still work too.
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Yeah, if you wanna run ANYTHING other than a sense 3.16 ROM, you're gonna HAVE TO S-off so you can downgrade that damn touch panel that came with the 3.16 update (thanks HTC :banghead
I thought the latest twrp was compatible with the updated TP now, though. What TWRP version you using? If not, as stated above, finding non-touch CWM recovery sounds like only/best solution. That was a good idea. Last I heard (long ago), CWM for this device breaks your /misc partition. Viperboy used to have it posted in the old viper thread so you could repair /misc. Not sure if it's still there.
Good luck.
From my Evo LTE, yup.
scottspa74 said:
Yeah, if you wanna run ANYTHING other than a sense 3.16 ROM, you're gonna HAVE TO S-off so you can downgrade that damn touch panel that came with the 3.16 update (thanks HTC :banghead
I thought the latest twrp was compatible with the updated TP now, though. What TWRP version you using? If not, as stated above, finding non-touch CWM recovery sounds like only/best solution. That was a good idea. Last I heard (long ago), CWM for this device breaks your /misc partition. Viperboy used to have it posted in the old viper thread so you could repair /misc. Not sure if it's still there.
Good luck.
From my Evo LTE, yup.
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Twrp 2.4.x.x is compatible with 3.16 +TP
I've been trying to root my EVO 4G LTE using various guides from this board, and I'm not having a lot of luck. I have HBOOT 2.09 and it's S-ON. It seems like the easiest way to root the device is to go S-OFF, but then it appears that the device needs to be rooted to get S-OFF. So I'm a little confused at this point. I've unlocked the bootloader and installed TWRP, but when I try to install the SuperSU root utility it gives me an error about mounting partitions and fails. My bootloader screen also displays "TAMPERED" which seems to be a problem but I'm not having a lot of luck finding a way to resolve it.
So... can anyone tell me what my next step is?
Thanks in advance.
Are you using Facepalm, Moonshine, or DirtyRacun? You haven't really provided enough details to help, at this point. What's your software version? I assume you're running the stock ROM?
I was running the stock ROM, I think it was 3.16. I tried using Facepalm but again it seems like it needs root to work which I haven't been able to achieve just yet. I tried installing the ROM from this thread through TWRP but it just hangs on the HTC screen so I'm not sure what's on there now. I can still get into the bootloader and recovery though.
You can't use Facepalm on 3.16 software. Use Moonshine.
Try flashing this stock rooted to get back to a working state: http://d-h.st/users/Captain_Throwback/?fld_id=10308#files
You may need to fastboot flash the boot.img to make sure it fully boots.
OK, I downloaded that ROM and extracted the boot.img. I booted the phone into the bootloader and ran "fastboot flash boot boot.img". It seems to have completed correctly, no errors at least, but now the phone just sits at the HTC screen with the red text at the bottom. Clearly I'm doing something wrong...
Did you flash the ROM too? Or did it reboot on you when you tried?
I just did the boot.img. Should I also do "fastboot flash zip 3.16.651.3_stock_rooted_odex_CPTB.zip"?
davel23 said:
I just did the boot.img. Should I also do "fastboot flash zip 3.16.651.3_stock_rooted_odex_CPTB.zip"?
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You have to flash the ROM in recovery.
Ok, so I went into recovery which is still TWRP, adb pushed that ROM to the phone then tried to install it. It gives a bunch of error messages about being unable to mount various items, says it's unable to find path for partition [name of the zip] and fails.
Thanks for your help and patience so far...
You do not extract the file, leave it as a zip and do not open it. Move it to your SD card while in fastboot (mount sd) and from there use twrp and select the correct zip to flash. But above all... DO NOT EXTRACT THE FILR
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roscoepcoltra said:
You do not extract the file, leave it as a zip and do not open it. Move it to your SD card while in fastboot (mount sd) and from there use twrp and select the correct zip to flash. But above all... DO NOT EXTRACT THE FILR
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He's S-on. He can't flash kernels from recovery with Hboot 2.09.
davel23 said:
Ok, so I went into recovery which is still TWRP, adb pushed that ROM to the phone then tried to install it. It gives a bunch of error messages about being unable to mount various items, says it's unable to find path for partition [name of the zip] and fails.
Thanks for your help and patience so far...
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I don't understand what you're doing here. Boot to recovery, mount storage, copy the ROM zip over, and then flash it.
Ok, so I mounted storage from recovery, or least I tried to, my PC said it needed to be formatted. So I did so, copied the file over and flashed it which completed successfully this time. My phone now boots properly, I'll give Moonshine a try now. Hopefully I won't need to bug you again, thanks for all the help.
Captain_Throwback said:
You can't use Facepalm on 3.16 software. Use Moonshine.
Try flashing this stock rooted to get back to a working state: http://d-h.st/users/Captain_Throwback/?fld_id=10308#files
You may need to fastboot flash the boot.img to make sure it fully boots.
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my friend wants to buy im rooted unlocked evo. it is on viper now can I flash this an it will be stock rooted ?
Tigerstown said:
my friend wants to buy im rooted unlocked evo. it is on viper now can I flash this an it will be stock rooted ?
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Yes.
Captain_Throwback said:
Yes.
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S-on Ok? Or do I need to moonshine first?
Tigerstown said:
S-on Ok? Or do I need to moonshine first?
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You need to use Flash Image GUI or fastboot flash the kernel.
FinZ28 said:
You need to use Flash Image GUI or fastboot flash the kernel.
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Ok I got that app I use that. An for my other one I'm selling is s-off so I can just flash this on that one..it's been fun on the Evo with the helpful fellow xda's on the jewel. But the wife's work now cover half your bill if you have verizon so we had no choice
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Yes.
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Omg I just moonshine(easy thing I ever did) this phone my wife didn't want s-off before. So now I'm s-off I will just flash thanks once again throwback. Hope there is someone in vzw htc one thread that breaks down firmware like you.
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I'm having a little trouble with Moonshine. It reboots the phone a couple of times, gets to step 3 then just keeps printing periods in the program window. I've been reading through the Moonshine thread and it seems other people have had the same problem, but I haven't seen a solid fix yet. Anyone know what I need to do or should I stick with the Moonshine thread?