[Q] boot loop, no flash of anything helps :/ - Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE

For some reason my phone boot loops on everything (ROM/kernel) I flash. I am s-on and in the past if I was changing ROM's or kernels and there was a bad match resulting in not passing boot animation I could always flash a fresh MeanBean and it would just do it's install goodness and boot up. For some reason now though after trying to flash a kernel last night it will not even boot beyond the HTC splash before reboot. I can still always get to the bootloader and recovery, but no matter what I flash it won't boot. :banghead: Also, I think the text that says Tampered in the bootloader used to be red, but is now black. I could just be imagining that now though.
Anyone have thoughts on this?
Thanks!
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Hit the link in my sig and read the portion regarding flashing while S-on and see if that helps you any.
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FinZ28 said:
Hit the link in my sig and read the portion regarding flashing while S-on and see if that helps you any.
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Cool, I'll check it out. Thanks!
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igobytony said:
Cool, I'll check it out. Thanks!
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No problem. What version of TWRP are you running?
Also, S-off is highly recommended
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FinZ28 said:
No problem. What version of TWRP are you running?
Also, S-off is highly recommended
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Sorry, just saw this... I'm on 2.3.1.0. Its been fine up until last night (been rooted and flashing ROMS and kernels since September as soon as I got the phone). Prior to that I said was always able to flash MeanBean (or MeanROM ICS) and get booted to use Flash Image then reboot to recovery and ROM flash to get me back to where I wanted to be.
I read the signature and that is perfect because since I was not having success with TWRP I was going to look up how to do that. Never needed to use Fastboot before. Knew it was simple, but didn't want to play trial and error right now, haha. Figured I'd post here and see what feedback I got while I searched.
Anyway, it looks like I'm not getting my device recognized when in FastbootUSB. It says "command not found". [edit] the Fastboot devices" command. [edit] Do I need to navigate to another location or something to do Fastboot commands?
LOL yes I know s-off is where it's at. But with the kernels for Meanx and ones that thick lizard puts up having the installer-and Flash Image taking care of the rest-I didn't feel like stretching the ol' comfort level and going s-off. I had actually recently re-downloaded the SDK though to get more familiar with things, because having to take all those steps (even having to fresh install and old ROM to use Flash Image, etc., to get where I wanted sometimes) is a huge PITA. Was planning to do some studying and s-off with DR as I'm hboot 1.19. Then, a flash went foul last night and here I am.

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igobytony said:
Sorry, just saw this... I'm on 2.3.1.0. Its been fine up until last night (been rooted and flashing ROMS and kernels since September as soon as I got the phone). Prior to that I said was always able to flash MeanBean (or MeanROM ICS) and get booted to use Flash Image then reboot to recovery and ROM flash to get me back to where I wanted to be.
I read the signature and that is perfect because since I was not having success with TWRP I was going to look up how to do that. Never needed to use Fastboot before. Knew it was simple, but didn't want to play trial and error right now, haha. Figured I'd post here and see what feedback I got while I searched.
Anyway, it looks like I'm not getting my device recognized when in FastbootUSB. It says "command not found". [edit] the Fastboot devices" command. [edit] Do I need to navigate to another location or something to do Fastboot commands?
LOL yes I know s-off is where it's at. But with the kernels for Meanx and ones that thick lizard puts up having the installer-and Flash Image taking care of the rest-I didn't feel like stretching the ol' comfort level and going s-off. I had actually recently re-downloaded the SDK though to get more familiar with things, because having to take all those steps (even having to fresh install and old ROM to use Flash Image, etc., to get where I wanted sometimes) is a huge PITA. Was planning to do some studying and s-off with DR as I'm hboot 1.19. Then, a flash went foul last night and here I am.
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Use Facepalm. It's Windows friendly and takes less than five minutes. You do everything from the bootloader so the phone doesn't have to be booted to Android to work. You have to be able to connect via Fastboot USB so make sure your drivers are up to date. Also make sure you select the Fastboot option in the bootloader, then connect your phone to your PC. You also don't need the entire SDK to use ADB & Fastboot commands.
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FinZ28 said:
Use Facepalm. It's Windows friendly and takes less than five minutes. You do everything from the bootloader so the phone doesn't have to be booted to Android to work. You have to be able to connect via Fastboot USB so make sure your drivers are up to date. Also make sure you select the Fastboot option in the bootloader, then connect your phone to your PC. You also don't need the entire SDK to use ADB & Fastboot commands.
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Yeah, I guess getting s-off is gonna be the only way to get beyond where I am. Now I just have to find a Windows machine...
Does Facepalm work on 1.19? I read over all the ones on here recently and I figure there must be a reason it wasn't on my shortlist. Guess I'll go find out right now.
Thanks for the help!
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Flash latest recovery
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igobytony said:
Yeah, I guess getting s-off is gonna be the only way to get beyond where I am. Now I just have to find a Windows machine...
Does Facepalm work on 1.19? I read over all the ones on here recently and I figure there must be a reason it wasn't on my shortlist. Guess I'll go find out right now.
Thanks for the help!
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Yes, Facepalm works on 1.12, 1.15, 1.19 & 2.09 (software version 3.15).
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Flash latest recovery
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Even though it's older it still works. Plenty of folks still running that particular version of TWRP because it works without any issues. If he were getting errors while flashing in recovery, that might be an option.
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FinZ28 said:
Yes, Facepalm works on 1.12, 1.15, 1.19 & 2.09 (software version 3.15).
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Even though it's older it still works. Plenty of folks still running that particular version of TWRP because it works without any issues. If he were getting errors while flashing in recovery, that might be an option.
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I believe I have 3.16 software. Probably saw that somewhere in the Facepalm thread and that's why I wasn't considering it. At least I'm pretty sure I'm 3.16. Honestly, I wouldn't know where to look since I can't boot up.
I think for now I'm going to try to flash the MeanBean kernel in Fastboot. As soon as I get my Fastboot commands recognized... Do I have to say "sudo" first or something?
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igobytony said:
I believe I have 3.16 software. Probably saw that somewhere in the Facepalm thread and that's why I wasn't considering it. At least I'm pretty sure I'm 3.16. Honestly, I wouldn't know where to look since I can't boot up.
I think for now I'm going to try to flash the MeanBean kernel in Fastboot. As soon as I get my Fastboot commands recognized... Do I have to say "sudo" first or something?
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If you're using Linux, most likely, yes. Try "sudo fastboot devices" (without quotation marks) & see if that works for you (that's what I have to do when using Ubuntu).
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FinZ28 said:
If you're using Linux, most likely, yes. Try "sudo fastboot devices" (without quotation marks) & see if that works for you (that's what I have to do when using Ubuntu).
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I'm on a macboook. When I tried "sudo" earlier it gave a big message re: don't [email protected] around (my words, same intention) and then asked for a password. I don't recall having to say "sudo" in the past. Also, I don't remember needing a password before, so I guess I'd better look into that... Maybe because where I at in file path macboook thinks I'm trying to sudo it and need a password? LOL :banghead:
I think I'm going to refer to the root guide I used last Sept as I was able to Fastboot flash files before (obvs, or I wouldn't be rooted). I'm guessing maybe I'm just issuing the command from the wrong location? That's why I'm checking the root guide to see if I navigated somewhere first. And to remind me how to cd since I haven't used adb of Fastboot since rooting last year.
Does that
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Think I found my Fastboot issue: the root guide I used says for Mac always put ". /fastboot-mac" for each Fastboot command.
I'll report back if that goes well and I can flash a kernel that way and boot up. Wouldn't want to solve my issue and bounce out of here, leaving the whole community to stay up all night worried about me haha.
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quick update: not able to get any fastboot commands to work. Not even using "./fastboot-mac" that i had to do to root.
if anyone happens to have run across this before, or knows the probably very obvious (except to me, natch) solution, please don't hesitate to let me know!

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turn for the worse
Am now getting errors saying that can't mount things, most notable is that it can't mount internal storage. LIke, to the tune of not even being able to select it in TWRP. When I try to mount to computer: when I mount internal (which I was only able to attempt once, i can't even select that now) it says that it can't read the disk. Mount exterior (again to computer) does nothing.
I can still boot to recovery (though when browsing files trying to go up a level from exterior SD to internal results in a reboot of recovery.
Anyway, I can still use adb commands, but no fastboot commands.
I'm really having trouble here, and am getting pretty frustrated. Not totally freaked out as it looks like a soft bricking since I can get to hboot and recovery. But, now that there are mounting issues this is beyond my scope, and the issue is not showing up in searches of this (EvoLTE) forum.
Oh yeah, this is me, haha ------> :crying:

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Most or all your answers can be found in the "sticky" threads in Q&A and General
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corcgaigh said:
Most or all your answers can be found in the "sticky" threads in Q&A and General
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Funny how the mind works; I've read the stickies and many threads countless times (I read much before asking questions which is why I've got such a low post count and have asked maybe two questions since joining xda) but never noticed anything about internal card not mounting until I reread after I had that issue. That section never jumped out at me before.
Anyway, I'll just go back to reading and keeping quiet. Not in a huge rush anymore since I've got my tablet and reactivated my old Pre from '09, haha. It's actually nice to use with the right patches and the clock speed damn near doubled.
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Hey man I wish I had a one line solution to your problems but I don't. The reason I said read the sticky threads is that you give the impression that your not too familiar with flashing kernels , fasboot and root in general. I'm not being a smartass here.
If your S-on you should have used fastboot before ti flash a boot img and I'm pretty sure you need a fastboot command to HTC dev unlock your phone.
Besides all that there must be a couple of thousand threads started by people reporting bootloops because of being S-on.
Now that you can't mount storage and or get a ROM a boot I would read up on getting S-off. Someone above said it can be done through botloader. Once your S-off you should be able to download and flash a ROM.
Good luck
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corcgaigh said:
Hey man I wish I had a one line solution to your problems but I don't. The reason I said read the sticky threads is that you give the impression that your not too familiar with flashing kernels , fasboot and root in general. I'm not being a smartass here.
If your S-on you should have used fastboot before ti flash a boot img and I'm pretty sure you need a fastboot command to HTC dev unlock your phone.
Besides all that there must be a couple of thousand threads started by people reporting bootloops because of being S-on.
Now that you can't mount storage and or get a ROM a boot I would read up on getting S-off. Someone above said it can be done through botloader. Once your S-off you should be able to download and flash a ROM.
Good luck
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Ha, I do to! Sorry I didn't mean to sound snarky in the last reply.
I have definitely used fastboot, but not since rooting. I just didn't want to sound like a know-it-all, which is I suppose why it ended up going so far the way. Seemed a better bet than "I've read everything ever now shut up and fix my phone!!" Haha Unless it was the crying smiley, lol. I haven't been on XDA from a computer in forever and when I saw the smilies it made me laugh and I peppered the post with them to amuse myself. Not to say that I wasn't frustrated, of course.
I'm absolutely planning to s-off. Was already looking into it over the past week or so after getting so tired of having to use Flash Image all the time, but had't jumped yet because I was still reading the threads to find best method. When I thought I had there would be people with same hboot or software version having issue with that method... at any rate, I'm still not able to get fastboot recognized (issuing commands from platform-tools, and adb commands are working, says "FastbootUSB"-even on two computers, both Macs tho) so while I continue to search for the solution there I'm going to repartition phone since internal SD is not being read.
I'm sure that after I have the fastboot thing solved, I'll be cool. I was having concerns that there may be a hardware issue since I didn't do anything I hadn't done before that got me into the boot loop state. Then the internal SD thing, which strangely just popped up after the phone had been down for about a day already.
Again, I apologize for sounding snarky or irritated. I really do appreciate your popping in to help out, so thank you!

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No worries man and good luck
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