I've tried just about every CDMA rom out there and all of them lead me to a white screen with the HTC logo on it. and it never goes away no matter how long i leave it there. Ive tried clearing every cache out there and at this point im sick and tired of this struggle and i just want **** back to the way it was before i tried anything with my phone. I dont believe it is bricked because i am still able to change my recoveries. I started with Amon-Ra and now im using TWRP with touch control. Much prefer TWRP but roms refuse to load!
So if anyone has any help for somebody who is very new to rooting and such would like to provide a step by step back to stock that would be much appreciated,
EDIT: Also when i go into my fastboot screen I see ***TAMPERED*** and ***UNLOCKED*** at the top. I know that unlocked is a good thing but i have never heard of Tampered.
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I've had my thunderbolt happily running BAMF Remix 1.6.3 and Inoseyon's Kernel for about 2 weeks now. I bought an aftermarket battery off Ebay today and charged it up, then took the battery out of my old phone and put in the new aftermarket one. Tried to boot up, and am bootlooping at the white HTC splash screen.
Thinking the battery was junk, I put back in my old battey and tried to boot, same issue now, bootlooping. I can get into HBOOT but not recovery.
I'm not even sure what the solution is for a bricked phone in this condition (I'm assuming follow the "restore to stock" instructions in the development area) but I'm wondering if Froyo bricking is something anyone even reported.
I'm kind of in a time crunch so if anyone needs me to do something prior to re-flashing please let me know!
Okay, well I've been trying to research this (there REALLY needs to be a well-updated, concise Bricked Phone FAQ or something) and it does seem like I'm legimately bricked.
Phone goes to white HTC screen, then to black (shuts off it seems) then back to white HTC screen. Does this constantly. I can get into HBOOT but if I try to go into recovery, I'm back to the white screen bootlooping.
I tried factory reset, same deal, just went straight to white screen. I have no way of knowing if downgrading to the stock RUU would help without actually DOING it, which from what I understand would not be helpful to you folks.
Per HBOOT I still have S-OFF, and I'm more than happy to try to give you folks the info you need, but I have no idea how to get ADB to talk to me phone when it's not even able to turn on. I would need someone to give me reasonably simple instructions for how to do this.
Also, I can't wait forever on this, I'd post it in the actual development area but XDA feels I am not worthy of posting in there due to my noob status. If someone needs me to run some tests on the phone before flashing the stock .zips in HBOOT I need to hear back on this soon.
If hboot is stable and not looping, you should be able to flash the stock ruu, then unroot again. Gb loops happen in hboot too that's more serious
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You can return to stock via the instructions in that thread if you like. But if you don't want to have to root again and you aren't bootlooping in hboot, you can flash the rooted MR1 RUU in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1082114 . This will take you back to rooted MR1 update. Just download, verify md5, rename PG05IMG.zip, put on root of sd, boot into bootloader and let it flash.
Excellent, thanks for the info. I hadn't realized the legit bricking issue caused hboot to be unstable as well. I'm almost sorry it's not the real deal, I was hoping to get you guys the emcc data ya'll were looking for.
Hello,
Right, I am aware that I've probably made a huge mistake, but I thought, "hey, warranty void because of my screen, why not?", but I have searched and searched and was up until three this morning trying to find a solution, but I only kept getting confused (bare in mind I'm only sixteen).
I rooted my phone using the HTCDev method, and flashed the LoLic Sense ROM, it worked and I turned my phone back on and it got stuck on the bootscreen. So, I downloaded the RUU and tried to go back to stock, and it kept failing. I even tried the PG86IMG.zip and even that didn't work. So, I downgraded to the LEEDroid ROM that came with the revolutionary package I'd used before the official update to ICS, and now I can't even get past the initial HTC screen.
Please can anybody help me get back to stock on my phone? I've managed it before, but this time I keep seeming to come up short.
Thank you
EDIT:
I'm on HBOOT 1.53.0007 - after updating to the official ICS.
I've tried downgrading using the Gingerbread RUU and it won't install on the phone. I can't S-OFF using the wire trick because I'm afraid to break it even more.
I've tried flashing the rooted GB zip in clockworkmod and it says its installed, but I can't turn the phone on and it only gets to the first white HTC screen and then turns itself off.
I'm terrified that I may have broken my only phone and I don't know what to do, please can somebody help me?
If you are S-ON HTC Dev unlocked you need 4ext with smartflash or fastboot flash boot boot.img to install the kernel.
CDMA evo 3d, hboot 1.50, unlocked with s-on and 4ext touch recovery. Tried flashing a rooted stock ics rom. Booted to the point where yellow lettering is starting to show in the Sprint boot animation, then it continues to loop from there.
I'm not new to flashing (started with an og droid) but have been spoiled by Samsung Odin. Feel kinda lost as to what is the next step. I have gotten back to recovery and reflashed thinking bad download. Any suggestions?
Thanks
For many people, ICS and s-on don't play well together causing bootloops. I recommend you get s-off.
Edit: Also what triscuit said below about the kernel.
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If it's stock rooted based on the latest OTA from Sprint, you need HBoot 1.58, or it will boot loop. Like coal said, s-off that bad boy and you'll be good to go. You'll be able to switch to whatever HBoot you want freely.
I managed to get a stock gingerbread back on. It's my girlfriends phone so I doubt she'll let me install anything else now I'll probably wait and see what the devs can do with ics before trying again.
For now I'll just go back to trying different JB roms on my epic touch. But I would like to know who's responsible for integrating the buttons into the battery cover, what a pain.
Thanks for the help though
Im a nub when it comes to the unlocked bootloader cause for some reason ive always bought motorola. Im stuck at the white htc boot screen but i can get into hboot and recovery. Ive tried to factory reset but it keeps failing and i cant seem to find the stock ruu .exe anywhere. Is there a trick to this cause ive been rooting for over 2.5 years and i feel like im all thumbs with this. Any help is much appreciated!
Briteyez83 said:
Im a nub when it comes to the unlocked bootloader cause for some reason ive always bought motorola. Im stuck at the white htc boot screen but i can get into hboot and recovery. Ive tried to factory reset but it keeps failing and i cant seem to find the stock ruu .exe anywhere. Is there a trick to this cause ive been rooting for over 2.5 years and i feel like im all thumbs with this. Any help is much appreciated!
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Can you tell us what your bootloader screen says? The answers could vary quite a bit depending on what it says...
Okay, So here goes. I updated my phone with an OTA and the system file kept crashing making the phone unusable. It was still on stock at that point in time. I had trouble finding any help as the online help did not solve the problem.
So I went and decided to install a new OS. I unlocked the phone, rooted it, installed TWRP and MaximusHD 44.00. Now with the call issue, my phone became useless. My phone also was not receiving any OTA from the Devs of that OS.
This is all a big headache so I just want to go back to stock. I have tried using some TMO US RUU's, both zips and .exe to no avail. I keep getting not allowed: remote errors or signature errors.
Also, because of using the executives, my TWRP was removed. So now, the phone has nothing on it except the bootloader (whatever the operation is that I can get to fastboot.)
The diagnostics on top say ***tampered*** ***relocked*** ***security warning!***
I can provide radio numbers as well, but really I just need some one to tell me exactly which RUU I need and how to install it and get my phone back to how it was before this big headache. Any help is really appreciated. I need this phone for work and right now, it is a glorified paper weight. Getting desperate.
knightsmarian said:
Okay, So here goes. I updated my phone with an OTA and the system file kept crashing making the phone unusable. It was still on stock at that point in time. I had trouble finding any help as the online help did not solve the problem.
So I went and decided to install a new OS. I unlocked the phone, rooted it, installed TWRP and MaximusHD 44.00. Now with the call issue, my phone became useless. My phone also was not receiving any OTA from the Devs of that OS.
This is all a big headache so I just want to go back to stock. I have tried using some TMO US RUU's, both zips and .exe to no avail. I keep getting not allowed: remote errors or signature errors.
Also, because of using the executives, my TWRP was removed. So now, the phone has nothing on it except the bootloader (whatever the operation is that I can get to fastboot.)
The diagnostics on top say ***tampered*** ***relocked*** ***security warning!***
I can provide radio numbers as well, but really I just need some one to tell me exactly which RUU I need and how to install it and get my phone back to how it was before this big headache. Any help is really appreciated. I need this phone for work and right now, it is a glorified paper weight. Getting desperate.
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Post a fastboot getvar all except for imei and serialno. We can not recommend anything unless we know what your current set up.