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Help stuck in hboot

I just flashed PB31IMG.ZIP containing only hboot .79 over my hboot .77 now my phone wont reboot. Im stuck on hboot. i can go to recovery but thats it. Ive tried battery pull and everything else. Suggestions????
Is it okay to unzip a PB31IMG.zip and delete all the stuff i dont want then rezip and flash??
Im sorry, wrong section i know. This needs addressed immediately and im not getting help in the Q&A section.

blakestiffler said:
I just flashed PB31IMG.ZIP containing only hboot .79 over my hboot .77 now my phone wont reboot. Im stuck on hboot. i can go to recovery but thats it. Ive tried battery pull and everything else. Suggestions????
Is it okay to unzip a PB31IMG.zip and delete all the stuff i dont want then rezip and flash??
Im sorry, wrong section i know. This needs addressed immediately and im not getting help in the Q&A section.
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Reboot bootloader, select recovery, restore a nandroid, or flash a rom. It wipes the kernel when you change hboot
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i dont have a recent nandroid but i do have a kernel on my sdcard could i just flash it?

Just do an advanced restore of the boot partition.

blakestiffler said:
i dont have a recent nandroid but i do have a kernel on my sdcard could i just flash it?
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I haven't just flashed a kernel, but it should work
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GermanBrat said:
Just do an advanced restore of the boot partition.
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no matter what type of restore i attempt it stalls at "checking MD5 sums..."
luniz7 said:
I haven't just flashed a kernel, but it should work
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i tried flashing the kernel. That didnt work either

blakestiffler said:
no matter what type of restore i attempt it stalls at "checking MD5 sums..."
i tried flashing the kernel. That didnt work either
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How long are you waiting for the md5 check, it can take a bit sometimes
Flash a boot.img from a restore and it should work
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i had to redownload the rom and adb push it to my phone. I flashed without wiping and it worked! Thanks for the help guys! Its a work phone. And im at work! lol so urgency was important

luniz7 said:
How long are you waiting for the md5 check, it can take a bit sometimes
Flash a boot.img from a restore and it should work
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i probably waited 4-5 minutes. much longer then i ever waited before.

blakestiffler said:
i had to redownload the rom and adb push it to my phone. I flashed without wiping and it worked! Thanks for the help guys! Its a work phone. And im at work! lol so urgency was important
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word of advice, always make a nandroid backup before you do anything. When you change hboot you will have to flash a rom or a nandroid restore to get past hboot
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luniz7 said:
word of advice, always make a nandroid backup before you do anything. When you change hboot you will have to flash a rom or a nandroid restore to get past hboot
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yeah i didnt know that..

you rooted a work phone?
i guess that's a good idea.

PhillyCheez said:
you rooted a work phone?
i guess that's a good idea.
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Lol I was thinking the same but didn't say anything
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PhillyCheez said:
you rooted a work phone?
i guess that's a good idea.
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luniz7 said:
Lol I was thinking the same but didn't say anything
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my work phone is my only phone and i care more about my phone world than my work world lol

Installing new update with s-off?

Is it possible to install the new update with s-off. I have a stock rom and read the new update supposed to fix the battery threshold and I like the look. I know its not rootable yet but ive been reading some have been successful and just put amon ra recovery on it.Anyone know?
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My cousin installed it and his WiFi tether works and he is able to nand backup
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You can just get the rooted version of it on this site if you do the ota you will lose root and so far there is no way to get it back yet .
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Why install the OTA when there are complete ROMS here that are better than what you're gonna have with stock 2.3.3???

mizzouse said:
Is it possible to install the new update with s-off. I have a stock rom and read the new update supposed to fix the battery threshold and I like the look. I know its not rootable yet but ive been reading some have been successful and just put amon ra recovery on it.Anyone know?
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It is possible if you're s-off with Unrevoked Forever on Froyo. I had to switch to Amon Ra in order to install the update and then reflash Amon Ra after the update. Had to update Superuser after that but after that was fully rooted on the update.

There are several stock rooted versions of the OTA available, there's no reason that you need to lose root just to have the latest update.
If you are keen on losing root though, then go for it. You can install it with S-Off just fine, and since it'll remain S-Off you'll be able to flash a recovery on there and re-root by flashing a rooted rom.
If your intent is to have the latest update but also have root, then just flash one of the already-rooted stock roms available in the Android Development forum.

To hip kat, I actually don't like any custom roms, I'm an ogee only person and I tweak what I want or need myself. To tempe, how did you get clockwork off first assuming you had it? Also I used the unrevoked3 method but since mine is sprint, it automatically does a perm nand unlock.
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mizzouse said:
To tempe, how did you get clockwork off first assuming you had it?
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Well, easiest is to just use Rom Manager to flash alternate recovery, that's what I did before running the OTA. After, you'll need to do it manually. If you search here on "recovery" you should find threads that have the pc36img.zip files for both Clockworkmod and Amon Ra. After installing the OTA, turn off the fastboot option under Settings/Applications. Copy the pc36img.zip file for the recovery you want to use to the SD card, shut down your phone and then hold volume down while turning it back on. Just follow the prompts on the screen from there. After the recovery is installed you should be able to boot up and have root. If the Superuser app give you FC's search around here for the fixed superuser zip and flash it.

You can go S-on with the Unrevoked S-On tool....

I don't want s-on hip, trying to keep s-off. And thanks tempe for your help.
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Ok turns out im having problems installing the update, I forgot I deleted system apps. Here's the error:
assert failed: apply_patch_check /system/app/Blockbuster_htc.apk 2eE:unknown command etc etc, ideas?

mizzouse said:
Ok turns out im having problems installing the update, I forgot I deleted system apps. Here's the error:
assert failed: apply_patch_check /system/app/Blockbuster_htc.apk 2eE:unknown command etc etc, ideas?
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According to the error you posted, it's just the blockbuster app that your missing. Did you uninstall other system apps? Or just that. You need to have all your system apps installed for it to work. I'll attatch the blockbuster app for you. You'll need to install it to /system/app using ADB or using Root Explorer. If adb, do this
adb remount
adb push Blockbuster_htc.apk /system/app
adb reboot
If using root explorer, just copy the apk to the /system/app folder and set the permissions the same as all the other apps in the system folder.
Also, it would be much easier for you just to flash a rooted stock rom. Here's a link for ya. You'd just flash the rom like normal, from within recovery. It'd save you some hassle.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038701

mizzouse said:
Ok turns out im having problems installing the update, I forgot I deleted system apps. Here's the error:
assert failed: apply_patch_check /system/app/Blockbuster_htc.apk 2eE:unknown command etc etc, ideas?
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You do know there are rooted stock versions out there and like others have said no need to unroot then root again... SMH

playya said:
You do know there are rooted stock versions out there and like others have said no need to unroot then root again... SMH
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NOOOOO, you're not suppose to tell him..lol! I would of love for him to flash the new update and then complain about how he can't root his phone and how he wants to come back..haha

skcussrepolevedadx said:
NOOOOO, you're not suppose to tell him..lol! I would of love for him to flash the new update and then complain about how he can't root his phone and how he wants to come back..haha
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As much as I would love to see that happen (for my own amusement), I do believe in bad karma and if you let someone do that knowing what they're about to get into then you're properly gonna get the bone too......who knows, your phone might just blow up on the way to work while you're playing angry birds or some crap...hahahaha

I've already chosen to just do the rooted ota but I'm trying to figure out if I need to flash the radio. The second link in the topic is showing 2.15.00.04.08 but mine is higher at 00.11.19. The combined link with pri and wimax is the one I don't know yet
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mizzouse said:
I've already chosen to just do the rooted ota but I'm trying to figure out if I need to flash the radio. The second link in the topic is showing 2.15.00.04.08 but mine is higher at 00.11.19. The combined link with pri and wimax is the one I don't know yet
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I don't believe flashing the radio is necessary if you're doing the stock ota, I didn't have any issues with my current radio while I was using stock 2.3.3 (or any other ROM that I've used so far)

Alright I did the de-odex rooted ota but now the problem is once booted up, I cant update the prl or profile, it gives me an error. Im re-wiping the dalvik cache to see if that fixes it but is there any other steps I should try?
Side question, is a stock rom that came with the phone or an ota update a odex or de-odex?

Thanks for this thread, I have been searching high & low to see if S-Off would stay off or automatically turn back on. Thanks for the clarification!

Verified!
pnewgaard said:
Thanks for this thread, I have been searching high & low to see if S-Off would stay off or automatically turn back on. Thanks for the clarification!
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I ended up testing myself to know for sure and S-Off will stay off if you do the OTA update. If you want to start rooting again, just download Amon_Ra Recovery, and Bam, flash any Rom you want! Thanks for the starting of the thread! Confirmed!

Some Rooting/GB Flashing Assistance

Hello all,
I'm trying to assist my nephew in rooting his Evo and flashing GB to it but am running into issues as this is my first time rooting an Evo. I'm a thunderbolt user and have adb/rooting knowledge.
I used the autoroot.zip method to root and get access recovery just fine. The problem I'm running into is when I try and flash the MikG's GB rom (the radio flashes fine via hboot), I get an assert failed: write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img","boot") (also tried re-downloading the rom as well thinking it was a corrupt download or the md5's didn't match). I tried flashing other roms but to no avail. My guess is the issues are lying in recovery, but can't be certain. At this point today, I'm going to try and unroot, and then re-root using unrevoked.
Another question is when I re-root, will i have to flash amon-ra's recovery via hboot as well? Any direction would be much appreciated as I'm stumped as far as the above error is concerned and haven't found any real definitive answers relating to the error. Thanks!!

here is the link i have for the AmanRA recover.. put it directly on your sd root.. and it should flash it self..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
i personally rooted my evo using the revoked method.. simple and easy..

dgrobe2112 said:
here is the link i have for the AmanRA recover.. put it directly on your sd root.. and it should flash it self..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
i personally rooted my evo using the revoked method.. simple and easy..
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Thanks gonna give this a shot tonight, but hoping I don't receive that assert failed error message. I'm really hoping my problem lies me not using an updated recovery. My nephew is still rooted, so now I'm considering if I should unroot then start all over or just try an updated recovery option.

no you dont have to do it via hboot if you unroot then reroot with unrevoked you can get rom manager and flash a different recovery from there its super easy

jadden said:
no you dont have to do it via hboot if you unroot then reroot with unrevoked you can get rom manager and flash a different recovery from there its super easy
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Ok thanks for the reply, which recovery would work to flash MikG's GB rom? Amon_RA 2.3? I think I'm confusing myself more as the day moves along!

Yeah among RA works
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jadden said:
Yeah among RA works
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Thanks man, I'll post back the results!

I have s- off but don't think my phones rooted

I used revolutionary and got s-off ...how to I "flash a recovery"
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Amon RA
taylorR said:
I used revolutionary and got s-off ...how to I "flash a recovery"
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026

I use Amon Ra (you can search for it here), rename it to PC36IMG.zip and transfer to SD card.
Boot into bootloader (power off, then volume down + power key).
It will then find the file, ask you if you want to run/install, and BOOM.

I did that but I think I'm being an idiot I can't get root
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I have soff when I go to boot loader
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Don't you have to flash another file after getting s-off to obtain root? That is what I did because it said to in the instructions/documentation.
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/revolutionary

How do I flash something else? Just put it in my SD?
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taylorR said:
How do I flash something else? Just put it in my SD?
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Yes, move it from pc or download it.
Go into recovery and install zip from there

S-Off doesn't equal root. It takes the security off so you CAN root.
Flash the recovery, as posted, and then flash a ROM. The ROM have the root exploit in them and should all come with Superuser, which is what allows your programs to use the root exploit.

HipKat said:
S-Off doesn't equal root. It takes the security off so you CAN root.
Flash the recovery, as posted, and then flash a ROM. The ROM have the root exploit in them and should all come with Superuser, which is what allows your programs to use the root exploit.
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I have tried just about everything. You bring up a good point.
Is this Kinged HateSLINGER RLS-2.1
from this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1120734
one of the ones I can use? Maybe thats my issue.
I use them on my regular rooted phone.. I am trying to root phone that had the ota 2.3.3

If you are having an issue just go through the root method again and this time say YES when they ask you about Clockwork. This is if you are having issues flashing a recovery. It wont hurt your phone.
Suggestion - If you are entering the world of rooting and flashing roms, one of the most important things or probably the most important is to read and read again then when you think you got it read one more time. Alot of info in xda. follow OP's instructions to the letter and you will be ok...
Good luck

playya said:
If you are having an issue just go through the root method again and this time say YES when they ask you about Clockwork. This is if you are having issues flashing a recovery. It wont hurt your phone.
Suggestion - If you are entering the world of rooting and flashing roms, one of the most important things or probably the most important is to read and read again then when you think you got it read one more time. Alot of info in xda. follow OP's instructions to the letter and you will be ok...
Good luck
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I have done it over and over .. watched the video posted in another thread. I have tried different su files posted and same thing. I can install custom roms and it works great. I have superuser icon in apps.. no apps listed.
rom manager says not rooted.
terminal says not rooted

Yeah, the process is get S-Off, which removes the security
Flash Recovery, so you can flash ROMS, Kernels, etc.
Flash A ROM, which will have root, system files, etc so that you have a setup to work with.
Think of it like setting up a new computer. Once you get the components, you have to format your hard drive so it'll hold the operating system.

I'm using Twrp and not going back
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[Q] Is it possible to get root on primoc without flashing a kernel?

I know it's required to unlock the bootloader in order to gain root on primoc, but the directions call for flashing a kernel, and I'd like to keep my phone as close to stock as humanly possible. Is there a way to keep the stock kernel and get root, or is it the act of flashing the kernel that gets you root? The reason I ask is that I'd like to be able to use root apps, but I don't want to flash kernels/ROMs.
Sorry if this is a n00b question.
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For any poor unsuspecting soul who finds this thread through the almighty Google... The procedure in the next post works. Apparently, if you get the latest and greatest TWRP recovery it will root for you, but the version of TWRP I found did not do that.

meaninglessvanity said:
I know it's required to unlock the bootloader in order to gain root on primoc, but the directions call for flashing a kernel, and I'd like to keep my phone as close to stock as humanly possible. Is there a way to keep the stock kernel and get root, or is it the act of flashing the kernel that gets you root? The reason I ask is that I'd like to be able to use root apps, but I don't want to flash kernels/ROMs.
Sorry if this is a n00b question.
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Follow the instructions and flash the recovery file and not a kernel. You should now have TWRP recovery installed. Download Superuser.zip from the official website and place it in your sd card. Reboot and go into Bootloader and then into Recovery. From there press the first button and go to where you left the Superuser.zip. Select it and let it finish. Now reboot and you should be rooted.
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woohoo!
reV17 said:
Follow the instructions and flash the recovery file and not a kernel. You should now have TWRP recovery installed. Download Superuser.zip from the official website and place it in your sd card. Reboot and go into Bootloader and then into Recovery. From there press the first button and go to where you left the Superuser.zip. Select it and let it finish. Now reboot and you should be rooted.
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I'm so going to try that. Thanks a million!

meaninglessvanity said:
I know it's required to unlock the bootloader in order to gain root on primoc, but the directions call for flashing a kernel, and I'd like to keep my phone as close to stock as humanly possible. Is there a way to keep the stock kernel and get root, or is it the act of flashing the kernel that gets you root? The reason I ask is that I'd like to be able to use root apps, but I don't want to flash kernels/ROMs.
Sorry if this is a n00b question.
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If you install twrp as the recovery it will promot you and root the Rom. With the stick kernel.
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robaho said:
If you install twrp as the recovery it will promot you and root the Rom. With the stick kernel.
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That wasn't my experience. I had to flash the superuser.zip from recovery to get the su binary and then install the superuser app to get root to work. The general approach does work though!

meaninglessvanity said:
That wasn't my experience. I had to flash the superuser.zip from recovery to get the su binary and then install the superuser app to get root to work. The general approach does work though!
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I am talking the later versions. Check the twrp change log.
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I just used the superboot for primoc that I found on one of the stickied threads in general. one click and it roots it. I've used it on all three of the virgin updates.
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demi_fiend said:
I just used the superboot for primoc that I found on one of the stickied threads in general. one click and it roots it. I've used it on all three of the virgin updates.
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Superboot does work, but it installs a kernel as part of the directions, which is what I did not want to do.

meaninglessvanity said:
Superboot does work, but it installs a kernel as part of the directions, which is what I did not want to do.
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Just use twrp...
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