Please help, I think I bricked my Incredible and would appreciate any help or suggestions. I used unrevoked3 to root and flash the cynogenmod 6 nightly rom and then the google apps. Today i downloaded v3.1 of unrevoked to update my phone to a newer rom. I downloaded and installed the drivers but when I went to use unrevoked it would just reboot my phone and get stuck on the message "flashing recovery, do not touch phone" and never change, but my phone was just rebooted and working normal. So in the process of trouble shooting the problem I did a hard reset on the phone to see if it would help using a fresh clean rom. But when I went to reboot the phone, it got stuck in a boot loop. So now, my phone wont turn on all the way and I cant get to the recovery screen using unrevoked to utilize my nand backup that I had made. any help would be very appreciated!
11BE-5 said:
Please help, I think I bricked my Incredible and would appreciate any help or suggestions. I used unrevoked3 to root and flash the cynogenmod 6 nightly rom and then the google apps. Today i downloaded v3.1 of unrevoked to update my phone to a newer rom. I downloaded and installed the drivers but when I went to use unrevoked it would just reboot my phone and get stuck on the message "flashing recovery, do not touch phone" and never change, but my phone was just rebooted and working normal. So in the process of trouble shooting the problem I did a hard reset on the phone to see if it would help using a fresh clean rom. But when I went to reboot the phone, it got stuck in a boot loop. So now, my phone wont turn on all the way and I cant get to the recovery screen using unrevoked to utilize my nand backup that I had made. any help would be very appreciated!
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Have you tried this?
While the phone is turned OFF, press and hold the VOL DOWN key and then press and hold the POWER button... (So, you should have VOL DOWN + POWER BUTTON held down) and wait until it boots into HBOOT.
In HBOOT, you should have 4 options: FASTBOOT, RECOVERY, CLEAR STORAGE, SIMLOCK.
11BE-5 said:
Please help, I think I bricked my Incredible and would appreciate any help or suggestions. I used unrevoked3 to root and flash the cynogenmod 6 nightly rom and then the google apps. Today i downloaded v3.1 of unrevoked to update my phone to a newer rom. I downloaded and installed the drivers but when I went to use unrevoked it would just reboot my phone and get stuck on the message "flashing recovery, do not touch phone" and never change, but my phone was just rebooted and working normal. So in the process of trouble shooting the problem I did a hard reset on the phone to see if it would help using a fresh clean rom. But when I went to reboot the phone, it got stuck in a boot loop. So now, my phone wont turn on all the way and I cant get to the recovery screen using unrevoked to utilize my nand backup that I had made. any help would be very appreciated!
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You do realize that you don't use unrevoked to flash ROMs, right? For that, you either boot into CWM Recovery or use ROM Manager.
Yea, but nothing in the hboot menu seems to do anything useful. I just end up back into the reboot loop. Unless you know any tricks in that menu?
najaboy said:
You do realize that you don't use unrevoked to flash ROMs, right? For that, you either boot into CWM Recovery or use ROM Manager.
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Right, but dont I use the unrevoked tool to get into the CWM recovery? maybe I'm missing something, If there is another way to get into the recovery please let me know.
11BE-5 said:
Yea, but nothing in the hboot menu seems to do anything useful. I just end up back into the reboot loop. Unless you know any tricks in that menu?
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Yea, download the ruu, extract the rom.zip from it, rename to PB31IMG.zip and toss on sd card. Your phone will go back to it's factory shipped state.
This thread will help you extract the zip file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695825&highlight=rom.zip
Shadowmite said:
Yea, download the ruu, extract the rom.zip from it, rename to PB31IMG.zip and toss on sd card. Your phone will go back to it's factory shipped state.
This thread will help you extract the zip file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695825&highlight=rom.zip
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Shadowmite, you are the man! Didn't think of that before.
Good luck, man.
Shadowmite said:
Yea, download the ruu, extract the rom.zip from it, rename to PB31IMG.zip and toss on sd card. Your phone will go back to it's factory shipped state.
This thread will help you extract the zip file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695825&highlight=rom.zip
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I cant though, cause my phone wont turn all the way on I cant access my sd card through the computer. Is there any tricks?
11BE-5 said:
Right, but dont I use the unrevoked tool to get into the CWM recovery? maybe I'm missing something, If there is another way to get into the recovery please let me know.
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the unrevoked tool is only to establish root and INSTALL the recovery, not to actually run it for you. to get into recovery you just turn the phone off, then hold volume down + power until it gets to the bootloader, then you just press volume down to highlight recovery and press power to select it. this brings up the recovery. (or download Quick Boot from the market which can automatically reboot your phone in recovery for you.)
11BE-5 said:
I cant though, cause my phone wont turn all the way on I cant access my sd card through the computer. Is there any tricks?
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Um nope. Figure out a way to get the pb31im file onto your SD card. Or your up a creek my friend.
mb02 said:
the unrevoked tool is only to establish root and INSTALL the recovery, not to actually run it for you. to get into recovery you just turn the phone off, then hold volume down + power until it gets to the bootloader, then you just press volume down to highlight recovery and press power to select it. this brings up the recovery. (or download Quick Boot from the market which can automatically reboot your phone in recovery for you.)
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I tried that but it just takes me to the FASTBOOT menu
11BE-5 said:
I cant though, cause my phone wont turn all the way on I cant access my sd card through the computer. Is there any tricks?
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Best trick I know of is this awesome hackers megamart called Walmart which will sell you a excellent hacking device capable of reading sd cards from your pc... I think they call it a sd card reader...
sorry for a little sarcasm, I couldn't resist.
11BE-5 said:
I tried that but it just takes me to the FASTBOOT menu
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/sigh. when the phone is off, you hold volume down + power and it opens the bootloader screen. the options are:
1)fastboot
2)recovery
other options...
by default, fastboot is highlighted. therefore, if you press volume down once, it highlights the recovery option. pressing power after that selects it. this will open up the recovery.
Shadowmite said:
Best trick I know of is this awesome hackers megamart called Walmart which will sell you a excellent hacking device capable of reading sd cards from your pc... I think they call it a sd card reader...
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yes, this would be your last resort if for some reason the recovery doesnt run. this way you can put the pb31img.zip onto your sd card so that when you get into the bootloader it will automatically find the zip and begin running on its own.
mb02 said:
/sigh. when the phone is off, you hold volume down + power and it opens the bootloader screen. the options are:
1)fastboot
2)recovery
other options...
by default, fastboot is highlighted. therefore, if you press volume down once, it highlights the recovery option. pressing power after that selects it. this will open up the recovery.
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thank you, But like i said, when I press recovery it takes me into the fastboot menu like I pressed fastboot instead. Dont ask me why, it just does
Shadowmite said:
Best trick I know of is this awesome hackers megamart called Walmart which will sell you a excellent hacking device capable of reading sd cards from your pc... I think they call it a sd card reader...
sorry for a little sarcasm, I couldn't resist.
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Wow Shadowmite, he set it self up for that one (LOL)
Yeah, you simply need a SD card or microSD card reader--Walmart, Best Buy, your local corner store probably have 'em.
If you decide to get a SD card reader, make sure you have the microSD to SD card adapter (usually comes with the purchase of a microSD card).
11BE-5 said:
thank you, But like i said, when I press recovery it takes me into the fastboot menu like I pressed fastboot instead. Dont ask me why, it just does
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got it. then your only option is to either get an micro sd card reader or borrow a friends phone that has a microsd slot so you can somehow get your sd card connected to your pc to put the pb31img on it, then put the card back in your phone and get into the bootloader. from there the phone will walk you through it. then, only run the unrevoked tool ONCE.
Shadowmite said:
Best trick I know of is this awesome hackers megamart called Walmart which will sell you a excellent hacking device capable of reading sd cards from your pc... I think they call it a sd card reader...
sorry for a little sarcasm, I couldn't resist.
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Lol no problem. I had an idea tho, I think I might be able to use the sd card slot on my eris to download the file onto the Inc sd. Is there any foreseeable issues with that? Just trying to be careful
11BE-5 said:
Lol no problem. I had an idea tho, I think I might be able to use the sd card slot on my eris to download the file onto the Inc sd. Is there any foreseeable issues with that? Just trying to be careful
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nah. just put the file on the root of the card, put it back in your incredible and boot into the bootloader.
Pull battery then put it back in
Hold volume down and power till it boots.
Hit volume down to highlight recovery
Hit power
Hook your phone up to your pc
On phone go to ( partitions ) with optical mouse
Press mouse (enter)
Go to the bottom and mount USBsdcard
On computer copy the .zip you need on the card.
Unmount card on phone
Then reboot in recovery and apply the file by selecting yes.
Hope this helps.
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Hi guys, I've had my Desire rooted for around 2 months and have used loads of
ROMs/Mods etc. It's fair to say I know the procedure. At the moment though I'm
puzzled and worried because I have lost my previous ROM and can't get a new one
on!
I was flashing a new version of Pinky Desire over the previous one (without wiping)
and it never got to the reboot screen. So I took out the battery and put it back in
to reboot it. It got to the custom boot screen and no further so I then booted into
recovery and wiped data and cache and re-flashed the ROM, but the result was
the same...
So I tried this a couple more times until suddenly the recovery-windows.bat file
would no longer put me into a recovery menu. I've tried everything I can think of
(using my original Goldcard etc) but nothing is fixing it- it's like I've lost root access.
How can I make my phone useable again? PLEASE HELP!!!
EDIT: In case it makes a difference I did delete what I thought were some old .zips from my SD shortly before this.
Install an official RUU, then re-root it? I guess some of the pro's got some better answers though
Download the ClockworkMod recovery, rename it in update.zip, put it in the sd, enter recovery, when you get the red triangle press vol up+power, select to flash update.zip.
Yep, flash an ruu, then re-root, only this time use unrEVOked and for future when flashing roms use the newer recoveries like clockworkmod or amonra.
The old recoverywindows.bat file leaves you at risk of the usb brick. You may well already have that now if you pulled the battery mid flash.
Thanks all. Haven't had a chance to do this yet but will. I did manage to flash an update.zip but it won't detect the sd. will try with clockwork mod.
DomFel said:
Download the ClockworkMod recovery, rename it in update.zip, put it in the sd, enter recovery, when you get the red triangle press vol up+power, select to flash update.zip.
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Tried this but all I'm getting is cannot find directory. It retries about 12 times then
reboots. Just won't work.
When trying to flash an RUU it comes up with 'Error 170: USB connection error'.
This is weird because the device's bootloader recognises that there's a usb
connection. Any ideas?
EDIT: Seems like the phone in it's current state simply can't mount an sd card.
Gotta try some alternative methods for getting the RUU to run...
Doogleman said:
When trying to flash an RUU it comes up with 'Error 170: USB connection error'.
This is weird because the device's bootloader recognises that there's a usb
connection. Any ideas?
EDIT: Seems like the phone in it's current state simply can't mount an sd card.
Gotta try some alternative methods for getting the RUU to run...
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Check out the USB brick thread.
prove said:
Check out the USB brick thread.
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I will. That's so sh*t though
Thanks guys
Had almost same problem.
I even couldn't flash update.zip
the problem was in SD. it was working OK in windows, but phone couldn't mount it. soved problem with reformating using SDFormater, when formated with clockworkmod.
mendozinas said:
Had almost same problem.
I even couldn't flash update.zip
the problem was in SD. it was working OK in windows, but phone couldn't mount it. soved problem with reformating using SDFormater, when formated with clockworkmod.
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I've two SDs and neither is working though so...
two things
the windows unlockerthing.bat was only supposed to be run one time, after that you could access the menu pressing vol up and power...
Why would you pull the batt on a Flash??
Pulled the battery because the device said flash completed but didn't do anything for over 5 mins. Won't make that mistake again. I've actually bricked the USB so this thread is a little pointless now
Oh and I did fix the SD issue
I tried that pyramid rom, and since it doesn't boot, I was gonna try to do virtuous, Well I put that image to update the radio, and forgot that I can't get into android to take the image off, and when I need to go into recovery, it tries reading the image, and when I say no to update again, it wants to reboot. How does one get around this?
EDIT: had a smart idea and removed the SD card. all is good now.
Konner920 said:
I tried that pyramid rom, and since it doesn't boot, I was gonna try to do virtuous, Well I put that image to update the radio, and forgot that I can't get into android to take the image off, and when I need to go into recovery, it tries reading the image, and when I say no to update again, it wants to reboot. How does one get around this?
EDIT: had a smart idea and removed the SD card. all is good now.
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In the future when it asks to reboot after saying no to install the image you can press down arrow key and you can go into recovery or reboot into rom
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or in the future...turn off your phone, plug into usb on computer, run command line (assuming you have adb) and just type "adb reboot recovery".
it works even when the phone is off...
If I am understanding you right you have the PG32IMG.zip for the Radio update on the root of your SD card now you cant get into recovery cause it wants to update your radio every time you start the boot loader (Power + Vol dwn)?
am I right?
The way I work around this is to pull the SD card while the boot loader checks for update files.
once you have the ability to go into recovery (You can select recovery) push your SD back in and start recovery!
Then when you get the chance via USB Mass storage or with a file explorer on your DInc2 erase the PG32IMG.zip so you don't have this problem again.
If I helped take a second to thank me!?
Edit: DOH!
AZKJS said:
If I am understanding you right you have the PG32IMG.zip for the Radio update on the root of your SD card now you cant get into recovery cause it wants to update your radio every time you start the boot loader (Power + Vol dwn)?
am I right?
The way I work around this is to pull the SD card while the boot loader checks for update files.
once you have the ability to go into recovery (You can select recovery) push your SD back in and start recovery!
Then when you get the chance via USB Mass storage or with a file explorer on your DInc2 erase the PG32IMG.zip so you don't have this problem again.
If I helped take a second to thank me!?
Edit: DOH!
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I think you dont have to erase the PG32IMG.zip just rename to pPG32IMG and if you need to use that in the future just remove the first p and you are good to go.
trying to root my evo 4g. using revolutionary. how do i move the superuser folder to my sd card? everything worked flawlessly until i tried to recover at the end. phone locked up and showed a exclamation mark. had to take out battery. luckily it didnt brick the phone. sorry... this is my first time rooting
If you hboot shows the 6.16 hboot, you're rooted; you just have no recovery. You can go to the dev section, download and flash the amon ra (style), cwm, or twrp/2.0 recovery at your choice.
teh roxxorz said:
If you hboot shows the 6.16 hboot, you're rooted; you just have no recovery. You can go to the dev section, download and flash the amon ra (style), cwm, or twrp/2.0 recovery at your choice.
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be careful with twrp, certain releases are bricking evos now.
MPH33 said:
trying to root my evo 4g. using revolutionary. how do i move the superuser folder to my sd card? everything worked flawlessly until i tried to recover at the end. phone locked up and showed a exclamation mark. had to take out battery. luckily it didnt brick the phone. sorry... this is my first time rooting
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Save flashable zip from here to desktop. Then mount phone as disk drive via usb and copy flashable zip to root of sd card. Boot into custom recovery and flash zip. If you are rooted and do not have a custom recovery I suggest Amonra recovery from here.
You can also download super user from the market here
bencollinz said:
be careful with twrp, certain releases are bricking evos now.
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Hmm, that's odd. Twrp 1.x works fine; it must be either the .2 or .3 version of Twrp 2, because I used the initialize version just fine. The only issue was that it sometimes didn't wipe a second time after flashing an initial rom.
bigdee1974 said:
Save flashable zip from here to desktop. Then mount phone as disk drive via usb and copy flashable zip to root of sd card. Boot into custom recovery and flash zip. If you are rooted and do not have a custom recovery I suggest Amonra recovery from here.
You can also download super user from the market here
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man... still want work. i put the recovery on my sd card and it still gives me the exclamation mark and the phone locks up. i guess i need to start over. how do i start over the whole root process? this really sux. this is like 20th time ive tried to root this phone and gave up
Dude i promise you when you get it right you'll realize that it wasnt as hard as you thought. Trust me i been there before. Look w/ revolutionary if you did it right it'll ask you do you want to download clockworkmod from the internet. Hit "Y" for yes.
It does it automatically. I did a bunch of phones the same way.
MPH33 said:
man... still want work. i put the recovery on my sd card and it still gives me the exclamation mark and the phone locks up. i guess i need to start over. how do i start over the whole root process? this really sux. this is like 20th time ive tried to root this phone and gave up
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Put the recovery on your sd card as PC36IMG.zip (make sure it's not PC36IMG.zip.zip).
Turn phone off and pull the battery.
Put battery back in and hold volume down while pressing power (press the volume down first before pressing power).
Hold until white Hboot screen comes up (should say Revolutionary at top).
Wait for it to scan your sd card and press volume up to let it update.
You can reboot phone or go staight into recovery by not rebooting and selecting recovery with power button in Hboot
here's a link for AmonRa 3.11 (recovery that I recommend) http://www.multiupload.com/UW89IC4DBW
bobarune said:
Put the recovery on your sd card as PC36IMG.zip (make sure it's not PC36IMG.zip.zip).
Turn phone off and pull the battery.
Put battery back in and hold volume down while pressing power (press the volume down first before pressing power).
Hold until white Hboot screen comes up (should say Revolutionary at top).
Wait for it to scan your sd card and press volume up to let it update.
You can reboot phone or go staight into recovery by not rebooting and selecting recovery with power button in Hboot
here's a link for AmonRa 3.11 (recovery that I recommend) http://www.multiupload.com/UW89IC4DBW
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i tried all of that... says revolutionary on top with non stop on the booty screen. everytime i hit recovery i get the exclamation mark. shows recovery on disk (e) on my computer. still want want work. i dont get it
dont hit recovery in hboot until you have flashed a recovery
Look at this guide for help. Follow numbers 8-13 on the first section.
UPDATE! OK... now on my phone it says revolution in blue and it shows several commands. says...
reboot system now
apply update from sd card
wipe data factory reset
wipe cache partition
install zip from sd card
backup and restore
mounts and storage
advanced
power off
go back
im not doing crap unless i know exactly what to do from this point on. i think im on thr right track. any advice from this point on?
MPH33 said:
UPDATE! OK... now on my phone it says revolution in blue and it shows several commands. says...
im not doing crap unless i know exactly what to do from this point on. i think im on thr right track. any advice from this point on?
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Switch to AmonRa Recovery. CWM and the latest TWRP recovery seem to have problems. AmonRa is rock solid recovery
bigdee1974 said:
Switch to AmonRa Recovery. CWM and the latest TWRP recovery seem to have problems. AmonRa is rock solid recovery
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i dont get what i have to do from this point on... it shows revolutionary not in the white reboot page on the phone. should i just hit reboot system now... or what? i downloaded the amonra recovery. maybe its flashed on working on the phone. hell i dont know if it is or not. all i know... is im seeing something that i didnt before. the revolution command thats on the phone now
MPH33 said:
i dont get what i have to do from this point on... it shows revolutionary not in the white reboot page on the phone. should i just hit reboot system now... or what? i downloaded the amonra recovery. maybe its flashed on working on the phone. hell i dont know if it is or not. all i know... is im seeing something that i didnt before. the revolution command thats on the phone now
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If you downloaded from the link I gave you in post above then rename zip to "PC36IMG" (all caps) and place on root of sd card and boot into hbot.
Notes:
To boot into hbot hold "vol. down' and "power" at same time. When you boot into hbot it will ask if you would like to update recovery. Select volume up and let it do its work and yes to reboot when finished.
PS: When you have finished updating recovery either rename PC36IMG zip or erase from sd card.
great.... now it want even reboot when i hold the power and volume button down. wtf!!!!
Pull the battery then try again. I had that issue once awhile back.
this is getting on my last nerve!!! i downloaded recovery ra supersonic and finally got it on my sd card. i click to download through revolutionary and it says cant open file. this is getting old! ok... please remember i am a totall noob with all of this. i suck bad with software. awfully bad. i can build a computer but i can not do programming and stuff like that.
after i download a recovery tool to my computer... what do i do after that? unzip the files... what? ive just been copying the folder and moving it to disk e where my sd card is. wow... this aggravating
i dont see how in the hell it shows the recovery file in my sd card then when i try to upload the file through revolutionary it says bad file... did not download. what in the hell else are you supposed to? this sux!!!!
MPH33 said:
this is getting on my last nerve!!! i downloaded recovery ra supersonic and finally got it on my sd card. i click to download through revolutionary and it says cant open file. this is getting old! ok... please remember i am a totall noob with all of this. i suck bad with software. awfully bad. i can build a computer but i can not do programming and stuff like that.
after i download a recovery tool to my computer... what do i do after that? unzip the files... what? ive just been copying the folder and moving it to disk e where my sd card is. wow... this aggravating
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Wrong. Leave the recovery zip, [named PC36IMG] zipped on your sd card, then boot into the bootloader [power off the phone, hold vot+down until you see the white screen] it should then prompt you to update and should say recovery, select up, select up to reboot, hold vol+down, this time decline the update, select recovery, and you should be on amon ra.
teh roxxorz said:
Wrong. Leave the recovery zip, [named PC36IMG] zipped on your sd card, then boot into the bootloader [power off the phone, hold vot+down until you see the white screen] it should then prompt you to update and should say recovery, select up, select up to reboot, hold vol+down, this time decline the update, select recovery, and you should be on amon ra.
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mine says...
hboot
fastboot
recovery
clear storage
hboot usb
if i click recovery... it will take me to revolutionary command. soo... i should not download the recovery through there? i dont get this. this getting really old and i have better things to do with my time than play with sorry phone
So i decided to Factory reset my Wildfire which was on CM7 and had root and S off. after the reset was done, while I was in the process of Setting up the phone (where you touch the green android and set up google account and wifi) and then guess what, It force closed. I restarted the phone but it wont start it was stuck on the cm7 boot thing (where the blue android guy is on his skateboard) and it went on and On. so i decided that i have to flash the rom again. I go into Clockwork Mod using the Volume Down + Power button. and then it hangs for a few seconds, Even if i press the volume up/down button, nothing happens. After that,this appears :-
SD checking [some file name.zip]
image not found
[same thing again]
I go onto recovery mode. and go to Install ZIP from Sd card and when i Press it, nothing comes on. all i get is a black screen. absolutely nothing is on there. what can i do? the rom is on my sd card but it doesnt seem to find it i guess. Is my phone bricked or what? help will be much appreciated.
Sorry if i have posted in the wrong section. Im new here.
thanks
Regarding the fc while setup I have no idea what happened. You say you wanted to factory reset the phone - did you also format/wipe everything and reflash CM7?
iTzSam said:
I go into Clockwork Mod using the Volume Down + Power button. and then it hangs for a few seconds, Even if i press the volume up/down button, nothing happens. After that,this appears :-
SD checking [some file name.zip]
image not found
[same thing again]
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that's pretty normal (also the few secs pause): Fastboot checks if there's a PC49IMG.zip to flash - after that you can boot into CWM (what seems to work until there).
I go onto recovery mode. and go to Install ZIP from Sd card and when i Press it, nothing comes on. all i get is a black screen. absolutely nothing is on there. what can i do? the rom is on my sd card but it doesnt seem to find it i guess
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don't think that the zip isn't found - guess that would end up in a error message. Probably CWM doesn't work correctly or the SD card is damaged. I'd check the SD card on the PC and would probably redownload the ROM, then, I'd check with a second SD card to make sure it's ok. If no success either try to reflash CWM (e.g. with fastboot, there are different methods - obviously doesn't work with CWM itself )
Sorry if i have posted in the wrong section. Im new here.
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nah, fits absolutely perfect here
You are pressing the trackball aren't you??
I presume so as it seems you're getting as far as finding the zip but I'm pretty sure if you press the power button it takes you to a blank screen, its been a while since I used cwm on my willy..........
If it isn't that try flashing cwm again.
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Scratch0805 said:
You are pressing the trackball aren't you??
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sh*t - good point you're still right with the procedure...
So please doublecheck
iTzSam said:
I go onto recovery mode. and go to Install ZIP from Sd card and when i Press it
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if you press the trackball at this point - not the power button - to select
I am hoping someone can help me. My boyfriend recently had his HTC Evo for Sprint rooted to Boost mobile. It was rooted to Syneagy Rom. Things started going wrong for instance, icons disappearing, sound and ringer stopped working, etc. So he was informed he could just reset the phone and things would start working. I tried to do a factory reset both on the rom and on the phone itself. Nothing happened still rooted with more issues. So, I downloaded the free rom software from the android market and in the android magazine they tell you how to install a custom rom. I tried Cyanogen. Everything was fine til it rebooted then I got stuck with the white logo Htc Evo screen. I tried to connect to the pc but wont recognize anything, also tried to download files to my sd card and do the bootloader but no such luck. Any thoughts or ideas, on how I can get this phone to work again even if it means unrooting. Thanks!
Give us the specs of the phone.
Ex: Bootloader
Recovery
How it was rooted (unrevoked, revolutionary, bootloader unlock)
Then we can try to help. I already have a slight idea as to what went on
death-by-soap said:
Give us the specs of the phone.
Ex: Bootloader
Recovery
How it was rooted (unrevoked, revolutionary, bootloader unlock)
Then we can try to help. I already have a slight idea as to what went on
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I believe it was rooted with revolutionary...I wish I knew more of the specs! He had someone root it for him so I have no idea on some of the info. Sorry
chevygirl2474 said:
I believe it was rooted with revolutionary...I wish I knew more of the specs! He had someone root it for him so I have no idea on some of the info. Sorry
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If you have the phone, go into bootloader. (Hold Power + volume down) and it should say at the top.
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If you have the phone, go into bootloader. (Hold Power + volume down) and it should say at the top.
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Thanks for being so patient with me.
Okay it says ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.2
chevygirl2474 said:
Thanks for being so patient with me.
Okay it says ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.2
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Also restarted it again and it says Revolutionary SuperSonic EVT3 Ship S-OFF HBOOT 6.16.1002 MICRO Chip 041f Touch panel ATMEL224 16ab
Radio 0 2011.17:0215 March 8 2011
Then says fastboot underneath and below that says bootloader....Not sure if you needed that info but thought id list anyways
Start by turning your phone off. Then, press the volume down button, and then press and hold the power button, as you did above. Let the bootloader boot up, and then use the volume keys to move up and down to the recovery option. Then press the power button. The phone will boot into recovery mode. You should see an option that says 'Wipe Menu', or something along those lines. Use the volume keys to change the selection, then use the power button to select it. Select Dalvik cache, and use the power button to confirm that you want to wipe it. Then select data, and wipe it, also. At this point, back out of that menu and reboot the phone and see if the phone will boot up. If it does, you're all set. If not, I'd try flashing the ROM again from the recovery menu. Also, once you get things going, I'd dump ClockworkMod recovery and install Smelkus. Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661543
Let us know how it works out. We'll be glad to help any way we can.
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FinZ28 said:
Start by turning your phone off. Then, press the volume down button, and then press and hold the power button, as you did above. Let the bootloader boot up, and then use the volume keys to move up and down to the recovery option. Then press the power button. The phone will boot into recovery mode. You should see an option that says 'Wipe Menu', or something along those lines. Use the volume keys to change the selection, then use the power button to select it. Select Dalvik cache, and use the power button to confirm that you want to wipe it. Then select data, and wipe it, also. At this point, back out of that menu and reboot the phone and see if the phone will boot up. If it does, you're all set. If not, I'd try flashing the ROM again from the recovery menu. Also, once you get things going, I'd dump ClockworkMod recovery and install Smelkus. Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661543
Let us know how it works out. We'll be glad to help any way we can.
Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand
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As stated above, try flashing a rom. Try something other than CM7 because I read somewhere that it doesn't work.on some hboots. If you are looking for stock rooted, check out captain_throwback's 5.07 rom.
Yeah FinZ! Teamwork! :highfive:
death-by-soap said:
As stated above, try flashing a rom. Try something other than CM7 because I read somewhere that it doesn't work.on some hboots. If you are looking for stock rooted, check out captain_throwback's 5.07 rom.
Yeah FinZ! Teamwork! :highfive:
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Okay thanks FinZ and death by soap for your help. Appreciate it. I followed your instructions but will still not boot. Is there any chance you could give me step by step instructions on how to flash a rom. I feel like a newbie. I just want to make sure I am doing it right. Thanks!
Download this ROM to the root of your SD card (not in any folders):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671395
You can download it via recovery, by selecting USB-MS (it may say Mount USB storage, instead) and turning it on. You can also remove the card from the phone and place it in a card reader and hook it up to your computer. If you downloaded the file via recovery, select USB-MS and turn it back off before you go any further once the ROM has downloaded. Boot your phone into recovery mode and follow the wipe instructions I listed above. Then, choose the option to 'Flash .zip file from SD Card' (or whatever it is in ClockworkMod-I can't remember). Find the ROM you downloaded and use the power button to make your selection. When it's done installing, go back to the wipe menu and wipe everything as you did before. Then, back out to the main menu and reboot the phone. Hopefully the phone boots into the ROM
I still also recommend changing recoveries, but for now, let's worry about getting the phone to boot into the ROM, and we'll worry about that later.
Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand
Okay one other question, the sd card is blank....was it suppose to have folders on it? Somehow everything got wiped. I will keep trying. Determined to get the phone to work! Thanks for all your help. It is appreciated! I installed from the link that you posted onto the SD card.
FinZ28 said:
Download this ROM to the root of your SD card (not in any folders):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671395
You can download it via recovery, by selecting USB-MS (it may say Mount USB storage, instead) and turning it on. You can also remove the card from the phone and place it in a card reader and hook it up to your computer. If you downloaded the file via recovery, select USB-MS and turn it back off before you go any further once the ROM has downloaded. Boot your phone into recovery mode and follow the wipe instructions I listed above. Then, choose the option to 'Flash .zip file from SD Card' (or whatever it is in ClockworkMod-I can't remember). Find the ROM you downloaded and use the power button to make your selection. When it's done installing, go back to the wipe menu and wipe everything as you did before. Then, back out to the main menu and reboot the phone. Hopefully the phone boots into the ROM
I still also recommend changing recoveries, but for now, let's worry about getting the phone to boot into the ROM, and we'll worry about that later.
Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand
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chevygirl2474 said:
Okay one other question, the sd card is blank....was it suppose to have folders on it? Somehow everything got wiped. I will keep trying. Determined to get the phone to work! Thanks for all your help. It is appreciated! I installed from the link that you posted onto the SD card.
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Not a problem. Just install the ROM as previously stated, then flash it from recovery. We can worry about formatting the card once we get the phone running properly.
Now that I think about it, though, I wonder if the SD card being wiped is part of the problem here? Just try and flash the ROM, and we'll go from there.
Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand
FinZ28 said:
Not a problem. Just install the ROM as previously stated, then flash it from recovery. We can worry about formatting the card once we get the phone running properly.
Now that I think about it, though, I wonder if the SD card being wiped is part of the problem here? Just try and flash the ROM, and we'll go from there.
Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand
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May have a corrupted file system on the sd card. We'll worry about that once the phone boots.
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May have a corrupted file system on the sd card. We'll worry about that once the phone boots.
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Its not working. I deleted everything on sd card going to try and download again and start all over.
chevygirl2474 said:
Its not working. I deleted everything on sd card going to try and download again and start all over.
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What do you mean it's not working, exactly? Were you able to boot into recovery and select the ROM and flash it? Walk us through what you did and what happened.
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chevygirl2474 said:
Its not working. I deleted everything on sd card going to try and download again and start all over.
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Did you wipe the card after you downloaded the file? be careful about that!!!
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May have a corrupted file system on the sd card. We'll worry about that once the phone boots.
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Okay so this is what it says everytime I try to load info...Install from SD card, finding update package, opening update package, E:cant open sdcard/update zip no such file or directory installation aborted.
Do you think I am better off buying another phone? I am wondering if this phone is just corrupt. Had issues from the time I had it rooted.
Sounds like an issue with the SD card, not the phone itself.
One more thing to try without changing cards out. Rename the file on the card PC36IMG.zip (make sure there is no extra .zip extension on it or this won't work). Make sure the file is on the card, and turn the phone off. Load into the bootloader by pressing volume down+power. After a few seconds, you should be prompted as to whether or not you wish to install the update. Use the volume keys to move up and down, and use the power button to make your selection. If successful, the new ROM will load and you can reboot your phone. If not, we may need to look at swapping SD cards.
Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand
FinZ28 said:
Sounds like an issue with the SD card, not the phone itself.
One more thing to try without changing cards out. Rename the file on the card PC36IMG.zip (make sure there is no extra .zip extension on it or this won't work). Make sure the file is on the card, and turn the phone off. Load into the bootloader by pressing volume down+power. After a few seconds, you should be prompted as to whether or not you wish to install the update. Use the volume keys to move up and down, and use the power button to make your selection. If successful, the new ROM will load and you can reboot your phone. If not, we may need to look at swapping SD cards.
Sent using my HTC EVO 4G and a magic wand
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I tried another SD Card....I renamed the file and it says image not found or wrong image...
I appreciate all your help, but I think this phone is trashed. I will prob pick up another EVO. Hope you both have a great evening!
chevygirl2474 said:
I tried another SD Card....I renamed the file and it says image not found or wrong image...
I appreciate all your help, but I think this phone is trashed. I will prob pick up another EVO. Hope you both have a great evening!
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Okay update!! I tried once again and it let me update it. It now says Install from sdcard complete! Installed the zip folder!