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Boot loop with any ROM based on official 2.2

Hi,
I was hoping some of the smart people here might be able to point me in the right direction for a solution to a problem I am having.
As the thread subject says; I've flashed several ROMs based on the official 2.2 release and I end up with a boot loop at the first HTC logo, it never makes it to the quietly brilliant screen, it just re-boots continuously until I pull the battery.
However, ROMs based on 2.1 boot fine, both official ones and modified ones obtained here on the forum. Also, the 2.2 based DeFrost ROM boots fine.
The actual flash process seems to go fine, with no errors being reported.
I've tried wiping/factory reset before I flash, after I flash, but the result is always the same.
I've tried with and without the latest radio installed.
I've tried booting with the SDCard and SIM removed, but no luck.
I've even tried downgrading from bootloader 0.80 to 0.75, again with no difference.
A bit of background info;
My Desire is a generic unbranded model.
Yesterday, I did try to install the OTA 2.2 update, but something messed up during the flash process and I ended up with a corrupted recovery partition and (once again) a boot loop.
Thankfully, I managed to flash an older RUU file and things are back to normal, except for the in-ability to boot any ROM based on the official 2.2 release.
If anyone can help I would be forever in your debt, as this really is driving me crazy.

I had the same problem when I installed the new 2.2 HTC ROM without wiping...
Anyway try to wipe both factory reset and all caches with both amon ra recovery port and clockwork recovery...

Same problem... but fixed I fixed it installing this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7483900

I have same same loop like that
I dont know why? I use r5 modaco custom rom. it seems well. but when I try to use edge/3g, it starts loop booting. if turn off edge/3g, the phone works perfectly.
after that, I tried to flash another ROM, Wipe Factory reset, Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik, even wipe ext but it still happens
I put out SIM, the phone boot correctly( maybe just reboot one time). but put SIM in, it reboots.... sometime the phone vibrate 5 time at HTC screen .
somebody can help me?
ps: how to know wipe dalvik work perfectly? I cant see any info about it done

I had the same problem with the first rooted official rom I tried to install, then I restored to my modaco mcr-r5 (2.2) rom, updated to the new radio and then installed the rom from nickiberli via rom manager and it worked.
btw, I selected wipe data in rom manager when prompted, lost all my apps and data but the setup wizard ran when it booted up first time.

Thanks for the suggestions.
I have now tried wiping with both ClockworkMod and AmonRa.
I wiped the following with both, but still the boot loop persists with 2.2 based ROMs.
Wipe Data / Factory Reset
Wipe Cache Partition
Wipe Dalvik Cache
I also tried the MCR-R5 ROM, but it also fails to boot for me. It doesn't loop, but it seems to freeze on the first HTC screen.
As mentioned previously; 2.1 based ROMs boot flawlessly.
I really don't know what else to try.

try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741867
Ive had a bit of a shaky day with custom roms, rooting not working etc, first rom i tried failed, but this one worked straight out, wipe cache, default, ext partitions and dalvik, I used mybackup to back everything and wiped the whole phone, works like a charm now

raz2133 said:
Thanks for the suggestions.
I have now tried wiping with both ClockworkMod and AmonRa.
I wiped the following with both, but still the boot loop persists with 2.2 based ROMs.
Wipe Data / Factory Reset
Wipe Cache Partition
Wipe Dalvik Cache
I also tried the MCR-R5 ROM, but it also fails to boot for me. It doesn't loop, but it seems to freeze on the first HTC screen.
As mentioned previously; 2.1 based ROMs boot flawlessly.
I really don't know what else to try.
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Do you have an ext partition on your memory card for a2sd? If you don't and you try to install a rom with a2sd then I think it might cause this kind of problem. I had a2sd with an ext partition on the card, I booted into clockworkmod recovery and formatted the sd card and the phone wouldn't boot.
I generated a new mcr-r5 without a2sd or a2sd+ and installed and all was ok, if that works then I would try installing the new radio and then the new rom which is what I did.

ratykat said:
try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741867
Ive had a bit of a shaky day with custom roms, rooting not working etc, first rom i tried failed, but this one worked straight out, wipe cache, default, ext partitions and dalvik, I used mybackup to back everything and wiped the whole phone, works like a charm now
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I just tried this ROM and it wont boot for me either.

bakedecake said:
Do you have an ext partition on your memory card for a2sd? If you don't and you try to install a rom with a2sd then I think it might cause this kind of problem. I had a2sd with an ext partition on the card, I booted into clockworkmod recovery and formatted the sd card and the phone wouldn't boot.
I generated a new mcr-r5 without a2sd or a2sd+ and installed and all was ok, if that works then I would try installing the new radio and then the new rom which is what I did.
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I do have an ext partition on my SDCard and I have tried ROMs with and without A2SD. In fact, the ROM I have used for most of my tests is "Rooted Official HTC Android 2.2 (FroYo) ROM [Market issue fixed]", which I don't think has A2SD.
I have tried booting with 3 different SDCards so far, and of-course I have tried with no card.

[Q] Update ROM version + Data2Whatever

I am stuck on these questions I can't find reasonable answers:
Considering I have Reflex S v2.1.5 rom working fine, I want to install data2whatever. I have already 1GB ext3.
1. Should I factory reset, full wipe, reflash the ROM and then D2WE, then reboot. This way I will loose all my apps and settings. What will happend to my paid apps?
2. If I full wipe and reset - what will happen to my RomManager backups already on the SD card?
3. What is the procedure if I have D2WE installed and working and want to update the ROM version. Generally is there a way to update ROM, keep all apps and settings and having Data2Whatever running with no problems

Weirdo problem on my phone

I was on Jovy's DarthSralker and wanted to try Puremotive Galaxymod with multi window.
As usal i flash ROM with wiping cache, delvik and factory reset. Galaxy mod started well but i make a mistake by restoring data from recovery . then it started giving fc and msg was also not working. So i wanted to go back to previous ROM ( DarthStalker v8) with restoring nand backup but it never succeed. It stoped at boot logo (samsung galaxy s3 ) .
I was able to restart into recovery and download mod.
I i tried wiping cache , delvik , factory reset and even wiping system and internal sd card.
I tried to install three roms that were in my external sd card. Tried to restore nand of my 4 previous roms. But no success. They all says success and end on samsung galaxy s3 logo.
Then i decide to do odin. I was at work so i thought of charging full and doing odin later. So i leave it on charge. The battery sign show up and went. No led working.
After like a hour ; i checked and re led was there woth battery charging sign.
I restarted and it worked. Before i put on charge i did flashed DarthStalker v8 so it was there . wow
I tried for 4 hour on recovery.
Have any1 experience same problem? What causes this ?
Now i am on jovys v8 but i will be thinking 100 times to do flash again .
After working my 4.2 camera is not working and i got this on my gallery.

Now i got this

Not sure of the android versions of your rom but if it's 4.2 you need clockworkmod recovery 6.0.2.3. There are different SD card locations in 4.2 versus 4.12 and lower so it won't recognize pictures and other SD card data.
Double check your android versions and Google clockwork mod recovery. Download it flash it and re-wipe and install rom again.

You might wanna try two things out.
First the usual. Go into Gallery and clear cache and data and then fire it up again and see it that works.
Second, use a file explorer with "show hidden folders" enabled and go into DCIM and delete .thumbnails Then fire up the gallery again and see it that works.
I haven't check out PureMotive's ROM yet, so I am not sure if 4.1 or 4.2. If that is the case, then Tom may be right with the pathway issue being the problem. /data/0 type thing.

Thanks guys. Gallery is not a big issue for me. For me unable to boot phone is bigger problem via restore and new rom.

bikrame said:
Thanks guys. Gallery is not a big issue for me. For me unable to boot phone is bigger problem via restore and new rom.
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Did you happened to install Google Wallet there? I actually have issue when wiping dalvik cache after hacking the phone to install google wallet. It might have to do with the state of the phone when the cache was built in the first place. My lessons learned is that if I have google wallet in my nandroid image, don't do dalvik wipe. Don't know if you have the same issue or not.

munchee said:
Did you happened to install Google Wallet there? I actually have issue when wiping dalvik cache after hacking the phone to install google wallet. It might have to do with the state of the phone when the cache was built in the first place. My lessons learned is that if I have google wallet in my nandroid image, don't do dalvik wipe. Don't know if you have the same issue or not.
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Nop i dont have google wallet in any of those roms.
I remember After few times i was getting error on delvik cache wipe .

sometimes installing mods can mess up the rom. so i try to avoid it

i just tried restoring v8 but stocked on samsung galaxy s 3 logo.

[Q] Help on loading rom

Hey everyone I have the Canadian bell carrier galaxy s3 which is rooted and I had used couple rooms such as Miui which I loved but was very buggy but recently been trying to load up roms and after it completes the install I click reboot nothing happens the screen is black so I have to boot to recovery and restore from backup tried multiple ones and same thing
1 I backed up on clockworkmod
2 performed factory reset, cleared Caches, cleared dalvik
3 installed from zip
Rebooted and nothing am I doing something wrong. Any advice would be appreciated thanks I just wanna run a stable version of the Nexus rom so I can just use it permanently

As far as I'm aware, that's an international ROM and impossible to flash.

The phone is rooted and clockwork mod to but someone told me the bootloader is Prolly not unlocked how do I find out if it's unlocked

I just tried to install the cynogen rom stable version and it said everything completed I rebooted and screened stayed black does anyone have a idea

With an issue like that I would do the following.
1. Wipe everything and I mean EVERYTHING!.
2. Return your phone back to stock/unrooted
3. Root your phone again and install your custom recovery (I like TWRP better as I've had less issue with it)
4. Before you flash whatever ROM, wipe everything again and then install your ROM
If that all doesn't work, I don't know what else will.

[Solved] Bootloop after flashing any Touchwiz based rom

Hi,
For about a few days, I can't flash any touchwiz based rom, even the ones I could flash without any problem before. After I flash any touchwiz rom, my phone goes into a bootloop cycle. Though I can boot into recovery and download mode with key combinations. I don't know when this happened for the first time but as far as I can remember, it would be after I flashed some 4.4 AOSP rom (could be Omnirom, I'm not sure though)
What I did to recover from boot loop:
- Wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache and reboot, no joy.
- Wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, wipe data, reboot, no joy.
- Wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, wipe data, wipe data/media, reboot, no joy.
- Pulled out the battery between these steps too.
At first, I thought something was wrong about the aroma installer itself because the phone was getting frozen during aroma installer setup screen, then I came up that it was caused due to my older CWM version, so I updated the recovery and it didn't freze again during installation.
And by the way, I've lost my efs partition during these processes, thankfully I've had a nandroid backup from a couple of months before.
Now I'm stuck with AOSP roms and the only way I can use a touchwiz rom is to flash the stock rom via odin. But I want to use the new leaked version based Note3 featured roms.
I've seen similar topics at S4 section but I couldn't be sure if I can do the exact steps for an N7100 international device.
I'm pretty familiar with linux system and I can use adb so I can provide any kind of information you need to diagnose this issue. Thanks in advance. Best regards.
HOW I SOLVED THIS PROBLEM
- Wiped everything (system, data, sdcard, of course internal sdcard)
- Flashed n7100 16GB pit file via odin
- Flashed stock rom via odin
- During these steps, I realized that my CSC code had been changed, I've corrected it acording to my country code
- Rooted my phone again
- Flashed CWM 6.0.4.3 recovery
- Flashed DN3 V3.1 rom
- Bingo, I successifully booted into DN3 rom but had no WIFI
- Flashed MJ5 bootloader
- Rebooted, then WIFI worked without a problem
- Setup my phone and did some restore
It's all good now. Thanks for everything, I hope these steps can help someone facing the same problem.

Guys, I really need some help.. Any idea about what might the problem be?
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Download HD wipe script,flash the script zip via cwm/philz then try installing the rom of your choice.
I found the script from tamirda's phoenix rom thread and is very useful:http://d-h.st/fWr

Full wipe cache and reset in recovery menu, clear everything, you should be up and running.

akp.ajinkya said:
Download HD wipe script,flash the script zip via cwm/philz then try installing the rom of your choice.
I found the script from tamirda's phoenix rom thread and is very useful..
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Thanks for the reply. I flashed this superwipe script, then flashed DN3 rom but still I got stuck at Samsung Galaxy Note II screen boot loop. I really don't understand this. What am I missing? What would happen if I wipe the entire internal memory block, I mean the whole things, even the root partition too.. I'm thinking that maybe there's some file inside the root partition that prevents me to flash touchwiz roms or perhaps something wrong about touchwiz based roms' bootloaders.. I'm truely pissed..
(InsertNameHere) said:
Full wipe cache and reset in recovery menu, clear everything, you should be up and running.
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Have you read my first message? I remember that I've mentioned I've done already what you ask me to do.. Believe me I wouldn't shoot a new thread if I could've solved my problem with such easy steps. I've already done so many wipes, including internal SD and whatsoever.. I'm really confused and NEED help. Thanks anyway..

I think you can go for the method you mentioned.But also give a try to start fresh i.e pit file flashing...wiping everything n installing stock rom then rooting,flashing custom recovery n then installing any TW custom rom.
Also give other TW based roms a try too.

Im having the same problem but after flashing kernels (e.i. saber & perseus).
Im currently running on Tigra rom. Is this a compatibility issue or im just missing something here too?
I came across flashing bootimg but this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
is for One S, im not sure if will work on Note 2 & haven't tried it yet.
Any suggestions? help pls...

akp.ajinkya said:
I think you can go for the method you mentioned.But also give a try to start fresh i.e pit file flashing...wiping everything n installing stock rom then rooting,flashing custom recovery n then installing any TW custom rom.
Also give other TW based roms a try too.
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Well, the problem is gone.
What I did was the things you said.
- Wiped everything (system, data, sdcard, of course internal sdcard)
- Flashed n7100 16GB pit file via odin
- Flashed stock rom via odin
- During these steps, I realized that my CSC code had been changed, I've corrected it acording to my country code
- Rooted my phone again
- Flashed CWM 6.0.4.3 recovery
- Flashed DN3 V3.1 rom
- Bingo, I successifully booted into DN3 rom but had no WIFI
- Flashed MJ5 bootloader
- Rebooted, then WIFI worked without a problem
- Setup my phone and did some restore
It's all good now. Thanks for everything, I hope these steps can help someone facing the same problem.

Happy to help you bro