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EVO Bricked? Please Help

I had rooted my phone and updated the radio to 1.47.651.1 when I tried to update a custom rom I accidently re-ran PC36IMG.zip and it rebooted quick NOW the radio says 1:39:00:04:26
and in the options below I now have
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
CLEAR STORAGE
SIMLOCK
HBOOT USB
I tried putting the phone on FASTBOOT then connected it to the USB and began a stock rom not rooted and it boots my phone into an HTC Black screen Boot mode and begins to update until it comes to the signatures and it gives me an error.
I run windows 7
I went and tried this, connected sd card to Computer with adapter and transferred stock rom rooted and renamed it to sdcard.zip
booted Evo to bootloader and chose recovery.
I as usual got the black background with EVO Icon and red triangle with exclamation mark.
There I click on hold Volume Up and Power until I get the following error:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
Then I click volume up and the following title and menu appear:
Android system recovery <2e>
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
When I choose the sdcard:update option the following message is displayed
----Install from Sdcard ------
Finding Update package
Opening update package
verifying update package
E:signature verification failed
instalation aborted
After, I downloaded tha froyo 2.2 file and placed it on the sd and rename it to update.zip
and when I ran Update.zip from bootloader it ran half way but then stopped saying the following error
failed to verify whole-file signature
So now I load any PC36IMG and I get NO QUESTION to update just puts me onto the bootloader screen….

Not bricked, just stuck. Download stock ruu, plug phone into computer and install. Or put pc136.img on rot of sd, boot into fast boot, it should install automatically. If none of the above, go to a sprint store, tell them it won't boot and you don't know why, and they will flash or replace.
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What I would do from here if I were you is put that sd card back in the computer and erase everything on it.
while your at it shut down the phone. Hold down the volume down button and press power. When that comes up post what version of Hboot you have please.
And I'll be better able to help out.
WOw

did you try to reinstall another ROM?
if you still see the RECOVERY menu item, go there and then go where it says update from zip on sdcard. then using up/down buttons highlight the .zip file of the ROM then push the power button to make it run.
this hoping you got a ROM on your sdcard. if not just get one at the forum and download.
i got clockworkmod but im sure the other recovery tools have similar options.

@ adelaney Stock Ruu begins to update and gives me an error when signatures are being installed. I tried three Stock ROMS
RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.1_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_release_171253
RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.6_Radio_1.39.00.05.31_release_171253_signed
RUU_Supersonic_1.47.651.1_Radio_2.05.00.06.10_release_CL195459
@ rjmjr69
Hboot information is:
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.79.0000
MICROP-041F
TOUCH PANEL-ATMWLC03_16ac
RADIO-1.39.00.04.26
@mogul420
Recovery gives me an error
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
Then I click volume up and the following title and menu appear:
Android system recovery <2e>
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
When I choose the sdcard:update option the following message is displayed
----Install from Sdcard ------
Finding Update package
Opening update package
verifying update package
E:signature verification failed
instalation aborted

Ok here's the deal. If you have nan unlock, fully rooted then you should have a nandroid back. If you do then boot into recovery and no a nandroid restore. This should boot you to one of your pervious backup/ system state.
Please note.
If you are fully rooted u should always do a nandroid backup before you flash any update, that way u can do a restore in the even something goes wrong.
http://WWW.rootznculture.com

Thank you for the information but it was a step I did not do... The tutorial that I went with did not speak about that when I rooted my phone...
EDIT: I even tried mixing files that I have downloaded with various PC36IM.zip and nothing triggers the update question.

Would they be able to notice if its rooted?
adelaney said:
Not bricked, just stuck. Download stock ruu, plug phone into computer and install. Or put pc136.img on rot of sd, boot into fast boot, it should install automatically. If none of the above, go to a sprint store, tell them it won't boot and you don't know why, and they will flash or replace.
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Most likely NOT bricked if it boots!
Sounds like you re-applied root but glitched somewhere?
Try root again - may still work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=706411
Another helpful post
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=123714
What version is your hboot - press power and volume down WITHOUT pc36img.zip, update, etc on your sd - i.e. rename it or remove it, i.e. with adb or sd card slot on pc.... See if you can still access recovery?
I've been hammering on these things for a bit and if I can get into the boot screen, it's pretty much good to go...

Hboot-0.79.0000
Also the error that began all of this was running the wrong PC36IMG to begin with... I had 1.4 radio and I think that the one I used had the 1.3 radio so the only thing that helped me boot up again was that 1,2,3 step flashing so I thought that I had to take the second step and that placed in on booter, I have not been able to boot again ever since.... That was yesterday been trying for about 9 hours lol
lwarranty said:
sounds like you re-applied root but glitched somewhere?
Try root again - may still work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=706411
another helpful post
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=123714
what version is your hboot - press power and volume down without pc36img.zip, update, etc on your sd - i.e. Rename it or remove it, i.e. With adb or sd card slot on pc.... See if you can still access recovery?
I've been hammering on these things for a bit and if i can get into the boot screen, it's pretty much good to go...
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Yes your just not rooted anymore. Run whatever process worked for you the first time

Try whitslack's method.
EDIT: Nevermind, no can do.

What happens is that my phone DOES read the PC36IMG.zip but it does not give me update option as it used to before. Any suggestions?
rjmjr69 said:
Yes your just not rooted anymore. Run whatever process worked for you the first time
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xx1479 said:
Try whitslack's method.
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latinsbest said:
What happens is that my phone DOES read the PC36IMG.zip but it does not give me update option as it used to before. Any suggestions?
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Like he said
Make sure you delete all the files off your sdcard first

Do you have a link? I made a quick search and could not find a direct link...
xx1479 said:
Try whitslack's method.
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I have several times even formatted (fat32) various times too
rjmjr69 said:
Like he said
Make sure you delete all the files off your sdcard first
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latinsbest said:
I have several times even formatted (fat32) various times too
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Reroot your phone using toast method! That is all! If you are on 1.47 then use simple root!

Seems you have un-rooted the boot me thinks but also read something about mixing radio's causing grief, someone more in the know could answer that... If you can get to hboot usb and try the RUU from your PC? Sometimes taking the battery out and restarting, if communication fails, try it again, rebooting the pc, hell I have no procedure, I just hammer till it makes sense, however 9 hours - holy crap, I'd be foaming at the face!

Ok will do right away and post update
novanosis85 said:
Reroot your phone using toast method! That is all! If you are on 1.47 then use simple root!
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I have done that via PC and the only thing that works with that are the stock roms since they come in EXE they manage to reboot my phone and everything but when the update gets to the signature part it says it fails in the signatures and aborts... any other custom roms that have EXE?
lwarranty said:
Seems you have un-rooted the boot me thinks but also read something about mixing radio's causing grief, someone more in the know could answer that... If you can get to hboot usb and try the RUU from your PC? Sometimes taking the battery out and restarting, if communication fails, try it again, rebooting the pc, hell I have no procedure, I just hammer till it makes sense, however 9 hours - holy crap, I'd be foaming at the face!
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Bricked phone using unrevoked3.1 PLEASE HELP

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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Cannot get in Recovery Screen

Ok, so I had rooted my phone and was attempting to install a custom ROM when I accidentally put the wrong PC36IMG.zip file to my sd card. When it went to HBOOT and asked to update I said yes. It did not update and this is what I get Radio V2- Fail, System- Fail, and WIMax- Fail. When I try to reboot it comes up to the HTC EVO 4G white screen and it stays there. Doesn't do anything. Tried to reload the corret PC36IMG file but I still get the same error. I've been reading through the forum and cannot find find anything that describes my problem. I've tried different solutions but my problem is that I cannot get tomy sdcard and the computer will not recognize my Evo as a drive. I also tried getting to the Recovery screen but it doesn't bring it up. When I select Recovery it goes to the white HTC EVO 4G and it stays there. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Laurido92 said:
Ok, so I had rooted my phone and was attempting to install a custom ROM when I accidentally put the wrong PC36IMG.zip file to my sd card. When it went to HBOOT and asked to update I said yes. It did not update and this is what I get Radio V2- Fail, System- Fail, and WIMax- Fail. When I try to reboot it comes up to the HTC EVO 4G white screen and it stays there. Doesn't do anything. Tried to reload the corret PC36IMG file but I still get the same error. I've been reading through the forum and cannot find find anything that describes my problem. I've tried different solutions but my problem is that I cannot get tomy sdcard and the computer will not recognize my Evo as a drive. I also tried getting to the Recovery screen but it doesn't bring it up. When I select Recovery it goes to the white HTC EVO 4G and it stays there. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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What recovery u useing?
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I really can't tell you. I have no idea. I'm new at this rooting thing so I don't know. How can I find out?
BTW sorry if I posted this in the wrong section.

do you have rom manager on your phone? are you currently rooted?

I thought I was but I cannot do anything or get to any screen thoer than the HBOOT, BOOTLOADER, and HBOOT USB screens. I cannot access the sdcard. I'm pretty much stuck on that white screen. Tried ADB commands but it says no device, or device not recognized. What are my options? Go to Sprint and get a new one? Please help!!!

Try selecting HBOOT USB and push a recovery image through adb commands. Look at Toast's guide "How to Root" in the development forums. Since you can still get to the bootloader screen, you are not bricked. But since you do not have a custom recovery, you will have do a little adb.
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I beleive I have the Amon RA recovery but don't know how to get to it. I will give it a try and see what happens.
Thanks

Can you be a little more specific. I'm trying to do an adb push and it's telling me device not found. Am I doing somthing wrong?

Laurido92 said:
Can you be a little more specific. I'm trying to do an adb push and it's telling me device not found. Am I doing somthing wrong?
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Did you select hboot usb in the bootloader screen? This should allow communication with your PC. If not, you will have to pull the sdcard out of your phone and insert it into a card reader and then copy over a good PC36img.zip file. Then put it back into your phone and press vol dn + power to boot into the bootloader. It should then recognize the .zip file you just loaded and ask you for an update. Press vol up to select yes.
Then go to Amon_RA's thread in the dev forum and follow his instructions on installing his recovery.
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I tried the card reader in my laptop and my pc and neither will recognize the card. I'm going to try my wife's netbook and see if it reads it.
Thanks

wont recognize it... sounds like a bad card or bad microsd to sd adapter
just follow what the others have stated
boot to bootloader, choose hboot usb
your computer will show you the screen like you inserted a sdcard and ask if you want to browse it
do it! and delete the bad file.
then while you are there format the drive in my computer and see what happens.
if nothing,, see my other recomendation.
preferred method ( ??? )
boot to bootloader screen
fastboot will be highlighted, hit the power button, you are now in fastboot mode
then use adb to flash the amon ra 1.8 recovery.
(you can also try "clear storage" but i have never done this so do not know if it only clears sdcard)
just look for that thread in the dev. section and folow the instructions to a T on how to install amon ra 1.8
i made a possible flawed assumption above.
amon ra 1.8 can be flashed using fastboot, i did not do mine that way and assumed it means boot into bootlaoder and choose fastboot, then flash using adb.
if that is incorrect, i apologize.
lastly have you tried pulling the battery.

Ok, here's the latest update. I used my wife's netbook and it read the card. I removed the bad PC36IMG and replaced with a good one. Rebooted to the bootloader menu, updated the PCC36IMG and everything is good.
Thanks to all that helped and recommended different slutions. I really appreciate it.

dumb noob question :(

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

[Q] Ascend P6 Bootloop

Hello all.
I know this has been asked a gazillion of times, but the solutions I can find, are not working for me.
I rooted my phones yesterday, for the first time and all went great. I got reverse tether to work etc etc.
I installed a few apps, and they all worked.
Then i installed Xposed framework, and it got me into a bootloop.
I tried flashing the recovery_original_flashable.img from another thread and this went perfect, but it still is in the bootloop. I can get into recovery, but it does nothing. It just lets me wipe cache and or do a factory reset and those both have no effect whatsoever.
I know I might be doing something wrong, can anyone help me?
And sorry if I am just forgetting one step in all of this.
Thanks in advance
pmbMixx
EDIT:
I got the stock rom ready, yet, I cannot exit my SD card to copy the update.app file. This is due to a drop a year back, it is bend at the sd card slot and when I use a little needle to make it come up it tries to push the whole sidepanel off, I tried connecting to fastboot and using ADB push command to drop the file there, but it does not see my device.
How to move on?

pmbMixx said:
Hello all.
I know this has been asked a gazillion of times, but the solutions I can find, are not working for me.
I rooted my phones yesterday, for the first time and all went great. I got reverse tether to work etc etc.
I installed a few apps, and they all worked.
Then i installed Xposed framework, and it got me into a bootloop.
I tried flashing the recovery_original_flashable.img from another thread and this went perfect, but it still is in the bootloop. I can get into recovery, but it does nothing. It just lets me wipe cache and or do a factory reset and those both have no effect whatsoever.
I know I might be doing something wrong, can anyone help me?
And sorry if I am just forgetting one step in all of this.
Thanks in advance
pmbMixx
EDIT:
I got the stock rom ready, yet, I cannot exit my SD card to copy the update.app file. This is due to a drop a year back, it is bend at the sd card slot and when I use a little needle to make it come up it tries to push the whole sidepanel off, I tried connecting to fastboot and using ADB push command to drop the file there, but it does not see my device.
How to move on?
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Since you cant remove the sdcard and you are on stock recovery i would first suggest that you flash twrp recovery in order to get to the sdcard. Once you can boot to twrp you can mount the storage on your computer and from there copy the update.app file you need to install a fresh copy of the system. When thats done you can flash back the stock recovery and update normaly.

tileeq said:
Since you cant remove the sdcard and you are on stock recovery i would first suggest that you flash twrp recovery in order to get to the sdcard. Once you can boot to twrp you can mount the storage on your computer and from there copy the update.app file you need to install a fresh copy of the system. When thats done you can flash back the stock recovery and update normaly.
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Thank you, I will try this and let you know how it worked out!

pmbMixx said:
Thank you, I will try this and let you know how it worked out!
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Got it on there now,
Flashed the stock recovery back
Reboot into recovery->Error -> E:failed to mount.
What now? Thanks for the help in advance!
Edit:
Ok, I have gotten it to mount at least one time, but it will not run the UPDATE.APP, not with booting with VOL - and + pressed, not with VOL+ pressed nor with VOL - pressed.
I can enter the SD card, but after going in into the folders and going back it disconnects the SD card and it is failed to mount again.

pmbMixx said:
Got it on there now,
Flashed the stock recovery back
Reboot into recovery->Error -> E:failed to mount.
What now? Thanks for the help in advance!
Edit:
Ok, I have gotten it to mount at least one time, but it will not run the UPDATE.APP, not with booting with VOL - and + pressed, not with VOL+ pressed nor with VOL - pressed.
I can enter the SD card, but after going in into the folders and going back it disconnects the SD card and it is failed to mount again.
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So you are on the stock recovery with the update.app file place in a dload folder in your sdcard and it cant start the update process?

tileeq said:
So you are on the stock recovery with the update.app file place in a dload folder in your sdcard and it cant start the update process?
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Correct.
I went on trying some things, and it would not update back to the stock rom. I tried flashing TWDR (right?) and that worked, and after that I tried flasing the Cyanogen mod rom, and its working again. Although I must say, its buggy as frack.
for example: Camera wont show, it opens app but then keeps showing homescreen with a gray overlay, and when pressing the power button, it wont ever show me a menu to restart or shutdown etc.
Anyone using a rom on the P6 that does not have this problem?
Summary: I can flash custom roms, I cant flash stock roms for some reason...