[Q] Booting to recovery kills the phone. - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guyss, I wonder if you can help me, I have recently rooted my Desire using unrevoked3, I have superusr permissions app so I think it went ok, I have also done a back up using Titanium back up, however I can't seem to access recovery mode so I can do a nandroid backup....
When I go into Recovery from boot the O2 spalsh screen comes up and the phone turns off and I can't turn it back on or get it to boot at all unless I remove the battery.
Have I done something wrong or am I missing something? It's not a really difficult procedure so I feel a bit daft here.
n00b of the highest order me thinks.
Any help/flaming/abuse appreciated quite frankly.
Great place you have here btw.

ponyboy2000 said:
Hi guyss, I wonder if you can help me, I have recently rooted my Desire using unrevoked3, I have superusr permissions app so I think it went ok, I have also done a back up using Titanium back up, however I can't seem to access recovery mode so I can do a nandroid backup....
When I go into Recovery from boot the O2 spalsh screen comes up and the phone turns off and I can't turn it back on or get it to boot at all unless I remove the battery.
Have I done something wrong or am I missing something? It's not a really difficult procedure so I feel a bit daft here.
n00b of the highest order me thinks.
Any help/flaming/abuse appreciated quite frankly.
Great place you have here btw.
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Turn it off....
Hold down the Volume DOWN key
Now press and hold Power
It should then boot into recovery.
Splash

Captain Splash said:
Turn it off....
Hold down the Volume DOWN key
Now press and hold Power
It should then boot into recovery.
Splash
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I'll give it a go.
Thinking about it, do I need to be connected to my pc to go into recovery mode?
Thanks for your help.

If not download Rom manager and let that install clockwork recovery and try again

ponyboy2000 said:
I'll give it a go.
Thinking about it, do I need to be connected to my pc to go into recovery mode?
Thanks for your help.
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No, you can get into recovery from anywhere - on the bus, in the garden etc etc

AdamLC said:
If not download Rom manager and let that install clockwork recovery and try again
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I have rom manager but it won't let me do anything, it tells me my SD card needs to be mounted to do anything. I used SDMount to mount my SD card but got the same response from Rom Manager so I deleted SDMount because I assumed it was poop.
:[]

Captain Splash said:
No, you can get into recovery from anywhere - on the bus, in the garden etc etc
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LOL, on the loo......

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Help pleaseeeeeee

Rite have have installed someting on my phone and now all i get is the o2 splash screen at startup and no further, any advice on fixing this, I can get in to the bootloader etc.
Not a very descriptive problem
Was that something you installed porn....
Kickasskev said:
Rite have have installed someting on my phone and now all i get is the o2 splash screen at startup and no further, any advice on fixing this, I can get in to the bootloader etc.
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do a hard reset, hold vol down and the power button to bring up hboot, and use vol down to scroll to clear storage and press the power button
Klutsh said:
Not a very descriptive problem
Was that something you installed porn....
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I installed an a2sp through the bootloader which i downloaded through an external link (not a good idea) then wen it restarted it just locked on the o2 splash screen, but any way i have since downloaded De-Lite rom and successfully installed Phewwwwww.
By the way that was my first rom change aswell so i was ****ting my pants but i had nothing to loose as my phone was ****ed anyway lol
Thanks Guys
Guess you didn't use a ext partition and thus got a bootloop. Good luck with your new Rom.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

MT3G slide Stuck at splash, recovery DOES NOT WORK

Things I can do:
- Get to bootloader screen
- Plug in USB, pop in batter and get to fastboot USB (PC detects "Android 1.0" at this point but can't find a driver for it).
- Attempt to load ESPRIMG.zip from root of sdcard but always get "Main version is older!" and "update failed!" followed by a prompt to reboot device.
Things I can't do:
- Boot up the phone past the splash screen
- Go into recovery/fastboot; recovery dumps me to the splash and hangs there and fastboot just brings me right back to the bootloader menu.
Phone was working a few hours ago and then when I powered it down it never made it back past the splash screen.
Am I screwed?
jhinckley said:
Things I can do:
- Get to bootloader screen
- Plug in USB, pop in batter and get to fastboot USB (PC detects "Android 1.0" at this point but can't find a driver for it).
- Attempt to load ESPRIMG.zip from root of sdcard but always get "Main version is older!" and "update failed!" followed by a prompt to reboot device.
Things I can't do:
- Boot up the phone past the splash screen
- Go into recovery/fastboot; recovery dumps me to the splash and hangs there and fastboot just brings me right back to the bootloader menu.
Phone was working a few hours ago and then when I powered it down it never made it back past the splash screen.
Am I screwed?
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Delete ESPRIMG.zip from your sd card. It tries to load it every time you start up.
That happened to me before and I didn't know what was going on lol.
It wasn't on there before I put it there. I was trying to get it back to the factory image. Whenever I went to the boot screen it was always looking for ESPRDIAG.zip or ESPRIMG.zip. If I delete it, nothing new happens, still hangs.
/bump
Still stuck. :/
Hmm odd situation.I no I had a problem but I left it on the splash screen for about five minutes and it finally booted you can try leaving it there and see of it eventually boots but if it takes 10 minutes plus then forget it. Though idk why you can't boot into recovery. when you have it plugged into your computer does adbe recognize it? Maybe you can do something with adb
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This is happening to me too. Anyone know the solution?
If I delete ESPRIMG.zip will anything bad happen?
same thing here...lol
total noot to the mytouch.
i am trying to fix for a friend, and i get endless boot loops. can acess recovery and bootloader
acejoker25000 said:
Hmm odd situation.I no I had a problem but I left it on the splash screen for about five minutes and it finally booted you can try leaving it there and see of it eventually boots but if it takes 10 minutes plus then forget it. Though idk why you can't boot into recovery. when you have it plugged into your computer does adbe recognize it? Maybe you can do something with adb
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App
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Adb only sees the phone if its in recovery or fully booted. I'm pretty sure fastboot.exe is what is used to debug fastboot and earlier boot stages.
unknownally said:
This is happening to me too. Anyone know the solution?
If I delete ESPRIMG.zip will anything bad happen?
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No, nothing bad will happen
dapoharoun said:
same thing here...lol
total noot to the mytouch.
i am trying to fix for a friend, and i get endless boot loops. can acess recovery and bootloader
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You're hijacking a thread, you should make your own. Simple answer to your question though; reflash a rom in recovery. If you need more info make your own thread.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
I made my own thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=890386 with no luck.
I didn't have ESPRING.zip to begin with since I deleted it after rooting. So I download the stock ESPRING and ran it through Bootloader. It prompted me to update so I did.
After the update finishes it asks me to reboot. So I do and then I'm stuck on the splash/boot screen again.
When I first rooted I deleted the expressimg.zip and left the update.zip (recovery) just incase something like this happened ...
Boot up using power + volume down then its gonna try to look for espressimg.zip ...it will tell you its not found..then use the volume button to go to recovery..push power to select then its gonna take you to the screen with the red triangle/exclamation mark screen ..press and hold power and volume up for a little (if it doesn't work keep tryn till you get the stock blue recovery to pop up)...the stock recovery will pop up..then it will prompt you to apply update. Zip from sd card (clockwork recovery) ..select it and you should be in clockwork ...then do what you gotta do...
Its happened to me a few times and this always does the job
Hope this helps if not I'm sorry and keep tryn
You HAVE to have update.zip (clockwork recovery) on your SD card..(not in any folders, on the root of the card) in order for this to work!!!
If you don't have it push to SD card via adb
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App
JeezyMT3G said:
When I first rooted I deleted the expressimg.zip and left the update.zip (recovery) just incase something like this happened ...
Boot up using power + volume down then its gonna try to look for espressimg.zip ...it will tell you its not found..then use the volume button to go to recovery..push power to select then its gonna take you to the screen with the red triangle/exclamation mark screen ..press and hold power and volume up for a little (if it doesn't work keep tryn till you get the stock blue recovery to pop up)...the stock recovery will pop up..then it will prompt you to apply update. Zip from sd card (clockwork recovery) ..select it and you should be in clockwork ...then do what you gotta do...
Its happened to me a few times and this always does the job
Hope this helps if not I'm sorry and keep tryn
You HAVE to have update.zip (clockwork recovery) on your SD card..(not in any folders, on the root of the card) in order for this to work!!!
If you don't have it push to SD card via adb
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App
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what if ur not rooted?
dapoharoun said:
what if ur not rooted?
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Then root
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It's my understanding that without having the security off on our phones, the espresso recovery is not modifiable. What this essentially means is that, either the recovery should be there and fine (and by "fine" I mean, you get a triangle with an exclamation mark in it) because no ROM can currently touch it.
Me thinks that, if you are not able to get to the stock recovery (not Clockwork, but the basic, bare bones one) than your phone is probably having bigger issues. I would test this by doing the following:
1. Boot into the boot loader (I believe it's power and Volume Down at the same time when the device is turned off).
2. Wait for the device to finish it's grumblings (if you have the ESPER.IMG file on there, I think it actually checks it and even asks if you want to install it -- if it does, say no).
3. Select the option for recovery (with the volume keys).
4. I think it's power again to execute the option.
If you get to a nice black screen with a picture of your phone on there with a red triangle, then your phone is in business. We can probably convince it to behave. If that far doesn't go, me thinks something is wrong with the bits of your phone that current ROM modders can't write to...
sleepykit said:
It's my understanding that without having the security off on our phones, the espresso recovery is not modifiable. What this essentially means is that, either the recovery should be there and fine (and by "fine" I mean, you get a triangle with an exclamation mark in it) because no ROM can currently touch it.
Me thinks that, if you are not able to get to the stock recovery (not Clockwork, but the basic, bare bones one) than your phone is probably having bigger issues. I would test this by doing the following:
1. Boot into the boot loader (I believe it's power and Volume Down at the same time when the device is turned off).
2. Wait for the device to finish it's grumblings (if you have the ESPER.IMG file on there, I think it actually checks it and even asks if you want to install it -- if it does, say no).
3. Select the option for recovery (with the volume keys).
4. I think it's power again to execute the option.
If you get to a nice black screen with a picture of your phone on there with a red triangle, then your phone is in business. We can probably convince it to behave. If that far doesn't go, me thinks something is wrong with the bits of your phone that current ROM modders can't write to...
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Ummm that's exactly what I already said 0_o
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For reasons that I don't quite understand I always like instructions in step by step order so I thought it might help. If not, oh well...
I do wonder what could cause someone to lose their recovery on a Slide (at least before this afternoon)...
sleepykit said:
I do wonder what could cause someone to lose their recovery on a Slide (at least before this afternoon)...
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Lol me too
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ok not my thread but im need help to.
my phone wont boot, so theres no way to root.....i tired.
i can get the red triangle and phone: pics in my thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=891312
thanks you
dapoharoun said:
ok not my thread but im need help to.
my phone wont boot, so theres no way to root.....i tired.
i can get the red triangle and phone: pics in my thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=891312
thanks you
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Hm... Does your Slide have a 0 on the keyboard or a 0 with a line through it (where the 0 key actually is)? I know this sounds like an odd questions, but bear with me for a moment...
For the first however many months, Slides could be rooted by fooling the thing into booting a modded Clockwork Recovery and then gaining root that way. All the work had to basically be done while in recovery (unlike the exploid method). The newer Slides, from what I understand, no longer have that flaw and the method doesn't work.
This method (http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/1856-rooting-the-slide/page__p__17094#entry17094) (sorry have no idea where Eugene's copy of this has gone in the dev section).
JeezyMT3G said:
When I first rooted I deleted the expressimg.zip and left the update.zip (recovery) just incase something like this happened ...
Boot up using power + volume down then its gonna try to look for espressimg.zip ...it will tell you its not found..then use the volume button to go to recovery..push power to select then its gonna take you to the screen with the red triangle/exclamation mark screen ..press and hold power and volume up for a little (if it doesn't work keep tryn till you get the stock blue recovery to pop up)...the stock recovery will pop up..then it will prompt you to apply update. Zip from sd card (clockwork recovery) ..select it and you should be in clockwork ...then do what you gotta do...
Its happened to me a few times and this always does the job
Hope this helps if not I'm sorry and keep tryn
You HAVE to have update.zip (clockwork recovery) on your SD card..(not in any folders, on the root of the card) in order for this to work!!!
If you don't have it push to SD card via adb
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App
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Hey,
thanks for the help. I just have a problem.
I can't get to recovery. When I do, it goes to the T-Mobile splash screen. I do have update.zip and ESPRING.zip in the root of my SD card, but I don't have exspressimg.zip. However, I don't think it matters since I can't get into recovery.
I also tried using a different update.zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Espresso with no luck.
unknownally said:
Hey,
thanks for the help. I just have a problem.
I can't get to recovery. When I do, it goes to the T-Mobile splash screen. I do have update.zip and ESPRING.zip in the root of my SD card, but I don't have exspressimg.zip. However, I don't think it matters since I can't get into recovery.
I also tried using a different update.zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Espresso with no luck.
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ESPRIMG.zip is what I meant lol sorry
And no it doesn't matter.... does this happen when you select "recovery" from fastboot? Or when youre on the red triangle/exclamation point screen? you shouldn't be taken to the tmo splash screen...don't hold power and vol up for too long cuz it will reboot the phone and take you to splash screen (maybe that's what ur doing)
If you're in the red triangle screen hold power and vol up for no more then one second..keep pushing till the blue stock recover pops up
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Desire Z stuck in boot loop

Sorry to bother yet again but im flipping **** right now, I installed an overclock kernel from ROM Manager, rebooted and now it shows HTC, Vibrates, turns off and keeps looping.
I'm pretty worred right now, I've got clockworkmod installed (
Can somebody please tell me how to get into clockwork recovery before I have a panic attack.
Turn off phone, hold down power+volume down+up+camera button then scroll with your volume keys to recovery. Then restore a backup if possible.
Sent from my HTC Vision running CM7/GingerSense
Shows a black screen with the orange led flashing in the speaker.
Pull the battery, put it back in press volume down +power, it will boot into Hboot, then use volume to scroll down and select recovery, then restore a backup or flash another rom. The post two up from mine is telling you press all the buttons at once and is wrong.
What you are seeing is what happens when you press volume up+power.
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Man! You are a life saver!
i also have the exact same problem trying to do the same thing you did. Only my phone wont go into recovery. Tried power with volume up, down both and all buttons together. Nothing is working. Anyone? Please help!
Read what joemm said and then do it (volume down+power)
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sorry to open this back up but i have searched and done pretty much everything, I am bootlooping on the white HTC screen.
I can boot into Recovery but when I select Bootloader, it gives me a Red triangle with the phone. I have searched and tried flashing via fastboot to no avail. I can get ADB to recognize the phone... totally stuck.. Is there a way to flash clockwork from an SD or maybe flash the PC10IMG to return to stock? This is my freaking work phone and I really dont want to have a conversation with my boss as to why my phone is shot...
Any ideas?
sorry to open this back up but i have searched and done pretty much everything, I am bootlooping on the white HTC screen.
I can boot into Recovery but when I select Bootloader, it gives me a Red triangle with the phone. I have searched and tried flashing via fastboot to no avail. I can get ADB to recognize the phone... totally stuck.. Is there a way to flash clockwork from an SD or maybe flash the PC10IMG to return to stock? This is my freaking work phone and I really dont want to have a conversation with my boss as to why my phone is shot...
By the way, I am using a TMOUS G2.
Any ideas?
spyderman33 said:
sorry to open this back up but i have searched and done pretty much everything, I am bootlooping on the white HTC screen.
I can boot into Recovery but when I select Bootloader, it gives me a Red triangle with the phone. I have searched and tried flashing via fastboot to no avail. I can get ADB to recognize the phone... totally stuck.. Is there a way to flash clockwork from an SD or maybe flash the PC10IMG to return to stock? This is my freaking work phone and I really dont want to have a conversation with my boss as to why my phone is shot...
By the way, I am using a TMOUS G2.
Any ideas?
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well if you can boot into recovery put a .zip rom of any g2 rom into a folder in your sd card then select intall zip from sd card and find it and it should fix your problem
Wrong thread, delete me.
nonione said:
well if you can boot into recovery put a .zip rom of any g2 rom into a folder in your sd card then select intall zip from sd card and find it and it should fix your problem
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I loaded up PC10IMG.ZIP on my SD but its not being picked up by the stock recovery...
I cannot load Clockwork... is there a way to boot CWM from an SD card? I know I can do it on my Nook but havent been able to find it for the G2...
spyderman33 said:
I loaded up PC10IMG.ZIP on my SD but its not being picked up by the stock recovery...
I cannot load Clockwork... is there a way to boot CWM from an SD card? I know I can do it on my Nook but havent been able to find it for the G2...
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I`ve the same problem... I can´t go to the recovery, The phone don´t recognise the image of rom to flash again, and if I press volume up + power, the notification led blinking in red, if I press volume up + volume down + camera + power the notification leds get "green".
Im going to try to put another rom in sd...
PD: Sorry for my english.

Desire HD bad ROM install

Hi guys,
I followed this guide all the way through.
http://blog.dileno.com/archive/201208/root-and-install-custom-rom-on-htc-desire-hd/
and then installed this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531218
I got all the way to flash a new ROM in clockwork mod, then i got to the very end, said reboot now. I did now it hangs on the HTC screen, then vibrates once, then fahes into a dark brown screen, then just a black screen.
Any ideas?
tom
Tom010492 said:
Hi guys,
I followed this guide all the way through.
http://blog.dileno.com/archive/201208/root-and-install-custom-rom-on-htc-desire-hd/
and then installed this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531218
I got all the way to flash a new ROM in clockwork mod, then i got to the very end, said reboot now. I did now it hangs on the HTC screen, then vibrates once, then fahes into a dark brown screen, then just a black screen.
Any ideas?
tom
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is your bootloader maybe lock (hold power+vol down)
so are you eng s-off
gurby1 said:
is your bootloader maybe lock (hold power+vol down)
so are you eng s-off
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when i press pwr + vol down, it goes with the options
HBOOT
FASTBOOOT
RECOVERY
IMAGE RESET
SIMLOCK
IMG REC
when i press the volume keys nothing happens, then about 5 seconds after it changes to a different screen
with this..
Checking SD
pd98xxx.zip
etc etc
then says parsing....(SD ZIP)
then do i want to start the update?
It seems that its doing something like unlocking the bootloader or something, im actually confused!
how do i know if im s-off or s-on?
Tom010492 said:
when i press pwr + vol down, it goes with the options
HBOOT
FASTBOOOT
RECOVERY
IMAGE RESET
SIMLOCK
IMG REC
when i press the volume keys nothing happens, then about 5 seconds after it changes to a different screen
with this..
Checking SD
pd98xxx.zip
etc etc
then says parsing....(SD ZIP)
then do i want to start the update?
It seems that its doing something like unlocking the bootloader or something, im actually confused!
how do i know if im s-off or s-on?
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Above where it says FASTBOOT and such, there should be some other identifying information. It will say S-ON or S-OFF. However, if you used AAHK, you should be S-OFF. What happens if you say no to the update and choose RECOVERY? (Use volume keys to move up and down.) Does ClockworkMod start?
bananagranola said:
Above where it says FASTBOOT and such, there should be some other identifying information. It will say S-ON or S-OFF. However, if you used AAHK, you should be S-OFF. What happens if you say no to the update and choose RECOVERY? (Use volume keys to move up and down.) Does ClockworkMod start?
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its says S-Off,
i did use AAHK
I press the vol buttons but nothing seems to happen, but after 5 seconds it goes to the update screen, and if i press vol up or down, then it recognises im pressing the buttons.
Then info at the top is:
****aahk*****
ACE PVT ENG S-OFF RL
HBOOT-0.85.2425
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 12 2011, 00:55:45
Tom010492 said:
its says S-Off,
i did use AAHK
I press the vol buttons but nothing seems to happen, but after 5 seconds it goes to the update screen, and if i press vol up or down, then it recognises im pressing the buttons.
Then info at the top is:
****aahk*****
ACE PVT ENG S-OFF RL
HBOOT-0.85.2425
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 12 2011, 00:55:45
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After you refuse the update, try to navigate to RECOVERY. If that works, you can then flash your ROM from inside CWM Recovery. It could just be a bad flash. If that still doesn't work, the download is probably bad. Just redownload it and reflash.
bananagranola said:
After you refuse the update, try to navigate to RECOVERY. If that works, you can then flash your ROM from inside CWM Recovery. It could just be a bad flash. If that still doesn't work, the download is probably bad. Just redownload it and reflash.
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If i refuse update, the only option that i can press is press power off for reboot. Thats it, there is no way to press recovery, unless i can go back to the first screen? but there is nothing visual that lets me do that.
I think im going to cry haha
Tom010492 said:
If i refuse update, the only option that i can press is press power off for reboot. Thats it, there is no way to press recovery, unless i can go back to the first screen? but there is nothing visual that lets me do that.
I think im going to cry haha
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My bad, I forgot that happens. Hey, don't worry. If I can't get it working, there's hopefully someone here who can.
Try moving that zip off the sdcard root. You should be able to do that with adb, which you should have with AAHK. ADB instructions are at the thread in my signature. Or, if you have an sdcard reader, use the to get the zip moved off the sdcard root. Place it in a folder in the sdcard.
bananagranola said:
My bad, I forgot that happens. Hey, don't worry. If I can't get it working, there's hopefully someone here who can.
Try moving that zip off the sdcard root. You should be able to do that with adb, which you should have with AAHK. ADB instructions are at the thread in my signature. Or, if you have an sdcard reader, use the to get the zip moved off the sdcard root. Place it in a folder in the sdcard.
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I think there is update.zip which is this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531218 on the sd card, but dont know what else, so shall i remove everything? when i plug my phone into the computer, the pc doesnt even detect it. I dont have a sd card reader either! So ill have a look at this so move whats on the sd to a folder on the sd just aslong as its not in the root?
Tom
Tom010492 said:
I think there is update.zip which is this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531218 on the sd card, but dont know what else, so shall i remove everything? when i plug my phone into the computer, the pc doesnt even detect it. I dont have a sd card reader either! So ill have a look at this so move whats on the sd to a folder on the sd just aslong as its not in the root?
Tom
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I'm being startlingly stupid. Try removing the sdcard altogether and boot into HBOOT. After it boots, replace the sdcard and boot into recovery. Does that work? From there, you should be able to move the zip.
bananagranola said:
I'm being startlingly stupid. Try removing the sdcard altogether and boot into HBOOT. After it boots, replace the sdcard and boot into recovery. Does that work? From there, you should be able to move the zip.
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Hi, when i remove the sdcard I can now move the vol buttons up and down and i put the sc card back in before pressing recovery, same thing happens goes to htc startup then browns out then black screen, tried again without putting it in and same thing.... so do you think i just need to remove update.zip?
Tom010492 said:
Hi, when i remove the sdcard I can now move the vol buttons up and down and i put the sc card back in before pressing recovery, same thing happens goes to htc startup then browns out then black screen, tried again without putting it in and same thing.... so do you think i just need to remove update.zip?
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I think moving update.zip will at least help you figure out whether you have a working recovery. I'm not sure if you're getting into recovery; if you aren't, try booting into recovery before inserting the sdcard, then mounting it in recovery if it doesn't do so automatically.
Tom010492 said:
Hi, when i remove the sdcard I can now move the vol buttons up and down and i put the sc card back in before pressing recovery, same thing happens goes to htc startup then browns out then black screen, tried again without putting it in and same thing.... so do you think i just need to remove update.zip?
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Try entering recovery before putting the sd card back in.
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bananagranola said:
I think moving update.zip will at least help you figure out whether you have a working recovery. I'm not sure if you're getting into recovery; if you aren't, try booting into recovery before inserting the sdcard, then mounting it in recovery if it doesn't do so automatically.
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Teichopsia said:
Try entering recovery before putting the sd card back in.
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I tried doing as you said, but i still seem to have the same issue, goes to HTC screen, then kind of fades into a black screen. then jsut sits there doing nothing whatsoever....
Tom010492 said:
I tried doing as you said, but i still seem to have the same issue, goes to HTC screen, then kind of fades into a black screen. then jsut sits there doing nothing whatsoever....
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Just so I'm clear. You're rebooting while holding power+volumedown without sdcard, getting into HBOOT, and selecting RECOVERY. It then goes to the HTC splash screen and fades to black. Is that accurate? You're never getting into recovery?
Tom010492 said:
I tried doing as you said, but i still seem to have the same issue, goes to HTC screen, then kind of fades into a black screen. then jsut sits there doing nothing whatsoever....
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The only thing I can think of is that you need to flash a recovery using the hack kit. When you ran the hack kit what happened?
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Teichopsia said:
The only thing I can think of is that you need to flash a recovery using the hack kit. When you ran the hack kit what happened?
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I should have asked this first. I just assumed that since he was S-OFF and had gotten into CWM that AAHK ran fine. Sorry about that, OP.
bananagranola said:
Just so I'm clear. You're rebooting while holding power+volumedown without sdcard, getting into HBOOT, and selecting RECOVERY. It then goes to the HTC splash screen and fades to black. Is that accurate? You're never getting into recovery?
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Yes that is exactly what happens, im not getting anywhere at all.
Teichopsia said:
The only thing I can think of is that you need to flash a recovery using the hack kit. When you ran the hack kit what happened?
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When i used the hack kit. It was fine, i was on a higher software version, so i used the hack kit to downgrade, then used it again, and did everything, set the phone up, installed clockwork mod, then downloaded a rom in the original post, then went to update. seemed to update fine, after the rom installed it said press install success, press power to reboot. then thats it!
bananagranola said:
I should have asked this first. I just assumed that since he was S-OFF and had gotten into CWM that AAHK ran fine. Sorry about that, OP.
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He got into cwm? When? Do I need to drink more coffee?
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Tom010492 said:
Yes that is exactly what happens, im not getting anywhere at all.
When i used the hack kit. It was fine, i was on a higher software version, so i used the hack kit to downgrade, then used it again, and did everything, set the phone up, installed clockwork mod, then downloaded a rom in the original post, then went to update. seemed to update fine, after the rom installed it said press install success, press power to reboot. then thats it!
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Teichopsia's right, then. You need to flash a new custom recovery.
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He got into cwm? When? Do I need to drink more coffee?
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I got all the way to flash a new ROM in clockwork mod, then i got to the very end, said reboot now. I did now it hangs on the HTC screen, then vibrates once, then fahes into a dark brown screen, then just a black screen.
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[Q] Random Bootloop

I had me phone sitting beside me. I had just turned off the screen. Then it randomly started bootlooping. I can get into the recovery screen ( Fboot, Hboot, Recovery, Etc... ) I think it might be the power button some how?? It doesn't boot loop until I turn on the phone. I've tried different batteries. Got any ideas??
jonahly said:
I had me phone sitting beside me. I had just turned off the screen. Then it randomly started bootlooping. I can get into the recovery screen ( Fboot, Hboot, Recovery, Etc... ) I think it might be the power button some how?? It doesn't boot loop until I turn on the phone. I've tried different batteries. Got any ideas??
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Cannot get into the actual recovery!!! But I can get into the little android guys on skateboard's screen!
jonahly said:
Cannot get into the actual recovery!!! But I can get into the little android guys on skateboard's screen!
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Hahahha,you made my day bro,thats the bootloader,see if you can access the recovery from there,if not,guess its time to start over and you might as well do it right,unless you have already done,what im about to show you....
<<<<Takes a breath.....Ok go here and read the whole OP,then go here and read the instructions and partition your sd card.Then go here and install DT's ap2sd.Download the recovery here and the rom of your choice.Boom!
That did not help. I cannot get into recovery!!!
jonahly said:
That did not help. I cannot get into recovery!!!
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Have you tried installing a new recovery? I recommend downloading SmelkusMod Recovery from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661543. Download a zip version such as PC36IMG_ra-supersonic-4.3-smelkus-aokp.zip to your computer, rename the file to PC36IMG.zip (watch out for Windows hidden extensions), copy PC36IMG.zip to the root folder of your EVO 4G's sdcard, and power the phone off. Then simultaneously press and hold the volume down and power buttons until the bootloader starts, allow the bootloader to scan for updates, and press volume up to confirm that you want to install the updated recovery.

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