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OK, so I'm a bit of a n00b here, and I need just a quick hand.
I'd flashed Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo a few days ago and was attempting to use metamorph to tweak the battery icon. Ran a Nand backup beforehand. Something went wrong with the metamorph and I was stuck in a bootloop afterwards.
So I hit power and held down on the volume rocker, hoping to get into my Nand.
Instead, it wouldn't let me select anything, went through its own update/recovery process, and now that it's done, I'm back to stock (complete with sprint bloatware) and totally unrooted. I DLed Rom Manager off the market and tried to get into Amon_Ra recovery, but it keeps telling me I don't have permission (thus I deduce I've lost root access.)
Is there anyway I can flash my Nand at this point, or do I need to go back through the rooting process?
Thanks for your help.
MadDogMaddux said:
OK, so I'm a bit of a n00b here, and I need just a quick hand.
I'd flashed Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo a few days ago and was attempting to use metamorph to tweak the battery icon. Ran a Nand backup beforehand. Something went wrong with the metamorph and I was stuck in a bootloop afterwards.
So I hit power and held down on the volume rocker, hoping to get into my Nand.
Instead, it wouldn't let me select anything, went through its own update/recovery process, and now that it's done, I'm back to stock (complete with sprint bloatware) and totally unrooted. I DLed Rom Manager off the market and tried to get into Amon_Ra recovery, but it keeps telling me I don't have permission (thus I deduce I've lost root access.)
Is there anyway I can flash my Nand at this point, or do I need to go back through the rooting process?
Thanks for your help.
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To get a recovery on your phone, you need to have root.
To get root need superuser permissions and/or nand unlock
To get nand unlock and superuser permissions you need to go through the rooting process.
If you've used unrevoked 3.21 and have S-OFF. You can flash recoveries and superuser permissions without having to go through any rooting process.
So I guess then what I need to understand is how would I go about flashing the superuser?
edit: at this point I've already gone through the whole rooting process, including unrevokedforever.zip and the additional ENG bootloader. I get into ROM manager, and go to recovery, but the clockworkmod recovery doesn't see my most recent backup. Reflashing to RA recovery, it finds it, but tells me I have to run the recovery via ADB. ???
Pretty sure what happened is that you left a stock pc36img.zip on your sd card, leftover from your rooting process. When you booted into hboot, it loaded it automatically and you must have hit update. Not sure what caused your bootloop though.
Check your sd card, and if theres a pc36img.zip on it, delete it. Look for the superuser app in your app drawer, and also check your hboot to see if you're s-off. If you are in fact back to unrooted stock, you can always run unrevoked to quickly root and then you can restore your nandroid, just make sure you have the same recovery that you used to make the nandroid.
MadDogMaddux said:
So I guess then what I need to understand is how would I go about flashing the superuser?
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When you go into the loader (Vol Down + Power) does it say S-Off in the first line?
If it does then you still have root and you can flash the custom recovery's .zip and you will be able to load back into recovery.
If you have S-Off read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8285266&postcount=1
Flashable SuperUser is located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828
_MetalHead_ said:
Pretty sure what happened is that you left a stock pc36img.zip on your sd card, leftover from your rooting process.
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Definitely. So now I need to get my microSD card reader and remove it. Can do.
Any idea why both Clockworkmod and Amon_RA are unable to load my backup? Versions for RA should be the same, and I think the same for Clockwork as well.
OK, I deleted PC36IMG.zip, now it just stays stuck in bootloader.
looks like I'm hosed, but here's what I'm learning on Freeza's thread, where I DLed the PC36IMG.zip in the first place:
freeza said:
UPDATE: It appears as though everyone is getting stuck in bootloader after this procedure. You can get out of this by reflashing your current ROM (without wiping) and/or restore a nandroid backup. Some have reported errors when trying to restore a nandroid backup. YMMV
Karadorde has put together a package that works. Read his instructions below:
First and foremost it seems that if you get stuck in the Bootloader (no matter what method you are using) then your Nandroid backups are broken. I don't know that anyone has been able to successfully restore from one of those yet.
The file in the OP allows you to apply just the engineering HBOOT.img (hboot_0.76.2000.img) This works flawlessly for some but not so well for others.
The file in Post 71 and Post 91 allows you to apply a full PC36IMG.zip that contains the engineering HBOOT.img (hboot_0.76.2000.img) This is a fix for some who have gotten stuck in the Bootloader after using the file from the OP. At the same time this has also caused the some of the same issues people were having with getting stuck in the Bootloader from the OP. This file will not downgrade any part of your phone, however, it will wipe the phone. Also it is reported that it broke root on one phone. I believe this only happened to one person, need confirmation on if it happened to multiple.
If you get stuck in the Bootloader you can re-flash your Kernel to fix the issue. Not sure if this works with the stock Kernel or if you have to have a custom Kernel. Looking for feedback on this.
If you get stuck in the Bootloader reflash your current rom. Need feedback on this as well.
Link to Karadorde's updated package: http://www.freeza-inc.com/PC36IMG.zip
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With the text I've put in bold, looks like I'm hosed in that regard. So I'll just work on rebuilding it piecemeal.
Heh, first time I've tried to recover from a Nand, too. *sigh*
MadDogMaddux said:
looks like I'm hosed, but here's what I'm learning on Freeza's thread, where I DLed the PC36IMG.zip in the first place:
With the text I've put in bold, looks like I'm hosed in that regard. So I'll just work on rebuilding it piecemeal.
Heh, first time I've tried to recover from a Nand, too. *sigh*
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If you reflash using the RUU from stock roms .com will that reset your hboot back to the non-dev hboot?
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xNotta said:
If you reflash using the RUU from stock roms .com will that reset your hboot back to the non-dev hboot?
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i do believe so, but someone correct me if im wrong, i do know when i unrooted a few weeks ago with the RUU i went to the newest hboot, but now that i'm rooted again im back to the ENG .76 version.
Running a RUU will put you at full stock, including radios and hboot.
If you are still stuck, try running the most current RUU and then rerooting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800582
_MetalHead_ said:
Running a RUU will put you at full stock, including radios and hboot.
If you are still stuck, try running the most current RUU and then rerooting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800582
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RUU's solve everything. No? haha
Igotsanevo4g said:
RUU's solve everything. No? haha
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They've sure helped me out of more than a couple binds
I am a bit confused about what to do now. First off.. I have the Evo rooted with OS 2.1 but recently I just found out that 2.2 has been rooted. So now I just need to know what to do to get rooted 2.2. I read on some searches I did that I can just flash a 2.2 rom and that would be fine but I am a little concern about doing it that way. I was wondering if I need to UNROOT then download the over the air update that sprint has to get 2.2 then start my root process from there or is there a guide that someone can link me to in order for me to proceed? Thanks for your input.
Just find a rooted stock rom in the Development forums (or experiment with a custom rom. There are several that don't lose any functionality these days). Do a nandroid backup, and a Titanium backup of your apps and data before since I think you will need to do a data and dalvik cache wipe.
The alternative you proposed would probably take you all day and it would still wipe!
Think of it this way. All of the 2.2 ROMS you flash is just like an upgrade from Sprint. If you flash the 2.2 OTA ROM its the same thing as getting from Sprint, but you don't lose root user access. Hope this clears it up a little. No need to jump through all the hoops you referenced.
So its has been a while since I did anything with my phone so I had to youtube how to flash a rom. When I get to the part where I select recovery it goes to a screen with a phone image with a red ! mark on it. What does that mean? Maybe I might just take path of unrooting this 2.1 and upgarding to 2.2 then root from there? Can someone direct me which steps to take? thanks
Whatever you do.....DON'T FLASH YOUR RADIO AND WIFI. You'll be screwed. Has taken me 24 hours + to get my ability to tether wirelessly back on my rooted 2.2 (I'm not complaining. the rooted 2.2 ROM is freagin awesomeness!)Just in case you do by accident there's lots of info out there on how to try to dig yourself back out.
Don't unroot your 2.1 dude.
ROM's are ROM's. It doesn't matter if it's 2.1 or 2.2, you can flash either one and flash back and forth between the two at your own leisure. Back before 2.2 was officially out for the evo, I used to flash back and forth between working 2.1 and experimental 2.2 on almost a daily basis. They always booted fine, my phone did not explode.
Reboot with volume key down, select recovery, wipe everything, flash the new rom, reboot.
You don't have a custom recovery installed, do you remember if your NAND is unlocked?
If you need to check turn off your phone and then turn it back on while holding the volume down button. At the top of the screen it should say either S-ON or S-OFF and below it an hBoot version. If it is S-OFF and ver .76 it should be simple for you to update it.
Thanks for the input guys. So I guess the final word is to not unroot my phone and just flash. Now to my problem with recovery mode.
Haus, it says S-ON and hboot is veryson 0.79.0000. Is this a problem? Can you guide me on what steps to take or what should i search for? thanks again.
still wasn't able to find information on this. anyone can link me? thanks
can anyone link me to where i should start?
well your going to want to make sure you have a custom recovery, when your in the bootloader scroll to recovery and click on it, if anywhere it says clockwork or amon ra, your set and then you only need to flash unrevoked forever to turn your s-off and then you can start flashing 2.2 roms from the htc evo android development section
if you do not have a custom recovery just head on over to unrevoked.com and download their latest for the evo, it will give a custom recovery and flash your s-off for you and youll be ready to roll
I tried and the problem I am having is when I select the recovery option it reboots and then shows a phone with the ! sign. Doesn't let me flash anything. This is where I am stuck now.
As mentioned before, you need to install a custom recovery on your phone. If you are rooted, then perhaps you can download ROM Manager and installed ClockworkMOD?? You can also change to Amon_RA as well through ROM Manager. Otherwise, in the unrevoked forever wiki, they do provide PC36IMG files that should install a custom recovery on your phone (take your pick of either ClockworkMOD or Amon_RA).
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever#reinstalling_an_official_recovery
Scroll down to "Reinstalling an official recovery" section and you will see the links for the PC36IMGs.
Alright so I just remembered what that phone icon with the red ! meant. I plugged it back into my win7 machine and ran windowrecovery.bat and I somehow managed to flash it to s=off. So now all I have to do is select the rom I want to flash?
Rom manager
if you have a custom recovery, then yes download a rom from the development section and move it to the root of the sd card. Boot into recovery and wipe your dalvik and data. Go bac and choose install .zip from sd card. Find the file you downloaded and flash it. Wait for it to boot up and your good. Orrrrr download rom manager from the market and you can do all this from there.
I need somebody to walk me step by step into flashing a new kernel and a new rom. I got the Evo the first day it came out, and within the first week I got it to root access. I have not updated since, and its been several months so i dont remember anything. So heres what i want to do, flash a netarchy toastmod kernel, and the sprint lovers rom. I have the files downloaded, i just need a step by step for everything, starting with step 1 being hold volume down and power to get to hboot. Any help is welcome!
My Hboot is 0.79.0000
Firmware:2.1 Update 1
Baseband: 1.39.00.04.26
Kernel: 2.6.29
Brad_Dubbs said:
I need somebody to walk me step by step into flashing a new kernel and a new rom. I got the Evo the first day it came out, and within the first week I got it to root access. I have not updated since, and its been several months so i dont remember anything. So heres what i want to do, flash a netarchy toastmod kernel, and the sprint lovers rom. I have the files downloaded, i just need a step by step for everything, starting with step 1 being hold volume down and power to get to hboot. Any help is welcome!
My Hboot is 0.79.0000
Firmware:2.1 Update 1
Baseband: 1.39.00.04.26
Kernel: 2.6.29
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First, backup all of your third party apps. Then make sure the rom file and kernel you want to flash is on the root of your SD card. Once those things are accomplished, enter recovery by turning off your device and then while holding the volume down button, press the power button. Once you've entered in recovery, make a nandroid backup of your current setup in case you want to revert back to the way you had your device or in case something goes awry. Afterwards, wipe data/factory reset then wipe cache, dalvik cache and battery stats at least twice each. Do not reboot. Now flash the rom, but do not reboot. If you're not going to use the default kernel, then flash the kernel you plan to use. Make sure it is compatible with the rom and radios associated with the rom. (Your current setup thay you posted shows outdated information.All EVOs should have the froyo update and the newer baseband radios) Afterwards, reboot your device, go into the settings menu and update your profile. Enjoy your new rom.
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Thats great except for one thing, when i hit recovery it takes me to the red triangle and wont let me do anything from there.
and when i go to hboot apparently im s-on, how do i fix that? Because i have full root access right now
What recovery are you using?
Call Me Noob
I have no idea what recovery im using if one at all.
Amo Ra. you can install it with Rom Manager app. Get from the market. once you install it open it, on very top it should read (Flash ClockworkMod) click on that, once finish, scroll down and flash (alternate recovery) thats your Amo ra. Flash it at least twice.
Ok i installed that and flashed them and when i go into recovery it still sticks at the exclamation mark
should work. okay re-flash Clockwork Mod again, than reboot into recovery. What method did you use to root your phone?
i have no idea, it was from when the evo just came out. i got it off htcevohacks.com
If you are still s–on, it kinda sounds like you never did the second part of the rooting process. If I remember correctly, toast's original root process was in 2 parts, with the second part coming out a good bit after the first part...so, if you rooted it the first week it came out, you don't have true full root, you have partial root. Look for toast's guide and do the second part. Or you may be able to run unrevoked method.
Make sure that you are rooted before doing anything else to your phone.
tejasrichard said:
If you are still s–on, it kinda sounds like you never did the second part of the rooting process. If I remember correctly, toast's original root process was in 2 parts, with the second part coming out a good bit after the first part...so, if you rooted it the first week it came out, you don't have true full root, you have partial root. Look for toast's guide and do the second part. Or you may be able to run unrevoked method.
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+1. Please read the second part, so you can be or get fully rooted. If not try Unrevoke , and make sure to download the HBOOT drivers, prier to rooting.
i will give it a go, but who knows
You most not be rooted. When you go into hboot at the top does it say soff?
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Hold up
Am i better off just running the universal autoroot?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
and then flashing the kernel and rom i want?
Use unrevoked its quick and easy and gives you full root and unlocks nand once you do that nandroid backup with clockwork and flash amon_RA make sure you get the radio updates install the hboot drivers before you do anything
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Thanks Everybody
Thanks for your help guys, i went ahead and used an Ruu to update all my outdated stuff, then used the universal autoroot (im lazy lol), flashed the rom i wanted and just finished flashing the kernel. I would recommended that course of action for anybody in my shoes.
Glad I went for the ride, I've learned so much about the android platform this last couple days.
I have tried different methods to return to stock rom. I don't care if I lose root I want to just have my old phone back to normal. I have cyanogen 7 ...luv it but not for me. I used unrevoked to root and every step I tried to return to stock Tom or unroot was unsuccessful. Please I beg please anyone can give me a link or info with UPDATED info not from year ago. Thanks in advance ..
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Plz don't say search I have I tried using s tool and using ruu but nothing works I tried every thing on This site that shows how to unroot/return stock Tom but no luck
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What's going wrong?
If you just want the stock rom, but still be rooted you can either a) restore from your nandroid backup, assuming you made one; or b) flash the stock rooted rom.
If you want to unroot, you need to flash the s-on zip in recovery, then run the RUU from your computer or flash a PC36IMG of the RUU through the bootloader.
I'll elaborate more when you tell me what you've done so far and what you're trying to achieve - stock rooted or unrooted.
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)
Download the latest stock rom. Can be found at shipped-roms.com, or in the MANY stickies and threads here. Place the zip on your sd card, along with the s-on tool.
Reboot to recovery, flash s-on, then flash stock rom zip.
cccp818 said:
I have tried different methods to return to stock rom. I don't care if I lose root I want to just have my old phone back to normal. I have cyanogen 7 ...luv it but not for me. I used unrevoked to root and every step I tried to return to stock Tom or unroot was unsuccessful. Please I beg please anyone can give me a link or info with UPDATED info not from year ago. Thanks in advance ..
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Go to here and flash any one of the listed roms. These are all of the roms that came shipped with the HTC EVO. I suggest you download the any of the ones with PC36IMG in the file name because they can be flashed.
I wouldnt mind being rooted i just want my stock rom back
cccp818 said:
I wouldnt mind being rooted i just want my stock rom back
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Make sure that in your attempts to go back to stock, you didn't go s-on. Boot into the bootloader and see if it says s-on or s-off at the top. You can do this by holding the volume down button and power button simultaneously until the phone turns on (you must have the phone turned off first). You'll see a white screen with skating Androids.
If you're s-on, you'll need to run an RUU from your computer or flash a PC36IMG of the RUU through the bootloader in order to get back to stock.
If you're s-off (still rooted/nand unlocked) then you can flash the rooted stock rom that I'll link you to. Download the rom and put it on the root of your SD card (not in any folders). Boot into the bootloader using the directions I gave earlier. Then, using the volume buttons to navigate, highlight recovery and then press the power button to select it. Assuming you're using ClockworkMod Recovery, choose wipe cache, factory reset (it may say something else like wipe data, you should know which one though) and then go to advanced and wipe dalvik cache. After you've done all three of those, choose install zip from SD card. It's fastest to press the volume up button which will take you to the end of the list - all of your zips will be at the bottom. Highlight the file you just downloaded and press power. Choose yes from the list then let it run its course. When it finishes, select reboot and you will be back on stock.
Stock rooted rom here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874251
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)
dougjamal said:
Go to here and flash any one of the listed roms. These are all of the roms that came shipped with the HTC EVO. I suggest you download the any of the ones with PC36IMG in the file name because they can be flashed.
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Holy 4g i did what u said flashed the zip and it did its thing and still came back cyanogen 7. what am i doing wrong anyone pleaseeeee????
i took a whole day trying to figure out how to unroot mine, and i finally got it.
you have to download "unrevoked s-on" put it on your sd card and flash it.
then you have to know which radio your running, so you can know which pc36img to put on your sd card, so when you put it into bootloader it will find it, and run through the checking process, then it will let you apply the update and you will be unrooted.
which radio are you running, and i can help you find which pc36img you need to be using.
cccp818 said:
Holy 4g i did what u said flashed the zip and it did its thing and still came back cyanogen 7. what am i doing wrong anyone pleaseeeee????
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Did you go into recovery and wipe cache, data/factory reset beforehand? Check out Guide to Unrooting
posting & replying via the XDA Premium app.
Just finished rooting my phone now I want to know how to get gingerbread on it tried
Doing a couple of roms but none work any advices???
What roms did you try and why didn't they work? It will help if you give us some more details.
And welcome to the forums.
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Search the market for Rom Manager. Please make sure your phone is fully rooted, (S-Off).
I hope this helps you bub.
kboogi said:
Please make sure your phone is fully rooted, (S-Off).
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Yeah, you need to be rooted AND S-Off. If you don't know, you can verify S-Off by powering down, then holding the volume down button while pressing the power button. When the screen comes up, there will be some text, and one of the lines at the top will say S-Off or S-On.
Go to market and download ROM Manager to get ClockworkMOD recovery flashed on your phone. Go to the dev section and choose a GB ROM, I suggest RMK's Virtuous G-Lite 1.0.2 as it is overclockable via SetCPU to 1.5GHz and is AOSP GB.
As posted above, make sure you have root and S-OFF as this will ensure that you are set for flashing roms.
To flash is simple, not sure if you have flashed before so I will post this anyways.
Download the rom you want to try and place in the root of your sd card. Once you have CWM flashed, use ROM Manager to boot into recovery. Go to backup/restore and perform a backup of your current setup. Then go to wipe and wipe data, cache and battery stats. After, head to flash zip from sd and select the rom zip, let it do its thing and you should be in business! First boot is always longest and should always perform a cold boot after a flash to settle things down before you use it.
Have fun!
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