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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.
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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
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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
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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
Hey guys I have been reading about this for the last 3 hours or so and I just want to make sure I have everything figured out before I start this practice. Please check over what I have lined up and let me know if you have any recommendations.
Phone Info:
HBoot 2.10
Android 2.2
Baseband 2.15.00.11.19
Kernel 2.6.32.17
Software 3.70.651.1
PRI 1.90_003
I read this article first:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865204
From there I decided that Universal Auto Root was the best choice for me. Is this correct?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
I am currently downloading the RUU and AutoRoot v2.0 as suggested by the instructions on the thread above. The part that is tripping me up is what to do about a ROM. From what I can tell the AutoRoot puts on the Sprint Lovers ROM. I have a fair amount of experience with ADW and LP so I'm not set on using the Sense UI. However if I do use Sense I think I would like to use this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883026 It seems to be Sense minus the bull****. I don't know how to use AutoRoot with a different ROM. If anyone could help me there that would be amazing!
Also, if anyone recommends rooting a different way or using a different ROM please let me know or if someone can link me to go instructions about flashing ROMs etc.
Thank you and I apologize for asking something that has probably already been asked. I am just trying to get the most updated responses to ensure this goes well.
Just go to www.unrevoked.com and chose your phone. Download the reflash file and the usb driver. Follow the instructions of how to install rhe usb driver. Run the reflash file and it will do the rest. Good hunting.....
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Scnd2no1 said:
Just go to www.unrevoked.com and chose your phone. Download the reflash file and the usb driver. Follow the instructions of how to install rhe usb driver. Run the reflash file and it will do the rest. Good hunting.....
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Beat Me To It... Lol!
Exactly What He Said!!
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So do the unrevoked3 and then the unrevoked forever? Do I need to remove HTC Sync or anything?
Yes. Make sure that HTC sync is not installed!!! and just used unrevoke forever and have HBOOT drivers installed Prier to rooting. GOOD LUCK
How do I get the HBOOT drivers installed? So nothing to do with unrevoked3? Should I format my SD card beforehand just to be safe as well? Sorry for so many questions.
Here you go. fallow the instructions.
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
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How do I get the HBOOT drivers installed? So nothing to do with unrevoked3? Should I format my SD card beforehand just to be safe as well? Sorry for so many questions.
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No sd card format need it.
bdK14 said:
How do I get the HBOOT drivers installed? So nothing to do with unrevoked3? Should I format my SD card beforehand just to be safe as well? Sorry for so many questions.
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No.... At Least I Didn't!!
To Install The Drivers, If I Remember Right?
Put The Drivers Somewhere That You'll Be Able To Access Them Easily (Desktop), Then Matter Of Fact Follow This!
Probably Better Than Me Explaining It... Lol!
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
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Ok well I never moved the unrevoked-forever.zip to my SD Card. Was I supposed to? Unrevoked3 flash tool or whatever ran and now my phone reads S-Off which is the goal. Now what do I do? Should I do the backups suggested here (RSA keys and nandroid)? Should I try to flash a ROM? Any suggested ROMs? How do I go about flashing a ROM? Move it to SD Card and go into recovery but then what?
Don't put unrevoke on your sd card. You have to do it on your PC. PLEASE MAKE A NANDROID!!! I CAN STRESS THAT ENOUGH!!! As far as Rom's try Myn's, is the best Rom right now.
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Ok well I never moved the unrevoked-forever.zip to my SD Card. Was I supposed to? Unrevoked3 flash tool or whatever ran and now my phone reads S-Off which is the goal. Now what do I do? Should I do the backups suggested here (RSA keys and nandroid)? Should I try to flash a ROM? Any suggested ROMs? How do I go about flashing a ROM? Move it to SD Card and go into recovery but then what?
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If you have S-OFF you are rooted, now you just need to decide if you want to use a custom ROM or keep the stock one.
i'm not sure you absolutely get rooting. once you are rooted, you can SWITCH roms easily and safely. but, in order to do this, you need to install a custom recovery and a rooted rom. in the earlier days, devs would compile rooted roms from scratch, but sprint lovers is just a rooted rom with minor improvements. just root and then change roms.
Alright I rooted it successfully, flashed a ROM successfully, and then tried it out. Now I would like to try another one. I put the new ROM on the SDCard and now I am wondering what I have to wipe in clockwork recovery. I went into recovery and I have wiped cache partition, wiped data/factory reset, and wiped dalvik cache. Now do I just go ahead and "install zip from sdcard"?
Yes, going from ROM to ROM wipe Data, Cache and Dalvik and flash as normal. Should be good.
Always make backups. I advise you to change your Recovery to Amon Ra's. This will allow you to make backups of your "RSA Keys." This is important for 4G / WiMax.
Once you've changed recoveries, should you even choose to (don't HAVE to), make a backup with that one. Backups from Clockwork will not work with Amon's recovery, from what I've heard. Maybe there is a way from last I heard, but not sure. So when that's done, you can put those clockwork backups on your computer or delete them. Only after making sure you're sitting fine.
Either way, establish backups (I have a stock rooted backup, confirmed working CURRENT ROM as well as taking one before doing something drastic. JIC ) and then start flashing. Try to enjoy yourself.
edit: toss those backups somewhere safe IE computer / ext hdd etc
i have a qucik question? what method should i use on an evo wuth the hardware 0003 and the 3.70 ? thanks in advance
m3xicanprid3 said:
i have a qucik question? what method should i use on an evo wuth the hardware 0003 and the 3.70 ? thanks in advance
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zikronix's method. for sure.
edit: link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10472082
Hey guy also a bit of a noob here when it comes to the Evo, I rooted my incredible and it worked fine but I am worried a bit more about this phone cause its a work phone. First I was wondering does 4g work with any of the custom roms? I see that Cryogen just came out with an asop rom that seems to work with 4g but I am wondering do the sense based roms work with 4g? Also I see something about wimax keys what are they and what happens if I lose them.
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Hey guy also a bit of a noob here when it comes to the Evo, I rooted my incredible and it worked fine but I am worried a bit more about this phone cause its a work phone. First I was wondering does 4g work with any of the custom roms? I see that Cryogen just came out with an asop rom that seems to work with 4g but I am wondering do the sense based roms work with 4g? Also I see something about wimax keys what are they and what happens if I lose them.
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4g works with all ota-based roms (minus the serious exeptions of course). rsa keys are the acutal keys that say "this phone is authorized to use the sprint 4g network". they are matched with hardware, so if you lose them, you cant ever get them back. even sprint cant. the easiest way to prevent this is to not use clockworkmod (i think its safe now) and to back up your keys. niether of these are very hard.
Ok thanks so I just use unrevoked to root the phone and then do a first time nandroid backup and I should be good to go? Then I can do S-off if I want?
Also how hard right now is it to put the phone back to stock if something strange should happen? Want to make sure I get to use my 7 buck a month insurance if I have something go wrong with the phone.
To start, I've done as much research on-line as possible, but haven't found a solution that works. I have an INC from launch date, currently with MIUI 1.7.8.0 & radio 2.15.10.05.06.
Anyway, a while back I decided to try something other than CWM. So I installed RA-inc-1.8.1_getitnowmarketing as my recovery (from ROM Manager). Well, I've grown tired of MIUI, and want to try CM7 (which I've read needs CWM).
So, I've tried numerous times getting back to CWM, without any success. I tried installing CWM through Rom Manager; as a matter of fact, Rom Manager says that my current recovery is ClockworkMod 3.0.0.8. But every time I reboot into recovery, RA comes up.
All I'm looking for is a solution to actually remove RA from my phone and have CWM back, so I can finally install CM7. I hope someone can help guide me to a solution on here.
Thanks in advance!
Spin
Flashing CWM through Rom Manager didn't work for me either. You will need to find a CWM zip file (Google it!) & extract the folder & then put it on the root of your sd card. Install the update through bootloader. That worked for me so I hope it helps you.
go to dougpiston.com and look under inc.recoveries and you will find what you need. do not unzip (extract) the file just rename it PB31IMG.zip and put it on teh root of your sdcard and flash it under hboot.
http://dougpiston.com/?page_id=85
kzoodroid said:
go to dougpiston.com and look under inc.recoveries and you will find what you need. do not unzip (extract) the file just rename it PB31IMG.zip and put it on teh root of your sdcard and flash it under hboot.
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Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!!
Seriously, I cannot thank you enough. I've been trying for over a week now, googling everything I could possibly imagine. I feel stupid for not being able to figure that out myself, but now all is good in the world, and I have CWM again!
Off to a party...and when I get home, I'll be ready to try out CM7!
Thanks, again kzoodroid (especially for the link, too)!
I have been using the very stable pc36img spring lovers version. I flashed a bunch of roms yesterday like I usually do. The last one was the miui rom from yesterday. It didn't work. tried to do a nandroid update but could not. Then I used the pc36img that has worked well for a while but everything updated except the system. it said failure-UZ. luckily later I was able to instal a hybrid rom with MANY bugs. I no longer can upload my contacts. If you have an idea or can point me in the direction of a pc36img that may solve this I would greatly appreciate it. I know I should have moved my backups to the sd card but I messed up here. Please help. Thanks
Honestly you should stop flashing roms as PC36IMG because you'll forget what they are eventually. Download the rom you want, place it on your sd card, then do a full wipe, and flash it in recovery, boot up, and you should be fine.
That is what I do. but after flashing yesterday's miui rom from the zip file my system wouldn't let me do a nandroid backup. In desparation I used my pc36img update and now a I am screwed
pc36img probs
yesterday I flashed a bunch of roms from the sd card but something happened after the miui zip file
pc36img
in desparation I used the pc36img update. Now I am looking for a way to fix the system update part of the pc36img update which doesn't work. I only use the pc36img when nothing else works.
can anyone point in the direction of some good pc36img files. I am very desperate here. I have tried everything
Take it to Sprint, tell them it just broke. They will happily load stock GB, then you can start over.
KJ
it is S-off. warrenty is finished. also I would like to fix it myself. All of these little messups teach me a lot
Did you try wiping everything except sdcard 3 times in recovery than flashing a .zip rom in recovery
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I will try that. It will have to wait until monday bc I am on call this weekend. I can't lose my phone. thanks for the tip. I will post the results on monday. I hope it works. btw should I wipe with the sdcard removed?
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I couldn't wait. I tried it and it again said Fail-UZ when updating the system. it also said image unzipping fail. Any other ideas?
The only PC36IMG's you should ever flash, really is recovery and RUU. Everything else you should do in recovery with a flashable zip.
jjdellorusso said:
I couldn't wait. I tried it and it again said Fail-UZ when updating the system. it also said image unzipping fail. Any other ideas?
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You hav to flash in {recovery} not bootloader
Download file (click link below) Keep as is go into bootloader let it scan hit no if it ask to update then hit recovery then click wipe then wipe everything except sdcard 3 times then hit flash zip from sdcard then go to this file that you downloaded and select it
http://link.geekfor.me/freshevo431
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tried wiping 3 times
now I can use roms but when running pc36img (sprint lovers) it always sais fail-uz (failure unzipping) should I just ignore this and move on??? I don't really know the significance of this. I can flash working roms now but something makes me feel uncertain. Why can't I update the system with the ruu? any other ideas?
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just wiped everything again... and still no dice. The phone now works like it did before, but the pc36img (sprint lovers) system update always fails. I am running hboot 6.16.1002. Is that the wrong one?
jjdellorusso said:
just wiped everything again... and still no dice. The phone now works like it did before, but the pc36img (sprint lovers) system update always fails. I am running hboot 6.16.1002. Is that the wrong one?
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ok this is all i can think of:
1 - get the original pc36img.zip file and put it in your sd
2 - delete the amon ra pc36img.zip that you have
3 - go into bootloader and when asked to update hit yes
4 - when asked to reboot hit yes
5 - if your phone reboots fine (i will give it a pretty good amount of time) download rom manager
6 - in rom manager flash Clock Work Mod (CWM)
7 - Then make a back up (optional).
8 - scroll down in Rom manager and flash alternate recovery (this will give you amon ra w/o having to put the pc36img.zip into your sd card.
9 - do what you wanted to do at first.
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I have been using the very stable pc36img spring lovers version. I flashed a bunch of roms yesterday like I usually do. The last one was the miui rom from yesterday. It didn't work. tried to do a nandroid update but could not. Then I used the pc36img that has worked well for a while but everything updated except the system. it said failure-UZ. luckily later I was able to instal a hybrid rom with MANY bugs. I no longer can upload my contacts. If you have an idea or can point me in the direction of a pc36img that may solve this I would greatly appreciate it. I know I should have moved my backups to the sd card but I messed up here. Please help. Thanks
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You guys are talking about PC36IMG.zip as if its a ROM that is being flashed. Sprint Lovers, if I am not mistaken, is a ROM that should be flashed via recovery like all ROMs should be. You should not be flashing PC36IMG.zip files through Bootloader unless you are updating radios, RUU back to stock, splash screen updates, etc. It sounds like you are spending a lot of time flashing things via bootloader and that is what got you in this mess to begin with. Can you get into recovery? If so then download any ROM, enter recovery, wipe cache/dalvik cache/data, flash ROM, and then quit using the bootloader before you permanently screw up your phone. This problem should be able to be fixed without the use of a PC36IMG.zip file. Because you've gotten flash happy in your bootloader and as of right now you can't tell us exactly what you've flashed.
If you cant get into recovery then just download Amon Ra v2.3, flash it, and then do the steps I mentioned above. It's not difficult. Just stop getting flash happy with your bootloader.
There is a version of Sprint lovers that can be flashed thru bootloader
And for jj that might just mean the pc36img is corrupted you can download a new one but I say just nice on and use recovery instead of bootloader
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it is S-off. warrenty is finished. also I would like to fix it myself. All of these little messups teach me a lot
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"Warranty's" can be restored
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hmmm? I have tried everything as described above. maybe my sprint lovers pc36img has been corrupted. but I really don't think so bc I saved it in many different sdcards and in my computer. Should I try another .zip? can anyone point me to other pc36img files that may help. I must say that I do not flash anything by pc36img, but after I flashed hybrid I couldn't do anything. In desperation I tried my sprint lovers pc36img assuming I could go back. I had to many backups saved and it told me that I didn't have enough space when I tried to do a nandroid backup. I guess the take home message is to save nandroid backups to the sd card also. unfortunately mine is lost.
I've searched the forums and can't find for my specific problem. I was running CM7 and heard that the Tiamat kernel worked great with it so I flashed it. Something apparently went wrong and now I can't boot, it just get stuck on the white HTCIncredible screen. When I go to hboot and try to boot into recovery, it just gives me the black screen with white bars. I also can't get my computer to recognize it as storage. No idea how to proceed. Here is what it says in bootloader. Please help!!!!
Incredible XD Ship S-off
Hboot-0.92.0000
microp-0417
touch panel-atmelco3_16ac
radio-2.15.00.07.28
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I've searched the forums and can't find for my specific problem. I was running CM7 and heard that the Tiamat kernel worked great with it so I flashed it. Something apparently went wrong and now I can't boot, it just get stuck on the white HTCIncredible screen. When I go to hboot and try to boot into recovery, it just gives me the black screen with white bars. I also can't get my computer to recognize it as storage. No idea how to proceed. Here is what it says in bootloader. Please help!!!!
Incredible XD Ship S-off
Hboot-0.92.0000
microp-0417
touch panel-atmelco3_16ac
radio-2.15.00.07.28
jul 23 2010 18:06:51
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I've heard of this problem before but I don't remember the way that it was fixed in the past so this is how I would proceed. You're going to need to find a way to access your sd card without using your phone such as an SD card adapter or something like that. When you do that, place this file on to the root of your sd card http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip it is a PB31IMG of CWM recovery, which you can flash through hboot because you have s-off. Just boot into hboot and it should find the file and ask you if you wish to flash it and you should say yes. A word of advice: check the md5 of the file before you flash it as well: there are several md5 sum checkers online that you can download for free and I highly recommend it. It might be why you're in this mess to begin with and flashing bad files through hboot can brick your phone permanently. the correct md5 for the file is here: http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip.md5
Once you have CWM flashed, you should be able to restore any backups you have made and go on with life. if you still have issues I would recommend flashing your favorite RUU though hboot. since you have s-off it won't be very difficult to regain root and return to the settings/rom you had before but an RUU is sometimes necessary to restore the file system before you can proceed with other things. Good luck!
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I've heard of this problem before but I don't remember the way that it was fixed in the past so this is how I would proceed. You're going to need to find a way to access your sd card without using your phone such as an SD card adapter or something like that. When you do that, place this file on to the root of your sd card http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip it is a PB31IMG of CWM recovery, which you can flash through hboot because you have s-off. Just boot into hboot and it should find the file and ask you if you wish to flash it and you should say yes. A word of advice: check the md5 of the file before you flash it as well: there are several md5 sum checkers online that you can download for free and I highly recommend it. It might be why you're in this mess to begin with and flashing bad files through hboot can brick your phone permanently. the correct md5 for the file is here: http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip.md5
Once you have CWM flashed, you should be able to restore any backups you have made and go on with life. if you still have issues I would recommend flashing your favorite RUU though hboot. since you have s-off it won't be very difficult to regain root and return to the settings/rom you had before but an RUU is sometimes necessary to restore the file system before you can proceed with other things. Good luck!
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How do I check the md5? I'm not sure what that is... Thank you for your help, I'm going through this process right now.
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I've heard of this problem before but I don't remember the way that it was fixed in the past so this is how I would proceed. You're going to need to find a way to access your sd card without using your phone such as an SD card adapter or something like that. When you do that, place this file on to the root of your sd card http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip it is a PB31IMG of CWM recovery, which you can flash through hboot because you have s-off. Just boot into hboot and it should find the file and ask you if you wish to flash it and you should say yes. A word of advice: check the md5 of the file before you flash it as well: there are several md5 sum checkers online that you can download for free and I highly recommend it. It might be why you're in this mess to begin with and flashing bad files through hboot can brick your phone permanently. the correct md5 for the file is here: http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip.md5
Once you have CWM flashed, you should be able to restore any backups you have made and go on with life. if you still have issues I would recommend flashing your favorite RUU though hboot. since you have s-off it won't be very difficult to regain root and return to the settings/rom you had before but an RUU is sometimes necessary to restore the file system before you can proceed with other things. Good luck!
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Also, after putting the PB31IMG of CWM recovery on the root of my sd card, I booted into hboot and it says:
Parsing... [sd zip]
[1] Recovery
do you want to start update
<volume up> yes
<volume down> no
I clicked yes because i assumed this is what you were talking about when you said if would ask if you wish to flash it. it just did the little update thing and asked me if I wanted to reboot and I again said yes and it went back into the HTCIncredible white screen.
nschiwy said:
I've heard of this problem before but I don't remember the way that it was fixed in the past so this is how I would proceed. You're going to need to find a way to access your sd card without using your phone such as an SD card adapter or something like that. When you do that, place this file on to the root of your sd card http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip it is a PB31IMG of CWM recovery, which you can flash through hboot because you have s-off. Just boot into hboot and it should find the file and ask you if you wish to flash it and you should say yes. A word of advice: check the md5 of the file before you flash it as well: there are several md5 sum checkers online that you can download for free and I highly recommend it. It might be why you're in this mess to begin with and flashing bad files through hboot can brick your phone permanently. the correct md5 for the file is here: http://dinc.does-it.net/Recoveries/CWM_5.0.2.0/PB31IMG.zip.md5
Once you have CWM flashed, you should be able to restore any backups you have made and go on with life. if you still have issues I would recommend flashing your favorite RUU though hboot. since you have s-off it won't be very difficult to regain root and return to the settings/rom you had before but an RUU is sometimes necessary to restore the file system before you can proceed with other things. Good luck!
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ok sorry for the frantic multiple responses. You got me to where i can now boot into recovery! Thanks!!! Here is where I am. I tried to restore a backup I did before flashing the (apparently corrupt) kernel. it says:
Checking MD5 Sums....
MD5 Mismatch!
What do I need to do from here just to get back to the previous backup I did. I don't want to screw anything up more than I already have, so I will await your guidance because you obviously know exactly what you're talking about!
Thanks again
deathvalley1981 said:
ok sorry for the frantic multiple responses. You got me to where i can now boot into recovery! Thanks!!! Here is where I am. I tried to restore a backup I did before flashing the (apparently corrupt) kernel. it says:
Checking MD5 Sums....
MD5 Mismatch!
What do I need to do from here just to get back to the previous backup I did. I don't want to screw anything up more than I already have, so I will await your guidance because you obviously know exactly what you're talking about!
Thanks again
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Okay, The only thing is, this may not have been your fault at all and the recovery may have just gotten funky and essentially self-destructed. I'm worried that may be the case and that the backup you created before flashing the kernel may also actually be corrupt. However, if you're feeling lucky we can go ahead and do this but keep in mind that it will probably get us back where we started and it can cause permanent damage to your phone. Out of curiosity, did you go back into your ROM and rename the folder that you created the backup in before going back into recovery and flashing the kernel?
nschiwy said:
Okay, The only thing is, this may not have been your fault at all and the recovery may have just gotten funky and essentially self-destructed. I'm worried that may be the case and that the backup you created before flashing the kernel may also actually be corrupt. However, if you're feeling lucky we can go ahead and do this but keep in mind that it will probably get us back where we started and it can cause permanent damage to your phone. Out of curiosity, did you go back into your ROM and rename the folder that you created the backup in before going back into recovery and flashing the kernel?
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I did not rename it because I know that throws everything off. Also, I tend to forget things in these processes so please feel free to ask any question no matter how obvious it seems... Thank you, I have to get this thing running.
As a sidenote, I have 2 older backups that I haven't tried to restore yet due to not wanting to screw it up further. I would try those if you suggested it.
deathvalley1981 said:
I did not rename it because I know that throws everything off. Also, I tend to forget things in these processes so please feel free to ask any question no matter how obvious it seems... Thank you, I have to get this thing running.
As a sidenote, I have 2 older backups that I haven't tried to restore yet due to not wanting to screw it up further. I would try those if you suggested it.
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yeah, try one of those.
nschiwy said:
yeah, try one of those.
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got through a lot of it, at least the md5 sums but then got:
Error while restoring /sdcard/.android_secure!
deathvalley1981 said:
got through a lot of it, at least the md5 sums but then got:
Error while restoring /sdcard/.android_secure!
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If your main concern is just to get the phone working again, then you can just flash CM from scratch like you did originally. Wipe/factory reset > flash CM > flash GApps > reboot and rejoice
or any other ROM for that matter, like mine http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788393
I can't really blame you if you prefer CM over sense though
nschiwy said:
If your main concern is just to get the phone working again, then you can just flash CM from scratch like you did originally. Wipe/factory reset > flash CM > flash GApps > reboot and rejoice
or any other ROM for that matter, like mine http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788393
I can't really blame you if you prefer CM over sense though
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I'm actually going to try yours, but can you re-educate me on flashing gapps?
deathvalley1981 said:
I'm actually going to try yours, but can you re-educate me on flashing gapps?
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if you are using mine then you don't need to flash GApps, it's included in the ROM. but if you go back to CM at some point you will need to go to this page: http://goo.im/gapps and find the appropriate file for your version of CM and then just flash it like you do the ROM right after you flash the ROM and then reboot into android.
nschiwy said:
if you are using mine then you don't need to flash GApps, it's included in the ROM. but if you go back to CM at some point you will need to go to this page: http://goo.im/gapps and find the appropriate file for your version of CM and then just flash it like you do the ROM right after you flash the ROM and then reboot into android.
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thank you so much for all your help and I like your rom already! It's super quick.
deathvalley1981 said:
thank you so much for all your help and I like your rom already! It's super quick.
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I've been running it since and love the ROM... not sure how you got it so responsive but it's smooth like butter. One question, for whatever reason, it's not recognizing my sd card and i've never had any problems with this card, tried it in my wife's phone and it worked there. Have you heard this before and if so, any fixes?
Thanks again!
deathvalley1981 said:
Also, after putting the PB31IMG of CWM recovery on the root of my sd card, I booted into hboot and it says:
Parsing... [sd zip]
[1] Recovery
do you want to start update
<volume up> yes
<volume down> no
I clicked yes because i assumed this is what you were talking about when you said if would ask if you wish to flash it. it just did the little update thing and asked me if I wanted to reboot and I again said yes and it went back into the HTCIncredible white screen.
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Now see if you can access recovery. If you can wipe everything in the mounts and storage menu except emmc and sdcard, and then restore a known good backup or flash a rom fresh.
deathvalley1981 said:
I've been running it since and love the ROM... not sure how you got it so responsive but it's smooth like butter. One question, for whatever reason, it's not recognizing my sd card and i've never had any problems with this card, tried it in my wife's phone and it worked there. Have you heard this before and if so, any fixes?
Thanks again!
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No, I've not heard this before. Let me test on my phone and I will get back to you.
deathvalley1981 said:
I've been running it since and love the ROM... not sure how you got it so responsive but it's smooth like butter. One question, for whatever reason, it's not recognizing my sd card and i've never had any problems with this card, tried it in my wife's phone and it worked there. Have you heard this before and if so, any fixes?
Thanks again!
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Use fastboot and type this command:
fastboot oem enableqxdm 0
That may fix it. If not use a file explorer and go to /etc and open for editing vold.fstab and copy and paste its contents here.
cmlusco said:
Use fastboot and type this command:
fastboot oem enableqxdm 0
That may fix it. If not use a file explorer and go to /etc and open for editing vold.fstab and copy and paste its contents here.
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do you think his file system got borked somehow?
nschiwy said:
do you think his file system got borked somehow?
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Could be, have to see what he reports back.