Heeeeelllllpppppp pppllleeeeaaassseee!!!! - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

so im a noob ive got an evo i just rooted a couple days ago everything was great i had netarchys 4.1.8 bfs kernel and baked snack flashed on it.....but then i tried flashing the beta 4.1.9 w/havs.....and now my phone is stuck at bootloader....i can still go into recovery but it just does the same thing and being the noob that i am i didnt do a nandroid back up.....heeellllppp pleeease!!!

I am Fully Rooted with Unrevoked 3.2 with nandroid backup. I just tried to install the Netarchy's 4.1.8 Kernel and I was stuck in the boot load up screen I think (white screen with HTC EVO4g) for awhile, so now I am restoring through a nandroid backup. Can i install just the 4.1.8 and no custom ROM?? Also which did you install first ROM or the Kernel? I was thinking of trying the DC 3.5 one, pretty new at all this.

eazyoutlaw said:
so im a noob ive got an evo i just rooted a couple days ago everything was great i had netarchys 4.1.8 bfs kernel and baked snack flashed on it.....but then i tried flashing the beta 4.1.9 w/havs.....and now my phone is stuck at bootloader....i can still go into recovery but it just does the same thing and being the noob that i am i didnt do a nandroid back up.....heeellllppp pleeease!!!
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Try running this. I prefer the AmonRA. I am assuming you are S-OFF or nand unlocked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8210546&postcount=1

i installed the kernel first netarchys 4.1.8 bfs and it was great then i installed baked snack rom and everything was perfect until i flashed netarchys 4.1.9w/havs......it said it was installed successfully but wen i boot up it cycles thru the roms start up screens.......i can still boot into recovery....

eazyoutlaw said:
i installed the kernel first netarchys 4.1.8 bfs and it was great then i installed baked snack rom and everything was perfect until i flashed netarchys 4.1.9w/havs......it said it was installed successfully but wen i boot up it cycles thru the roms start up screens.......i can still boot into recovery....
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If you Amon or Clockwork recovery works, just reflash the rom you had on it from the flash from zip. Make sure you wipe

i tried it.....it says installation was aborted because it cant find update script...sorry im new to this....and im using ra recovery

Try going into the recovery screen wipe data and cache then reboot it should w
InfidelForLife said:
I am Fully Rooted with Unrevoked 3.2 with nandroid backup. I just tried to install the Netarchy's 4.1.8 Kernel and I was stuck in the boot load up screen I think (white screen with HTC EVO4g) for awhile, so now I am restoring through a nandroid backup. Can i install just the 4.1.8 and no custom ROM?? Also which did you install first ROM or the Kernel? I was thinking of trying the DC 3.5 one, pretty new at all this.
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Go into recovery and wipe data and cache and then reboot. This happenned to me and I fixed it like that. Make sure the first thing you do when its fixed is make a backup it'll save you from pulling your hair out.

im trying to reinstall the romm now lets see.............booting up and.........its stuck at white black htc evo 4g screen now....

Use adb. Or does the recovery not offer usb toggle?
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evohog said:
Try going into the recovery screen wipe data and cache then reboot it should w
Go into recovery and wipe data and cache and then reboot. This happenned to me and I fixed it like that. Make sure the first thing you do when its fixed is make a backup it'll save you from pulling your hair out.
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Will this erase all my Previous Backups?? Or should I do a backup first then go into this and try install the Kernel?
eazyoutlaw said:
im trying to reinstall the romm now lets see.............booting up and.........its stuck at white black htc evo 4g screen now....
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This is what's happeneing to me.

i just reinstalled my rom wiped cache and data now my phone is back from the dead!!! i really dont care if everything got erased as long as i can use my phone rite? thanks alot guys u guys r officially the best!!!

Glad to see it is back working! Do you know if I can install just a Kernel minus a ROM if I am rooted?

yes you can i did it.... but a costom rom i think is better

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Finished Rooting

So i just recently finished rooting with Unrevoked 3 and i want to try out Roms now, I tried to flash Damagecontrol v3.5 but it got me stuck on the loading screen and wouldn't get past it so i just did a restore with ROM manager (thank god) and was able to get my phone back it got me really scared so can anyone suggest any good stable roms? Also did i need to have unrevoked forever install? and my last question would be if i install a ROM can i install themes on it? how does it work?
I've been using Fresh 3.4. Very stable, with riptides theme... u must wipe everything before flashing a rom....
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Don't let that experience scare you away. We're lucky to have a large number of quality roms, themes,etc. For our evos. Make sure you always make a nandroid/backup before flashing new stuff and you're golden. It's difficult to actually 'brick' your evo. Read, experiment, find what you like, and become a flashoholic like most others on these boards.
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Myns warm two point two rls3 is by far my favorite Rom. It's smooth and very stable. Check it out. I always do a full wipe... wipe system, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, and if battery is at 100% wipe battery statts.
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Klk450 said:
So i just recently finished rooting with Unrevoked 3 and i want to try out Roms now, I tried to flash Damagecontrol v3.5 but it got me stuck on the loading screen and wouldn't get past it so i just did a restore with ROM manager (thank god) and was able to get my phone back it got me really scared so can anyone suggest any good stable roms? Also did i need to have unrevoked forever install? and my last question would be if i install a ROM can i install themes on it? how does it work?
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Yes install Unrevoked Forever. Wipe and factory reset twice, wipe cache twice and also wipe dalvik cache twice then retry rom.
Thanks for all the replies guys, i just finished Flashing CM6.1 and i installed a theme called MattedBlue, although i can't get it to look how it is in the picture lol but im getting the hang of this, and must say im becoming a flashaholic
so you got it without my help? glad to hear it.....

[Q] Cyanogen 6.1.2 Theme Help

I will admit that I am a noob at this so... bear with the noobness
I have rooted my 3.30 EVO and have installed the Cyanogen 6.1.2 ROM. I backed up my nandroid and wiped using the partition option and the factory option as instructed in every tutorial. Cyanogen 6.1.2 works great in itself, the problem I'm running into is trying to install any CM themes...
I've tried installing the Project_BlissHD-v2.0_EVO_CM_6.1.2_signed theme .zip for CM 6.1.2 through the recovery (not even sure if this is the right way to do it), but every time I try, it tells me that the installation is aborted.
I wipe before each try and have even completely restored a backup and reinstalled with no success.
I have searched and searched for a thread that could help, as I didn't want to have to post a question if I could avoid it. So, how to I apply specific themes through CM? Here's what I've got:
ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0.0.2
Build 3.30.651
Used Unrevoked 3.3
And again, please forgive the noobness....
Clockwork 3.0.0.2 is only compatible with the new hboot. If you're on the old hboot, roll back to 2.5 and try it again.
I had the same problem .. I made a thread about it .. I'm about to try what BIG CHEEZE suggested
I use Amon_Ra ,myself. I would suggest using that one perhaps since it does a better job emptying the delvik cache.
Cheese, I'll try your suggestion about the rollback. I can just do that right in clockwork, correct? If that doesn't work, I'll try Jason's suggestion. Jason, which amon ra version?
And thanks to both of you!
Just use ROM Manager to roll back. You can flash Amon RA through ROM Manager as well.
You're welcome.
Use version 1.8 since I've been hearing some weird things about 1.9.
hummm
i get "An error occured while flashing your recovery" error when i tried to rollback to 2.5.1.4
I'm going to flash RA 1.8 right now.... let you know how she goes.
Ok, so here is how it went:
Flashed AmonRa 1.8 through Clockwork
Success
Booted into AmonRa recovery. Backed up a fresh nand, wiped DATA, CACHE and Delvik. Installed Cyanogen 6.1.2
Success
Cyanogen boots.
Success
Boot back into AmonRa. Repeat all the wipes. Proceed to install BlissHD pack for CM. Installs succesfully.
CM attempts to boot again, but just gets hung up on the splash screen, repeating a new splash every 3 seconds or so. Rebooted several times to see if that would help. No dice. Restored back up nand and am back to square one.
Suggestions?
It sounds like the theme you want is not gonna work with the stock cm6.1.2 kernel...my suggestion would be to try a different theme
I recommend barnacles10 ginger bread theme.
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Also when you flash a theme...be patient on its first boot. Restarting during a boot that is loading files for your droid has had horrible results with my experience.
I was flashing a radio update and thought that boot loop was frozen..so I pulled the battery..restarted..and was stuck on the boot screen..then my battery dies while in the process of using hboot...and my usb cord wouldn't charge the battery..so I had to wait 7 days for a standalone battery charger to be shipped
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That's kind of where I figured I was heading, jst. I'm going to play around with it tonight and I'll let you know tomorrow how it went. Might try completely different mods too... thinking about fresh.
Again, thanks a lot guys. BIG help.
The theme works great with cm 6.1.2. There are many people using it right now. I'm unsure of what could be happening here. Some phones are just picky. Mine for instance bootloops with any of myns roms as well as virus rom but I have no problems with other roms. I'm sorry my theme didn't work out for you.
t3project said:
The theme works great with cm 6.1.2. There are many people using it right now. I'm unsure of what could be happening here. Some phones are just picky. Mine for instance bootloops with any of myns roms as well as virus rom but I have no problems with other roms. I'm sorry my theme didn't work out for you.
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Hey, it's no sweat! I've seen all the pics of your theme and I really wanted it. It's slick as all-hell, lol. And as for certain phones being picky, that's more than likely the case with my EVO. Since day one, my phone won't charge if turned off, and if I plug it in while it's off, I have to remove the battery to get it to turn on again.
Don't need to apologize to me... I should be thanking you for making something like this accessible to me!!!
You need the correct amonra recovery.
t3project said:
The theme works great with cm 6.1.2. There are many people using it right now. I'm unsure of what could be happening here. Some phones are just picky. Mine for instance bootloops with any of myns roms as well as virus rom but I have no problems with other roms. I'm sorry my theme didn't work out for you.
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mikfroyo evo, with a side of aloysius 5 !
Alright, think I know whats up... I decided to humor a thought I had and install a fresh Cyanogen after a nand backup. I installed 6.1.2 and then installed the Gingerbread as recommended by jst. Only this time, I didn't wipe before I installed the theme. Worked like a charm. I'm going to try this with other themes too and see how it goes.
Kush explains why they don't work right here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897026
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stricklerjosh said:
You need the correct amonra recovery.
mikfroyo evo, with a side of aloysius 5 !
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really? lol
I got it to work fine by not wiping before theme install, just mod install. t3, your theme looks awesome on my EVO. Thanks!!!

Help!!.. need to restore

i have an evo that i rooted... and flashed clockworkmod.. newest.. then i tryied installing a sense HD Rom but it just installs the boot splash screen and after the animation its just a lit black screen... so i decided to flash RA recovery from Rom manager and i forgot to nand back up.. i flashed echoHD Rom and same thing it just booted the animation and thats it.. it dosnt load the Rom.. my main problem is that im trying to go back to stock because i forgot to backup.. but i dont know which pc36img.zip file to get... my phone is S-OFF, 2.10, android 2.2, and some 3.6 or 3.7 thing.. and version 003.. please help.. some one direct me to the .zip download to flash from recovery to go back to stock.. at least from there i can either root again if i loose it or install rom manager and restore from my previous restores.. oh yea.. i forgot to mention that.. i have 2 restore saved in my SD but from clockworkmod recovery.. and dont work when trying to restore with RA.. please help...
i downloaded this .zip... withh this one work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=791019
yeah you can't go from clockwork to amon ra, and use the same backups. you have to download rom manager again and flash back to CW then you can boot into recovery and you'll be able to access your backups. As far as un-rooting, once you are rooted you should be good, have you tried wiping all data and formatting your cache before flashing? if not that may be a good place to start, once rooted as long as you can access your recovery, i would just move forward and find a good Rom that works well with your device. I run MIUI .1.21.2 with 1.6 cfs sbc kernel and it runs amazing on my 003 hardware device
thanks... well i managed to recover flashing that .zip and im now restoring to the one i had saved from clockworkmod... soo im very happr.. i was scared out of my life...
now about those roms... ive triedflashing as i said the sense HD roms but no luck.. what could be the problem.. are there any out there that will work for my type of devive with these new updates...?
i dont really like the muiu rom.. im obsessed with the sense HD type that has the skins and stuff like that.. i hope when the thunderbolt from verizon comes out .. since its cdma someone will port its sense HD to the evo..
What happens when you flash those specific ROMs? Tried changing around your kernel/radio combination? Sometimes it takes a little tweaking to get it running stable.
As far as boot sticking on the boot animation, you have to wipe data and dalvik-cache before installing

[Q] After installing CM7, first reboot gets stuck on loading screen

Hey all-
So I've flashed to CM7 3 times now and each time I get everything setup correctly, my apps restored etc. But as soon as I go to reboot I get stuck on the CM7 loading screen forever. The image is animated, but it will not finish.. it will go all night if I let it.
I have a feeling the issue is in the method im using to install. I'm coming from Fresh 3.5 using Amon Ra recovery. I cleared all user data, dalvik cache and then flashed the rom. I then flashed gapps and it boots into CM7 fine. The reboot is the problem. Am I missing a step? Should I be clearing/formating/deleting more before flashing the new ROM?
Thanks guys. This forum has been a huge resource for me in the last couple weeks. <3
Coreyfuncrusher said:
Hey all-
So I've flashed to CM7 3 times now and each time I get everything setup correctly, my apps restored etc. But as soon as I go to reboot I get stuck on the CM7 loading screen forever. The image is animated, but it will not finish.. it will go all night if I let it.
I have a feeling the issue is in the method im using to install. I'm coming from Fresh 3.5 using Amon Ra recovery. I cleared all user data, dalvik cache and then flashed the rom. I then flashed gapps and it boots into CM7 fine. The reboot is the problem. Am I missing a step? Should I be clearing/formating/deleting more before flashing the new ROM?
Thanks guys. This forum has been a huge resource for me in the last couple weeks. <3
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I think i know what ur doing wrong first flash the rom then reboot then go back to amon ra wipe cache and then flash gapps and if it still doesnt work then do the exact same things but with clockwordmod (which u can both flash from rom manager).
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Followup Question:
Can I restore a Clockwork Backup using Amon RA? Amon wants to check the nandroid folder for backups..and I don't have any nandroid backups (not sure how I didnt do one). can I move a existing clockwork backup from the clockwork folder to the nandroid folder on my SD's root and use that?
Or does anyone have any suggestions on how to flash to clockwork? Now when flashing to CM7 or Fresh I'm getting stuck on the loading screen.. Thanks
So, it looks like the issue is with gapps. When I flash CM7 it works great..once I reboot into recovery, flash gapps, I get the freezing error. I am using version:
gapps-hdpi-20101113-signed.zip
Is this what I should be using?
No there's a newer version you can use let me see if I can find it and get you a link...
Edit: I found the one on my SD card its not the newest but it should work
http://db.tt/YuaCnd9
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[Q] Unable to install new ROMs

So I have my EVO rooted w/ unrevoked since last years launch. I have run Fresh ROM's up until about 6mon ago when I installed CM7 RC1, then 7.0, then 7.0.2. Last night I decided I wanted to try Synergy or Fresh again, so I updated Clockwork backed up the phone, then installed Synergy.
Everything went fine, wiped Cache/User/Dalvik, installed then rebooted. I was stuck at the Unrevoked splash screen, and about every 20seconds It would reboot and continue the cycle. I battery pulled went to Clockwork and Tried my Fresh ROM, did the same thing. Ok, So i said screw it, im gonna restore it. So I navigate Clockwork to the location i backed up to, then restore.
After a reboot, the unrevoked screen would just stay frozen forever, no ROM booting. So I still had my CM7.0.2 on the card that i flashed 5 months ago, and all be damned it worked back up and running in minutes, whew.
So this morning I am back at it, trying to install fresh again, and im going back throught the same unrevoked spalsh screen boot loop. Any help on figuring out what is wrong?
mrsmegz said:
So I have my EVO rooted w/ unrevoked since last years launch. I have run Fresh ROM's up until about 6mon ago when I installed CM7 RC1, then 7.0, then 7.0.2. Last night I decided I wanted to try Synergy or Fresh again, so I updated Clockwork backed up the phone, then installed Synergy.
Everything went fine, wiped Cache/User/Dalvik, installed then rebooted. I was stuck at the Unrevoked splash screen, and about every 20seconds It would reboot and continue the cycle. I battery pulled went to Clockwork and Tried my Fresh ROM, did the same thing. Ok, So i said screw it, im gonna restore it. So I navigate Clockwork to the location i backed up to, then restore.
After a reboot, the unrevoked screen would just stay frozen forever, no ROM booting. So I still had my CM7.0.2 on the card that i flashed 5 months ago, and all be damned it worked back up and running in minutes, whew.
So this morning I am back at it, trying to install fresh again, and im going back throught the same unrevoked spalsh screen boot loop. Any help on figuring out what is wrong?
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You cannot install synergy with clockworkmod. It must be installed with amon ra. This is stated in the original post of the synergy thread.
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Ok I guess I didnt see that part about Synergy. Howerver I just tried to install the latest Fresh rom, and it was doing the same thing (rebooting at the Unrevoked Screen).
However I was able to flash to the latest Cyanogen 7.0.3 Stable for EVO, so until I find a solution, I guess I am stuck w/ that in the meantime.
mrsmegz said:
Ok I guess I didnt see that part about Synergy. Howerver I just tried to install the latest Fresh rom, and it was doing the same thing (rebooting at the Unrevoked Screen).
However I was able to flash to the latest Cyanogen 7.0.3 Stable for EVO, so until I find a solution, I guess I am stuck w/ that in the meantime.
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I would still try flashing Ra Recovery and seeing if you can flash Fresh ROM.
Also it could be ur SD card. Alot of times its not partitioned right or what not. I know cm7 leaves SD card alone for most part.
free the dirk
The solution is to get Amon Ra, so you can wipe properly and partition your SD card properly
might wanna wipe boot as well...usually fixes issues in such cases.
theidlemonk said:
might wanna wipe boot as well...usually fixes issues in such cases.
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Last I used CWM you could not wipe boot without a custom script (ie. Calkulins format all, or VR_Superwipe)
Khilbron said:
Last I used CWM you could not wipe boot without a custom script (ie. Calkulins format all, or VR_Superwipe)
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Amon RA recovery has that option under the wipe menu.
But then Calkulins format all or VR_Superwipe are good too. Gets the job done.
This is all very helpfull, I am going to try some of that in the next few days. I really didn't have any idea that SD partitions can effect the boot of a phone, Ill read about that as well.
Today I managed to get the Latest Stable CM 7.0.3 on my phone, but the experimental 7.1 wouldn't load, so I am going to stick with that. One of those things when you feel like you have read everything before you start upgrading, then you miss something and all goes to hell. Thanks for the help everybody.
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Amon RA recovery has that option under the wipe menu.
But then Calkulins format all or VR_Superwipe are good too. Gets the job done.
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Yes I know this. I use ra recovery. However the OP uses CWM which is why I assumed you were instructing her to do this with clockwork.
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