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[Q] Black screen with white bars after root? Help would be appreciated

Hey guys here is what i did step by step. This is my first root and i researched this a good bit but i obviously didnt read enough ; ;
Phone info: droid i, slcd, froyo stock 2.2 with november update. i bought the phone a couple of weeks ago.
I followed rooting instructions found here
(couldnt post the url cause im a new user) its found on jonsuh dot com
1) Already preinstalled clockwork mod app
2) Installed Hboot driver.
3) ran new revoked3
4) root was successful and my phone booted up.
heres where its gets tricky.
5) ran clockwork mod.
6) selected back up (figured this would be a safe idea before i started adding roms)
7) it prompted me to install clockwork mod recovery file. i did so then clicked on backup again. my phone turned off rebooted to the HTC incredible screen then went to this black screen with white bars on each side of the phone.
Ideas on what might be the problem would be greatly appreciated.

So i just a battery pull and started my phone back up and it booted up.... epic fail/win
win: phone phone started
fail: i wrote this whole damn post out.
might be helpful for those who ran into the same problem rooting thier phone though.
i read somewhere i should use an older clockwork recovery file. is that correct? and if so, can some tell me one that will work with an SLCD phone?

You might check this out.

ok so i made another boo-boo. i tried to install the virtuous rom and i clicked on clear data and wipe cache and when the phone restarted it stopped at the htc screen which had a black bar across it.
i tried rebooting it a couple different ways but now bastboot is booting up to the htc incredible screen and just staying there... i hope i didnt brick my phone...
please help!

you have an slcd droid incredible and need the modded clockwork recovery from adreynlyne thats all http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788306
thats should take care of the recovery issues

do you know how to move the file to the root of my sd card? i dont have a micro sd card reader...

ok so i went out and bought a micro sd card reader. put the new renamed .zp file onto my sd card. went into hboot and it still says the pb31img.zip file is missing. any ideas?
i extracted the renamed zip file to my sd card. was that the right thing to do? or do i just put the unextracted file in there?

You are thinking too hard!
Plug your phone into your PC. Set it to be a disk drive and copy the file to the SD card. (It will have lots of directories and stuff.)
I am not 100% sure, but I think the file name might need to be in caps. It must be named exactly.
Turn your phone off.
Hold down the down volume button and turn it on.
Magic should happen.

got it working thanks to setexascustoms. had to install it then reinstall virtuous rom. lost all my contacts but im back up and running!

Help! Trying to go back to stock.

Got to this part, but I don't get a message asking me to update:
Option 2: Download THIS FILE (172.5MB) and place it on the root of your SD card. Reboot your phone into HBOOT (Bootloader, NOT RECOVERY!!!). Once the bootloader checks the image, it will ask you if you want to update. Select Yes and let the update run. After the phone reboots, you will have a stock, factory Droid Incredible running the November update.
I put the file on my sd card, shut the phone down, booted into HBOOT, but I don't get any message.

Is your SD card formatted fat32? Also make sure the file is named exactly PB31IMG.zip
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Just renamed it and still nothing.

Did you plug your phone in and verify that the card is formatted fat32? And also that its on the root of the SD card?
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Also you have to select bootloader.
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How do I check if its fat32? Also, I don't see an option for bootloader. Just fastboot, recovery, and a couple other things.

And its definitely on the root of the sd card. I've flashed many roms.

I don't know about "selecting" bootloader, you just boot into bootloader by holding power and volume down and it checks for PB31IMG.zip and when it finds it asks you to apply. I'm on a macbook but it should be similar in windows, plug your phone into your computer, find your SD card and right click, "get info", and you should see the format.

brian85 said:
Got to this part, but I don't get a message asking me to update:
Option 2: Download THIS FILE (172.5MB) and place it on the root of your SD card. Reboot your phone into HBOOT (Bootloader, NOT RECOVERY!!!). Once the bootloader checks the image, it will ask you if you want to update. Select Yes and let the update run. After the phone reboots, you will have a stock, factory Droid Incredible running the November update.
I put the file on my sd card, shut the phone down, booted into HBOOT, but I don't get any message.
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Common problem is the zip is inside of a zip make sure the image file isn't PB31IMG.zip.zip or something weird like that check out Doug Piston site he has the correct files
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12827014&postcount=1

k_nivesout said:
I don't know about "selecting" bootloader, you just boot into bootloader by holding power and volume down and it checks for PB31IMG.zip and when it finds it asks you to apply. I'm on a macbook but it should be similar in windows, plug your phone into your computer, find your SD card and right click, "get info", and you should see the format.
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You are right. I was thinking from fastboot not hboot.
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silverxbv2 said:
You are right. I was thinking from fastboot not hboot.
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Oh ok, yeah, fastboot, hboot, bootloader, I can see how it could get mixed up.

k_nivesout said:
Oh ok, yeah, fastboot, hboot, bootloader, I can see how it could get mixed up.
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Whats worse is I've had to restore four phones for warranty and change my splash screen quite a bit, so you would think I know the routine. But thats the problem, I do it so often, I don't pay attention to the screen, I just do it
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[Q] Help with Virtuous Unity

I've been trying to flash the Rom onto my phone, however every time I try It goes through all the install processes and says that is complete, but when I reboot the system it shows me the HTC Splash screen goes black shows me the splash screen again and then throws me back into Clockwork. I have cleared the cache and did a factory reset. So does anyone know what could be the problem?

I had the same problem... you actually need th DZ h-boot..
Im currently changin the boot but im having a problem with it.. ill let you know how it goes after im done with this problem.

I found something about the DZ H-Boot, but I have no Idea how to use ADK to get it on my phone, is there a guide that doesn't assume you know how to use it, or a way to do it without ADK?

www.virtuousrom.com
read it. follow directions.
to learn more about the SDK, check the wiki. there's a complete guide on how to install/set up your computer for ADB push.

I searched all over the wiki and can not find anything about setting up for a ADB Push.

just Google it or Bing it or duck it . there are guides all over the internet for different platforms .
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Tierehl said:
I found something about the DZ H-Boot, but I have no Idea how to use ADK to get it on my phone, is there a guide that doesn't assume you know how to use it, or a way to do it without ADK?
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You don't necessarily need ADB to flash the DZ hboot to the G2 I tried this method and it worked flawlessly...
Credit to codemonkey10 for the step by step process..
You need the DZ H-Boot... the rom wont run or install unless you have it. here is how to install it on your phone (guessing its a g2) without having to use adb... (and here is the dz hboot download... http://files.virtuousrom.com/vision/misc/PC10IMG.zip)
Do a full nandroid backup before any of this, and you will need an sd card reader....
Download the h-boot and move it to the root of your sd card.
Turn the phone off and turn it back on by holding volume down and power.
You’ll be ask if you want to update, press volume up to proceed.
After your done you be asked press power to reboot, press it.
You should will see the white HTC screen, wait 5-10 seconds then pull battery.
Pull sd card out of phone, and place in a card reader.
Delete the PC10IMG file (dz hboot) and put the sd card back in the phone.
Then hold volume down and power to go to bootloader
Once in bootloader go to recovery
Do not wipe anything because the new h-boot wiped everything
In recovery go to install zip from sd card
Then, choose zip from sd card
Find the Virtuous Unity Rom in the sd card.
Choose it and wait for it to install
Once it is finished choose reboot now.
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Thanks csuf, instead of using an Micro SD Reader (because I don't have one) I used my old Sidekick Slide, and it worked perfectly

Tierehl said:
Thanks, csuf instead of using an Micro SD Reader (because I don't have one) I used my old Sidekick Slide, and it worked perfectly
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That's great to hear...glad I could help...
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[Q] Can't boot into recovery...

Hoping someone can help me out - I have a rooted Incredible, and went to use ROM manager to flash back to a backup made 2 months ago. Also flashed an older version of CWM recovery (because for whatever reason the newer releases never worked). The phone went to boot into recovery and do it's thing, but then the version of CWM I flashed didn't allow the phone into recovery, and now I'm stuck at the boot screen and a battery pull didn't work. I can't even power down/reboot the device (unless it's plugged in), it just goes black for a second, then HTC Incredible screen shows for 2 sec, then back to boot screen. Any ideas? I tried putting an older version of CWM onto the root of the SD, but it's not recognizing it as an available "update" on the Bootloader screen.
Thanks for any help!

You would need a PB31IMG version of CWM. You can get it here http://dougpiston.com/?page_id=85. Put it on the root of your SD card the hold the volume down+power button, and wait for it to load it, except the update and that should do the trick.

Would I need to erase the ROM manager file from the SD card so that it picks this one up? It's not picking up the .zip and prompting me to install...

I don't think you would need to do that. Make sure that the file is named correctly PB31IMG. Ive had the issue before where I named it PB31IMG.zip and I did not have to put the.zip after it otherwise it won't be recognized. Maybe that's the issue you are having...

You sir are a genius! That worked perfectly. Thanks!

Glad to help! I think the reason your wife's SD card doesn't work either, is because it is not in FAT32 format.

[Q] Red Exclamation when Factory Restore nonrooted

I've tried to search around the fourms but every seems to have rooted their phone. I never have, but it's been acting laggy and shutting itself off from time to time, I've had my Incredible for about a year and a half and just wanted to wipe it in hopes that it wouldnt shut off randomly and run faster but when i go into settings and into SD & Phone storage and do Factory data reset I end up getting stuck on a screen with a phone and a red triangle with an exclamation in the middle.
When that happens I can hold down the power button and the up volume button and try and restore from there but it always just loads my phone back up how it was, nothing gets wiped and it also puts it into auto roaming so I have to call and reprogram my phone with verizon.
Any ideas?

thisistay said:
I've tried to search around the fourms but every seems to have rooted their phone. I never have, but it's been acting laggy and shutting itself off from time to time, I've had my Incredible for about a year and a half and just wanted to wipe it in hopes that it wouldnt shut off randomly and run faster but when i go into settings and into SD & Phone storage and do Factory data reset I end up getting stuck on a screen with a phone and a red triangle with an exclamation in the middle.
When that happens I can hold down the power button and the up volume button and try and restore from there but it always just loads my phone back up how it was, nothing gets wiped and it also puts it into auto roaming so I have to call and reprogram my phone with verizon.
Any ideas?
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It sounds like either you have a custom recovery installed (rooted), or your stock recovery may be corrupt. First i would try to do a factory reset from hboot. To do that power off the phone pull the battery and reimsert. Then hold vol down and power till a white screen pops up. Then use the vol keys to navigate to factory reset and the power button to select. If that dosent work i would do an ruu. To do that download this file http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.06.605.3/PB31IMG.zip and place it on your sdcard in no folders, do not rename. Pull battery, replace, vol down and pwr to enter hboot. Hboot will automaticly find the file and prompt you to press vol up to update. Do so and then when propmted again press vol up to reboot. Once rebooted your phone should be like new.

Tried it in hboot and it seems to of only wiped half my stuff. Apps and everything are still there but it's almost as if they reset and are taking me through tutorials again and all my setting are back to default.
I'm downloading the ZIP file ya gave me now, i'll let ya know if that works. Thanks for your help!

Okay, took my SD card out of my phone to make sure i placed that file on it and not somewhere else, i did NOT unzip the file onto the SD card either, just simply copied and pasted the ZIP file onto the SD card, it's not in a folder either. Put the Sd card back in, turned phone off and entered hboot, hboot isn't prompting me to update though... any ideas? :\

thisistay said:
Okay, took my SD card out of my phone to make sure i placed that file on it and not somewhere else, i did NOT unzip the file onto the SD card either, just simply copied and pasted the ZIP file onto the SD card, it's not in a folder either. Put the Sd card back in, turned phone off and entered hboot, hboot isn't prompting me to update though... any ideas? :\
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Try backing up the sdcard to your pc. Then with the pc format the card fat32, and then put the files back on. If that still dosent work, you could do an ruu.exe with your pc. Install htc sync http://dinc.does-it.net/HTC-Sync/3.0.5606/setup_3.0.5606.exe, then download and run this file http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Image...0_Incredible_C_hboot_1.02.0000_4.08.605.2.exe, with the phone connected to the pc. Follow the steps provided and it should reflash the phone for you.

Okay I tried to do your second suggestion first but when i ran the program it said that the phone was not connected to my computer, and to check to make sure the USB was plugged in. It was though, it was in charge only, should i have set it on something else? I was literally watching it charge.
Then i reformatted my SD card, it did find the file and it tried to update with the file in hboot but it said it had failed because the version on my phone was older.
What a pain huh?

thisistay said:
Okay I tried to do your second suggestion first but when i ran the program it said that the phone was not connected to my computer, and to check to make sure the USB was plugged in. It was though, it was in charge only, should i have set it on something else? I was literally watching it charge.
Then i reformatted my SD card, it did find the file and it tried to update with the file in hboot but it said it had failed because the version on my phone was older.
What a pain huh?
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Having htc sync installed should give you the correct drivers. I think its suppose to be charge only mode, try it on sync mabey, worst it can do is say it cant find the phone again.
It probably said the version you were trying to install is older than the one already installed. What android version are you on again?

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says im using version 2.3.4

just tried the ruu again and put my phone in sync instead of charge only and htc sync and the ruu still say my phone isnt connected but my phone tells me it is.
The main reason I'm trying to factory restore is because none of my apps hold. I try and download new ones and they end up force closing and disappearing. Apps that I update do the same thing. My phone will keeps apps i've had if they update and disappear but they go right back to needing to be updated again. New apps just go away and if i try and redownload them they just disappear again.