Cyanogen wont flash error 7 - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I'm trying to flash Cyanogen 6.xx and I keep getting an error 7. Does any one know why I keep getting an error when tring to go to Cyanogen? To flash I'm using amon_ra recovery not sure what is causing the issue any help would be appreciated.

Do you have S-Off?
gave up on 8pening from my supersonic on the xda app.

david279 said:
Do you have S-Off?
gave up on 8pening from my supersonic on the xda app.
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How do I know?

you probably need the engineering hboot, a quick google search will bring up a whole list of ways to fix this.

Hey I got 2.02 and can't downgrade, i tried thru boot loader and flashable zips but no luck, any idea how i can do it?

Thanks that worked the link is here in-case any one needs it in the future.
Its the HBoot in the first post the name of the .zip is: EVO_HBoot_0.76.2000.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752832

In order to flash through pc36img.zip, you need toast's mtd-eng.img flashed to your misc partition. Pm me for questions on how to do this if you have any.
David, haus, it seems to me like we are the only ones really working in this section. Hah I see our three names in every other thread. I have waaay too much free time on my hands.

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Plz help, trying to unroot PC36IMG.zip error

I'm trying to unroot and I get stuck at flashing the pc36imp.zip file. My phone says its invalid when I try to flash. What do I do?? Plz help
Run a RUU instead. Download it from here.
Thanks, how do I know to choose the right one? Sorry to be bother.
Pick the 4th one from the bottom up; 3.70 RUU exe.
tgeigel said:
Thanks, how do I know to choose the right one? Sorry to be bother.
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Maybe you can run the 3.70 ruu and it may work. But from what ive seen you should run an ruu that matches your radio,prl,pri numbers. Then update to 3.70 (if you want) by ota.
Evo - Myn 2.2 RLS 3 - Clockwork - HBoot .76
Thanks guys I will try that and let you know.
Ruu worked great thanks guys
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Sounds good, glad it worked for ya.

Some Rooting/GB Flashing Assistance

Hello all,
I'm trying to assist my nephew in rooting his Evo and flashing GB to it but am running into issues as this is my first time rooting an Evo. I'm a thunderbolt user and have adb/rooting knowledge.
I used the autoroot.zip method to root and get access recovery just fine. The problem I'm running into is when I try and flash the MikG's GB rom (the radio flashes fine via hboot), I get an assert failed: write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img","boot") (also tried re-downloading the rom as well thinking it was a corrupt download or the md5's didn't match). I tried flashing other roms but to no avail. My guess is the issues are lying in recovery, but can't be certain. At this point today, I'm going to try and unroot, and then re-root using unrevoked.
Another question is when I re-root, will i have to flash amon-ra's recovery via hboot as well? Any direction would be much appreciated as I'm stumped as far as the above error is concerned and haven't found any real definitive answers relating to the error. Thanks!!
here is the link i have for the AmanRA recover.. put it directly on your sd root.. and it should flash it self..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
i personally rooted my evo using the revoked method.. simple and easy..
dgrobe2112 said:
here is the link i have for the AmanRA recover.. put it directly on your sd root.. and it should flash it self..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
i personally rooted my evo using the revoked method.. simple and easy..
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Thanks gonna give this a shot tonight, but hoping I don't receive that assert failed error message. I'm really hoping my problem lies me not using an updated recovery. My nephew is still rooted, so now I'm considering if I should unroot then start all over or just try an updated recovery option.
no you dont have to do it via hboot if you unroot then reroot with unrevoked you can get rom manager and flash a different recovery from there its super easy
jadden said:
no you dont have to do it via hboot if you unroot then reroot with unrevoked you can get rom manager and flash a different recovery from there its super easy
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Ok thanks for the reply, which recovery would work to flash MikG's GB rom? Amon_RA 2.3? I think I'm confusing myself more as the day moves along!
Yeah among RA works
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jadden said:
Yeah among RA works
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Thanks man, I'll post back the results!

Different HBOOT TYPES.

Hi all. I'm new to this world so asking a, may be silly, question.
I play with roms every now and then. Change my rom from one to another in couple of weeks. I found STOCK HBOOT OFFERS LESS INTERNAL SPACE THAN CM7 OR CM7r2 hboots for custom roms.
I haven't experimented yet with these things. Can someone tell me how to convert my hboot to cm7 or cm7r2? I haven't done anything with my hboot so I suppose I'm on stock hboot. Difference between cm7 and cm7r2?
Any drawbacks of doing this? And will be able to flash app2sd and data2ext normally as I do now?
Any help would be highly appreciated.
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The difference is that the hboot versions offer you a diffrent internal partition layout
you can look them up http://alpharev.nl/ <-- there
also you can download it from there
You can flash it via fastboot or via the PB99IMG.zip method or you simply use android flasher(recommanded, it´s selfexplaining)
Is there any chance of bricking my phone?
When I switch between roms sometimes I get stuck in boot loops. *no worries*
I just pull out the battery. Reboot in recovery and restore nandroid backup.
In this case I'm cautious because if I'm stuck where would I go because I'm playing with hboot. I think I won't be able to access recovery in that case, right?
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You can brick it if your downloaded hboot.img is not downloaded correcly
If you are in a bootloop you simply go into fastboot and flash the correct table(hboot) and flash your ROM
and yes you will be able to boot into recovery(if youre in a bootloop)
mohsinraza said:
Is there any chance of bricking my phone?
When I switch between roms sometimes I get stuck in boot loops. *no worries*
I just pull out the battery. Reboot in recovery and restore nandroid backup.
In this case I'm cautious because if I'm stuck where would I go because I'm playing with hboot. I think I won't be able to access recovery in that case, right?
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If your download was corrupt or you pulled the cable in the seconds during the flashing period then you'd most probably brick your phone, but during my time on this forum I have never heard of any such misfortunes occurring..
By the way instead of posting try searching... this is just common knowledge info and can be found with a quick google search or a visit to alpharev.. it really isn't hard and not really worth posting a new thread about.
bortak said:
If your download was corrupt or you pulled the cable in the seconds during the flashing period then you'd most probably brick your phone, but during my time on this forum I have never heard of any such misfortunes occurring..
By the way instead of posting try searching... this is just common knowledge info and can be found with a quick google search or a visit to alpharev.. it really isn't hard and not really worth posting a new thread about.
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I've already gone through alpharev but this question of mine about bricking the phone was never answered
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loler90 said:
You can brick it if your downloaded hboot.img is not downloaded correcly
If you are in a bootloop you simply go into fastboot and flash the correct table(hboot) and flash your ROM
and yes you will be able to boot into recovery(if youre in a bootloop)
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Thanks a million. Now this means I take a nandroid backup and download cm7r2 hboot from alpharev. Flash it and then flash a compatible rom.
Do I need a complete wipe before flashing hboot?
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One more question:
I'm on stock hboot. Will I be able to restore nandroid backup when I switch to cm7r2?
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mohsinraza said:
One more question:
I'm on stock hboot. Will I be able to restore nandroid backup when I switch to cm7r2?
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if your ROM fits
bortak said:
if your ROM fits
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Fit where and in what?
Just asking for information. I'll definitely flash a clean new rom.
I'm using Aurora for Desire. It supports both stock and cm7r2.
Will flash that rom again but then I'll have way more internal memory as compared to what I'm getting now.
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I know I'm going to ask a silly question. Sorry in advance
It's written on alpharev that check MD5SUM after downloading the hboot.
How do I check whether it's correct or not?
Don't wanna brick my phone :-(
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The nandroid needs to have the HBOOT you had, when you made that nandroid.
So if U had STOCK HBOOT when making a nandroid wich U like to go back to, then flash STOCK HBOOT - BEFORE - U nandroid back.
So for now... flash the HBOOT U want, and then right after the ROM.
And if U wanna restore your nandroid, then flash STOCK HBOOT, and then restore nandroid.
AND remember... U CAN NOT FLASH RADIO IF U ARE ON CM7R2 HBOOT,
that will brick your phone.
So flash RADIO before, OR do the procedure with ADB if U are already on CM7R2.
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MD5 checksum program: hashcalc (google it)
Jakedude2011 said:
The nandroid needs to have the HBOOT you had, when you made that nandroid.
So if U had STOCK HBOOT when making a nandroid wich U like to go back to, then flash STOCK HBOOT - BEFORE - U nandroid back.
So for now... flash the HBOOT U want, and then right after the ROM.
And if U wanna restore your nandroid, then flash STOCK HBOOT, and then restore nandroid.
AND remember... U CAN NOT FLASH RADIO IF U ARE ON CM7R2 HBOOT,
that will brick your phone.
So flash RADIO before, OR do the procedure with ADB if U are already on CM7R2.
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MD5 checksum program: hashcalc (google it)
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Thanks a lot for your detailed answer. Will flash cm7r2 and new rom as soon as I get to my PC.
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No problem. Good Luck.
unzip
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unzip
10 chars
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Thanks buddy. I'm a hostellite. Plan to go home on this weekend.
Will give it a try then.
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MD5 SUM check
Alright so I read about the md5sum check got the software to check it as well, even though it didnt match, I still managed to get the cm7/r2 hboot & flash insertcoin. I want to know how exactly we know if md5sums have matched cos i want to change my rom & i want to know how i can check if the rom is compatible with the cm7/r2 hboot.
Insertcoin freezes a lot on my phone I have no idea why.
Lots of questions on this post from me, someone please answer. need help
gyak88 said:
Alright so I read about the md5sum check got the software to check it as well, even though it didnt match, I still managed to get the cm7/r2 hboot & flash insertcoin. I want to know how exactly we know if md5sums have matched cos i want to change my rom & i want to know how i can check if the rom is compatible with the cm7/r2 hboot.
Insertcoin freezes a lot on my phone I have no idea why.
Lots of questions on this post from me, someone please answer. need help
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This is very awkward if you still managed to flash cm7r2 even though md5sum didn't match.
I haven't tried it yet. Will give a try tomorrow.
Every rom has mentioned which hboots are compatible. You can check it from there.
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gyak88 said:
Alright so I read about the md5sum check got the software to check it as well, even though it didnt match, I still managed to get the cm7/r2 hboot & flash insertcoin. I want to know how exactly we know if md5sums have matched cos i want to change my rom & i want to know how i can check if the rom is compatible with the cm7/r2 hboot.
Insertcoin freezes a lot on my phone I have no idea why.
Lots of questions on this post from me, someone please answer. need help
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You do realise... the point of an md5 match is so that you know the thing that is uploaded.. is exactly the same thing that you downloaded... so... when it matches "hooray lets flash away"... when it doesn't "holy mother of god get the hell of my computer"... you sure you used it right?
mohsinraza said:
This is very awkward if you still managed to flash cm7r2 even though md5sum didn't match.
I haven't tried it yet. Will give a try tomorrow.
Every rom has mentioned which hboots are compatible. You can check it from there.
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if you are using cm7r2 hboot, make sure to flash market cache fix else you will face issue when you download large size apps from market.

[Q] Can't install recovery

Before I get flamed for using search, I did, and all I found were 4 threads, in which I read. I did not find a good answer. I'm trying to flash smelkus ics themed and when the zip is read, I get a parsing (PC36IMG.ZIP). And it just hangs there. Any ideas??
EVT2-3 S-on
HBoot-2.18.0001
MICROP-041f
Radio-2.15.00.12.19
Thanks,
Jasen
mrjasenr said:
Before I get flamed for using search, I did, and all I found were 4 threads, in which I read. I did not find a good answer. I'm trying to flash smelkus ics themed and when the zip is read, I get a parsing (PC36IMG.ZIP). And it just hangs there. Any ideas??
EVT2-3 S-on
HBoot-2.18.0001
MICROP-041f
Radio-2.15.00.12.19
Thanks,
Jasen
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You put it on root of SD? Also check md5 on file via hash Droid or md5 sum in market
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maybe try flashing with fastboot? flash recovery recoveryname.img thats the command to flash a recovery in fastboot. google how to do it and what you need
or flash with flash image gui
its free on xda
mrjasenr said:
Before I get flamed for using search, I did, and all I found were 4 threads, in which I read. I did not find a good answer. I'm trying to flash smelkus ics themed and when the zip is read, I get a parsing (PC36IMG.ZIP). And it just hangs there. Any ideas??
EVT2-3 S-on
HBoot-2.18.0001
MICROP-041f
Radio-2.15.00.12.19
Thanks,
Jasen
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Well you did root / unlock the device correct? Additionally, make sure you don't have a bad download of the file.
Must be "s-off"
Just spent the better part of a week on this one. I also could not get past "parsing". I know how frustrating it is! I wasn't having a problem with Amon RA 2.3, I just wanted the new one!
I am using Nitrous 1.5.3 and posted to that board and got some great support as always. raafeall informed me that I needed to make sure I didn't need "s-off". I did. I had rooted using htcDEV so I was watermarked and "s-on". I followed Captian_Throwback's thread to rool back and rooted through Revolutionary to get "s-off". As soon as it was done I updated to smelkus Amon Ra 4.3!
Thread at click-dev:
http://www.click-dev.com/htc-evo-4g-qa/ra-supersonic-v4-3/msg218/?topicseen#new
Captian_Throwback's thread:
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...-18-HBOOT-with-HTCDev-com-No-More-Watermark!-)
"New" option for achieving "s-off" after watermark (I did not use this one):
http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-hacks/root-for-htc-evo-4g-gingerbread-is-here/
teh roxxorz said:
Well you did root / unlock the device correct? Additionally, make sure you don't have a bad download of the file.
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I have a recovery already installed along with the fact I've flashed atleast 50
different times, from my LG Optimus, and now my Evo 4g.
I was just looking to try something new.
Do I have to unroot in order to change to a different root method. Since I used HTCDev method should I un do it to go back and do Revolution??
traceli said:
Just spent the better part of a week on this one. I also could not get past "parsing". I know how frustrating it is! I wasn't having a problem with Amon RA 2.3, I just wanted the new one!
I am using Nitrous 1.5.3 and posted to that board and got some great support as always. raafeall informed me that I needed to make sure I didn't need "s-off". I did. I had rooted using htcDEV so I was watermarked and "s-on". I followed Captian_Throwback's thread to rool back and rooted through Revolutionary to get "s-off". As soon as it was done I updated to smelkus Amon Ra 4.3!
Thread at click-dev:
http://www.click-dev.com/htc-evo-4g-qa/ra-supersonic-v4-3/msg218/?topicseen#new
Captian_Throwback's thread:
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...-18-HBOOT-with-HTCDev-com-No-More-Watermark!-)
"New" option for achieving "s-off" after watermark (I did not use this one):
http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-hacks/root-for-htc-evo-4g-gingerbread-is-here/
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I believe that he explained it perfectly for you. Just read and follow the instructions. Good luck
mrjasenr said:
Do I have to unroot in order to change to a different root method. Since I used HTCDev method should I un do it to go back and do Revolution??
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Flashing ROM and Recovery not the same
mrjasenr said:
I have a recovery already installed along with the fact I've flashed atleast 50
different times, from my LG Optimus, and now my Evo 4g.
I was just looking to try something new.
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Yes, you would be able to flash ROMS, Kernels, and 'some' Recoveries with the bootloader unlocked by htc, that is why they did it. You cannot flash different Baseband, Radio, Wimax, etc. unless you are "s-off". And for some reason (I am curious why, now I get something to research!), smelkus' recovery requires that level of permissions.
mrjasenr said:
Do I have to unroot in order to change to a different root method. Since I used HTCDev method should I un do it to go back and do Revolution??
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Yes, if you use Captian_Throwback's thread. It un-roots to a "s-on", "locked", un-watermarked state. Then, you will roll back your radio and baseband, otherwise Revolutionary won't work.
Good luck. The whole process only took me a hour, hour and a half maybe, and I was tip toeing through the whole thing.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21842484&postcount=19
Here is the Captian's method on xda.
sha4000 said:
I believe that he explained it perfectly for you. Just read and follow the instructions. Good luck
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Ok, I was unsure if I had to unroot first, but I did not. I followed
Captian_Throwback method to the T and it went flawlessly. Thanks alot!!
Now to install a newer recovery!
I had trouble flashing the zip (it just hung there) and was able to load the .img via fastboot.
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Ok, I was unsure if I had to unroot first, but I did not. I followed
Captian_Throwback method to the T and it went flawlessly. Thanks alot!!
Now to install a newer recovery!
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I'm glad that you got that sorted out. Now on to flashing.
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Help rooting incredible on 2.3.4

Ive tried using the last version of unrevoked (3.32) but its gives me the " is your firmware too new " error, when i tried rooting with unrevoked 3.22 its says failed to flash recovery image, and downgrading ? nah i never done ADB i know im gonna mess up my phone, i apologize if i posted this in the wrong place or something but im new to do this and i would really like to iinstall a custom room on my incredible. so any help any link or video that could help me would be reaally appreciated.:fingers-crossed:
This may help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306400
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MagnaCore said:
This may help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306400
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ive done everything exactly as they say in that forum but i keep getting the same errors i stated above
asvpmike said:
ive done everything exactly as they say in that forum but i keep getting the same errors i stated above
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weird, i'm using the same guide and it worked flawlesly. have u check the cwm md5 that ur downloading, maybe u got a bad one.
asvpmike said:
Ive tried using the last version of unrevoked (3.32) but its gives me the " is your firmware too new " error, when i tried rooting with unrevoked 3.22 its says failed to flash recovery image, and downgrading ? nah i never done ADB i know im gonna mess up my phone, i apologize if i posted this in the wrong place or something but im new to do this and i would really like to iinstall a custom room on my incredible. so any help any link or video that could help me would be reaally appreciated.:fingers-crossed:
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What hboot and radio is the phone on? Is it s-on or s-off?
cmlusco said:
What hboot and radio is the phone on? Is it s-on or s-off?
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I'm also having trouble with Unrevoked. My HBoot is in s-on. After attempting to run unrevoked and getting the "firmware too new" error message as well. I checked the link from MagnaCore "http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1306400" but that clearly states the thread is outdated. Anyone have any suggestions?
mmaranda said:
I'm also having trouble with Unrevoked. My HBoot is in s-on. After attempting to run unrevoked and getting the "firmware too new" error message as well. I checked the link from MagnaCore "http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1306400" but that clearly states the thread is outdated. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Here is the new updated thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1600904 or you could use this one also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506258. Both achieve the same thing in much the same way, just written up a little differently.

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