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[Q] Can someone take a look at this? Fixed!

I hate making a new thread and i'm not sure if it's against the rules but there doesn't seem to be a lot of traffic going into Q&A. I'm having a really bad problem with my DInc which could end up costing me $300 if I have to buy a new phone. I was just wondering if you guys would mind taking a look at it and see if you can figure it out.
Thanks.
thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=916149
Fixed! I went out and bought a new class 6 SD card and used berserkers method to go back to stock. Then I just rooted again and installed the ROM I wanted. Thank all of you for your help!

What exactly is the problem?
Glancing thru the thread linked in your question....
If you are having trouble w/ the SD card, see if yours is wonky, then try another if it is wonky....
- With the device on, unmount the existing SD card, power the device down, remove the SD, copy/back it up to your PC, reformat it to FAT32, put it back in the device, d/l a ROM and flash it.
Fwiw - if your question were more detailed and not asking folk to read a thread dating back to 2006, you may get more response - just sayin /;

I think the thread he wanted to post was actually this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835552
Then again I'm not the poster so I don't know what his actual intentions were.

SynbiosVyse said:
I think the thread he wanted to post was actually this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835552
Then again I'm not the poster so I don't know what his actual intentions were.
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Ok - Advice remains the same - it sounds like the SD card - unmount, back up, reformat, d/l, then flash something else.
Absent that working, try another SD card.

I'm on a Mac so I cannot reformat the sd card to fat32. I tried with my other SD card already and the phone won't recognize it and my computer doesn't either.
But furthermore, i do not see how the SD card can be the problem. It can install cyanogen just fine. I can't install virtuous or use the PB31IMG.zip though.
Why would it be able to install cyanogen & MIUI and not virtuous or stock?

morph3k said:
I'm on a Mac so I cannot reformat the sd card to fat32. I tried with my other SD card already and the phone won't recognize it and my computer doesn't either.
But furthermore, i do not see how the SD card can be the problem. It can install cyanogen just fine. I can't install virtuous or use the PB31IMG.zip though.
Why would it be able to install cyanogen & MIUI and not virtuous or stock?
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Its wacked, I dont understand either why most phones will format sd cards as FAT and not FAT32, however it is my understanding that you will need fat thirty two for hboot to properly recognize the file structure as the file name is also case sensitive. For example if the.ZIP is like that it won't work as the file name must be with a lower case extension. Sometimes even on my pc, I have had to rename the file with all capital letters then rename properly for hboot to see it.
You can install ROMs all you want with FAT or FAT32 and clockworkmod recovery as it supports both types of file structures.
And why you could load one rom and not another? I' m not sure, what is the particular version of virth your trying to get running? What versions are you trying for the,... hboot , clockwork mod, & radio? And what is your goal,?, the most recent release of the vRom?
Sent from my Incredible

Just wanted to let you guys know this was fixed. Thank you all.

morph3k said:
Just wanted to let you guys know this was fixed. Thank you all.
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What was the issue, and how did you fix it? Inquiring minds want to know, not to mention, others may benefit from your experience.

smtom said:
What was the issue, and how did you fix it? Inquiring minds want to know, not to mention, others may benefit from your experience.
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I edited the first post already with the info.

Help please is rooting possible with completely blank sd card?

Hey guys, I need some help here. The other night I tried rooting my htc evo with unrevoked. After installing all of the necessary driver and letting unrevoked run its flash, my phone comepletely messed up. The phone booted up like normal one time. I saw the app with the little ninja, superuser or something it was called. There was no unrevoked app or anything. I no longer had the option to change from usb to charge only or anything like that. The phone then vibrated 5 times and the screen shut off with the green l.e.d. flashing. Since then I was never able to get my phone to boot up normally. I could only get to the hboot screen or recovery screen. My hboot screen has said s-on ever since then. I tried installing new roms and everything. My computer would show the bootloader interface under the android phone but my phone would never mount sd card. Everytime I tried to unzip the PC36img.zip it kept saying unable to mount sd card installation error. I've tried all the sd card commands and every solution on any forums. I was so frustrated I simply put my sd card into an old phone and formatted it removing every single thing that was on it.
Today I picked up a sd card adapter hoping it will help.
Now I want to know how I can comepletely start over with a blank sd card. I need someone to point me in the right direction using a GREAT set of instructions. I want to know what the best ROM is to flash onto my phone. Every set I have tried to follow has not helped. I know this is user error but I want to keep trying instead of giving up and buying a new phone.
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read my thread. I know it's a lot of pissing and moaning.
Someone please help me. I loved my EVO even when it was completely stock. I do want it to still be rooted with a custom ROM.

First off, you are not suppose to be unzipping the files. The PC36IMG.zip goes onto the sd card in the root directory. If you have unzipped the file, chances are you corrupted it so I'd advise you to download it again. If you are new to this I would recommend Sprint Lovers rom since it is mostly stock and everything works. Its a good starting point. So, now that you have a good PC36IMG.zip file on you freshly formatted SD card, stick it back in your phone, boot into the bootloader and select hboot. The phone should find the PC36IMG.zip file and read it. It will then ask you if you want to perform the update. Once the update is done it will reboot. It will take a while for you phone to boot up the first time. It may be on the boot screen for several minutes and then another several minutes on the boot animation. Good luck and once your phone is up and running do a nand backup so you have a good way to get back to the beginning if you stumble again.

I never unzipped the file. I think i just simply overloaded the sd card with stuff and it was confused. Do you have a good link with a good garanteed download of that zip file?

atomlin06 said:
I never unzipped the file. I think i just simply overloaded the sd card with stuff and it was confused. Do you have a good link with a good garanteed download of that zip file?
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You might also want to double check for Windows settings. If you aren't displaying extensions you might be naming it pc36img.zip.zip (with the second .zip being invisible.)

Phateless said:
You might also want to double check for Windows settings. If you aren't displaying extensions you might be naming it pc36img.zip.zip (with the second .zip being invisible.)
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the naming of it is fine. I double checked them over and over. for some reason on the hboot screen when it was scanning for it it wouldn't find it or show up on my revoery screen when trying to upload zip file. I took my sd card out and put it in my video camera and hooked it up to the computer to view the files. It was on the root of my sd card, however my computer only recognized it as a removal G: drive. My sd card still showed all of my folders from before. So I formatted it and when I get home I'm going to download a new one and put that on the sd card making sure it is the absolute only thing on the sd card and maybe that will work

also should i try and uninstall any driver or any of the unrevoked stuff from before I start over fresh?

Also now since i formatted my sd card, I can no longer go into the clockwork recovery mod. When i try to click recovery on the hboot menu it goes to htc white screen and vibrates five times and shuts off. Should I just go with the amon ra recovery this time?

atomlin06 said:
Also now since i formatted my sd card, I can no longer go into the clockwork recovery mod. When i try to click recovery on the hboot menu it goes to htc white screen and vibrates five times and shuts off. Should I just go with the amon ra recovery this time?
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I've always preferred Amon Ra over Clockwork and am actually pretty bummed that Amon won't be working on my MT4G.

Phateless said:
I've always preferred Amon Ra over Clockwork and am actually pretty bummed that Amon won't be working on my MT4G.
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so should I put amon ra on my sd card with the new pc36img.zip and flash them together at the same time? or do I have to do the pc36img.zip first?

atomlin06 said:
so should I put amon ra on my sd card with the new pc36img.zip and flash them together at the same time? or do I have to do the pc36img.zip first?
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Pretty sure pc36img will overwrite everything including recovery so do that first and then ra recovery later.

so i tried to put my samsung 8 gb mini sdhc into a sandisk card reader and my computer won't recognize. is it because my sd card in an sdhc?

atomlin06 said:
so i tried to put my samsung 8 gb mini sdhc into a sandisk card reader and my computer won't recognize. is it because my sd card in an sdhc?
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Nope, mine recognizes just fine. Maybe all this is a bad sdcard??

Phateless said:
Nope, mine recognizes just fine. Maybe all this is a bad sdcard??
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i got the pc36img.zip onto the sd card. when i put the card into my evo the evo tries to load a pc36diag.zip? it doesnt find it then it finds the pc36img.zip then a blue status bar loads on screen for a minute or two and then it says checking pc36img.zip then goes back to hboot screen. this hasnt happened before. do i need to download whatever this ps36diag.zip? my clockworkmod recovery still will not mount sd card

atomlin06 said:
i got the pc36img.zip onto the sd card. when i put the card into my evo the evo tries to load a pc36diag.zip? it doesnt find it then it finds the pc36img.zip then a blue status bar loads on screen for a minute or two and then it says checking pc36img.zip then goes back to hboot screen. this hasnt happened before. do i need to download whatever this ps36diag.zip? my clockworkmod recovery still will not mount sd card
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Once it loads the update it should ask you to press a button to begin the update. You just put it on the sddard, boot into hboot and then follow the prompts. It really couldn't be simpler.

Phateless said:
Once it loads the update it should ask you to press a button to begin the update. You just put it on the sddard, boot into hboot and then follow the prompts. It really couldn't be simpler.
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thats why im so confused, it never asks me to update anything

atomlin06 said:
thats why im so confused, it never asks me to update anything
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The file isn't named PC36IMG.zip.zip is it?

no its not name pc36img.zip.zip alsoi just in case this makes a difference here is what my hboot screen looks like
supersonic evt2-3 ship s-on
hboot-2.10.0001
microp-041f
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-2.15.00.11.19
oct 15 2010, 12:07:00
does this all look correct?

atomlin06 said:
thats why im so confused, it never asks me to update anything
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Are you letting it sit for awhile? Typically it will ask you to press power or the trackpad to start the update. I've used SAPPIMG.nbh on my mt3g and PD15IMG.zip on my mt4g to restore the phones to stock with none of the issues you're describing.
Keep trying I guess. It sounds like you're making slow progress.

atomlin06 said:
no its not name pc36img.zip.zip alsoi just in case this makes a difference here is what my hboot screen looks like
supersonic evt2-3 ship s-on
hboot-2.10.0001
microp-041f
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-2.15.00.11.19
oct 15 2010, 12:07:00
does this all look correct?
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Well S-ON, not fully rooted. Did you let it sit for a minute and ask for the update?

so i finally got my phone to load the pc36img.zip. and i got to select update. Now when the phone boots up it will not detect the sd card

Clockwork 2.5.1.2

Hey guys please dont flame... Ive tried searching for this but I keep getting the search is temporarily down try back in 20 - 30 minutes. Does anyone have a line on this version of clockwork and how to apply it.

Dougpiston.com
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

Here you go...
http://db.tt/qRhVkMY
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Yup.... The ones yoe momma told ya about.... Bad Seed Customs!!

Thanks guys. I've been having issues with a lot of the newer roms that require the the 3..... cms and just wanna go back to the older versions till I upgrade. Also this Inc is probably going to my daughter and I want something trouble free for her.
Sent from my Incredible using XDA App

how do you apply this.. just flash it or do you have to rename it and all of that

it has to be named PB31IMG.. it also must be on the root of an SD card formatted as fat32 (not just fat).

JewRican said:
it has to be named PB31IMG.. it also must be on the root of an SD card formatted as fat32 (not just fat).
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thats not working i formated my sd card along time ago... and when i boot into hboot it just says something about parsing it and doesnt let me update...

I dont mean to insult your intelligence so dont take it that way.. are you sure you are fat32? You can format an SD card in many different file formats.
Connect your phone to a computer and click on the SD card within windows. at the bottom it will tell you your file format. I had mine in fat (not 32) and it would not work. I copied the data to my computer, formatted the card to fat32 and copied it all back and it worked like a charm.
As long as you have a fat32 formatted SD and this file (http://dougpiston.com/files/Recovery/recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-inc_PB31IMG.zip) renamed to PB136IMG.zip in the root of your sd card Hboot will install the file and you will downgrade to 2.5.1.2. I did mine on Monday.
Let us know if you get it working.

JewRican said:
I dont mean to insult your intelligence so dont take it that way.. are you sure you are fat32? You can format an SD card in many different file formats.
Connect your phone to a computer and click on the SD card within windows. at the bottom it will tell you your file format. I had mine in fat (not 32) and it would not work. I copied the data to my computer, formatted the card to fat32 and copied it all back and it worked like a charm.
As long as you have a fat32 formatted SD and this file (http://dougpiston.com/files/Recovery/recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-inc_PB31IMG.zip) renamed to PB136IMG.zip in the root of your sd card Hboot will install the file and you will downgrade to 2.5.1.2. I did mine on Monday.
Let us know if you get it working.
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thank you that worked rom manager still says 3.0.x.x recovery but when i boot into recovery it is 2.5.1.2 i was fat32 and everything i guess the file that i had wasnt a good one the one you put in your post worked.. thank you

xyojimbox said:
thank you that worked rom manager still says 3.0.x.x recovery but when i boot into recovery it is 2.5.1.2 i was fat32 and everything i guess the file that i had wasnt a good one the one you put in your post worked.. thank you
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glad to hear it worked for you.

Not to sound like stupid but how do you confirm this? Ive been flashing for over a year with little issue so Ive never really checked. I formatted the card with the phone when I got it but nothing further.

jbeezybaby said:
Not to sound like stupid but how do you confirm this? Ive been flashing for over a year with little issue so Ive never really checked. I formatted the card with the phone when I got it but nothing further.
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Sorry. not following your question. Are you asking how to confirm the formatting? If so, check out my post a few posts ago about mounting to windows and looking. If you are referring to something else can you clarify it for me.
Sorry for the confusion

Oh gotcha, my bad and yes Im fat32 but my phone isnt seeing the update. Its on the root of the sd card and renamed properly

jbeezybaby said:
Oh gotcha, my bad and yes Im fat32 but my phone isnt seeing the update. Its on the root of the sd card and renamed properly
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I am not sure if it is case sensitive.... i would make it so that it does match the case shown in my post before that. I did mine that way.
Also, when you are booting the phone with that file in the root of the sd card, you have to hold the volume down button and power button at the same time until you get into hboot.
Sorry if you already knew this... its just that there isnt really anything else to it. Let me know if you are still having trouble.

JewRican said:
I am not sure if it is case sensitive.... i would make it so that it does match the case shown in my post before that. I did mine that way.
Also, when you are booting the phone with that file in the root of the sd card, you have to hold the volume down button and power button at the same time until you get into hboot.
Sorry if you already knew this... its just that there isnt really anything else to it. Let me know if you are still having trouble.
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Yeah its weird, Ive not had a problem in the past with this but its like its not seeing the file

SD Reader went .. How to flash a new ROM?

I've searched and search, but is seems my terms are good generic to get me any decent results. If I've missed something, I apologize.. Here's my issue...
I try a new ROM every couple weeks. Recently I loaded Redemption's latest version on my Incredible. Shortly after, the SD just stopped working.
I've tested about 12 different SD cards that work great in our company's other DInc phones, and although they work great in the others, nothing will work in this phone -- the SD reader just appears to be fried.
I'm suspicious this has to do with Lou's Kernel somehow (not his oversight, but just some random thing -- because we've had 5 SD card's go bad since using RR w/Lous kernel).
Is there any way to flash a new kernel/ROM from the internal storage rather than the SD?
Thank you in advance!

rkmFL said:
I've searched and search, but is seems my terms are good generic to get me any decent results. If I've missed something, I apologize.. Here's my issue...
I try a new ROM every couple weeks. Recently I loaded Redemption's latest version on my Incredible. Shortly after, the SD just stopped working.
I've tested about 12 different SD cards that work great in our company's other DInc phones, and although they work great in the others, nothing will work in this phone -- the SD reader just appears to be fried.
I'm suspicious this has to do with Lou's Kernel somehow (not his oversight, but just some random thing -- because we've had 5 SD card's go bad since using RR w/Lous kernel).
Is there any way to flash a new kernel/ROM from the internal storage rather than the SD?
Thank you in advance!
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I think you can download things onto the internal memory if you don't have an sd card, but I'm not sure. I've never actually tried tbh. But... I'm not sure if CWM would let you install from anything but the sd card... Idk lol I hope someone can help ya out with this.
Sent from my Droid Incredible running Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo RLS5.3.

rkmFL said:
Is there any way to flash a new kernel/ROM from the internal storage rather than the SD?
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As far as I know, no there is not. But just to make sure the SD reader is gone, at least try an RUU. Grab a known good SD card, put the PB31IMG.zip on the root of the card (make sure the card is formatted as FAT32 first), and boot into hboot (PWR + Vol DN).
See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969973
The RUU zip here: http://dougpiston.com/files/RUU/bui...and-2.15.00.07.28-hboot-0.92.0000_PB31IMG.zip
Rename PB31IMG.zip.

Hi Brett,
That's exactly the type of thing I was looking for, thank you!
After downloading the RUU and saving to the SD / renaming PB31IMG.zip -- I booted to the HBOOT about 10 different times, and it locked up every time.
I know what you're referring to, how HBOOT will check for a file and prompt the upgrade; however, in this case it just locks-up. Perhaps the SD is truly fried.
Now the trick is how I return under my warranty, being that I cannot get it back to a stock ROM.. Ugh!
Thanks again for the great tip!
-RKM

I've never used this because I'm on a Mac. But, I think you should be able to flash an RUU through USB instead of having to use the SD card.
http://dougpiston.com/files/RUU/RUU...4k_NV_1.70_PRL58006_release_152016_signed.exe

[Q] is it shot?

my friend was completly mindless. he used kernal manger to flash the cyanogenmod kernal to his phone. the phone is s-on and nothing works except the phone itself, it does not power properly it needs battery pull and plug ins to get it to start or it just vibrates 5x then freezes. it also does not recognize the sd OR pc, i cant get to it on the pc with correct drivers...its like its not there.
so i went to fix it for him and could not ruu due to the not seeing the device, and couldnt flash anything off the sd due to the sd being not recognized. he told me he had a failed unrevoked session and it put superuser on and cwm on. i CAN get to the hboot screen and when i go into recovery i get into cwm but nothing at all works...
i never saw a brick like this. i would like to call it a live brick dead lol
is it dead?
ty

chef2 said:
my friend was completly mindless. he used kernal manger to flash the cyanogenmod kernal to his phone. the phone is s-on and nothing works except the phone itself, it does not power properly it needs battery pull and plug ins to get it to start or it just vibrates 5x then freezes. it also does not recognize the sd OR pc, i cant get to it on the pc with correct drivers...its like its not there.
so i went to fix it for him and could not ruu due to the not seeing the device, and couldnt flash anything off the sd due to the sd being not recognized. he told me he had a failed unrevoked session and it put superuser on and cwm on. i CAN get to the hboot screen and when i go into recovery i get into cwm but nothing at all works...
i never saw a brick like this. i would like to call it a live brick dead lol
is it dead?
ty
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alright, i didnt read the whole thing. gonna go smoke and think. lol. happened too much today with devs leaving and $h!t

SD card not working? Do you have a card reader or another phone to put it in and format with? See if it is even recognized by anything else other than the phone.
I'm not sure but isn't an SD card necessary for CWM recovery to work?

TheWhiteBandito said:
SD card not working? Do you have a card reader or another phone to put it in and format with? See if it is even recognized by anything else other than the phone.
I'm not sure but isn't an SD card necessary for CWM recovery to work?
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if they want the phone to work, yeah.

sd works anywhere else. sd is not recognized by phone. nothing happens when its pushed in and using astro shows nothing there. cwm just opens but is completly non-functional

chef2 said:
sd works anywhere else. sd is not recognized by phone. nothing happens when its pushed in and using astro shows nothing there. cwm just opens but is completly non-functional
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insane, but try to root it if its stable? anyone else here? i cant really think of another way....

has to be the craziest thing i seen

Can you not use a card reader to put the RUU on and flash it in hboot? I guess not if its S-ON, what error is it giving in unrevoked? If it flashed an alternate recovery then it has to be rooted..

k_nivesout said:
Can you not use a card reader to put the RUU on and flash it in hboot? I guess not if its S-ON, what error is it giving in unrevoked? If it flashed an alternate recovery then it has to be rooted..
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Would running unrevoked again work?
Change roms like I change underwear.

I have the same problem.... HELP

santttoos said:
I have the same problem.... HELP
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Try some of the solutions above and let us know. Re-rooting or putting the RUU found here http://dougpiston.com/?page_id=108 on the SD card

My thoughts are the only fix i can see working would be to flash the RUU in hboot not cwm and then root it properly. That should work provided you can get it to read the sd card in hboot
SD card must be fat 32
the ruu you download must be named "PB31IMG.zip" the case is important it must be in all uppercase
and what you will do is put it on the sdcard using a card reader and your pc then put it in the phone then go into hboot it should read the card find the image and ask you if you wish to flash this. You should if it goes well have a stock phone... You can then run unrevoked again to root it this time...

can not access the sd card at all... sd card works fine in my computer... not mountable... can't figure it out...