Bad Rom Install - Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

OK here goes. I downloaded and installed the Business Sense Rom. And it installed then rebooted. From their it went down hill. It would continue to loop after reboot and the Droid Red eye. So like an idiot I went into recovery mode and formatted everything in the Mounts option. Now when I turn the phone off and reboot all I get is the Hboot menu and that's it. It will not goto the main phone stuff. Is their a way to get the phone working again or is it a total write off?
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falcon26 said:
OK here goes. I downloaded and installed the Business Sense Rom. And it installed then rebooted. From their it went down hill. It would continue to loop after reboot and the Droid Red eye. So like an idiot I went into recovery mode and formatted everything in the Mounts option. Now when I turn the phone off and reboot all I get is the Hboot menu and that's it. It will not goto the main phone stuff. Is their a way to get the phone working again or is it a total write off?
Thanks
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when you restart are you going into hboot or recovery?
Download another rom. I recommend redemptive 2.1.3
Put the rom on your sd card. Go into recovery and flash it. Make sure you wipe data. Don't format anything in mounts option.
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Are you pretty new to rooting? Happened to me awhile back. Wipe cache, davlik. May have to possibly reinstall RUU to stock and reroot but its easy now with unrevoked.
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Correct.....remember while on recovery 'wipe data/factory reset', wipe cache partition' and go to advanced and 'Wipe Dalvik Cache', now install a new ROM. Good luck !

Ok I'll try that. And it first loads Hboot then I can goto recovery. I'll have to buy a microsd card reader first since I don't have one :-( I formatted almost everything on the SD card and internal memory so I'm hoping I can just do what you guys suggested....I'll let you know what happens Thanks for all the help...

Got it to work I installed the default Verizon firmware which was still on 2.1 and its back up and running. Now its downloading the fryo 2.2 update......Thanks for all the help....

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Full Wipe Question

Hope I dont get flamed for this one haha, but yeah, just like the title says. I'm not new to the flashing/rooting scene, I owned a D1 and currently a X, but I'm working on my friends EVO. He was upgraded to Froyo, so I downgraded him, rooted him, full NAND access. That was new to me, the NAND access. But I tried installing a rom (CM6), got an error. Only thing I can think of is I didn't perform a full wipe, because well i'm a little confused what is considered a full wipe for the EVO.
I use CWR for all my stuff, so I did the same with his. The dalvik cache and battery stat is new to me also, what are they and where are they located exactly within recovery? Also, some people posted that you should wipe the EXT, which is the sdcard, right? Can't risk the sd card, I could always back it up, but limited time on my hands.
So just for reference sake, can someone give me the exact details of a full wipe for the EVO (within CWR). Exact steps please.
Thanks for your time.
Also, how can you tell if you don't have full NAND access? Failure of installing a rom, I presume? lol
Going into hboot. Power + volume down when phone is turned off and hold till hboot pops up. Look on top and should say s-off. If so you are fully rooted and nand unlocked. If it says s-on security is still on and need to unlock still..
You should do delvik and cache wipe. Cwr delvik wipe doesn't work and advise get ra recovery in the market. Use Rom manager and flash clockwork on top of the list in program. Then scroll down and click flash other recovery. This will change Cwr to ra recovery.
So anyways you do delvik wipe and cache wipe. Then do a factory reset. Then go to install zip. And find cm6. Should work. Some people downgraded their hboot version to get to work but I didn't have to and did the downgrade for root also. But I did downgrade anyways after cm6 install. Supposedly it has more options?
When you go into recovery go through all the options and check where everything is. Takes 1 or to flashes to naturally know where everything is. Pretty simple.
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Thank you very much. Amons worked perfect.
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You don't need to wipe the ext on SD card unless you partioned your card to do apps to SD. So.don't worry about that. Did you get the Rom working?
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[Q] Help Recover From Sdcard Crash

I am running incredibly reengineered rom. My sdcard caras and I had to reboot with a new sdcard. I was able to back up recovery or any other the other files the sdcard was toast. Now my phone boots but force close rom manager, titanium back up, etc and although my phone is rooted and I can still boot into recovery I dont what todo to get the rom working again. Do I find a recovery image and flash it or do I flash the rom again?
Might want to try booting onto recovery.....wipe/factory reset, wipe cache, and dalvix cache and then reboot and let me know what happens
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Might want to try booting onto recovery.....wipe/factory reset, wipe cache, and dalvix cache and then reboot and let me know what happens
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Thank you! That's exactly what I did. I booted into recovery, did a back up just in case something went horribly wrong. Then I did a wipe/factory reset, empty dalvix cache and viola. My phone was still rooted and I reinstalled Titanium backup and was able to put all my apps back on the phone. Afterward I did a back up of all my stuff, then I flashed the recovery and backed up the ROM. Everything is working better than normal. Thanks!
Good glad I could help......
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Periodic SD to PC backup
As you've learned, a periodic backup of SD to PC is a good practice.
Same thing has happened to me, been backing up SD to PC approx. monthly since then.

[Q] Salvage Mod 1.2.1 won't boot.

I just tried flashing salvage mod and its gapps and it wouldn't boot either time. I also cleared all cache. Anyone know what I can do?
it is salvage mod 1.2.1.
JerenOtt said:
I just tried flashing salvage mod and its gapps and it wouldn't boot either time. I also cleared all cache. Anyone know what I can do?
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What ROM were you on before you flashed Salvage Mod? If it was a sense rom, you need to perform a full wipe (data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache, boot, system) prior to flashing the new rom. When you said you cleared 'all cache', do you also mean you cleared dalvik cache as well? What recovery are you currently using? I'm on salvage 1.2.1 right now, and I've never had a problem booting it. When you say it won't boot, what does it do? Does it boot loop, or does it hang at the splash screen (white htc evo 4g screen)? The more info the better. I'd basically suggest doing a full wipe though, and try again.
k2buckley said:
What ROM were you on before you flashed Salvage Mod? If it was a sense rom, you need to perform a full wipe (data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache, boot, system) prior to flashing the new rom. When you said you cleared 'all cache', do you also mean you cleared dalvik cache as well? What recovery are you currently using? I'm on salvage 1.2.1 right now, and I've never had a problem booting it. When you say it won't boot, what does it do? Does it boot loop, or does it hang at the splash screen (white htc evo 4g screen)? The more info the better. I'd basically suggest doing a full wipe though, and try again.
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I was on stock rooted before this. I did clear dalvik cache but I need to do a factory reset like you said. Thanks.
I tried that and it's still doing the same thing. It just sits at a lit up black screen. Any other suggestions?
JerenOtt said:
I was on stock rooted before this. I did clear dalvik cache but I need to do a factory reset like you said. Thanks.
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No problem man. It will boot up after a doing a full wipe, most likely.
JerenOtt said:
I tried that and it's still doing the same thing. It just sits at a lit up black screen. Any other suggestions?
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Can you boot into the bootloader? Power off your device. Simultaneously press the DOWN volume button and the power button until your device starts. After a short pause, a few lines of text should scroll across the screen and then you will see a few options. One of the options will be recovery. Anyway, at the top of the screen, you should see either S-ON or S-OFF. Hopefully, it displays S-OFF. Anyway, select recovery from the set of options and then, as k2buckley has instructed, go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING except the SD card itself. When you're done, do not reboot. Go to the flash menu and flash the rom you want to flash. Do not flash the gapps zip yet. Reboot after flashing the rom. I want to make sure you're able to boot into the homescreen. If you're successful, reboot into recovery, wipe cache & dalvik and then flash the gapps.zip. afterwards, reboot. When you're all setup, go back I to recovery and make a nandroid backup.
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also, make sure you got the full ROM, not just the patch for going from 1.2 to 1.2.1. I did that
I was having similar issues, mine went into a boot loop about twice before getting hung up at the initial setup with FCs. I was coming from CM7 Nightly 41 that was acting weird with FC's, I always double wipe cache/dalvik/factory reset. I thought that I might have had a bad download so I re-downloaded, wiped and flashed. I couldn't get past the initial setup so I went back to Ultimate Droid and have been running that for the last 4 days or so with out any major problems except for the Facebook update dicking things up and one random reboot that I had today... I really want to give Salvagemod a shot though since it's Evo-centric.
still not working for me
hey guys... i been trying to boot into salvage mod for the past 2 days... i get it to install just fine i do get the salvage screen up too...
then when the rom is supposed to be loaded up i get the Android dude with emergency call and a crash u keep pressing ok then it goes away and comes back right away... i just wiped everything again and reflashed it and now i am stuck with salvage screen re looping..
any help would be appreciated
thanks
The OP's problem was solved in a second thread by following the below instructions:
Download a fresh copy of both amon RA v2.3 (PC36IMG.zip) and Salvage-Mod 1.2.1 and place both on the root of your SD card. Make sure there is no other file named PC36IMG.zip. on the root of your card. If there is, put that particular file in a folder. Now shutdown your device. Boot into the bootloader screen. The bootloader will automatically detect the PC36IMG.zip file and prompt you to install. Follow the prompts to install. Installation should take less than 10 seconds. Afterwards, reboot into your new recovery. Go to the wipe menu and wipe everything except the SD card. Do not reboot. Go to the flash menu and flash Salvage-Mod. This *should* work.
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dougjamal said:
The OP's problem was solved in a second thread by following the below instructions:
Download a fresh copy of both amon RA v2.3? (PC36IMG.zip) and Salvage-Mod 1.2.1 and place both on the root of your SD card. Make sure there is no other file named PC36IMG.zip. on the root of your card. If there is, put that particular file in a folder. Now shutdown your device. Boot into the bootloader screen. The bootloader will automatically detect the PC36IMG.zip file and prompt you to install. Follow the prompts to install. Installation should take less than 10 seconds. Afterwards, reboot into your new recovery. Go to the wipe menu and wipe everything except the SD card. Do not reboot. Go to the flash menu and flash Salvage-Mod. This *should* work.
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Glad you got him going Doug. I had asked him to use RA in a PM, and he responded that he liked clockwork and rom manager better, and wouldn't use RA, lol. I'm glad you convinced him otherwise.
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lol....Happy Easter, my friend...
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lol....Happy Easter, my friend...
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Thank you Doug, happy Easter to you as well.
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dougjamal said:
The OP's problem was solved in a second thread by following the below instructions:
Download a fresh copy of both amon RA v2.3 (PC36IMG.zip) and Salvage-Mod 1.2.1 and place both on the root of your SD card. Make sure there is no other file named PC36IMG.zip. on the root of your card. If there is, put that particular file in a folder. Now shutdown your device. Boot into the bootloader screen. The bootloader will automatically detect the PC36IMG.zip file and prompt you to install. Follow the prompts to install. Installation should take less than 10 seconds. Afterwards, reboot into your new recovery. Go to the wipe menu and wipe everything except the SD card. Do not reboot. Go to the flash menu and flash Salvage-Mod. This *should* work.
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hey thanks a bunch doug... that was the issue darn clockwork..lol.. got it running so far so good
so after i got it running decided to install the gapps stuff too from recovery...and there goes my phone again back to android with emergency call only... going to try installing again without gapps...any tips let me know please..
thanks
Did you wipe cache and dalvik before flashing gapps? Also, are you sure you're using the correct version of gapps for whichever rom you're on?
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Did you wipe cache and dalvik before flashing gapps? Also, are you sure you're using the correct version of gapps for whichever rom you're on?
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yup did everything... weird but i got it working now..did everything the same way as b4...its really sweet.. and really fast... thanks a bunch for the help
nxtstep said:
hey thanks a bunch doug... that was the issue darn clockwork..lol.. got it running so far so good
so after i got it running decided to install the gapps stuff too from recovery...and there goes my phone again back to android with emergency call only... going to try installing again without gapps...any tips let me know please..
thanks
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You're very welcome, my friend. I'm glad I was able to help. Take care and have a great day....
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k2buckley said:
What ROM were you on before you flashed Salvage Mod? If it was a sense rom, you need to perform a full wipe (data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache, boot, system) prior to flashing the new rom. When you said you cleared 'all cache', do you also mean you cleared dalvik cache as well? What recovery are you currently using? I'm on salvage 1.2.1 right now, and I've never had a problem booting it. When you say it won't boot, what does it do? Does it boot loop, or does it hang at the splash screen (white htc evo 4g screen)? The more info the better. I'd basically suggest doing a full wipe though, and try again.
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You're a genius. I was doing a data/factory reset, cache, and dalvik, but not boot and system. When i did those, it worked. Thanks!

Man, I'm stuck in a boot loop.

Ok, So I wanted to change my ROM and I thought I did it right, but obviously that was not the case lol.
Pretty much I flashed the clockwork recovery, had it set to wipe the two things you want to wipe and then once it came back I installed zip from sd card, however, when I thought I was done and restarted my phone it just continuously loops back and forth back and forth.
I know there's a way to fix it since I have a micro sd reader, but how? I've got something REAL important to do tomorrow and not having my phone will be a huge mess.
d3athb4dishonor said:
Ok, So I wanted to change my ROM and I thought I did it right, but obviously that was not the case lol.
Pretty much I flashed the clockwork recovery, had it set to wipe the two things you want to wipe and then once it came back I installed zip from sd card, however, when I thought I was done and restarted my phone it just continuously loops back and forth back and forth.
I know there's a way to fix it since I have a micro sd reader, but how? I've got something REAL important to do tomorrow and not having my phone will be a huge mess.
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What ROM were you on and what ROM are you going to?
What did you wipe?
How did you wipe?
How did you flash?
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OriginalGabriel said:
What ROM were you on and what ROM are you going to?
What did you wipe?
How did you wipe?
How did you flash?
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I was on the stock rom and I was trying use the update-cm-7.0.3-vision-signed
I used Clockwork Recovery to wipe and it already had two options checked to wipe, Pavlik cache and wipe data or whatever it says... Then I flashed into clockwork recovery and I went to install from ZIP, I went and found the rom file on my sd card and pressed install, it took a few moments and was done. I also added the googlepack using the same method right after. Then when I thought I was finished I rebooted my device and its been stuck in a loop ever since.
Appreciate you trying to help, I guess I figured it out with a good ole fashioned guess hahaa.
I went and wiped my phone and data to factory, wiped the Pavlic (which I think I'm saying wrong lol) and then I installed the ROM again and it worked this time.
d3athb4dishonor said:
I was on the stock rom and I was trying use the update-cm-7.0.3-vision-signed
I used Clockwork Recovery to wipe and it already had two options checked to wipe, Pavlik cache and wipe data or whatever it says... Then I flashed into clockwork recovery and I went to install from ZIP, I went and found the rom file on my sd card and pressed install, it took a few moments and was done. I also added the googlepack using the same method right after. Then when I thought I was finished I rebooted my device and its been stuck in a loop ever since.
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I would recommend flashing the superwipe from this thread. there are 3 downloads, Try the standard superwipe first. and use superwipe+ if you have GPS problems.
Super wipe automaticly wipes system, data and cache partitions. Flash the ZIP in recovery as you would flash a ROM.
And it is recommended not to use ROM manager for flashing and to always to it manually in CWM.
So download superwipe, flash superwipe, flash ROM, flash GAPPS and reboot.
I would also recommend flashing cm 7.1 because its an outrageously HUGE upgrade over the one you just flashed.
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[Q] help, i cant flash any custom roms

htc desire hd, so,I had gingerbread 2.3.3 and software # 2.50..., i used advance android hack to hack an root the phone, and apparently everything went good up until i installed the custom rom, it went to the htc welcome screen and stayed there for like 30sec and then it restarted again and again by itself, so i stock restart the phone and put the original rom back, then i tried downgrading the rom to froyo 2.2 and software # 1.32...... i hacked it and root it again but after i installed the custom rom it happened exactly the same it just restarts and restarts by itself to the point where i have to take the battery out ,
I"ve got s-off by the way
any help would be much appreciated
thanks in advance
you`ve got a low version recovery?
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you`ve got a low version recovery?
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what do you mean?
I got the same problem. The welcome page again and again. I just restore the stock to and give up the flashing. May be we need to hack the recovery...
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True but I just don't want to give up, custom roms look so nice that I have to find out how to do it, if you find out before me just let me know I'll let you know if I do
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try this one. after downgrading, make an ota update then root it again with ace advance hack kit...
hope this helps
i dont have htc desire( i had neo v) . but i faced the same problem once.
try wiping evrything off before installing the rom
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
wipe dalvik cache
Format /system (in mounts and storage)
Format /cache
Format /Data
good luck
did you factoryreset, delete cache, dalvic and battery stats befor you flashed the rom? it sounds like you are bootlooping.
first if your using cmw or rom manager to install from get rid of that CRAP!! If your s-off on stock rom get 4ext recovery installed on phone first. Then try installing custom from with it.
1. Factory wipe
2. Wipe cache
3. Wipe dalvik
4. Format partitions (except SD card)
5. Format SD card (optional for total wipe)(Only if you want full fresh install but copy everything on SD to PC so you don't lose important stuff)
6. Mount USB (should only see one folder called 4ext)
7. Move rom to SD card
8. Disconnect USB
9. Install from SD card
10. Choose zip from SD card
11. Flash
12. Reboot
All steps done from 4ext recovery so do not exit recovery till all steps are complete.
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