HELP!: Hangs on HTC screen, restoring backups/flashing roms doesnt help - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My Evo starts to boot then hangs on the white htc EVO 4G screen for all eternity! I nandroid restored all the way to day one of my root, I get an error and it aborts restoring or flashing. What do I do? The last Thing I did was flash a kernal that this rooting method put in my SD card, now all I can do is stare at a white screen or play around in recovery
Specific Errors:
When flashing a Rom/Kernal
Code:
Writing BOOT:...
E: No space left on device
E: Writing BOOT:
E: FAilre at line 7:
write_raw_image PACKAGE:boot.img BOOT:
Installation aborted.
or
Code:
Copying files..
E: Can't symlink /system/bin/cat
E:Failure at line 11:
symlink toolbox SYSTEM:bin/cat
Installation aborted.
When restoring a nandroid backup:
Code:
Restoring boot image...
Error while flashing boot image!
I've tried flashing a few kernals and plenty of roms, same errors EVERY time! I really want to know why restoring a nandorid backup doesnt even help
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I also saw something about another guy who had problems on his moto droid then flashed an update.zip and was fine, any evo update.zip's out there you can give me a link to? If tis will fix it then at least I'll be able to use my phone!

Googled for update.zips for the Evo, the only one I found was on geekfor.me and it got removed

you will have to restore your evo back to stock and then re root....this is how you do it:
download the 3.30 release from this site and put in root of sd card http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?ca...del=Supersonic
in order for your phone to see this ..boot into bootloader..when phone is off, hold the volume button down and then hold the power button...the phone will see it and flash and update it...you will be back to stock and not rooted...you will have to re root the phone and then create a nandroid...
read this for more info on nandroid backup http://www.simplemobilereview.com/an...ndroid-backup/
once you are back to stock, check to see what hboot version you have...this will determine the root method you have to use to re root it...i would not use the root method you did in the first post...there are other methods that are more reliable...if you are hboot 2.02 or 2.10, follow this method... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
if you are a different hboot like .76 or something else..you can use the unrevoked 3.2.1 method
good luck

whoa whoa whoa ... put a exe in the root of my sd card? I did that, held the vol (down) button, and it booted into bootloader and did nothing special. Just sat there idle. I rebooted the phone and it still hung on the white screen
And my phone cant fully boot so running that wont help at all...

U need to click the up volume to flash image once the check runs....this works, I walked one other person through it and have done it to my brothers phone
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I put
RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.30.651.3_Radio_2.15.00.09.01_NV_1.77_003_release_157088_signed (1)
in my sd card, booted into the bootloader with volup+power, and it did nothing. Rebooted phone and it just hung on the evo screen

Try running the ruu using htc sync
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When you put the ruu on the zip card, did u rename the file to pc36100 ? U need to do that bc that is what the evo reads to get it to flash
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Rename a .exe to pc36100? How does android use a .exe?! I"m afradi this will jsut 100% bork my phone

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=888481
read that thread please...i explained the same thing to a different member and he did it and it worked...I am not a newb and am not trying to screw your phone.
here is a different link to the newest 3.70 update....flash that and you will be good to go
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D454VSVN

weaselp1 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=888481
read that thread please...i explained the same thing to a different member and he did it and it worked...I am not a newb and am not trying to screw your phone.
here is a different link to the newest 3.70 update....flash that and you will be good to go
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D454VSVN[/QUdo you have a link for 3.30 cause 3.70 doesnt work for me
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3.30... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819771

The kernel you flashed was the stock htc #17 as noted in the post. This is a kernel custom made for our phones so it will not work with google android builds.
You will need to wipe data/cache/dalvik and then restore to a nandroid that you made after you finished rooting. The only real purpose for that initial nandroid is to save your wimax partition since your phone was not usable when that was made.
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Can't flash any custom ROM

I was trying to flash defrost ROM but after the flash it just stucks at the HTC logo, I leaved it for about an half an hour but no difference. Then I restored my nandroid backup and it worked fine again. Then I tried flashing a few other Roms too, none of them work EXCEPT untouched and just-rooted sense ROMs. I tried both sense and non-sense based ROMs, same result. I've upgraded my radio once to which I think is the latest. I tried restoring an old nandroid backup which was native-htc 2.1 and flashing eclair there didn't help either. I ALWAYS did a full wipe before flashing.
It's an rooted amoled-desire.
What should I do?
Big thanks in advance, zlayaa
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try installing this rom its worked fine for me every time rom then radio then reboot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741661
What happens when a rom has finished installing (what does it say?) or does it not get that far?
Hello! Thanks for the tips, I first did a full wipe. Then I flashed DeLite through Recovery (Power + Rocker Down, then Recovery and Install from Zip in the black-green custom recovery screen). I got this output:
Installing: SCARD:FroyoDelite_1.1_Odexed.zip
Finding update package..
Opening update package..
Installing update..
Welcome to Froyo Delite 1.1!
Verifying current system..
Clearing /system..
Unpacking new files
Symlinks and permissions..
Installing busybox..
Patching boot image..
Install from sdcard complete
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Then I flashed the radio file, got this output:
Installing SDCARD:Radio......
Finding update package..
Opening update package..
Installing update..
Extracting radio image..
Installation complete.
Reboot via menu to complete installation.
Install from sdcard complete.
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After the flash I went back and hit restart, it completed the radio flashing and rebooted. Then it once again stuck at HTC logo for 20 minutes until I pulled the radio. I tried flashing OpenDesire with the latest Radio and the same result.
I am having the exact same problem. Have tried flashing many roms and radios while wiping before each flash and every one freezes at the white htc screen after reboot. Only thing that works is restoring my original nandroid backup. Any help would be appreciated!
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(how long time do you need to wait to be allowed to bump?)
try downloading rom manager from the market and try it that way, could be that your update.zip is screwed
I tried using the flash method in ROM Manager, no difference. I haven't renamed it to update.zip, I've always used flash zip file method in clockwork recovery. Does that make any difference?
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Hy all.
I'm experiencing the same kind of problem than yours, EXCEPT for ModacoCustomROMs : I successfully flashed MCR8 and then MCR9 ROM.
But, for any other Custom ROM, I get stuck in the HTC green logo screen, and never come to the animated boot screen, or, in some cases, I come to the animated boot screen, but enter in an infinite boot loop.
I discovered that I have two "bad blocks" in the /data partition, but do not know whether it could come from that (in recovery mode, I mount /data, and then, type the following command
Code:
adb shell dmesg|grep bad
and get the following message
Code:
[xxxxxxx]block 643 is bad
[xxxxxxx]block 727 is bad
I perhaps have also bad blocks in the boot partition, but do not know how to check ...
Hey! Thanks for the tip, I flashed the Modaco ROM and it worked fine! How do I check my system for the bad blocks?
I'm happy now though, I was mainly looking for a ROM which was de-odexed and had some simple mods. But it'd be interesting to know why this is happening!
EDIT: I missed that you described the commands, I'll try it and tell you the output
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I've now checked the phone with the command and I got no output, so I guess I don't have any bad blocks.
I've tried to flash MiUI but it failed too! I'd really like to get this to work so I'd appreciate all help, big as small; and because I'm fairly new to android so I'm not sure what info I should provide either, I understand that it can be very hard for you guys to debug this.
Thanks in advance. Zlayaa
Edit: I saw an option in ROM Manager, Fix permissions, and i tried it. After that I flashed miui and it worked!
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This might work for all of you
This is if you still want to run on Defrost.
WAIT, BEFORE YOU START, CREATE A GOLDCARD. IT IS VERY NECESSARY. THINGS WILL GO WRONG IF YOU DONT.
EDIT: YOU MUST BE ABLE TO BOOT GO TO THE BOOTLOADER MENU.
Firstly, download this file. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13240777/Desire Downgrade.ZIP
Extract the files.
Run the win-down.bat file.
Follow on screen instructions.
After the process is completed, Head to the root of your SD card and check if there is a file named P99***IMG (FORGOT THE EXACT NAME BUT IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THIS) there should be one.
Secondly, disconnect your phone and turn it off.
After that boot up your phone while pressing the volume down button and the power button.
The bootloader should be checking for files after awhile and once it found the file that is supposed to be in the root of your sd card, press the volume up button (NOT EXACTLY SURE, SHOULD BE THE ONE THAT SAYS YES AND CONTINUE)
It should be writing files to your phone. and replaces everything. E.G: HBOOT, RECOVERY,RADIO and such.
It should be writing files successfully and then it would ask you to reboot. Continue with the reboot and you should be having your Desire back to stock. Perfect.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE RISKS INVOLVED LIKE FAILURE OF WRITING TO THE HBOOT. PLEASE REMEMBER TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. MAINLY, DO NOT BLAME ME FOR ANYTHING THAT GOES WRONG.
FINALLY, YOU SHOULD BE READING EVERYTHING UP TO HERE AND THAT YOU MUST HAVE A GOLDCARD (A GOLD SD CARD)
Hope this helps you and please ask if you have further questions. PM me if the questions cannot be answered here. Good Luck
Big thanks! This seems to have fixed my problems!

[Q] rooted evo... bricked evo... help!

got my evo about a month ago. rooted lastnight since unrevoked finally pushed out their 3.3 version which is updated for my version of hboot (2.02). the root went very smoothly. i installed the latest cyanogenmod rom, only to discover there was no market or gmail app with the rom! wish i had known that before. after doing some research online, i found out i needed to flash or install a "gapps" apk. so, looked around for that for a couple hours and couldn't find it. i downloaded what i thought would be the right .zip file to get the market on my phone (a vending.apk that was listed in another thread having to do with this same issue). so anyway... downloaded that, moved it to the root of my sd card, flashed it through clockworkmod recovery (by the way, everything up until this point was perfect) and finally rebooted my phone... only it never rebooted. the white htc EVO 4G screen was there. then, black screen, as if it was about to begin the cyanogenmod boot screen and fully boot. but, no. it went from white evo screen to black screen... to OFF. after this, i couldn't even turn it on to get it into hboot or access recovery. tried to do that for two hours. and finally i was able to get in... so i tried doing a factory/data reset through recovery, then a cache clear, then reboot. nothing. same thing. went back into recovery, tried reflashing cyanogenmod rom again. nothing. tried flashing myn's rom. nothing. all i get is installation aborted.
i am pretty sure that this is not a complete brick since i am now able to access hboot and recovery. but if i can't flash anything... and i'm stuck in hboot and recovery and cant boot my phone... what the hell do i do now? please help me figure this out!! anybody have any good advice or a known fix...??
Boot into recovery. Do a factory reset. then wipe cache and dalvik catch. Re flash cynagon and let it boot. You then need to find gapps.zip. Boot into recovery flashing gapps.zip.
i did all that. step by step. and when i reflashed the rom, that is when it wouldn't install, saying installation aborted. but, i'm gonna do it again. let's see if my phone wants to play nice now...
brtnygrey said:
i did all that. step by step. and when i reflashed the rom, that is when it wouldn't install, saying installation aborted. but, i'm gonna do it again. let's see if my phone wants to play nice now...
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If that does not work! you are going to have to update with sprint lovers rom, that is in a PCM36IMG.ZIP. Install it by holding the _vol and th power button, boot into boot loader, than it will search for the zip file and ask you if you want to update, say yes ans just weigh for it to be done. Its going to take few minutes first boot! just hold on. I hope this helps in anyway.
evolishesh said:
If that does not work! you are going to have to update with sprint lovers rom, that is in a PCM36IMG.ZIP. Install it by holding the _vol and th power button, boot into boot loader, than it will search for the zip file and ask you if you want to update, say yes ans just weigh for it to be done. Its going to take few minutes first boot! just hold on. I hope this helps in anyway.
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do you think that sprintlovers rom will install even if no other rom will install? because... i was able to install Gapps.zip file just fine. but every rom i install is unsuccessful.
brtnygrey said:
do you think that sprintlovers rom will install even if no other rom will install? because... i was able to install Gapps.zip file just fine. but every rom i install is unsuccessful.
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The springlovers rom gets flashed the same way sprint flashes there upgrades so it should
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mysteryemotionz said:
The springlovers rom gets flashed the same way sprint flashes there upgrades so it should
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ok is the install through recovery supposed to be almost instantaneous? it didn't take a minute like every other rom. and after reboot (10 minutes ago) i'm still sitting on the white htc EVO 4G screen. i don't think this is working either. but i really do appreciate your help. any other suggestions? is there anything else through recovery that I can do (since i cant make it past that) that might fix my system? anything in partition? i'm so stuck!
mysteryemotionz said:
The springlovers rom gets flashed the same way sprint flashes there upgrades so it should
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and also... when i go into hboot, and it runs through the "checking sd" thing before i can select options... it says "no image or wrong image". what?
Nothing is working!!
Did you try a rooted RUU yet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs
Wipe everything twice first (just to be safe). Are you using Amon RA or Clockwork, by the way? The only other thing I can think of would be that your SD card isn't formatted properly, but that would have to mean you intentionally formatted it or put in a new one that didn't have the right files on it.
SilverZero said:
Did you try a rooted RUU yet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs
Wipe everything twice first (just to be safe). Are you using Amon RA or Clockwork, by the way? The only other thing I can think of would be that your SD card isn't formatted properly, but that would have to mean you intentionally formatted it or put in a new one that didn't have the right files on it.
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i am using clockwork. i've wiped so many times... but i can't make anything happen. and, i did format the sd card eventually, but not until a couple of hours ago... and only as a last resort because nothing else worked and i've been trying to fix this since last night, so i figured it couldn't hurt. but if that is part of the problem... how can i fix it? thanks for your response. i don't know what else to do other than take it in for a switch.l but if i can get into hboot... then sprint can too... and they will see that i'm rooted and void warranty. so am i completely screwed?
I had same issue.
I just reflashed the sprintlover rom (PC36IMG.ZIP) which came with Amon_RA recovery.
Then i installed the CM6 with Amon_RA recovery and everything works fine now.
Good that i did Titanium backup few days before
This is happening to me too. Almost everything he's describing is the same. Except I installed a gapps.zip and then it wouldn't boot after that. No matter what I flash, it either gives me a status 7 error and aborts the install or it may "install successfully" but it never boots. Also tried the pc36img.zip as well. I had a nandroid backup and tried to restore that, but that aborts saying cannot flash boot image. Tried a rooted and also an unrooted stock ruu, they won't work and the .exe version on a pc can't find my phone when I plug it in and power it on. Anyone have any Ideas for me. I can get more specific error messages and hboot numbers, etc. if needed.
I think you should get Amon recovery PCIMG zip file and change recovries and try everything again... IMO
Edit: I posted the Amon file and all you have to do is rename it to PCIMG.zip. Also I think the gapps you were looking for you can find on the cm site itself or within that thread. Sorry if it sounds like I a being negative but I see alot of people get on noob and I wondered why but unfortunately its because things like this happen. In the OP for CM6 it says to use Amon and backup your keys. Now if you get your phone backup you got to first check and make sure your RSA keys are in tact unless you backed them up already.
Joeykrim has a app on the market to check or there are numerous threads on what to do. Sorry and hope it works out for you if not INS is your friend
View attachment PC36IMG-Amon-V2.2.1.zip
playya said:
I think you should get Amon recovery PCIMG zip file and change recovries and try everything again... IMO
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some people dont like clockwork with the evo's...thats just the general feeling im getting from the boards. i just got my evo rooted and what not. i use clockwork and it has worked well for what i need.
op, try amon like has been suggested.
tailsthecat3 said:
some people dont like clockwork with the evo's...thats just the general feeling im getting from the boards. i just got my evo rooted and what not. i use clockwork and it has worked well for what i need.
op, try amon like has been suggested.
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Yea but have you tried Amon and from what I read and this is from developers Amon has a much better handle on things as far as backing stuff up, partitions and protection of keys.
I ran Clockwork on my wifes phone because to me its simple and works with Rom manager but after a while I just said F it and switched since it was messing up my backups. Hey to each his own..
Ok, I don't believe that your device is bricked. You may have flash the wrong gapps or something, but is should be easy to fix.
First, download these 3 files and put them on the root of your SD card:
Cyanogen 6 stable for evo
Latest gapps for HDPI
Calkulin's format all
Red through first, then follow my instructions EXACTLY:
1.) Boot into recovery.
2.) Flash Calkulin's all format. This will wipe everything that needs wiping. (everything but the SD card)
3.) Without exiting recovery immediately flash the CM6 .zip. Do not flash the gapps yet.
4.) Reboot the device now. It will boot into cyanogen, but will not have market or anything. Once fully booted, reboot to recovery.
5.) Do not wipe or anything, just flash the gapps HDPI.
6.) Boot the phone and enjoy.
Evo won't load any roms, can only get into clockwork recovery
Okay, so if I try your steps, just like before The install gets almost to the end, then I get:
"assert failed: write_raw_image ("/tmp/boot.img","boot")
E:Error in /sdcard/update-cm-6.1.2-supersonic-signed.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Sorry Playya, I wanted to try this one more time first. I'm going to try loading Amon Ra now. do I need to rename it to pcimg.zip or should i just flash the current file name?
In case it helps anyone, I have
ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.0.1
my boot loader screen shows
SUPERSONIC EVT3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-2.10.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUBH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.11.19
Oct 15 2010
Awesome, Amon Ra Worked, and now i'm up and running on cyanogen mod with google apps as well. My only problem now, is I can't backup, when I try it says oops... something went wrong! Please check the recovery log!
hcavlnch said:
Awesome, Amon Ra Worked, and now i'm up and running on cyanogen mod with google apps as well. My only problem now, is I can't backup, when I try it says oops... something went wrong! Please check the recovery log!
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it may say oops if you battery level is low... I think Amon is so much better its just that Unrevoked puts Clockwork in with their root so people get lazy and leave it in... Amon - its the way to go.
1. Charge your battery and try again
2. Backup your wimax keys - then check how big the file is and hopefully its like 12 megs... If so keys may be ok

reboot into recovery question

So im following a way to put a rom onto my phone, let me post the steps and go from there
1. The first step is to download Modaco’s Custom ROM from here and save it on your desktop. done
2. Once done, download ROM Manager from Market on your phone. done
3. Once the ROM Manager is installed, launch app and flash ClockworkMod Recovery. done
4. Now after flashing ClockworkMod Recovery, connect your phone to the computer. done
5. Once your phone is connected, mount SD card and copy the earlier downloaded ROM file to SD card root. done
now this is where im having an issue.... i know where it says to reboot into recovery, but when i do this, i get a black screen with a pic of my phone and a red triangle with an exclamation mark on it.... what am i doing wrong?
6. After this launch ROM Manager again and tap on Reboot into Recovery.
7. Once you are in recovery, scroll down to Apply Zip from SD card and select.
8. Now wait for the installation to finish. The ROM size is 257 MB, so you can well imagine the time it will consume.
9. Once the installation is finished, reboot your phone.
This means ClockworkMod recovery Did not stick, sometimes it takes a couple of tries to get it to stick, so go back into Rom Manager and Press "Flash ClockworkMod recovery" Again, then reboot into recovery, if you still see the black screen with the trangle and ! (this is stock recovery) , just pull the battery and repeat the steps of Flashing CWM recovery again untill it sticks, It took mine three times before it would stick. Also you must make sure you have S-off and root.
well from all the reading i did, using the visionary+ would be enough of a root... granted my s-off isnt there, its still saying s-on.... and on another post made, i tried to follow the instructions, but i cant seem to change this...
suggestions on how?
The other day I gave you a link to a thread on how to properly get S-off and root on your phone, you choose not to use that link, instead you used Visionary, so I am going to assume that you do not have ABD set up on your home computer, so now here is another link to a new thread on how to get temp-root with Visionary, which is what you have now, then perm-root S-off with Gfree, follow the instructions in this new link from start to finish and you should have S-off when its all done. HERE IS THE LINK. I suggest you do a lot more reading before proceeding any further because it seems to me you really don't understand what you are doing and Mod'ing your phone and making a mistake can have the potential to BRICK your phone. Having root and S-off are two different things and you need S-off in order to flash custom Roms and recovery.
I still recommend getting S-off and root using the method HERE, its the safest way to root and get S-off, this is the link I gave you the other day to the XDA Wiki.
im using this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
and trying to follow it... but for some reason, when i do this step
$ su
# cp /sdcard/root_files/perm_root /data/local/perm_root
i get a msg that says cp:cannot create '/local/perm_root': no such file or directory
yet im following the steps exactly
Did you make sure to unzip the root_files.zip before placing all the files on the root of your sd card, do not just place the root_files.zip on your sd card it must be unzipped first.
Also make sure you put a space between perm_root and /data
I put a red * where the space needs to be.
From what you typed below it looks like you didn't.
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# cp /sdcard/root_files/perm_root /data/local/perm_root
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This is what it should look like, without the red * of course,
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# cp /sdcard/root_files/perm_root[COLOR="Magenta"]*[/COLOR] /data/local/perm_root
well i got everything to work there just before you posted this, and i proceeded to install this rom found here
hxxp://android.modaco.com/content/t-mobile-g2-g2-modaco-com/322825/with-sense-10-feb-r3-htc-vision-g2-z-modaco-custom-rom-with-online-kitchen/
followed the steps to make it work, got into recovery, let it install via the steps listed above
now the phone is restarting over and over again.... and it keeps going to the htc quietly brilliant logo, then has the modaco logo under it... but it keeps going over and over....
ideas?
You are in a boot loop, did you wipe data prior to flashing the new ROM? The rom you downloaded might be a corupt download, try to redownload it again and flash it again. Also, just curious why MODACO rom there are so many other better choices available, IMHO.
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well i just saw that it was one with a sense rom, so i thought i would try it out.... and this rom said no need to wipe data... thats part of why i chose it...
also how do i re download it and get it on my sd card? when i cant connect to the computer now
also what is a good solid sense rom, that i dont have to delete everything off my phone first, and ill gladly try that out... remember im new to this... so all the info you give me now is totally uncharted areas,
so lmk
Cheers
I would use Virtuous I think its the best sense rom out, you should always do a full data wipe when changing roms, when updating the same rom its not really needed, as far as getting it onto your sd card, I would just pull it out of the phone and put it into a card reader on my computer and then install the new files that way then place it back into your phone .
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ok and do you have a quick link i can trouble you for the virtuous rom?
and how do i back up whats on my phone now, i dont want to loose anything thats on there.....and since im stuck in this boot loop, im stuck for a way to back it up
Ok to make a back up from where you are stuck at, pull the battery then put it back in hold volume down then press power, this boots it into bootloader, use the volume button and scroll down to recovery and select it by pressing the power button, it should boot into CWM recovery, then press backup and restore, then select backup and it should back up your current rom, to do this in the future just use rom manager to make your back ups, here's the link to Virtuous http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837042
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but wouldnt that copy my current rom thats stuck in a boot loop?
Sorry you are right , so it looks like there would be nothing for you to back up. Prior to flashing MODACO you should have made a copy of your stock rom w/root but its to late for that now, so theres nothing to do now but flash a new rom.
Remember when you flash a new rom it could take a few minutes to boot the first time so give it a few minutes.
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Making the nandroid backup wouldn't hurt though. If there is stuff you really need, you can transfer the backup to a computer and then extract the contents of the data and system images with an unyaffs tool. Then you can restore at least some things manually once you have your new ROM up and running (since you'll then have the APKs and their respective data directories).
Kind of a pain and may not work depending on what you want, but if there is stuff you really need, better to at least have the opportunity to recover than not.
so I installed the virtuous Rom and now I cant use the market... is there a fix for this?
kneedraggin101 said:
so I installed the virtuous Rom and now I cant use the market... is there a fix for this?
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Try fixing permissions, boot into recovery, select advance, select fix permissions, reboot. If that doesnt help, use titanium to wipe the data from the market app and see if that helps.
how do I do the titanium backup part? I tried the recovery part, didn't work.....

Error While Flashing Boot Image

Hi all. I am a noob at this rooting and flashing business, and I probably did something stupid so bear with me.
The other night I rooted my Evo with Unrevoked. That same night I flashed Baked Snack 1.9 using ROM Manager. Prior to the flash, I backed up my phone using ROM Manager. It was fast and everything but I decided I wanted Gingerbread (a la Salvagemod). I backed up my phone in a similar fashion, and flashed the ROM once using ROM Manager. When rebooting, my phone became caught in a boot loop. After searching through Google for a few minutes, I learned that I simply needed to clear my cache and my dalvik cache. After clearing cache, flashing, and attempting to boot several times (all in clockworkmod... or recovery... or whatever it is called (yeah i suck)...or whichever one is orange!), I gave up and decided to restore to my second ROM Manager backup - that of Baked Snack. Error! "No files found!" I tried my previous backup. Same message.
Looking back on that, I chose "install zip from sdcard" instead of "nandroid". That was a fail.
So I decided to re-use unrevoked. Everything went fine on the PC end, but the only thing that changed on my phone, is that when it boots, it gets stuck on "htc evo" in the white screen. That and clockworkmod is now teal. I disovered the nandroid option on the recovery menu. I navigate to that, then to restore, then to my Baked Snack backup. This gave me the message "Error while flashing boot image". I tried it one more time, except instead of picking recover, I accidentally picked backup (stupid stupid careless, i know). It failed and said "Can't mount /data/!".
Then I decided to go onto xda-developers and here I am now. If you are through facepalming, I would appreciate it if anybody could help me recover my data. I believe I can still flash a completely new ROM (But what do I know? I haven't proven to be the smartest Android guy), and I don't know about you guys, but I like keeping my data.
So, uh, yeah. That's that. Help please.
I'm sorry to hear you are having issues with your phone. It looks like you still have a nandroid backup, unless you formated your SDcard. Clear data, dalvik cache, and cache then run do a restore. When using clockworks recovery clear out the data, dalvik, and cache three times.
Hope this helps.
I have performed all three wipes. After that it reads
Code:
Checking MD5 sums...
Erasing boot before restore...
Restoring boot image...
Error while flashing boot image!
Same as before... Any thoughts? Could the boot.img file be corrupted?
***bump***
Edit: Ive read around some more and heard 2 things. 1) If I just try recovering over and over again, nandroid will eventually give in. 2) the battery has to be 70% or higher or nandroid will just keep giving error messages.
Either way, I'll juice up my battery and report back later.
Have you tried to just do a wipe and reflash the ROM.
Have you tried to use Amon recovery? That seems to work better than clockworks. You can get that here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
bccbryan said:
Have you tried to just do a wipe and reflash the ROM.
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Yes. I tried it again just now because I was feeling lucky. Salvage Mod went smoothly, except it got stuck on the white htc screen when I rebooted. Baked Snack gave me an error message:
Code:
E:Can't open /sdcard/download/BakedSnack1.9.evo.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted
Have you tried to use Amon recovery? That seems to work better than clockworks. You can get that here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
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I'll try that tomorrow morning. Right now I'm gonna get some sleep before I do any more damage to my phone lol. Expect more questions from me about WiMAX and what to do with that .img file (if anything at all).
Do you have the latest radio/wimax? If not run Calkulin radio combo. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
I believe if you don't update your radio and are running a certain kernel you will get a bootloop, but don't quote me on that.
Does Hboot say s-off or s-on? Here is a rooting info and faqs. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865204
bccbryan said:
Do you have the latest radio/wimax? If not run Calkulin radio combo. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
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I'm 95% sure that I do, I got my EVO in December.
Does Hboot say s-off or s-on? Here is a rooting info and faqs. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865204
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It says S-OFF, so that's good news.
And as to Amon_RA, because I'm doing "the bootloader way", then I don't need the recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img file?
When I try to recover, it givese me an error saying that the nandroid directory could not be found. I have my backups in a folder called /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/NameOfTheRecoveryFolder/. Should I just copy the files in the backup folder to a folder on the root of the card called "nandroid"?
And as to Amon_RA, because I'm doing "the bootloader way", then I don't need the recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img file?
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Yep...just need the PC36IMG.zip and boot to the bootloader.
Since you got your phone last December I think you need to run a rom that is based off the latest code. If you are running htc sense it should be based off 3.70.651.1. For ASOP run the lastest ones.
Here is a nice wiki of the ROMs for the EVO http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs
Forgot to mention for the zip files you place on your sdcard for flashing check the MD5 hash before flashing your phone.
When I got my EVO the SD card went bad in about 2 months. Fortunately for me Sprint was nice enough to replace my sdcard. Since, then I have upgraded my sdcard to a 32GB sandisk.
bccbryan said:
Forgot to mention for the zip files you place on your sdcard for flashing check the MD5 hash before flashing your phone.
When I got my EVO the SD card went bad in about 2 months. Fortunately for me Sprint was nice enough to replace my sdcard. Since, then I have upgraded my sdcard to a 32GB sandisk.
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This would be the file called "nandroid.md5"? I'm confused.
OK so I boot into recovery, go to Nandroid restore > BackupName
I am presented with a list of options:
boot.img
recovery.img
wimax.HT0CRHL08393.img
system.img
data.img
cache.img
nandroid.md5
Do I just run each of these individually or am I doin it wrong?
Don't do a nandroid restore. Flash a ROM onto your phone.Fresh EVO or Myn’s Warm TwoPointTwo are good ones to try.
Works great! I lost all my data but I'd rather have a wiped phone than a dead one!
Thanks!
When you used Unrevoked to root your phone it also downloaded Clockwork Mod recovery v. 2.6.0.1. This is what you probably used to do your original backup right after you rooted your phone (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895208). You need to go back to this version so you can restore any backups you may have made right after you rooted your phone. Here is an article by Koush explaining why you may be having problems. At the bottom he has v.2.6.0.1. Install it on your phone and then proceed restoring your backup.
Also, I'm going to suggest to you that you read the articles below to get you familiar with rooting, and then I suggest you read some more on these and other forums. Learn the rooting vocabulary and processes involved (rooting, nandroid backup, recoveries, flashing ROMs, kernels, etc.). Also, try and read up on problems people have rooting, flashing ROMs, and troubleshooting should something go wrong. You want to be able to get yourself out of a mess should problems arise. Most importantly, you want to know what you're doing so you don't brick your phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865204
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790427
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881747
http://htcevorooting.x10.mx/wiki/ind...itle=Main_Page
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-...g-dummies.html

[Q] Really need help....phone will not boot

Ok....search and cant figure it out....Been working on this for two days now......Wife has a g2 and I had to downgrade to root....I did that and everything seemed fine....I then Rooted phone and everything there seemed to be fine....I tgen wanted to download Virtuous Affinity rom but it said I had to DZ hboot...here is where i messed up.......I had made a backup of the stock rom yesterday so I put the PC10img on the root of sd card..rebooted into hboot and ran update by pressing volume up....after everything was done I went back into recovery and went to reload back-up of rom and all clockwork does is show reboot system ,apply update etc and down at bottom says E: cant mount/ cache/recovery/ command........etc
now I understand I dont have a rom after the flash but now I can put any on because when I hit any of the install from sd or back up and restore it goes to that page and just sits there.........I am so lost know and dont know what to do...can someone please help me
You probaby flashed the wrong pc10img file...check the md5 sum against that oof the file...another thing is you can try a higher recovery becuasue I remember when u flash a hboot it replaces the recovery...try flashing the latest version of clockwork via adb...if not that refer to the devs
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Did you use the power button to try reload the rom from recovery? Cause that might be your problem.
Use the trackpad or camera button in recovery.
-Nipqer
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yes...its not letting me do anything...so frustrating....should i just try to find a new pc image and flash it like a update
sluggersix said:
yes...its not letting me do anything...so frustrating....should i just try to find a new pc image and flash it like a update
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Don't flash any image that don't belong to the g2
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sluggersix said:
Ok....search and cant figure it out....Been working on this for two days now......Wife has a g2 and I had to downgrade to root....I did that and everything seemed fine....I then Rooted phone and everything there seemed to be fine....I tgen wanted to download Virtuous Affinity rom but it said I had to DZ hboot...here is where i messed up.......I had made a backup of the stock rom yesterday so I put the PC10img on the root of sd card..rebooted into hboot and ran update by pressing volume up....after everything was done I went back into recovery and went to reload back-up of rom and all clockwork does is show reboot system ,apply update etc and down at bottom says E: cant mount/ cache/recovery/ command........etc
now I understand I dont have a rom after the flash but now I can put any on because when I hit any of the install from sd or back up and restore it goes to that page and just sits there.........I am so lost know and dont know what to do...can someone please help me
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I believe those errors are "normal" after switching hboots... were you following this guide here: http://www.virtuousrom.com/2011/06/t-mobile-g2-users-migrating-to-desirez.html?
If you haven't read it, it might help...
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I believe those errors are "normal" after switching hboots... were you following this guide here: http://www.virtuousrom.com/2011/06/t-mobile-g2-users-migrating-to-desirez.html?
If you haven't read it, it might help...
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I understand the errors down at bottom is normal....but the day before I backed up rom so I didnt do that when it came to that in the directions......so now when I try to do anything in clockwork everything is there but when I try say restore rom or install from sd....once you click on it it stops......and phone will not load because there isnt a rom installed anymore
Maybe you could try flashing a different recovery image to your phone via fastboot. Perhaps try flashing 4EXT Recovery by madmaxx82. Then reboot into recovery via fastboot and see if it'll let you restore or flash a ROM. Just a thought...
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