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Oh Boy...Huge Error...Help Requested

Okay. I've search around and haven't found anything yet.
I recently got a new evo and rooted with the Unrevoked 3.0 beta RC2 yesterday. All was going well until I tried to upgrade to the CM 6.1.2 this morning. Google apps wasn't installed so I flashed the zip which put me in to a boot loop with Clockwork.
It was giving me an error when I tried to restore the backup. I tried to flash pc36img.zip and now whenever I go into recovery I am in RA-evo-v1.8 which I am unfamiliar with. I've tried installing other ROMs via this recovery but the prcess is aborted each time.
Any help would be more than appreciated. I am literally stuck.

fisheric1 said:
Okay. I've search around and haven't found anything yet.
I recently got a new evo and rooted with the Unrevoked 3.0 beta RC2 yesterday. All was going well until I tried to upgrade to the CM 6.1.2 this morning. Google apps wasn't installed so I flashed the zip which put me in to a boot loop with Clockwork.
It was giving me an error when I tried to restore the backup. I tried to flash pc36img.zip and now whenever I go into recovery I am in RA-evo-v1.8 which I am unfamiliar with. I've tried installing other ROMs via this recovery but the prcess is aborted each time.
Any help would be more than appreciated. I am literally stuck.
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Need any and all information about your phone. I also notice that you are new. The dev section isnt for Q/A there is an entire section dedicated to solving these issues. Please remember that next time. Keeps things cleaner. So please gather anything you can about your phone. Method, Hboot, Version, Radio, Anything that can help anyone here identify something.

Do you have the rom in the root of the usb card? If so try full data wipe and installing the room see if it boots up.

Thanks for the quick reply. Will remember. Desperation has gotten the better of me. I will move over to Q/A if you prefer.
HBOOT-2.10 0001
RADIO - 2.15
Initially rooted via Unrevoked 3 beta RC2 yesterday.

if your able to boot up into a rom download Rom manager and select flash clockworkMod recovery or flash alternate recovery thats prob gonna be the easiest fastest fix (considering it works)

T3hPWN said:
if your able to boot up into a rom download Rom manager and select flash clockworkMod recovery or flash alternate recovery thats prob gonna be the easiest fastest fix (considering it works)
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I agree with this method... the best way to determine the recovery to use would be to go into the terminal and type
Code:
cat /proc/mtd
if you see "400000" then you need to get the clockwork v3.0.0.2 that supports this phone partion layout. If you see "20000" then you should get amon_ra 1,8 from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
The information I gathered was from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894331
Making sure you have the correct recovery is the first step. Once that is done create a nandroid and save it somewhere to ensure that the wimax partition is saved.

You have to flash the modified version of Amon_ra found in Zikronix thread. You can find my thread that points to it or just search for hboot 2.10 and follow the instructions in that rooting thread. It seems you're already rooted so just flashing the recovery is probably all you will need.

I haven't used unrevoked, and I know there are several versions. But I have seen others who have used unrevoked and couldn't flash anything bc evidently the method they used to root didn't install the flash_image file on their phone.
I know that installing flash_image fixed being able to flash for some people who rooted with unrevoked.
This issue came up and I was able to help some people, if you check near the end of fastRX8 thread. But I was only able help point the right direction, they figured out the rest of the way. The OP there has the flash_image file and tells you what terminal commands to install it.
I don't know how for you to check if you gave it or not, as I can see mine on sd card cuz I put it there when I rooted.
Beyond this suggestion, lithid can probably help much better than I.
But def post your hardware version, root method, and hboot version (you see that when you go into bootloader and read the top line.
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Wow, sorry, theres been several posts since I started tying. Looks like these guys got it for ya
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Was there a resolution for your problem? If so please post so anyone searching in the future can resolve there problem quickly.

you should flash the pc36img.zip located at the bottom of zikronix's root thread. good luck. just put it on the root of ur sdcard named as pc36img.zip and boot into bootloader. accept the update, and say no to the reboot. then pick recovery, and flash a rom. you need to stay with this recovery if it works for you.

dkdude36 said:
you should flash the pc36img.zip located at the bottom of zikronix's root thread. good luck. just put it on the root of ur sdcard named as pc36img.zip and boot into bootloader. accept the update, and say no to the reboot. then pick recovery, and flash a rom. you need to stay with this recovery if it works for you.
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You mean the modified amon ra recovery image?

exactly...

dkdude36 said:
exactly...
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Ya it worked for someone else in the Amon_Ra Clockwork thread here is the link.
zikronix said:
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FIX BROKEN RECOVERY
This is really only needed if you rooted with one of the previos guides version 6 or lower or if you installed a different recovery like I told you not to.
1) Download File PC36IMG_Recovery.zip and Rename to PC36IMG.zip.
copy to the root of your SDCard and power off phone
2) Power your phone back on into the boot loader by holding power and vol-down until your presented with a white screen. It will read the pc36img.zip and as you if you want to flash. Say yes. Then it will ask if you want to reboot, VOL+UP for yes.
3) If your rom gets tossed in the process. Reboot your phone into bootloader select recovery, and reflash your rom....DONE
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OP flash the PC36IMG in the bootloader to load this new recovery, then you can go into your new recovery and flash a new rom.

i just rooted my evo with the unrevoked beta.hboot 2.02 it installed clockwork and through that i switchted to the aman ra after that i did a nand backup, powered off my phone and when i turned it back on it was stuck in the bootloader loop. the only thing that eventually worked was installing the sprintlovers pc36img. that got my phone working again. just tried to nand backup again and the same thing happened. does this mean that i need to flash that broken recovery?

defjef123 said:
i just rooted my evo with the unrevoked beta.hboot 2.02 it installed clockwork and through that i switchted to the aman ra after that i did a nand backup, powered off my phone and when i turned it back on it was stuck in the bootloader loop. the only thing that eventually worked was installing the sprintlovers pc36img. that got my phone working again. just tried to nand backup again and the same thing happened. does this mean that i need to flash that broken recovery?
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Were you restoring a backup or did you stuck on loop on a new rom flash?

i wasnt even trying to flash a rom yet. i was doing the very first nand backup so i could check some roms out. after the backup was complete it gave the option to power off so i did and when i turned my phone back on it was in the bootloader loop. so i went back to recovery, wiped everything, restored nand and i said it restored but when i rebooted it was back in the bootloader loop.so i just search around trying to get help but couldnt find much so i put sprintlovers since it boots up right when you turn your phone on. now it wouldnt even nand backup it said some error and was in the bootloader loop again so i just reinstalled sprintlovers, again

Try downloading an actual rom in zip format (not sprintlovers pc36img) and see if you can flash a new rom fresh. Make sure to wipe everything.
Try using Caulkings format all zip in recovery to wipe your caches.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ikylelx99c49133/Calkulin's_FORMAT_ALL.zip

put in on my sd card turned my phone off to go into recovery and now my phone wont even turn on

it came on now. gonna try to wipe and flash that rom

Recovery Problem

I recently flashed CM7 RC1 and everything was fine minus a few problems with the market so i decided to re-flash the rom in the hopes that it might fix it. then came my issues.
the phone wouldn't boot into CWM recovery through rom manager (stops at red triangle) same thing happens when trying to do this manually.
only positive is that it still boots up CM7.
any idea how i can fix this?
any help is appreciated.

When you can boot into CM7 try install CWM via Rom manager.

sorry i forgot to mention in my opening post that i have tried this several times, it says its downloaded successfully and shows it as my current recovery yet it still doesn't work

Are you S-Off'd? You could try a 'Fastboot flash recovery' command and just flash on the Clockwork recovery IMG yourself.

the phone is s-on

So try Alpharev, or you can install stock RUU rom and root your phone again.

not too sure really how alpharev works so if there is a simpler option ill use that.
unable to use a RUU rom as it comes up with an error.
im stumped

Make sure youve got a file 'update.zip' in the root of your sdcard.
If you haven't, try copying 'recovery-update.zip' from your clockworkmod folder and rename it 'update.zip'
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.Hodgy. said:
not too sure really how alpharev works so if there is a simpler option ill use that.
unable to use a RUU rom as it comes up with an error.
im stumped
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Can you try the unrevoked root method again? Should flash on the recovery image.
AlphaRev is easy, you download the .ISO, burn that to a CD, boot into that Live CD, connect phone, and it'll do the rest.

unrevoked seems to have sorted it cheers for the help everyone.

trying to figure out flash recovery?

I am trying to root my EVO. I once had it rooted and unrooted it...i think...with unrEVOked. I wanted to root the phone and install a custom rom again but I cant seem to get it to root.
I have tried unrEVOked(and followed all the easy steps to root on a forum....more then once), and once I got the initial screen were it sais to plug the phone in and make sure it has USBdebugging on, I do just that and nothing happens. so....
I tried to use Simple Root .1. Once again, found a forum on how to root with this program and followed the steps...more then once...and still no luck. With Simple Root I watched a video and in the video the prompt screen said that it was pushing a file to the phone and then it is suppose to go to the HBOOT screen....which does not happen on my phone, it skips that step and tells me to go to step 2, but I haven't completed step 1 yet....
------So that problem might not be a problem. I guess I AM still rooted. HBOOT screen sais S-OFF, but i dont have unrevoked on the phone anymore. I was told in another thread that I am still rooted and i need to find a flash recovery because when i go into recovery from HBOOT sceen it gives me a !red triangle!
So i guess my question is how do I go about getting a flash recovery and what do I have to do to acutally use that recovery instead of the stock recovery??
Also i was thinking about using the ROM "EVO ZONE" Any thoughts on that ROM??
Thanks!
dizl.evo

Im guessing you have the latest OTA? If so, you cannot root.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1176695
This is what i have figured out already.....
I also was doing a little poking around and figured out that i did not have a PC36IMG.zip on my SDcard. I just put it on my card and started HBOOT and now it is asking me if i want to start an update....yes or no?

If that is the recovery zip, then yes let it update
We're comin from a pure power source.

ok, after i do that will i still need to flash recover? or will i be able to find the custom rom then??
And does anybody know anything about the EVO Zone rom?
durring the update it has 11 things that it tries to update....all of them seem to update fine with the exception of number 8 and 9. both are labeled "TP". The first one does nothing and the second one sais it is bypassed. I've tried twice and it keeps bypassing. Is that suppose to happen??

BUMP...Does anybody know if there is anything i can do??
Thanks..

You probably ran a PC36IMG of an RUU or something other than a recovery. You can download Amon Ra recovery from my dropbox here: http://db.tt/WP0beNa
It's named properly, just delete the other PC36IMG from your SD card and replace it with this one. Run it through the bootloader the same way that you ran the other one. When it finishes, decline the prompt to reboot and select recovery from the list. You should see the white splashscreen then boot into Amon Ra 2.3.
As for the rom, I'm not familiar with it. If I were you, I'd flash a popular rom that you know is reliable. If you use the default Sense launcher, be sure to flash a Sense rom.
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)

I'll try to break this down for you as easily as possible.
1) s-off allows you to flash a custom recovery for installing roms. It means signature off which is to say you can install roms that have not been signed by HTC. This ability is critical to flashing and you're on the right track if you have it.
2) Currently your phone has no custom recovery on it, that's the red triangle bit. In order to get one on there, search the development section for the Amon_Ra recovery and download the PC36IMG.zip. Copy the zip to the main part of your SD card, then reboot and hold the volume key after the screen goes black. Your bootloader (the screen that tells you s-off or on) will automatically read and try to install the file.
Hit volume up for yes, let it do its thing then volume up again to reboot.
3) Hold volume down while rebooting to get into recovery. From here, go to usb mode. Copy your sdcard contents to your hard drive. Then turn off usb mode, go to wipe, and wipe it all 3 times. Go back to usb mode.
4) copy the Rom you want to flash to the sdcard and turn off usb mode again. Go into flash from zip, find your Rom and tell it to flash. Once this is complete, reboot and enjoy the new Rom.
Hope this helps you out.
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Thanks for all the help, But when I try and click to download Amon it opens up a blank page and nothing happens....
There any way to download the file else where?

I don't have the link on hand but there is an Amon Thread in the Development section,should be able to download it from there.Edit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026&highlight=amon+ra+recovery here's the link to Amons Thread

blank screen on download
rght clicking and choosing "open in new tab" solved that for me

Umyou r s-off so ur good. Find an amon_RA pc36img n put that on root of sd-card n also whatever rom u wanna flash. Boot to bootloader n yes to update then flash rom.
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Problem Flashing Clockwork Recover! :(

Hi Guys , Need a Little help here ,
well currently ive upgraded to Froyo 2.2 , after couple of bad lucks , ive succeeded in rooting my rom ... now the actual problem is that after following all the procedures , i am not able to flash Clockwork recovery ...ive tried putting ESRIMP.zip in the root of SD card with Update.zip ..but its not reading it in HBOOT ...
please help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Please guyz! can some one help ((((((

Have you tried to install CM thru rom manager?

Yup ... ive tired doin so , but no luck , when i go into the recovery mode ..its still the same old Recovery , where i can just flash update.zip ..which is not workin as well

You need the recovery img file and push it through adb.. its easier through terminal emulator but you need s-off for that method
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I was able to get cwr by putting the update.zip on my sd card and selecting recovery from the hboot menu. once there I just selected 'Apply sdcard:update.zip'.
Once I did that it loaded straight to the cwr menu. I'm still learning all this stuff but I hope that helps

What next?
Hey, all. I'm having a similar problem. I went through the HTCdev process of unlocking my bootloader, and I rooted with SuperOneClick 2.2.. I've installed Clockwork Mod via the market, and tried to flash it, but the bootloader will only access the regular Android recovery screen. When I try to flash via fastboot and/or recovery (and I've tried flashing Clockwork Mod and CM7), I just get an error message.
As is probably obvious, I'm looking for the simplest fix, but any suggestions you can give me are welcome. Thanks!

yes, as stated before you can't flash clockworkmod recovery, or any recovery, without S-OFF on your device. however this is very risky and may brick your phone, so be warned

help i need the right ruu to recovery my evo 4g

hi!! I did the root on my evo 4g after that i try to downgrade but somthing goes wrong n the phone is stock in htc evo 4g logo n when i go to the bootloader i go to recovery but only shows a phone w/ the sing n other thing is i cant flash nothing cos the cmd says no found device what should i do now i did try w/ 3 diferents ruu but no results... help plz

So if you have recovery still, why can't you just put a ROM on your SD card and flash it?
sent from 2yr old Evo on ICS

scottspa74 said:
So if you have recovery still, why can't you just put a ROM on your SD card and flash it?
sent from 2yr old Evo on ICS
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eddi2004 said:
hi!! I did the root on my evo 4g after that i try to downgrade but somthing goes wrong n the phone is stock in htc evo 4g logo n when i go to the bootloader i go to recovery but only shows a phone w/ the sing n other thing is i cant flash nothing cos the cmd says no found device what should i do now i did try w/ 3 diferents ruu but no results... help plz
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If you are trying to flash an RUU, do it through bootloader and not recovery...and as scottspa74 pointed out, if you want a custom ROM, put it a ROM on your sd card and flash it.

i have 3 rom but theres no way to flash it i cant get into recovery menu and the cmd says no device found
any idea how to flash it in another way

You need to flash a custom recovery first. When u did the ruu, it removed the custom recovery and installed a stock one, which has zero functionallity. Search for amon ra 3.11 and download it, rename to PC36IMG.zip, but in main directory of SD card, and boot into bootloader then follow on screen instructions. Also, the instructions will be in the thread.

ok i did everything that u tell me n now i rename the zip (ss_stock_4.67.651) in PC36IMG n then reflash recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3 now i can get into the recovery menu n i flash the rename (ss_stock_4.67.651) PC36IMG n i have a rom from sprint but now i still cant use adb command so what else shuld i do to recovery to normal n there r many issues that cant load like mail that is forced to sptop unexpected n thank u for all ur help!!

Looks like you flashed a stock (non rooted) ROM. You might wanna flash a rooted ROM from the development section. Or Google for SU.com (if I remember right) it's the site to download superuser, which you'll need to flash SU-efgh it's the super user binary. Then you'll need to get super user app from market. Both of those are created by chainsDD (that should help your search).
I think after that, you'll still need busybox. Which I really know nothing about. It's probably easier to just flash an already rooted ROM from the Evo dev section, honestly. You'll need root and SU permission before you can use adb. TMK
Edit: here's superuser app and binary. Try flashing thisthis thru your recovery.
I think you will still need busybox and flash_image. I can't help with busybox, but I might have a PC36IMG of flash_image on SD. Gimme a minute.
Still, probably best to just flash an already rooted ROM.
And HERE is a pc36img of flash image, just remove flash image from name of zip, it's my first time making one, so I THINK it'll work lol. It should flash they your bootloader.
I think this is all correct info, but if someone cares to back me up on this I'd appreciate it. Again, it'd be easier to pick an already rooted rom to flash. And safer.
sent from 2yr old Evo on ICS