Okay, So I bought a new microSD card today (just a bigger one). Copied all data off old one to PC. Put the new one into the phone hoping to just have it show up like always when connected to the PC and then copy the files back over. But when I put in the new MicroSD card it said it needed to be formatted (on the phone) and I tried to but everything just kept FC. Since I didn't have any other option for accessing the microSD other than my phone. I decided for now to put back in my old card and re copy the files while in the phone.
During copying the phone restarted and has since been stuck on the HTC incredible screen. I eventually pulled the battery and am stuck there.
Was using a MIUI rom.
orangedude654 said:
Okay, So I bought a new microSD card today (just a bigger one). Copied all data off old one to PC. Put the new one into the phone hoping to just have it show up like always when connected to the PC and then copy the files back over. But when I put in the new MicroSD card it said it needed to be formatted (on the phone) and I tried to but everything just kept FC. Since I didn't have any other option for accessing the microSD other than my phone. I decided for now to put back in my old card and re copy the files while in the phone.
During copying the phone restarted and has since been stuck on the HTC incredible screen. I eventually pulled the battery and am stuck there.
Was using a MIUI rom.
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I have only run MIUI rom for about 2 hours, so I can't give you specifics on how or why this happened. I can only tell you what I would do to fix this problem. Since you were able to install MIUI rom I would say that you have install clockworkmod recovery.
1. Pull the battery to get it to turn off and then boot into recovery, hold volume down and then press power to start the phone in recovery.
2. Now you will be at a menu with three android figures on skateboards at the bottom of the screen, now use the volume down key move down to “RECOVERY” and then press the power button to to select it.
3. Now you should be in the clockworksmod recovery, press volume up to move to “mounts and storage” and then press the track point to select it.
4. Now that you have this menu open make sure your USB cable is plugged into the computer, now press the volume up to move to “mount USB storage” and press the track point to select it. Your SD card should now be mounted on your computer for you to transfer all of your files back to your card.
5. At this point if you don’t have a known stable backup that was created by clockworks, I would go and download an almost stock rom such as Virtuous 3.2.0 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765447 and transfer it to your card. When it is done transferring press the track point to select “Unmount.”
6. Now you should be at the “Mount and unmount partitions” screen, press the power button to get you back first menu of clockworkmod recovery.
7. If you have a working backup on your SD card that you want to flash, then press the volume up key to select “backup and restore” and select it with the track point. Now just press volume down to select “Restore,” now just press the volume down key to move down and select the image that you would like to restore.
8. If you downloaded Virt. 3.2, then just press the volume down to select “wipe data/factory reset” and then after that is down press volume down and select “wipe cache partition, “ and then volume down to select “install zip from SD card.” At the “Apply update from .zip file on SD card” menu volume down and select “choose zip from SD card,” use the volume down to scroll down and select the Virt. 3.2 zip that you downloaded earlier. Let it go through with installing the zip and then select “ reboot system now.”
9. At this point you should be back up and running with a clean phone, you just need to restore all of your data with whatever backup program you were using, or you need to download and reinstall everything.
If you would like to try your new SD card again, and still have a copy of all of the files on your computer, you need to turn off the phone and install the new SD card.
10. Now just hold down the volume down key and press power, use volume down to scroll to recovery and press the power key.
11. Now in recovery press volume up to scroll to “Mounts and storage” and select it with the track point.
12. Now press volume up and scroll to “format sdcard” and select it with the track point.
13. When it is done get back to the “Mount and unmount partitions” screen and press volume up to select “mount USB storage,” and transfer all files back to your new SD card.
14. When you are done unmount and press the power key to get back to the main “Clockworkmod recovery” screen and select “reboot system now” with the track point.
15. You should now have your new SD card on a working system, and the rest is up to you on what you want to do from there.
If you don’t have the SD card files on your computer then follow 1 – 4 with your old card in place, and the follow that with 12 – 15 after you change your card.
I hope you can follow this and get a working phone, just report back if you have problems or if this helped you.
Thanks bro - phone is back up and running re flashing MIUI now with new SD card
thanks for typing all of that up!
I was originally browsing around on my phone via XDA App and came across this thread. I do not require any of the information found here, as I am quite proficient with the workings of the Incredible pertaining to ROMs, but I saw the immensely thorough reply by GMPOWER to help the OP in a quick and timely fashion. I just had to get on my laptop to come hit the thanks button and say great job here! This helps encourage people to ask questions about problems in the General sub-forum instead of going into Development! If only more people frequented General to give such great help as often, there wouldn't be so much clutter in Development with posts that say "I know this doesn't belong here, but I figured I would get a quicker reply here..."
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I was originally browsing around on my phone via XDA App and came across this thread. I do not require any of the information found here, as I am quite proficient with the workings of the Incredible pertaining to ROMs, but I saw the immensely thorough reply by GMPOWER to help the OP in a quick and timely fashion. I just had to get on my laptop to come hit the thanks button and say great job here! This helps encourage people to ask questions about problems in the General sub-forum instead of going into Development! If only more people frequented General to give such great help as often, there wouldn't be so much clutter in Development with posts that say "I know this doesn't belong here, but I figured I would get a quicker reply here..."
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+1. I'm so sick of seeing the HELPPLZNAO threads in the development section
you guys really need an adapter tohook sd card to computer w/o phone.. or a backup phone to connect.
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Alright, I've been searching these forums for some time since I bricked my 3200. (I tried changing the splash image, then compounded the issue by formatting the HDD from the Bootloader Menu.)
It would boot until the progress bar filled up, then it would stay there.
Today, I got my first break. Here's how...
I followed the wonderful help from Harry A over on XDA, here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=352094&page=6, and I was able to get back into the settings page.
Here's what I did.
1.) I downloaded this file:
http://magellan.cachefly.net/softwareupgrades/web/Magellan_Maestro_3250_4_60_Rel1.zip
2.) I extracted it and copied the files from "COPY_GROUP_4" and "COPY_GROUP_5" onto a FAT16 formatted SD.
3.) Enter the Bootloader by holding Power and Reset Buttons.
4.) Highlighted "Update OS (Format HDD)" and pressed power button. It found the OS Image and Updated.
5.) I then put the SD card back in my computer and copied all of the files from "COPY_GROUP_2" into a folder on the SD card called "APP".
6.) Created a file called GS399AutoRun.inf in the root of the SD card and put this line in the file:
open=\APP\mgnShell.exe
7.) Inserted SD card into 3200 and rebooted!
That got me to the settings menu. Now I believe the only thing I need to do is to Copy my backup back onto the SD card and I should be good.
If not, I hope this is a start for others to be able to jump from.
Good luck!
Maestro 3200
I have the 3200 as well and ran into the same problem - but I don't have a backup of the GPS - I was loading the map update when it freaked out. I'm going to follow your steps but was wondering if there was any information you can shed on that after that.
I have two Meastro 3200's - 1 Good 1 Not
So, have two Maestro 3200's and have been trying to bring one back to life using the good one's files but have had no luck....
Does anyone have the solution to getting both units running. Obviously, I can see the benefit in posting links to the 'good files' but need some guidance to identifying them and posting them.
Looking forward to your responses.
Thx,
O
Maestro 4250
How to name the INF file on a Maistro 4250?
Thank you
My Problem is I tried installing the new ics update in my tab and it seems that it can't detect it whenever i try to turn it on while holding up it won't go through the letters and stuff.
Already did the renaming to "update" still nothing.
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My Problem is I tried installing the new ics update in my tab and it seems that it can't detect it whenever i try to turn it on while holding up it won't go through the letters and stuff.
Already did the renaming to "update" still nothing.
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1. Make sure the zip is on the external card
2. Make sure the card is formatted in FAT32 format.
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1. Make sure the zip is on the external card
2. Make sure the card is formatted in FAT32 format.
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Yes it is on external card and i also did the manual gen2 to gen1 before so impretty sure its the same fat32 format....
still nothing
Are you holding the left volume button down while pressing the power button and not letting the volume button go after it powers on?
Kinda need a lil more info, like is it saying spin forever, or does I show an android with an exclamation point, or is it just booting up as normal? The more info you give about the problem the better someone will be able to help you. I'd describe the exact steps you used along with what it did / didn't do after your tab booted...
Okay here is more of the detailed problem:
1. I downloaded the new ics update
2. Placed it on external sd
3. Renamed it from "iforgotthename" to "update"
4. Placed it on my tablet
5. Turned off my tablet
6. Turned on the tablet while:
- Holding the power button
- Holding the volume(up) button
7. Nothing happens boots as normal....
The #7 is my problem...
Problem solved!! thanks i kept on pressing the right volume button instead of the left silly me~
thanks alot guys!
Im trying to get the leaked ICS update on my A100...but I am having a problem
So far, I have the update on my SD card. I had it named update.zip, but then when I tried to boot with the volume up button, it went to the android with !. Then I saw another post and it said to change the name to just update and I did.....still the same Android with an exclamation.
What am I doing wrong?
Format your external SD card to fat 32, place the file update.zip ( remember if you have renamed the file yourself that .zip is the extension and the file should open with a program such as winrar or winzip ) on the card, insert the card into your Acer a100, hold the tablet in upright landscape mode ensuring the volume buttons are on the top left corner, turn rotation lock off, power on the device holding the leftmost volume button ( volume - ) you should see some small writing in the upper left corner of the screen, you can now release the volume key, this will begin the update process. The whole process takes approximately 5 min. Good luck and happy flashing.
Sent from my A100 using xda premium
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Format your external SD card to fat 32, place the file update.zip ( remember if you have renamed the file yourself that .zip is the extension and the file should open with a program such as winrar or winzip ) on the card, insert the card into your Acer a100, hold the tablet in upright landscape mode ensuring the volume buttons are on the top left corner, turn rotation lock off, power on the device holding the leftmost volume button ( volume - ) you should see some small writing in the upper left corner of the screen, you can now release the volume key, this will begin the update process. The whole process takes approximately 5 min. Good luck and happy flashing.
Sent from my A100 using xda premium
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I don't know what I did, but I put it back to .zip and It worked!
Not to be too much of a noob, but what is "flashing"?
Wow, if you don't know what flashing even is, you REALLY should mot be trying to flash this leaked ROM...
ICS discussions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511899
I've tried to search around the fourms but every seems to have rooted their phone. I never have, but it's been acting laggy and shutting itself off from time to time, I've had my Incredible for about a year and a half and just wanted to wipe it in hopes that it wouldnt shut off randomly and run faster but when i go into settings and into SD & Phone storage and do Factory data reset I end up getting stuck on a screen with a phone and a red triangle with an exclamation in the middle.
When that happens I can hold down the power button and the up volume button and try and restore from there but it always just loads my phone back up how it was, nothing gets wiped and it also puts it into auto roaming so I have to call and reprogram my phone with verizon.
Any ideas?
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I've tried to search around the fourms but every seems to have rooted their phone. I never have, but it's been acting laggy and shutting itself off from time to time, I've had my Incredible for about a year and a half and just wanted to wipe it in hopes that it wouldnt shut off randomly and run faster but when i go into settings and into SD & Phone storage and do Factory data reset I end up getting stuck on a screen with a phone and a red triangle with an exclamation in the middle.
When that happens I can hold down the power button and the up volume button and try and restore from there but it always just loads my phone back up how it was, nothing gets wiped and it also puts it into auto roaming so I have to call and reprogram my phone with verizon.
Any ideas?
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It sounds like either you have a custom recovery installed (rooted), or your stock recovery may be corrupt. First i would try to do a factory reset from hboot. To do that power off the phone pull the battery and reimsert. Then hold vol down and power till a white screen pops up. Then use the vol keys to navigate to factory reset and the power button to select. If that dosent work i would do an ruu. To do that download this file http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.06.605.3/PB31IMG.zip and place it on your sdcard in no folders, do not rename. Pull battery, replace, vol down and pwr to enter hboot. Hboot will automaticly find the file and prompt you to press vol up to update. Do so and then when propmted again press vol up to reboot. Once rebooted your phone should be like new.
Tried it in hboot and it seems to of only wiped half my stuff. Apps and everything are still there but it's almost as if they reset and are taking me through tutorials again and all my setting are back to default.
I'm downloading the ZIP file ya gave me now, i'll let ya know if that works. Thanks for your help!
Okay, took my SD card out of my phone to make sure i placed that file on it and not somewhere else, i did NOT unzip the file onto the SD card either, just simply copied and pasted the ZIP file onto the SD card, it's not in a folder either. Put the Sd card back in, turned phone off and entered hboot, hboot isn't prompting me to update though... any ideas? :\
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Okay, took my SD card out of my phone to make sure i placed that file on it and not somewhere else, i did NOT unzip the file onto the SD card either, just simply copied and pasted the ZIP file onto the SD card, it's not in a folder either. Put the Sd card back in, turned phone off and entered hboot, hboot isn't prompting me to update though... any ideas? :\
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Try backing up the sdcard to your pc. Then with the pc format the card fat32, and then put the files back on. If that still dosent work, you could do an ruu.exe with your pc. Install htc sync http://dinc.does-it.net/HTC-Sync/3.0.5606/setup_3.0.5606.exe, then download and run this file http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Image...0_Incredible_C_hboot_1.02.0000_4.08.605.2.exe, with the phone connected to the pc. Follow the steps provided and it should reflash the phone for you.
Okay I tried to do your second suggestion first but when i ran the program it said that the phone was not connected to my computer, and to check to make sure the USB was plugged in. It was though, it was in charge only, should i have set it on something else? I was literally watching it charge.
Then i reformatted my SD card, it did find the file and it tried to update with the file in hboot but it said it had failed because the version on my phone was older.
What a pain huh?
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Okay I tried to do your second suggestion first but when i ran the program it said that the phone was not connected to my computer, and to check to make sure the USB was plugged in. It was though, it was in charge only, should i have set it on something else? I was literally watching it charge.
Then i reformatted my SD card, it did find the file and it tried to update with the file in hboot but it said it had failed because the version on my phone was older.
What a pain huh?
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Having htc sync installed should give you the correct drivers. I think its suppose to be charge only mode, try it on sync mabey, worst it can do is say it cant find the phone again.
It probably said the version you were trying to install is older than the one already installed. What android version are you on again?
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says im using version 2.3.4
just tried the ruu again and put my phone in sync instead of charge only and htc sync and the ruu still say my phone isnt connected but my phone tells me it is.
The main reason I'm trying to factory restore is because none of my apps hold. I try and download new ones and they end up force closing and disappearing. Apps that I update do the same thing. My phone will keeps apps i've had if they update and disappear but they go right back to needing to be updated again. New apps just go away and if i try and redownload them they just disappear again.
My Incredible is rooted and I've installed CM7. My daughter used it for a while until I was able to score a Moto E 2015 on the cheap. My daughter took pictures, installed stuff, etc. I'd like to remove all of that but leave the 20 GB of music in place on the SD card.
What's the best way of returning it to a stock CM7 device without deleting off the music?
TIA, CheapDad
I just went through this today and it was a grueling 2 hours of googling, finding broken links, and general frustration.
What I did:
-1. DON'T pull the battery anywhere along the way. Especially not when anything is updating.
0. Charge phone to 90-100% (yeah, 50% is probably fine.. but why risk it)
1. Download this S-On file (big blue oval.. the other download buttons are ads): h t t p:// fs1.d-h.st/download/00006/naO/unrevoked-forever-son.zip
2. Check MD5 if desired, copy to SD card, install in Clockworkmod recovery
3. Download ROM from here (I used: PB31IMG_4.08.605.15_unsigned.zip): h t t p :// shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Incredible
4. Rename to PB31IMG.zip
5. Check MD5 sums if desired (at the very least, if you don't want to MD5 and your internet cuts out during download, start it over)
6. Make sure SD card is formatted FAT32 (if not, copy your files to some other storage, then format FAT32)
7. Copy the zip file to the microSD in the "root" directory (don't put it in any folder on the SD card)
8. Back up your current ROM (using Clockworkmod, Nandroid or whatever)
9. Boot into recovery, wipe data
10. Power off
11. Hold Volume down and power button until you see the HBOOT screen, hit volume up a couple times once the HBOOT screen comes up (maybe there's a more scientific way, but this worked for me).
12. It should show some option about install PB31IMG.zip, say yes
13. It'll loop through a blue bar filling up once or twice (twice for me), might ask you to install or something of the sort again - say yes.
14. It'll load up a red bar - once that's filled it'll be installed and will reboot
15. Wait several minutes, it takes a while to load after finishing the install.
I used some "root checker" app in the android market to verify it was un-rooted (idk how accurate that is?). Also noted that it said S-On on the HBOOT screen.
Hopefully I'm not too late!
Credits to all the people on XDA/elsewhere who provided the info/files needed to compile this.