This evening I was playing around with my Evo and got thinking, "I really like how everything is running right now! I've been running SteelH I.2 ROM stable for a few weeks, launcherpro, all my homescreens setup... perfect! I should take a backup."
I reboot into recovery, take a nandroid backup, then go to reboot the phone. Backup completed without any errors, but the phone would not restart. It sat at the white HTC and would not budge. I removed the battery several times and rebooted, but nothing. I could still get into recovery, so I wiped data, cache, dalvik and attempted to reboot. Again, nothing... just sat at the HTC screen. At this point I was thinking, "great... gonna have a long night ahead of me troubleshooting this one." I restored the backup I had just taken about 30 minutes earlier, but wasn't very confident that it would help at all... reboot, and after a few seconds, my boot screen starts loading!
So, here is what I am wondering.... I had not done any "hacking" since the last reboot... just installed/uninstalled a few apps from the market. What could have caused my phone to react like this? Also, if it wouldn't reboot in the first place, why did restoring the backup work? I had just taken the backup a few minutes earlier....
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Well, that certainly is unique. I've had problems doing nandroid back-ups (recovering from and creating them) before but it always booted just fine no matter what happened. Maybe there was a small software error that was fixed when you recovered.
Either way, I wouldn't worry about it. Recovering a nandroid back-up = problem got deleted.
That's why I tell everyone to nandroid before doing anything
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Before I went to sleep last night I decided to backup my phone via recovery. After it backed up I rebooted and I had no service and a service called com.phone or something like that would force close every 5 seconds. I went back into recovery and reflashed CM7 and it bootlooped. I went back into recovery and restored a backup from the day before and it worked flawlessly. I hadn't changed any type of settings, I had just installed the new Swiftkey Beta and Robot Unicorn Attack between the 2 backups. Through trial and error and many reboots into recovery I found out that it is the data portion of the backup that was causing the problems. Does anyone know why this happened? I am a little nervous about doing another backup for fear of not being able to use my phone.
CM7 Stable
Incredikernal (latest)
hboot .92
3.0.0.8 recovery
I suspect the backup had nothing to do with it. I'd bet you would have had the same problems after a simple reboot.
As far as I know, a nandroid backup simply reads from the phone and writes to the SD. I don't see how it could have changed anything on the phone itself.
That's what I thought. I can't remember if I had recently rebooted at that point but after getting the phone working through a restore of the previous backup I tried one last time and restored the backup that had caused the problem and the problem persisted.
How much free space do you have on data/data?
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I'm on an EVO 4G running Fresh 3.5.0.1 with Netarchy Toastmod 4.3.4 cfs havs-less no sbc. I'm currently using ClockworkMod recovery 2.6.0.1.
Last weekend, I wanted to try Synergy with GodMode. I don't know if it wasn't in the thread when I read it (I see the thread's been updated since my attempt), or if I just missed it, but either way, I was unaware that I couldn't install the GodMode ROM with ClockworkMod.
So I did a Nandroid backup and attempted install (I'll admit, I initially forgot to wipe data/davlik/cache). It seemed to install fine, but then couldn't make it past the boot splash. So I figured I'd cut my losses and just restore my backup. After restoring, it once again got stuck at the bootsplash (never had this issue in the past). And when I say stuck, I mean I let it sit at the boot splash screen for 5-10 minutes, pulled the battery, repeated (including wiping everything), and it could never get past it. To get the phone working again, I had to restore to a much earlier Gingerbread Deck backup that I had made while fooling around with that ROM, then I was able to restore the most recent backup without issue.
Fast forward to this evening. I figured I'd try again, but now I know I need Amon_RA's recovery. So my plan was to do another Nandroid backup, install Amon_RA, and try Synergy with GodMode. I never made it past the first step... after creating the backup (no changes were made, just the backup created), the phone wouldn't progress past the boot splash. I had to go to an earlier restore point (last weekend's) to get the phone to work. Tried restoring today's backup after getting it to work on the old backup, no luck.
Thinking perhaps the attempted GodMode install messed something up, I did a fresh install of Fresh 3.5.0.1 (pun semi-intended), fresh install of my kernel, and then tried restoring the most recent backup. Once again, couldn't get past the boot splash.
I feel like something is seriously wrong, and I don't feel comfortable going into recovery to make any changes until I have some insight into what the issue is.
To make matters worse, I rely on 4G tethering for internet, and have no landline, so if the phone is bricked while trying to resolve this issue, I'll have no resources to get help.
Any help is GREATLY appreciated. I've searched, but it seems that the problems everyone has that are like this occur immediately after changes are made and are remedied by wiping data/davlik/cache. I made no changes this evening, and wiped everything multiple times in my many attempts.
Edit: Almost forgot, some things did stand out as I was trying to get it to work.
While whiping Davlik, I was given the line:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
While restoring today's backup:
sd-ext.img not found. Skipping restore of /sd-ext/.
There was a nandroid restore issue using a previous version of twrp that was remedied by restoring nandroid and then flashing the rom over top of the nandroid. Maybe try that
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Ok I had the same problem. I wiped everything three times also wiped dilvak (might have spelled wrong) cache, and wiped battery stats. Then flashed it. It took forever also close to 15 mins. This is what I did I hope it helps.
Just a followup: I decided I could do without restoring to that specific backup (tried restoring it after wiping data a few more times, but oh well). I only installed a couple apps and changed a couple other things since the last backup that worked, so I installed Amon_Ra since it seems to be the consensus that it's a better recovery and made a backup with that... rebooted just fine afterwards.
I rooted my Evo for the first time today using the Revolutionary method. Everything went smoothly following the instructions. I downloaded and flashed the latest Evo Classic ROM and I was loving it. It seems to be an awesome ROM. I have 200 MB free space instead of 46MB with all of my apps installed. Everything was great until I went to go to bed. I put the phone on the stock HTC charger and climbed in bed. Less than a minute later it rebooted. The phone has always done that at random times so I didn't think anything of it. Shortly after it booted it rebooted again. It just keeps rebooting over and over as long as it's on the charger! Now it even reboots when it's not charging but the interval is as long as 10 minutes instead of 1.
Has anyone else had this issue? I spent HOURS getting everything just right and customizing settings after flashing this ROM and I really don't want to have to do it all over again. I followed the instructions for flashing the ROM. I cleared the cache and wiped all data. I backed up my apps with Titanium Backup and restored a select number of them. My phone is my alarm clock. Now I can't trust it to wake me up in the morning to go to work!
EDIT: I just restored from my stock NAND backup and it is working fine for tonight. I'm guessing I need to just start from scratch and reflash Evo Classic? I can't seem to find anyone else that had this problem so I assume it was something with my flash or an app I had installed?
I flashed a fresh Evo Classic ROM and started over. Everything was great. I got it all setup and restore my apps. No rebooting problems. Put it on the charger. Worked fine. As a troubleshooting step I opened Sleep, my alarm clock app, and within 30 seconds it rebooted. Obviously something with that app triggered it. I uninstalled it. About a minute later it started a reboot loop in one minute intervals.
Apparently no one has any ideas or I am invisible. I can't post in the Evo Classic thread because I don't have enough posts to earn me the privilege.
Did you wipe dalvik? And what recovery are you using?
I am using Revolutionary recovery (I think?). It is the one that was installed when I rooted following the directions.
I only see two options:
Wipe Data/Factory Reset
Clear Cache Partition
I have done both of these each time I flashed. I just flashed again and installed only the Sleep As An Droid app fresh from the market. I opened it and within one minute it rebooted. Obviously this app doesn't agree with this ROM or something isn't going right during the wipe and/or flash.
Any other suggestions for a stable ROM that has the new Sense notification bar with quick settings?
EDIT: I found the Dalvik Cache wipe option under advanced. Doing it now and will reflash and try again.
EDIT 2: Well that failed. I wiped data, cache partition, and dalvik and flashed the ROM. I logged into my Google account, downloaded the app from the market, put the phone on the charger, opened the app, and it rebooted.
Is it rebooting if you don't use that particular app at all?
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I am using Revolutionary recovery (I think?). It is the one that was installed when I rooted following the directions..
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That recovery is called clockwork. You might think about changing your recovery to amon ra since some people have issues with clockwork because it doesn't properly wipe cache and dalvik
Hey there! Sorry about your issues. I don't always check the q&a, so you are usually better off posting on my thread or pm. I just happened to peep on here today
First. Use this. It's the second step on my instructions to flash Classic. Not necessary, but recommended. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
Second, don't use titanium backup. Instead, use mybackup root (free in market and included with my Rom). Not to bash tb, but mybackuproot has never given me issues while I've heard stories about tb.
Third, once you get amon ra installed, boot into recovery and wipe everything but your sdcard.
Fourth, download a fresh copy of classic from a reliable network, like home computer. Downloading from a phone is bad news (just a tip since you're newly rooted )
Fifth, flash and enjoy!
Please let me know how it goes for you.
Truly,
Tommy
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Thank you very much for the reply! I will try your suggestions some time this weekend. I need my phone to work 100% as I am traveling so maybe Sunday I will try again.
I followed all of your suggestions and redownloaded the ROM, installed RA Recovery, cleared all data, cache, and dalvik several times, and reflashed the ROM.
I restored my apps and data using MyBackup Root and it took over 2 hours! I opened my alarm app and... reboot. Back to the same old reboot over and over.
I think I'll just go back to the stock ROM and remove the bloatware and call it good.
Theirs one obvious thing nobody mentioned. Google how to check a md5 sum do that with every rom you download and if it does not say its right don't flash, redownload and check again. Also restore as little as possible through mybackup and if you are restoring things like your alarms or any system settings don't.
As for good roms with quick settings like r2r going green lightning fast, or unleashed r6.
Ps I would suggest useing r2r superwipe before whatever you may flash n wipe both caches a few times first it might help
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Also id recommend copying all contents of SD card to computer and wipe SD card then reload everything back onto SD card. I know sometimes the SD card can become corrupt and cause bootloops and random reboots
I checked the Md5 sums of everything I downloaded. I only restored my apps, text messages, and Bluetooth pairings. I even ended up buying a new, larger SD card yesterday and I formated and used it when I flashed.
This afternoon I flashed my latest backup of my stock ROM and used Titanium Backup to removed all of the Sprint bloatware. My phone is running very fast now with over 110 MB of internal memory available so I can't complain.
Maybe next weekend I will try another ROM but for now I need me phone to be working since I do not have a land line and I rely on my phone for work.
You said this happened before you ever rooted? Maybe its a factory defect if u got a.warrenty I would suggest unrooting and sending to them.
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I got my original Evo on launch day and it had the random reboot problem from the first month. It was very infrequent at first but after a few months it got worse and worse. Finally, one day it started rebooting in a loop while I was at work. I took it directly to a Sprint store where they ordered me a replacement. The replacement has been great. It reboots on it's own once in a great while (maybe once every two months).
This seems to be very common. The reboots I got when I flashed the Evo Classic ROM were as bad as my original phone was just before it got replaced. The difference is that is definitely software based because flashing the stock ROM fixes it. The reboots I had on my original phone happened when the phone heated up randomly and were not fixed by a factory reset.
Its not normal they keep giveing you defects... I have never heard of.this problem anyway... I would take it bac
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I got my original Evo on launch day and it had the random reboot problem from the first month. It was very infrequent at first but after a few months it got worse and worse. Finally, one day it started rebooting in a loop while I was at work. I took it directly to a Sprint store where they ordered me a replacement. The replacement has been great. It reboots on it's own once in a great while (maybe once every two months).
This seems to be very common. The reboots I got when I flashed the Evo Classic ROM were as bad as my original phone was just before it got replaced. The difference is that is definitely software based because flashing the stock ROM fixes it. The reboots I had on my original phone happened when the phone heated up randomly and were not fixed by a factory reset.
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My girlfriend had the same issue with her second evo. She had the Black Evo at first than a friend of hers swapped her to the white Evo. She had the issue only on the white evo. She ended up having to replace the phone with another one. That one did the same thing for awhile so we thought it was an issue with an app she was running. I have the black evo and made a exact copy of her phone. I never once had the issue.
Sprint ended up replacing it agian with a line that something was different in the white Evo from the black one that was causing the issue. Ever since that day she hasn't had a problem with her phone. I just rooted and did her rom last night.
My question would be does the phone get hot? Or feel hot? The reason I ask is that the phones processor may restart the phone (in effort to cool it down) randomly. That is something to consider.
Glad I got the black
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Evo450 said:
I got my original Evo on launch day and it had the random reboot problem from the first month. It was very infrequent at first but after a few months it got worse and worse. Finally, one day it started rebooting in a loop while I was at work. I took it directly to a Sprint store where they ordered me a replacement. The replacement has been great. It reboots on it's own once in a great while (maybe once every two months).
This seems to be very common. The reboots I got when I flashed the Evo Classic ROM were as bad as my original phone was just before it got replaced. The difference is that is definitely software based because flashing the stock ROM fixes it. The reboots I had on my original phone happened when the phone heated up randomly and were not fixed by a factory reset.
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I kept getting the same thing when i flashed classic. I went back to shooter port which runs butter smooth and is fantastic looking with sense 3.0.
DO THIS TO TRY TO GET EVERYTHING WORKING (no more soft reboot)
-connect your sd card to your computer
-copy contents to your computer for a backup
-copy PC36IMG.zip to your sd card make sure it is on root of sd card(attached to message)
-disconnect usb cable then pull battery
-enter bootloader (vol down + power)
-when it asks if you want to install the new update select yes
-after thats done pull the battery again
-enter bootloader then select recovery ( you should now have amonRa 2.3 )
-flash zip from sd card (vrsuperwipe.zip *thanks to virus*)
-go back and go into wipe menu, wipe dalvik-cache, wipe sdext, battery stats, and rotate settings.
-go to partition sd card and partition for a gingersense rom if you have not done so already. (0 swap, 1024 or 2048 ext2, remaining FAT)
ABOVE PROCESS COULD TAKE SOME TIME, MAKE SURE YOUR SD CARD IS MOSTLY EMPTY BEFORE YOU DO THIS (ONLY HAVE PC36IMG.ZIP ON IT)
-select usb mass toggle and connect to computer
-copy over your choice of rom, i suggest the shooter e3d port by team nocturnal.
-flash rom
-go to flash zip from sd card again this time select TeamNocturnal folder and pick a kernel to flash (try all of them if you would like, some phones run better with different kernels. mine runs well with HDMwIn kernel.
-wipe dalvik-cache one more time and you are ready to reboot with no more random restarts hopefully.
good luck - and please hit the thanks button if any of this works for you
I've been curious about a few things. For one, is there a "proper" way to restore a backup from TWRP? Should you do a wipe first before you restore, or does that not matter? Let me give an example of an issue I ran into. I have a (Verizon) Galaxy Nexus, and I've mostly stuck to AOKP, but a while back, I wanted to try out a different ROM. This was back when TWRP was on version 2.4.x.x, so maybe it was just an issue with that. But anyway, I made a backup in TWRP, did my wipe, then flashed the new ROM to play around with. I played with the new ROM a little, but ultimately decided I didn't like it. So I went back into TWRP, wiped again, then used the restore function to go back to the backup I made. When my phone rebooted, though, I was dismayed to find that lots of stuff did not restore properly, and I had to waste a bunch of time fixing things that didn't restore. I was under the impression that when you restore, it just returns exactly the way you left everything before you wiped it out?
Also, I'm doing something similar now, on 2.6.0.0 of TWRP. I wanted to try a new ROM, so I made a backup, wiped, flashed the new ROM, played around with it, and decided to restore my previous backup. The backup file was about 7GB. My phone seems to be "stuck", though, in the recovery process. The bar is all the way at the end (the little slanted lines are still moving), and it's been stuck at "Restoring data..." for about 10-15 minutes, now. Is this normal? I don't remember it taking this long before, although I've only ever restored a backup a handful of times. Should I just leave it alone, or should I pull the battery, or what? I don't want to screw anything up, but I kinda need to have my phone working within the next five or so hours...
So, I rebooted my phone this morning (old habits die hard) and it made it loaded...then froze on the lockscreen. There was a slight graphic glitch on the screen too. So, I pulled the battery and rebooted again. And the same thing happened. So, I tried again. And it just hung on the boot animation. Not "boot looping", per say, since it never started over, just going on and on and on. Tried clearing the cache and rebooting. Nope. Finally, I tried wiping the caches and system, reflashed my ROM, and watched as nothing changed.
So, I accepted my fate, made a nandroid, wiped everything, and started fresh. This isn't a big deal, EXCEPT I lost all the info from my expense manager app (I like to know how much I spend on beer each month). Now, I've tried pulling the data from the nandroid (with Nandroid Manager, Rom Toolbox Pro, and Titanium Backup) to no avail. I was able to pull the data out for a couple other apps, but not the one I really want.
So, is there anything I can do?