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[Q] Noob stuck in boot loop - please help

I've had this phone for a about a month, and decided to get adventurous - should have left it alone.
I ran unrevoked the day I got the phone and decided to try cyanogem - it didn't work, got stuck on splash screen so I recovered my stock backup. I read in the developers forums about needing flash a new bootloader and use amon-ra instead of clockwork to load cyanogem.... I got the PC36IMG from the forum here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=764062&page=2
I've been stuck in boot loop since then.
I have followed all of the suggestions for those stuck in bootloop in the thread, (including both versions of the PC36IMG and no luck...
I went as far as running unrevoked forever again, in the hopes that it would put it back to the way it was before I flashed the file from the post.
I can get into recovery, and the hboot version is 2.02
none of my backups will install ( error 7), and the cyanogem 7 nightly will not load.
I am 350 miles away from home for the next two weeks and can't call home
to recap
1) unrevoked forever - ok
2) tried to flash cyanogem7 - got stuck in bootloop
3) flashed clockwork - ok
4) recovered backup - ok
5) flashed PC36IMG from above thread - stuck in bootloop wont load rom
6) flashed alternative PC36IMG from above thread - stuck in bootloop wont load rom
7) flashed clockwork again - ok
8) tried to restore backup - error 7
9) flashed mtd-eng.zip (from xda) - hboot .76 - hboot version on phone did not change
10) flashed mtd-eng.zip (from xda) - hboot .76.200 - hboot version on phone did not change
11) unrevoked forever - completed but still stuck in bootloop/recovery
10)
7) flashed clockwork again - ok
I really don't know where to go from here, and everything I try from the xda forums doesnt work. Any help with this will be deeply appreciated..

Start fresh ,get calkulins wipe all and then flash it and then flash a rom and start from there
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Thanks
a few more questions...
where do I get caulkins wipe all?
do I need to backup my roms on my computer?
will I loose my 4g keys?
Thank you.

luckyhubby said:
a few more questions...
where do I get caulkins wipe all?
do I need to backup my roms on my computer?
will I loose my 4g keys?
Thank you.
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http://www.mediafire.com/?ikylelx99c49133 There ya go.
It is always a good idea to backup your rom, and espciallu your wimax. And using the format all won't kill your 4G keys.

wimaxx?
Again noob here... srry...
I assume backing up my roms would just be copying them from the sd card, but the wimax is something I haven't run across yet. How do you back that up?

luckyhubby said:
Again noob here... srry...
I assume backing up my roms would just be copying them from the sd card, but the wimax is something I haven't run across yet. How do you back that up?
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Well you backup the rom that way, but when someone says "backup your rom" they mean you boot into recovery and select back, and it backups your system image, and you can restore it if something goes wrong.
clockwork recovery- selct backup/restore, select backup, and you're done
amon_ra- select backup/restore, select which items you want
Wimax is the official name for 4G, so if you hear wimax, they mean 4G. Clockwork backs up wimax automatically, and it can be extracted from the zip and copied if on a computer. On amon_ra 2.3 you have to physically select wimax and back it up, otherwise it can be lost.

I think I got it
so ... move calkulins to sd card
install from zip
flash backup
trying now

luckyhubby said:
so ... move calkulins to sd card
install from zip
flash backup
trying now
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Well I would backup before flash, but you got it there.

Off topic,but teh roxx u still on cm7
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backed up before I started this...
copying contents of sd card just in case...
Thanks... I will let you know in a few minutes how it went

davidc23 said:
Off topic,but teh roxx u still on cm7
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Yes, that I am.
luckyhubby said:
copying contents of sd card just in case...
Thanks... I will let you know in a few minutes how it went
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Format all only touches the system data, like the cache, ect. But its always handy to backup the contents every so often. And sound good, I'll be around.

didn't work
error while flashing boot image

I also tried to install CM7, that didn't go either - status 7

Awkward. let me see if I find it. But you can just click:
format data, wipe cache, and under advanced [if on clockwork] wipe dalvik, and it does the same thing. I've never used the format all zip and been just fine.

I am using clockwork, will try dalvic method

luckyhubby said:
I am using clockwork, will try dalvic method
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Alright, so wipe data/factory restore, wipe cache, and then under advanced, wipe dalvik cache, and you'll be all set.

I'm sorry, but still sys error while flashing boot image....
I have 3 recoveries saved... will try the other two, as well as CM7

Well apparently it doesn't like the file. What exactly are you trying to do now, flasha new rom?

just get A rom to work..
the phone won't boot, I can only get it into recovery.
I started out trying to get CM7, but now I just want it to work. lol

Well try flashing the latest CM7 nightly. And to use that [CM7] you are on the 3.0+ version of clockwork?

need help fast! stuck on incredible screen

So my phone now will only reboot up to the HTC Incredible white screen. I'm not even sure what the issue is, all i did last before it got stuck was erase data on an old sd card i had in the phone. Then I just did a reboot and it froze on the white screen.
I'm running GB evervolv 2.3.2 with 2.6.37.4 incredikernel.
I can get into HBOOT but when i click on recovery it takes me into fastboot everytime.
What can i do to fix this????
Sorry please move this thread to the Q&A section, i thought that's where I was posting it, my bad.

Go to the Clockwork Recovery thread and download the update for a different version and try getting that to flash via bootloader. That way you can at least get into recovery if you need to flash new. Just to clear it up, did you use your phone to delete stuff off the old card, by using Astro or ES file explorer? I know ES file explorer has root access so is there a chance you could've deleted a system file on accident? All it takes is a click of the SD card icon and you're in root instead of SDcard. Also this is probably a thread more for the Q&A subforum, just an fyi

i deleted an old sd card that i don't even use for my phone, i was just putting it in there to clear out whatever was left on it. so i could use it new.

And it still bootloops even when you put your normal SD card back in?

yup, i dunno what it's deal is.

I remember an older version of cm7 on the nook color warned against formating sd cards because it accidentaly formats the boot partition, this may be a bug that exists in the rom your using.
at least you can get into hboot, you should be able to download ruu image and flash it in hboot. this would get you back to stock, then root and install clockwork, and then restore your latest nandroid.

Flash this recovery in hboot
http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/recovery/clockworkmod/PB31IMG.ZIP
It should at least give you a working recovery.

i have to rename things as update.zip in order for hboot to flash them right??

facedown41 said:
i have to rename things as update.zip in order for hboot to flash them right??
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NO leave it PB31IMG.ZIP.
hboot can only see that name. if you rename it hboot will not see it at all.
also make sure your card is formatted as FAT32

got it into recovery so i'm just wiping and restoring, thanks for the help!

ok now i'm getting a bootloop on the cm7 boot screen...i just went to flash that new instead of my nandroid because the nandroid was from an older rom.

Did you wipe everything? Davik, Cache, Data, etc?

wiped data and cache...didn't do davik because i've never had to in the past. but i'll give it a try.

would i need to update CMW from version 2.0+ to 3 in order for cm7 to work? because it's still bootlooping

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME!
i was on MIUI 1.3.25 (the newest GB release) and i was formatting an sd card and when i restarted my phone i got stuck at the splash screen! i have been able to boot back into cwm recovery but even when i wipe and flash, nothing works.
i booted into recovery and tried to restart from there - failed
i reflashed 3.18 (wiped cache/dalvik) - failed
i wiped all data and reflashed 3.18 - failed
wiped all, flashed 3.25, fixed permissions - stuck at splash screen again
restored an old MIUI (v1.1.15) - stuck at splash screen
pleaseee let me know if you figure this out
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i ran the RUU and got stock to start working. i'm about to root and try flashing something

JWorth said:
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME!
i was on MIUI 1.3.25 (the newest GB release) and i was formatting an sd card and when i restarted my phone i got stuck at the splash screen! i have been able to boot back into cwm recovery but even when i wipe and flash, nothing works.
i booted into recovery and tried to restart from there - failed
i reflashed 3.18 (wiped cache/dalvik) - failed
i wiped all data and reflashed 3.18 - failed
wiped all, flashed 3.25, fixed permissions - stuck at splash screen again
restored an old MIUI (v1.1.15) - stuck at splash screen
pleaseee let me know if you figure this out
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i ran the RUU and got stock to start working. i'm about to root and try flashing something
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Are you getting errors when you wipe?like when you wipe data does it say error can't mount or anything like that.... I have a feeling you may have to flash an Ruu and then reroot
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no, no errors. but i flashed the RUU and rerooted and everything works just fine. I flashed MIUI again and it worked perfect
thanks!

I figured that's what you would have to do glad you are back running
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I always mount my sdcard in a linux and format/fix/repartion, or at least let Clockwork Recovery do it. I have never found a Sense, Vanilla, or AOSP ROM that handled SD partition operations very well, without at least a little tragedy.
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rynosaur said:
I always mount my sdcard in a linux and format/fix/repartion, or at least let Clockwork Recovery do it. I have never found a Sense, Vanilla, or AOSP ROM that handled SD partition operations very well, without at least a little tragedy.
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This tends to be things go as far as ROMs partitioning my sd, always back it up externally and format/partition before transferring stuck back over to it while in phone.

[Q] Problem with midNIGHT rom 5.2 RFS/Journaling on

I've tried to install midNIGHT rom 6 times now with the same result. I cannot install any apps from the market, titanium backup, or from sdcard. It will vibrate once at the beginning of install than again 2 or 3 times. My phone will then show the bootup animation and return to the homescreen. Ive odined back to stock and rerooted 4 times and wiped everything 3x each time. Each time I get the same result. Ive also tried reformatting my sd card and starting with a fresh download. Other roms work, just not this one. I dont have enough posts to reply to the midnight thread, so what should I try next to make it work?

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I've tried to install midNIGHT rom 6 times now with the same result. I cannot install any apps from the market, titanium backup, or from sdcard. It will vibrate once at the beginning of install than again 2 or 3 times. My phone will then show the bootup animation and return to the homescreen. Ive odined back to stock and rerooted 4 times and wiped everything 3x each time. Each time I get the same result. Ive also tried reformatting my sd card and starting with a fresh download. Other roms work, just not this one. I dont have enough posts to reply to the midnight thread, so what should I try next to make it work?
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what rom did u have before that workd ??

i had acs with ext then flashed to rooted ec05 with rfs. had several eclair roms installed.

acburnett said:
i had acs with ext then flashed to rooted ec05 with rfs. had several eclair roms installed.
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MAYBE YOUR flashing the wrong rom to update from the midnight ex: if you use dk28 ... i dnt think thats gets the proper update ec05
so lets see if you flash a dI18 or better get eb13 stick rom ... now u can either flash the ec05 modem or as my phone did when i used the stock eb13 it sent me the update for ec05 then i rooted w 3.0.6 clockworkmod then i went to BONSAI .. i left BONSAi to midnight ... i wiped factory data 3x - cache petition 3x and davlik cache 3x ... then i installed the zip MIDNIGHT V5.2 JOURNALING ON .... THEN AFTER IT BOOTED .... i went back into RECOVERY and flash the ZIP EXTRAS .. bang it was magic ... lol'
but basically im tryn to give you steps that maybe something might help u or give u and idea ..... IT WORKED FOR ME .....
DISCLAIMER : im not a professional if something major goes wrong i dnt not claim responsibility ...

I have the same problem. Worked the first time I installed it but I restored back to stock. Now when I install I can't install from market. Tried odin back to stock but It still doesn't work. Haven't seen a solution in the midnight thread besides going to EXT.

I am having issues as well and cannot post a reply. I have wiped and re installed 3x but my phone will randomly turn off and I have to pull the battery to reset device. If the device stays plugged in I do not have this issue. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

You note that this version is the one with journaling enabled... have you tried the version without journaling? You can manually re-enable it by making a CWM Nandroid backup and then restoring that backup immediately after.

acburnett said:
i had acs with ext then flashed to rooted ec05 with rfs. had several eclair roms installed.
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On the instructions for midNIGHT 5.2 with Journaling On it says not to start with a pre-rooted EC05. Start with stock EC05 and then root with CWM 2.5.5 for RFS or 3.0.0.6 if you are wanting to use the EXT4 one. There is a link for a stock EC05 on the instructions in the thread for the ROM

And how to check if the journaling is actually on or off.

dito33 said:
And how to check if the journaling is actually on or off.
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I'm not sure if there's a quick and easy way to detect this through the Terminal Emulator. I tried a line of code that I believed would tell me but I didn't get the answer I was looking for. Someone else may have the answer.
The quick and dirty way, however, is to make a Nandroid backup through Clockworkmod, as you should generally just have one at all times anyway. Now turn your phone on, and pull the battery out. If when you turn your phone back on you don't encounter any FC's, then your journaling is on and your data is protected. If not, then restore your Nandroid backup you just made and that will enable journaling.
If you installed a no-journaling rom, rest assured, journaling is off if you haven't restored. Either way you should have a Nandroid backup just in case.
Note: This process has been documented and posted many many many times across XDA at this point.

I was also having this issue so I installed the EXT4 Journal On version and problem solved. No one knows why LOL.

Need experienced help fast!!!!!!!!

I am fully rooted had VR KINGDOM BETA 1 did a nand backup tried to save some space on my phone using Calkulins (Firerat) custom recovery mtd and boot custom mtd follolwed all instructions went to reboot now phone hangs on splash screen. Tried to restore a previous backup of Mikfroyo 4.62 using same procedure it hangs on boot anim...I still have access to recovery amon ra 2.3 on phone but I am lost as to how to get my phone up and running again...was at work all day sick to stomach thinking I have f-d my phone up...PLEASE PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME

What you can do is a clean wipe, then restore the backup, flash the rom over itself, or do a clean wipe, and then flash a new rom. Did you rename the backup?

Here are my thoughts, you probably wiped the ROM when you modified your partitions and you never flashed a new ROM so you have nothing to boot into. Another thought is maybe the nandroid you are restoring has partitions that are too big/small for your new partition sizes and they can't be restored and/or nandroids are not compatible once you modify the partition sizes. I would just try to flash a new ROM image and see if it boots.

Boot into recovery, wipe data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache , and sdext. Then restore your backup of mikfroyo and reboot. Let it sit and be... patient

teh roxxorz said:
What you can do is a clean wipe, then restore the backup, flash the rom over itself, or do a clean wipe, and then flash a new rom. Did you rename the backup?
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I would assume that since he's not getting an error when restoring, that he didn't improperly rename it.

OK GUYS first off HUGE THANKS for quick reply !!!! I have done complete wipes, flashed Kingdom backup...nothing... I even had the PC36IMG.zip of Sprint lovers Rom and tried that cuz it has saved my EVO before but when I tried the update it unzipped all but system update ...said "fail uz" on bootloader screen. Is there any way to get that calkulins off my phone. Oh and at one point when I booted into recovery from bootloader it said at bottom E:/ Can't open cache. Only Mik backup is named...Kingdom is named what amon ra put ( date time)...PLEASE HELP ABOUT TO CRY!!!!

Did you try to flash a new ROM via recovery?

When I tried to restore Mik backup it got as far as the boot anim then screen times out. Only Rom I have on my phone to flash is the VR KINGDOM BETA. I am using my gf EVO shift to post guys please be patient with me...just want my EVO back!!!!

Is it possible to download a Rom to gf phone and put on sdcard to flash to my phone or will I lose recovery without MY EVO sdcard...she is not rooted

When I flash a new Rom do I have to do all the steps for the calkulins recovery and boot custom mtd...I would like to just get rid of it. I have used calkulins method in the past with no probs...so why now and why can't I even use the PC36IMG.zip Sprint lovers !!!!! I figured if I still had access to recovery my phone is still savable...??? Is it???

You can flash from her card. Your recovery is not stored on your sd card

If you go to your amon, and choose the usb option, second choice I believe, it will mount your phone to your computer as disk drive and you can transfer a ROM from your computer.

Will download a Rom now and try...will let you know....BIG THANKS!!!

Are you familiar/comfortable with amon_ra? If not, i can give you more detailed instructions... let me know

Vinchenzop said:
Are you familiar/comfortable with amon_ra? If not, i can give you more detailed instructions... let me know
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Yea its not hard, as some users have issues with clockwork. Just be sure to make a backup immediately as your can't restore CWM, and make a wimax backup.

Pretty comfortable with amon been using since Dec.'10 when I got EVO and root. Downloading Mik 4.62 now...wish me luck guys...will let you know.!!!

Ok good, you're welcome and good luck, post any problems... but remember, be patient... if it isn't bootlooping, it means is working! ( Assuming it gets to the bootanimation)

ianmb said:
Pretty comfortable with amon been using since Dec.'10 when I got EVO and root. Downloading Mik 4.62 now...wish me luck guys...will let you know.!!!
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-Casts a voodoo chant of luck upon you-
Hopefully no problems.

teh roxxorz said:
-Casts a voodoo chant of luck upon you-
Hopefully no problems.
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Tone it down a bit there roxxy, you're creeping out the children...

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Tone it down a bit there roxxy, you're creeping out the children...
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Did I say voodoo...I meant jazz interpretive dance.

[Q] installed midnight rom v2.2 problems booting

Need help I installed midnight rom v2.2 today I did the recommended wipes as instructed. I had cwm 4.0.1.5 and did my backup twice. When I installed midnight every thing went good but then during reboot it just rebooted back into cwm 5.0.2.3 I've pulled the battery and nothing. I can't even get into my restore files ......did flashing the new cwm erase the backup?????I'm stuck what do I do???????

in the older 4.x cwm backups are on the internal sd card
in the newer 5.x cwm backups are on the external card.
(may be the other way around)
as long as you didnt format the actual sd cards your alright the backups are still there.
i think from cwm you can mount both to a pc and just copy the clockwork folder from one to the other. though i may be wrong.
might be easiest to odin a kernel that has the old 4x cwm
check the dev section there are a few floating around.
edit this kernel has the old cwm as both a flashable zip from inside cwm
and a .tar from odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1284092
sometimes it takes more than 1 wipe/format to fully clear or you could have a bad download.
there are also a few full system .tar files that will get you back up and running on a stock system.

Thanks I used Odin to reflash a kernel with the cwm I needed and was able to restore. Ill try to flash midnight against knowing I'm this now!

no prob.
may think about copying the backups to the other sd card too.
that way they are still there even on the newer 5x cwm if you have a problem.

Would it work if I upgrade to zedomax v6.02 it comes with cwm5 same as what comes in midnight rom2.2 that way I don't go through the same problem if it happens again?

it should but your best bet would be to update to that kernel with cwm5
then create a new backup before continuing.

If your phone boots into CWM after a battery pull, just select reboot system now and that will boot the phone up. I see that on my phone as well at times. Not sure what causes it but that always fixes it for me.

ptfdmedic said:
If your phone boots into CWM after a battery pull, just select reboot system now and that will boot the phone up. I see that on my phone as well at times. Not sure what causes it but that always fixes it for me.
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I tried that about 5 times it just kept booting into cwm. Maybe a bad download im not sure, but ill try it again and see if it works this time around. Thanks!

Problem solved i just reflashed the rom and it booted up just fine. It works great. Very good rom!
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