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[Q] Does anyone know how to fix this?

So this past weekend, I got a notification on my phone telling me that there was a software update available.
I have a rooted stock 2.2 rom running on my phone, and about two weeks ago my phone stopped reading/mounting my SD card. I tried the SD card fix posted on here, but it didn't do anything for me.
So when I got this notification I figured I'd install it, lose root, and get my SD card back. (I only wanted root so I could use the mobile hotspot feature, which I don't use that much anymore so I don't care about having root)
So I download and install the update, and my phone reboots and now I'm stuck on the bootloader screen. I've tried to get into recovery, but each time I do that I'm presented with the image of the phone with the red exclamation mark.
So once I get that screen, I pressed the up volume key and the power button, then it tells me:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
Then I get a blue menu (it says: Android system recovery <3e>) up top and presents me with 4 options:
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
I've tried all options. When I tried to apply the update.zip, it tries multiple times to access it, but keeps saying it can't mount the SDcard.
this is the message I get:
E:Reading package...
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)
(Invalid argument)
I've wiped the data/factory reset... doesn't work.
tried wiping cache partition... don't work.
I'm going to try another SD card later, maybe that will help. What files should I put on it?
Dunno if this will help, but on the bootloader screen (top) it says:
supersonic evt2-3 ship s-on
hboot-0.97.0000
touch panel-atmel224_16ab
radio-2.15.00.09.01
aug 19 2010, 14:29:08
If anyone can shed some light into what the hell is wrong with my phone, I would appreciate it greatly.

Get a new SD card. Mine had the same problem and sprint gave me a new one. Put the files you need on the SD card directly from your computer using an adapter. As for the specific files you need I'll stand aside for someone with more experience.
DO NOT take your phone into sprint as it is. May be a "duh" statement but I want to be sure you know that.
Sent from my Virus Infected Evo using the XDA app.

MercuryTangent said:
Get a new SD card. Mine had the same problem and sprint gave me a new one. Put the files you need on the SD card directly from your computer using an adapter. As for the specific files you need I'll stand aside for someone with more experience.
DO NOT take your phone into sprint as it is. May be a "duh" statement but I want to be sure you know that.
Sent from my Virus Infected Evo using the XDA app.
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I really hope thats all thats wrong with my phone. Because if I can't get this phone working, then I need to wait till friday to get one I can use.

does anyone know what I should put on this memory card?
is that even the problem?

can anyone offer some insight?

MercuryTangent said:
Get a new SD card. Mine had the same problem and sprint gave me a new one. Put the files you need on the SD card directly from your computer using an adapter. As for the specific files you need I'll stand aside for someone with more experience.
DO NOT take your phone into sprint as it is. May be a "duh" statement but I want to be sure you know that.
Sent from my Virus Infected Evo using the XDA app.
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Why are you telling him not take the phone in to Sprint? It seems to me like he has the stock hboot and it says "s" is off, so I don't see what the problem is. There is nothing there that would indicate the phone has been rooted, so they would have no reason to say the warranty is voided. If he accepted an OTA update, he obviously doesn't have root, so even if they do get the phone to turn on, it's a non-issue.
OP: It sounds like a defective SD card. If you put a pc36img.zip file on the SD card and the phone cannot read it from the menu you are describing, and you previously tried the SD card fix to no avail, then try a different SD card. Maybe you can ask someone to lend you one off of their phone? If so, you can place an RUU on the card that is lent to you, and all the files you need for the phone to operate will be there. Just find a thread describing how to unroot your phone, follow the steps, and you should be good to go.
Did you try putting the SD card in the adapter and seeing if a computer will read it?

rugedraw said:
Why are you telling him not take the phone in to Sprint? It seems to me like he has the stock hboot and it says "s" is off, so I don't see what the problem is. There is nothing there that would indicate the phone has been rooted, so they would have no reason to say the warranty is voided. If he accepted an OTA update, he obviously doesn't have root, so even if they do get the phone to turn on, it's a non-issue.
OP: It sounds like a defective SD card. If you put a pc36img.zip file on the SD card and the phone cannot read it from the menu you are describing, and you previously tried the SD card fix to no avail, then try a different SD card. Maybe you can ask someone to lend you one off of their phone? If so, you can place an RUU on the card that is lent to you, and all the files you need for the phone to operate will be there. Just find a thread describing how to unroot your phone, follow the steps, and you should be good to go.
Did you try putting the SD card in the adapter and seeing if a computer will read it?
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I can't use the adapter cause I don't have a card reader. I've always used my phone to write files to the SD cards.
But I will try what you suggested. I found the exact update I was trying to download, So I'll put that on the SD card and try and flash it on the phone.
I can't post links yet (still noob status) so the title of the link on here:
OTA_Supersonic_3.29.651.5 - just the OTA update zip file
praying this works...

OP, I'm in the same situation. Any luck yet?

Help please is rooting possible with completely blank sd card?

Hey guys, I need some help here. The other night I tried rooting my htc evo with unrevoked. After installing all of the necessary driver and letting unrevoked run its flash, my phone comepletely messed up. The phone booted up like normal one time. I saw the app with the little ninja, superuser or something it was called. There was no unrevoked app or anything. I no longer had the option to change from usb to charge only or anything like that. The phone then vibrated 5 times and the screen shut off with the green l.e.d. flashing. Since then I was never able to get my phone to boot up normally. I could only get to the hboot screen or recovery screen. My hboot screen has said s-on ever since then. I tried installing new roms and everything. My computer would show the bootloader interface under the android phone but my phone would never mount sd card. Everytime I tried to unzip the PC36img.zip it kept saying unable to mount sd card installation error. I've tried all the sd card commands and every solution on any forums. I was so frustrated I simply put my sd card into an old phone and formatted it removing every single thing that was on it.
Today I picked up a sd card adapter hoping it will help.
Now I want to know how I can comepletely start over with a blank sd card. I need someone to point me in the right direction using a GREAT set of instructions. I want to know what the best ROM is to flash onto my phone. Every set I have tried to follow has not helped. I know this is user error but I want to keep trying instead of giving up and buying a new phone.
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read my thread. I know it's a lot of pissing and moaning.
Someone please help me. I loved my EVO even when it was completely stock. I do want it to still be rooted with a custom ROM.

First off, you are not suppose to be unzipping the files. The PC36IMG.zip goes onto the sd card in the root directory. If you have unzipped the file, chances are you corrupted it so I'd advise you to download it again. If you are new to this I would recommend Sprint Lovers rom since it is mostly stock and everything works. Its a good starting point. So, now that you have a good PC36IMG.zip file on you freshly formatted SD card, stick it back in your phone, boot into the bootloader and select hboot. The phone should find the PC36IMG.zip file and read it. It will then ask you if you want to perform the update. Once the update is done it will reboot. It will take a while for you phone to boot up the first time. It may be on the boot screen for several minutes and then another several minutes on the boot animation. Good luck and once your phone is up and running do a nand backup so you have a good way to get back to the beginning if you stumble again.

I never unzipped the file. I think i just simply overloaded the sd card with stuff and it was confused. Do you have a good link with a good garanteed download of that zip file?

atomlin06 said:
I never unzipped the file. I think i just simply overloaded the sd card with stuff and it was confused. Do you have a good link with a good garanteed download of that zip file?
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You might also want to double check for Windows settings. If you aren't displaying extensions you might be naming it pc36img.zip.zip (with the second .zip being invisible.)

Phateless said:
You might also want to double check for Windows settings. If you aren't displaying extensions you might be naming it pc36img.zip.zip (with the second .zip being invisible.)
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the naming of it is fine. I double checked them over and over. for some reason on the hboot screen when it was scanning for it it wouldn't find it or show up on my revoery screen when trying to upload zip file. I took my sd card out and put it in my video camera and hooked it up to the computer to view the files. It was on the root of my sd card, however my computer only recognized it as a removal G: drive. My sd card still showed all of my folders from before. So I formatted it and when I get home I'm going to download a new one and put that on the sd card making sure it is the absolute only thing on the sd card and maybe that will work

also should i try and uninstall any driver or any of the unrevoked stuff from before I start over fresh?

Also now since i formatted my sd card, I can no longer go into the clockwork recovery mod. When i try to click recovery on the hboot menu it goes to htc white screen and vibrates five times and shuts off. Should I just go with the amon ra recovery this time?

atomlin06 said:
Also now since i formatted my sd card, I can no longer go into the clockwork recovery mod. When i try to click recovery on the hboot menu it goes to htc white screen and vibrates five times and shuts off. Should I just go with the amon ra recovery this time?
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I've always preferred Amon Ra over Clockwork and am actually pretty bummed that Amon won't be working on my MT4G.

Phateless said:
I've always preferred Amon Ra over Clockwork and am actually pretty bummed that Amon won't be working on my MT4G.
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so should I put amon ra on my sd card with the new pc36img.zip and flash them together at the same time? or do I have to do the pc36img.zip first?

atomlin06 said:
so should I put amon ra on my sd card with the new pc36img.zip and flash them together at the same time? or do I have to do the pc36img.zip first?
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Pretty sure pc36img will overwrite everything including recovery so do that first and then ra recovery later.

so i tried to put my samsung 8 gb mini sdhc into a sandisk card reader and my computer won't recognize. is it because my sd card in an sdhc?

atomlin06 said:
so i tried to put my samsung 8 gb mini sdhc into a sandisk card reader and my computer won't recognize. is it because my sd card in an sdhc?
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Nope, mine recognizes just fine. Maybe all this is a bad sdcard??

Phateless said:
Nope, mine recognizes just fine. Maybe all this is a bad sdcard??
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i got the pc36img.zip onto the sd card. when i put the card into my evo the evo tries to load a pc36diag.zip? it doesnt find it then it finds the pc36img.zip then a blue status bar loads on screen for a minute or two and then it says checking pc36img.zip then goes back to hboot screen. this hasnt happened before. do i need to download whatever this ps36diag.zip? my clockworkmod recovery still will not mount sd card

atomlin06 said:
i got the pc36img.zip onto the sd card. when i put the card into my evo the evo tries to load a pc36diag.zip? it doesnt find it then it finds the pc36img.zip then a blue status bar loads on screen for a minute or two and then it says checking pc36img.zip then goes back to hboot screen. this hasnt happened before. do i need to download whatever this ps36diag.zip? my clockworkmod recovery still will not mount sd card
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Once it loads the update it should ask you to press a button to begin the update. You just put it on the sddard, boot into hboot and then follow the prompts. It really couldn't be simpler.

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Once it loads the update it should ask you to press a button to begin the update. You just put it on the sddard, boot into hboot and then follow the prompts. It really couldn't be simpler.
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thats why im so confused, it never asks me to update anything

atomlin06 said:
thats why im so confused, it never asks me to update anything
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The file isn't named PC36IMG.zip.zip is it?

no its not name pc36img.zip.zip alsoi just in case this makes a difference here is what my hboot screen looks like
supersonic evt2-3 ship s-on
hboot-2.10.0001
microp-041f
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-2.15.00.11.19
oct 15 2010, 12:07:00
does this all look correct?

atomlin06 said:
thats why im so confused, it never asks me to update anything
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Are you letting it sit for awhile? Typically it will ask you to press power or the trackpad to start the update. I've used SAPPIMG.nbh on my mt3g and PD15IMG.zip on my mt4g to restore the phones to stock with none of the issues you're describing.
Keep trying I guess. It sounds like you're making slow progress.

atomlin06 said:
no its not name pc36img.zip.zip alsoi just in case this makes a difference here is what my hboot screen looks like
supersonic evt2-3 ship s-on
hboot-2.10.0001
microp-041f
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-2.15.00.11.19
oct 15 2010, 12:07:00
does this all look correct?
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Well S-ON, not fully rooted. Did you let it sit for a minute and ask for the update?

so i finally got my phone to load the pc36img.zip. and i got to select update. Now when the phone boots up it will not detect the sd card

[HELP] Bricked? Unroot/return to stock for warranty

Hi all, I've searched for several hours now and haven't found an adequate solution for my particular situation.
This AM, I updated by DINC with the newest version of MIUI, rebooted and now get the dreaded 5 vibrate, flashing green light issue. Prior to this I have had no issues.
It's my understanding that my phone is essentially toast, but could be replaced under warranty. I have tried to restore to stock, but it cannot mount my SDCARD and I cannot mount it under USB on my computer. I have restored to factory, etc. under HBOOT, but ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0.0.8 is still installed. I have tried factory RUU under windows but it won't connect either.
My settings are:
INCREDIBLEC XC SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.92.0000
MICROP-0417
RADIO-2.15.00.07.28
Would I be able to take this in for a warranty replacement or is there anything I can do to make it serviceable? I've read countless posts and don't know what to do at this point. ADB commands? I'm at a complete loss here. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I had the same problem and I listed my solution.....search for "Unroot without SD card" I believe......basically, download the stock image, remove your SD card and place it on that using a card reader (in my case I waited until my replacement phone got here and used that to access the SD card), put the SD card back into the defective phone, boot into HBOOT and it hopefully will update the stock image (and of course make sure the file is removed from the SD card before you boot up again).......
Out of curiosity......do you remember having your USB connected at the time of the original issue? I know mine was and somehow improperly unmounted it while in recovery (I was accessing the USB mount)....I'd like to avoid having it happen again....

Hope
If you can still access ClockworkMod there is still hope!!
Download any ROM (if you get a stock ROM make sure you have the right one e.g SLCD) and install it using ClockworkMod.
If I were you I would download a CyanogenMod 7 Rom and install it. Should boot right up.

I had that happen to mine and after a few days of trying things nothing would work. I just wiped all the partitions and sent it back even though CWM2 was still on there, got a new phone and never heard anything back about it. So I'd say just do that.

[Q] is it shot?

my friend was completly mindless. he used kernal manger to flash the cyanogenmod kernal to his phone. the phone is s-on and nothing works except the phone itself, it does not power properly it needs battery pull and plug ins to get it to start or it just vibrates 5x then freezes. it also does not recognize the sd OR pc, i cant get to it on the pc with correct drivers...its like its not there.
so i went to fix it for him and could not ruu due to the not seeing the device, and couldnt flash anything off the sd due to the sd being not recognized. he told me he had a failed unrevoked session and it put superuser on and cwm on. i CAN get to the hboot screen and when i go into recovery i get into cwm but nothing at all works...
i never saw a brick like this. i would like to call it a live brick dead lol
is it dead?
ty

chef2 said:
my friend was completly mindless. he used kernal manger to flash the cyanogenmod kernal to his phone. the phone is s-on and nothing works except the phone itself, it does not power properly it needs battery pull and plug ins to get it to start or it just vibrates 5x then freezes. it also does not recognize the sd OR pc, i cant get to it on the pc with correct drivers...its like its not there.
so i went to fix it for him and could not ruu due to the not seeing the device, and couldnt flash anything off the sd due to the sd being not recognized. he told me he had a failed unrevoked session and it put superuser on and cwm on. i CAN get to the hboot screen and when i go into recovery i get into cwm but nothing at all works...
i never saw a brick like this. i would like to call it a live brick dead lol
is it dead?
ty
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alright, i didnt read the whole thing. gonna go smoke and think. lol. happened too much today with devs leaving and $h!t

SD card not working? Do you have a card reader or another phone to put it in and format with? See if it is even recognized by anything else other than the phone.
I'm not sure but isn't an SD card necessary for CWM recovery to work?

TheWhiteBandito said:
SD card not working? Do you have a card reader or another phone to put it in and format with? See if it is even recognized by anything else other than the phone.
I'm not sure but isn't an SD card necessary for CWM recovery to work?
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if they want the phone to work, yeah.

sd works anywhere else. sd is not recognized by phone. nothing happens when its pushed in and using astro shows nothing there. cwm just opens but is completly non-functional

chef2 said:
sd works anywhere else. sd is not recognized by phone. nothing happens when its pushed in and using astro shows nothing there. cwm just opens but is completly non-functional
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insane, but try to root it if its stable? anyone else here? i cant really think of another way....

has to be the craziest thing i seen

Can you not use a card reader to put the RUU on and flash it in hboot? I guess not if its S-ON, what error is it giving in unrevoked? If it flashed an alternate recovery then it has to be rooted..

k_nivesout said:
Can you not use a card reader to put the RUU on and flash it in hboot? I guess not if its S-ON, what error is it giving in unrevoked? If it flashed an alternate recovery then it has to be rooted..
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Would running unrevoked again work?
Change roms like I change underwear.

I have the same problem.... HELP

santttoos said:
I have the same problem.... HELP
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Try some of the solutions above and let us know. Re-rooting or putting the RUU found here http://dougpiston.com/?page_id=108 on the SD card

My thoughts are the only fix i can see working would be to flash the RUU in hboot not cwm and then root it properly. That should work provided you can get it to read the sd card in hboot
SD card must be fat 32
the ruu you download must be named "PB31IMG.zip" the case is important it must be in all uppercase
and what you will do is put it on the sdcard using a card reader and your pc then put it in the phone then go into hboot it should read the card find the image and ask you if you wish to flash this. You should if it goes well have a stock phone... You can then run unrevoked again to root it this time...

can not access the sd card at all... sd card works fine in my computer... not mountable... can't figure it out...

[Q] Rooted htc Evo won't boot pass htc screen !!

Hey pls help me I'm rooted with revolutionary "rooting for dummies" .... Everything went well the phone was amazing ... I then installed miui rom and loved it also but then the phone stop reading the sd card it wont pick up on it at all I said forget I disnt need it but then it wouldn't connect to wifi I pulled the battery phone wouldn't boot pass htc Evo 4g screen I tried to boot in recovery no luck I rebooted And did a clear storage to forever for the phone to come on but it did the wifi worked still wouldn't read sd card but now It will no longer boot!!!!! Pls pls pls pls help me I'm freaking out!!

What recovery? You try to install a new recovery thru hboot?
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Lovekelly said:
Hey pls help me I'm rooted with revolutionary "rooting for dummies" .... Everything went well the phone was amazing ... I then installed miui rom and loved it also but then the phone stop reading the sd card it wont pick up on it at all I said forget I disnt need it but then it wouldn't connect to wifi I pulled the battery phone wouldn't boot pass htc Evo 4g screen I tried to boot in recovery no luck I rebooted And did a clear storage to forever for the phone to come on but it did the wifi worked still wouldn't read sd card but now It will no longer boot!!!!! Pls pls pls pls help me I'm freaking out!!
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So are you or are you not able to boot in to recovery? Kinda confused. You said that you tried but no luck but then you rebooted and did a clear storage. So were you able to boot in to recovery the second time? If you can, do a full wipe and try flashing a different rom. You can download one to your PC, boot in to recovery, enable the usb drive, push the file to your phone and flash.

Ummm sorry for the confusion .... I'm talking about I held the volume down and power button to get to the screen I believe it's "bootloader" and tried to select recovery so maybe I can do a backup to wen it previously worked but no luck cause the phone wasnt reading the sd card with the backup on it! So I went back to the "bootloader" and did a "clear storage" it worked but the phone took forever to come on.... I did that about 2 times when the phone wouldnt boot pass the htc screen but now it no lingers works doing that! And to answer you guys question no I'm not able to boot in recovery just to bootloader with the options
Fast boot
Recovery
Clear storage
Reboot
USB hboot
If you guys are still confused let me know I will explain further more the phone will not access recovery at All!

As asked... what recovery did you load? Amon_RA or CWM? Also, what HW version do you have?

O I'm very sorry.... CMW
Hw info:
Android version 2.3.4
Baseband version 2.15.00.0808
Kernel version: [email protected] #1 Sat apr 30 04:36:42 edt 2011
Build number: MIUIAndroid 7.29
And to answer your previous question I don't know how to install a new recovery thru hboot .... I hope this helps you

If you can get to your sd card via a card reader to load a new recovery, then follow the steps here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026. Otherwise, try this first to see if you can at least get sd access again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243

Ok will try how do I get a card reader?

If you are on a laptop, most recent ones will have a slot for it and may even have the dock/reader to place it in. You can also get an external one that connects via USB at Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Radio Shack. Basically anywhere that sells SD cards. Usually around the camera section. You can also check tigerdirect.com or newegg.com if you can wait to receive it via mail. They usually have bargains that you can take advantage of. If this is your primary phone, then go to a store to get one so you can get your phone working.

Or if you can't get your hands on a card reader, you could stick your card in a different phone (old phone, friends phone, neighbors phone, phone at sprint store, whatever). Then download amonRa recovery from xda (download the PC36IMG version of it). Move it to the root of SD card (i.e. NOT in any folder) using some sort of file explorer on the borrowed phone.
Then put card back into your Evo, boot into bootloader (using power and volume down method you used earlier).
Bootloader should scan your card, find the PC36IMG, and ask if you want to do the update.
Hope this helps.
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Ok thank you I'm going to do it in the morning will this still work for me even thou my phone won't read my sd card??

Your hboot/bootloader should still read your SD card fine. Unique problem, but should read fine. You remember which hboot version you have?
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No but I'll find out of you tell me how to

Well, not really necessary to know, unless you're trying to use some fastboot commands. But, you said you CAN still get into bootloader by holding volume and pressing power, right? Once in bootloader, it will say your hboot info in upper left corner.
In any case, follow the above info about getting recovery as a PC36IMG onto your SD somehow, and boot into bootloader. Good luck. Report back.
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ok doing it as i type on emore thing was is exactly the root of my sd card?

Lovekelly said:
ok doing it as i type on emore thing was is exactly the root of my sd card?
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not in any folders

ok thnx you

hey i put the files on the sd card and did the bootloader and it still didnt recognize the sd card at all i wont do anything..... am i doing something wrong or is there another option

Nvm........

Hun?? I'm confused you put nrvm