help my g2 is stuck at the htc screen. i perm rooted it with s off and tried to overclock it. i went into clockwork mod recovery and installed the zip files g2 fast? now when i turn it on it goesd to htc screen and then it reboots at htc screen and reeats.
so you flashed a kernel? Was that kernel compatible with whatever rom you are using? Did you take a nandroid backup before hand?
no i didnt backup, i thought i did but apparently i didint.
He's right, that kernel is not compatible with the stock ROM. The best thing to do now is to take out the sd card and put it in a card reader. You just need to download a custom ROM to it so you can flash it. I think if you try to do a factory reset your phone will lose root, but I could be wrong. If you want to return to a stock ROM, search the forums. There are stock ROMs that have been "rooted" so to say. This may have been a blessing in disguise because custom ROMs blow away stock!
ok and how would i do this? i did a factory reset and everything. i think its rooted cause it has the clockwork mod recovery. should i try returning it?
dethformybodom said:
ok and how would i do this? i did a factory reset and everything. i think its rooted cause it has the clockwork mod recovery. should i try returning it?
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Do you know how to take out the sd card? Also, do you have a card reader on your computer?
yes and i dont have a card reader but i can mount the sd card to the computer.
You don't even have to do that. All you have to do is boot into recovery. Mount the SD card and copy over a kernel that is compatible with the stock rom. Then flash the new kernel and you're all set. I'm sure the stock kernel is floating around here some where.
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You don't even have to do that. All you have to do is boot into recovery. Mount the SD card and copy over a kernel that is compatible with the stock rom. Then flash the new kernel and you're all set. I'm sure the stock kernel is floating around here some where.
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That's great!...didn't know you could access the sd card like that. He's right too. All you need to do is flash a kernel that is compatible with the stock ROM.
I think this one will allow you to overclock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834565
okay, i already tried to find the stock kernel but i couldnt find it. even so i wouldnt know how to flash it.
dethformybodom said:
okay, i already tried to find the stock kernel but i couldnt find it. even so i wouldnt know how to flash it.
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You do it the same way you did the g2 fast kernel.
install the zip? where do i find the stock rom or whatever?
Well you're going to have to use the search button for that one. Check the G2 sticky thread. You need either a stock kernel or stock rom compatible kernel. You could also skip this whole endeavor and just flash the latest CM7 rom from recovery. If you do flash a new rom then it is highly recommended to do a data wipe meaning anything you had done on the phone will be cleared.
found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836042
im installing it at the moment i type. we'll see what happens.
it worked! thanks alot guys. i just wish i didnt do the factory reset. also would the phone still be rooted?
Yes, and if/when you decide to flash a custom rom, find out if it has an oc kernel included. CM roms are using pershoots 1.5Ghz UV kernels currently. If you want to use G2fast, you will need to flash that kernel after the rom, and slowly clock up to see how far you can run stable. I advise paying for SetCPU to monitor your OC as well.
HTC Vision 1.8 OC, CM7 RC1==HAPPY!!
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So I installed CWM recovery, and installed the rmk root setup zip. Before I installed it, I wiped the cache but not the Dalvik cache. When I rebooted, it hung on the white HTC screen. I went back into recovery and wiped dalvik cache, cache and even data and settings, then installed the zip again and it still hangs. can somebody help me? Honestly at this point I just want to be able to use my phone again.
Thanks in advance
Did you install the root zip that included the froyo stock kernel? I made the same mistake. Just have to adb a compatible 2.3 kernel into your sdcard and flash it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160745
i'm pretty sure this is the zip i used. if thats what you're talking about, then how do I fix it?
You cant use that .zip because it uses the Froyo kernal which is incompatible. You have to push jcase's GB kernal to your sd card then flash that.
I'm sorry for the stupid question, and thank you so much for your help, but where can i find that? and what commands do I use to push the kernel to the phone?
Have no fear as long as you can get into CWM then you are still good.
How long does it hang, sometimes it takes a few minutes for that HTC screen to go away, especially if you wiped data. you might want to wait, a little bit.
You can always download a stock rom(jcase plainjane rom), get into CWM, and then mount your USB to be able to install from your computer, and then flash the new rom.
Did you make a backup before you flashed the update, you can always recover.
DalekCaan said:
I'm sorry for the stupid question, and thank you so much for your help, but where can i find that? and what commands do I use to push the kernel to the phone?
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If you can get into CWM, look for Mounts/Storage and mount your USB so you can access your Phones SD card from your computer, then transfer the file from your computer to your phone.
or use adb if you are familiar with that.
you did get S-Off first right?
yes i have s-off, no i did not make a recovery (i wasnt aware i could do that before i rooted but i have come to terms with the fact that I lost a bunch of data).
okay, so i put the file on my sd card and... what? is it a zip file? where can i find it?
just so i understand, once I get this rooted kernel, i will be rooted and i will be able to install the cwm app and go from there?
and i don't necessarily want the stock rooted... i guess i could go from there but for right now could i download a 2.3 kernel with a different rom? are kernels bundled with roms or do i need to install them separately?
sorry, i'm a new user so i keep having to wait 5 minutes...
Kernels, can be rom specific or bundled but currently for the dinc2 there arent a lot so make sure it doesnt say it belongs to a specific rom otherwise it might not work.
Jcase has a stock kernel and rom he put up a while back for gingerbread.
They will be a .zip file and all you have to do is using recovery choose zip file and run it, since you already deleted everything.
When you install a rom, it will add su and busybox, and root your phone. You need your phone rooted to be able to do anything, after S-off.
if you have recovery installed then you have CWM and really what you want is Rom Manager to do backups.
can i flash the tiamat kernel? do i still have an OS? will that fix things?
DalekCaan said:
can i flash the tiamat kernel? do i still have an OS? will that fix things?
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tiamat kernel is an AOSP kernel. for CM7/MIUI/OM(F)GB
you'll get bootloops if you flash it on a sense rom.
so should i flash that, then flash something like MIUI? can i do that? and do i have to wipe data/cache/dalvik before the kernel AND before i install MIUI?
thanks
DalekCaan said:
so should i flash that, then flash something like MIUI? can i do that? and do i have to wipe data/cache/dalvik before the kernel AND before i install MIUI?
thanks
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I would get a Rom working first which is your OS, the kernel jut says how it should run.
but apparently i have a froyo kernel installed right now? how should I fix that?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191836
here is a link for a gingerbread kernel...try that first
dj_wires said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191836
here is a link for a gingerbread kernel...try that first
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If you install a new rom, it will overwrite whatever kernel you have, so you might just want to install this....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161411
this is the first gingerbread rom i used...not a lot to it.
I'll try that thank you so much! i just have to go to "install zip from sd card" once i put it on my sd card?
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I'll try that thank you so much! i just have to go to "install zip from sd card" once i put it on my sd card?
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Yup!
Good Luck!
I've been rooted for a long time now, but in the last 4 months have not been following xda as closely as usual.
I am running Synergy RLS1 with custom themes and additions (have flashed god mode in the past but didn't work very well).
I've flashed other rom's since then and the front camera still doesn't work. Is this because of some kernel or something?
Do I need to unroot and go to sprint? if this is the case, how do I do that (what pc36img do I need to download)? I have s-off right now with hboot 76.something.. I have all the new radios as well...
I am looking to get 1) my front camera working and 2) speed up my phone, synergy seems to be slow, my camera takes so long to load...
lastly, any roms out there use the volume button(s) to take pictures?
TIA!
did you make a nandroid of your stock rom before flashing any other roms? if so, try restoring to that, then partition your sd card. make sure you move the files you want to keep to your computer first or you will lose them.
if going to stock doesn't fix the front camera, try a different kernel. And partitioning the sd card would help speed up your sense roms.
sorry if i'm making myself look dumb, just trying to help... lol
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did you make a nandroid of your stock rom before flashing any other roms? if so, try restoring to that, then partition your sd card. make sure you move the files you want to keep to your computer first or you will lose them.
if going to stock doesn't fix the front camera, try a different kernel. And partitioning the sd card would help speed up your sense roms.
sorry if i'm making myself look dumb, just trying to help... lol
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I did not make a nandroid directly after rooting, just flashed a rom right away (I was a n00b at the time)... sd card is already partitioned..
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did you make a nandroid of your stock rom before flashing any other roms? if so, try restoring to that, then partition your sd card. make sure you move the files you want to keep to your computer first or you will lose them.
if going to stock doesn't fix the front camera, try a different kernel. And partitioning the sd card would help speed up your sense roms.
sorry if i'm making myself look dumb, just trying to help... lol
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and if the different kernel or going to stock doesn't work then it is probably a hardware problem and you will have to unroot and take it to sprint if you want it fixed
well there are plenty of stock "barebones" roms, from 4.54 to 4.67 and before, download and flash one of them. do you know if you were 4.54 when you flashed the rom?
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well there are plenty of stock "barebones" roms, from 4.54 to 4.67 and before, download and flash one of them. do you know if you were 4.54 when you flashed the rom?
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I do not know if I was 4.54 when I flashed Synergy...
start off flashing the stock 4.54 rom here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319881
see if that works. make sure you manually wipe everything except sd card as well, just to be sure
I really need help doing this. I got the phone with the custom rom and I absolutely hate it. It is constantly crashing on me. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
Look in the dev section for a stock rooted rom. Best of both worlds. That's what I did to my gf's bionic. Xboarder has a good one. I would also recommend andromadus ics. If you don't know how to flash, let us know.
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I don't know what I am supposed to do. I've never done anything like this to a phone.
What version of CyanogenMod is the phone running ? There is no way it should be crashing, CM is a very stable, reliable ROM. Check the version in the Settings->AboutPhone menu.
I suggest doing a factory reset/wipe to see if that helps.
If your phone is running CM then it must be S-OFF, so it will be very straightforward to flash another ROM.
You normally flash a ROM in one of two ways. You either get a zip image, for a stock ROM, which you rename to PC10IMG.zip and place on the top folder of your SD card and reboot into the bootloader to flash it (you go into the bootloader by switching the phone off, then hold power and Vol Down at the same time and it should find the image and flash it). Or you download a custom ROM onto your SD card and flash it from within the ROM Manager app.
Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.
Ok I am trying to understand everything. Also may help others if this is explained properly.
I know that there are a few things that you can flash.
1. CWM (Clock Work Mod) This is flashed on the recovery and once installed allows you to flash without a computer via your internal SD card.
2. Kernel This is what your phone uses to boot up and how to remove Carrier_IQ from the AT&T 2.35 build. Some Roms Overclock from here.
3. Rom This is where you can change what android version is installed as well as what apps are installed by default.
Tell me if I am correct in all this.
This goes in general
I put it in development as that is where people look for Roms and was trying to understand everything.
Still... goes in general
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Ok, but does anyone wish to add anything? Is this correct 100%?
You can also flash modifications, such as CRT
When do you lose your data? When you flash the Rom only? Do you lose anything if you flash the recovery or the Kernel?
dudejb said:
When do you lose your data? When you flash the Rom only? Do you lose anything if you flash the recovery or the Kernel?
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Depends on the type of ROM you are flashing..
there are non-wipe and wipe versions of ROM's..
Flashing kernel does not wipe your settings or data..
Hey Guys Thank You For Taking A Look At My Thread.Lets Cut To The Chase.I Have A HUGE PROBLEM with my Replacement Incredible 2.I Rooted my phone with Tacoroot,and everything was fine.Flashed Condemed CM7.2 and started realizing i didn't like it as much,so i made a BACKUP just in case i wanted to return to the CM goodness.Went to TSMTrinity's Sense 2.1 Version 4.5 S,and here's where the problem started happening. After I set up everything on my Sense 2.1 ROM,i backed it up,the screen would get to the boot animation,get past the boot animation,id see my lock screen for 1 SECOND,and then it would start the bootup again.seeing as this was a problem,i WIPED All Cache and Factory Reset/Wipe Data on My Revolutionary Recovery.Then,I Restored the 2.1 Backup that i created and everything was fine again.Then again,i decided to Flash Mikrunny's Sense 3.5 ROM,which after i set up,worked fine,UNTIL YESTERDAY.I was driving in my car yesterday,listening to music on The STOCK HTC Music app on Sense 3.5,and the phone rebooted on its own.And it would not stop until i took the battery out.I got home,charged the battery for a bit,(shut down that is),then headed to recovery.I took out the SD card and rebooted the phone,but no luck.tried this rebooting process for an hour,until i decided to wipe cache and factory reset to my 2.1 ROM BACKUP.it works,but i just wanna know,am i doing something noobingly wrong when backing up and restoring roms? Also,i use Revolutionary's Backup,or I think its called Nandroid,to do backups and restores,and ROM MANAGER to edit their names and delete them.Also,an added side to his problem,when i boot to the Hboot screen,when it loads,for a few of the items it says,missing or wrong image.could that be the problem?? THANK YOU SO MUCH WHO REPLIES AND HELPS.:crying:
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Hey Guys Thank You For Taking A Look At My Thread.Lets Cut To The Chase.I Have A HUGE PROBLEM with my Replacement Incredible 2.I Rooted my phone with Tacoroot,and everything was fine.Flashed Condemed CM7.2 and started realizing i didn't like it as much,so i made a BACKUP just in case i wanted to return to the CM goodness.Went to TSMTrinity's Sense 2.1 Version 4.5 S,and here's where the problem started happening. After I set up everything on my Sense 2.1 ROM,i backed it up,the screen would get to the boot animation,get past the boot animation,id see my lock screen for 1 SECOND,and then it would start the bootup again.seeing as this was a problem,i WIPED All Cache and Factory Reset/Wipe Data on My Revolutionary Recovery.Then,I Restored the 2.1 Backup that i created and everything was fine again.Then again,i decided to Flash Mikrunny's Sense 3.5 ROM,which after i set up,worked fine,UNTIL YESTERDAY.I was driving in my car yesterday,listening to music on The STOCK HTC Music app on Sense 3.5,and the phone rebooted on its own.And it would not stop until i took the battery out.I got home,charged the battery for a bit,(shut down that is),then headed to recovery.I took out the SD card and rebooted the phone,but no luck.tried this rebooting process for an hour,until i decided to wipe cache and factory reset to my 2.1 ROM BACKUP.it works,but i just wanna know,am i doing something noobingly wrong when backing up and restoring roms? Also,i use Revolutionary's Backup,or I think its called Nandroid,to do backups and restores,and ROM MANAGER to edit their names and delete them.Also,an added side to his problem,when i boot to the Hboot screen,when it loads,for a few of the items it says,missing or wrong image.could that be the problem?? THANK YOU SO MUCH WHO REPLIES AND HELPS.:crying:
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1..update your recovery which is probly clockwork mod....i suggest you get your phone usable for a few minutes and go to 4ext.net and download and install that..its touch based recovery or also check out twrp if you want an alt if you dont like it
2....update your radio ...newest one can be found in the venom rom thread i think there are directions there http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953899
3.....wipe everything ....check out my wipe script in the dev section if you want max cleanification http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2013242
4...flash what ever rom...if you like sense use viper i hear good things or check out my incredibly paranoid rom or all the other roms ..pick your poison
chillybean said:
1..update your recovery which is probly clockwork mod....i suggest you get your phone usable for a few minutes and go to 4ext.net and download and install that..its touch based recovery or also check out twrp if you want an alt if you dont like it
2....update your radio ...newest one can be found in the venom rom thread i think there are directions there http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953899
3.....wipe everything ....check out my wipe script in the dev section if you want max cleanification http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2013242
4...flash what ever rom...if you like sense use viper i hear good things or check out my incredibly paranoid rom or all the other roms ..pick your poison
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DUDE.THANK YOU so MUCH FOR REPLYING.Ill try what you told me tonight,and ill let you know how it goes down.thanks again chills.:good:
chillybean said:
1..update your recovery which is probly clockwork mod....i suggest you get your phone usable for a few minutes and go to 4ext.net and download and install that..its touch based recovery or also check out twrp if you want an alt if you dont like it
2....update your radio ...newest one can be found in the venom rom thread i think there are directions there http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953899
3.....wipe everything ....check out my wipe script in the dev section if you want max cleanification http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2013242
4...flash what ever rom...if you like sense use viper i hear good things or check out my incredibly paranoid rom or all the other roms ..pick your poison
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What OP wrote applies to me as well. I am looking for something better than aerovan's CM9 (which has been my DD), and thought I would give Viper a try. Without fail, bootlooping (which I could have guessed since I did tacoroot and this seems to be an issue with sense based roms).
That said, I tried steps 1 through 4 and the bootlooping stopped in Viper - it goes through startup and just shuts down before leaving the boot screen. One strange thing that I noticed is that the ICS Firmware/radio with Viper (which I loaded in CWM), wouldn't load in 4ext. Maybe I'll give paranoid a go if I can't resolve this bootlooping issue in Viper! I hope OP has better luck.
U don't flash radio in cwm..look for a how to.. can't explain I'm working sry
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I'm not as knowledgeable as Chilly, but a thought did occur to me. if the cm9 rom included a kernel on the flash and then you went to a sense based rom that didn't include a kernel that could cause a problem. I believe that I read that cm using a kernel that is asop based while sense roms use a different based kernel. You may check to see what kernel you have and then check for the recomended kernel for that rom and flash that kernel. don't forget to wipe.
Jasonp0 said:
I'm not as knowledgeable as Chilly, but a thought did occur to me. if the cm9 rom included a kernel on the flash and then you went to a sense based rom that didn't include a kernel that could cause a problem. I believe that I read that cm using a kernel that is asop based while sense roms use a different based kernel. You may check to see what kernel you have and then check for the recomended kernel for that rom and flash that kernel. don't forget to wipe.
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All of the roms come with a kernel for our phone, but certainly, don't flash a sense kernel with aosp or vice versa after rom flash. Chilly is right. Flashing a newer radio should fix the problem and the radio is flashed with a PG32IMG.zip in the bootloader, not in the recovery.
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All of the roms come with a kernel for our phone, but certainly, don't flash a sense kernel with aosp or vice versa after rom flash. Chilly is right. Flashing a newer radio should fix the problem and the radio is flashed with a PG32IMG.zip in the bootloader, not in the recovery.
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Good call. When chilly said you don't flash kernels in recovery I hit my head. I flashed the radio, but now my challenge is getting back into recovery since I renamed the file and bootloader always finds it and wants to reboot or I load CM9 which stays on flash screen. I'll figure something out, maybe with adb. Thanks.
Power down, pop the sd out, boot to recovery, rename file, profit.
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Power down, pop the sd out, boot to recovery, rename file, profit.
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Didn't think of that. adb did the trick though. In business with VenomInc!
Thank you all.
digitalshepard said:
Didn't think of that. adb did the trick though. In business with VenomInc!
Thank you all.
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good lucking going back to aosp lol
almost thesame problem
chillybean said:
U don't flash radio in cwm..look for a how to.. can't explain I'm working sry
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i made a stupid mistake of flashing radio in recovery, in fact the radio is for Samsung at&t and now my phone vibrates it doesnt show htc quietly brilliant, only vibrates and orange light with black screen untill i pull out the battery... i was able to return to stuck and it can only boot if its connected to power, it doesn't read sd card while android is booted and in recovery to, only in bootloader it reads sd... error in mounting if i try to... i flashed RUU.exe 2.3.3 and 2 other RUUs for my droid inc 2 but it keeps vibrating... please help me!!! thanks
I made the same mistake when i first gained s-off for my dinc2. the thing with the venom rom tho is if you ever want to go back to aosp ull need to gets chill's anti-venom zip and flash it through recovery because doing a normal wipe wont do the trick. also a helpful trick that worked for me with roms if i ever start getting boot loops i go into recovery from the bootloader menu and i wipe the dalvik cache under advanced and then wipe the chache under mounts and storage and it always works like a charm for me. but ive also learned that you have to be careful which kernel you flash with the rom of your choice because not only will it cause lags if you happen to get past the boot animation to the main screen but in some cases it can cause breaks in your framework like your wifi data etc. im not an expert tho those are just suggestions that im familiar with because theyve already happened to me before. hope this helps in any way.