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I totally feel like 'that guy' now. I waited all this time to try and root my phone(EVO), and did, thanks to the unrevoked3.
I wanted to install/flash the cyanogenmod 6 'mod', and got the sd-ext error a few times. I troubleshooted for that and partitioned my sd-card;That error went away, and then I got the (Status7) error. I tried my best to search, search and search to try and find a way to remedy this, so I wouldn't have to jump on here and get flamed.....
I saw that if I downgraded my hboot from .93 to .76, it would work...
NO, My phone will not boot. When I power it on, it goes straight to the boot screen, The only other place I can get is the clockworkmod recovery screen. I tried to restore a backup, apparently that wont work. I factory reseted/wiped data, and of course that didnt help either. So now all I have are just the two boot screens, nothing else.
I am close to tears. My eyes just about watered an hour ago....
Yes, regretfully Im a noob.
Is there ANY remedy to this?
Or do I just tell Sprint my phone is stolen?
I sincerely appreciate all you guys' help in advance....
Thanks
if you have recovery and hboot access you arent bricked. worst case scenario you will need to load the stock rom from your hboot and start over. its pretty tricky to actually hard brick your phone
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jovanbell said:
I totally feel like 'that guy' now. I waited all this time to try and root my phone(EVO), and did, thanks to the unrevoked3.
I wanted to install/flash the cyanogenmod 6 'mod', and got the sd-ext error a few times. I troubleshooted for that and partitioned my sd-card;That error went away, and then I got the (Status7) error. I tried my best to search, search and search to try and find a way to remedy this, so I wouldn't have to jump on here and get flamed.....
I saw that if I downgraded my hboot from .93 to .76, it would work...
NO, My phone will not boot. When I power it on, it goes straight to the boot screen, The only other place I can get is the clockworkmod recovery screen. I tried to restore a backup, apparently that wont work. I factory reseted/wiped data, and of course that didnt help either. So now all I have are just the two boot screens, nothing else.
I am close to tears. My eyes just about watered an hour ago....
Yes, regretfully Im a noob.
Is there ANY remedy to this?
Or do I just tell Sprint my phone is stolen?
I sincerely appreciate all you guys' help in advance....
Thanks
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Ok, first. Wrong section to post this kind of thread.
/phew Now, that the compulsive nagger in me is satisfied, let's see if we can get that phone back in working order
So, when u say restoring your backup in clockword didn't work, what do you mean. Specifically, what steps did u take to restore and what, if any, error messages did you get?
EDIT: Ditto on what haxt said. Have u tried loading another rom(fresh, stock, backedsnack, etc) using the usb mode in clockwork and going from there?
yeah, I read that its difficult to do that, but I figured in my own ignorance, I jacked it up.
Now I am not sure how to load th stock rom from my hboot. Everthing I select gets me nowhere except for recovery, takes me to the clockwork recovery,with no way to restore backups.
did I post this in the wrong section?
jovanbell said:
yeah, I read that its difficult to do that, but I figured in my own ignorance, I jacked it up.
Now I am not sure how to load th stock rom from my hboot. Everthing I select gets me nowhere except for recovery, takes me to the clockwork recovery,with no way to restore backups.
did I post this in the wrong section?
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Dont worry about it being the wrong section right now. The important thing is getting your phone back in working order. Give me a sec to boot up my notebook and I'll walk u through it cause typing all this using my phone is a b*tch.
sorry about the post.
on the hboot screen, I selected recovery, which takes me to the clockwork.
I selected Nandroid, then restore, chose any backup, then Yes-Restore.
I get:
Checking MD5sums...
Erasing boot before restore...
Restoring boot image...
Error while flashing boot image!
Yup. Q&A is technically where it should be... but oh well.Download this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=791019 rename and put it on the root of your card. Boot into hboot and when it asks you if you want to update say yes. Should put you back to stock ota.
haha, thanks. I really appreciate it. I didnt even look to see if it was one. I couple of times Ive been on this site, Ive read in the development section, and figured, that was the default evo section.
guess nada...
shucks,
I guess ill have to find an sd-card adapter. i cant access the card from the phone, thanks to >>>> me
Gadget beat me. OH NOES ^^
lol, let us noe if you're good or need more help.
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jovan u can toggle usb mode from recovery and access your sd card that way
ah, thanks gentlemen. I appreciate it
Looks like I have alotta homework...
Hey, how do I change the wallpaper?
(joking)
jovanbell said:
ah, thanks gentlemen. I appreciate it
Looks like I have alotta homework...
Hey, how do I change the wallpaper?
(joking)
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lmao...
So, does that mean your phone is ok again?
@ OP, you should check to see if your eng boot has been replaced. If you used the files from the earlier post chances are it has been replaced and you may have to go through the whole process again if you want to try cm.
Well its in the middle of updating, and the #5 Boot= Fail PU
Guess Ill see what happens shortly...
What the screen says:
PARTITION UPDATE FAIL!
honestly lovethyevo,
I dont know how to check if it has been replaced... I guess ill try the link you sent me earlier...
well I did it again, and the boot updated fine...
we'll see how it goes...
Hmmm...if things still aren't working, it may be easier to:
1.) Download another rom.
2.) Plug your phone into your computer
3.) Go back into Clockwork recovery.
4.) Data Wipe, Cache Wipe, Dalvik cache wipe.
5.) Hit the 'partition menu' option and from there hit 'mount usb storage'(this is what allows you to access your sd card from your phone thru your computer while in recovery mode)
6.) copy the rom you downloaded onto your computer.
7.) Flash the rom(and cross fingers)
This should allow u to, at the very least, boot your phone up again and start over.
Thanks, as soon as you posted that, my phone rebooted!
I could just erase this PC36img from my sd card correct?
Im back to the clockwork recovery screen.... Guess ill start over.
Thanks for all the help!, especialy this early in the AM!
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Thanks, as soon as you posted that, my phone rebooted!
I could just erase this PC36img from my sd card correct?
Im back to the clockwork recovery screen.... Guess ill start over.
Thanks for all the help!, especialy this early in the AM!
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Good to hear. And yes, you can delete it from your sdcard but might I suggest holding off until after u finish "starting over". Just in case u run into the same snag. lol
Take care, mate. Time for me to sleep.
I can still access the white screen and it tries to run this PC36IMG.zip but it fails and doesnt work everytime so if i do recover it takes me to a black screen with a picture of a phone in an triangle with an exclamation point, Just so frazzled with it now trying to go back to stock or anything.. I cant get it to mount to the PC either im going to try with a mac in a moment after it finishes some different things, any ideas on how i can get it back to normal or working..
Trying to click on the windows-recovery.bat file from the evo-recovery but the green writing isnt starting at the top of the page please help?
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I can still access the white screen and it tries to run this PC36IMG.zip but it fails and doesnt work everytime so if i do recover it takes me to a black screen with a picture of a phone in an triangle with an exclamation point, Just so frazzled with it now trying to go back to stock or anything.. I cant get it to mount to the PC either im going to try with a mac in a moment after it finishes some different things, any ideas on how i can get it back to normal or working..
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Are you fully rooted? What are you trying to flash? Did you try taking out the battery and rebooting?
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Are you fully rooted? What are you trying to flash? Did you try taking out the battery and rebooting?
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Yeah everytime i take out the battery it will either load the HTC EVO4G Screen then go to recovery, i just "Cleared storage" and that time it didnt load to recovery when it rebooted just sat at the first screen. I was trying to root it and put fresh on it but i was following these instructions from the droid demos forum because its a brand new 2.2
Trumpduece said:
I can still access the white screen and it tries to run this PC36IMG.zip but it fails and doesnt work everytime so if i do recover it takes me to a black screen with a picture of a phone in an triangle with an exclamation point, Just so frazzled with it now trying to go back to stock or anything.. I cant get it to mount to the PC either im going to try with a mac in a moment after it finishes some different things, any ideas on how i can get it back to normal or working..
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What recovery u on?
The pc36.img is bad thats why. Didnt download right
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Yeah everytime i take out the battery it will either load the HTC EVO4G Screen then go to recovery, i just "Cleared storage" and that time it didnt load to recovery when it rebooted just sat at the first screen. I was trying to root it and put fresh on it but i was following these instructions from the droid demos forum because its a brand new 2.2
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you mean HBOOT 2.02?
Trumpduece said:
Yeah everytime i take out the battery it will either load the HTC EVO4G Screen then go to recovery, i just "Cleared storage" and that time it didnt load to recovery when it rebooted just sat at the first screen. I was trying to root it and put fresh on it but i was following these instructions from the droid demos forum because its a brand new 2.2
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Sounds like u have a bad root bro. Or half ove the rooting process
Trumpduece said:
Yeah everytime i take out the battery it will either load the HTC EVO4G Screen then go to recovery, i just "Cleared storage" and that time it didnt load to recovery when it rebooted just sat at the first screen. I was trying to root it and put fresh on it but i was following these instructions from the droid demos forum because its a brand new 2.2
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If your fully rooted, your best bet is to just try flashing another ROM. Do you have a micro SD reader to put it on the SD Card from your PC. Since your saying it won't mount with USB-MS Toggle.
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What recovery u on?
The pc36.img is bad thats why. Didnt download right
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Okay well yeah know that now but i cant figure anything out, like why the windows-recovery.bat wont start running, all i can do is access the bootloader screen and go to the different things in there such as fastboot, recovery, clear storage, hboot USB works but i cant get it mounted..
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If your fully rooted, your best bet is to just try flashing another ROM. Do you have a micro SD reader to put it on the SD Card from your PC. Since your saying it won't mount with USB-MS Toggle.
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+1 with the sdcard reader
Only way it would work then
triscuit1983 said:
If your fully rooted, your best bet is to just try flashing another ROM. Do you have a micro SD reader to put it on the SD Card from your PC. Since your saying it won't mount with USB-MS Toggle.
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Right now dont even care about another rom, oh when i try to run unrevoked it says "failed to kill adb service" and wont do **** else.. this sucks got things to do but gotta get this working, any idea on what rom to download, and im not sure if i have a card reader or not, im gonna look for one and im gonna try running it to my mac to see if it can pick it up
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Okay well yeah know that now but i cant figure anything out, like why the windows-recovery.bat wont start running, all i can do is access the bootloader screen and go to the different things in there such as fastboot, recovery, clear storage, hboot USB works but i cant get it mounted..
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Try using the PC36IMG.zip that's at the bottom of this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
It's the most recent one and that's how I fixed a problem like this.
I was trying to unroot and I accidentally used an older PC36IMG and it only overwrote my hboot before failing. So I was stuck in the bootloader. Other than finding the right PC36IMG, I also found that if you remove the wrong one and select HBOOT, it will let you choose Recovery (which is only useful if you've been rooted before). If you're just rooting for the first time, just use that PC36IMG.zip and let it reset everything. Just pop out the sd card and use a card reader on your computer to get it on. I didn't find any way to mount my SD card without getting into a custom recovery.
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Okay well yeah know that now but i cant figure anything out, like why the windows-recovery.bat wont start running, all i can do is access the bootloader screen and go to the different things in there such as fastboot, recovery, clear storage, hboot USB works but i cant get it mounted..
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I don't think HBoot USB is supposed to mount your SD card. I could be wrong, but I think it's a way of streaming your rom over the USB cable that we don't have access to.
Saturn2K said:
Try using the PC36IMG.zip that's at the bottom of this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
It's the most recent one and that's how I fixed a problem like this.
I was trying to unroot and I accidentally used an older PC36IMG and it only overwrote my hboot before failing. So I was stuck in the bootloader. Other than finding the right PC36IMG, I also found that if you remove the wrong one and select HBOOT, it will let you choose Recovery (which is only useful if you've been rooted before). If you're just rooting for the first time, just use that PC36IMG.zip and let it reset everything.
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Only problem is getting the PC36IMG file onto the sdcard.. This PC shows me with media but it doesnt show me the files or any way to get to them..
Okay my printer has an SDcard reader and i have one of the micro to normal size things so ima going to see if i can get into it from there but your saying i should try to use the new PC36IMG file thats my best bet?
Or would my old HTC Hero be able to use that card and connect with it? I dont wanna **** that phone up too i may have to call them to get service on it for a day if i cant fix this..
ok one more time what HBOOT are you on cause if you used unrEVOked on HBOOT 2.02 congratulations you just bricked your phone the only possible fix is to try to reroot useing the like a boss thread instructions in this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045. If you don't have HBOOT 2.02 then you can still fix it but you are going to have to use toast method
Either way would work bro,
I used my sdcard in a epic 4G when my usb wasnt connecting to my evo, just put the file in and go
oh thank god for macs that have slots in the side... maybe ill take my moms printer back down to her now... **** lmao
Trumpduece said:
oh thank god for macs that have slots in the side... maybe ill take my moms printer back down to her now... **** lmao
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A mac w android is prob best hand in hand w these problems cause both linux, see how it goes bro
Jbcarrera said:
ok one more time what HBOOT are you on cause if you used unrEVOked on HBOOT 2.02 congratulations you just bricked your phone the only possible fix is to try to reroot useing the like a boss thread instructions in this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045. If you don't have HBOOT 2.02 then you can still fix it but you are going to have to use toast method
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F*ck yep.. its Supersonic EVT-2 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT 2.02.0000
Sounds like there weren't any ideas in Q&A for this one, and I haven't seen much in terms of not being able to access recovery, so here goes...
I was happily using CM7, and while reading through a Diablo III news page (hopefully it comes out soon ), my phone rebooted into a boot loop. Weird, but I figured at worst I would wipe data and reinstall a ROM. Unfortunately, I can't get into recovery any longer.
If I boot the phone normally, I see the white HTC splash screen for a few seconds, then it reboots. I can use HBOOT fine, but as soon as I try to reboot normally / boot into recovery / boot into Restore Factory Defaults, my phone will reset. Let me clarify...
Pull and replace battery
Boot into HBOOT (volume down + power)
Select Recovery
Phone reboots and reaches CWM Recovery 3 for about 1/2 second, not long enough for me to click anything
Phone reboots into boot loop
I've used HBOOT to flash to CWM Recovery 3.0.0.8, downgraded to the stock radio, run the 2.2 RUU. I'm still running up against the same boot loop problem.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was a hardware problem, but I'm anxious to hear if anyone has ideas to try first. Additionally, is there any way to restore to S-ON through HBOOT in case I need to bring this into a Verizon store? I have fastboot.exe that can recognize the device over USB while the device is in HBOOT, maybe this will help?
Thanks!
Current state: Ran 2.2 RUU, S-OFF, HBOOT-0.92.0000, AMOLED, 2.15.00.07.28 radio
Thanks again.
Had this exact issue while running cm7. First couple of from when it was crackflashers. I couldn't find anything to help or fix it. I got a new dinc because I can't afford to be without for long.
Good luck dude.
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Thanks for the note. Maybe my fate will be the same. Did you get any sympathy from Verizon?
Doesn't sound like there are even any suggestions using fastboot, lol. [crickets chirping]
Can you flash cwm 2.5.x and try? Not sure if it will help but worth a shot?
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Yeah take out battery, then pull out sd card put it into a adapter and insert it to ur pc. Then find the file that was shipped specifically for ur device it looks something like this PC130mg.zip or some crap like that anyways put that on the root of your sd card. load ur card back to your phone now into hboot(volume down plus power) mode. Your phone will auto detect that file and start to ask if u want to install update say yes boom it will flash back to stock.....however my only concern would be if u need to turn s-ON before u do this.
I did this for a evo 4g and it worked but I turned s-ON first as it was in the instructions I was following. I think maybe the update file checks to see if ur S-off or on. But don't quote me on that.
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popasmurfn23 said:
Yeah take out battery, then pull out sd card put it into a adapter and insert it to ur pc. Then find the file that was shipped specifically for ur device it looks something like this PC130mg.zip or some crap like that anyways put that on the root of your sd card. load ur card back to your phone now into bootloader (volume down plus power) mode. Your phone will auto detect that file and start to ask if u want to install update say yes boom it will flash back to stock.....however my only concern would be if u need to turn s-ON before u do this.
I did this for a evo 4g and it worked but I turned s-ON first as it was in the instructions I was following. I think maybe the update file checks to see if ur S-off or on. But don't quote me on that.
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Yeah, I agree with popasmurf. Put the PB31IMG.zip on your sdcard. Then let hboot discover and update it. It'll be back to stock and youll have to reroot but better than a paperweight.
You can find the image here -----> http://dougpiston.com/?page_id=108
I'm assuming you have a dinc.
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hope that helps
@phazeone let's say he just does that. Now his phone reboots and is on stock and looses his root, now he can root it again and then turn the S-on by the single file flash from recovery mode, and then use the update file again to flash the phone back to normal stock without root ( if he was taking it back) so whenever u want to manipulate the S security u must be rooted correct?
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popasmurfn23 said:
@phazeone let's say he just does that. Now his phone reboots and is on stock and looses his root, now he can root it again and then turn the S-on by the single file flash from recovery mode, and then use the update file again to flash the phone back to normal stock without root ( if he was taking it back) so whenever u want to manipulate the S security u must be rooted correct?
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You are correct.
popasmurfn23 said:
Yeah take out battery, then pull out sd card put it into a adapter and insert it to ur pc. Then find the file that was shipped specifically for ur device it looks something like this PC130mg.zip or some crap like that anyways put that on the root of your sd card. load ur card back to your phone now into hboot(volume down plus power) mode. Your phone will auto detect that file and start to ask if u want to install update say yes boom it will flash back to stock.....however my only concern would be if u need to turn s-ON before u do this.
I did this for a evo 4g and it worked but I turned s-ON first as it was in the instructions I was following. I think maybe the update file checks to see if ur S-off or on. But don't quote me on that.
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phaze one said:
Yeah, I agree with popasmurf. Put the PB31IMG.zip on your sdcard. Then let hboot discover and update it. It'll be back to stock and youll have to reroot but better than a paperweight.
You can find the image here -----> http://dougpiston.com/?page_id=108
I'm assuming you have a dinc.
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Thanks for the replies.
I tried this method to flash back to the stock 2.2 image before I started this thread. That's what I meant by "I've used HBOOT to ... run the 2.2 RUU." The stock image seemed to install properly in HBOOT. I have evidence that it successfully went back to stock, since I get the original ! triangle graphic instead of CWM when I try to enter recovery from HBOOT. However, I only see the graphic pop up for a brief second before it reboots again. Trying to boot into recovery or the ROM itself still result in a reboot.
I cannot achieve S-ON without having access to recovery, at least there's no way that I've found to do it through HBOOT.
Any other thoughts? I think it's a hardware problem. It appears the phone is back to stock (except it's still S-OFF), but everything outside of HBOOT causes a boot loop. I stopped in at Verizon this afternoon and they'll be sending a new phone to arrive by Tuesday. At this point, it'd be nice to try all avenues of repair for the future benefit of others that run into this problem.
Probably bad memory chips on the phone. Since it happened all of a sudden during normal use it usually indicates hardware failure.
That is pretty much what I determined. Bad hardware. Sorry for your trouble but is nice to know I'm not the only person to ever have this. Also nice to know I didn't miss something that could've brought it back to life.
I filed an insurance claim. Figured since I have had it for years and never used it I'd take advantage.
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You can boot your phone like regular right? Just let it launch up or do you get loops?
Nevermind i see what ur saying. when i was flashing incorrect kernals i would get the same behavior from my phone. So i suggest you take phazeones link and try that file.Because u might have the incorrect file. There might be more than meets the eye make sure u got the right file.
When i searched for my zip file for my evo there was like 4 of them. They had to match what was said in the upper left corner of my hboot screen. So let me knoe if it worked
I wonder if he could just wipe that SD card, place a new Rom etc on it and reinstall. Bricking displays no response you've got a better shot at recovering course your SD card/battery could be bad
Since you're trying to flash the 3.x.x.x version of CWM, that may be your issue. Here's a zip for 2.5.0.5, one of the most stable earlier Recoveries. Flash through hboot as per usual.
If that doesn't work, (I'm assuming that you can boot the phone normally at this point) try re-rooting with the Unrevoked tool.
Then use Rom Manager to flash a newer Recovery (be sure to check Erase Previous Recovery under Settings). If that still doesn't work, I'll see about packaging an RUU in a PB31IMG.zip with a valid version of CWM as the recovery.img within that zip. I'm not sure about the practicality of this final option, but if it comes down to it, I'll attempt to package that up for you.
This sounds incredibly frustrating. Thus my interest in the matter.
There's gotta be a way to fix this... even if it's just long enough to get S-On and keep your warranty valid.
Sent via my Incredible CM7 Gingerbread sorcery.
Crans said:
I wonder if he could just wipe that SD card, place a new Rom etc on it and reinstall. Bricking displays no response you've got a better shot at recovering course your SD card/battery could be bad
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This would work if he could access CWM Recovery, but he can't, thus the issue.
I wonder if he could mount something from within hboot and replace the binary code for the recovery image with a bunch of zeroes and then try flashing another through hboot again.
Sent via my Incredible CM7 Gingerbread sorcery.
I was JUST about to post the same topic when I came across this. I have done the stock image restore, restored BACK to hboot 0.92, back to the most current INC radio, and have tried flashing CW3.0 and Amon_RA. Everything flashes fine but the boot loop continues and if I try to enter recovery, it lasts maybe one full second before rebooting again. The only thing that I can think of that would create this situation for me was that earlier I was trying to update the PRL via *228 on MIUI but the dialpad never popped up so I hung up.
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So i suggest you take phazeones link and try that file.Because u might have the incorrect file. There might be more than meets the eye make sure u got the right file.
When i searched for my zip file for my evo there was like 4 of them. They had to match what was said in the upper left corner of my hboot screen. So let me knoe if it worked
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I'll take another crack at it, but I don't think I had gotten the wrong image. No worries though, it's easy enough to try again using the link on page 1 directly. Can't hurt, right ;-)
RegnierD said:
Since you're trying to flash the 3.x.x.x version of CWM, that may be your issue. Here's a zip for 2.5.0.5, one of the most stable earlier Recoveries. Flash through hboot as per usual.
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Sure. Once again, worth a shot.
RegnierD said:
This sounds incredibly frustrating. Thus my interest in the matter.
There's gotta be a way to fix this... even if it's just long enough to get S-On and keep your warranty valid.
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Thanks for the sympathy . Like I mentioned, I visited the Verizon store and a new one is on its way... doesn't that mean that it doesn't matter (other than for science sake) whether this gets S-On or even fixed?
[waiting for flash of build-3.26.605.1-release-152016-baseband-2.15.00.07.28-hboot-0.92.0000_PB31IMG.zip]
It just seems unlikely that this is a problem with flashing the wrong recovery, or the wrong stock image, since booting into recovery and booting normally both exhibit the same behavior. If I could boot normally into recovery but not boot into a stock image, I would suspect that I had flashed the wrong image. Since both have the same problem, I think it might be something else.
[finished flashing build-3.26.605.1-release-152016-baseband-2.15.00.07.28-hboot-0.92.0000_PB31IMG.zip]
Same behavior. White htc Incredible splash screen -> darkness for a second (presumably while the ROM tries to boot) -> reboot.
Alternatively, HBOOT -> Recovery -> White htc Incredible screen -> Triangle / ! error screen for a half second -> reboot.
[finished flashing CWM 2.5.0.5]
Same behavior:
HBOOT -> Recovery -> White htc Incredible screen -> CWM recovery 2.5.0.5 for a half second (this confirms that it flashed properly) -> reboot.
I thought I had it all figured. Root, with Clockwork Recovery, Rom Manager. Nothing could go wrong. Now I am stuck at the splash screen with no Clockwork Recovery.
I searched fourum after forum to find a solution, but mine seems to be different. Just so you know I am 21, and a freelance computer technician so I am not afraid of the command line
What have I done to my device:
=Originally it had 2.1
=I rooted the phone via exploid method
=I installed CyanogenMod 6.1.1
+My computer only recognized my phone in HBoot mode, I think usb debugging is turned off though because I cannot acces my sd while it is in my phone.
I do have a microsd card reader
+I tried Esprimg.zip updates. It works .but I still cannot get into recovery mode.
For extra precaution, I backed up all of my sd card data on my pc.
Symptoms and problems:
+I am stuck at the white My tough slide 3g splash screen.
Holding up and power for at least 30 seconds does not get me in recovery mode. All I see is the white My tough slide 3g splash screen. No Black screen with a triangle(Biggest Problem)
+Holding down and power does get me into the HBoot.
+The recovery option will make the Mytouch slide reboot, but it will freeze at the splash screen.
+The clear storage option executed, but it did not solve my problems.
+I have also removed the battery, sim, and sd card.
Summuaray-
I need to get Into Recovery mode, but when I press up and power it does not work. I only see a white.I never though there would be a day where I could not get into recovery.
Also, I constantly charge the device so it wont turn off during an update.
Do you have S-OFF? If you do it should not be hard to recover.
If you don't I can't think of any other method now. But just to make sure which Esprimg.zip method did you tried? Because that should work in the first place.
Mine says S-On
Esprimg.zip
I used my microsd card reader to put esprimg.zip on the sd card. Boot the device while holding down and power. I let the phone check for the esprimg.zip and then the update was successful.
Conclusion:
I hold up and power and i cannot access recovery mode.
Possible causes:
By doing the clear storage, would that change my device to s-on. Honestly I never noticed s-on until now. However, I was able to root and get clockword mod 6.1.1 and it ran smoothly for a weeks.
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By doing the clear storage, would that change my device to s-on.
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No. Only by flashing another bootloader will you get S-ON back. You probably did not have S-OFF before anyways but FYI Esprimg.zip does flash the bootloader so you're stuck on S-ON for now.
If the Esprimg.zip update method was successful it should have flashed back the stock recovery for you. I can't think of anything that could go wrong at this point except that u have a bad or corrupted Esprimg.zip. Did you use the champion build or the ENG build? If me I'd try to download it again and give it another go.
Good luck!
Ok so Esprimg.zip may be bad, and pretty much that is my only saviour;ok I understand.
I was using Esprimg.zip from other guides. Those were 137 mb
This time I used the one from here.
HOW-TO * Flash the Eng-Release to the Slide *6/15/2010
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=703076
I am going to assume this the the eng build. It was 137.1 mb.
If this does not work the I guess I have to go champion build.
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Champion build esprimg.zip is next.
A few more ideas.
manually install the recovery using fastboot.
troubleshooting without simcard?
My spl s-on so would that be possible?
Is there a way to maybe re root?
I read in one post that a guy sold it on ebay..i would hate to do that with just a month of ownership. would Htc make a warranty request even though I bought it used. Besides you only see bootloader and hboot spl s-on so how could they tell?
So you reach the screen where it asked you whether you want to install the update, you choose "yes" and it goes on to flash everything, radio, bootloader, yada yada, and it fails to boot?
Basically with S-OFF you can boot into fastboot and run
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
in this case recovery img is CWM recovery. With S-ON fastboot flash is disable so it's not possible.
EDIT: If you do have the champion build on it's basically stock.
I have this exact same issue right now, I've tried the champion and engineering builds of ESPRIMG but with no success. I can't think of anything else that would be causing this in the first place, which is making it so difficult to troubleshoot. The only difference is that I was using CM7 instead of 6, but the exact same thing is going on. I have tried everything that the OP has with no luck. The only possible cause I can think of is that something was somehow corrupted while the phone was on and sitting on my table...because when I picked it back up, it was off and when I tried to boot, I got splash screen... Any other ideas?? I'm all out and just sitting here waiting for some genius light bulb to go off....attic's kinda dusty though..
With S-ON fastboot flash is disable so it's not possible.
So basically these are my options
esprimg.zip (if that does not work then use different)
Hboot clear memory,
with S-ON I have limited option
and keep it charged.
Although with fastboot and s-on is there something I could do?
Would rerooting be an option
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Would rerooting be an option
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I don't see a root method in the forum that does not involve booting into a usable system.
Wait, you guys were able to flash the esprimg.zip right? Because in the guide when it says it requires root it's for flashing the mtd0.img first before rebooting into HBoot. Since you don't have a working system you cannot do that and if HBoot refuse to take your esprimg.zip then you need to do the Goldcard method. Otherwise I don't see why having root will make a difference.
So at this stage of the game I should do this..
1.get on my knees
2.put my hands together.
3.and just pray?
ok all jokes aside. Continue to try Esprimg.zip and update(all are successful but I still get splash)
I can't change my recovery since I have s-on
and no way of getting s off since i cant get in the phone, not even recovery,just h boot
So in a sense i have a lovely soft bricked mytouch 3g slide.
Later I might compose a list of the programs i had on the device, but i doubt that would make a difference. I appreciate the help and assistance, I am going to click the thank button for you gents.
In the mean while i got a tmobile comet for 136 one day shipping..No rooting on this one cause finals are coming and I do not have time to troubleshoot for hours. I love android cause of custom roms, but not being able to get in recovery mode...ah say no more. I am going to be one of those people who just downloads free software and complain to phone carriers about OTA.
Same here. I held off rooting and all until my exams were over because I know I'm going to go all the way until I get S-OFF.
I know many discourage S-OFF because it can potentially brick during the process but if you do read up and follow instructions very carefully it is really not that risky. And it'll be very useful in situations like this.
I'm sorry to hear you have a soft-brick. Maybe a dev will stumble upon and provides new insights but I afraid this is all we have in the forum for now.
to be honest i skimmed through the post, and im sure you did try this but just want to ask have you tried the official RUU update to see if you can get things back up running that way?
yeah I understand following directions carefully, but when you follow all of directions and get it working,and make backups, but then you turn the phone off and then turn it on. Then all of this happens.
ah let me stop my whining and download more esprimg.zip .
I just want to know what caused it. was it an application, cause if that is the case then I want to know so no one else get hurt.
(one interesting note, avg antivirus said my device was infected with viruses. It said with the apps, I did not clean it. i uninstalled avg. I presumed it was a false alarm cause the phone is rooted with applications with high privileged) Oh well
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oh well. back to the esprimg.zip
never tried RUU, if it comes in a esprimg.zip then i guess i can try. if not then i do not know how to use it with mine in its current state
S on (so no advanced fast boot options
Hboot only
no recovery.
clear memory
only productive thing is successful esprimg.zip updates
its the official update to froyo, and need HTCsync and the RUU from htc how the installs procces goes i dont really know, but im sure there is a RUU update that you can use to update via bootloader,
ok i got htc sync
and the official exe.
my pc only detects the device in hboot. The device will read usb hboot.
1 might fiddle around for 20 mins to see whats what.
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If it was like a esmprimg.zip then it would seem more feasible.
goood luck hope you get your phone back up and running
well a week ago it finally booted. I felt that it was a fluke so I pressed the power button to reboot. I tried to turn it back on then it was stuck at the splash screen.
I am now starting to think it is a hardware problem. Either way the unrooted tmobile comet,yes it is small, is doing wonders. The battery life is way better then a iphone 3g.
Just remember guys, if you get an android phone, make sure it is a popular one. That way you are more likely to get support because of the bigger fan base. Oh well it was fun while it lasted. The only thing I hate is that i could have gotten an xbox 360 for the same price. oh well, thanks for the assistance. i will lets you know any further updates.
I downloaded Cyanogen Mod through Rom Manager and it restarted my phone but now all it does is bring up the white splash screen for a little while, then restarts into a black screen with white bars. I can get into hboot but none of the commands do anything they just restart to the splash and then back to the black screen.
I have been able to adb into the phone when it is in the black screen and I tried following this tread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-808065.html aka I tried pushing a PB31IMG.zip (from here: http://www.dougpiston.com/files/Recovery/) onto the sdcard, turning it off, taking out the battery and restarting to hboot. But hboot does not find the file, and when I restart it to the black screen the file is gone.
My guess is that when it goes to the black screen it wipes my sdcard, at least I hope it doesn't wipe it sooner because I'm not sure how to work with that. Maybe I am not pushing a good PB31IMG.zip file because I don't really know the difference between them. Maybe I am not renaming it correctly, or my sdcard is not FAT32, because am not actually sure how to check if it is FAT32 but I am assuming it is because that is the standard. I don't really have any other leads, does anyone have any experience with this problem? Is there another way to restore it to factory reset?
Please don't tell me I shouldn't have been doing this because I apparently don't know what I am doing. I am not disputing that, but it is a moot point now. I don't know how people go about learning these things a safer way. Apparently I just suck at it. I am starting to freak out a little because I have been without my phone for a day and half and my husband is a bit pissed because he doesn't want to buy me a new phone and doesn't understand why I would want to hack my phone anyway. I refuse to believe just yet that I have bricked my droid. Please help.
Okay, so, my sdcard wasn't in FAT32 but I fixed that by connecting my sdcard to the computer directly and then put my PB31IMG.zip on while I was there. Now my hboot recognizes that there is a new file and asks me to update and I click yes and then restart and I click yes again.
Unfortunately it still does the same thing, white splash followed by black screen with bars, so I have eliminated one of my possible problems and now either its the wrong PB31IMG.zip file, the file inside is named wrong, or something else that I don't even know about. Does the img file need to be something specific? I do have the android-info.txt file so that isn't the problem. I am running out of ideas...
Have you tried the RUU?
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Okay, so, my sdcard wasn't in FAT32 but I fixed that by connecting my sdcard to the computer directly and then put my PB31IMG.zip on while I was there. Now my hboot recognizes that there is a new file and asks me to update and I click yes and then restart and I click yes again.
Unfortunately it still does the same thing, white splash followed by black screen with bars, so I have eliminated one of my possible problems and now either its the wrong PB31IMG.zip file, the file inside is named wrong, or something else that I don't even know about. Does the img file need to be something specific? I do have the android-info.txt file so that isn't the problem. I am running out of ideas...
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Well... you can get into H-boot so there's still hope...
1) Check to make sure your PB31MG.zip isn't named PB31MG.zip.zip.... but since you said the system finally read it, my guess is that isn't your problem.
2) You said nothing about recovery, can you get into it at all? Well... nevermind... you said everything would just reboot your device.
... When you goto H-boot... can you read off the stats?
More specifically...
S-On or S-off?
Radio number...
H-boot?
I'm not 100% sure, but I'm guessing you WERE already rooted when you attempted to flash a ROM... but attempt a re-root with UnRevoked3... report back?
Thanks so much for replying. I have not had computer access so I am finally able to work on this some more.
I have now been able to get it into the recovery screen from the PB31IMG.zip file. I feel pretty stupid, the reason why it had not worked was that I took the other files off my sdcard when I put the flash PB31IMG.zip file on it. (face-palm) Anyway, now it gives me the option to wipe and factory reset but when I do that and restart I still get the same recovery screen. I tried a couple different PB31IMG.zip files but they are all giving me the same result. I do have adb access still and I tried rebooting it from there but it is the same. I feel like this is progress maybe (hopefully)...
As for the Stats:
S-off
h-boot-0.92.0000
radio-2.15.00.07.28
I know what s-off means, but do the other numbers mean anything to you?
I tried to send it through Unrevoked3 but it gives me the 'Device "/sbin/sh:getprop:not found" is not supported at this time.' error. I am going to see about RUU...
sounds kinda like a non slcd recovery on an slcd dinc.
I had the same problem rooting a friends phone.
Here's how I fixed it.
After trying to flash a Rom through ROM manager, it went to reboot into recovery to finish the job. The thing is, it didn't.
It wen't into a Black screen wioth two white bars. One on each side of the screen., So far, it hasn't looked like it had done anything. So I pulled battery and rebooted. Everything was fine. I went to ROM Manager and instead of installing through the app, I rebooted into recovery.
Black screen and white bars, AGAIN. So I figured I just needed to re-flash Clockwork.
I pulled his battery, and restarted. I flashed Clockwork, and booted into recovery.
IT WORKED!!! No problems since.
RUU worked! I have a fixed phone. I followed this:
www .droidforums.net/forum/droid-incredible-hacks/95406-how-correctly-unroot-incredible. html
in the hboot screen and it is back to factory reset and much happier. Thanks.
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