help, stuck in bootloader/recovery
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stock 2.2 3.29 rooted w/unrevolked.
any help is appreciated.
So I was looking into roms and I downloaded ROM manager 3.0.1.1. Thats when my trouble started. I did a back up with the rom manager and it wiped my old nandroid back ups and I was stuck in bootloader/recovery and couldn't restore my back up. I do an nandroid back up about once a month and they were all gone. I did back up my sd card in december and I had an old back up on it and I flashed it and it worked.
Tonight I tired to flash an older version of clockwork (like I had before) and I'm stuck at the bootloader/recovery again. I tried to restore an old nandroid and nothing seems to work.
I'm open to suggestions.
Should I try to flash a new rom and start over ?
any way to get my old customized rom back ? (I have the clockwork back ups)
thanks
are you able to boot a rom at all?
I haven't tried a different rom, but I cannot boot my current or older.
It can't load PM36IMG.zip, I tried loading one onto my card but it just aborts the installation. Is there a more current or older one one I need ?
that might be a problem. you sayed you were trying to put a PM36IMG.ZIP on but you need a PC36IMG.ZIP i believe if your on an evo. use amon-ra and and flash a new rom and see if it works. copy and paste this link into your url and it will start a download for amon-ra recovery. hope this works
http://files.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=amon_ra/RECOVERY/&file=PC36IMG.zip
also don't try to flash a clockwork nandroid backup with amon-ra or vise versa. it will mess up your phone from what ive heard
I wonder if it does not like your sd. I am thinking try a different sd or see if you can format yours.
I also do not like ROM managers. They always seem to want an upgrade and then when you do the upgrade your old backups may or may not be compatible any more. To get your old file back you would probably have to run an unerase or some type of debug program on the sd card. erased files are not really erased they just have an F5 in front of them to tell the computer that the space is availible. If you have a backup on your compter or old SD I think you should be able to that.
I did check for errors on my SD card, nothing bad there.
I put a PC36IMG.zip on my SD and when I try to install the zip from my sd it says operation aborted.
I think my entire problem is the fact that I have clockworkMod recovery v3.0.0.5. I've read (after) that anything after 2.6 is not going to play nice with my evo.
I tried downloading a stock rooted rom and I cannot flash it. Anytime I boot the phone it stays on the HTC EVO white screen, I can hold down the - and power and I can go into HBOOT/fastboot/bootloader/recovery, then it cannot find the PC36DIAG.zip, and PC36ING, and a few others.
I really appreciate the help, keep it coming
edit: I'll try pulling everything off my card and formatting it...
card is fine.
I loaded a older clockwork recovery then tried to flash a different rom...
it started opening, installing, formatting, deleting, copying, then...
E: can't symlink/system/xbin/su
E:failure at line 76:
synlink/system/bin/su SYSTEM:xbin/su
installation aborted.
and when I restore a previous nand backup it appears to work then when I reboot the screen looks scrambled and freezes.
I'm tired
I'm starting to think a hard reset and starting over might be my only way out.
Your system can not root since it can not find /system/xbin/su su is not in bin
ln -T /system/xbin/su /system/bin/su would probably be the approach if you were running. Not sure if you could edit line 76 to change bin to xbin, copy a proper symbolic link or?
I looked in bin and there were many links to the tool box that appeared to be associated with error logging. With this in mind it seems to me that this link is part of the recovery/installation process.
I would try to correct the permissions.
I was able to do a hard reset and my phone booted up rooted still..so I restored my apps from Titanium Back up.
Right now I can shut my phone off, restart it, no problem. If I go into recovery, problem.
I need to get rid of clockwork asap, I've read about Amon_ra's recovery but I don't think I have enough knowledge yet on how to install. I've tried installing from a zip but I'm just not doing it right. I can go into folders on my phone (root explorer), should I just delete clockwork anywhere I find it ? I just don't want to go blindly deleting files, that would be dumb.
I need recovery back...this is scary
suggestions ?
I have been into Android modding since My G1 from day ONE, I bricked a friends G1 and had to swap internal stuff and fixed it so I have never had a problem I could not solve till now, Like the guy above I cannot boot into my ROM. I have running Myn's Roms since his(their) first release with ZERO problems until RLS5. I started getting random reboots so like any other time when this happened with anyone elses ROM I did the Recovery, Wipe Dalvic Cache, Wipe Cache reboot and that was that, However today my Evo would not stop rebooting every 5-10 minutes so I wiped from scratch even my sd card was wiped, then reflashed Myn's RLS5 got it to boot once and after finishing SETUP it was on for like 2 maybe 3 minutes and again REBOOT!!! this time staying on the white screen, So I pulled the battery and went to recovery and wiped dalvic and cache rebooted and from then on It does not get past the white screen, I can still get into Fastboot and Recovery but it DOES NOT boot into the ROM, I am now Flashing MYN'S Z 2.2 and praying it boots. Do you guys think VIRUSES are now affecting OUR EVO's????
I just need to get rid of clockwork and I'm still stuck on that...
help ...
Attached is amon_ra 2.3 boot into the bootloader and apply update, reboot, boot into recovery and clockwork will be gone.
teh roxxorz said:
Attached is amon_ra 2.3 boot into the bootloader and apply update, reboot, boot into recovery and clockwork will be gone.
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ok, I just want to be clear.
First, I'm sorry if I'm noobish
next, I'm gonna put that PC36IMG on my SD card (just anywhere on the card) then go into the bootloader, choose apply update, then boot into recovery, then done, correct ?
side note, I've read around that it should be put on the root of the card, I don't have a root folder on the card, but there is one in the internal system file (found it in root explorer).
just want to clarify before I loose everything again.
You are correct, and the "root" of the sdcard means to just be on the sdcard, not inside any folders. Also don't extract the zip file.
solved.
you sir, are my hero.
you have solved my problem, I'm speechless and so freakin excited right now.
I sincerely thank you and owe you.
teh roxxorz said:
Attached is amon_ra 2.3 boot into the bootloader and apply update, reboot, boot into recovery and clockwork will be gone.
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Would this work for the Incredible as well? I have the same issue (tried to flash clockwork recover but can't get into it on the phone). Also cannot get into the ROM, so stuck at the boot screen and nearly every command brings me back to it...
Thanks
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Hi all,
I'm currently using DeFrost 2.4d (thanks Richard), but I dont think it is because of the ROM that this is happening. Every time I flash a new ROM the clockwordmod recovery seems to disappear. I've noticed this from within ROM Manager. I have to reflash the recovery everytime. Now this isnt an urgent problem since I can reflash it through rom manager each time, I'm just concerned about if something goes wrong and im unable to boot into a real recovery to fix it, as in not the ! recovery.
Thanks
Install ClockworkMod Recovery using unrEVOked so it stays there forever, well until you flash an official RUU. It seems like your formatting your sd card everytime you flash a ROM so update.zip disappears from sd card .
Hmm, no, I'm definitely not doing that. I have things stored on my SD Card, and they dont get deleted. Im not sure whether clockworkmod itself is going, or whether ROM manager is just reporting it as such. Any way to check?
chemaleon said:
Hmm, no, I'm definitely not doing that. I have things stored on my SD Card, and they dont get deleted. Im not sure whether clockworkmod itself is going, or whether ROM manager is just reporting it as such. Any way to check?
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This feature occurs because the file is copied to /cache/update.zip for a fast boot, when you flash a new row, cache is wiped and this file deleted.
I think that this is the "error" you have.
Oh. So, what are the implications of this, should this be happening, does this happen to everyone? Is the clockworkmod always there? And on a side note, how do i get to clockworkmod from the ! screen?
Clockworkmod is the update.zip that you have in the root of you SD card. Use Astro or similar filemanager to view the content of your SD card after you flash a new rom. If the update.zip is still there then you have clockworkmod..
You get to the clockwork mod from the ! screen by pressing Volume + and Power button. Then selecting install update.zip
After spending countless hours working on it, I have finally gained root access to my slide using the exploid method. I flashed ENG and put clockwork recovery on it. I would like to put CM6 on my phone, so I downloaded it to the root of my SD card, downloaded ROM manager, and attempted to do it that way. When I click download ROM from SD card and then select the file, it asks if I want to backup the system and wipe the data, then says to click ok in order to reboot into recovery. After that it does nothing. No error message or anything. It just does nothing. So then I tried doing it manually by getting to clockwork recovery through applying the update.zip in normal recovery. That works fine, so I go and select the file I want to install from the SD card. After I click on it, it says opening package and then the script just goes away. I thought maybe it had worked and just done it really quickly, but after trying about 10 times I had no success with getting it to install the ROM. I also tried flashing the updated radio images and the same thing happened.
Anyone have ideas on what might be wrong here? I'm so frustrated! I've gotten so close!
You need to use the trackball, not the power button. Using the back button should return the script.
Well I was going to put my first ROM on (cyanogen) and something went wrong. I had done a Nandroid backup and when I try it says Error while flashing boot image. I can't get past the boot screen. In desperation I tried Wipe data/factory reset in Clockworkmod Recovery v2.5.0.1 to no avail. Can anyone help me outta this mess?
Anyone There ??
Can anyone help??
Make sure your battery is charged up enough, too low and nandroid will fail on most recovery versions but the latest amonra.
If that doesn't work look for a .img file to flash back to stock
Swyped from a galaxy far far away......
Where would I look for a .img file? On the SD?
If you can still wipe then you can get to recovery. Us the USB-MS toggle to connect your phone to your computer. Re-download a ROM's zip fie and try again. try something very stable, wipe, then reflash. It should boot fine. Sprintlovers is a good stable rom to work with. Just download, use USB-MS toggle to copy it to the root of your SD card, turn off USB-MS toggle, WIPE ALL! / factory data reset, then flash zip from SD card. Wait for that to finish and it will boot fine.
Here is a link to the sprint lovers download:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PXIYUNSY
and the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830153
If you are using clockwork recovery I think the USB toggle is under partition menu, that or advanced.
Thanks so much. I'll try that, but I'm not sure what you mean by the USB-MS toggle. Would you mind expanding on that a little? I really appreciate it.
I just searched for it. I have a different recovery so the wording is different. Connect your phone to the computer while in recovery. Move down to the Partition menu and enter that. One of the options should be "Mount USB". Click that.
A folder should pop up on your computer showing the contents of your SD card. Copy the .zip file that I gave you the link to above to the SD card. Then disconnect USB.
Wipe or factory reset from the wipe menu. Then flash the .zip from the SD card. Then reboot the phone. It will take a few minutes to load, but should work.
I can't thank you enough! I was scared sh-tless that I'd bricked my phone. Wish I could buy you a drink!!!
Glad to help!
If that works make a nandroid backup immediately so if it happens again you can restore the working sprint lovers.
If you want to try cyanogenmod again re-download (could have corrupted before), and always wipe before you flash the .zip or it will bootloop.
Have fun!
You know what I'd really like to do is restore the Nandroid that I did right before I got into this mess. But I keep getting the " Error while flashing boot image" message. I'm charging another battery to see if that's the cause of the error. What do you think?
I'm not sure. Could be a battery thing. I know it does give an error if the battery is too low, but i don't remember what the message is. I think it won't do anything if it is less than 30%.
chrismgan said:
You know what I'd really like to do is restore the Nandroid that I did right before I got into this mess. But I keep getting the " Error while flashing boot image" message. I'm charging another battery to see if that's the cause of the error. What do you think?
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I got those errors a couple times when I first started out. I fixed it by flashing the rom I was running when I made the nandroid and then restored my nandroid over that.
Didn't I probably lose that ROM when I did the Factory reset?
chrismgan said:
Didn't I probably lose that ROM when I did the Factory reset?
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No you don't lose your nandroid when you wipe back to factory. Your nandroid might be corrupt. It happens some times. I flash your custom ROM, set everything up the way you want it. Then do a nandroid backup. Copy that over to your PC to save space as it is a large file.
ok, i think i bricked my desire...
i just got it, used to be a captivate user. i had just flashed this rom earlier and was liking it, except for one lil mms problem. i decide to try another rom (RCSTouch) so i put that rom on my sdcard and booted to clockwork. i wiped data and cache and stuff. i then selected to install the rom and i get this error "cant open file (bad) Installed aborted."
maybe the file was corrupted? well i tried rebooting my phone lotsa times and it just fires up vibrates once and stays stuck at the HTC screen. I have to pop the battery to turn it off.
what can i do here?
Boot in to recovery, go to mounts, mount the sd as mass storage, copy a non corupted rom to the sd, dismount and flash your new rom.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Always nandroid before making any major changes in recovery, that way if anything goes wrong, you can just restore your previous rom. It seems like you did not do this, and thus your phone is not booting up because you wiped it. That being said, follow Ghost's advice as it does seem like a bad file.
so, finally i decided to root and flash CM7
root with unrevoked went smooth and well (love when it says "this was a triumph")...
so i downloaded ROM MANAGER , made the Clockwork stuff and finally gave the instruction to partition the sd card (8gb, dunno the class... is 1 year old sandisk anyway)... the phone just reboot and get stuck with an image of a droid with a triangle and a "!" inside it...
i searched the fora but seems that no one got this problem...
please take in consideration that i am a total n00b, and i would like to do everything without too much effort from my side (please appreciate my honest being) ... i suppose that this partioning is necessary to run cm7 and app2sd...
how can i solve this problem?
reading other threads just gave me an enormous list of programs, linux, ubuntu etc etc and the basic result is me thinking: "wtf"
thank you for any useful answer...
Ciao!
Do full wipe/factory reset & dalvik cache wipe.
Try to repartition SD Card in recovery (choose 512mb+ ext partition and no swap)
Flash ROM from recovery, see what happens.
No need to use ROM Manager.
thx k3lcior
i wiped and ect
how to partition from recovery?
Depends on recovery, if you have some old one it might be not possible.
Just look at the recovery, should be somewhere in "Advanced" if i remember correctly.
ps.
Are you comfortable with linux?
There is very easy guide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVK-tJe8pXE&feature=related
Just instead of making 3 partitions make Fat32 and leave 1GB for ext2/3.
actually is Clockwork recovery v2.5.0.7 and is impossible to find any "partition sd" in the menus ... how can i get and install a different recovery (ie yours seems cool) ?
ps.
totally unfamiliar with linux...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=661317&stc=1&d=1311251519
Download to flash through HBOOT. Put it onto your sdcard, rename it to PB99IMG.zip and boot into bootloader. (hold vol - and power)
If somehow it still didnt worked, you can try to Root again with Unrevoked, download this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=661319&stc=1&d=1311251519
Extract it, in Unrevoked choose "Custom Recovery" at the top under "file" and select the .img file you extracted, should be good. ;-)
ok i dl the file, put in sd and renamed it... and boot into bootloader, then pressing recovery its always giving me the old clockwork recovery...
is this related to rom manager always? should i uninstall it?
sorry for being sooo n00bish
When you put it into root of the sdcard (not any folders), renamed to PB99IMG.zip upon entering bootloader (vol- power) it should ask if you want to apply update, hit yes.
so finally i solved...
Updating from recovery was not working (same for bootloader), and i was starting to lose the hope...
so i managed to install CM7, planning to try a Panasonic program to partition drives in windows...
I have found in CM7 again ROM MANAGER, tried again to partition with no chance...
i re tried "Fix Permission" command into it and this time it worked (was not working in stock ROM)
then again partition with no chance...
in recovery mod i tried to install zip from SD (your recovery mod) , with no succes...
suddenly i have found in the menu "toggle permission" command, pressed it and then again "install zip from SD"
here come the mystery:
Phone started to partition the card, but without installing the new recovery... result: it seems that now card has a partition ...
i also installed the zip of gapps and now i can start to enjoy CM7 with all the google stuff etc...
im stille convinced that in the phone there are some gnomes that sometime are lazy and sometime not...
anyway i would like to thank you for your help and patience, hope that this experience might help someone other even if the best suggestion that i can give after all is : pray the gnomes...
Ciao!