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Ok here is my situation....
I was able to fully root using toast's method. I than tried to flash my radio from the link the forums.
It installed everything properly, but then got stuck on the htc evo boot screen. i left it alone for 2 hours and it did nothing.
Is there something that can be done or did I brick it?
Thanks in advance.
Owl
owleyes said:
Ok here is my situation....
I was able to fully root using toast's method. I than tried to flash my radio from the link the forums.
It installed everything properly, but then got stuck on the htc evo boot screen. i left it alone for 2 hours and it did nothing.
Is there something that can be done or did I brick it?
Thanks in advance.
Owl
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Just turn it off, hold the volume button down and then hit the power button, this will put you in recovery so you can flash again
tried that, but it will not let me back into custom recovery. or do i have this wrong. I am still kinda new to all this.
what does it show? a red exclamation mark?
doing the volume down, then power. it brings me to that screen. errr the 3 androids on skateboards screen lol
damn 5 min wait between posts lol. ima be at this all night it looks like lol.
once you are there, you should be able to reboot into recovery. right when you enter that screen it should start looking for PCIMG36.zip and once it can't find that, a menu should pop up. scroll down the menu using the volume button until you hit recovery. press your power button and it should boot you into recovery. if it takes you to a screen with a red exclamation point, then you would need to plug in your phone to your pc and run the bat file that came in the first part of rooting instructions to get into recovery.
once i hit recovery from that menu, it takes me right back to the htc evo splash screen and locks up.
i really do not understand this. all these reports of this radio installing with no issue and I get this >.> ah well. i guess i knew the risks when i started this.
well if your phone can still boot up then it's definitely not bricked. did you try a battery pull and reboot?
yeah....well that is good to know anyway lol.
how do these terminal emulators work, and can i get one on my phone in this condition?
I am reading the sd and usb fix thread...but i don't understand how to run the emulator on the phone.
RUU?
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RUU?
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Excellent idea, just go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=685835 and download the RUU.
Once you run this you are back to stock and will have to re-root your phone via toasts instructions. Hopefully this works
tried that as well. It says there is no phone connected.
I dont know man, you gotta try combinations. Like hold the volume down to get to that recovery and then try to run the RUU perhaps?
believe i am trying everything lol. i even put the pcimg file back on and try to go from that but the phone does not even recognize it now meh it's a process. at least i know there is some hope lol
i don't have an evo (yet), but when you get into the bootloader screen (with the androids on skateboards), is there an option to go to Fastboot mode? if you RUU, that's the mode you wanna be in.
ok i put the original pc36img back on the card and got it to boot back into android!!!!!!
so now i have the root pc36img file on there. I am scared to keep going and rerooting it lol
Will i have to redo it all? I am not sure where to go from here.
everything seems to be working again.
any advice for me now? should i RUU it and just go back to stock or can i keep going from this point with the root steps again? (this time leaving the radio flash alone lol)
If you were able to get root in the first place, you are fine.
Download Flipz Stock Rom with Superuser. No flashing radios necessarily. Just flashing an update.
And you are set. You will be rooted with stock rom. Supposedly.
I did manage to get it fixed last night. Now I am fully rooted and running the fresh rom.
I really appriciate all the advice from everyone who was on here at 4am with me lol. Kinda sucks my first posts on here had to be about breaking my phone, but you guys are awesome!
I got stuck in a boot loop once too when trying to flash a rom. It was because I didn't clear the Data/Stock Image. I had cleared Cache/Dalvik, but not data.
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So, I did a silly thing
I rooted my new Incredible using Unrevoked 3.21 and it worked like a dream. Super impressed with how easy it was compared to when I rooted my original Droid. I decided I wanted to run Cyanogen Mod, since I loved it on the Droid.
The mistake I made was thinking I could install like I did on my Droid - I juts downloaded Rom Manager and downloaded and told it to install the latest version. Now I know that was bad.
My phone now boots only to the white HTC Incredible splash screen and sticks. The only way to power down is to pull the battery. If I pull the battery, and boot using the volume + power button, it vibrates 3 times and the screen goes black.
If I plug it into my computer while it's stuck on the white splash screen Unrevoked will pick it up and start the push. I thought awesome, because it rebooted it back to the hboot screen -- but then it restarted again and stuck on the white splash.
Then I tried stoping unrevoked at the hboot screen and trying clear storage and i tried recovery when that didn't work. Pushing the power button to select the option makes the phone vibrate once and go back to the white splash.
Am I doomed? I tried a Froyo RUU and it can't find it via USB. I'm feeing antsy with no phone and a little nervous I wrecked my Incredible.
Hmm, I've heard there are ways to manually recover via USB, but I'm not sure of how to do it. Also, how long have you let it sit at the HTC screen. Many roms take about 7-10 mins on the first boot and may seem like they are frozen.
If I try booting using power + volume it pulses (vibrates) 3 times and the screen stays black.
Maybe take a look at this.
androidforums.com/incredible-support-troubleshooting/187107-3-vibrates-no-recovery.html
Thanks, so now I can get into hboot - when I volume down to select 'recovery' it vibrates one and goes to the white splash screen again. Then, it goes black with white bars on the right and left sides
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If I try booting using power + volume it pulses (vibrates) 3 times and the screen stays black.
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Holding volume up and power enables Qualcomm diagnostics (vibrates three times). Pull the battery and put it back in then hold volume down and power. That should get you to hboot.
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Yea I've made it into hboot now, but it doesn't seem to do anything? It goes to the white HTC Incredible screen, or a black screen with two white bars.
Are the some zip files I should have on my SD Card?
Ok, I found this thread: http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=806734
But the recovery file linked is a dead link?
EDIT: Think I found the file needed: http://www.dougpiston.com/files/Recovery/
in there. Trying to put that on the card now.
Update: I used the file from the thread I found and this time it actually came up withs ome prompts. once I opted yes, though, it went back to the white HTC Incredible screen.
Am I missing anything else? That recovery file is the only thing I've put on the SD card. Do I need any other images?
Call *611 and get a refurb. something happened. same thing happened to me. I flashed shadowrom(not blaming this rom) and instead of booting up i hear 3 beep, black screen flashing green notification light. only way to pull batt. then i try turn on, 3 beep same ****.. weird enough, i could plug it in, get a red light turn it on, and use it fine, i was s-off, this turned me to s-on somehow, and when i had the phone booted finally from having it plugged in, once rebooted, samed 3 beep, and if i tried turning it on while plugged in and pulling the cord before fully booting, it would do the 3 beep, i just got a refurb for this, just flash the signed PB31IMG.zip file to set it back to s-on and stock recovery...
I've got recovery working. Now I just need a backup file to restore to or a stock image or something, I think.
If you have recovery working you're good to go
jensenist said:
I've got recovery working. Now I just need a backup file to restore to or a stock image or something, I think.
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Step 1: Download this file: http://www.mediafire.com/?n3bmd2bkz55k1b9
Step 2: Connect your phone to your computer.
Step 3: Save all of the files on your sdcard to a folder on your computer.
Step 4: Format your sdcard to fat32.
Step 5: Place the "PB31IMG.zip" file that you downloaded onto the sdcard in the bottom directory.
Step 6: Power down the phone.
Step 7: Hold the volume button down while pressing the power on button. (This will place you in HBOOT)
Step 8: HBOOT will find the file on the sdcard named "PB31IMG.zip" and ask if you wish to update with it. Answer yes. (It will start to load and restart HBOOT and scan for the file again, don't panic, let it do it's thing.)
Step 9: When it is finished it will ask you to reboot the device, press volume up to reboot.
Step 10: Remove "PB31IMG.zip" from the sdcard.
Courtesy of dadicus at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=760306
I just cleaned it up a bit and made sure it works. This will revert your phone to complete stock 2.1 to include the recovery, radio, splash, etc, ready to receive the 2.2 OTA. After this, just run unrevoked again. Any problems/questions, let me know.
Well. Doomed I think.
It was going through the install like you described, I left the room. Came back to a black screen. Let it sit for a bit. After awhile I decided to go ahead and try a restart. Now, joy of joys, the buttons on the bottom light up but the screen stays black like it's booted up but unresponsive. Can't use the volume + power reboot at all now, I don't think. I'll keep trying.
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Well. Doomed I think.
It was going through the install like you described, I left the room. Came back to a black screen. Let it sit for a bit. After awhile I decided to go ahead and try a restart. Now, joy of joys, the buttons on the bottom light up but the screen stays black like it's booted up but unresponsive. Can't use the volume + power reboot at all now, I don't think. I'll keep trying.
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Since you already did a restart, tried a battery pull? Detected in adb?
I read a quote once (forget from where), it's not doomed till it doesn't power on.
I haven't tried adb -- I'll have to wait til I get home. battery pull doesn't seem to make a difference. Buttons at the bottom vibrate as I run my finger over them and are responsive - just can't see anything on the screen :\
Ha, I like that quote. And while it sucks breaking stuff, I always learn the most when I've wrecked something to the point I don't think I'll be able to ever recover lol
Not sure how I'm going to try ADB though. Looking at this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709220
I need access to my phone, and I can't get it. I might actually be doomed now. I'll keep researching. If anyone has tips, they're appreciated.
jensenist said:
Ha, I like that quote. And while it sucks breaking stuff, I always learn the most when I've wrecked something to the point I don't think I'll be able to ever recover lol
Not sure how I'm going to try ADB though. Looking at this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709220
I need access to my phone, and I can't get it. I might actually be doomed now. I'll keep researching. If anyone has tips, they're appreciated.
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adb is good to know. It'll let you edit your phone and manipulate it when it's connected to the computer. Very good if your screens broke, and it's quicker than just typing in commands on your phone. Assuming your device is detected, at least. Once you get it up and running, try the command
Code:
adb devices
Well it looks like it's detected. I'm at work, and while they block the USB ports so I can't do anything with the device it is saying "Hey you've connected something, it'll charge but you can't use it"
So hopefully when I get home I can ADB in and fix this nonsense.
I am a little confused why volume+power doesn't do anything, but oh well. Onward!
So I'm not super certain what I did. But I pushed volume and power until it booted, I now appear to be back to stock 2.2 thanks to the img PonsAsinorem linked -- but when I try and make a call it says verizon can't validate my phone.
They give a #8899 number to dial, but I want to ask here what's up before I call it and get an operator that's like "YOU ROOTED AND MESSED UP YOUR PHONE, DIE!" or something less or more severe
EDIT: Nevermind, I called anyway and it took 2 seconds for them to get it back on. I am back at stock 2.2 and working!
Somehow my HTC Desire's screen is not working.
It might be an SLCD brick but I haven't downgraded or anything of that sort, and I rooted my phone successfully a while back.
This started happening when I installed an AOSP Defrost rom onto it. Do they not work with SLCD's ? I'm not sure. But it worked for a while after installation. But a couple hours later, the phone wouldn't wake up.
Everything but the screen works. It seems that I can power it on, and unlock it on the opening screen. It vibrates when powering on and unlocking. I figure if that's the case then I can probably go into recovery or fastboot.
Unfortunately I don't have a goldcard. Nor do I know how to make a gold card. But I really do not want to resort to that. As well it is a Telus model, so until someone releases an RUU for that, I'm out of luck.
Since my phone is black and I can't see what I'm doing. Can someone give me a step by step button procedure on how I can restore my nandroid backup? As said before I have a amon ra recovery and I'm hoping that this can still work.
On a side note, how is Telus on exchanging your broken phone. It's nearly impossible to tell that my phone is rooted because the screen is black. But I no longer have the 30 day warranty so I'm not entirely sure.
Anyways I hope you guys can help me out!
Anyone ?
(Sorry I really hate to bump)
Come on guys, I'm really desperate here
I don't use AmonRa personally, so I wouldn't be able to give you a step-by-step advice =/.
First thing you should try to do is see if you can actually get into recovery, do this by pushing Volume Down + Power to boot up the device, then wait about a minute or two and push volume down, then power button. This SHOULD get you into recovery if you can... you can test it by hooking it up to your computer and seeing if you can toggle the USB mount for the SD Card.
Going from the picture in this thread: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=721792), just push volume down once then the trackball button. If that works, you can put a stock SCLD-compatible ROM onto the SD Card and use the flash from zip option (appears to be 4th item in the menu, but whatever steps are required after that I'm not sure on their positions as I'm using Clockworkmod =/).
Or if you remember the menu options that are available afterwards, try going through the backup/restore menu (3rd item) to try and restore from your nandroid backup.
Hope that somewhat helps =S.
Celmerine said:
I don't use AmonRa personally, so I wouldn't be able to give you a step-by-step advice =/.
First thing you should try to do is see if you can actually get into recovery, do this by pushing Volume Down + Power to boot up the device, then wait about a minute or two and push volume down, then power button. This SHOULD get you into recovery if you can... you can test it by hooking it up to your computer and seeing if you can toggle the USB mount for the SD Card.
Going from the picture in this thread: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=721792), just push volume down once then the trackball button. If that works, you can put a stock SCLD-compatible ROM onto the SD Card and use the flash from zip option (appears to be 4th item in the menu, but whatever steps are required after that I'm not sure on their positions as I'm using Clockworkmod =/).
Or if you remember the menu options that are available afterwards, try going through the backup/restore menu (3rd item) to try and restore from your nandroid backup.
Hope that somewhat helps =S.
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Thanks for the suggestions but i still couldn't do it. It's much harder cause you navigate up and down with the track ball instead of the vol up+down in amon ra.
On another note, I went to Telus today, and the only thing I can do, is send it to the service center and have them take a look at it. If they find out that it's rooted then I'm screwed.
I decided to take my chances with the goldcard and if that doesn't work I'll send it and try my luck.
Does anyone have anymore suggestions, feedback on what I should do :S. It's been a week and I have no replacement phone
AnthonyDG said:
Thanks for the suggestions but i still couldn't do it. It's much harder cause you navigate up and down with the track ball instead of the vol up+down in amon ra.
On another note, I went to Telus today, and the only thing I can do, is send it to the service center and have them take a look at it. If they find out that it's rooted then I'm screwed.
I decided to take my chances with the goldcard and if that doesn't work I'll send it and try my luck.
Does anyone have anymore suggestions, feedback on what I should do :S. It's been a week and I have no replacement phone
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I tried flashing a RUU but still no luck with the screen issue, however the flash said it was successful, does that mean that i have a stock ROM now, if so it should still be under manufacturer warranty (within 12 months) is this correct?
thanks
Tonight, I was trying to load the RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.1_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_release_171253.exe and everything seemed to be going smoothly. I hit a few screens that I cannot recall exactly and am embarrassed to say but, I cleared all the cache and storage, thinking that I should do this as I have for other ROMs that I have loaded.
The curious question is always "why were you loading that?" I need to send my phone back to sprint because of a warranty issue. Nothing hardware related, just a screen that is loose. In order to make sure that I have a good device, I wanted to send them an original type device. Now that we have that out of the way, here is where I am.
First off, I am somewhat new but have changed ROMs around a lot; Baked Snack, CyanogenMod, Fresh, etc. I like trying out different versions to see what they do.
I saw that I needed to have my SD formatted to FAT32, so I have already done that.
I also have PC36IMG.zip loaded to my SD root.
The symptoms that I am experiencing are:
1. If I hit the power button while pushing the up volume, i get 3 vibrations and thats it. Nothing ever comes on the screen.
2. If I just turn on the device, I get the recovery screen. Once it finds the PC36IMG.zip, it starts loading and has a blue status bar on the right that goes from bottom to top as it loads.
After that, I am pretty much in the endless loop. If I restart it in recovery after that, it gives me the red triangle with a red bang.
The only thing that it will do is boot into recovery and that is it. It seems pretty well blanked out.
For diagnostic, here is what the screen says when i get into recovery:
Supersonic EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0-79.0000
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PAMEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-1.39.00.04.26
April 14 2010,15:41:34
I am beside myself and humbly ask for anyones advice on what a good step would be to get this thing running again.
I thank you for taking time to read my plea.
OK...
1)The first thing I would recommend is to delete the PC36IMG.zip from the sdcard otherwise everytime you boot into the bootloader it will ask to flash it and it will just waste time. There are a number of PC36IMG files around here and they are not all the same. It is a generic name for the RUU and if you try and flash the wrong one it won't work. And, that seems to have happened to you.
2)The white screen you arrive at by holding down the volume down button and tapping the power button is called the bootlader. Take note of that because we'll need it in a minute.
3) Downloaded the stock Sprint unrooted RUU. It needs to be the same version or newer than what's already on your phone but since you are sending it in anyway I recommend just downloading the newest one (3.7.651...) Here is a link:
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Supersonic
4)Download HTC Sync and install it on your computer. You can get it from HTC's site or Sprint or through a google search. It will install the necessary drivers to your computer to see the phone. [EDIT] Here is a link:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/evo-sprint/downloads/
5) Once all the above is done boot the phone into the bootloader (hold volume down and tap the power button while still holding the volume down button). When the menu shows up use the volume keys to navigate to "FASTBOOT" and press the power button to select and enter FASTBOOT. Plug the phone into your PC and run the RUU.exe you just downloaded and it will return it to a completely stock unrooted state.
6) Breathe easy and take phone back to Sprint.
Thanks!!!
Worked like a flippin' charm!!!
Thank you very much for your help. Everything is fine and I am setting it back up to get me through until I can turn it back in.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.. and did I say Thank You!
Been trying to figure out how to use the RUU for two hours... this was the clearest most concise instructions for the process.
I was using the .iso to turn S-OFF and at step two, I didn't time the power-button clicking right, and now I'm stuck with a phone that is trying to continue the process of turning S-OFF. I had rooted the phone prior to this.
How can I just restore back to a stock or rooted ROM? I've downloaded a 2.1 stock rooted from from the internet, but how do I restore that back onto the phone so I can go back to trying to get S-OFF?
I take no responsibility for any damage to your device.
I had the same problem and had to do a battery pull and then repeat the process over again. Multiple times. It took quite a few tries to get it right.
Finally, make certain to follow the directions very carefully. If you read through the thread there are more tips on timing the sequence.
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I had the same problem and then said **** it and pushed the button as soon as i hit enter. This has worked for EVERY slide I have done
Do me a favor..
Power down your phone, then power it on tio the bootloader holding vol down & power at the same time. This should get it into the bootloader. At that point at the topp it's going to say something like HBOOT s-on and give you a version number..
if it's over 1.0 you are screwed. It wont work.
If it's below 1.0 the battery pull is th ebest idea you have
I had the same thing happen.
I pulled the battery and booted up the phone. It was trying to continue the S-off procedure. I pulled the battery again. I ensured that I had a update.zip file on the root of my SDCard. I then booted into recovery flashed the update.zip to get me into CWM.
From there I just reflashed the CM 7.0.3 version that I was on and went back to trying the S-off procedure.
I eventually got it. Read pages 30-40ish in the S-off thread. There is more about timing in that section.
Basically you need to push the power button and hold it until the phone goes into fastboot.
Do not worry nothing will happen to the cell only if you do not succeed, stainless everything from the root on the cell and retry what I deem s-off 3 seconds after pressing the message to come out ...... .. now press. leaving it up to pass sunken stage. I was 10 hours until it succeeds
and sorry for my bad English