Yet another fail......PLEASE HELP!!! - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am trying to get back my original backup and everythime I try it says:
Checking MD5 sums…
Erasing boot before restore…
Restoring boot image…
Error while flashing boot image!
I think my HBOOT isnt the write version but im not sure.

Did you change the name of it and use invalid characters, such as a space? Or seems your backup may be corrupted.

teh roxxorz said:
Did you change the name of it and use invalid characters, such as a space? Or seems your backup may be corrupted.
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No i didnt change any name and I get alot of Installation Failed from alot of ROMS which I have installed before. SO could someone help me out.

w4rl0 said:
No i didnt change any name and I get alot of Installation Failed from alot of ROMS which I have installed before. SO could someone help me out.
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What recovery are you currently using? Clockwork? If so, what version?

Well, do you have signature verification off? And what's your bootloader say? Have you switched recoveries in the process?

k2buckley said:
What recovery are you currently using? Clockwork? If so, what version?
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Clockwork and its 3.0.0.5 I think
teh roxxorz said:
Well, do you have signature verification off? And what's your bootloader say? Have you switched recoveries in the process?
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Yes they are off, What info do i need form my bootloader, And yes I went from Clock work to the green one that starts with a A then back to Clockwork.

Well thinking back, bootloader wouldn't matter, as long as you're rooted. And well are you trying to restore an amon_ra backup from clockwork?

w4rl0 said:
Clockwork and its 3.0.0.5 I think
Yes they are off, What info do i need form my bootloader, And yes I went from Clock work to the green one that starts with a A then back to Clockwork.
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You can't switch recoveries like that. The recovery you used to backup is the one you must use to restore. Backup with clockwork you have to use clockwork to restore you can't use RA.

zone23 said:
You can't switch recoveries like that. The recovery you used to backup is the one you must use to restore. Backup with clockwork you have to use clockwork to restore you can't use RA.
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I redid the whole clockwork is there like a HBOOT I need or something.

w4rl0 said:
I redid the whole clockwork is there like a HBOOT I need or something.
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No...should have just switched back tot he version of clockwork you used to create the backup.

w4rl0 said:
I redid the whole clockwork is there like a HBOOT I need or something.
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Not sure I'm following ya but if you want to go back to green aka RA then there is a thread in DEV. on how to do it. The pc36img is the easy way. I think its pc36img any way can't quite remember. You put it on your SD boot to hboot and it will ask if you want to flash it. Basically
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026

I just made a backup and none of them will restore. No matter how old or new

How are you doing it? Are you choosing to install zip from sd card? If so... that wont work. Go into backup and restore and restore from there. Make sure to wipe everything first.
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brownyb601 said:
How are you doing it? Are you choosing to install zip from sd card? If so... that wont work. Go into backup and restore and restore from there. Make sure to wipe everything first.
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I did that, Ill dont know i try and fiure it out.

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Need urgent help

I just tried flashing the new wimax update and it went through and succeeded, but now my phone reboots after a minute or 2 once it's fully booted. If I'm in recovery mode it doesn't have that problem at all. I'm using baked 1.5.
michaelm718 said:
I just tried flashing the new wimax update and it went through and succeeded, but now my phone reboots after a minute or 2 once it's fully booted. If I'm in recovery mode it doesn't have that problem at all. I'm using baked 1.5.
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Have you tried the standard "wipe cache and data, then reflash your ROM"?
Noxious Ninja said:
Have you tried the standard "wipe cache and data, then reflash your ROM"?
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I have re-flashed the wimax radio and wiped the dalvik/regular chache and did a factory reset.
did you wipe? that will solve most of your problems with out the need of a thread being made.
DomSim said:
did you wipe? that will solve most of your problems with out the need of a thread being made.
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First of all, mods please move my topic to Q&A. I did not mean to post this in this forum. Also yes I've wiped everything about a million times.
michaelm718 said:
First of all, mods please move my topic to Q&A. I did not mean to post this in this forum. Also yes I've wiped everything about a million times.
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Did you try flashing an older version or a nandroid? If you are using clockwork make sure signature checking is turned on too, you could have a corrupted file.
xHausx said:
Did you try flashing an older version or a nandroid? If you are using clockwork make sure signature checking is turned on too, you could have a corrupted file.
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I tried flashing an older version and that didn't work either. What is this thing about nandroid? How do I go about that?
Edit: I fixed it by restoring google proprietary stuff(forgot the name) and restored nand. Which one fixed it? I have no idea, but it basically restored me to factory 2.1, but with root access. Mods please lock/ delete this. It's in the wrong forum and I apologize. Thank you
michaelm718 said:
I tried flashing an older version and that didn't work either. What is this thing about nandroid? How do I go about that?
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A nandroid is a backup of your system you can make from the recovery, it's always a good idea to make one before you flash anything. I'm not sure if that covers your radios though.
Do you use titanium backup or anything? Without knowing how your phone is set up (what recovery you are using, etc) the only thing I can think of would be to flash the engineering bootloader. That should fix it but you would have to reinstall your ROM afterwards.
xHausx said:
A nandroid is a backup of your system you can make from the recovery, it's always a good idea to make one before you flash anything. I'm not sure if that covers your radios though.
Do you use titanium backup or anything? Without knowing how your phone is set up (what recovery you are using, etc) the only thing I can think of would be to flash the engineering bootloader. That should fix it but you would have to reinstall your ROM afterwards.
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The nandroid restore worked because I had a backup I made while following the guide. I fixed it doing that, but while trying to update the radio to the current one again figuring if it messed up I can restore it and again the same problem came up, but this time nandroid restore wont work and it's telling me to use adb restore, but adb says your device is not found.
BTW all of my phones stuff come directly from the idiot proof guide(recovery etc)
bump... I'm sorry I'm sitting here with a semi broken phone. Is it possible to download someone else's nandroid back up and install it on mine? I know it will fix my problem as it already did, but for some reason now it's telling me to do it with adb, but my usb seems to not be working either.

Stuck at Checking MD5 Sums

I'm still some what newby, as much as I don't like to admit it..
I'm not sure what I've done wrong.. I went to restore and clicked on the last file I backed up.. Yet, I'm stuck at checking md5 sums. How long does this usually take? I'm at about 15 minutes of waiting. Is this normal?
It should normally go pretty quickly. Did you edit anything in your backup before you tried to restore it?
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Nope, I didn't change anything.
I've tried from both Clockwork and from Rom Manager. No luck either way.
Have you wipe verything at least twice prier to restoring?
evolishesh said:
Have you wipe verything at least twice prier to restoring?
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I didn't wipe anything. I'm assuming that's where I messed up?
I've been following http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...nandroid-backup-and-clockworkmod-rom-manager/
If that gives you an idea what's I've been doing.
Try that, than report back. use Amo-Ra.
How did you root your phone?
evolishesh said:
How did you root your phone?
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unrEVOked 3.3
okay. have you flash Amo-ra?
As n00b as it sounds, I don't know how. Do, I go to rom manager flash alternate recovery ra recovery 2.2?
amaffey said:
As n00b as it sounds, I don't know how. Do, I go to rom manager flash alternate recovery ra recovery 2.2?
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yes. try that and than do nandroid back up.
evolishesh said:
yes. try that and than do nandroid back up.
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It's telling me before I back up I have to have ClockworkMod Recovery installed before continuing.
On the very top of rom manager, flash ClockworkMod Recovery , than do the amo-ra.
Let me ask this. Do I even need to flash to my stock rom before I flash to a new rom? Currently I'm on Fresh. I want to flash to Vael. Is it required to restore?
No. just make sure to do a nandroid back with Amo-ra and make sure to back up your Wimax image with it. Before flashing do at least wipe everything twice. Data,cach,dalvic.

Help with Amon Ra please

Ok so I've been using clockwork since I rooted but now I want to switch to Amon Ra cause I hear its better. The recovery works because I can back up and flash stuff, but for some reason I can't restore, it always says something went wrong, check the recovery log. Is it because I rename the backups?
guih said:
Ok so I've been using clockwork since I rooted but now I want to switch to Amon Ra cause I hear its better. The recovery works because I can back up and flash stuff, but for some reason I can't restore, it always says something went wrong, check the recovery log. Is it because I rename the backups?
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It could be. If you rename a backup, it cannot have any spaces in the name, or any odd characters. I suggest renaming it to something simple, with no punctuation, and no spaces. Try that, and see if it'll restore.
didnt work :/
you arent trying to recover CWM backups with RA are you?
No, these are backups done through Amon Ra
guih said:
No, these are backups done through Amon Ra
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What options did you select when creating the backup? You may want to try re flashing your recovery, and see if it works after that. Sometimes reflashing the recovery can clear up a bunch of odd recovery related issues.
k2buckley said:
What options did you select when creating the backup? You may want to try re flashing your recovery, and see if it works after that. Sometimes reflashing the recovery can clear up a bunch of odd recovery related issues.
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For one of them I backed up all of it (clicked every check) and for another I only backed up the original 3 it selects for you; neither of them worked... Ok I'll try that
When you make a backup using amon RA, the name of the nandroid appears as such: BDAS-20110509-0440. The prefix tells you what was backed up. For instance, the BDAS in the above example tells me that I made a backup of the boot, data, android.secure and system. Because I flash a lot of roms, I rename my backups in this manner: BDAS-SALVAGEMOD-0440. If you don't add any special characters, your backup should restore if you've renamed it. If your renamed backup is similar to mine and it still fails to restore then I recommend that you re-flash amon RA as suggested by my good friend k2buckley. Specifically, v2.3. You can download it from the link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
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Alright thanks a lot guys it worked when I re-flashed the recovery through bootloader. For some reason, ROM manager isn't flashing recoveries for me anymore.
guih said:
Alright thanks a lot guys it worked when I re-flashed the recovery through bootloader. For some reason, ROM manager isn't flashing recoveries for me anymore.
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Some users have had issues with rom manager "not flashing correct," but I've never had a problem with it. Glad its working though.

Have the "android" on bootup.

I got the android over the boot screen and my phone wont boot up, It just happened when i tried to flash this mod but didnt read far enough to see my current phone state was not compatiable, what can I do, it changed 2 files.
MOD: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089073
name:[mod][port]ec05_6_lockscreens[mod](froyo)[maddoggin]
gamerfantic said:
I got the android over the boot screen and my phone wont boot up, It just happened when i tried to flash this mod but didnt read far enough to see my current phone state was not compatiable, what can I do, it changed 2 files.
MOD: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089073
name:[mod][port]ec05_6_lockscreens[mod](froyo)[maddoggin]
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You'll have to Odin back to stock. Or restore your nandroid back-up, that I know you have..
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NAnadroid backup being the one in CMW 3.0.2.5?
gamerfantic said:
NAnadroid backup being the one in CMW 3.0.2.5?
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Yes, you did a backup before flashing anything, right? You could also reflash the ROM which is probably still on your SD card. Boot into Clockwork with 3 finger and reflash ROM.

[Q] when restoring nandroid back ups does it have to be with same recovery version

when restoring nandroid back ups does it have to be with same recovery version i made back up with? i had to unroot my evo from cyanogen mod 7 to take it to sprint. now im trying to restore my evo back to how it was. the nandroid restoring keeps failing. this is the log
clockworkmod recovery v2.6.0.1
checking MD5 sums...
erasing boot image...
restoring boot image...
error while flashing boot image!
i dont remember which version of clockwork i had when i made the back up. what can i do fix this?
Yes, you need to restore the backup with same recovery you used to make it.
teh roxxorz said:
Yes, you need to restore the backup with same recovery you used to make it.
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thanks for fast reply..
that sucks, is there anyway i can figure out which one i used to make it?
hotboyray said:
thanks for fast reply..
that sucks, is there anyway i can figure out which one i used to make it?
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On your sd card you will see the folder:
clockwork if cwm recovery was used
and
nandroid if amon_ra recovery was used
teh roxxorz said:
On your sd card you will see the folder:
clockwork if cwm recovery was used
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nandroid if amon_ra recovery was used
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i know i used clockwork mod to make the backup. i just dont know which version of clockwork i used to make the back up.
hotboyray said:
i know i used clockwork mod to make the backup. i just dont know which version of clockwork i used to make the back up.
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Any version of clockwork will be okay.
teh roxxorz said:
Any version of clockwork will be okay.
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are u sure? why isnt the back up restoring than?
hotboyray said:
i know i used clockwork mod to make the backup. i just dont know which version of clockwork i used to make the back up.
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maybe you didnt use clockwork.. flash amon_ra recovery and try restore
Only recovery I used for my evo has always been clock work recovery. I used it with rom manager. This sucks.. I had alot of settings I don't want to reconfigure and apps I don't remember.
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hotboyray said:
when restoring nandroid back ups does it have to be with same recovery version i made back up with? i had to unroot my evo from cyanogen mod 7 to take it to sprint. now im trying to restore my evo back to how it was. the nandroid restoring keeps failing. this is the log
clockworkmod recovery v2.6.0.1
checking MD5 sums...
erasing boot image...
restoring boot image...
error while flashing boot image!
i dont remember which version of clockwork i had when i made the back up. what can i do fix this?
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Not the case for me, I made a backup with the backup/restore feature running ClockWorkMod 2.6.0.1 (somewhere around that version ) and was successfully able to restore it using ClockWorkMod 3.0.0.1.
hotboyray said:
are u sure? why isnt the back up restoring than?
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1. Has the backup somehow become corrupt?
2. Are you restoring it from a different evo?
Lacedaemon said:
Not the case for me, I made a backup with the backup/restore feature running ClockWorkMod 2.6.0.1 (somewhere around that version ) and was successfully able to restore it using ClockWorkMod 3.0.0.1.
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any ideas why mine isnt working?
Restoring backup has nothing to do with unrooting anyway. When you run the ruu, its going to wipe everything. And next time, use amon ra
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.
can you restore a nandroid to a different evo?
lamarcusoliver said:
can you restore a nandroid to a different evo?
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Technically, yes, but I wouldn't recommend doing so.
teh roxxorz said:
Technically, yes, but I wouldn't recommend doing so.
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why? they are both the same hardware number.
lamarcusoliver said:
why? they are both the same hardware number.
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Because the system data will be different, and can and most likely will cause problems.
The best thing too do is backup your launcher settings and apps via titanium, then restore them on the new evo, though when restoring the app, ONLY do apps+data, NOT system settings.
The problem lies within your first post you cannot wipe boot with clockwork. You need to download and flash vrsuperwipe or calkulins format all. Then restore your backup because it is failing to flash your boot.img on top of an unwiped boot.
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I'm going to repeat what I just said; it doesn't matter. When you unropot, everything will be wiped anyway. You will loose your data and have no way of getting it back unless you back up apps and texts before running ruu
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.
Khilbron said:
The problem lies within your first post you cannot wipe boot with clockwork. You need to download and flash vrsuperwipe or calkulins format all. Then restore your backup because it is failing to flash your boot.img on top of an unwiped boot.
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super wipe failed.. can someone provide link for formatall that works with 2.3 evo

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