[Q] ROM flashing - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello. today ive got my 1st android device - htc desire. i know that i was sim locked to band " 3 ", and is now sim unlocked, at boot screen i still see big "3" after HTC. i have rooted it with unrevoked team, clockwork recovery works. i have downloaded "LeeDrOiD's" rom, and placed into my sd card (it also has two partitions for a2sd). then when i engage clockwork recovery and try to install that rom, nothing happens, it just blinks, some text shades fast, and here i am back on the rom(.zips) selection... so anyone any suggestions on this? btw my radio is 32.41 if it has anything to do with this.

Check md5 and disable signature verification. It's in the install zip from sd menu.
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where exactly is that md5 and how do i check it?

The leedroid mini site has the information or try: http://goo.gl/FEzxL
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even if i check it, i will not know if it is right, however. this developer is serious and this is nothing bad about this rom i think. imo its about the phone. so what else can go wrong?

i find that software number : 1.22 can be problem

I think you need to do some reading on how to flash a rom, sounds to me like you have absolutely no idea what you are doing.
What do the lines even say when you flash the rom but it fails?
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actually i have idea what i do. when i start flashing custom rom, it just blinks and returns back to custom recovery, and now this turned that it froze on "installing" for two mins, then it started installing, and get bricked. i saw htc in white screen, and then custom firmware boot screen blinking 3 sec intervals. i have done ruu software upgrade so far, and have advanced to 2.2 froyo and software 2.29.405.5 in that way, and i am failing to root the phone now.

Saying 'it just blinks' isn't exactly descriptive of the issue. What do you see on the screen? We need as much information as possible to even begin to help you

found that unrevoked 3.2 (older version) soloved my problem, phone is rooted, and custom rom already sucesfully installed

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CDMA Desire has NO recovery after using unrEVOked...halp!

Ok, so after running the latest version of unrEVOked on my CDMA (U.S. Cellular) Desire, everything seemed to work smoothly, unrEVOked said "Done" on the PC end, but at the end, on my handset I get this error...
Verifying system type...
E:unsupported radio version
E:Update failed. Check /sdcard/soff.log
E:Error in /data/local/unrevoked-forever.zip
(Status 42)
Installation aborted
Failure at line 1:
install_zip DATA:local/unrevoked-forever.zip
I thought okay no big deal, it didn't flash Clockwork and stayed S-ON. No big deal... But, problem. It did "attempt" to flash Clockwork, so now my recovery image is indeed Clockwork but it's a completely non-functional version of it, leaving me with literally no recovery at all, which is obviously a problem. I've searched high and low through these and about 5 other forums and I've seen a few other people that had the same error occur, but never anybody that found a solution or anybody that mentioned that they literally did not have a functioning recovery system, even the stock recover. So, again... HALP! I'm by no means an expert but have had and flashed Android devices for around a year now and this one has me puzzled.
Oh, and before anyone asks. HBOOT version 0.98, Radio/baseband of 2.05.10.08.11
When I reboot into recovery, it shows the Clockworkmod Recovery UI that I'm used to (actually prefer Amon's but... nevermind) but any time I select anything within the Clockwork UI it just goes to a blank black screen. A battery pull is required to reboot and then it's back to normal. Oh, and I do actually have root within Android itself. Sorry for the long winded post but this one's driving me nuts. Thanks for any help guys.
Edit: And the Soff.log basically just repeats what I mentioned above, @PID: 88, "BRAVO_C" Got radio version: 2.05.10.08.11 E:Unsupported radio version, update failed.
Is it simply that unrEVOked doesn't support this particular CDMA Desire yet?
jjones1983 said:
Ok, so after running the latest version of unrEVOked on my CDMA (U.S. Cellular) Desire, everything seemed to work smoothly, unrEVOked said "Done" on the PC end, but at the end, on my handset I get this error...
Verifying system type...
E:unsupported radio version
E:Update failed. Check /sdcard/soff.log
E:Error in /data/local/unrevoked-forever.zip
(Status 42)
Installation aborted
Failure at line 1:
install_zip DATA:local/unrevoked-forever.zip
I thought okay no big deal, it didn't flash Clockwork and stayed S-ON. No big deal... But, problem. It did "attempt" to flash Clockwork, so now my recovery image is indeed Clockwork but it's a completely non-functional version of it, leaving me with literally no recovery at all, which is obviously a problem. I've searched high and low through these and about 5 other forums and I've seen a few other people that had the same error occur, but never anybody that found a solution or anybody that mentioned that they literally did not have a functioning recovery system, even the stock recover. So, again... HALP! I'm by no means an expert but have had and flashed Android devices for around a year now and this one has me puzzled.
Oh, and before anyone asks. HBOOT version 0.98, Radio/baseband of 2.05.10.08.11
When I reboot into recovery, it shows the Clockworkmod Recovery UI that I'm used to (actually prefer Amon's but... nevermind) but any time I select anything within the Clockwork UI it just goes to a blank black screen. A battery pull is required to reboot and then it's back to normal. Oh, and I do actually have root within Android itself. Sorry for the long winded post but this one's driving me nuts. Thanks for any help guys.
Edit: And the Soff.log basically just repeats what I mentioned above, @PID: 88, "BRAVO_C" Got radio version: 2.05.10.08.11 E:Unsupported radio version, update failed.
Is it simply that unrEVOked doesn't support this particular CDMA Desire yet?
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Hmm, I PM'd you but I noticed something else. When you are trying to select a menu option on Clockwork, are you pressing power? That will give you that black screen. You should be using the optical trackpad button to select.
I am indeed using power, I came from the EVO. If it's something that silly I'm going to feel like a moron. Let me give it a shot.
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Well if that wasn't the most noobish mistake I've ever made, I'm not sure what is. I assume it wouldn't hurt to try and flash unrevoked-forever.zip though recovery now to try and obtain S-OFF?
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<shakes head in shame> Move along. Nothing to see here. Everything is fine now, and tons of thanks for your help man.
jjones1983 said:
<shakes head in shame> Move along. Nothing to see here. Everything is fine now, and tons of thanks for your help man.
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Enjoy your phone!
I am now. Flashed Cyanogen and been getting everything set up. It's tough to find CDMA Roms which is unfortunate. As much as I like CM some options would be nice. Tried Ultimate Droid which I was a fan of on the EVO but it was buggy as hell on this handset.
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jjones1983 said:
I am now. Flashed Cyanogen and been getting everything set up. It's tough to find CDMA Roms which is unfortunate. As much as I like CM some options would be nice. Tried Ultimate Droid which I was a fan of on the EVO but it was buggy as hell on this handset.
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MIUI is another great ROM. It's what I've been running for awhile. Very few bugs and it looks pretty slick.
I loved MIUI on my EVO, I didn't realize it was available for this handset. If only I could hit that "thanks" button again.
Swyped from my Desire on CM 6.1
We should make a MIUI fanboys club :cD
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i have this problem too, please help

[Q] Try to restore backup --> Bricked!

Hiya,
Firstly, yes, I did a search. Here's my problem.
I used unrevoked and rooted my phone, so I could remove bloatware, tether etc. I then installed the hydra kernel to OC to 1.113 (stock volt), and this worked fine too. Couple weeks passed, everything's dandy, and today I decided to give Cyanogenmod 6.1 a try. So I get that up and running and decide that I like the Sense UI better, so I go into the ROM Manager app and tried to restore a backup that I made before installing the ROM. So the phone restarted, and then displayed the HTC Incredible logo and it stayed there.
I waited 30 minutes, pulled the battery, tried to boot. Same thing.
I held down vol down and went into HBOOT, and selected recovery. I get the black screen with vertical white lines on the sides. Waited thirty minutes, no change.
I then tried to reset factory settings through main HBOOT menu. Got the black screen with white stripes again.
So, it appears I bricked my phone. My theory is that the space on my SD card was too low and when I did the backup not all the information was saved, and when the phone tried to reset it pooped out, on account of the fact that the restore data was incomplete.
Thoughts? I do have the Best Buy warranty on this thing, so I'm wondering how that could offer some sort of solution (although I am pretty sure they will not like the fact that it has been rooted..). So in summary: Halp!!
Thanks yall.
IHateMayonnaise
Hater of Mayonnaise,
Have you ever been inside the recovery, working? I'm guessing no. The screen you described is an older clockwork recovery on an incompatible LCD screen. Try one of the newer recoveries. 2.5.1.2 should work work, as well as BAMod, and I believe Doug piston has one up. Rename the file to the proper PB31IMG.zip format and load from HBOOT. After that, look for your backup or install a new ROM.
You're not bricked till the phone doesn't turn on.
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PonsAsinorem said:
Hater of Mayonnaise,
Have you ever been inside the recovery, working? I'm guessing no. The screen you described is an older clockwork recovery on an incompatible LCD screen. Try one of the newer recoveries. 2.5.1.2 should work work, as well as BAMod, and I believe Doug piston has one up. Rename the file to the proper PB31IMG.zip format and load from HBOOT. After that, look for your backup or install a new ROM.
You're not bricked till the phone doesn't turn on.
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Yes I've been in it many times. When I first tried (while rooting my phone) I had the same thing happen, but I got the newer recovery or something (I forget what I did) and it went away. Why would this problem come back?
Maybe koush didn't fix the new one, so when you upgraded it broke. Go back to the older one that did work and all is dandy.
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yep it worked thanks!
lost android process
my phone gives the message android .process.acore has stopped unexpectedly.
cant get anything to work.
Just fyi. Bricked is completely dead. Not stuck at a boot screen.
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+1 on this bricked is thrown around far too much
shoman24v said:
Just fyi. Bricked is completely dead. Not stuck at a boot screen.
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uwintoday said:
my phone gives the message android .process.acore has stopped unexpectedly.
cant get anything to work.
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Which ROM?
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uwintoday said:
my phone gives the message android .process.acore has stopped unexpectedly.
cant get anything to work.
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When does this happen? It started happening to me after I flashed data throttle zip on OMGB v6. only when I toggle 3G though.
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android .process.acore
[ROM] SkyRaider Vanilla 3.0.1 RC3 ran this for a few days. did a back up and installed Incredible Gingerbread[Android 2.3 ran this for around twenty minutes. no back up done and tryed to install The Ultimate Droid 2.5.0. Thats when the problem started.
my phone has the andorid in the middle of the screen and says touch to continue. gives this error android .process.acore when android is touched. can only dial 911.
Since you didn't do a backup, make sure you do a complete wipe. If necessary, do a RUU and try again.
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android .process.acore
I dont see a complete wipe option.
I only have hboot options.
uwintoday said:
I dont see a complete wipe option.
I only have hboot options.
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Factory reset, or something similar. Can't remember exactly. If not there, try fastboot.
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the ruu updates says loading PB31IMG.zip no image wrong image
Try going into the phone from safe mode. It might help you figure out if its the rom or an app on the rom.
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the ruu updates says loading PB31IMG.zip no image wrong image
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Which means either your sd card is not FAT32, or you named it wrong.
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Or the file may have been corrupted during download. See if the md5 checksum matches that posted on the download site.
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Unrevoked forever
SkyRaider Sense 3.5
Radio 2.15.00.11.15
This is driving me crazy. No phone for days.
Ok i formated the sd card to fat32 via my computer sd slot. downloaded radio to computer from here
radios/2.15.00.07.28/ copy PB31IMG.zip to sd card via computer. with s off i did this , power off phone. Hold DOWN volume and press power. to accesses the hboot screen. hboot updateed PB31IMG.zip. yeah.
when i rebooted it goes into this endless loop of the red eye and the word droid.
Please advise.
Thanks
It isn't the radio you need to flash. An RUU is a stock rom as delivered by HTC. Try one of these.
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Incredible/
Sounds like you may need to reflash recovery too.
Edit: On second thought, you're recovery is probably ok. I was getting your problem confused with the original poster's problem.
http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/02/clockwork-recovery-image.html
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[Q] Rooted g2 won't boot past htc screen

Hello all.
I have a t-mobile g2, currently S-OFF, which is sitting in hboot/fastboot right now. I will not boot past the HTC screen.
I attained root last night using this method, and it worked without problems. I then gave a few apps (terminal and shark, to be precise) superuser access. Went to sleep.
This morning, I wanted to delete some apps and change some system fonts around (wanted to use the ubuntu font instead of droidsans). deleted photobucket at amazon mp3. while trying to change the fonts, I changed permissions on the /system/ folder to 777 (chmod 777 /system/). Changing the fonts wasn't working out, so i decided to leave it alone and just reboot my device. upon reboot, it would no longer boot past the htc boot screen. It will, however, go into hboot/fastboot mode without a problem. I tried going into recovery mode and using the update.zip (e4aaacea73af.OTA_Vision_TMUS_1.22.531.8-1.1.19.531.1_release_signed.zip renamed). No luck. Also, i tried researching on the forums and using adb to try to unbrick, but adb doesn't recognize any device being plugged in. fastboot did work, though, and i wrote the original recovery.img file into the phone (although I don't know where it goes when this is done...) and now I don't know where to go next. any help?
Try wiping your data and flashing a new rom on there. Some roms have a OC kernel so I would also make sure u know what kind of kernel the rom has. If its OCed I would download o non OCed kernel. Reason being some are like OCed to the max which makes the phone not boot, and when turned off sleeping doesn't want to turn back on.
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Vandale said:
Try wiping your data and flashing a new rom on there. Some roms have a OC kernel so I would also make sure u know what kind of kernel the rom has. If its OCed I would download o non OCed kernel. Reason being some are like OCed to the max which makes the phone not boot, and when turned off sleeping doesn't want to turn back on.
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I had stock android that came with the phone, I just got it about a week ago. Is there any way to find the standard/stock android rom for the g2? if anyone could link it and let me know how to flash it, that would be amazing.
Update:
I've been doing a bit more research, and I found that it might be possible to flash a stock rom (PC10IMG.zip). I downloaded the TMOUS one provided in this thread and shortened it to PC10IMG.zip. Once I do that, I go into Hboot, and when it checks for the different nbh/zip images, it always tells me "no image"/"no image or wrong image!". HELP!!!
consciousdawn said:
Update:
I've been doing a bit more research, and I found that it might be possible to flash a stock rom (PC10IMG.zip). I downloaded the TMOUS one provided in this thread and shortened it to PC10IMG.zip. Once I do that, I go into Hboot, and when it checks for the different nbh/zip images, it always tells me "no image"/"no image or wrong image!". HELP!!!
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Which one did you download? The first few on there were pre-release ROMs. The 1.19.531.1 ROM was the release ROM originally. Most recent G2's come with 1.22 (the OTA update) pre-installed, which we do not currently have a PC10IMG.zip for. If your G2 had 1.22 (e.g., you already had wifi-calling and tethering), you won't be able to use the 1.19 PC10IMG unless you used gfree to obtain S-OFF. If you did not (i.e., you only flashed the engineering HBOOT), you should not try to flash this file (it will replace your HBOOT with the shipping version and then quit mid-flash because it sees you already have a higher version installed). Even if you did obtain S-OFF with gfree, flashing this file will cause you to lose your engineering HBOOT and root (though you will still have S-OFF, so it's easy to re-root).
As was stated earlier, the easiest/best thing to do at this point is flash a custom ROM. If you still want the stock look-and-feel, here is a pre-rooted stock G2 ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836042. You want to flash it through ClockworkMod recovery. I'm assuming you hadn't installed this already or you would have a backup of your ROM that you could have simply restored. You can install ClockworkMod recovery through fastboot though (there is a thread in the dev section or you can search for one of the many guides on it).
Also, you will probably want to get the de-odex version of the stock ROM. If you are doing any kind of theming or UI modifications, that is usually required (or your changes will cause a bootloop). Without knowing the details of what you tried to do, I'm guessing this is what happened to you (since the stock ROM is odex'ed).
ianmcquinn said:
As was stated earlier, the easiest/best thing to do at this point is flash a custom ROM. If you still want the stock look-and-feel, here is a pre-rooted stock G2 ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836042. You want to flash it through ClockworkMod recovery. I'm assuming you hadn't installed this already or you would have a backup of your ROM that you could have simply restored. You can install ClockworkMod recovery through fastboot though (there is a thread in the dev section or you can search for one of the many guides on it).
Also, you will probably want to get the de-odex version of the stock ROM. If you are doing any kind of theming or UI modifications, that is usually required (or your changes will cause a bootloop). Without knowing the details of what you tried to do, I'm guessing this is what happened to you (since the stock ROM is odex'ed).
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Do you mean this thread? I have been trying to follow along and it's a bit confusing (although I feel that's due largely in part to grammatical/usage errors). what you are saying does help a lot though. I just need to learn how to install Clockworkmod Recovery through fastboot. *googles away* in the meantime, feel free to link me to another thread which helps me do this. Thanks a million.
UPDATE:
I finally figured out what I was doing. So I used fastboot to flash a clockworkmod recovery.img onto my g2. When I went to recovery, after booting into hboot, it went to the HTC screen, as it should. Guess what I got? loopboot, once again T_T. Luckily I still have the official recovery.img, and reflashed that. Did I do something wrong? Please let me know.
consciousdawn said:
UPDATE:
I finally figured out what I was doing. So I used fastboot to flash a clockworkmod recovery.img onto my g2. When I went to recovery, after booting into hboot, it went to the HTC screen, as it should. Guess what I got? loopboot, once again T_T. Luckily I still have the official recovery.img, and reflashed that. Did I do something wrong? Please let me know.
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Wait, so what exactly happened? You entered the bootloader (white screen with green Android guys at the bottom), selected to enter recovery (using volume down and power button to select), and then was presented with an HTC logo? That means ClockworkMod recovery did not successfully flash. Did you get any errors when you used flashboot?
That's exactly what happened, and no, not at all. It said it flashed successfully. Maybe I don't have the correct version of Clockworkmod? If you could please link me to a good one, that would be great.
UPDATE!!
So I found an official clockworkmod 2.5.1.2, and now when I boot into recovery, it shows the HTC logo and then goes to clockworkmod. This is amazing. Thank you guys for all your help, I have learned something new today.
Now, can someone explain the difference between odexed and deodexed? please? lol.
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Wait, so what exactly happened? You entered the bootloader (white screen with green Android guys at the bottom), selected to enter recovery (using volume down and power button to select), and then was presented with an HTC logo? That means ClockworkMod recovery did not successfully flash. Did you get any errors when you used flashboot?
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Looks like I cried victory too quickly. While I do get the menu for clockworkmod (every time I boot, for that matter), every time I issue a command, such as reboot now, or install from SDcard, and even advanced, the screen goes black. GRRR, WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? I've been at this since about 1 today T_T
Just wanted to say that I'm the biggest noob on the planet. While I did upgrade to cwm 3.0.0.5, i didn't know it allowed the use of the main controls. I got my phone up and running now. Thank you for all the help. Good night :]

Boot Loops, forever.

So, I don't really post on forums because I'm pretty tech-savvy, but I have a big problem that I can't fix, and I can usually fix everything (thanks to you guys!)
This morning, my incredible acted up as I was checking an e-mail and it froze, so I decided to battery pull because restarting my phone didn't work. (Note, my incredible has been running VERY solidly on a CM7.1 nightly). As I tried to boot up the phone again, it would stay on the white HTC Incredible screen. When I rebooted into recovery thru HBOOT, i realized that there was an error mounting something, like recovery_log, or something like that (i didn't mind this because I thought I knew what I was doing), but I tried restoring my old nandroid backup that was working well, but it didn't work. It said it couldn't format /data or something... It ended up staying on the white HTC incredible screen. So, I wiped data/cache like 10 times, and dalvik cache as well and tried re-flashing a clean install of cm7.1 stable, but didn't work again - led me straight to the white Incredible screen. So, installing a fresh rom AND restoring a solid backup didn't work... so...
I found the RUU 2.3 stock rom on the development forums, and tried to install that like I do with the radios (PB31IMG.zip) through HBOOT, but no cigar. It did go PASSED the white screen, but boot loops at the Droid eye.
So, I thought I'd find a different stock img, and found the 2.2 official OTA .zip and installed it the same way, but got the exact same result (boot loops, forever).
Any suggestions? I can't think of anything else.... I feel like my phone is bricked, but I didn't do anything to make that happen.
I feel like something happened that made me not able to format the /data, and stuff. I even formatted my SDcard in case it was the problem.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
Load the RUU onto a different fat32 sd card and see if you are able to boot.
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i'll try that and give an update. thanks for the reply!
*update* no luck. same thing happens. i tried on three different sdcards formatted fat32...
Can you factory reset and flash a ROM from a different sd than the one you were using? Description sounds like bad sd, and AOSP roms interact with the sd on boot. If original (CM 7) sd is toast, it'll never boot, hence different sd card and prefably RUU
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I had this happen once where no matter what rom i flashed all i got was bootloops. I had to get the stock froyo ruu.exe that you run from your pc and install it that way. Then once installed boot up and go to settings/sd & phone storage and do a factory reset from there. This factory reset is a true reset as it wipes out vzw programing also. After reset folow on screen steps to reactivate your phone, you can skip the rest of the setup. Once thats done your good to go just flash clockwork or amon ra recovery and then flash what ever rom you want. No guarantees but it worked for me.
NOTE: This assumes you are s-off, if your not after flashing the ruu you will have to use unrevoked to regain root and s-off again.
You can also try wiping /system and /boot.
*token post to get my post count high enough to ask for help in the hacking section, dumb rule btw. FAIL*
Mine is now stuck in a continuous boot as well. It's not rooted and have no idea how to fix it.
I see instructions in this thread but they mean nothing to someone who doesn't know what the abbreviations stand for or how to go about the commands required.
sl4m said:
*token post to get my post count high enough to ask for help in the hacking section, dumb rule btw. FAIL*
Mine is now stuck in a continuous boot as well. It's not rooted and have no idea how to fix it.
I see instructions in this thread but they mean nothing to someone who doesn't know what the abbreviations stand for or how to go about the commands required.
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if you are non root. you will need to download the RUU.exe for 2.2 and install if from you pc.
http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-...mplest-instructions-ever-windows-xp-only.html
follow that and your phone will be back to the day you got it out of the box.
All the recommendations prior to Synisterwolf's post require root.
Some of the "abbreviations" are detailed in the Droid Incredible Development section. If you head over there you can read up on a beginners guide to root terms and helpful links in one of the top four threads namely:
If You're New to Modding/Rooting, Read This First! (Updated 08/05/10)
I will say though:
CM7.1 = CyanogenMod 7.1 (this is a rom)
OTA = Over The Air
2.2 = Froyo (Android software version 2.2)
RUU = basically refers to a file that people use to revert back to the Droid Incredible's pre-root status. Although there are additional steps as well.
SlimSnoopOS said:
All the recommendations prior to Synisterwolf's post require root.
Some of the "abbreviations" are detailed in the Droid Incredible Development section. If you head over there you can read up on a beginners guide to root terms and helpful links in one of the top four threads namely:
If You're New to Modding/Rooting, Read This First! (Updated 08/05/10)
I will say though:
CM7.1 = CyanogenMod 7.1 (this is a rom)
OTA = Over The Air
2.2 = Froyo (Android software version 2.2)
RUU = basically refers to a file that people use to revert back to the Droid Incredible's pre-root status. Although there are additional steps as well.
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RUU = ROM Update Utility
no luck, I installed the program on my XP machine, but the app can't connect to the phone.
The phone literally keeps rebooting over and over.
sl4m said:
no luck, I installed the program on my XP machine, but the app can't connect to the phone.
The phone literally keeps rebooting over and over.
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Then its gotta be a hardware failure.
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wow... what a bummer. thanks for the help anyway, it's much appreciated.
sl4m said:
no luck, I installed the program on my XP machine, but the app can't connect to the phone.
The phone literally keeps rebooting over and over.
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Does it give any specific error code when it says it can't connect to the phone?
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but don't you have to have HTC sync installed on your pc to use an ruu.exe? Do you have that installed?
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I'll try it again to verify the code, I'm pretty sure it was "170"
sl4m said:
*token post to get my post count high enough to ask for help in the hacking section, dumb rule btw. FAIL*
Mine is now stuck in a continuous boot as well. It's not rooted and have no idea how to fix it.
I see instructions in this thread but they mean nothing to someone who doesn't know what the abbreviations stand for or how to go about the commands required.
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I had this issue the first time i rooted my phone and attempted to put on a ROM, and i resolved it when i found this post to get back to stock. I also used this to fix a problem where my phone had a black screen with a line through it on booting to recovery or attempting to do a nandroid back up:
droidforums.net/forum/droid-incredible-hacks/95406-how-correctly-unroot-incredible.html
All i did was basically use the PB31IMG Method without turning s=on, ( i had stock radio and still have 7.28 )
1) download that PB31IMG.zip and drop it on the root of your sd card ( it has to be named ( PB31IMG.zip ) so make use you have file extensions showing on your PC.
2) boot to hboot and and let see the file and install it
3) used unrevoked ( remove sd card ) to aquire root again.
idk if this helps, but this seems to get me out of the few weird situations i had
sl4m said:
I'll try it again to verify the code, I'm pretty sure it was "170"
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Check this out to fix your 170 error.
http://androidforums.com/incredible...170-171-solution-windows-7-a.html#post1472468
This low key happened to me and I booted in to HBOOT and went to clear storage and it did its thing and booted up, from there I had to activate it then I was set!
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Rebooting over and over again

Hello,
sorry if u will find this thread to be repeated, but I was searching so much, and nothing helped me. After all, I think you are my last chance.
So to the problem:
One day I rebooted my Desire Z - rooted, CyanogenMod 7.2.0 RC# ( # is number can't remember which one - 2 or 3). Then I haven't paid attention to it and when I came home I noticed that phone is turned-off. So I turned it on: HTC white screen with green htc logo, CM loading screen and PIN code screen. So i entered PIN everything started loading ( i mean icons in notification bar appeared ) and then it happened: reboot. So again: logo, CM screen, PIN. I was bit slow so I didn't manage to enter PIN code and phone rebooted again. So it appears like it reboots in periods. So I start searching around the internet. I tried some things which I knew how to do, but I always found some problem. For example I can't mount USB storage while in CWM v5.0.2.7.
It appears to be boot loop, but I am not sure because I got to entering PIN code.
Help me, pls... I'm clueless.
P.S.: Sorry for my english, it's not my native language.
helper
YOU HAVE TO REINSTALL HBOOT AND FLASH A NEW ROM I WONT RECOMMEND GOING BACTO YOUR OLD ROM
get the hboot zip from http://www.virtuousrom.com/2011/06/t-mobile-g2-users-migrating-to-desirez.html put the file in the root of your sdcard hboot wiil recognize it and asked if you want to update after this remove the memory card use a card reader and on your pc delete the file put it back and enjoy dont forget to flash a new rom since this will delete every thing (oh use the card reader to put the file in you sd since you cant mount it from cmw
HIT THANKS IF I HELPED:good:
strip419 said:
YOU HAVE TO REINSTALL HBOOT AND FLASH A NEW ROM I WONT RECOMMEND GOING BACTO YOUR OLD ROM
get the hboot zip from http://www.virtuousrom.com/2011/06/t-mobile-g2-users-migrating-to-desirez.html put the file in the root of your sdcard hboot wiil recognize it and asked if you want to update after this remove the memory card use a card reader and on your pc delete the file put it back and enjoy dont forget to flash a new rom since this will delete every thing (oh use the card reader to put the file in you sd since you cant mount it from cmw
HIT THANKS IF I HELPED:good:
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Umm, don't do that ^^^^^
But it does look like you have some serious issues, try this, boot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik, now flash cm7 on top of it
If it still is causing issues then you need to do a full wipe (even better if you super wipe or fastboot -w)
Then flash ROM of choice, cm7 is great and there are many good Roms based off of cm7 I would also recommend, elitemod or ilwt for a couple nice options
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demkantor said:
Umm, don't do that ^^^^^
But it does look like you have some serious issues, try this, boot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik, now flash cm7 on top of it
If it still is causing issues then you need to do a full wipe (even better if you super wipe or fastboot -w)
Then flash ROM of choice, cm7 is great and there are many good Roms based off of cm7 I would also recommend, elitemod or ilwt for a couple nice options
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I am at work right now and I left phone at home, but I can tell you I tried wiping cache. Problem appeared when I showed log of this wiping and there was something like app2s something with partitions or something like. I already formatted my card in PC (FAT32, not quick format, non-USB card reader - normal one). Should I try different card (card is gold card CID-11111111 (i don't know how many ones ))?
And if I will try what strip419 said, could something possibly happen to my phone ( in wrong way)?
Draftur said:
And if I will try what strip419 said, could something possibly happen to my phone ( in wrong way)?
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I wouldn't bother with reflashing the hboot, I would try more 'non-destructive' solutions first.
Reflashing thé hboot is thé only way to format all partitions do away with any thing that could be doing this of cos you could brick your phone but if you follow rules its gonna be okay if you have adk on your pc then you could use the command tool to clear this but that could do worse damage if you are a noob so its up to you man try or keep looking for a. Solution that will end up like mine any way
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strip419 said:
Reflashing thé hboot is thé only way to format all partitions do away with any thing that could be doing this of cos you could brick your phone but if you follow rules its gonna be okay if you have adk on your pc then you could use the command tool to clear this but that could do worse damage if you are a noob so its up to you man try or keep looking for a. Solution that will end up like mine any way
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... No it's not, 4EXT Recovery -> Wipe/Format -> Format all partitions (except SDcard).
And how does hé get that recovery working when hé cant even boot or can hé flash it from cwm recovery?????
TRY
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strip419 said:
And how does hé get that recovery working when hé cant even boot or can hé flash it from cwm recovery?????
TRY
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You can flash recovery from fastboot or via PC10IMG.zip the same way doing a hboot reinstall would work, except in this case you don't go to such extremes to do the entire hboot over again, just the recovery and go from there. If it's an ENG hboot can use fastboot directly to flash the recovery.img, otherwise you pack it into a PC10IMG.zip and place it on the SD card.
Worse case scenario, the internal memory is fried, and attempting to do a full hboot reinstall would most likely brick it as opposed to only trying to flash a portion.
I had a repetitive reboot issue when flashing a previous ROM as well.
My noob solution was to put PC10IMG.zip back on the SD card, boot to recovery using ADB and then going through the whole process of reinstalling hboot and putting on a known ROM. Didn't brick mine and I'm new to this...
Could have done with finding this forum earlier.
all should know to be careful doing that method, if it were a stock rom and you simply flashed the pc10img.zip with radio hboot, etc in it you could get a brick easy, especially if you don't have a working rom with adb functionality.
what would happen would be (this is if you have eng s-off as most root users do) your phone would begin by flashing the bootloader, after this it would reboot and attempt to flash flash the radio, only problem is the new hboot would be ship s-on and therefore would get stuck, leving you a soft brick with a little luck it would be possible to fix this but it could be that it is unfixable depending on the exact circumstances
all this is just to say be careful what you do, noob or not, if you aren't 100% sure what you are doing when flashing firmware a brick is easy
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I have a similar problem but not sure if it's the same one... When I boot up my phone it goes through all the boot images fine, but when it starts it starts sometimes with my background showing and sometimes in a blank screen but both saying Android System at the top then shortly after shut down (usually shows shutting down not just straight up turns off) I have flashed new roms, reflashed backups, even got a jelly bean rom to go through the optimizing apps screen thing then would go to a blank screen with Android System on top again, and shut down.
Any help would be amazing! I've had my G2 since it's release and would hate to think it ran out of hearts :crying:
SoftAndDeep said:
I have a similar problem but not sure if it's the same one... When I boot up my phone it goes through all the boot images fine, but when it starts it starts sometimes with my background showing and sometimes in a blank screen but both saying Android System at the top then shortly after shut down (usually shows shutting down not just straight up turns off) I have flashed new roms, reflashed backups, even got a jelly bean rom to go through the optimizing apps screen thing then would go to a blank screen with Android System on top again, and shut down.
Any help would be amazing! I've had my G2 since it's release and would hate to think it ran out of hearts :crying:
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You have my exact problem! Have you found a fix for it?
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You have my exact problem! Have you found a fix for it?
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I also have the same problem. I attempted to use superwipe g2 to no avail.
I have clockwork recovery installed, and every custom rom I try to use seems to crash 5-10 seconds after finishing to loading screen for say cm7 or cm9.
I do not have a goldcard so am wondering what the best course of action would be. I am reluctant to follow the Hboot advise as the risks mentioned seem great.
everyone having these issues should go to irc freenode #g2root (just google it) and can receive real time help there. there are too many possiblities of what is going wrong and not enough information being given to help here well.
once things are figured out and all is working post back here to explain what the problem/fix was so future people finding this thread may have an easier time
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demkantor said:
everyone having these issues should go to irc freenode #g2root (just google it) and can receive real time help there. there are too many possiblities of what is going wrong and not enough information being given to help here well.
once things are figured out and all is working post back here to explain what the problem/fix was so future people finding this thread may have an easier time
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What is the hboot way? What does that do? I'll try it, my G2 is already useless now, anything that will fix it including a dangerous way tell me
well hboot (also known as bootloader or spl) is sorta like bios on a pc. but I don't suggest trying anything rash and can't help much unless I know paticulars of your situation, if you give that I can see what I can do, but like I said before if you would like some realtime help go to freenode.
if you want help here give me details, what exactly is your problem, what have you tried to do to fix it, what method specificaly did you use to obtain root, write down everything on your hboot screen (again you get there by holding volume down while powering on)
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demkantor said:
well hboot (also known as bootloader or spl) is sorta like bios on a pc. but I don't suggest trying anything rash and can't help much unless I know paticulars of your situation, if you give that I can see what I can do, but like I said before if you would like some realtime help go to freenode.
if you want help here give me details, what exactly is your problem, what have you tried to do to fix it, what method specificaly did you use to obtain root, write down everything on your hboot screen (again you get there by holding volume down while powering on)
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Well I bought this phone at a swapmeet last year for 40 bucks. Everything worked and it was on gingerbread last year. In a week I googled and found a way to root by using the thread here in the forum by using adb and downgrading to froyo which was a pain for a noob using adb I just add lol, I was on elitemod gb for many months, until I was playing music a few days ago it just rebooted itself and it wouldn't boot correctly. Here's how it goes, htc white screen, boot animation, then it says android system on the top left and all black under and it shuts itself off. EVERY rom I have flashed it does that, I wiped completely and use the superwipe g2+ and still no dice. I couldn't find the 4ext recovery, I need it as a flashable zip to try it.
not really you should be able to flash it via fastboot (which is my opinion the prefered way anyhow) just google search for the image.
but I still need to know what is on your hboot screen or I can't help much further
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not really you should be able to flash it via fastboot (which is my opinion the prefered way anyhow) just google search for the image.
but I still need to know what is on your hboot screen or I can't help much further
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