I know I've seen other people with this problem, but I don't think I've seen a fix but I'm hoping I'm wrong.
Installed CM7 RC2 and everything works great for a month. Some random reboots but no big deal. Today I get a reboot but instead of reloading it hangs on the CM7 boot logo. I go into clockwork recovery, do a full wipe, and reboot. From then on, all I can do is loop in the white HTC screen. No ROM, no Recovery.
I've tried to flash Amon Ra recovery and a stock RUU via at PCImag file. No love. Any ideas?
BrashL said:
I know I've seen other people with this problem, but I don't think I've seen a fix but I'm hoping I'm wrong.
Installed CM7 RC2 and everything works great for a month. Some random reboots but no big deal. Today I get a reboot but instead of reloading it hangs on the CM7 boot logo. I go into clockwork recovery, do a full wipe, and reboot. From then on, all I can do is loop in the white HTC screen. No ROM, no Recovery.
I've tried to flash Amon Ra recovery and a stock RUU via at PCImag file. No love. Any ideas?
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I posted directions in reply to your PM. Here's the first thing to try. See if you can flash this, it's Amon Ra recovery v2.3
k2buckley said:
I posted directions in reply to your PM. Here's the first thing to try. See if you can flash this, it's Amon Ra recovery v2.3
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DONT FLASH IT.
Put in root of sdcard, boot into bootloader, update, let it boot or boot into recovery.
Lol, I gave him detailed instructions on how to flash it using the bootloader, don't worry. I was pm ing with him.
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r916 said:
DONT FLASH IT.
Put in root of sdcard, boot into bootloader, update, let it boot or boot into recovery.
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He uploaded a recovery image in a PC36IMG, so it NEEDS to be flashed in the bootloader.
Ive had the same problem for two days now and have tried everything in the book it seems. Using fastboot or manually from the bootloader, every pc36img.zip fails with an error at (8) partition update failed! or remote : 51 partition update fail. I can get the newest ruu to get me stuck at the four triangle error and then I have to flash PC36IMG_AmonRA-v2.3-hausmod_revA.zip just to get back to the htc boot screen loop (which at least lets me get back to bootloader to start the vicious cycle again) . ANY help would be greatly appreciated. Heck, even any way to make it presentable at a sprint store would even work at this point (since it says s-off I'm guessing someone in the line of repair will realize its been rooted.
p.s. I have never had any problem with my phone and have flashed just about every rom out there and I always do a full wipe and usually a format_all too. This happened about two hours after I flashed Kings UNleashed Ultra Blakk R3 ( it just did a reboot on its own and its been in this mess ever since)
100proof said:
Ive had the same problem for two days now and have tried everything in the book it seems. Using fastboot or manually from the bootloader, every pc36img.zip fails with an error at (8) partition update failed! or remote : 51 partition update fail. I can get the newest ruu to get me stuck at the four triangle error and then I have to flash PC36IMG_AmonRA-v2.3-hausmod_revA.zip just to get back to the htc boot screen loop (which at least lets me get back to bootloader to start the vicious cycle again) . ANY help would be greatly appreciated. Heck, even any way to make it presentable at a sprint store would even work at this point (since it says s-off I'm guessing someone in the line of repair will realize its been rooted.
p.s. I have never had any problem with my phone and have flashed just about every rom out there and I always do a full wipe and usually a format_all too. This happened about two hours after I flashed Kings UNleashed Ultra Blakk R3 ( it just did a reboot on its own and its been in this mess ever since)
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Once you've gotten back into recovery, specifically, amon RA 2.3, use the MS-USB menu and copy the contents of your SD card onto an external disk drive. Afterwards, use amon RA to partition and reformat your card. When you're done, copy only the Rom and amon RA (PC36IMG) file to your SD card. Shut down your device. Now while pressing the down volume key, press the power button to enter the hboot screen and pay attention to see whether or not you still have S-OFF. If you do not, you need to re-root. If you do, great. Reflash amon RA and afterwards, reboot into recovery and flash the rom.
Just Me, D
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Think we have different problems. Every time I try to flash something new it completes fine, but it still boot loops. Hell, yours might be fixable.
I've tried everything now with no luck. Everything updates and completes but has absolutely no effect on the boot looping. This is really insane and my advice to anyone would be to stop using CM7 immediately as it seems to be confined to that ROM.
If anyone else has had this exact problem please post, I want to get a tally of how many people are affected and try to find a commonality.
Bootlooping is caused by incorrectly flashing, or flashing something that the phone "doesn't like," whether it be a kernel, a theme, ect.
teh roxxorz said:
Bootlooping is caused by incorrectly flashing, or flashing something that the phone "doesn't like," whether it be a kernel, a theme, ect.
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But my phone ran for a month without any problems except for some random reboots which seem to be common with this phone in general. I didn't add software or flash anything before this happened, it just happened. That seems to be the experience most people are having, the only thing in common is that they were running CM7 or had been running it recently and tried to flash to a different rom.
What software problem wouldn't be corrected by a successfully completed reflash with a stock RUU? That's the major question.
Hmm, that is awkward; at that point, I would just take it in if you're still getting random reboots. Been on CM7 for the longest and no random reboots on my end.
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Bootlooping is caused by incorrectly flashing, or flashing something that the phone "doesn't like," whether it be a kernel, a theme, ect.
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EXACTLY! and thus the reason I wanted the OP to follow the directions I gave. Being that he or she would have had a completely fresh recovery, a freshly partitioned & formatted SD card and only the rom on the card to flash, barring a mechanical issue, the only possible explanation would be a corrupted rom zip file or a corrupted nandroid backup if that is what was being used. Corruption happens. The OP should re-download a fresh copy of the rom, re-wipe and re-flash, at least in my opinion....
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EXACTLY! and thus the reason I wanted the OP to follow the directions I gave. Being that he or she would have had a completely fresh recovery, a freshly partitioned & formatted SD card and only the rom on the card to flash, barring a mechanical issue, the only possible explanation would be a corrupted rom zip file or a corrupted nandroid backup if that is what was being used. Corruption happens. The OP should re-download a fresh copy of the rom, re-wipe and re-flash, at least in my opinion....
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I agree, that is exactly what they should.
dougjamal said:
EXACTLY! and thus the reason I wanted the OP to follow the directions I gave. Being that he or she would have had a completely fresh recovery, a freshly partitioned & formatted SD card and only the rom on the card to flash, barring a mechanical issue, the only possible explanation would be a corrupted rom zip file or a corrupted nandroid backup if that is what was being used. Corruption happens. The OP should re-download a fresh copy of the rom, re-wipe and re-flash, at least in my opinion....
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I would love to, but I can't load any recovery. I've tried to flash amon ra and clockwork, and all seem to flash ok, but on reboot it's back to boot loop even if I try to go into recovery.
BrashL said:
I would love to, but I can't load any recovery. I've tried to flash amon ra and clockwork, and all seem to flash ok, but on reboot it's back to boot loop even if I try to go into recovery.
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Try flashing amon_ra 2.3....place on sdcard, go into the bootloader, update,reboot, then try the bootloader. But before you do, select clear storage, which will do a factory reset, to see if that helps.
teh roxxorz said:
Try flashing amon_ra 2.3....place on sdcard, go into the bootloader, update,reboot, then try the bootloader. But before you do, select clear storage, which will do a factory reset, to see if that helps.
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Already tried it, no dice. Goes through fine but then keeps bootlooping. On a side note, is there a way to get S-On through the bootloader since I can't access recovery?
You would have to download the RUU exe and then run the phone in fastboot while connected to the pc.
teh roxxorz said:
You would have to download the RUU exe and then run the phone in fastboot while connected to the pc.
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Did that buy still S-Off
http://www.shipped-roms.com/shipped/Supersonic/ Did you run the right RUU for your software version?
And I'm heading tot he gym for ~1hr; you can pm me in the meantime and I'll answer when I get back if you still need assistance.
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Once you've gotten back into recovery, specifically, amon RA 2.3, use the MS-USB menu and copy the contents of your SD card onto an external disk drive. Afterwards, use amon RA to partition and reformat your card. When you're done, copy only the Rom and amon RA (PC36IMG) file to your SD card. Shut down your device. Now while pressing the down volume key, press the power button to enter the hboot screen and pay attention to see whether or not you still have S-OFF. If you do not, you need to re-root. If you do, great. Reflash amon RA and afterwards, reboot into recovery and flash the rom.
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I'm sorry I wasn't clear . Days of reading every post in any thread I can find has left me running on no sleep. The huge problem is that no matter what recovery rom is flashed it wont let me boot into RECOVERY MODE. It flashes fine whether it is from the sd or through cmd using fastboot (Ive tried almost every version including the newest of both Amen RA and Clockwork). This gets me stuck in the white HTC screen boot loop. If I flash a RUU it will at least hang with a partition error and get stuck in the four triangle error, which will at least let you charge the battery so I can start all over again. Is there maybe a way to wipe the partition or reformat in fastboot as that is really the only thing working (regular adb wont detect). It seems a ton of people have been popping up with this same problem out of the blue the last few days.
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ok i have a MAJOR problem. im kind of a noob at this stuff so im still learning. i was messing in my system files trying different phone.apk. i think i may have deleted something essential. when i turn my phone on it doesnt get past the boot animation. my phone was rooted with unrevoked 3. but everytime i try to install a new rom using clock work recovery, it gets to the part where it "opens update pakage" and just stops and goes back to the first menu screen of clockwork. i dont have a nandroid backup either so i cant even restore.
Did you wipe everything before flashing?
Which rom did you try flashing?
yes i wiped everything. i tried multiple roms like cm 6, and stock. none worked. also. everytime i try to load up the pc36img.zip nothing happens it says "no image or wrong image"
You should try using Amon_RA instead. Just flash it using ROM Manager. Good Luck.
is it possible for me to change to amon? im not able to get past my boot screen on my phone, so if it requires me to turn my phone completely to use it, then i cant. i dont really know much about amon.
Search for the Amon_RA thread. If you downgraded your HBOOT, you can flash from Fastboot. If not, you can try an RUU.
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Search for the Amon_RA thread. If you downgraded your HBOOT, you can flash from Fastboot. If not, you can try an RUU.
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. I'm using ROM Manager with ClockworkMod, and every attempt leads to the screen flashing code for a few moments, and going right into the ClockworkMod Recovery main menu. it wont let me flash ANYTHING period. I have HBOOT-0.97. i dont know what can be the problem. and Amon RA is too complicated for me to understand right now cuz im still a noob. :-(
got my evo about a month ago. rooted lastnight since unrevoked finally pushed out their 3.3 version which is updated for my version of hboot (2.02). the root went very smoothly. i installed the latest cyanogenmod rom, only to discover there was no market or gmail app with the rom! wish i had known that before. after doing some research online, i found out i needed to flash or install a "gapps" apk. so, looked around for that for a couple hours and couldn't find it. i downloaded what i thought would be the right .zip file to get the market on my phone (a vending.apk that was listed in another thread having to do with this same issue). so anyway... downloaded that, moved it to the root of my sd card, flashed it through clockworkmod recovery (by the way, everything up until this point was perfect) and finally rebooted my phone... only it never rebooted. the white htc EVO 4G screen was there. then, black screen, as if it was about to begin the cyanogenmod boot screen and fully boot. but, no. it went from white evo screen to black screen... to OFF. after this, i couldn't even turn it on to get it into hboot or access recovery. tried to do that for two hours. and finally i was able to get in... so i tried doing a factory/data reset through recovery, then a cache clear, then reboot. nothing. same thing. went back into recovery, tried reflashing cyanogenmod rom again. nothing. tried flashing myn's rom. nothing. all i get is installation aborted.
i am pretty sure that this is not a complete brick since i am now able to access hboot and recovery. but if i can't flash anything... and i'm stuck in hboot and recovery and cant boot my phone... what the hell do i do now? please help me figure this out!! anybody have any good advice or a known fix...??
Boot into recovery. Do a factory reset. then wipe cache and dalvik catch. Re flash cynagon and let it boot. You then need to find gapps.zip. Boot into recovery flashing gapps.zip.
i did all that. step by step. and when i reflashed the rom, that is when it wouldn't install, saying installation aborted. but, i'm gonna do it again. let's see if my phone wants to play nice now...
brtnygrey said:
i did all that. step by step. and when i reflashed the rom, that is when it wouldn't install, saying installation aborted. but, i'm gonna do it again. let's see if my phone wants to play nice now...
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If that does not work! you are going to have to update with sprint lovers rom, that is in a PCM36IMG.ZIP. Install it by holding the _vol and th power button, boot into boot loader, than it will search for the zip file and ask you if you want to update, say yes ans just weigh for it to be done. Its going to take few minutes first boot! just hold on. I hope this helps in anyway.
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If that does not work! you are going to have to update with sprint lovers rom, that is in a PCM36IMG.ZIP. Install it by holding the _vol and th power button, boot into boot loader, than it will search for the zip file and ask you if you want to update, say yes ans just weigh for it to be done. Its going to take few minutes first boot! just hold on. I hope this helps in anyway.
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do you think that sprintlovers rom will install even if no other rom will install? because... i was able to install Gapps.zip file just fine. but every rom i install is unsuccessful.
brtnygrey said:
do you think that sprintlovers rom will install even if no other rom will install? because... i was able to install Gapps.zip file just fine. but every rom i install is unsuccessful.
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The springlovers rom gets flashed the same way sprint flashes there upgrades so it should
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mysteryemotionz said:
The springlovers rom gets flashed the same way sprint flashes there upgrades so it should
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ok is the install through recovery supposed to be almost instantaneous? it didn't take a minute like every other rom. and after reboot (10 minutes ago) i'm still sitting on the white htc EVO 4G screen. i don't think this is working either. but i really do appreciate your help. any other suggestions? is there anything else through recovery that I can do (since i cant make it past that) that might fix my system? anything in partition? i'm so stuck!
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The springlovers rom gets flashed the same way sprint flashes there upgrades so it should
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and also... when i go into hboot, and it runs through the "checking sd" thing before i can select options... it says "no image or wrong image". what?
Nothing is working!!
Did you try a rooted RUU yet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs
Wipe everything twice first (just to be safe). Are you using Amon RA or Clockwork, by the way? The only other thing I can think of would be that your SD card isn't formatted properly, but that would have to mean you intentionally formatted it or put in a new one that didn't have the right files on it.
SilverZero said:
Did you try a rooted RUU yet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs
Wipe everything twice first (just to be safe). Are you using Amon RA or Clockwork, by the way? The only other thing I can think of would be that your SD card isn't formatted properly, but that would have to mean you intentionally formatted it or put in a new one that didn't have the right files on it.
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i am using clockwork. i've wiped so many times... but i can't make anything happen. and, i did format the sd card eventually, but not until a couple of hours ago... and only as a last resort because nothing else worked and i've been trying to fix this since last night, so i figured it couldn't hurt. but if that is part of the problem... how can i fix it? thanks for your response. i don't know what else to do other than take it in for a switch.l but if i can get into hboot... then sprint can too... and they will see that i'm rooted and void warranty. so am i completely screwed?
I had same issue.
I just reflashed the sprintlover rom (PC36IMG.ZIP) which came with Amon_RA recovery.
Then i installed the CM6 with Amon_RA recovery and everything works fine now.
Good that i did Titanium backup few days before
This is happening to me too. Almost everything he's describing is the same. Except I installed a gapps.zip and then it wouldn't boot after that. No matter what I flash, it either gives me a status 7 error and aborts the install or it may "install successfully" but it never boots. Also tried the pc36img.zip as well. I had a nandroid backup and tried to restore that, but that aborts saying cannot flash boot image. Tried a rooted and also an unrooted stock ruu, they won't work and the .exe version on a pc can't find my phone when I plug it in and power it on. Anyone have any Ideas for me. I can get more specific error messages and hboot numbers, etc. if needed.
I think you should get Amon recovery PCIMG zip file and change recovries and try everything again... IMO
Edit: I posted the Amon file and all you have to do is rename it to PCIMG.zip. Also I think the gapps you were looking for you can find on the cm site itself or within that thread. Sorry if it sounds like I a being negative but I see alot of people get on noob and I wondered why but unfortunately its because things like this happen. In the OP for CM6 it says to use Amon and backup your keys. Now if you get your phone backup you got to first check and make sure your RSA keys are in tact unless you backed them up already.
Joeykrim has a app on the market to check or there are numerous threads on what to do. Sorry and hope it works out for you if not INS is your friend
View attachment PC36IMG-Amon-V2.2.1.zip
playya said:
I think you should get Amon recovery PCIMG zip file and change recovries and try everything again... IMO
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some people dont like clockwork with the evo's...thats just the general feeling im getting from the boards. i just got my evo rooted and what not. i use clockwork and it has worked well for what i need.
op, try amon like has been suggested.
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some people dont like clockwork with the evo's...thats just the general feeling im getting from the boards. i just got my evo rooted and what not. i use clockwork and it has worked well for what i need.
op, try amon like has been suggested.
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Yea but have you tried Amon and from what I read and this is from developers Amon has a much better handle on things as far as backing stuff up, partitions and protection of keys.
I ran Clockwork on my wifes phone because to me its simple and works with Rom manager but after a while I just said F it and switched since it was messing up my backups. Hey to each his own..
Ok, I don't believe that your device is bricked. You may have flash the wrong gapps or something, but is should be easy to fix.
First, download these 3 files and put them on the root of your SD card:
Cyanogen 6 stable for evo
Latest gapps for HDPI
Calkulin's format all
Red through first, then follow my instructions EXACTLY:
1.) Boot into recovery.
2.) Flash Calkulin's all format. This will wipe everything that needs wiping. (everything but the SD card)
3.) Without exiting recovery immediately flash the CM6 .zip. Do not flash the gapps yet.
4.) Reboot the device now. It will boot into cyanogen, but will not have market or anything. Once fully booted, reboot to recovery.
5.) Do not wipe or anything, just flash the gapps HDPI.
6.) Boot the phone and enjoy.
Evo won't load any roms, can only get into clockwork recovery
Okay, so if I try your steps, just like before The install gets almost to the end, then I get:
"assert failed: write_raw_image ("/tmp/boot.img","boot")
E:Error in /sdcard/update-cm-6.1.2-supersonic-signed.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Sorry Playya, I wanted to try this one more time first. I'm going to try loading Amon Ra now. do I need to rename it to pcimg.zip or should i just flash the current file name?
In case it helps anyone, I have
ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.0.1
my boot loader screen shows
SUPERSONIC EVT3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-2.10.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUBH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.11.19
Oct 15 2010
Awesome, Amon Ra Worked, and now i'm up and running on cyanogen mod with google apps as well. My only problem now, is I can't backup, when I try it says oops... something went wrong! Please check the recovery log!
hcavlnch said:
Awesome, Amon Ra Worked, and now i'm up and running on cyanogen mod with google apps as well. My only problem now, is I can't backup, when I try it says oops... something went wrong! Please check the recovery log!
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it may say oops if you battery level is low... I think Amon is so much better its just that Unrevoked puts Clockwork in with their root so people get lazy and leave it in... Amon - its the way to go.
1. Charge your battery and try again
2. Backup your wimax keys - then check how big the file is and hopefully its like 12 megs... If so keys may be ok
So my phone now will only reboot up to the HTC Incredible white screen. I'm not even sure what the issue is, all i did last before it got stuck was erase data on an old sd card i had in the phone. Then I just did a reboot and it froze on the white screen.
I'm running GB evervolv 2.3.2 with 2.6.37.4 incredikernel.
I can get into HBOOT but when i click on recovery it takes me into fastboot everytime.
What can i do to fix this????
Sorry please move this thread to the Q&A section, i thought that's where I was posting it, my bad.
Go to the Clockwork Recovery thread and download the update for a different version and try getting that to flash via bootloader. That way you can at least get into recovery if you need to flash new. Just to clear it up, did you use your phone to delete stuff off the old card, by using Astro or ES file explorer? I know ES file explorer has root access so is there a chance you could've deleted a system file on accident? All it takes is a click of the SD card icon and you're in root instead of SDcard. Also this is probably a thread more for the Q&A subforum, just an fyi
i deleted an old sd card that i don't even use for my phone, i was just putting it in there to clear out whatever was left on it. so i could use it new.
And it still bootloops even when you put your normal SD card back in?
yup, i dunno what it's deal is.
I remember an older version of cm7 on the nook color warned against formating sd cards because it accidentaly formats the boot partition, this may be a bug that exists in the rom your using.
at least you can get into hboot, you should be able to download ruu image and flash it in hboot. this would get you back to stock, then root and install clockwork, and then restore your latest nandroid.
Flash this recovery in hboot
http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/recovery/clockworkmod/PB31IMG.ZIP
It should at least give you a working recovery.
i have to rename things as update.zip in order for hboot to flash them right??
facedown41 said:
i have to rename things as update.zip in order for hboot to flash them right??
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NO leave it PB31IMG.ZIP.
hboot can only see that name. if you rename it hboot will not see it at all.
also make sure your card is formatted as FAT32
got it into recovery so i'm just wiping and restoring, thanks for the help!
ok now i'm getting a bootloop on the cm7 boot screen...i just went to flash that new instead of my nandroid because the nandroid was from an older rom.
Did you wipe everything? Davik, Cache, Data, etc?
wiped data and cache...didn't do davik because i've never had to in the past. but i'll give it a try.
would i need to update CMW from version 2.0+ to 3 in order for cm7 to work? because it's still bootlooping
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME!
i was on MIUI 1.3.25 (the newest GB release) and i was formatting an sd card and when i restarted my phone i got stuck at the splash screen! i have been able to boot back into cwm recovery but even when i wipe and flash, nothing works.
i booted into recovery and tried to restart from there - failed
i reflashed 3.18 (wiped cache/dalvik) - failed
i wiped all data and reflashed 3.18 - failed
wiped all, flashed 3.25, fixed permissions - stuck at splash screen again
restored an old MIUI (v1.1.15) - stuck at splash screen
pleaseee let me know if you figure this out
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i ran the RUU and got stock to start working. i'm about to root and try flashing something
JWorth said:
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME!
i was on MIUI 1.3.25 (the newest GB release) and i was formatting an sd card and when i restarted my phone i got stuck at the splash screen! i have been able to boot back into cwm recovery but even when i wipe and flash, nothing works.
i booted into recovery and tried to restart from there - failed
i reflashed 3.18 (wiped cache/dalvik) - failed
i wiped all data and reflashed 3.18 - failed
wiped all, flashed 3.25, fixed permissions - stuck at splash screen again
restored an old MIUI (v1.1.15) - stuck at splash screen
pleaseee let me know if you figure this out
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i ran the RUU and got stock to start working. i'm about to root and try flashing something
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Are you getting errors when you wipe?like when you wipe data does it say error can't mount or anything like that.... I have a feeling you may have to flash an Ruu and then reroot
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no, no errors. but i flashed the RUU and rerooted and everything works just fine. I flashed MIUI again and it worked perfect
thanks!
I figured that's what you would have to do glad you are back running
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I always mount my sdcard in a linux and format/fix/repartion, or at least let Clockwork Recovery do it. I have never found a Sense, Vanilla, or AOSP ROM that handled SD partition operations very well, without at least a little tragedy.
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I always mount my sdcard in a linux and format/fix/repartion, or at least let Clockwork Recovery do it. I have never found a Sense, Vanilla, or AOSP ROM that handled SD partition operations very well, without at least a little tragedy.
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This tends to be things go as far as ROMs partitioning my sd, always back it up externally and format/partition before transferring stuck back over to it while in phone.
It is slowly driving me mad. I can get into recovery and restore my current ROM (leaked GB base). However, if I flash a new rom - any rom - it flashes, reboots into white HTC boot screen, and just hangs there.
I'm using ROM manager, clockwork.
What do I do? It doesn't make sense.
Thanks for any advice.
Later.
1. Stop using ROM Manager
2. Go to the link below and download the PC36IMG.zip file for amon RA v2.3 and place it on the root of your SD card.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
3. Shutdown your device.
4. Simultaneously press the DOWN volume button and the power button until your device starts. There will be a short pause and then a few lines of text will scroll across the screen. Afterwards, the bootloader will automatically detect the PC36IMG.zip file and prompt you to install it. Follow the easy prompts to install. Installation will take less than 10 seconds to complete. Afterwards, reboot into your new recovery. Go to the backup/restore menu and make a nandroid backup of your current setup.
5. Now go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING in it EXCEPT the SD card.
6. Go to the flash menu and flash the rom you desire to flash.
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Did you try it? If so, how did it for for you?
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I have had it take 3-5 min to get past the white screen, it happened with some custom roms. I thought it was hung also but it finally continued..how long did you wait?
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Oh wow, you are awesome. I really appreciate you taking the time to tell me that. Worked perfectly. If I could buy you a beer I would. Have a good one!
dougjamal said:
1. Stop using ROM Manager
2. Go to the link below and download the PC36IMG.zip file for amon RA v2.3 and place it on the root of your SD card.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
3. Shutdown your device.
4. Simultaneously press the DOWN volume button and the power button until your device starts. There will be a short pause and then a few lines of text will scroll across the screen. Afterwards, the bootloader will automatically detect the PC36IMG.zip file and prompt you to install it. Follow the easy prompts to install. Installation will take less than 10 seconds to complete. Afterwards, reboot into your new recovery. Go to the backup/restore menu and make a nandroid backup of your current setup.
5. Now go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING in it EXCEPT the SD card.
6. Go to the flash menu and flash the rom you desire to flash.
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Sprockethead said:
Oh wow, you are awesome. I really appreciate you taking the time to tell me that. Worked perfectly. If I could buy you a beer I would. Have a good one!
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(Laughing)...You're very welcome. I'm glad I was able to help. Enjoy the rest of your day.
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Was having the same trouble. I think Rom Manager has some flaws cause it works fine from Recovery
Raehtz10 said:
Was having the same trouble. I think Rom Manager has some flaws cause it works fine from Recovery
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ROM Manager has its uses, but, in my opinion, it is far too easy to simply boot or reboot into recovery and flash, especially with amon RA. It has a common sense menu layout.
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Just MY opinion, but ROM Manager is useless. I see more people have issues because of ROM Manager. My advice, dump it and do everything in Recovery.
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Hmmm, so what happens if I'm still having this problem after trying this fix? I've been having the "can't flash any other roms because they all hang at the white evo4g screen" problem and have been stuck on the same rom for over a month now. Is there something else I can try if this doesn't work?
superhiro415 said:
Hmmm, so what happens if I'm still having this problem after trying this fix? I've been having the "can't flash any other roms because they all hang at the white evo4g screen" problem and have been stuck on the same rom for over a month now. Is there something else I can try if this doesn't work?
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I would do a clean wipe, factory/data, cache, and dalvik, then go to the bootloader, select the clear storage for overkill, then try to flash a rom.
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+1.....again
Thanks for the quick reply man. Tried the wipe of data, cache and dalvik, rebooted to bootloader and cleared storage. Tried to install a rom and still hung up at the htc evo 4g white boot screen. Anything else I can try?
Which rom are you trying to flash? I would re-download it to make sure its not corrupted in any fashion.
Hmmm I was wondering if that might be the problem, because I've gotten this rom to flash ONCE before. It's the End of Days rom from Magnus. I got it to work the first time I tried to flash it but then at some point I rebooted it and it started boot looping to the point where I couldn't get it to load anymore. That's when I wiped, tried to reflash the rom and all this madness started. I'll try to redownload, but I figured if the ROM worked once, it should be able to work again... right? I mean I'm not flashing it any differently.
superhiro415 said:
Hmmm I was wondering if that might be the problem, because I've gotten this rom to flash ONCE before. It's the End of Days rom from Magnus. I got it to work the first time I tried to flash it but then at some point I rebooted it and it started boot looping to the point where I couldn't get it to load anymore. That's when I wiped, tried to reflash the rom and all this madness started. I'll try to redownload, but I figured if the ROM worked once, it should be able to work again... right? I mean I'm not flashing it any differently.
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It should work.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19699565/PC36IMG.zip Place that on your sdcard, boot into the bootloader and flash it. That'll reflash the amon_ra 2.3 recovery, then try flashing the rom again.
Yea I tried the Pc36img thing already too. Let the bootloader find it, applied the update, rebooted into recovery, reflashed, nothing. Same results, hung up on white evo screen.
I'm actually noticing that when I try to wipe the "sd ext" in Amon Ra's wipe menu, it just says "skipping format sdext" or something like that, is that normal?
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Yea I tried the Pc36img thing already too. Let the bootloader find it, applied the update, rebooted into recovery, reflashed, nothing. Same results, hung up on white evo screen.
I'm actually noticing that when I try to wipe the "sd ext" in Amon Ra's wipe menu, it just says "skipping format sdext" or something like that, is that normal?
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That's normal; it only says that because you don't have that partition. The only thing I can think of at this point would be to backup everything, quickly unroot, then re-root.
My Evo is doing something similar. I flash ANY of the new Sense 2.x (or Sense 3.0) ROMs, and they just reboot on the white HTC EVO 4G screen. Ive wiped everything, used Calks Format All, Im using the latest Amons, etc to no avail. However, all AOSP GB ROMs (MIUI,CM7, EoD, etc) work like a charm! Any kind soul that knows what the hell is going on with my phone?
I'm having some major trouble with my Evo. I tried flashing from Classic v005 finale to v006 and I wiped everything 3 times. Now, I'm stuck in hboot and my recovery won't start. i have a PC36IMG file (TWRP 2) in my sdcard and says it updates but it really isn't. When I try to restart the phone, I get pushed back into fastboot. What can I do to fix my phone?
Twrp2 may have perm bricked your phone its done it to quite a few ppl hope you have ins cuz you'll need to flash a stock ruu thru hboot and send it in for replacement
ok. how do i push an ruu if i can't boot?
You'll have to put it on root of SD as a pc36img and boot to hboot/bootloader and run the update it should put your hboot back to a stock version so u can return it twrp2 had issues for several ppl and bricked their phones
Edit: does your hboot mysteriously say s-on now?
No, it doesn't. I might be screwed though because the only thing my computer sees when I plug in is the bootloader interface. Won't pick up the sdcard
try flashing a RUU for your phone and then Amon Ra recovery
Sounds like twrp2 borked it some ppl had s-on after but the not reading the phone on USB is a pretty sure sign twrp2 bricked it it was causing problems with bad blocks or something during the flash not sure what exactly it did to the phones but they were unrecoverable afterwards it screwed something up that wouldn't allow it to rewrite to the internal memory or be recognized by fastboot commands or adb
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ok. how do i push an ruu if i can't boot?
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I've never used an RUU, but I believe it's an .exe file. I think you can run it from your PC while plugged into fastboot......from what I've seen posted over the years.
Until someone more knowledgeable gets back to you. Or if you have a SD card reader, do pc36img method, as was mentioned.
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Try downloading shipped rom zip file. Load it on your root. Use a card reader if phone won't connect to PC. If it works you should still be s off. Just flash you custom rom back over it after you reflash a new recovery. I use amon.3.11.
See if that will work.
Shipped zip will over write recovery and should fix your problem.
ok I ran an ruu.exe so it's bootable now but I'm still getting random reboots and I can't mount my sdcard. any ideas?
It's broke. Call sprint they'll replace it with or without insurance. If your s-on running stock they won't know that you're rooted. Also sometimes stores will replace it as well. Be prepared to possibly get a upgrade for the phone.
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SprintLTE said:
ok I ran an ruu.exe so it's bootable now but I'm still getting random reboots and I can't mount my sdcard. any ideas?
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Did you flash a new recovery?
If so, wipe everything.
Try mounting via recovery.
Does it mount SD there?
You may try to partition your card again and see if that helps.
Did you already wipe and try custom rom again?
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It's broke. Call sprint they'll replace it with or without insurance. If your s-on running stock they won't know that you're rooted. Also sometimes stores will replace it as well. Be prepared to possibly get a upgrade for the phone.
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It will still be s off even after running ruu I think.
To get s on you will need to flash s on before you take it back.
I would try to partition SD or wipe and flash new rom after amon recovery.
When I run the Factory Resets in Amon RA, it skips over everything on the sd card, saying, "E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1". The phone seems fried to me. Luckily, I have the insurance. lol, "oops I dropped it in the sink"
That sux twrp2 was a pretty neat looking recovery I'm glad I read about it after I installed it and had several failed backup attempts cuz I don't have ins so luckily I didn't attempt to proceed with flashing anything or I'd be in the same boat as you up the same creek only I wouldn't have a paddle lol
When will people check the TWRP thread and realize its a bad product ? Great idea, bad product.
Edit: I mean even after installing twrp, when will they check back to see it's hosed, before they get hosed?. This isn't a comment about you, OP. Just meant, too bad there's not a way to let all users of it know to change recoveries IMMEDIATELY.
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After the backup failed twice I figured something was wrong since I had already backed up the same setup in amon ra just fine
If you ran the RUU, then either your SD Card is bad, or you're back to stock, so just take it to Sprint