My EVO is rooted with a custom ROM and splash screen, of course. I just dropped and my phone and now the up on my volume rocker doesn't work. So of course I started preparing to unroot my phone and realized I couldn't change my splash screen in hboot ( you need the volume up to say yes when the PCI36.zip is recognized by the phone ). So I just put Froyo back on and went to the store, and they are going to replace my phone no questions asked. Maybe they dont know what a rooted phone looks like. But if this ever happens again, is the a valid link or known host site for stock splash screen that is flashable like a ROM? Every link that has come up in my search has ended with an invalid url or dropbox account ( Old posts? ). Just for the sake of broken hardware owners everywhere. Thanks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745205
At the bottom of the first post, you can download the stock evo splash screen.
Bastafari said:
My EVO is rooted with a custom ROM and splash screen, of course. I just dropped and my phone and now the up on my volume rocker doesn't work. So of course I started preparing to unroot my phone and realized I couldn't change my splash screen in hboot ( you need the volume up to say yes when the PCI36.zip is recognized by the phone ). So I just put Froyo back on and went to the store, and they are going to replace my phone no questions asked. Maybe they dont know what a rooted phone looks like. But if this ever happens again, is the a valid link or known host site for stock splash screen that is flashable like a ROM? Every link that has come up in my search has ended with an invalid url or dropbox account ( Old posts? ). Just for the sake of broken hardware owners everywhere. Thanks.
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Im almost positive that the splash screen I'm using, which is made by Calkulin was flashable in recovery. Maybe you could open his zip, and replace his image with a stock splash screen. I'll see if I can find a link for you.
Edit: Calk has one, that's flashable in recovery. Stock splash screen.
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Check the last link in my signature. Full splash flash even on newest boot loader through a manual ruu
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Ok so I tried to install a ROM using the ROM manager. My phone is rooted with Super user permissions on.
Anyway I waited about 30 minuted, the phone cycled on and off, and then just hung in the off position.
I could see that the USB charging light was on. I tried to hit the power button but all t hat came on was the bottom keys (they light up but nothing else) I removed the battery and put it back in, tried to reboor and the phone just got stuck on the HTC screen. (the first one)
I can get into the boot loader (holding power and down) but when I am in there I try to go to recovery and it just hangs in the HTC screen again. I tried plugging it into the usb and trying this but more of the same.
Any advice? Yes I have read some of the threads but I am a pretty new user and pretty nervous at the moment at the thought of having bricked this phone.
Thanks for any advice,
Phil
Also the info I get on the bootloader screen is as follows
BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.83.00001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL SYNT0101
Radio 5.09.00.08
Jun 10 2010
Then of course HBoot
I just want to add one more detail. I have tried Fake Flash. I put it onto my SD card and tried to boot into recovery. Again I get to the boot loader but when I click on Recovery the phone simply goes to the HTC screen and hangs there. Then it will either stay in that screen or turn off depending on who knows.
Also I tried formatting a new SD card I had lying around into Fat 32 and then putting fake flash on it and trying to boot with that. Same result.
Again gents, I have read the posts and have tried everything I have listed above so any advice or expertise would be more than welcome. Luckily I am still with in my 14 day return to store no questions asked time frame, but I'd really like to try to resolve this problem.
Thanks!!
I had that problem too. The only way to fix it was to wipe data.
Anyways flash this custom image see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748618
The problem is our devices are SLCD whereas rom manager and clockwork is made for AMOLED.
Goodluck and this will fix it
mfpreach's advice should help you. Just want to say that you can flash without going into recovery, look for PB99IMG.zip in this forum...
I've got the same problem but with an amoled desire - just gets stuck at htc logo - wrote about it here with no help really: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747775
Can't enter recovery & tried official RUU with no success - i'm gonna send mine off for repair i think - didn't know you could flash without recovery though - might give that a go first.
Just managed to fix my phone! See my thread for the solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7548991
Thank you so MUCH!!!!
This absolutly worked! I was able to enter recovery and restore my old image. I didn't even lose any of my info.
Ok so just to clear this up, are there different ROMS for different screens?
Where did I go wrong? Is my ROM Manager the wrong one?
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Thank you so MUCH!!!!
This absolutly worked! I was able to enter recovery and restore my old image. I didn't even lose any of my info.
Ok so just to clear this up, are there different ROMS for different screens?
Where did I go wrong? Is my ROM Manager the wrong one?
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No the ROMs are the same - i think it must have been some random corruption - i also use ROM manager so may be related to that.
Once you are rooted you can flash ROMS regardless of screen type.
What i do is just put the rom zip on my sdcard & then boot into clockworkmod recovery manually and flash the zip from that instead of using ROM manager.
So when u say u boot into cloookwork, do u mean that u boot into the bootloader? I am not sure I 100% understand.
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I tried to go back to unroot and stock HTC rom, Flashed wrong ROM, downloaded BOTH, now, phone vibrates one time (like its supposed to), but the screen does not work. Charge light does not work as far as I can tell so far.
Is there any way to get this back working or is it pretty much gone?
Edit: Charge light comes on..
Can you get into recovery through Hboot? Power it on while holding down the volume down button and see if Hboot loads.
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Can you get into recovery through Hboot? Power it on while holding down the volume down button and see if Hboot loads.
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Nope, I downloaded two recovery images. One for SLCD sreen and one for the other screen. I looked, and apparently flashed the wrong one. I get just a black screen.
So, you can't get to recovery, not even Hboot? If Hboot is black, I don't know if there is much you can do...
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So, you can't get to recovery, not even Hboot? If Hboot is black, I don't know if there is much you can do...
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If I cant get HBoot to open..or anything for that matter, will verizon be able too? I took it to the store, told the guy very simply "the screen wont show up and nothing happens besides the single vibrate (as usual) on start-up). They hooked it to something...had the phone for about 20 minutes. Then came back and told me they ordered another one...
Edit: Once the recovery image flashed, Hboot came back up initially. S-ON was displayed. S-ON was the one thing I am glad happened.! lol
LOL, I hear you, I had a similar issue with my PSP a few years back. was getting random memory errors, and crash to reboot. I had enough sense to flash it back to stock fw, before bringing it back in. it crashed around 78% thru the stock fw flash. So that was kinda a godsend, since the only data they will be able to get off of it if they try, is stock.
Well your issue was the image you flashed. You went to unroot and flash a stock 2.1 ROM. Although this sounds correct, there is a problem. The stock 2.1 ROM was made for the release DInc's, and those, my friend, come AMOLED. So by flashing that stock 2.1 ROM, it does not contain the correct hardware drivers to support the newer batch of DInc, the SLCD.
What you could have done was:
Download the correct ROM that supports the SLCD from here (which can be found on http://dougpiston.com
Place that file in the root of your sdcard.
Now since your phone's display doesnt work, like you said it vibrates once, like normal, your phone still functions properly.
Boot your phone into HBOOT and allow it a few minutes, like normal to find this PB31IMG.zip file. It then will prompt you to press UP to confirm the update or press DOWN to not update. (you will not see this, but if you have flashed a radio then you know this process)
when you press up, it will then start updating to the stock ROM. however, you wont see any of this. just a black screen.
allow that to run, usually for 10 minutes. to be safe wait 15-18 minutes and then press UP. When the update is complete you are asked to reboot. UP for yes DOWN for no. again you will not see this. Then when it reboots....you will be happy and see the HTC Incredible white screen
It got me too, same thing you did. Just dug around and figured it out.
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Well your issue was the image you flashed. You went to unroot and flash a stock 2.1 ROM. Although this sounds correct, there is a problem. The stock 2.1 ROM was made for the release DInc's, and those, my friend, come AMOLED. So by flashing that stock 2.1 ROM, it does not contain the correct hardware drivers to support the newer batch of DInc, the SLCD.
What you could have done was:
Download the correct ROM that supports the SLCD from here (which can be found on http://dougpiston.com
Place that file in the root of your sdcard.
Now since your phone's display doesnt work, like you said it vibrates once, like normal, your phone still functions properly.
Boot your phone into HBOOT and allow it a few minutes, like normal to find this PB31IMG.zip file. It then will prompt you to press UP to confirm the update or press DOWN to not update. (you will not see this, but if you have flashed a radio then you know this process)
when you press up, it will then start updating to the stock ROM. however, you wont see any of this. just a black screen.
allow that to run, usually for 10 minutes. to be safe wait 15-18 minutes and then press UP. When the update is complete you are asked to reboot. UP for yes DOWN for no. again you will not see this. Then when it reboots....you will be happy and see the HTC Incredible white screen
It got me too, same thing you did. Just dug around and figured it out.
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Thanks for posting this. I would push thanks but I'm on my phone. All to often people run into this exact situation and don't realize there phone is still working normal. They just don't know it because of the black screen. For future reference those are great instructions.
DINC|CM7|PROUD AMERICAN!
Alternative solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14144155#post14144155
OK i had recently installed a custom splash screen into my phone but now i don't know how to remove or replace it...i don't want the original stock splash screen. i just wanna know how to remove the custom one i installed so i can replace it with another plz help
Are you talking about the white screen with the black words HTC EVO? Or do you mean the Sprint splash screen?
You didn't actually "install" a custom splash screen, you replaced the splash1.img file. Unless you have the stock htc Evo 4G screen backed up, you'll have to find it. I'm actually pretty sure someone in here has posted it so you can download it. Once downloaded, replace it the same way you put your custom one (I use the PC36IMG.zip method).
ok well i did find the stock htc Evo 4G screen and it was in a PC36IMG.zip file and i copied it to the sd card and then i tried rebooting and in to recovery mode...and then its supposed to scan for any updates and it didnt find the new pc36img.zip file...
Make sure it is on the root of your sd card..... And it will be installed through the bootloader and not your custom recovery.... Also make sure the file is not pc36imgzip.Zip.... As it will not install it if it's like that!
Put it on the root of your sd with the proper file name pc36img.zip.... Power off evo.... Hold volume button down and hit power.... When prompted to install the update say yes
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thanks man it really helped alot i finally got it thanks! im so freakin stupid man all this time i would rename the file and it had zip.zip thanks dude
yup im deff. bricked i went to install the new synergy and i went to boot phone and it just sticks at white htc evo screen i have tryed to install a new pc36img and it installed then i went to recovery and it still gets stuck at the white htc evo screen and just loops so yea im deff bricked lol i know they say if you can get into hboot then your not bricked but hmmm plz help
well not enough info to help but...can you get into recovery...if so try a full wipe and flash a simple and easy stable rom ...say like fresh 4
Ur not bricked if ur phone powers on. Boot to recovery, do a full wipe, and flash a stock rom n c how that goes
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You're not bricked, I've had this happen before. Back up all your meaningful files to your desktop, go into recovery and format your sd card, do it a couple times, then find a PC36IMG zip and put it on your sd card. Try to find a rooted rom if not, you'll have to re-root your phone. I used a 2.2 rom for an easy root with Unrevoked, then started back flashing. Good luck. Its normal for it to sit on the white screen for up to 5 minutes.
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i cant get into recovery when i try from bootloader it just brings the htc screen back up and then stays on that for a few then screen turns black and then the white htc evo screen lol sooo im lost i have tryed to install the pc36img and it asked me to update and i said yes and then hit recoveryand still nothing
Try running an ruu in exe form from your computer.
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how would i do that im not familiar with adb all that well sorry guys
You don't need adb. Download the newest ruu. Its a program run on your pc. It will wipe and replace everything. Its pretty much what htc would use to reflash a phone
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to be honest I would surf through this section and General since everyone who phone gets stuck on the white HTC Evo screen first goes its bricked. I think we use that term too loosely in here. I know your not the first person to have this happen to them and I know many others have come out of it. Its just that there are so many different methods. This is where knowing a little adb will help you. If not I suggest learning it quickly.
If you are still S-Off I would try and reflash a recovery preferably Amon and then see if you can get into recovery and you Caulkins format all zip. Hopefully you will be able to do those two functions and if I were you I would load up a stock rooted rom first... Good luck and dont yell bricked till it wont turn on anymore...lol
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yup im deff. bricked i went to install the new synergy and i went to boot phone and it just sticks at white htc evo screen i have tryed to install a new pc36img and it installed then i went to recovery and it still gets stuck at the white htc evo screen and just loops so yea im deff bricked lol i know they say if you can get into hboot then your not bricked but hmmm plz help
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you are not alone on this issue im currently stuck in the same bootloop and cant get into recovery also. i started the post in general yesterday. hopefully someone will come in and help us both soon.
odie145 said:
you are not alone on this issue im currently stuck in the same bootloop and cant get into recovery also. i started the post in general yesterday. hopefully someone will come in and help us both soon.
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Yea but I read your post and aren't you looking for Mac fastboot files? If so try this link it has a zip for a Android Metro file I was trying to repair. There are a couple for Mac files in there adb-mac and fastbot-mac.
I will post this in your thread as well
do what playya said and flash amon_Ra recovery through hboot. try and get that back before you run a ruu. look in the dev section for the ra thread and follow the directions to manually flash it and see if it works. It may just be that you lost your recovery.
well i got it to boot but now it stays booted after i ran ruu and now it stays on for about 2 mins then shuts off hahah well i got a new one coming for free in a few days so im good guys ty
what ruu should i use for the evo the one i installed seems to freeze my phone after boot up and then reboots
Evo S3vn said:
what ruu should i use for the evo the one i installed seems to freeze my phone after boot up and then reboots
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a little more info on the phone you have to use the right one for your radio and Hboot. I would just try and see if you still have s-off and flash a recovery and go from there... Or just say f-it and wait for new phone...
Ok i'll start at the beginning. i've had a HTC One X since launch i've never bothered with the Custom roms before but i had some time on my hands today and thought i would give it a go. and everything went wrong.
i downloaded a called "One X All-in-one kit v2.2" and followed the instructions. i managed to get my bootloader unlocked with out much bother and then i decided to install a custom rom. so i loaded up Clockwork Mod Recovery and downloaded CleanROM 5.1 and put it on the phones memory.
I made a mistake at this point. using the tool i flashed the kernel from the Zip file before flashed the Rom or even made a backup!!!!. Now no matter what i do my phone will turn on and just sit at the "HTC Quietly Brilliant" screen, if i turn the phone off it just turns back on and site at that screen.
i have tried re-following the steps and it is still exactly the same. Do any of you guys have any solutions to this or have i wrecked my phone?
Any help will be gratefully taken as i don't have the cash to throw down for a new phone!!
Thanks,
Matt
First of all you need to clarify which version of HTC One you have, currently you are posting on international version forum ( tegra3 ), and im pretty sure that CleanRom was made only for Snapdragon S4 version ( was it this topic ?). Also check if you are able to boot into bootloader ( power down your phone by holding power button for ~~15 sec, press power while holding volume down button ).
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Ok i'll start at the beginning. i've had a HTC One X since launch i've never bothered with the Custom roms before but i had some time on my hands today and thought i would give it a go. and everything went wrong.
i downloaded a called "One X All-in-one kit v2.2" and followed the instructions. i managed to get my bootloader unlocked with out much bother and then i decided to install a custom rom. so i loaded up Clockwork Mod Recovery and downloaded CleanROM 5.1 and put it on the phones memory.
I made a mistake at this point. using the tool i flashed the kernel from the Zip file before flashed the Rom or even made a backup!!!!. Now no matter what i do my phone will turn on and just sit at the "HTC Quietly Brilliant" screen, if i turn the phone off it just turns back on and site at that screen.
i have tried re-following the steps and it is still exactly the same. Do any of you guys have any solutions to this or have i wrecked my phone?
Any help will be gratefully taken as i don't have the cash to throw down for a new phone!!
Thanks,
Matt
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Just a few questions that'll help us help you:
1. If you boot into the bootloader (power and volume down when powering on) What is the first word on the second line of text?
2. On the third line it should give you the HBOOT, could you give us the version number please?
3. Lastly could you please link the ROM you have flashed.
At the moment it seems to be able to be recovered so you can stop worrying
What Rom you're flashing and what hboot you have?
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Thanks all for your help!! I've gotten my phone back to stock and it's now working thanks to this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859714) and i've made a back up so i can now start playing again without worrying. going to give cm10 a go and see if i can get that working. thanks again all
Matt