BOOT LOOP - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys,
so i was on a plane yestarday and obviously they want you to turn your phone off. I did so and when i landed i tried turning it back on but only to my surprise it would. Was just stuck at the White HTC screen and just kept resetting and doing the same.
Luckily I was able to get into the bootloader and reflash the rom and backup, however, its a pain in the butt to have to do so every time my phone shuts off or I have to shut it off.
Havent tried another custom rom yet, will do so shortly, but just wondering why this is happening? Any advice?

What rom were you on? And make sure to install with a clean install.

i was using calkulins evio rom.
and yes, i did a full factory wipe with cache and dalvik as well....is there all required for a clean install?

hasseye said:
i was using calkulins evio rom.
and yes, i did a full factory wipe with cache and dalvik as well....is there all required for a clean install?
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You pretty much want to wipe everything but the sd card. So cache, data, dalvik, boot, and system. Then flash your rom and boot it up.
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I have this same problem with calks rom. Maybe try a different kernel?
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Fyi, if you used cwm to do the wipe, this is probably where you failed. Cwm fails to wipe dalvik most times. I have had weird issues on sense roms specially when using cwm. I changed to ra and no wipe problems since.
How do I know this? After so called full wipes using cwm and installing evio most or all of my apps and settings would still be there.
I have confirmed this with many others that have used both recoveries. Ra is nicer anyway.
Real men don't need rom manager anyway.
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hermanlf said:
Fyi, if you used cwm to do the wipe, this is probably where you failed. Cwm fails to wipe dalvik most times. I have had weird issues on sense roms specially when using cwm. I changed to ra and no wipe problems since.
How do I know this? After so called full wipes using cwm and installing evio most or all of my apps and settings would still be there.
I have confirmed this with many others that have used both recoveries. Ra is nicer anyway.
Real men don't need rom manager anyway.
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I just don't understand why koush dosen't fix this and be done with it. I love that program... I use titanium backups dalvik cleaner anywho just saying that all

I'm having this sort of issue as well. I have wiped many times, gone back to stock, unrooted, even updated the hboot version. Has anyone figured out what exactly may cause this sort of boot loop? Sometimes, my phone just randomly reboots (even on stock default) and gets stuck in a boot loop.
Keeping the battery out for about 5 minutes allows it to boot back up, but I'm getting rather frustrated with it. I can't seem to pinpoint an exact issue. sometimes, it seems my battery is rather warm to the touch, sometimes, it's nice and cool. I've tried sense roms, non-sense, GB, and as I said earlier, stock RUU. Nothing I've done stops the reboots. I took it to the sprint store, and they saw nothing wrong with it. (Of course, it didn't reboot for them. Figures, eh?) I even got 2 alternate batteries. (One was the super big extended life)
Has anyone else had this same issue? I'm at a loss of where to go from here. I've poured over these forums, and the development forums for days. I never had this issue before...it's only started happening in the last week and a half. Keep thinking I must have missed something, but I'm not sure what.

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[Q] Warm 2.2

I just rooted my phone, which I am new to, and am using the warm 2.2 ROM. Suddenly today my power button quit working. Phone will not go to sleep or come out of sleep mode and must pull battery to get screen to come on. Changed time out to never turn screen off so I can see whats happening, but it is very annoying. Any suggestions.
First thing would be to start over fresh and wipe EVERYTHING. You can even wipe 2-3 times. Sounds like you have some leftovers remnants if not wiping properly (Wow that just sounds nasty) Which recovery are you using?
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jayharper08 said:
First thing would be to start over fresh and wipe EVERYTHING. You can even wipe 2-3 times. Sounds like you have some leftovers remnants if not wiping properly (Wow that just sounds nasty) Which recovery are you using?
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+1.....I agree with jayharper08. RLS-5 is one stable rom and I have been a fan since RLS-3. Myn & crew does exceptional work. Go into recovery and wipe EVERYTHING in the wipe menu except the SD card itself. Afterwards, flash the rom. Do not flash any mods or kernels just yet. After you've booted into your homescreen, make sure everything works as it should. After that, reboot into recovery and make a nandroid backup.
sounds like a hardware problem...
does it work to select stuff in the recovery menu?
if it does, it's a software problem, most likely remnants of the stock software; if it doesn't, it's most likely physically broken

~~~~HELP~~~~~

I have some major issues!!!!
I have tried everything that I can think of and I still have problems!!! I have flashed several different radios, Different Kernals, Different ROMS ASOP and Stock and I don't know why my phone keeps restarting randomly! Sometimes it will go for an hour and sometimes it will go for 30 seconds but it keeps restarting itself. Currently I am running CM7 with the new GB Radio leak. Still happeneing please can someone help ease my frustration with this god forsaken phone! Thanks for any Suggestions!
Just a thought, are you undervolting your kernel at all? If undervolted too much mine has constant reboots.
All I can think of, but by no means am I an expert.
Are you wiping all partitions before flashing?
Full Wipe:
1. Wipe Data/Factory Reset
2. Wipe Cache Partition
Go into Mounts and Storage
3. Wipe System
4. Wipe Data
5. Wipe Cache
Go into Advanced
6. Wipe Dalvik Cache
7. Wipe Battery Stats
8. Install zip (ROM)
9. Power off/on, the boot back into recovery
10. Install zip (GApps)
11. Power off/on
*These are not my instructions. Saved them in evernote but I can't remember what thread it was from.
SD?
Had this same thing happen w/ a friend's DInc.
Copied all SD files to PC, removed and reformatted SD to FAT32, copied files back to SD, remounted, problem went away.
It was a guess on my part, and worked for her, idk if that was the issue, but the reboots stopped.
does it do it when you just install a rom with the stock kernal it comes with? Try running just 1 thing for a while to see what is causing it.
Or it may be a hardware issue.....you can search these threads for 'random reboots' and see that you may just need a new phone. I had the random reboots issue which originally lead me to rooting......which still didn't help. My problem started when I let the phone get way too hot on a car charger, does it seem heat related? Just a thought, would seem more likely than a kernel issue as every time you flash a new ROM you get a different kernel....
I had the same issue and had to get a replacement. Just make sure you put everything back to stock before you take it in. There is a great thread in develompement that will walk you through it. You may want to even try going back to stock anyway and see if the problem persists.
I can run stock everything and I still get the same problem I'm going to try and format my sd card and see if that works.....i don't know what else to do. And yes i have wiped everything before installing new ROM...
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Problem with returning the phone is that I'm going to have to pay the hundred for insurance... Damn
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FrierEM said:
Problem with returning the phone is that I'm going to have to pay the hundred for insurance... Damn
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I thought it was $50? and I also thought they ran out of Incs?
What I meant by back to stock is unroot, s-on, ect... You mentioned that you have tried different roms so I am assuming you are still rooted.
They are not out of incs, but if they were you would get an upgrade anyway.
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[Q] Rooted wont boot unrooted works fine....

Ok here is a strange thing I can't wrap my head around. I have been rooting and flashing for quite awhile, but have a problem I cant solve....I have a EVO hardware 2 about a year old that has been rooted and running MIUI fine for several months. I recently have been playing with kernels and undervolting. I noticed some random reboots and tried resetting voltages back to normal and flashing diffrent kernels back, but still it locks on bootup or reboots. So I RUU flashed back to stock and everything worked fine, boots good no reboots and temp around 34 deg. nice and stable. Figured all was good re-rooted and boom back to not booting again. I have tried old nand backups that were stable but they do the same thing. Is there some trick to doing a full wipe that I an missing? Also just to mention I recently had problems with the GPS locking on and add the new driver to try and fix it...
Thanks for any ideas....
PS new info...I put a blank card with just the new miui flash on it and reflashed.....it seems to fix the problem...there must be some settings on the card that conrols the cpu settings....will test further and report...may help someone else...
What recovery are ya running?...sounds like its not wiping corectly.....if yur using CWM I would recommend AMON....ALSO.....SUPERWIPE is the way to go....wipes system,data, and boot twice when u flash it....I'm lying in bed and my PC is shut down....u can just google SUPERWIPE ....and for AMON just head over to his thread for his PC36IMG.....BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YUR RECOVERY ISNT WIPING PROPERLY......would hurt to try em
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If you have Amon Ra, you really don't need those "super wipe" things.
Just wipe all twice and then do cache and dalvik again, separately, and you'll be fine.
Even that's over kill....
HipKat said:
If you have Amon Ra, you really don't need those "super wipe" things.
Just wipe all twice and then do cache and dalvik again, separately, and you'll be fine.
Even that's over kill....
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Dood I've always wiped ALL and dalv twice....up until a couple of months ago.....ran into a lot of bootloops....BIG TIME....but I figured it wild be a little reassuring for him......also I'm not sure what the other responses he got else where.....al personal preference I guess......have a good one guys
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i really need help

Now for about the last 2 months now this phone has been really getting to me. I have been putting different roms on my phones thinking that my roms have been messing up , but everytime i put a new rom on my phone i have the same issue. when i tried to log on the internet it will force close then i have to do it again to log online. it is really an issue now. does anyone know if it is my phoneor something? someone suggested that i got to rom manager and go to fix permission and i did that and it did not work. my ast resr s taking this root off my phone. the reason for that is because i am about to sell my phone and i dont want to sell it and the phone keeps having this issue. any suggestions?? thanks
May have to unroot and take to sprint, only thing I can think of
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Trying switching your recovery to amon ra and I don't recommend using ROM manager instead flash your Rom manually in the recovery
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well i doubt its anything sprint can do. i never had this issue before i believe its something thats on the phone from the root
nickhowell25 said:
well i doubt its anything sprint can do. i never had this issue before i believe its something thats on the phone from the root
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Simply having root will not cause force close issues. It's more likely that you're either not wiping thoroughly, or that you're restoring system data.
Have you tried wiping everything (system, data, cache, dalvik, boot, sd-ext, and android_secure)? If you've been using ClockworkMod, you've probably only been wiping data, cache, and dalvik.
If this is the case, either switch to Amon Ra and wipe those before flashing, or use a wipe script that will wipe those options. Running an RUU may be another means to the same end.
If you've been wiping everything, or if it doesn't work, it could also be something with your radio. You can try updating or downgrading.
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Wallpaper still there after I wipe

I'm rooted, have Amon Ra recovery installed, but every time I change to another rom my wallpaper from the previous rom is still there. I wipe everything twice, data, factory reset, cache, dalvik cache, boot, system, sdext, run Superwipe.zip and Gruesomewipeall.zip and its there every time. Does this happen to everyone or is it not wiping correctly? Thanks.
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I don't think that's a normal thing. I've never had a wallpaper carry over from another ROM. Have u had any problems flashing new roms? Other than the wallpaper?
Marcop13 said:
I don't think that's a normal thing. I've never had a wallpaper carry over from another ROM. Have u had any problems flashing new roms? Other than the wallpaper?
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No never had any problems
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It doesn't seem like it would be wiping incorrectly since you wipe everything twice and use superwipe. If it were me i wouldn't worry about it if there haven't been any issues but that's just me. Also I've never heard of amon ra wiping wrong
Ok thanks.
Sent from my Rooted EVO 4g w/ Sense
Actually on second thought I guess I have had a couple problems in the past, its not happening now though but on Roms like going green or rainy day, I couldn't receive messages or call sometimes, don't know if that has anything to do with wiping though.
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If your running gingerbread, Google will remember the last wallpaper you used and restore it. Same with WiFi access points, most apps, passwords, etc. Happens on every gingerbread Rom I use.
Robbsta said:
If your running gingerbread, Google will remember the last wallpaper you used and restore it. Same with WiFi access points, most apps, passwords, etc. Happens on every gingerbread Rom I use.
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That makes sense, thanks.
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That's only if you have automatic backup toggled on, which is what I was gonna say you might have.

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