Some background:
-This is my 4th Evo. Previous 3 were all rooted.
-Rec'd the new Evo last Thursday, rooted it immediately using the Auto Root method.
-Everything was successful, and Sprint Lover's ROM was automatically flashed on my phone, until I tried flashing a new rom.
Roms I tried flashing:
-MIUI
-BOS "Royal Liquid"
What happens:
-With MIUI, it flashes, restarts and then boots up all the way and then freezes after 20 secs and restarts, EVERY TIME.
-With BOS, stuck in bootloop. Keeps restarting at the white "htc EVO 4g" screen.
Tried both recoveries, Amon_RA AND Clockword Mod(CWM).
Yes, wiped every time. Even d/led "Calkulin's Format ALL" and flashed it (in Amon RA, it wouldn't let me in CWM.)
Please help, and ask me any questions you may need. I'll do my best to provide every answer.
I'm dealing with the same issues except i was trying to flash to Koni Elite 3
I'm can't even do a restore,cuz i get a recovery error.
Update i can do a recovery to an old backup
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Update i can do a recovery to an old backup
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Next time just update your same post or make a thread of your own. No sense of posting your problems in someone's else's problems thread. But I'm glad it's working for you now.
[Update]
Just d/led and flashed CM7 using ClockwordMod. Everything seems to be working fine.
I don't know what's going on anymore.
I am going to try to flash BOS Royal Liquid again and see what happens.
Make sure your device still displays "S-OFF" in the bootloader screen. Reflash amon RA or flash amon RA v2.3 and then go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING in it except the SD card itself. Now flash the rom you want to flash.
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Yes Sir!
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Next time just update your same post or make a thread of your own. No sense of posting your problems in someone's else's problems thread. But I'm glad it's working for you now.
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Just d/led and flashed CM7 using ClockwordMod. Everything seems to be working fine.
I don't know what's going on anymore.
I am going to try to flash BOS Royal Liquid again and see what happens.
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dougjamal said:
Make sure your device still displays "S-OFF" in the bootloader screen. Reflash amon RA or flash amon RA v2.3 and then go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING in it except the SD card itself. Now flash the rom you want to flash.
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In the bootloader, my info reads:
SUPERSONIC EVT3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-2.10.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.11.19
Oct 15 2010, 12:07:00
Not sure if any of that means anything.
Also, I tried that, and nothing! =[
-D/led Amon_RA v2.3 from his post. Flashed it using Terminal Emulator.
-Flashed Calkulin's Format ALL
-Wiped everything but "SDCARD" and "SDCard:.android_secure"
-Flashed ROM BOS.. and same thing; bootloop...
One thing I noticed is that when I try to Wipe Dalvik Cache in Amon-RA, it says:
"Formatting DATA: dalvik-cache...
Formatting CACHE: calvik-cache...
Skipping format SDEXT:dalvik-cache...
DALVIK-CACHE: wipe complete!"
That 3rd line kinda has me worried.. I don't think I ever seen that before.
And when I try to Wipe Dalvik-Cache in CWM, it gives me:
"E: unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]"
even BEFORE I select "yes" from the menu.
Once I select "yes".. IMMEDIATELY it says "Dalvik Cache wiped."
I don't remember that either from my previous phones.
ALSO TRIED..
I just Flashed an older version of CWM(v2.5.0.7) that allows to flash Amend zips.
-Then tried wiping, and when I tried wiping "Dalvik-cache" this is what I got:
"E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)"
Could that be the problem?
[Another update..]
When I try to flash the Royal Liquid ROMS in CWM, it gives me an error saying something like:
"Cannot install because of Android 1.5 or something.
It was necessary to something something Android 3.0 Gingerbread" or something like that.
Does this mean I can only flash Gingerbread ROMS.. which is CM7 is the only one that works?
The error when trying to flash the BOS rom is because of how it is packed. A lot of people still like to packages their ROMs using an older way that I guess google and Kush are wanting to phase out. It should flash ok with clockwork 2.5 or Amon RA's.
With the reboot issue it sounds like something may have gotten corrupted on your phone. If you still have the autoroot folder on your computer try making a backup on just your Data and .android partitions, and then run the FlashZip script that comes with autoroot and use it to flash the PC36IMG_SprintLovers...zip. That one should give you a clean flash that you can work from. It may be a good idea to mount your sd card as a disk drive and scan it for errors too, a corrupt sd card can do all sorts of weird stuff.
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The error when trying to flash the BOS rom is because of how it is packed. A lot of people still like to packages their ROMs using an older way that I guess google and Kush are wanting to phase out. It should flash ok with clockwork 2.5 or Amon RA's.
With the reboot issue it sounds like something may have gotten corrupted on your phone. If you still have the autoroot folder on your computer try making a backup on just your Data and .android partitions, and then run the FlashZip script that comes with autoroot and use it to flash the PC36IMG_SprintLovers...zip. That one should give you a clean flash that you can work from. It may be a good idea to mount your sd card as a disk drive and scan it for errors too, a corrupt sd card can do all sorts of weird stuff.
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Just tried it. Same thing bro.
What I did:
-Backed up CM7 in CWM.
-Flashed Amon_RA v2.3 via Terminal Emulator
-Backed up data and .android partitions in recovery
-Restarted phone and ran "FlashZip", chose Option 1 "SPrintLover....zip"
-Flashed it successfully.
-Restarted phone to make sure it works. Went back into recovery and wiped everthing (factory reset, cache, dalvik cache and data), also flashed "Format All"
-Tried flashing BOS and bootloop again.
arozer said:
Just tried it. Same thing bro.
What I did:
-Backed up CM7 in CWM.
-Flashed Amon_RA v2.3 via Terminal Emulator
-Backed up data and .android partitions in recovery
-Restarted phone and ran "FlashZip", chose Option 1 "SPrintLover....zip"
-Flashed it successfully.
-Restarted phone to make sure it works. Went back into recovery and wiped everthing (factory reset, cache, dalvik cache and data), also flashed "Format All"
-Tried flashing BOS and bootloop again.
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Have you tried pulling your sd card to see if that could be doing it?
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xHausx said:
Have you tried pulling your sd card to see if that could be doing it?
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I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean by "pulling the sd card". Care to elaborate?
Also an update:
While trying to get BOS to work, I was stuck in bootloop.
So I reflashed it again without wiping anything.
It bootlooped 4 times and then PHONE TURNED ON!! Using BOS rom.
However, same as MIUI, about 10 secs into it, the phone freezes and restarts.
What do you think it could be?
MIUI does the same thing, except the whole bootloop trial.
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I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean by "pulling the sd card". Care to elaborate?
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Try pulling the sd card out of the phone to see if anything changes. You can find it under the battery.
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Try pulling the sd card out of the phone to see if anything changes. You can find it under the battery.
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Lol. Wow bro, way to put it like that and make me feel silly.
I thought maybe "pulling the battery" has a different means in terms of rooting.
And yes, I re-flashed BOS and powered the phone off,
-removed SD card
-Restarted and again, stuck in bootloop.
Btw, did you see my update in my previous post?
Also, I thank you VERY much for taking your time to try and help me.
Seems like only Gingerbread based roms (like CM7) are working. I haven't tried any other ones, other than Sprint Lovers and CM7, but they seem to work perfectly fine without ANY problems.
Have you tried:
Pulling the battery, going back to recovery and wiping dalvik and cache again then rebooting (sorry if I missed you doing this)
or
Re-downloading the BOS ROM, could be a bad download, esp if downloaded from your phone
or
Flashing a completely different ROM like Unleashed, Myn, EViO or MikFroyo?
Sorry, didn't mean for it to come across like that. It's possible there is just something about that ron that doesn't want to work with your phone.
If you want to send me the logcat I can take a look at it for ya.
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jstalford said:
Have you tried:
Pulling the battery, going back to recovery and wiping dalvik and cache again then rebooting (sorry if I missed you doing this)
or
Re-downloading the BOS ROM, could be a bad download, esp if downloaded from your phone
or
Flashing a completely different ROM like Unleashed, Myn, EViO or MikFroyo?
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Yes. Just tried that brother and doesn't work. (referring to 1&2)
I will try downloading another rom now.
Hopefully BOS and MIUI are just having their own problems, as CM7 works just fine.
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Sorry, didn't mean for it to come across like that. It's possible there is just something about that ron that doesn't want to work with your phone.
If you want to send me the logcat I can take a look at it for ya.
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Where do I find the logcat? Sorry.. just don't to send you the wrong one.
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Option #1
1. Download aLogcat from the market
2. Launch the aLogcat
3. Go launch the program thats crashing, allow it to crash
4. Go back to aLogcat
5. Menu -> Send
6. Email it to yourself, then post it on here for shinzul/toast + thread
Option #2
1. Hook your phone to your computer with the usb cable
2. With your fav CLI type: "adb shell logcat > crashlog.txt" (w/o the " ")
3. On the EVO launch the program that's causing problems, allow it to crash
4. In the CLI hit "crtl+c" (to stop the logging process)
5. In the same folder as adb will be a text file called "crashlog.txt"
6. Post it on here so that shinzul/toast + thread can take a look at it
Option #3
1. open terminal on your phone
2. if the character showing is a '$' type "su"
3. type "locat > /sdcard/logcat.txt"
4. post the logcat.txt file on your SD card on here so that shinzul/toast + thread can take a look at it
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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
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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!
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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
First, this is not for people whom cannot boot into the recovery at all. If your recovery does not load, or you can't get past the "white screen", there are other threads and options for you (e.g. installing the recovery though fastboot or Unrevoked).
PROBLEM: You boot into the CWM3 recovery fine. You can install compatible zips fine. However, when trying to backup, the recovery locks up at some point during the backup process.
Solutions I tried: RUU to stock. Downgrading to 2.5.0.5 and back up to 3.0.0.5. Deleting the clockworkmod folder on the sdcard. reinstalling ROM Manager. wiping cache/dalvik before backing up. None of these things worked.
Solution that seems to have worked: swap out sdcards, doing battery pulls on the phone inbetween and booting back into recovery, until you find one that allows the backup to complete. Once a backup completes fully, you will be able to swap back to your original sdcard and CWM3 should work as intended.
Specifically here's what I did:
Step 0: Flash 3.0.0.5 through ROM Manager.
Step 0.5: Turn progress bar off in ROM manager settings. I do not believe this is important. But for completeness, I did do this.
Step 1: Boot into recovery
Step 2: run backup with Transcend 8gb class 6: No luck. Battery pull, back to recovery
Step 3: Sandisk 1.0gb class unknown: no luck, battery pull, back to recovery
Step 4: Sandisk 512MB class unknown: worked twice in a row!
Step 5: Back to 8gb class 6: backup works now. Still in testing, but I believe this (obscure, weird) solution works.
I just used ROM Manager to download CM7 #40 nightly, backup and install apps through CWM3 and it worked.
Let me know if this works for you.
EDIT: Well, its not perfect, because I cannot restore a backup because I get the MD5 mismatch error. At least there's progress.
EDIT2: There are deeper problems here. Please post your success or lack thereof.
I can't believe that simply getting a backup to work once fixes the problem. I just can't see the recovery caring that it finally got one right, so now it works from now on. Recovery doesn't know what it has done in the past.
Perhaps repeatedly inserting and removing the cards, just that act itself, somehow was the fix.
not impressed with cwm 3 at all, seems real buggy. Sometimes have problems with it not doing a clean wipe/factory wipe. When I install a rom, it has some wierd stuff going on. Stuff like loading a live wallpaper from the previous roms setting. I never use it to download roms anymore. I might switch over to ra amon recovery. Or maybe back to the 2. series
it seems @koush and @dougpiston had a twatt on the twitter about cwm3 borking on the dinc. you can read the full conversation over there, but the gist is that we should enable "erase recovery" option w/in rommanager settings, reflash recovery.
I guess the recoveries are best flashed clean, rather than over one another. ???
okay. the above fix has been confirmed to work by myself and one other user on the htc incredible cm7 nightly thead, AdhvanIt.
So you want to load cwm through rom manager after you enable "erase (previous) recovery" in settings and it will be puppies and rainbows from now on.
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Regarding the erase recovery, I had tried it for the backup will not finish problem and the weird fix above is the only thing that worked, but will give it another try for my broken restore issue.
Wow I find odd that I have no problems what so ever with cwm 3
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tdiman said:
Regarding the erase recovery, I had tried it for the backup will not finish problem and the weird fix above is the only thing that worked, but will give it another try for my broken restore issue.
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After going back to 2.5.1.2 with erase recovery enabled, and then back to 3.0.0.5 I'm back to square 1 with not being able to complete a full backup.
I'm going with 2.5.0.5 until either I get a new SD card or someone else comes up with a fix.
tdiman said:
After going back to 2.5.1.2 with erase recovery enabled, and then back to 3.0.0.5 I'm back to square 1 with not being able to complete a full backup.
I'm going with 2.5.0.5 until either I get a new SD card or someone else comes up with a fix.
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bummer. keep us posted. I too have 16gb sandisk. had many issues with cwm3 but they seem to have stablized with the erase recovery fix... fricking variables...
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bummer. keep us posted. I too have 16gb sandisk. had many issues with cwm3 but they seem to have stablized with the erase recovery fix... fricking variables...
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There were some changes pushed to CM7 a couple of nights ago for the recovery management, as well as the new ROM Manager update, that got me to try again. This time I deleted all partitions on the sdcard and repartitioned it with a large FAT32 partition and a small ext4 partition after it. I deleted my unused swap partition. ROM Manager recognizes both partitions as it is able to format them, so thats good.
I used ROM manager and installed Amon-Ra, then installed 3.0.0.5. Same hang-on-backup problem as before. Back to 2.5.0.5
erase recovery has been on the whole time...
you have a gremlin in there! I assume you've tried full-wipe and all. Maybe install cwm3 from HBOOT with a fresh download and/or md5verified copy of the recovery?
hit up @clockworkmod on the twitter. I know he can be kind of a flake, but he does invite feedback when he drops an update... it was how we found out about the erase recovery thing.
you aren't having any other weirdness with other ROMs, are you? worst, worst case, your hardware is "circling the drain." sucks, but you know plenty of used dincs be hitting the market when Thunderbolt finally drops. See what Koush says though--be persistent, and it wouldn't hurt if you happen to have a RM premium license
good luck, and again, keep us posted.
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you have a gremlin in there! I assume you've tried full-wipe and all. Maybe install cwm3 from HBOOT with a fresh download and/or md5verified copy of the recovery?
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In the spirit of the title of this thread, I do believe I have an actual working fix over in the DEV forum. I recompiled CWM3 from source. Please see
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970032
and let me know your experiences over there, those of you that may or may not still be following this thread
@clockworkmod just dropped a new version of the inc recovery that supposed to fix "wiping /datadata issue from ROM Manager" Has this been our problem?
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I do not believe that was my original issue as the problems I had were independent of ROM manager, but 3007 fixes whatever my issue was as well as the wipe issue, which is great.
3007 also has the option to power off, thanks Koush!
Has anyone tried the 3.0.0.8? Just flashed and hoping it works better.
phaze one said:
Has anyone tried the 3.0.0.8? Just flashed and hoping it works better.
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zero issues with 3.0.0.8 for me. SLCD.
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unable to get 3.0.0.7 to boot, though. no big thing, just looking for that mythical multi-touch fix. <sigh>
(and ZOMG my post#10 means i can talk in the grown-folkxx forums. sorry for the fluff)
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I've had this phone for a about a month, and decided to get adventurous - should have left it alone.
I ran unrevoked the day I got the phone and decided to try cyanogem - it didn't work, got stuck on splash screen so I recovered my stock backup. I read in the developers forums about needing flash a new bootloader and use amon-ra instead of clockwork to load cyanogem.... I got the PC36IMG from the forum here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=764062&page=2
I've been stuck in boot loop since then.
I have followed all of the suggestions for those stuck in bootloop in the thread, (including both versions of the PC36IMG and no luck...
I went as far as running unrevoked forever again, in the hopes that it would put it back to the way it was before I flashed the file from the post.
I can get into recovery, and the hboot version is 2.02
none of my backups will install ( error 7), and the cyanogem 7 nightly will not load.
I am 350 miles away from home for the next two weeks and can't call home
to recap
1) unrevoked forever - ok
2) tried to flash cyanogem7 - got stuck in bootloop
3) flashed clockwork - ok
4) recovered backup - ok
5) flashed PC36IMG from above thread - stuck in bootloop wont load rom
6) flashed alternative PC36IMG from above thread - stuck in bootloop wont load rom
7) flashed clockwork again - ok
8) tried to restore backup - error 7
9) flashed mtd-eng.zip (from xda) - hboot .76 - hboot version on phone did not change
10) flashed mtd-eng.zip (from xda) - hboot .76.200 - hboot version on phone did not change
11) unrevoked forever - completed but still stuck in bootloop/recovery
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7) flashed clockwork again - ok
I really don't know where to go from here, and everything I try from the xda forums doesnt work. Any help with this will be deeply appreciated..
Start fresh ,get calkulins wipe all and then flash it and then flash a rom and start from there
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Thanks
a few more questions...
where do I get caulkins wipe all?
do I need to backup my roms on my computer?
will I loose my 4g keys?
Thank you.
luckyhubby said:
a few more questions...
where do I get caulkins wipe all?
do I need to backup my roms on my computer?
will I loose my 4g keys?
Thank you.
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http://www.mediafire.com/?ikylelx99c49133 There ya go.
It is always a good idea to backup your rom, and espciallu your wimax. And using the format all won't kill your 4G keys.
wimaxx?
Again noob here... srry...
I assume backing up my roms would just be copying them from the sd card, but the wimax is something I haven't run across yet. How do you back that up?
luckyhubby said:
Again noob here... srry...
I assume backing up my roms would just be copying them from the sd card, but the wimax is something I haven't run across yet. How do you back that up?
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Well you backup the rom that way, but when someone says "backup your rom" they mean you boot into recovery and select back, and it backups your system image, and you can restore it if something goes wrong.
clockwork recovery- selct backup/restore, select backup, and you're done
amon_ra- select backup/restore, select which items you want
Wimax is the official name for 4G, so if you hear wimax, they mean 4G. Clockwork backs up wimax automatically, and it can be extracted from the zip and copied if on a computer. On amon_ra 2.3 you have to physically select wimax and back it up, otherwise it can be lost.
I think I got it
so ... move calkulins to sd card
install from zip
flash backup
trying now
luckyhubby said:
so ... move calkulins to sd card
install from zip
flash backup
trying now
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Well I would backup before flash, but you got it there.
Off topic,but teh roxx u still on cm7
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backed up before I started this...
copying contents of sd card just in case...
Thanks... I will let you know in a few minutes how it went
davidc23 said:
Off topic,but teh roxx u still on cm7
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Yes, that I am.
luckyhubby said:
copying contents of sd card just in case...
Thanks... I will let you know in a few minutes how it went
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Format all only touches the system data, like the cache, ect. But its always handy to backup the contents every so often. And sound good, I'll be around.
didn't work
error while flashing boot image
I also tried to install CM7, that didn't go either - status 7
Awkward. let me see if I find it. But you can just click:
format data, wipe cache, and under advanced [if on clockwork] wipe dalvik, and it does the same thing. I've never used the format all zip and been just fine.
I am using clockwork, will try dalvic method
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I am using clockwork, will try dalvic method
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Alright, so wipe data/factory restore, wipe cache, and then under advanced, wipe dalvik cache, and you'll be all set.
I'm sorry, but still sys error while flashing boot image....
I have 3 recoveries saved... will try the other two, as well as CM7
Well apparently it doesn't like the file. What exactly are you trying to do now, flasha new rom?
just get A rom to work..
the phone won't boot, I can only get it into recovery.
I started out trying to get CM7, but now I just want it to work. lol
Well try flashing the latest CM7 nightly. And to use that [CM7] you are on the 3.0+ version of clockwork?
ok i was running cyanogenmod 7 ex- destroyer and i nandroid backup wiped (data/cache/delvic cache) flashed mike froyo v4.5, and now anytime i flash a rom or back up its in an endless boot animation loop. the only rom i can flash is a stock rom. I miss my cm7 ex can anyone help please.
are you using clockworkmod 3... or 2.5 there have been some issues with 3. version if you are on 3., you should go back to 2.5 and try calkulins allformat.zip, it erases data,cache,dalvik, and partitions, it works every time i have a problem flashing a new rom, you can find it in his thread just look for calkulin, have your new room in sd to flash after wipe
Download amon RA v2.3 in the form of PC36IMG.zip from amon's thread. I don't have the link handy. Place the zip file on the root of your hard drive and turn off your EVO. Simultaneously press the down volume button and the power button until your device starts. The bootloader will load and automatically detect the zip file and prompt you to install. Follow the easy prompts to install. Installation will take less than 10 seconds. Afterwards, reboot into recovery, go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING in it except the SD card itself. Now go into the flash menu and flash the rom of your choice. You should no longer have bootlooping issues unless your radios need reflashing.
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dougjamal said:
I don't have the link handy.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
Thank you, JStalford. I appreciate it..
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Actually its a kernel issue, ASOP kernels normally don't like sense kernels, and you'll get a boot loop.
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Did I miss where he said something about using a Sense kernel on an AOSP ROM or vice versa?
I thought he was on CM7 and wanted to flash MikFroyo. No mention of kernels.
ok i tried the calukin format and it didnt reflashed. i was running clockwork 2.6 and i even tried 3.0 and nothing.. i just updated to amon ra and im going to get back to if it works...
yea i was running cm7 but i was reading about mikefroyo and heard it was fast and wanted to see if it was faster than cm7. and to me it wasnt so when i flashed back to cm7 i started getting a boot loop
Okay. Remember to wipe EVERYTHING in the wipe menu EXCEPT the SD card itself. Do it twice for good measure. You do not need Calkulin's format-all zip.
dougjamal said:
Okay. Remember to wipe EVERYTHING in the wipe menu EXCEPT the SD card itself. Do it twice for good measure. You do not need Calkulin's format-all zip.
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ok i wiped everything reflashed and it work... i thank you for your time and for helping me getting my phone back...
Rastababy said:
ok i wiped everything reflashed and it work... i thank you for your time and for helping me getting my phone back...
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You're very welcome. I'm glad I was able to help. Take care...
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.
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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?