[Q] OMG - can't open recovery cache on evo - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

HI - I pray that some can help me resolve my issues. I had to return my phone to sprint for another, this morning I received my new phone and started the recovery process unfortuanely in the middle of it i remember that did not back up my orginal system. Now I have this error "can't open recovery cache" when I attemt to enter in to rooting steps. it aborts on each try. Can some pleaseover me some advise on how I can gain access to my recovery rom so I can complete my rooting process?

If you're trying to restore the backup of your old phone, I HIGHLY don't recommend it.
Can you just not get into recovery?

No Sir I am not, I have no way of gaining access to the recovery system, my phone is functional but I have no way to go into recovery program. I have made a terrible mistake, once I hold the volume button down and attempt to enter hboot it simple locks with the 2-phased dark battery with the big red triangle.
this is the message i get
E:CAN't open /cahe/revoery/comand
---Install from sdcard
Finding update cae...
Opening updae packge...
Verying update package.
E:failed to open /sdcard/update.zip (No such file or directory)
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
That's the entire message
Any help you can offer will be greatly appreciated

Lawlz, no need for sir.
I don't feel like re-uploading the file, but second the second post here > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1062442
Place the file on your sdcard, as it is, not renamed, not extracted, ect. Boot into the bootloader, it'll scan, apply update, reboot, reboot into recovery, and you'll be on amon_ra 2.3.
The ! is you trying to get into recovery, but you're on stock recovery, which is no recovery. And you are rooted, s-off?

Do you have root access in your rom? You can try installing a recovery image from ROM manager or find the AmonRa thread on here and flashing the PC36IMG.zip from that thread from within hboot.
teh roxxorz beat me to it...

I have attempt to use the recovery manager - it force closes
I have attempt to use the terminal manager - commands not recongized
I will attempt to upload the link provided and let you know

Aye aye cappy, we'll be lurking.

Sniff, sniff nothing still the same errors

Well no luck, I have purchased the rom manager- it forecloses, I have downloaded, installed and rebooted to bootloader no luck, I have tryed everything i know which is very little. I guess I should consider my lucky that I have a funtional phone, but I will have no access to the recovery mode so i can root it. sigh....
To answer your previous questions
The ! is you trying to get into recovery - Yes that is when i get the error
, but you're on stock recovery, which is no recovery.
And you are rooted, s-off? - No I not rooted yet
I was trying root my new phone when i got myself into this mess,

RamesisX said:
Well no luck, I have purchased the rom manager- it forecloses, I have downloaded, installed and rebooted to bootloader no luck, I have tryed everything i know which is very little. I guess I should consider my lucky that I have a funtional phone, but I will have no access to the recovery mode so i can root it. sigh....
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In the bootloader, your phone is s-off, correct?

RamesisX said:
HI - I pray that some can help me resolve my issues. I had to return my phone to sprint for another, this morning I received my new phone and started the recovery process unfortuanely in the middle of it i remember that did not back up my orginal system. Now I have this error "can't open recovery cache" when I attemt to enter in to rooting steps. it aborts on each try. Can some pleaseover me some advise on how I can gain access to my recovery rom so I can complete my rooting process?
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What method of rooting were you using, and which recovery did you try flashing? As teh roxxorz asked, your hboot is s off right? It sounds like your best bet will be to run an RUU and start over again.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

No in bootloaded my ship s is on

RamesisX said:
No in bootloaded my ship s is on
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That's why its not working, you're not rooted.
http://unrevoked.com/recovery/ < use unrevoked
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install < install these hboot drivers first
Make sure usb debugging is enabled on your phone, settings > applications > development
Then connect the phone to the pc in charge on, run unrevoked, and you'll be good to go.

This is what I am seeing when I attempt to enter recovery on my phone
View attachment 586041

RamesisX said:
This is what I am seeing when I attempt to enter recovery on my phone
View attachment 586041
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That means you have no recovery, and you have no recovery because you aren't rooted. if you follow the instructions I posted above, you'll be good.

Sigh... I was in the process of performing this when I got into trouble, I have the andriod bootloader install, I power down and reboot using volume down key and power, once there I allow the system to perform system check then I select hboot, I have inserted usb cord once this process start and directily run unvoked3. What occurs then is it is not recongizing my phone for some reason and just sits there in limbo for 15 to 20 minutes. I have also unistalled htc sync, cleanded files, and reboot 3 times. I will continue and maybe i will get lucky

RamesisX said:
Sigh... I was in the process of performing this when I got into trouble, I have the andriod bootloader install, I power down and reboot using volume down key and power, once there I allow the system to perform system check then I select hboot, I have inserted usb cord once this process start and directily run unvoked3. What occurs then is it is not recongizing my phone for some reason and just sits there in limbo for 15 to 20 minutes. I have also unistalled htc sync, cleanded files, and reboot 3 times. I will continue and maybe i will get lucky
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You need to turn the phone on, normally, boot into the phone, then connect the phone in charge only, do that, and run it again.

RamesisX said:
Sigh... I was in the process of performing this when I got into trouble, I have the andriod bootloader install, I power down and reboot using volume down key and power, once there I allow the system to perform system check then I select hboot, I have inserted usb cord once this process start and directily run unvoked3. What occurs then is it is not recongizing my phone for some reason and just sits there in limbo for 15 to 20 minutes. I have also unistalled htc sync, cleanded files, and reboot 3 times. I will continue and maybe i will get lucky
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You run unrevoked when the phone is booted normally, not from the hboot screen....
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

THANKS YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! - Man you are a life saver and thanks so for introductions to DROPBOX as well. It worked and I am rooted with a new tool to help me take full advance of this phone.

RamesisX said:
THANKS YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! - Man you are a life saver and thanks so for introductions to DROPBOX as well. It worked and I am rooted with a new tool to help me take full advance of this phone.
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Never a problem, glad we got it working.

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HTC desire stuck in bootscreen. wont boot up!

Hey all!
I have an HTC desire and i installed the nextsense ROM 4.0 official OTA update 2.2. I also formatted my memory card. after doing all this, my phone won't boot up! It is stuck in the boot screen always! please help me out here!
Any help will be deeply appreciated!
sweetheater said:
Hey all!
I have an HTC desire and i installed the nextsense ROM 4.0 official OTA update 2.2. I also formatted my memory card. after doing all this, my phone won't boot up! It is stuck in the boot screen always! please help me out here!
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Stuck in a bootloop? Remove the battery. Go into the recovery, perform a full-wipe and flash again. If that not helps then boot youre phone again in the recovery and .....then:
Format youre sdcard from the recovery into swap=0, ext=512, remainder=fat32. You will loose all there is on youre sdcard.
Then after formatting. Turn off the phone. Take out the sdcard and copy the rom to youre sdcard. Put it back in the phone. Start youre phone in the recovery and flash the rom.
Thanks for the quick reply.!
The problem is i am unable to login to my phone. So how will i be able to flash the phone? only if i log in can i use rom manager isnt it? I am a total newbie at this. I would really appreciate it if you could explain this in detail to me!
thanks!
as I know power button with volume down together then wait then use volume down
to highlight recovery then power to enter.
It is explained in the first post of thus forum.
Hold down the back key while pushing the power button.
You will get a menu
Select Bootloader (by pressing power button)
Then wait for 10 seconds on the next menu
Scrol to Recovery with the volume-down button
Then you'll wait ten seconds and get a black screen with red traingle
now connect your phone to the pc with usb
start a adb recovery on the pc (for this you must have a recovery on the pc installed as well as Android SDK) in my case I just run the file recovery-windows.bat
Then you'll get a menu on your phone wit a lot of options, you can even select Ms-usb toggle after wich you can acces your sd card.
I am not a developer but think this is quite it. Download links are all in teh first thread of this forum.
Could you tell me if this would work?
I'll first wipe the phone, including the cache.
Then I'll copy paste the zip file of the Nextsense rom onto an sd card from my PC, insert into my phone, go to recovery mode, go to the sdcard-update.zip menu, and select the nextsense zip file.
Will that work?
Please help me out. and cheers to all u guys who took the trouble to reply so quickly. thanks..
I finally got it to work. All i did was I went into the recovery console, selected factory reset. and it got alright. Only problem is that i think my sd card got busted in the process. No idea what happened to it. It is not even getting detected by my laptop. I guess i ll have to get a new one. Thanks a ton to all the xda guys for helping me out. this forum is really kickass! I shall definitely return to xda to get help on further issues!
reformat your SD card , that should fix it !
Thanks! yeah, formatting the sdcard fixed it. Finally working properly now..
HTC desire stuck in bootscreen
I have the same problem with my desire. While loading a ROM with ROM manager the phone rebooted and started to install the ROM. But while it was installing it i error message came up and the phone froze. And after that it get stuck at the bootscreen. I've read the posts written earlier about this problem, but nothing works.
When I push volume down + power on the phone should think for a second and then show green texts about the SD card etc, but when this message shows it says it can't find anything on the SD card. And when I enter fastboot -> bootloader, it just throws me back to the home menu.. any ideas what to do?
you have to use recovery option in the bootloader
Unless you pushed the NewSense ROM via ADB you're most likely going to get a bootloop. After reading statements in the flashable versions of that ROM, that's what I've gathered: Bootloops.
Either wipe everything and install another ROM or install it the 'old school' way, using ADB.
hi i'm new here,
Currently my Desire totally can't boot up..it stuck on the HTC Welcome screen..
I already remove the battery and restart it..
Also done with the Hard Reset method.
Fyi, my Desire still in stock condition (Android 2.1)
Need some advise regarding this issue.
Thanks in advance guy's =)
Hi I've the same issue as biskut here. The only deference is that have 2.2.
can you please help us noobs
cheers
kurtfimmers said:
It is explained in the first post of thus forum.
Hold down the back key while pushing the power button.
You will get a menu
Select Bootloader (by pressing power button)
Then wait for 10 seconds on the next menu
Scrol to Recovery with the volume-down button
Then you'll wait ten seconds and get a black screen with red traingle
now connect your phone to the pc with usb
start a adb recovery on the pc (for this you must have a recovery on the pc installed as well as Android SDK) in my case I just run the file recovery-windows.bat
Then you'll get a menu on your phone wit a lot of options, you can even select Ms-usb toggle after wich you can acces your sd card.
I am not a developer but think this is quite it. Download links are all in teh first thread of this forum.
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Where can i get to windows-recovery? I installed SDK but what then?
Similar problem
Hey.
I tried to s-off my phone using alpharev and I had the "waiting for flashing to complete". I tried to check if the proces was running with some commands and it seem as if I managed to restart the proces. I finally gave up and removed the phone. Probably too early because now I can only get bootscreen and Clockwordmod recovery. I'm unable to get further than that and therefore I'm not able to start the s-off proces again.
Can anybody help me?
HrLangholz said:
Hey.
I tried to s-off my phone using alpharev and I had the "waiting for flashing to complete". I tried to check if the proces was running with some commands and it seem as if I managed to restart the proces. I finally gave up and removed the phone. Probably too early because now I can only get bootscreen and Clockwordmod recovery. I'm unable to get further than that and therefore I'm not able to start the s-off proces again.
Can anybody help me?
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my guide. read it.
Hello guys I was experimenting with my phone HTC Desire and tryed to setup Chainfire 3D for games so first what I did was installation of CF3D drivers unfortunately after reboting my phone never stand up it stack at white bootscreen and thats it...
full wipe didnt help ,new room didnt help ,new other room didnt help I give up my phon let me get in to recovery menu and Hboot menu only now my phone is a veggie...
if someone know solution for this problem please post it here to help me rescue my phone...
Flashing a new rom didn't help? Are you sure you wiped everything? Does it boot if you pull out the sd-card?
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Flashing a new rom didn't help? Are you sure you wiped everything? Does it boot if you pull out the sd-card?
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just solved it today,after about 20 full wipes,and upload about 30 times diferent custom rooms at least my phone woked up at CM10_VJ_4.1.2_v3.0 ROOM
dunno why my phone stucked on boot screen but now all is ok and I will never install chainfire on this phone

[Q] Crap - I'm stuck.... (urgent help needed)

Ok, I can't figure this out, despite researching across a bunch of threads.
I've been trying to root my fiancee's Evo for almost 2 hours now to no avail.
First I tried the "autoroot" method, but it failed. Then I tried the unrEVOked method, and it kept getting hung up on "installing unrevoked service...".
Somehow, after getting through bootloader, et. al. a few times, I got to the screen with triangles\exclamations in each corner. I got out of that by running an RUU. Well, that apparently wasn't right, because then I could not get any of the Root methods to work.
I downloaded an older version - EvoRoot - and tried it. Seemed to be working....until it went to flash recovery, and now I'm stuck going between the Bootloader screen and the red triangle-exclamation.
I can't, for the life of me, figure out how I can get out of this mess.
The Evo has never been rooted and it's only a few weeks old. It was originally on this:
RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.70.651.1_Radio_2.15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed
And is definitely Android 2.2.
I think I accidentally ran this:
RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.26.651.6_Radio_2.15.00.07.28_NV_1.40_release_140444_signed
to get myself out of the 4 exclamation point screen.
Can anyone help me at all?
Well the red triangle with an exclamation means you are going into recovery. but no recovery is installed. Boot into the rom use/download rom manager, and flash clockworkmod recovery. That should do it.
teh roxxorz said:
Well the red triangle with an exclamation means you are going into recovery. but no recovery is installed. Boot into the rom use/download rom manager, and flash clockworkmod recovery. That should do it.
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I can do one of a few things:
V-Up + Power = 4 options. I can't "update.zip" because it says "no such file or directory". Wiping does nothing, just returns me to red ! screen.
Get to Bootloader - nothing I do there does anything but take me to red ! screen.
bhamhawker said:
I can do one of a few things:
V-Up + Power = 4 options. I can't "update.zip" because it says "no such file or directory". Wiping does nothing, just returns me to red ! screen.
Get to Bootloader - nothing I do there does anything but take me to red ! screen.
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No, don't boot into the bootloader, just start the phone up normally; or can you not do that?
teh roxxorz said:
No, don't boot into the bootloader, just start the phone up normally; or can you not do that?
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Rebooting the phone normally just brings me straight to the red ! screen after showing me the htc EVO 4G white intro screen.
I'm attaching amon_ra recovery [I run clockwork, but this works just as well]
Take the battery off, and mount your sd card to your computer via adapter, put that file on the root of the sd card, do not modify or extract it. Once done, start the phone up and boot into the bootloader, it should ask you if you want to update, and say yes.
Ok, downloaded, added to card. Upon booting into bootloaded, it reads the .zip and then just kicks me back to the bootloader. It won't ask if I want to update at all.
Also, I can give some more info on the phone real quick:
Supersonic EVT2-3 Ship S-ON
HBOOT-2.10.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
Radio-2.15.00.07.28
Oct 15 2010, 12:07:00
I can jump on a number of chat accounts if anyone would rather walk me through it in that fashion.
Well you're S-ON...no bueno. Try running unrevoked3 again. But before you do, do you have the Hboot drivers installed?
teh roxxorz said:
Well you're S-ON...no bueno. Try running unrevoked3 again. But before you do, do you have the Hboot drivers installed?
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Yep, HBoot was installed fine.
Is there some way to factory reset using my SDCard to mount images?
bhamhawker said:
Yep, HBoot was installed fine.
Is there some way to factory reset using my SDCard to mount images?
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The only real way is to run the RUU.
Try running the 3rd option.
http://www.shipped-roms.com/shipped/Supersonic/ Let me know what happens.
Ok, downloading a stock rom and going to rename it to update.zip. Hopefully I can get that to work through the Android recovery.
I haven't heard that method, but I'll be around so I'll check back in, in a couple.
Ok, the "update.zip" file opens, but then says "Signature Verification Failed".
How do I run the RUU? While the device has the red ! screen?
You need a factory reset PCIMG36.zip of the RUU I believe.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
bhamhawker said:
Ok, the "update.zip" file opens, but then says "Signature Verification Failed".
How do I run the RUU? While the device has the red ! screen?
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In the recovery, where it says install from zip, scroll down to signature verification, and select it to toggle it off, so it doesn't check and it should run.
Boot into the bootloader, and select fastboot, then run the RUU exe.
teh roxxorz said:
In the recovery, where it says install from zip, scroll down to signature verification, and select it to toggle it off, so it doesn't check and it should run.
Boot into the bootloader, and select fastboot, then run the RUU exe.
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Neither of these worked. However, with my screen just at the HTC Evo "white" screen, I was getting the error "Your battery is under 30%" when I ran the RUU*.exe file on my comp. I switched to a different battery (with an unknown charge) and tried, but got the same. Have one of the batteries charging right now, so maybe that will change my luck??
I'm downloading the stock RUU PC36IMG right now (I think), too.
It is a very bad idea to try different root methods one right after another and to randomly flash stuff unless you are purposely trying to brick your phone. The bootloader stopped you from doing just that when it locked you in the black htc screen but if you would have had your nand unlocked you may not have been so lucky.
If you flash the 3.70 RUU so that you have a clean start you should be able to root fine. There's no telling if you will still have 4G or if anything has became permanently corrupted though. Just run it as a normal exe, do not use it as an PC36IMG.
Ok, Holy Mary Mother of Tebow, but I'm finally out of the pseudo-brick state.
Thanks a ton for your help on this. I really, really appreciate it.
I now am setup with the following:
Android 2.2
Baseband 2.15.00.07.28
Kernel 2.6.32.15-g746f4f0 [email protected] #58
Build 3.26.651.6
Can anyone help me successfully root this phone now?
bhamhawker said:
Ok, Holy Mary Mother of Tebow, but I'm finally out of the pseudo-brick state.
Thanks a ton for your help on this. I really, really appreciate it.
I now am setup with the following:
Android 2.2
Baseband 2.15.00.07.28
Kernel 2.6.32.15-g746f4f0 [email protected] #58
Build 3.26.651.6
Can anyone help me successfully root this phone now?
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Okay good. Now run unrevoked3. Once it starts, just put the phone down and let it run. Should reboot 2 times, let it run the full course.
teh roxxorz said:
Okay good. Now run unrevoked3. Once it starts, just put the phone down and let it run. Should reboot 2 times, let it run the full course.
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How long should the program be hung up on "Installing unrevoked service"?

[Q] Stuck on recovery.. Please help

Hi, I have searched everywhere on XDA and on google and couldn't find a solution for my problem.
I wanted to root my device using VISIONary+. When I tried to do the permanent root, it rebooted my phone once, and then black screen, reboot a second time and I get stuck on the recovery screen.
I took out the battery, sd-card and sim, tried again, same result.
If I try to do a wipe (both data/factory reset and cache partition), I end up with the same result.
When I try to "Apply sdcard:update.zip", I get -- Invalid operation. -- and then the same result.
What causes this to happen and how can one fix this?
Oh and on the screen it says: "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command"
Android system recovery <3e>
...
Reboot system now
Apply sdcard:update.zip
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
--------
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
Did the temp root (which you WILL have done first) work ok? Did you remember to tick the required options?
Mr_JMM said:
Did the temp root (which you WILL have done first) work ok? Did you remember to tick the required options?
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Thanks for the quick reply!!!
Yes. The the temp root was fine. When I went to do the permanent root, it asked for root access, I selected "allow access" and then my phone rebooted.
Now I'm stuck with a black screen, a phone and a red triangle (Recovery mode).
Racking my brain as this happened to me but was a while ago now.
There is a way to reboot the phone without pulling the battery, some combination of volume button and power button but failing that if you pull out battery the phone should reboot as usual. If you can get it to there double check the Visionary thread to ensure every step is followed.
Sorry, one question I should have asked is what HTC version are you on? You will probably need to downgrade or use the gold card method if it's 1.82+
Mr_JMM said:
Racking my brain as this happened to me but was a while ago now.
There is a way to reboot the phone without pulling the battery, some combination of volume button and power button but failing that if you pull out battery the phone should reboot as usual. If you can get it to there double check the Visionary thread to ensure every step is followed.
Sorry, one question I should have asked is what HTC version are you on? You will probably need to downgrade or use the gold card method if it's 1.82+
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Thanks man, here is my info:
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.85.0007
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Oct 11 2010, 12:47:02
Even I take the battery out, I still end up back in the recovery mode.
Is this gonna cost me to go to go back to the store and have them fix it for me?
I would love to be able to do it myself.
And yes, I followed every step.
Sorry, it's the software info I need (settings -> About Phone).
I will bet that you're on 1.82+ in which case you will need to create a goldcard (there's a recent thread in the General section on this matter) and downgrade the software first.
That was what I had to do.
Turn the phone off by what ever means then press vol - TOGETHER with the power button (takes you to recovery) then select reboot option there (again, can't remember what the default options are but one should be for rebooting device.
Mr_JMM said:
Sorry, it's the software info I need (settings -> About Phone).
I will bet that you're on 1.82+ in which case you will need to create a goldcard (there's a recent thread in the General section on this matter) and downgrade the software first.
That was what I had to do.
Turn the phone off by what ever means then press vol - TOGETHER with the power button (takes you to recovery) then select reboot option there (again, can't remember what the default options are but one should be for rebooting device.
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All the help forums require me to be inside android and set it to be HTC sync... Doesn't help much if I can't start android in the first place.
I went to the reboot device, and I'm still stuck... How can I get out of it?
Nothing I own has windows on it thus I did manage to sort this out, when I was in same boat, without windows thus without HTC Sync. I just needed a windows machine (work) to create the gold card.
I am almost certain that I could get the phone to reboot after getting to the same stage using the volume buttons and power button from the red triangle screen (sure it was vol+ And power button (press vol+ first). You should then see a new menu.
Mr_JMM said:
Nothing I own has windows on it thus I did manage to sort this out, when I was in same boat, without windows thus without HTC Sync. I just needed a windows machine (work) to create the gold card.
I am almost certain that I could get the phone to reboot after getting to the same stage using the volume buttons and power button from the red triangle screen (sure it was vol+ And power button (press vol+ first). You should then see a new menu.
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I can access the menu. It's vol+ first, and then power button. As I said in the first post, I am presented with 4 menu items. None of them is helping me.
Is there a way to flash from recovery mode, etc? Or do I have to go back to the store and have them fix this for me?
Even I create the gold card, I can't do anything in recovery mode. I need to get out of recovery mode first.
I've googled some more, and I found that you can recover using backup.zip, but I like I said, I get "-- Invalid operation. --".
Sorry, I need to go out for a few hours.
Found this thread and whilst the OP ended up sending phone back there are some useful things in it to try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035027&highlight=Visionary+red+triangle
Let me know how you get on and I'll try and come back to you on my return if no one else has popped by first.
Stay positive, this happened to me and I got it sorted. Just wish I could remember what I did.
Mr_JMM said:
Sorry, I need to go out for a few hours.
Found this thread and whilst the OP ended up sending phone back there are some useful things in it to try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035027&highlight=Visionary+red+triangle
Let me know how you get on and I'll try and come back to you on my return if no one else has popped by first.
Stay positive, this happened to me and I got it sorted. Just wish I could remember what I did.
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Got a little further.. I have to go to fastboot. Then I can do a flash. I will keep you informed. Hopefully this will work.
RichardState said:
Got a little further.. I have to go to fastboot. Then I can do a flash. I will keep you informed. Hopefully this will work.
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by the looks of it u are on 1.72+ official rom.. u cant root that
just to confirm it... go to settings>about phone what is the buid number ?
i will help u in everything.. just give me that info
Leather|Face said:
by the looks of it u are on 1.72+ official rom.. u cant root that
just to confirm it... go to settings>about phone what is the buid number ?
i will help u in everything.. just give me that info
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The current image version is 1.38.421.1
I cannot go into android to be able to go settings>about phone to get the number. I just got it through the HTC Android Phone ROM. Gonna try update quickly to 1.72.405.3
Nope. It didn't work. I get "Error [131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR"
RichardState said:
The current image version is 1.38.421.1
I cannot go into android to be able to go settings>about phone to get the number. I just got it through the HTC Android Phone ROM. Gonna try update quickly to 1.72.405.3
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why do u wanna update to 1.72 when u want to root ur phone.. i told u in 1.72+ official roms.. u cant ROOT... do want to install custom roms or what ?
Leather|Face said:
why do u wanna update to 1.72 when u want to root ur phone.. i told u in 1.72+ official roms.. u cant ROOT... do want to install custom roms or what ?
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I just wanna get my phone up and running again. How can I do that?
RichardState said:
I just wanna get my phone up and running again. How can I do that?
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hmm.. ok do this thing... take battery out, then back in. press vol down and power button same time.. u will go into bootloader.. from there just do a factory reset,,. use ur vol button to navigate up and down and power putton for selection in the bootloader menu.. ul lose everything on the phone u have installed (sdcard wont be touched)
Leather|Face said:
hmm.. ok do this thing... take battery out.. press vol down and power button same time.. u will go into bootloader.. from there just do a factory reset,,. use ur vol button to navigate up and down and power putton for selection in the bootloader menu.. ul lose everything on the phone u have installed (sdcard wont be touched)
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Formatting DATA:...
Formatting CACHE:...
Rebooting
It reboots, I see HTC and then black, then I see HTC see again, and I'm back into recovery mode again.
Just encountered something weird... Upon loading the bootloader, I see a quick flash that it complains about images that aren't found or something. Can this be it? How did this happen? I saw it earlier today and just now.
RichardState said:
Formatting DATA:...
Formatting CACHE:...
Rebooting
It reboots, I see HTC and then black, then I see HTC see again, and I'm back into recovery mode again.
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is ur phone locked and branded to ur network provider ?

[Q] Bootloader Keeps Trying to Flash PD98IMG (Bug Loop)

Good day everyone!
Explanation fell free to skip...
So I have my HTC Desire HD, fully rooted, with Eng-S OFF, Radio OFF, the 1.1.1.1 and all that.
After 2 days running coredroid v.8 phone went crazy and started rebooting (I suspect it was the launchpro app).
I did a full wipe and went to reflash the room but it was not working.
So I tried downgrading again but here's the problem:
Real Problem
Everytime I try to enter the bootloader the
"SD Checking Screen" comes up "Loading...[PD98IMG.zip]"
But my my PD98IMG.zip for some reason is corrupt.
If I choose yes to update SD Zip it fails on step "[4]- Fail-UZ". The rest is ok and in the end syas "Update Fail" Press power to reboot.
The damn thing is that when I reboot this cycle starts again and again! (sd checking....loading...)
If I choose not to update I Still have to reboot which leads me back to the cycle!
Please might community! Tell me how to solve this!
I dont have anywhere else where I could mount my SD Card..
Is there any way to cancel the commands that pushes the HTC to update the zip?
Problem is that the phone is not found on command prompt when this booting begins.
Any ideas??
Best regards everyone,
Joao LUiz
I had the same problem with coredroid v7.1,phone booting,enter my pin and the restart after restart.....but taking out the battery solved my problem
Jocaluiz said:
Good day everyone!
Explanation fell free to skip...
So I have my HTC Desire HD, fully rooted, with Eng-S OFF, Radio OFF, the 1.1.1.1 and all that.
After 2 days running coredroid v.8 phone went crazy and started rebooting (I suspect it was the launchpro app).
I did a full wipe and went to reflash the room but it was not working.
So I tried downgrading again but here's the problem:
Real Problem
Everytime I try to enter the bootloader the
"SD Checking Screen" comes up "Loading...[PD98IMG.zip]"
But my my PD98IMG.zip for some reason is corrupt.
If I choose yes to update SD Zip it fails on step "[4]- Fail-UZ". The rest is ok and in the end syas "Update Fail" Press power to reboot.
The damn thing is that when I reboot this cycle starts again and again! (sd checking....loading...)
If I choose not to update I Still have to reboot which leads me back to the cycle!
Please might community! Tell me how to solve this!
I dont have anywhere else where I could mount my SD Card..
Is there any way to cancel the commands that pushes the HTC to update the zip?
Problem is that the phone is not found on command prompt when this booting begins.
Any ideas??
Best regards everyone,
Joao LUiz
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1. Take out your battery.
2. Take out memory card.
3. Put back battery and boot into bootloader. And choose recovery.
4. Put back your memory card.
5. You can do whatever you need to do.
Some advice, move your PD98IMG file to other directory when not used. Don't put at root folder.
Edit: Why are you putting PD98IMG.zip for?
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Update 10/09/2011
Went and bought an Microsd usb adapter. Plugged the MicroSD, formated, changed the PD98IMG. zip for a new one.
Plugged in the phone the update went through fine. However when I rebooted only got HTC white screen.
I removed the battery to make it reboot again, now in bootloader. And guess?
The freakin thing is asking for the update again!!! God damn it!
As I see it my phone is with a command that keeps telling it to boot the image. Any ideais on how do I cancel this command?
darren91teo said:
1. Take out your battery.
2. Take out memory card.
3. Put back battery and boot into bootloader. And choose recovery.
4. Put back your memory card.
5. You can do whatever you need to do.
Some advice, move your PD98IMG file to other directory when not used. Don't put at root folder.
Edit: Why are you putting PD98IMG.zip for?
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk
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Thanks for the reply darren.
I was trying to run PD98img just to see if it would stop asking for updates.
I did as you suggested but now when I click Recovery I get a black screen with an HTC on it and a red exclamation point inside a triangle.
Before I was getting a SYNC sign like it was looking for my SD card. The sd is running fine on the adapter...oh well...
So, You restored your DHD using a PD98IMG and now after restoration your stuck either at the bootloader or at the white screen with the green HTC logo?
Firstly what PD98IMG did you flash? 1.32.405.6, 1.72.405.6, 2.32.405.6 or other?
Secondly, can you access the stock recovery menu and attempt a factory reset from there? - Remove & reinsert battery, hold Vol Down + Power. You should get a plain menu in blue if I recall with 2-3 options. One should be factory reset/restore. Use volume to navigate & power to enter.
andyharney said:
So, You restored your DHD using a PD98IMG and now after restoration your stuck either at the bootloader or at the white screen with the green HTC logo?
Firstly what PD98IMG did you flash? 1.32.405.6, 1.72.405.6, 2.32.405.6 or other?
Secondly, can you access the stock recovery menu and attempt a factory reset from there? - Remove & reinsert battery, hold Vol Down + Power. You should get a plain menu in blue if I recall with 2-3 options. One should be factory reset/restore. Use volume to navigate & power to enter.
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Andy,
Yep my phone updated on PD98IMG and now I'm stuck at bootloader or the white with green logo!
The PD98IMG was 1.32 from this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003
I did as you suggested. Clicked factory wipe, it took me to a black screen with the htc phone on it + a big green syncing symbol and at the bottom a meter bar with a MicroSD card logo to the right of it.
It went black after a short time , then the device rebooted back to HTC white screen.
Does it mean it worked? Could it be my SD card ?
Again thank you all for the replies,
I'm going crazy over here!
Plus
Now on bootloader screen it says Hboot USB Plug.
But when I go cmd and type adb shell it says error device not found.
If I try to go into recovery I get the Black screen with red triangle and exclamation point.
Is your phone still eng s-off? By right, flashing PD98IMG will revert it to s-on..
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darren91teo said:
Is your phone still eng s-off? By right, flashing PD98IMG will revert it to s-on..
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Oh great! Now how will I be able to make it S-OFF?
At the bootloader screen it says Ship S-Off.
I was reading at ohter places, apparently I have reverted my recovery to the original.
I need to be able to flash a custom recovery onto the phone. I saw some people used Unrevoked but I pretty sure the software only works on some mobiles and HTC Desire HD is not on the list. Unless HTC Desire CDMA means the Desire HD
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/unrevoked3
What happens when you leave the device to boot normally? Usually the first boot can take upto 5 minutes.
I'm guessing you have already waited that long and that will not be a solution.
IF, and that's a big if, please mind the pun, you still have ENG S-OFF you attempt a fastboot restore. But you do need ENG S-OFF.
EDIT: Ah SHIP S-OFF does no have access to fastboot commands.
Jocaluiz said:
Oh great! Now how will I be able to make it S-OFF?
At the bootloader screen it says Ship S-Off.
I was reading at ohter places, apparently I have reverted my recovery to the original.
I need to be able to flash a custom recovery onto the phone. I saw some people used Unrevoked but I pretty sure the software only works on some mobiles and HTC Desire HD is not on the list. Unless HTC Desire CDMA means the Desire HD
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/unrevoked3
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It's different and I don't know whether it works with dhd or not. Try re-download the PD98IMG and try flash again.
Edit: Found this.
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darren91teo said:
It's different and I don't know whether it works with dhd or not. Try re-download the PD98IMG and try flash again.
Edit: Found this.
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Darren,
Thank you!
Update 11/09/2011
I'm able to go to recovery mod. Have wiped both data and cache.
If I run cmd "adb devices" it shows my phone serial number + offline. Also on recovery mod the phone drivers are recognized on windows device manager.
However if I stay on the initial bootloader screen and run "adb devices" it shows no device and the drivers dont recognize my phone.
On the usb devices only shows Android 1.0.
I'm trying to get my phone online so I can run the temp root cmd commands. But it's either offline on recovery or not recognized at all on Bootloader screen. ¬¬"
Since you have cwm recovery, just full wipe and flash a custom ROM on it.
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I've tried everytyhing. Flashing Clowork Mod Recovery, updating from update.zip as well clicking on the bat file.
Everywhere I get permission denied, seems like my phone is not letting me do anything. Maybe my goldcard got corrupted in the mess. I'll make a new goldcard and see how it goes.
Ah as well I've noticed this
The reason this all started was because my HTC was in a bootloop. It would load Coredroid, the initial screen would appear then it would reboot and so on.
Now even with no rooms, no sd card etc. If I leave it to boot normally, the HTC White screen will stay on then it will reboot (goes black, phone vibrates) to the same HTC white screen.
So I think it's got something hardware related, I mean it's rebooting even with no rooms.
Oh geez....
Again, thank you all very much for the support! It's been really helpful, thank you for the ideas guys!
How do you full wipe?
Manually or using script?
If using manual method, what are the steps you did?
darren91teo said:
How do you full wipe?
Manually or using script?
If using manual method, what are the steps you did?
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Darren,
I went to Bootloader > Recovery > Wipe Data. Then I wiped cache as well. Note that my Recovery access is limited. It says Android system recovery 3e. And in yellow at the bottom E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command.
I also did Factory Reset from the Bootloader Screen.
I can't do any script stuff except for Fastboot commands. Even on that I get "failed" status due to my permission denied.
I really cant understand why I cannot seem to flash a new Recovery.
If I use update.zip I get a failed installation at the end.
If I use clockword mod double click on the bat file the process runs, phone reboots like it should and then nothing, still on 3e...
Did you do what this post suggested?
Download the PD98IMG_cwmrecovery.zip file and rename it to PD98IMG.zip. Put it at root and boot in hboot and update.
darren91teo said:
Did you do what this post suggested?
Download the PD98IMG_cwmrecovery.zip file and rename it to PD98IMG.zip. Put it at root and boot in hboot and update.
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Will try this right away, sir!!!
Fingers crossed!

Incredible won't boot into CM7 or Recovery

I've look around for over an hour and can't find anything quite like this. I didn't try to change anything or put on a new rom - nothing - it just stopped working.
I've been running CM7 for months just fine. I've had to re-install it a few times due to various random errors and whatnot but for the most part it has been fine.
Phone was working fine. I plugged it in and went to bed.
I woke up this morning to my phone getting to the white HTC Incredible page and then perpetually rebooting.
I can't get past that either to get into recovery or CM7.
I can get into hboot but I have no idea what to do there.
What the hell could have happened over night?
Any chance this can be fixed or is it bricked?
This is a known issue. This happened to my phone and 2 subsequent replacements before I got one that it didn't happen to.
I'd call Verizon or take it in - hopefully you're still in your warranty.
thumpernc24 said:
I've look around for over an hour and can't find anything quite like this. I didn't try to change anything or put on a new rom - nothing - it just stopped working.
I've been running CM7 for months just fine. I've had to re-install it a few times due to various random errors and whatnot but for the most part it has been fine.
Phone was working fine. I plugged it in and went to bed.
I woke up this morning to my phone getting to the white HTC Incredible page and then perpetually rebooting.
I can't get past that either to get into recovery or CM7.
I can get into hboot but I have no idea what to do there.
What the hell could have happened over night?
Any chance this can be fixed or is it bricked?
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If you can get into hboot. you should be able to RUU to stock and re root.
synisterwolf said:
If you can get into hboot. you should be able to RUU to stock and re root.
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tried to do that too at the hboot menu and I get the same problem.
I have the extended warranty from Verizon but are they going to check if it is rooted?
thumpernc24 said:
tried to do that too at the hboot menu and I get the same problem.
I have the extended warranty from Verizon but are they going to check if it is rooted?
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if you can get into hboot they will see at the top it says S=off. you might want to try to get it back to S=on
synisterwolf said:
if you can get into hboot they will see at the top it says S=off. you might want to try to get it back to S=on
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any clues how to do that?
i've been looking around like crazy and can't seem to figure it out.
Feel dumb - I just need to get this done so I can take it in and get a new phone - it is driving me insane!
In order to get s-on you will need a custom recovery installed and then use the s-on tool provided by unrevoked. So you will need to flash a custom recovery thru hboot and then flash the s-on tool thru recovery, and then ruu either thru hboot with a PB31IMG.zip, or with a ruu.exe with your pc. You can get the recovery image and ruus from here http://www.pvillecomp.com. You can get the s-on tool from the unrevoked forever site.
thumpernc24 said:
any clues how to do that?
i've been looking around like crazy and can't seem to figure it out.
Feel dumb - I just need to get this done so I can take it in and get a new phone - it is driving me insane!
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same way you got it off.
unrevoked.com has this info see link below. i also quoted the area you need to look but read it all please.
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
Installation Instructions
To install unrevoked forever on your phone, perform the following steps.
If your phone does not already have a custom recovery, use unrevoked3 to root your phone.
The installation process cannot take place if the phone does not have a custom recovery installed.
Download the most recent ''unrevoked-forever.zip'' to a temporary location on your computer.
The update can be installed like any custom .zip file. Simply flash it from your custom recovery. Both Amon_RA and Clockworkmod Recoveries support custom .zip installs from the sdcard.
Either select the option to install a .zip from your SD card, or apply it as an update.zip as follows:
Place the update.zip file into the root of your SD card. You can do this with adb with the command: adb push unrevoked-forever.zip /sdcard/update.zip
Reboot your phone into recovery mode. You can do this by removing your phone's battery, holding down the VOLUME DOWN button, and inserting the battery; at the menu, press VOLUME DOWN to highlight recovery, then press POWER to select it.
Did you read the important safety information above?
Do so now before continuing.
Select apply sdcard:update.zip from the menu.
Press VOLUME DOWN until Yes is highlighted, then select it.
Review the output to determine if there were any errors.
If messages beginning in E: appear, stop! If possible, join IRC for support.
Restart the phone normally, then reboot the phone into the bootloader. This can be done by holding VOLUME DOWN while powering the system up. Observe at the top that S-OFF appears.
Optional, but recommended: show your support (and your S-OFF bootloader) by flashing a custom splash screen!
"How can this be removed or undone if I need to take my phone in for service?
Download the latest ''S-ON'' tool to a temporary location and follow the installation instructions above to run it. Once your phone is S-ON, you may lose root permanently if you install an official update."
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i also found this video for you. i hope it helps.
http://androidforums.com/incredible...ideo-howto-unroot-incredible-downgrading.html
I tried that and it didn't work
I followed the video and now my phone is even more messed up.
Won't get past bootloader, still have s-off.
now when i power on it boots straight into bootloader so it's really obvious. Wonderful. fml.
I obviously can't fix it and I need a phone. I'm going to the verizon store and see what they say
thumpernc24 said:
I tried that and it didn't work
I followed the video and now my phone is even more messed up.
Won't get past bootloader, still have s-off.
now when i power on it boots straight into bootloader so it's really obvious. Wonderful. fml.
I obviously can't fix it and I need a phone. I'm going to the verizon store and see what they say
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So you can get into hboot and your s-off, but you cant get clockwork recovery to flash as a PB31IMG.zip? What does it say when it auto searches for the file? You say you cant get into recovery, what exactly happens when you select recovery in hboot?
Same thing it does when it tries to regular boot.
Well - it did before i tried to apply that PB file in Hboot. Now it doesn't do anything at all period.
Verizon didn't really look at it and just said they would warranty it for me. Woo!
thumpernc24 said:
Same thing it does when it tries to regular boot.
Well - it did before i tried to apply that PB file in Hboot. Now it doesn't do anything at all period.
Verizon didn't really look at it and just said they would warranty it for me. Woo!
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Well if they cant get into hboot they cant check if you are rooted so your good to go. once it gets to factory they just plug it into a machine and it reflashes everything so they dont check it.
as I said before - when I select recovery it does the same thing as when i tried to normal boot (well now the recovery option isn't even there anymore)
But what it did was go to the white HTC Incredible screen and then just start rebooting over and over....
similar problem
i flashed the new cyanogen 7.1.0 stable earlier today and did a complete wipe. 3g wouldn't work no matter what i tried. suddenly, the phone is now in a boot loop (just rebooted on it's own). I get one vibrate, the white "HTC Incredible" screen and it reboots, rinse, repeat. I do have access to hboot (0.92).
I have attempted to flash what appears to be every available option for recoveries including clockwork, RA, and stock. it says everything installs fine and i reboot. still unable to access recovery in any way, just starts the same boot loop.
attempted RUU both via PC and .zip extraction. PC method says i'm not connected via usb despite proper drivers and phone recognition by window 7 and .zip acts as if everything applies appropriately then produces the same boot loop.
I have tried everything I can find over the last 6 hours of searching various forums. Anyone have an idea on a potential fix or a way to get s-on without being able to access recovery?
I'm about to exercise my insurance plan and put this phone under my tires and slowly back up...all replies are greatly appreciated

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