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I apologize if a thread like this has appeared before, but i have just about had it with playing about with my desire after i tryed to flash a new ROM, il try and explain is as best detail as i can, and hopefully, one of you will be able to help me get back to normal, as im tearing my hair out over this now...
So...Last night, i noticed that LeeDroid (The custom rom i use) had updated his firmware to 3.0, and in the interest of keeping my phone upto date, i went ahead, downloaded the rom, put it on my SD, did a nandroid backup, wiped and flashed as i would normally
the install seemed to go fine, but when i rebooted the phone, it hung on the HTC screen for about 15-20 mins, so i figured the flash hadnt worked, so i went back, wiped again and restored my backup
this is where the issues begin, the bacup restores fine, BUT, when the phone reboots and loads up, ALL of my apps etc have gone, no longer apparently anywhere on my SD card (which is where most of them were stored) I now had a bare bones android, with no apps (not even market, as that was updated manually too)
at this point, i start to panic, i have seemingly lost everything off the phone (apart from the SD backup i had performed before), and only have a bare bones version of the LeeDroid rom i was using before, with no apps what so ever
so, i thought, i might as well start afresh, so i boot back into recovery, wipe again and re-flash a fresh Leedroid rom, which seemingly again, goes fine, but again, hung on boot
getting more worried still, my SD-EXT then stops mounting, giving me an error, so i re-partition it, format it, and try again, and again, it still hangs on boot
at this point, i realize im screwed, and just restore the bare bones backup i had saved on my computer (nandroid), which at least allows the phone to boot and be semi-usable
i have no idea what im doing wrong here, nothing wants to flash anymore, it just hangs, and i cant even seem to un-root the phone, all the RUU's i use just give me a "CUSTOMER ID ERROR" which i have no idea how to fix
can anyone PLEASE point me in the right direction, im panicing here, i cant seem to get anything to work, and i have been going around in circles for almost 7 hours now...
thanks very much
Looks like you'll need to start from sguare 1 again. Seems like the SD issue, might have corrupted the SD card.
My suggestion, is that you format the sd card (backup all files to the pc)
Create a new gold card again.
Flash to stock again if need be, then root.
You can download googleapps and flash it also. There are some downloadable links in this site you can save to your sd card. Or you can download it at cyanogenmod.com (where I downloaded mine I believe).
i thought going back to square one would be the way forward too, except that i cant seem to find an RUU that will work, as i mentioned, all of the ones i have tryed give me the CUSTOMER ID error, which i have no idea what to do with...
so, im a little stumped..
Your Gold Card is good? Better re-do it again. Because if your partitions blew away on your SD card, it probably cooked all of it.
You shouldn't have any problems finding a stock froyo ROM.
Moscow Desire said:
Your Gold Card is good? Better re-do it again. Because if your partitions blew away on your SD card, it probably cooked all of it.
You shouldn't have any problems finding a stock froyo ROM.
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i have a stock froyo RUU, should i apply the goldcard, then try the update again then?
im new to this, so im probably going to need taking through all this
edit: so i made my SD into a goldcard. and now it wont mount on the phone, and when i run the RUU, it still gives me the CID error..
im going insane here, someone help >.<
ok, i got it
after doing some reasearch, i found that alot of people were saying that the phone needed to be S-OFF to flash it correctly
so, after reading up, and S-OFFing, i wiped, partitioned and flashed...
and, finally, after 9 hours of tinkering, errors etc, it has flashed and booted
this can be locked now, thanks
partitioned th sd card,
works sometimes, but glad we could somewhat lead you in the right direction, by proxy........
Little puzzeled by the s-off, but hey, it's fixed!!!
Hi Everyone
I was hoping someone would be able to help me out as I’m a total Noob!
I have an HTC Desire on the Orange network in the UK. I started to get a few problems with my phone shutting down and restarting, my GF’s brother had been recommending that I root and flash a different rom for a while, and seeing as he has a Desire on the T-Mobile network and had never had any trouble with rooting his phone or any of the roms he used I decided to give it a shot.
I followed everything in Linkslovesandroid’s noob thread found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
I first tried CyanogenMod7 on GF’s brother’s recommendation, worked ok for a bit but I had problems with constant shutting down and restarting over and over again, is this called bootlooping? The only way to stop it was to remove the battery, even then it was no guarantee. Other things were going wrong like the screen freezing, certain buttons were unpressable etc.
I gave my phone to him and he couldn’t explain why such weird things were happening as his Desire experienced no problems at all. He suggested I try something different like GingerVillain. GV never loaded or booted up for me, I wiped data / factory reset, wiped cache, wiped dalvik, installed zip from SD, the rom would then install okay but when I rebooted the phone never ever got past the Alpha Rev S-off screen. This happened when I tried to install GV 2.5 and 2.6, I see that 2.7 has just been released but don’t see the point in trying seeing as the other 2 versions wouldn’t work.
I then tried Oxygen, again, worked ok for a while but started giving me random shut downs and restarts. Once I was driving down the motor way using sat nav software and the phone just shut down! I had to find somewhere to pull over to restart the sat nav software and again it restarted itself! Lol!
One day my phone went into an endless bootloop, no matter how many times I took the battery out the phone just wouldn’t stay on, I had to flash a new rom just to get the phone to fully boot up! I went back to CM7 but have the same old problems, so now I’m using MIUI and I’m still getting shutdowns!
What is wrong with my phone? If anyone has any ideas what I might’ve done wrong, or whats causing problems please offer your suggestions! I don’t really like the sense Roms, I’d like to try GingerVillain but I could never get it to install! I just need my phone to be stable enough to know I can send an SMS to someone without it restarting! If you need to know about Kernels or radios or anything please just ask me (and tell me where I can find out!) Like I said, I’m a noob when it comes to phones!
Same kind of problems here. Random restarts (no shutdowns) on various roms, including the original stock froyo. Happens mostly while installing stuff from the market.
Any ideas?
Sounds like the motherboard is faulty/hardware error. Send back to repair. Usually the kernel can cause problems and OCing (restarting), but you said, that it happens randomly on every ROM, so that means it is more likely a hardware problem.
I had this too, same symptoms sent it back to HTC, duff motherboard, back in 14 days and all working fine.
Only thing is it got reset to original contract so had to pay to unlock it and then root etc.
But well worth it!
Hi Guys
Thanks for your replies so far!
So is it likely that my motherboard was faulty all along? I used to get random restarts sometimes when I was on the sense that came pre-installed on the phone, but nowhere near as often as I get now I've rooted and flashed new roms.
Is it possible that I've damaged it in some way? That could get me in some trouble because when I rooted I'd have voided my warranty, if I send it back to Orange as faulty now they'll know and could pretty much tell me tough luck!
I've heard you can unroot and put your phone back to how it was, but they'd still be able to tell wouldn't they?
Has anyone ever sent a phone back for repair through Orange UK?
Thanks again for your responses so far guys!
For me it turned out that the SD card was corrupt in some way. Repartitioned and reformatted it, and this does help for now. Might try that first, before sending into repair.
Good luck!
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For me it turned out that the SD card was corrupt in some way. Repartitioned and reformatted it, and this does help for now. Might try that first, before sending into repair.
Good luck!
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I agree. If you have system files on your SD and if the SD gets corrupted you might get the result you've described.
That's interesting, the other night when I had such a severe bootloop that I had to flash a new rom just to get the phone to fully boot up, it only booted after I'd removed the SD card.
To begin with I was very happy because I thought I'd solved the problem and all I'd need was to buy a new SD card, however a short while later it happened again with no SD card inside at all!
I decided to give Ginger Villain another go hoping that removing the SD card after "install zip from SD card > reboot" would allow it to boot up, it didn't. Never got past the alpha rev screen.
How will I know if I have system files on the SD card? Should I maybe try the G-Parted stage of the noob guide again to reformat the card and create the ext-4 partition?
Thanks again for your time and help by the way!
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That's interesting, the other night when I had such a severe bootloop that I had to flash a new rom just to get the phone to fully boot up, it only booted after I'd removed the SD card.
To begin with I was very happy because I thought I'd solved the problem and all I'd need was to buy a new SD card, however a short while later it happened again with no SD card inside at all!
I decided to give Ginger Villain another go hoping that removing the SD card after "install zip from SD card > reboot" would allow it to boot up, it didn't. Never got past the alpha rev screen.
How will I know if I have system files on the SD card? Should I maybe try the G-Parted stage of the noob guide again to reformat the card and create the ext-4 partition?
Thanks again for your time and help by the way!
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If your rom requires an sd-ext partition than it stores system files on the SD. Try a rom that doesn't require that. I would go as far as bringing the phone to stock just to verify if it's the phone or the SD. Bringing it back to stock is a requirement for you to return it for servicing if you realize that it's a problem with the phone not the SD.
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If your rom requires an sd-ext partition than it stores system files on the SD. Try a rom that doesn't require that. I would go as far as bringing the phone to stock just to verify if it's the phone or the SD. Bringing it back to stock is a requirement for you to return it for servicing if you realize that it's a problem with the phone not the SD.
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Hi Paul, is it only stock roms that don't store system files on the SD or can you recommend a rom that doesn't require an ext partition as I'm not too sure what I'm looking for? I realise that I'll have to unroot before I can return the handset but if there's another custom rom out there I can test before unrooting that'd be good!
However, if you fully recommend returning the phone to stock to test then that's what I'll do!
dellaclearing said:
Hi Paul, is it only stock roms that don't store system files on the SD or can you recommend a rom that doesn't require an ext partition as I'm not too sure what I'm looking for? I realise that I'll have to unroot before I can return the handset but if there's another custom rom out there I can test before unrooting that'd be good!
However, if you fully recommend returning the phone to stock to test then that's what I'll do!
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This ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896213 doesn't require SD for system files.
I'd first try the complete stock rom with a completely formatted SD card. You can be completely sure that there isn't a software problem with a custom rom.
If this doesn't work, try replacing the SD card. This did help for me.
If still no succes, send it for repairs.
paul.c said:
This ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896213 doesn't require SD for system files.
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Thanks for linking me to that rom.
I did a bit of reading about roms that use ext sd partitions and have so far concluded that its for A2SD so an entire app can be run from the sd card instead of internal memory.
So anyway, I've just installed the Redux rom you linked me to that doesn't store sytem files on the sd, first 2 boots had a sudden shutdown and restart! I'm on the 3rd boot now, it's holding okay but I need to put it through its paces to see how long it can go and what sort of performance it will allow before it starts shutting down on me!
reynard80 said:
I'd first try the complete stock rom with a completely formatted SD card. You can be completely sure that there isn't a software problem with a custom rom.
If this doesn't work, try replacing the SD card. This did help for me.
If still no succes, send it for repairs.
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Hi Reynard. If the Redux rom I've just flashed (less than 10 minutes ago) doesn't use the sd for system files, then if it keeps rebooting on me would that diagnose a faulty motherboard as reliably as using a stock rom?
I'm gonna unroot and flash a stock rom soon anyway, that way I can be sure before I send it back to Orange for repair, although apparently there isn't an official Orange UK stock rom available so I'm just gonna have to get as close as I can and hope they don't notice!
dellaclearing said:
Hi Reynard. If the Redux rom I've just flashed (less than 10 minutes ago) doesn't use the sd for system files, then if it keeps rebooting on me would that diagnose a faulty motherboard as reliably as using a stock rom?
I'm gonna unroot and flash a stock rom soon anyway, that way I can be sure before I send it back to Orange for repair, although apparently there isn't an official Orange UK stock rom available so I'm just gonna have to get as close as I can and hope they don't notice!
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Probably there is a ROM just that it hasn't been leaked so I hope you won't get in trouble.
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Probably there is a ROM just that it hasn't been leaked so I hope you won't get in trouble.
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Haha! Me too!
Dayamn! I didn't have a reboot all day on Redux, got home from work and installed Sygic sat nav software and the phone rebooted 3 times just while downloading the map! I had to remove the battery once as well.
Decided I'd just test Google maps navigation while driving to pick up the Mrs from work and it shut down on me
If I can get hold of another sd card to test I'll see if it makes a difference, but there's not really a lot more I can do now other than unroot and send it back to Orange. The strange thing is that it never used to reboot half as much on the stock rom the phone came with, and it never did it while I was sat nav'ing ever. It just used to happen randomly when I was texting or web browsing. Odd.
Where might be the best place to find the closest to stock rom for Desire Orange UK?
Just wanted to update you all.
I found my original SD card that came with the phone, I fully formatted it and then did a completely fresh install of Redux and performed the same tests and got the same results. Still crashed and rebooted! So that tells me it's the phone and not the card!
I'll be restoring to stock and calling Orange tomorrow to get a replacement / repair.
Thanks to everyone who helped me out along the way, your time and effort is very much appreciated!
Hi guys,
I made a goldcard and tried installing the stock ruu, it seemed to work but when I hold vol down and power on it still says:
AlphaRev
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT 6.93.1002
I read on the Alpharev website that recent versions of Alpharev aren't overwritten by stock ruu's hboot so it must first be downgraded. I used android flasher to flash the Alpharev downgrader, then it just froze at the "why so serious" screen. I was advised to flash the stock bravo hboot found on the alpharev website, which I did and then I was finally able to install the ruu. Obviously I've done something wrong and I'm guessing its flashing the stock bravo hboot...
Would it be okay to use android flasher again to run just the downgrader image, and then using fastboot flash the ruu again?
Any ideas? I don't want to risk sending my phone back for repair still saying S-Off!
Okay, I kept reading through XDA and found a post by Dzumagos advising someone to do exactly what I just asked, use Android Flasher to run the Alpharev downgrader image and then reflash stock ruu, so I grew a set and tried it myself!
Bravo PVT1 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.001
Voila! I'm now back to S-ON, so now I feel I'm ready to call Orange and tell them about the constant shutdowns and restarts, which have still been happening on stock btw, the phone also feels really hot too!
I just hope the replacement they send me is issue free!
Thanks again to everyone who helped out in this thread and in the orange uk ruu thread!
Cheers everyone!
Ok so here's the story. I have been using HO!NO!'s cm9 roms since the first one came out. But today i flashed the newest one (v6) and also decided I would format my SD card. Then everything started to go wrong. The phone has horrible lag, like i can do a few actions for 4 seconds and then it freezes again for 30 seconds. CWM won't show any files when I try to reflash the ROM via CWM. I have tried 2 other SD cards in the phone and the same thing happens. The lag doesn't go away either when I remove the SD card. I have CWM 5.8.2.0. I am not really sure what to do at this point. If you need any more information to help me, please ask.
Update: I factory restored the phone and I'm still having the same problems.
Can someone please help i have the same problem
Try reformatting the SD card on your pc
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The short version: I need to know how to do a carrier wipe on my Evo running CM 7.2, because ##72786# doesn't work.
The longer version: I've been trying to get my Evo activated on Ting since last Friday. It's been sitting around for about 2 years, and it was on an older version of CyanogenMod. Ting said I was all set, and to dial ##72786#, and then enter my MSL. When I do that, I get a message saying that my account could not be validated.
Over the weekend, I kept trying, but eventually decided to switch to a different ROM. That's been very frustrating, because I can't find working download links for the versions I want, and of the several others that I have tried, I can't get the phone to boot, after, at least not beyond the white screen. So, I put my PC36IMG on, and even that wouldn't do the trick. I thought maybe I'd bricked it, because it took 2 tries to get CM 7.2 going again, after all of that.
So, does anyone have any idea how to do a carrier wipe on CM7? From what I read, I have to do it differently, but using the stars in that code doesn't change anything. I tried a calculator hack, but that won't work for me, because the calculator it comes with doesn't have scientific mode. (Although I will now go try downloading one, to see if it works).
I'm at my wits end! I never had any problems during the 6 months or so using CM with Sprint, before I moved on to another phone. I've looked at hundreds of pages, mostly forum threads, and it seems so odd to me that I'm the only one with this problem.
One weird thing, on Sunday, Ting shows me as having downloaded a couple MBs of data, but to my knowledge, this has never successfully connected to their network. Perhaps I managed to get data to connect, when I wasn't aware? I never have even tried the steps to get data switched, since I can't get the carrier wipe done.
New number
If it matters, I didn't port my number, I'm getting a new number with this account.
Stars in Code Got Closer
So, I can use the dialer codes with stars in them. Or rather, some of them work. For example, *#*#33284#*#* will get me to a debug menu. When I try *#*#72786#*#* it reacts, but not like it should. The code I've been typing in disappears from the screen, as though it's been recognized as a valid code, but then nothing else happens, I don't get a menu, or anything.
I finally got another ROM flashed, and I was able to boot, but then the screen doesn't respond to my swipes, so I can't even unlock it. I'll be trying yet another ROM, but this is SO frustrating.
You need a sense ROM. Use captain throwbacks rooted stock. A sense ROM is the only tried and true way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26516892
Thanks for the reply! I believe I've tried that ROM, but I will give it another go.
The few roms I made from ctb base all have no problems using any codes, feel free to try one to program your phone, and if you do let me know if it worked.
I like to keep tabs on my work.
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That ROM (captain throwback's 5.07.651.6 Stock Rooted - Deodexed) was already on my phone, so it was one I had tried. I went ahead and flashed it again, though. Pretty much anytime I flash a ROM, when my phone reboots, it stays on the white boot screen forever. I once let it go for 24 hours. I know it did it the very first time I rooted this phone, when I flashed the ROM. I eventually pull the battery, and most of the time, when I turn it on again after that, it boots normally. Some of the ROMs I've tried flashing in the last week won't boot at all, and I have to flash something else to get the phone going. I'm not sure now what the result of the first time I flashed this ROM was, but it's been sitting for about 30 minutes, now. I'm not sure how long I should let it go, before it's safe to pull the battery, so I'll probably wait until I run some errands, and come back to it in a few hours.
I'd be interested to know why the phone doesn't boot on the first try, after flashing, though. I wonder if that's why I've had no success with any of the ROMs I've tried, except for CM.
vinman, I will check yours out, if this isn't successful. I'm guessing the links in your signature will lead me to info?
Ok just to be clear, your rooted, s off, have a custom recovery like Amon 2.34 or smelks.
Do a back up of your sd card on your PC.
Now in recovery wipe everything,
Now format the sd card to 1024
Swap size 0
Upgrade Ext 2 to ext 3 or 4 if using a ROM with support for it, which mine has.
Now put your sd backup from your PC back on your phone sdcard
Now while still in recovery flash the ROM.
If your using mine it will reboot 3 times and take about 5 to 10 min to boot up do to the a2sd. Once it boots let it sit for 5 min to settle in.
Set up your google account
Now from dialer enter your codes you want it should work as I have a older version on my build just so you can use the codes.
Hope this works.
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vinman12 said:
Ok just to be clear, your rooted, s off, have a custom recovery like Amon 2.34 or smelks.
Do a back up of your sd card on your PC.
Now in recovery wipe everything,
Now format the sd card to 1024
Swap size 0
Upgrade Ext 2 to ext 3 or 4 if using a ROM with support for it, which mine has.
Now put your sd backup from your PC back on your phone sdcard
Now while still in recovery flash the ROM.
If your using mine it will reboot 3 times and take about 5 to 10 min to boot up do to the a2sd. Once it boots let it sit for 5 min to settle in.
Set up your google account
Now from dialer enter your codes you want it should work as I have a older version on my build just so you can use the codes.
Hope this works.
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Just make sure you have all your Ting info in case you wipe it all.
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So, this has been a pain, I'll put some detail here, in case someone else could use the info.
I backed the SD card up (again, again), and then from Recovery, I did a wipe (Wipe ALL userdata/factory reset). Then a Partition, where it asked the swap size first, which I set to 0. Then for Ext2-size, I set to 1024 MB. It then said FAT32-size would be remainder.
Back under partition, I did "SD:ext2 to ext3". There was an option to do "SD:ext3 to ext4", but I didn't do that. (Info on partitioning here, if anyone needs it)
Those took maybe a few minutes each. I then rebooted the phone normally, and turned on USB Storage, and copied just the clockworkmod folder over, so I'd have the the ROMs, that were saved there.
Nothing worked, so I started over. By nothing worked, I couldn't get it to boot to any of the ROMs I had, even the CM7 that had previously been working. It would just site at the white boot screen, and never would get to the CM7 screen, or whatever one was with the ROM I was trying, even when I'd let it sit for hours. Since I first rooted this phone a couple of years ago, it would often not boot after flashing a ROM, and just sit there at the white boot screen, but when the flash was successful, I'd have to pull the battery, and the 2nd time it would boot properly. I might not be cautious enough now, but I tend to not wait more than 30 minutes before pulling the battery. Also, in the past, I've flashed a ROM, and it wouldn't boot, so I'd repeat flashing that same ROM, and it would work the 2nd time. So, this whole thing has required a lot of patience and even more time. I typically walk through flashing a ROM, wait for it to not boot past the boot screen, reboot, and if it doesn't work I still wait a while, then lather, rinse, and repeat. Just trying to get this phone going in the last month, I've probably actively spent a good 15 hours, and that doesn't count when I just walk away and leave it plugged in, hoping time will help.
Anyway, I realized that that I had made a silly mistake, and that hadn't saved the PC36IMG_Supersonic_Radio_2.15.00.01.15.zip file as just PC36IMG.zip. So I did a wipe, and then partition.
When I partitioned the SD card again, I set swap to 0, and 2048 for the Ext 2, and the remainder for FAT32.
I tried pulling the SD card, using a reader, and copying the files over, but something was wrong, and my laptop wouldn't recognize the card. I'm fairly certain that the reader is broken, and doesn't work with micro SDs anymore, so I just put it back in the phone and tried to reboot.
First time booting, it stuck on the white boot screen again, so I gave it 10+ minutes then pulled the battery, and tried booting once more. Still no go, so wiped and tried again. Still no, 2nd reboot, still no. Tried ext 3, no go.
So, I finally got to the store, since I couldn't find my other Micro SD adapter that works, to get another, and put the PC36IMG file on. I booted to recovery, it found the file, installed it, and rebooted. It stuck on the white boot screen, as expected, so I gave it some time, pulled the battery, and rebooted again.
I've been at this for the last week, and although I was able to get the CM7 ROM going a couple of times, I can't get it going now. And the PC36IMG isn't going, after the 2nd reboot. I have hope, but it's waning. I'll be doing some additional research, in between other stuff, this afternoon. But, I thought I'd go ahead and post this, since I've been writing down what I've done as I go this time, just in case someone stumbles along and knows what I'm doing wrong.
So, I followed some of the advice from the Rooting for Dummies guide and I wiped the Dalvik Cache a couple of times, and then decided to go ahead and Wipe All a couple of times. Then I partitioned the SD card (0, 2048), followed by upgrading ext2 to ext3. I copied PC36IMG back over, and tried that again. I then decided to figure out what the ext2 thing was, and found this question about ext2, ext3, and ext4, which says that it doesn't hurt to go to ext4, that the older ROMs will convert it back, if needed. So, I did that.
Of note, when I rebooted, to try for the PC36IMG again, I noticed that it can't find what I think says PC36IMG.diag, although otherwise it always seems successful, other than not booting past the white boot screen.
I'm waiting to see if it gets past the boot screen, now. Assuming this doesn't work, I'll repeat with the ROMs that I have, and hope that will work. Probably won't post again today, unless I get somewhere new.
Wow, I finally got it going! Notes are below for reference. I tried the deoxed ROM mentioned at the end of my notes. (can't paste right on mobile) but only the 3rd try, it worked. The only thing different was that I didn't have it plugged into the wall when I ran through the flash and reboot, this time. Does anyone know if that would make a difference, or if it's coincidence? Anyway, next I'll want to go back to CM7, but I'll wait till tomorrow, after I backup, and have time.
Here are my unedited notes, in case it might help someone else...
Wiped, partitioned, enabled USB-MS, created a "clockworkmod" folder on the empty SD card, then copied the oldest folder I have handy, "2013-07-13-16.11.44" over. Then exited USB, and selected "backup/restore" and then "restore nandroid", intending to select that backup.
Of course, when I tried to mount the USB, my laptop refused to recognize it, so I had to reboot my laptop, before continuing with that step. This is kind of how every step along the way has gone. Rebooting didn't help, and I though tht worked!
at this might be why my laptop stopped seeing the card through the phone before, and I tried upgrading ext3 to ext 4, which I had skipped this time. That didn't work, so I went ahead and powered the phone off, and used the micro SD card reader to transfer those files over.
Of course, restoring the nandroid didn't work. Apparently, even though I put it back in the folder it came from, Nandroid expects it to be in a different folder. So, I created a "nandroid" folder, to put the files in. It needed them in appropriate subdirectories, so that didn't work.
Next, I pulled out my backup drive, and looked for my original Evo backups, from a couple of years ago.*
I found a nandroid folder that had the device name and then a backup folder with the expected type of name. I got that on the card, put it in, did the recovery, and this time, it was recognized, and the restore started. It took I'd say 20 minutes to complete. When I had it reboot, I walked away, and when I came back it had rebooted to recovery, which was unexpected. I had it power off, and then turned it back on. That repeated when I turned it off and on, so I guess that I've finally hit my first boot loop.
I did a wipe, moved PC36IMG to the root, and tried that. Rebooting gave me the white boot screen, then it went dark, rebooted and went to Recovery. I tried rebooting again, same thing. I did a wipe, then rebooted. It did the dark screen, then rebooted to Recovery. I tried again with the*5.07.651.6_stock_rooted_deodexed_CPTB ROM
I'm having the same exact issue.
Hi all,
I'm having the same exact problems described here, and for the same exact reason. I'm switching from Sprint to Ting, though I ported my number, too.
I've spent all afternoon trying to restore stock roms so I can input the ##72584# number or whatever it is and activate my service, but I can't get any roms to work right now. I'm going to try the recommended DEOX version mentioned in this thread now. Just putting in my note so others can see they're not alone.
If I get it working, I'll mention how.
Good luck. I'd be happy to help, however I can.
Given that sometimes I've had to install a ROM twice to get it to take, I'm really wondering if the phone being plugged into power (not even a PC) might have affected something. It would seem like a really weird thing, but that's the only thing that was different the last time I tried to install that ROM, and it was at least the 2nd time in a row, if not the 3rd. So, try multiple times, until you get it going.
Should not be this hard to flash a sense Rom and enter service programing codes. Simple thing is just back up your SD card to pc,
Then partition your SD card ext 2 is fine for stock gb Rom. So after partition put your backed up SD card back on your SD.
Wipe the phone 3 times except for SD. Flash Rom. Should work fine
What I had to do
In brief what worked for me is that I needed to install a stock rom without the custom recovery to allow the ## commands to work from the dial pad. You do not need to go all the way to S-ON.
Step 1 - Upgrade your custom recovery and have an image of your custom recovery for you to re-install. I use Clockwork Mod. You can get it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473525 Save PC36IMG.zip of your custom recovery on your PC for later.
Step 2 - Boot into your custom recovery and make a backup.
Step 3 - Download and save PC36IMG.zip of the STOCK ROM from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141 You do not need the S-ON.
Step 4 - Reboot your EVO 4G into HBOOT with power and vol-down and let it install the stock ROM. THIS WILL OVERWRITE YOUR CUSTOM RECOVERY. You have your custom recovery saved from step 1, right?
Step 5 - Reboot and then use the keypad to do your carrier wipe from this page: https://help.ting.com/entries/22935397-Activation-for-your-HTC-Device Let it reboot several times.
Step 6 - Copy the PC36IMG.zip from step 1 onto your SD card.
Step 7 - Reboot using power vol-down into hboot again and let it install your custom recovery.
Step 8 - Reboot into your custom recovery and restore your backup image onto your phone.
Edited to add, I did not have to wipe my SD card, but your mileage may vary.
use sprint base sense Rom
use s sense base sprint Rom.
you can try digitalkarmav9
it worked for me.
best thing about Ting, you don't have to mess with flashing. and they are resonable if you don't use data.also unlike boost or virgin they toss over to verozon when you roam
I've had my Inc2 since 2011 and have flashed different ROMs more than I can count.
In the last 2 weeks, I keep getting SD Card was removed messages.
I reboot and its back. I figured the SD Card was dying on me...
Since then, I've switched to a NEW SD Card and am having the same troubles, but more frequently, like everyday.
In fact it took and hour to get it to work again yesterday.
Anybody know whats going on?
I'm running the same ROM I've had for months, I've used a couple different ones over the weekend to see if that was the issue... It's not.
I've cleaned all the contacts and blown our the SD Slot.
Is she dead Jim? or am I missing something?
Have u tried using a different rom?
If u installed the original SD card incorrectly on the same rom maybe it's remembering that?
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Assumed that you've already saved contents on your mSD card, wipe it clean on a PC/Mac/Linux OS (Fat or Fat32) then put it back on the DI2,
boot into recovery - wipe dalvik & cache, REFORMAT the mSD card - then boot up normally.
What Rom are you running? If above steps still do not work, try a Master Reset from the Rom before doing a Clean & Fresh Install of the Rom.
Keep a watch on error messages on the screen as you do all these & post your results, good luck !
Letitride said:
Assumed that you've already saved contents on your mSD card, wipe it clean on a PC/Mac/Linux OS (Fat or Fat32) then put it back on the DI2,
boot into recovery - wipe dalvik & cache, REFORMAT the mSD card - then boot up normally.
What Rom are you running? If above steps still do not work, try a Master Reset from the Rom before doing a Clean & Fresh Install of the Rom.
Keep a watch on error messages on the screen as you do all these & post your results, good luck !
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Been Runnin Miui for the last year. No changes on phone.
SD card acts like it was pulled. Have to poweroff and remove battery to have it back.
A reboot into recovery still doesn't give me access to the card.
I've also tried different SD cards with the same results.
Anyone reading this with this problem, try returning to stock recovery and rom with the pg83.IMG(I think that's the name) and try doing a factory reset in stock recovery. My SD card works after that
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Anyone reading this with this problem, try returning to stock recovery and rom with the pg83.IMG(I think that's the name) and try doing a factory reset in stock recovery. My SD card works after that
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This problem has gotten worse. And most of the time the SD card isn't even available in recovery either.
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This problem has gotten worse. And most of the time the SD card isn't even available in recovery either.
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Yeah that's about what my problem was. Usually if you go for about a day without an SD card in, it will most likely recognize it again. If not, I could usually tap the back of the phone on a table, down near the bottom where the SD port is.
If that still doesn't work, you'll have to fastboot flash the return to stock image
My theory on this problem is that after flashing Roms/s-off and messing with stuff eventually corrupts some part of the filesystem. You might also try following the guide to unroot and s-on to see if that works, though that will be a little harder.
Flashing the ICS firmware didn't help.
Guess I'll have to try going the long way around...
Flashing the ICS firmware didn't help.
Guess I'll have to try going the long way around...
Well Then...
Got the PG32IMG factory restore... that was a wash. Got everything but s-on done... and upon getting through the setup... SD Card removed unexpectedly.
So had to use ADP and FASTBOOT to get a recovery installed and back to square one.
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Got the PG32IMG factory restore... that was a wash. Got everything but s-on done... and upon getting through the setup... SD Card removed unexpectedly.
So had to use ADP and FASTBOOT to get a recovery installed and back to square one.
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Did you try doing a factory reset with stock recovery though?
I've read about some people with roaming problems on their HTC one, and flashing the stock recovery back and doing a factory reset fixed it.
Sooo give that a try if you haven't already
Edit: that probably sound un related but maybe after messing around with HTC devices they get mad and sabotage themselves haha. But seriously though. I messed around with the return to stock image a couple months ago, and I could get it work for a very short time, like you experienced. But just the other day I entered stock recovery mode from bootloader and it started doing a factory reset on it own. After it started up it recognized an SD card when I put it in and i then fastboot flashed a custom recovery(not cwm or twrp can't thnk of the name) then I flashed the andromadus mimicry ICS ROM that was still on the SD card and right now I've been playing music off it for about an hour and it seems to be fine