Related
hello all, noob here. searched the forums already, not quite the same problem here.
I just rooted my phone with unrevoked 3.32, had zero problems. I confirmed that i had nand unlocked in hboot (says S-OFF). I started up my phone without problems after rooting, checked and I had superuser permissions in the app drawer. i then proceeded to download busybox, rom manager, my backup for root, and titanium backup from the market, but I did NOT open any of them. I thought I would do a nandroid backup first.
I rebooted into hboot, went to recovery. this started up clockworkmod (that came with unrevoked 3.32), went to backup and restore, and hit nandroid backup. It completed, said done, then i selected "go back" and selected the first option, reboot system now.
I then tried to turn my phone on, just regular power on not into hboot, and i get stuck at the white htc evo 4g screen, it then reboots, and continues to cycle up to that point.
I have NOT flashed anything other than rooting my phone. i haven't wiped anything, done anything else than what i have there.
Hboot version is 2.10
radio version says 2.15.00.11.19
clockworkmod version is 2.6.0.1
EVO is from June 2010, not a new evo.
I can get into hboot and recovery, no problems, but i can't startup the phone.
Please help! i just want to start up the phone, don't want to flash anything yet. Thanks in advance.
Maybe its the busybox that you downloaded. You should hit up recovery and do a full wipe! The start up again. What rom are you running, most roms have busybox included so when you download it I've seen phones get the white screen of death. Grab a rom and reflash it. Since you put busybox that nandroid you made probably is no good. Reason I'm telling you all this is because has happened to me before. Good luck
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App
ravissimo said:
hello all, noob here. searched the forums already, not quite the same problem here.
I just rooted my phone with unrevoked 3.32, had zero problems. I confirmed that i had nand unlocked in hboot (says S-OFF). I started up my phone without problems after rooting, checked and I had superuser permissions in the app drawer. i then proceeded to download busybox, rom manager, my backup for root, and titanium backup from the market, but I did NOT open any of them. I thought I would do a nandroid backup first.
I rebooted into hboot, went to recovery. this started up clockworkmod (that came with unrevoked 3.32), went to backup and restore, and hit nandroid backup. It completed, said done, then i selected "go back" and selected the first option, reboot system now.
I then tried to turn my phone on, just regular power on not into hboot, and i get stuck at the white htc evo 4g screen, it then reboots, and continues to cycle up to that point.
I have NOT flashed anything other than rooting my phone. i haven't wiped anything, done anything else than what i have there.
Hboot version is 2.10
radio version says 2.15.00.11.19
clockworkmod version is 2.6.0.1
EVO is from June 2010, not a new evo.
I can get into hboot and recovery, no problems, but i can't startup the phone.
Please help! i just want to start up the phone, don't want to flash anything yet. Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, I'm not sure what exactly went wrong for ya, but I might suspect it was something to do with some of the apps you downloaded prior to making your backup. The first thing to try, would be to boot to recovery, and wipe cache, and then go to 'advanced' and wipe dalvik cache. Then try to reboot. If that fails, then you're next option (without flashing a new ROM) is to do a data/factory reset. You will however lose all of your apps, settings, contacts, texts, etc. You unfortunately don't really have any other options, unless wiping cache's helps you out. If a factory reset doesn't allow you to boot, then you're most likely going to have to flash a new ROM. And also, I thought that Unrevoked flashed the latest clockwork recovery, which would be 3.0 or somehting like that, no?
Hi k2buckley,
So I tried wiping the cache and the dalvik cache then rebooted, no luck. Does this mean the nandroid backup I made is also corrupt? Restoring that won't do anything will it? So the options are to do a factory reset or flash a new rom? If I lost everything anyway, I might as well try to flash a new rom.
However, to clarify, I didn't "install" busybox. I downloaded the app but I didn't open it up and click install. So even if I flash a new rom, then I install busybox and do a nandroid backup it will work? If so, why didn't it work this time? If I do a factory reset, then do the same thing and install busybox, will the same thing happen? Is busybox incompatible with the sense froyo that comes from the sprint OTA?
ravissimo said:
Hi k2buckley,
So I tried wiping the cache and the dalvik cache then rebooted, no luck. Does this mean the nandroid backup I made is also corrupt? Restoring that won't do anything will it? So the options are to do a factory reset or flash a new rom? If I lost everything anyway, I might as well try to flash a new rom.
However, to clarify, I didn't "install" busybox. I downloaded the app but I didn't open it up and click install. So even if I flash a new rom, then I install busybox and do a nandroid backup it will work? If so, why didn't it work this time? If I do a factory reset, then do the same thing and install busybox, will the same thing happen? Is busybox incompatible with the sense froyo that comes from the sprint OTA?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You don't need to download busy box, I would delete that app. If you flash a rooted rom it should already have busybox; if you just rooted your phone and want to download busybox on your current stock rom then it will be ok. I would wipe and flash a new rom just to be safe.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App
ravissimo said:
Hi k2buckley,
So I tried wiping the cache and the dalvik cache then rebooted, no luck. Does this mean the nandroid backup I made is also corrupt? Restoring that won't do anything will it? So the options are to do a factory reset or flash a new rom? If I lost everything anyway, I might as well try to flash a new rom.
However, to clarify, I didn't "install" busybox. I downloaded the app but I didn't open it up and click install. So even if I flash a new rom, then I install busybox and do a nandroid backup it will work? If so, why didn't it work this time? If I do a factory reset, then do the same thing and install busybox, will the same thing happen? Is busybox incompatible with the sense froyo that comes from the sprint OTA?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, I'm not exactly sure why you want to download busy box so badly. Any rom comes with busy box cooked in. I have only once installed busy box. The only time i remember having to do it, was Immediately after I rooted with Unrevoked, i went to use Titanium, and had some error. I hit the problems button and that updated busy box from there. Other than that, I've never messed with it.
And yes, most likely your nandroid backup is not going to be of any value to you. You could try restoring it if you'd like, but I predict it would be a waste of time. And I'm not sure that it matters that you didn't 'open' and click install on busy box. If you downloaded it from the market, wouldn't it just download and install itself automatically? I would just flash a rom, and be done with it. Roll with whatever version of busy box comes with the ROM you flash. As you said, you're only option is a factory reset now, and if you're going to do that, you certainly may as well flash a custom rom at the same time. You just need to download a rom, and put it on your sd card. You can mount the sd card as a disk drive to your computer from within recovery. I use amon ra, and its called USB MS TOGGLE. I'm not sure what it's called in clockwork, but the option is there. So put the rom on your sd card, perform a complete wipe, (i'd flash calkulin's format all.zip as well), flash a rom, reboot, and forget about anything with busy box. It will be installed on the rom already.
If you download busybox from the market and it already has it built in the rom you might bork the rom and get a bootloop. Try it and see for yourself !
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App
Well, the only reason I download busybox was because I wanted to use titanium backup and it is required. Other than that, I could care less about it. It does not install automatically after downloading. You have to go into the app and choose which version you want to install and I didn't install it. The thing is I didn't want to install any roms in the first place. I wanted to just root the phone for the purpose of wifi tethering. So basically my better option is doing a factory reset.
I won't be able to do this til I get home in a few hours, so if anyone else has any suggestions on how to fix this without losing my data, I would appreciate any tips. Thanks.
If you can get a logcat that should show what is causing it to bootloop. It's 'adb logcat > logcat.txt' to do it, run that and wait for it to loop 3 or 4 times before pushing Ctrl+C to stop it.
Busybox isn't included in the ROM because I didn't flash a ROM! I'm using the sense 2.2 froyo Ron that comes from sprint and HTC. I didn't flash anything as I stated in the title. I just did a nandroid backup and now my phone won't boot.
ravissimo said:
Well, the only reason I download busybox was because I wanted to use titanium backup and it is required. Other than that, I could care less about it. It does not install automatically after downloading. You have to go into the app and choose which version you want to install and I didn't install it. The thing is I didn't want to install any roms in the first place. I wanted to just root the phone for the purpose of wifi tethering. So basically my better option is doing a factory reset.
I won't be able to do this til I get home in a few hours, so if anyone else has any suggestions on how to fix this without losing my data, I would appreciate any tips. Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Right. But unfortunately now, your data seems to be lost. Did a factory reset help anything? If not, you got to wipe and reflash a rom.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
ravissimo said:
Busybox isn't included in the ROM because I didn't flash a ROM! I'm using the sense 2.2 froyo Ron that comes from sprint and HTC. I didn't flash anything as I stated in the title. I just did a nandroid backup and now my phone won't boot.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I understand that. As I stated, I'm not sure what's causing your problem. As xhausx said, try getting a logcat
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
What method of rooting did you use? What recovery do you have right now? As hausx said you could do a logcat and he'll check it out!
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App
Hi xHausx,
I will have to wait til I get home to try that, but how do I get into the prompt to type that in dos. Do I need to run anything in hboot or clockworkmod before connecting my Phone and trying that? I am a noob, so even though I've read a lot before rooting, I don't know much. Please assume I need a step by step. Thanks again.
ravissimo said:
Hi xHausx,
I will have to wait til I get home to try that, but how do I get into the prompt to type that in dos. Do I need to run anything in hboot or clockworkmod before connecting my Phone and trying that? I am a noob, so even though I've read a lot before rooting, I don't know much. Please assume I need a step by step. Thanks again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can use the root tools zip from the link in my sig to get to adb, there is a script in there called OpenShell that will bring up a dos prompt in the right folder. Rooting should have enabled adb during boot so you should be ok on that end.
xHausx said:
You can use the root tools zip from the link in my sig to get to adb, there is a script in there called OpenShell that will bring up a dos prompt in the right folder. Rooting should have enabled adb during boot so you should be ok on that end.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OK, so I downloaded and extracted the auto-root tools only zip from your sig, and then ran OpenShell.bat and typed as you said "adb logcat > logcat.txt" with my phone plugged in. said "waiting for device" and then i turned on my phone and let it boot 4-5 times before ctrl+c and pulling the usb. all the logcat.txt says is...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
am i doing something wrong?
my apologies, i've only throughly read on how to root, i hadn't gotten into flashing or anything else yet. just been on xda site for a few days now reading all i could about rooting (which went fine, but now i'm screwed).
dirkyd3rk said:
If you download busybox from the market and it already has it built in the rom you might bork the rom and get a bootloop. Try it and see for yourself !
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
For the hell of it I did just that and it did bork it.... lmao
chefdave12118 said:
For the hell of it I did just that and it did bork it.... lmao
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did it really? Lol It did it to me man I was pissed!
chefdave12118 said:
For the hell of it I did just that and it did bork it.... lmao
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
man, for the life of me, i can't believe i didn't do a nandroid before i downloaded the app. for some reason i thought only downloading an app from the market, not flashing anything or whatever, would not screw up my phone.
anyway, since my data is lost, i wanted to try again. can i flash the unrevoked S-ON utility and then the latest Sprint RUU and then re-root? i read somewhere else that it won't remove my wimax/RSA keys or SD card, is that correct? is there a way to backup my RSA keys before I do anything else? should i do that, re-root, then nandroid, then mess with stuff? i basically wanted a stock Sprint EVO but one that's rooted so i can run root-based apps, that's what I want to get to.
Flash the Amon Ra recovery via the AR pc36img.zip file in hboot method, then reboot to recovery, do a full wipe/factory reset and try to boot to system.
So awhile back i have rooted my phone with unrevoked then, now i was like i wanna full root, so i put the pc36img and follow instructions, i try to "update" one thing was bypassed another failed tryed to reboot phone and here i am.
S-OFF
No clockworkmod i had it and since i tryed to install this new thing its gone, how do i fix this? PLEASE HELP
0odama said:
So awhile back i have rooted my phone with unrevoked then, now i was like i wanna full root, so i put the pc36img and follow instructions, i try to "update" one thing was bypassed another failed tryed to reboot phone and here i am.
S-OFF
No clockworkmod i had it and since i tryed to install this new thing its gone, how do i fix this? PLEASE HELP
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm really not sure what exactly you were trying to accomplish, as unrevoked provides full root. What root method were you trying to follow?
Anyways, now you need to flash a PC36IMG of a recovery image,.using the bootloader. I'd link you to one, but I'm on the Xda app. Once you get recovery flashed, you can reflash a rom of your choice.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
k2buckley said:
I'm really not sure what exactly you were trying to accomplish, as unrevoked provides full root. What root method were you trying to follow?
Anyways, now you need to flash a PC36IMG of a recovery image,.using the bootloader. I'd link you to one, but I'm on the Xda app. Once you get recovery flashed, you can reflash a rom of your choice.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It was the semi root one, im pretty sure cause my evo wouldnt let me run some FULL root access apps like titanium back up and such, how would i flash a recovery image? my phone is stuck at the htc evo 4g boot screen, i can get to the bootloader and it trys (everytime) to to install the PC36IMG and it doesnt work :/
What was the PC36IMG you tried to flash? And where did you try to flash it - the bootloader or recovery? You're saying that it didn't flash successfully, correct?
If all you need is your recovery back and everything is fine, you just need to flash Clockwork again. You can do this through the bootloader or by downloading Rom Manager and choosing "flash ClockworkMod Recovery".
If you want/need to flash through the bootloader, first delete the PC36IMG on your SD card then download the one of CWM that I'll link you to. Put it on the root of your SD card and power down the phone. Boot into the bootloader by holding the volume down button and power button simultaneously. It should check for the PC36IMG and ask you to update. Choose yes, then no when it asks you to reboot. Choose recovery from the menu and you should boot into ClockworkMod. If you don't need to do anything recovery related, just choose to reboot from there.
PC36IMG here: http://db.tt/9sksyTK
My Evo + xda Premium App = This post.
Sorry, I missed the action. I was typing on my phone and cleaning at the same time
If your phone won't boot, you'll need to wipe cache, dalvik cache and data then flash a new rom. You can try just wiping cache and dalvik then rebooting to see if that will help, but it probably won't.
EDIT: It could've been that you needed busybox and you really were fully rooted. Did the bootloader say s-off before all of this? If it did, you've been nand unlocked all along.
My Evo + xda Premium App = This post.
Ok I have the Clockwordmod working thank you, Phone still wont boot, Im guessing cause it Doesnt have a rom to boot, Idk how to install roms either sadly .
So I think I need a rom to install from zip, but idk how to get a rom thats worth trying to install, last time i tried to install it cam up with :
"Amend Scripting is no longer supported"
"Please switch to edify scripting"
-Steps into the fray-
1. Place the attached file on your sdcard, then boot into the bootloader [vol+down while phone is booting up] let it scan, the apply update., reboot, reboot into recovery and you'll be on amon_ra 2.3 You got the error cuz CWM 3.0+ doesn't support amend scripting [old], only supports edify [new].
As for a rom, I'd recommend CM7.
> http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=supersonic download a version from there
> http://goo-inside.me/gapps/latest/7/universal/ download the gapps here
In recovery, wipe your factory/data, cache, and dalvik. Install rom, select the CM7 you downloaded, go back, wipe cache and dalvik, then flash the gapps, then reboot.
Ok Following the latest post's steps and I'm Installing cm7 now thank you people so much for the help so far, ill let you know if everything goes well.
Never a problem, were you in good hands long before I got here.
Nice Rom, Everythings back to normal and its really cool, Thank you guy's for all the help
Glad we could all help.
Before i end this lol, is there anyway for 4g on cm7?
Settings > CM Settings > Interface > Notification Power widget
scroll down to mobile data [3G], then wimax is 4G, select both [and whatever else you want] and then you can toggle it from the notification.
I mean this in the most non homo-sexual way..i love you
0odama said:
I mean this in the most non homo-sexual way..i love you
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No need to declare it if you got nuthin to hide.
can i just ask you questions that I have about the phone and certain things if/ or if not even possible?
Yea, feel free to reply here or send me a pm.
Ok 1. Is there anyway to BOOST the audio output on the Evo? Been looking forever,
2. A link to working flashable boot animations for cm7.
3. Anything else thats really cool that im obviously missing out on? lol
0odama said:
Ok 1. Is there anyway to BOOST the audio output on the Evo? Been looking forever,
2. A link to working flashable boot animations for cm7.
3. Anything else thats really cool that im obviously missing out on? lol
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
1. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19699565/DSP Manager.zip Extract the apk, then install on your phone- dsp manager is an equalizer, so that should help.
2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992015
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=985251
3. Well, you can check out themes and apps for themes/mods for CM7. I'd look into launcer pro/adw, ect, for a launcher, you can find icon packs along with wallpapers in themes and apps to get your desired look.
teh roxxorz said:
1. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19699565/DSP Manager.zip Extract the apk, then install on your phone- dsp manager is an equalizer, so that should help.
2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992015
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=985251
3. Well, you can check out themes and apps for themes/mods for CM7. I'd look into launcer pro/adw, ect, for a launcher, you can find icon packs along with wallpapers in themes and apps to get your desired look.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you soooo much, And to flash boot animations you go to recovery and and just flash there right? i had launcher pro before and done the whole theme shiznit already lol but thanks
I have gingerbread on my evo 4g....
I'm in the process of trying to root my EVO solely to gain WIFI tethering access for my new TV.
I've read tutorials about rooting here and there over the past year but never felt like i quite got it, so i didn't do it. Well I decided to try it out with this guide:
it won't let me post the url, but it's the one on goodandevo for gingerbread
Everything went well with this process up until the Nandroid backup. I backed up I guess my current stock ROM?(although I don't know where to find it??) I then downloaded the "Wireless-N bug fix" rom and stuck it on my SD card. I then flashed it through my boot screen, then selected the zip......
and here is where i'm at:
1. booted into my phone, it looks completely unchanged(stock rom). HOWEVER, wifi antenna quit working.
2. i went into the boot screen and "s-off" shows so something worked?
3. when i try to install the wifi tethering, it says i'm not rooted.
OBVIOUSLY i'm doing something wrong. the article mentions Amon Ra Recovery as well as PC36IMG.zip and being the noob that i am as it relates to rooting, these mean nothing to me. any help is appreciated.
If you boot into recovery from the bootloader, do you see clockwork or a triangle and red ! ? If you see the latter, you have no recovery, and the amon_ra recovery can be found in the the development section [type it in the search], where you will get the PC36IMG and instructions on how to flash it. Then you can flash the zip in recovery. Also, if you download wireless tether from the market [free] you'll be set to tether.
i went into my bootloader and then recovery. the screen went to the "white HTC EVO" screen, then it loaded into a REVOLUTIONARY screen with this menu
-reboot system now
-apply update from sd card
-wipe data/factory reset
etc.
so you're saying a need the amon-RA and the pc36img.zip? will this fix the wifi antenna problem too? thx again for your help.
jsny said:
i went into my bootloader and then recovery. the screen went to the "white HTC EVO" screen, then it loaded into a REVOLUTIONARY screen with this menu
-reboot system now
-apply update from sd card
-wipe data/factory reset
etc.
so you're saying a need the amon-RA and the pc36img.zip? will this fix the wifi antenna problem too? thx again for your help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I believe the revolutionary is a form a clockwork and you CAN flash your wifi zip now, but you may get an error about amend scripting, ect. And amon_ra will be in the PC36IMG that you flash in the bootloader. From there, you will flash your zip, and you should be good.
i have now flashed 4.24.651.1-802.11n-fix-signed.zip twice from my REVOLUTIONARY recovery screen and it says it loaded successfully, but still won't load apps requiring root, AND wifi is still broken =(
jsny said:
i have now flashed 4.24.651.1-802.11n-fix-signed.zip twice from my REVOLUTIONARY recovery screen and it says it loaded successfully, but still won't load apps requiring root, AND wifi is still broken =(
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The first part sounds like you don't have superuser installed, or the binaries didn't flash; it happened while I rooted a friend's thunderbolt.
1. download and install superuser from the market
2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828 < download and flash the second zip in recovery [the froyo/eclair]
3. go into the superuser app, tap settings, then hit update, and it should be working
And the wifi broke after you flashed the zip?
ok. i flashed the pc36img.zip file and updated. also then reflashed the 4.24.651.1-802.11n-fix-signed.zip and WIFI radio still isn't working??
super bummer
jsny said:
ok. i flashed the pc36img.zip file and updated. also then reflashed the 4.24.651.1-802.11n-fix-signed.zip and WIFI radio still isn't working??
super bummer
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would recommend restoring your original backup, because it seems that the zip file broke your wifi, that's when it stopped working correct? Or try flashing a new stock rooted rom of that same firmware and try it again, because I'm sure the wifi driver was under attack.
teh roxxorz said:
I would recommend restoring your original backup, because it seems that the zip file broke your wifi, that's when it stopped working correct? Or try flashing a new stock rooted rom of that same firmware and try it again, because I'm sure the wifi driver was under attack.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ok tech roxxx. thx. can i restore to my original rom after being rooted? i've never restored, how is that done? i went into bootloader and then recovery, then restore and chose nandroid restore. it said it couldn't find the file?
stuff is confusing sometimes.
also, now that i placed the pc36img.zip on sd root file, everytime i go into bootloader it ask's if i want to update. is it okay to move that file? delete it? what's the way of handing it, and any other zip files for that matter in the root sd?
jsny said:
ok tech roxxx. thx. can i restore to my original rom after being rooted? i've never restored, how is that done? i went into bootloader and then recovery, then restore and chose nandroid restore. it said it couldn't find the file?
stuff is confusing sometimes.
also, now that i placed the pc36img.zip on sd root file, everytime i go into bootloader it ask's if i want to update. is it okay to move that file? delete it? what's the way of handing it, and any other zip files for that matter in the root sd?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry, I had to run out. That would be he correct method to restore. Though to handle the PC36IMG, you can delete it, or rename it to somethign else like PC36IMG_amon, so you know what it is for future use, if you ever had to flash the recovery again.
still no wifi? i tried restoring but it said it couldn't find the file?
tried flashing a new radio, but it still won't start up the wifi?
You should have a folder on your sdcard for backup... Not sure what revolutionary calls it... But it has to be there unless you moved it or anything. The recovery looks for an exact folder with exact file names so if anything changed it won't work.
On the wireless n fix, you shouldn't have flashed that as I believe wireless n is already a part of gingerbread... May be wrong but I never had to flash it. All you will need is wifi tether app from market.
At this point you may have to do a full wipe and flash a new ROM, granted you will lose all your data. However you can flash the new Sprint update, which I am on now and it is quite smooth.
Be sure your contacts are backed up to Google. If you have apps you want backed up get Titanium backup. Emails and texts will be gone, though i'm sure there is a way i've never really cared.
Grab this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1243320
Wipe everything in recovery except sdcard then flash the .zip you download from that link.
You will still have a mostly stock Evo but it's rooted with superuser already installed. Then get wireless tether app from the market.
Sent from my PC36100 using xda premium
thank you i'm her old man. i'm going to try what you've said now. i'll post back with results. as for my back up? i'm not sure where it went, and as long as it doesn't mess my phone up, i'm going to clean up my sd card a tad too. i don't think it will harm anything. never should have flashed that rom, goodandevo made it sound benign.
thanks again tho.
**UPDATE**
i downloaded titanium backup and i get an error that "superuser" has forced closed. something is a miss? i'm more than frustrated. i'm really not concerned with email's/contacts since they're all cloud based. what's the easiest way to get a clean root like what you have?? at this point i'd probably drive over my phone if someone said that's what it took....=/
in recovery it says:
wipe ALL usuerdata/factory reset
wipe cache
wipe dalvik-cache
wipe SDCARD (don't wipe this i right)
wipe boot
wipe system
wipe SDCARD (don't wipe this)
wipe SDEXT
wipe DATA: batttery
wipe DATA: rotate settings
i'm afraid to wipe "boot" and "system" those sound important. but i'm just doing what you've mentioned.
jsny said:
in recovery it says:
wipe ALL usuerdata/factory reset
wipe cache
wipe dalvik-cache
wipe SDCARD (don't wipe this i right)
wipe boot
wipe system
wipe SDCARD (don't wipe this)
wipe SDEXT
wipe DATA: batttery
wipe DATA: rotate settings
i'm afraid to wipe "boot" and "system" those sound important. but i'm just doing what you've mentioned.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea you need those to boot into the system. Did you flash the rooted stock rom he linked you to, as that would be a quick fix.
Do wipe those they will be replaced when you flash the new ROM
Sent from my PC36100 using xda premium
BAAaaaaRICK!
imheroldman said:
Do wipe those they will be replaced when you flash the new ROM
Sent from my PC36100 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i wiped them and it bricked my phone. luckily the manager at sprint was uber nice and gave me a replacement since i'd been a longtime customer.
i guess i have no business rooting my phone if i don't understand the process. i figured i'd root it now since evo 4g probably won't be getting anymore MAJOR android updates? but....maybe i should leave this one be.
are there any close to fail safe guides for "rooting for dummies?"
Revolutionary error message
Hello, I am new to the this forum. I did as the best I could to find a relevant forum to post this.
When I run revolutionary to root my HTC Evo 4G I get an error message that reads.
"Failed to communicate with existing ADB (Android Debugging Bridge) service"
I have the lastest SDK and everything downloaded.
Can anyone explain why this keeps happening? (Note: I am running this through vitualbox for windows 7 because my current OS is the windows 8 Developer preview and doesn't install the HTC drivers.
Any help on this would be very much appreciated. Thank you for your time
Heavywater88 said:
Hello, I am new to the this forum. I did as the best I could to find a relevant forum to post this.
When I run revolutionary to root my HTC Evo 4G I get an error message that reads.
"Failed to communicate with existing ADB (Android Debugging Bridge) service"
I have the lastest SDK and everything downloaded.
Can anyone explain why this keeps happening? (Note: I am running this through vitualbox for windows 7 because my current OS is the windows 8 Developer preview and doesn't install the HTC drivers.
Any help on this would be very much appreciated. Thank you for your time
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Happened to me. Had to go run revolutionary manually.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
I have been using the very stable pc36img spring lovers version. I flashed a bunch of roms yesterday like I usually do. The last one was the miui rom from yesterday. It didn't work. tried to do a nandroid update but could not. Then I used the pc36img that has worked well for a while but everything updated except the system. it said failure-UZ. luckily later I was able to instal a hybrid rom with MANY bugs. I no longer can upload my contacts. If you have an idea or can point me in the direction of a pc36img that may solve this I would greatly appreciate it. I know I should have moved my backups to the sd card but I messed up here. Please help. Thanks
Honestly you should stop flashing roms as PC36IMG because you'll forget what they are eventually. Download the rom you want, place it on your sd card, then do a full wipe, and flash it in recovery, boot up, and you should be fine.
That is what I do. but after flashing yesterday's miui rom from the zip file my system wouldn't let me do a nandroid backup. In desparation I used my pc36img update and now a I am screwed
pc36img probs
yesterday I flashed a bunch of roms from the sd card but something happened after the miui zip file
pc36img
in desparation I used the pc36img update. Now I am looking for a way to fix the system update part of the pc36img update which doesn't work. I only use the pc36img when nothing else works.
can anyone point in the direction of some good pc36img files. I am very desperate here. I have tried everything
Take it to Sprint, tell them it just broke. They will happily load stock GB, then you can start over.
KJ
it is S-off. warrenty is finished. also I would like to fix it myself. All of these little messups teach me a lot
Did you try wiping everything except sdcard 3 times in recovery than flashing a .zip rom in recovery
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
pc36img probs
I will try that. It will have to wait until monday bc I am on call this weekend. I can't lose my phone. thanks for the tip. I will post the results on monday. I hope it works. btw should I wipe with the sdcard removed?
pc36img
I couldn't wait. I tried it and it again said Fail-UZ when updating the system. it also said image unzipping fail. Any other ideas?
The only PC36IMG's you should ever flash, really is recovery and RUU. Everything else you should do in recovery with a flashable zip.
jjdellorusso said:
I couldn't wait. I tried it and it again said Fail-UZ when updating the system. it also said image unzipping fail. Any other ideas?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You hav to flash in {recovery} not bootloader
Download file (click link below) Keep as is go into bootloader let it scan hit no if it ask to update then hit recovery then click wipe then wipe everything except sdcard 3 times then hit flash zip from sdcard then go to this file that you downloaded and select it
http://link.geekfor.me/freshevo431
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
pc36imgprobs
tried wiping 3 times
now I can use roms but when running pc36img (sprint lovers) it always sais fail-uz (failure unzipping) should I just ignore this and move on??? I don't really know the significance of this. I can flash working roms now but something makes me feel uncertain. Why can't I update the system with the ruu? any other ideas?
pc36img probs
just wiped everything again... and still no dice. The phone now works like it did before, but the pc36img (sprint lovers) system update always fails. I am running hboot 6.16.1002. Is that the wrong one?
jjdellorusso said:
just wiped everything again... and still no dice. The phone now works like it did before, but the pc36img (sprint lovers) system update always fails. I am running hboot 6.16.1002. Is that the wrong one?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ok this is all i can think of:
1 - get the original pc36img.zip file and put it in your sd
2 - delete the amon ra pc36img.zip that you have
3 - go into bootloader and when asked to update hit yes
4 - when asked to reboot hit yes
5 - if your phone reboots fine (i will give it a pretty good amount of time) download rom manager
6 - in rom manager flash Clock Work Mod (CWM)
7 - Then make a back up (optional).
8 - scroll down in Rom manager and flash alternate recovery (this will give you amon ra w/o having to put the pc36img.zip into your sd card.
9 - do what you wanted to do at first.
jjdellorusso said:
I have been using the very stable pc36img spring lovers version. I flashed a bunch of roms yesterday like I usually do. The last one was the miui rom from yesterday. It didn't work. tried to do a nandroid update but could not. Then I used the pc36img that has worked well for a while but everything updated except the system. it said failure-UZ. luckily later I was able to instal a hybrid rom with MANY bugs. I no longer can upload my contacts. If you have an idea or can point me in the direction of a pc36img that may solve this I would greatly appreciate it. I know I should have moved my backups to the sd card but I messed up here. Please help. Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You guys are talking about PC36IMG.zip as if its a ROM that is being flashed. Sprint Lovers, if I am not mistaken, is a ROM that should be flashed via recovery like all ROMs should be. You should not be flashing PC36IMG.zip files through Bootloader unless you are updating radios, RUU back to stock, splash screen updates, etc. It sounds like you are spending a lot of time flashing things via bootloader and that is what got you in this mess to begin with. Can you get into recovery? If so then download any ROM, enter recovery, wipe cache/dalvik cache/data, flash ROM, and then quit using the bootloader before you permanently screw up your phone. This problem should be able to be fixed without the use of a PC36IMG.zip file. Because you've gotten flash happy in your bootloader and as of right now you can't tell us exactly what you've flashed.
If you cant get into recovery then just download Amon Ra v2.3, flash it, and then do the steps I mentioned above. It's not difficult. Just stop getting flash happy with your bootloader.
There is a version of Sprint lovers that can be flashed thru bootloader
And for jj that might just mean the pc36img is corrupted you can download a new one but I say just nice on and use recovery instead of bootloader
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
jjdellorusso said:
it is S-off. warrenty is finished. also I would like to fix it myself. All of these little messups teach me a lot
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
"Warranty's" can be restored
pc36img probs
hmmm? I have tried everything as described above. maybe my sprint lovers pc36img has been corrupted. but I really don't think so bc I saved it in many different sdcards and in my computer. Should I try another .zip? can anyone point me to other pc36img files that may help. I must say that I do not flash anything by pc36img, but after I flashed hybrid I couldn't do anything. In desperation I tried my sprint lovers pc36img assuming I could go back. I had to many backups saved and it told me that I didn't have enough space when I tried to do a nandroid backup. I guess the take home message is to save nandroid backups to the sd card also. unfortunately mine is lost.
If this has been asked before then please forgive me...
I can not go back to any backup I had of CM7 or Gingerbread Sense ROM since upgrading to some Alpha ICS roms. I've tried wiping everything & started from scratch on these roms but I always get stuck at "failed to write boot partition from /tmp/boot.img" It doesn't matter what Gingerbread ROM I choose with the exception of MIUI rom (don't know why). I thought maybe I could use that as a stepping stone to go back from there but nogo. I've used RA's recovery & CWM with no success. Any ideas?
davidnjessicacruz said:
If this has been asked before then please forgive me...
I can not go back to any backup I had of CM7 or Gingerbread Sense ROM since upgrading to some Alpha ICS roms. I've tried wiping everything & started from scratch on these roms but I always get stuck at "failed to write boot partition from /tmp/boot.img" It doesn't matter what Gingerbread ROM I choose with the exception of MIUI rom (don't know why). I thought maybe I could use that as a stepping stone to go back from there but nogo. I've used RA's recovery & CWM with no success. Any ideas?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would recommend tracking down calkulins format zip for the evo
1brainsurgeon said:
I would recommend tracking down calkulins format zip for the evo
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah... tried that already... Didn't fix it...
davidnjessicacruz said:
If this has been asked before then please forgive me...
I can not go back to any backup I had of CM7 or Gingerbread Sense ROM since upgrading to some Alpha ICS roms. I've tried wiping everything & started from scratch on these roms but I always get stuck at "failed to write boot partition from /tmp/boot.img" It doesn't matter what Gingerbread ROM I choose with the exception of MIUI rom (don't know why). I thought maybe I could use that as a stepping stone to go back from there but nogo. I've used RA's recovery & CWM with no success. Any ideas?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can say with certainty that I don't have this problem. I've flashed every ROM from here to Timbuktu, AOKP, Deck's, Evervolv, and have had no problem restoring a nandroid of, or flashing MikG, Mik3D, MikRunny, The Express, or any other ROM I may have forgotten.
That boot partition error doesn't sound good, though. What HBOOT version do you use?
Captain_Throwback said:
I can say with certainty that I don't have this problem. I've flashed every ROM from here to Timbuktu, AOKP, Deck's, Evervolv, and have had no problem restoring a nandroid of, or flashing MikG, Mik3D, MikRunny, The Express, or any other ROM I may have forgotten.
That boot partition error doesn't sound good, though. What HBOOT version do you use?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
HBOOT 0.97 is what I'm still using... never upgraded... should I & how do you recommend that I do so?
davidnjessicacruz said:
HBOOT 0.97 is what I'm still using... never upgraded... should I & how do you recommend that I do so?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No reason to upgrade - just wondering.
I'd recommend you flash a stock ROM in the bootloader - that should normalize everything, and then try those other ROMs again.
Captain_Throwback said:
No reason to upgrade - just wondering.
I'd recommend you flash a stock ROM in the bootloader - that should normalize everything, and then try those other ROMs again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I assume your talking about in the recovery (aka amon ra/ clockworkmod), if so then I've tried that as well. Same issue.... This is not sounding good for me.
davidnjessicacruz said:
I assume your talking about in the recovery (aka amon ra/ clockworkmod), if so then I've tried that as well. Same issue.... This is not sounding good for me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I believe he's talking about a RUU
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
evo4gnoob said:
I believe he's talking about a RUU
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The stock one? Wow... don't even know how to flash that back.... hmm... I'll see if I can find it here, if not then I'll google it. I'll keep you informed.... hopefully bricking does not ensue.... any help here would be great as well
davidnjessicacruz said:
The stock one? Wow... don't even know how to flash that back.... hmm... I'll see if I can find it here, if not then I'll google it. I'll keep you informed.... hopefully bricking does not ensue.... any help here would be great as well
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In the first "My Links" link in my sig, there are 3 of them.
They're PC36IMG files - you rename the file to exactly that - PC36IMG.zip - and put the file on the root of your sd card. Then you reboot your device into bootloader (HBOOT) mode. From a powered off state, hold the Volume down button and then press and hold the power button until you see the HBOOT screen. The file should be recognized and loaded, and after a minute or so it will ask you to update. Press Volume Up to accept, and then wait for a while.
NOTE: This will upgrade your HBOOT, but that's no big deal. The phone will reboot into the bootloader once near the beginning of the process by itself - that is also okay. Don't touch anything while it's updating.
At the end of the process, you'll need to find a PC36IMG for your preferred recovery (RA-supersonic-v2.3 recommended), which you will flash the same way as the ROM (in fact, you can replace the ROM file with the recovery file - unless you want to hold on to it, then you can just move or rename it).
Captain_Throwback said:
In the first "My Links" link in my sig, there are 3 of them.
They're PC36IMG files - you rename the file to exactly that - PC36IMG.zip - and put the file on the root of your sd card. Then you reboot your device into bootloader (HBOOT) mode. From a powered off state, hold the Volume down button and then press and hold the power button until you see the HBOOT screen. The file should be recognized and loaded, and after a minute or so it will ask you to update. Press Volume Up to accept, and then wait for a while.
NOTE: This will upgrade your HBOOT, but that's no big deal. The phone will reboot into the bootloader once near the beginning of the process by itself - that is also okay. Don't touch anything while it's updating.
At the end of the process, you'll need to find a PC36IMG for your preferred recovery (RA-supersonic-v2.3 recommended), which you will flash the same way as the ROM (in fact, you can replace the ROM file with the recovery file - unless you want to hold on to it, then you can just move or rename it).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Failed on #4 Boot.... it stated "failed - PU" "Partition failed" Fun times.... Now the phone is a brick (stuck at the white screen).... Where there is a will then there is a way so I'll find a way.... any help would be appreciated though....
Sooo... I was able to flash back my alternate recovery using a PC36IMG version of it. Thank god for the rooted community.... Restoring back my last backup. Funny though, that I still could not restore a rooted stock backup I had or a new upgraded .zip that I wanted to use. Common denominator in all this (even when trying to use the 4.24.651.1 version of the stock software PC36IMG), it can not write the boot.img Any one else had this problem? Next I will try to RUU which will technically make me lose root but I should be able to get it back, assuming I'm successful, since I still have S-OFF.
PS: My HBOOT now, btw, is 2.16.0001 so I know that the original attempt to get back to gingerbread was succesful